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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by the author of All About Love! “When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens.” –Maya Angelou Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every woman to courageously claim the...

The story continues with Caroline, Roderick and Gretchen as we journey with them to Austria, Gretchen's homeland. Secrets, intrigue, and romance--all in the enchanting setting along the Danube River.Assumed dead and a continent away, Gretchen’s wounded heart longs for home . . .With newly found freedom after thirty years, Gretchen and her granddaughter, Bella, a rare musical savant, are happy in their cottage in North Carolina, but the haunting shadows of Gretchen’s past cloud her days. A shameful night in a dark alley of an Austrian village decades ago left Gretchen with only one ...

"Craig narrates, imbuing her book with genuine pathos."- The New York Times "Mya-Rose Craig's narration of her debut memoir is full of youthful exuberance, wisdom, and wit."- AudioFile “Craig narrates her own work, transmitting her enthusiasm and knowledge in her engaging British-Bangladeshi...

"Have to keep that smile", said Booker Wright in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time Wright was a waiter in a Whites-only restaurant and a local business owner who would become an unwitting icon of the civil rights movement. For he did the unthinkable: Before a national audience, he described what life was truly like for the Black people of Greenwood, Mississippi.

Bloomsbury presents God Died by the Nile and Other Novels by Nawal El Saadawi, read by Nadia Albina Three classic novels by renowned feminist writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi. A peasant family is torn apart by a village mayor and his lackeys in God Dies by the Nile, Saadawi’s dark parable...

Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Weiner travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley—and back through history, too—to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times. In this...

Julia Blackburn has always collected things that hold stories about the past, especially the very distant past: mammoth bones, little shells that happen to be two million years old, a flint shaped as a weapon long ago. Shortly after her husband’s death, Blackburn became fascinated with Doggerland, the stretch of land that once connected Great Britain to Continental Europe but is now subsumed by the North Sea. She was driven to explore the lives of the people who lived there—studying its fossil record, as well as human artifacts that have been unearthed near the area.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize ‘Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening’ Sunday Times A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor. In Wild Air, James Macdonald Lockhart sets out to...

Brought to you by Penguin. When we’re enjoying spring and summer, we don’t imagine that they’ll last forever. The same should be true for our own lives. A psychiatrist who has dedicated her life to treating global survivors of unspeakable horrors shares the three keys to resilience for...

‘Wonderful and enriching’ Adam Nicolson ‘The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years’ John Lewis-Stempel ‘A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism’ Cal Flyn Our wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate. This is a...

Along paths of Sakura Contains a collection of 250 Haiku, -Spanish and English- that, following the Zen philosophical perspective, aims to capture the ephemeral moment "here and now", without concepts, metaphors and other elements typical of Western literature, situation which places poets who write under the grammatical and syntactic rules of other languages on the threshold of incongruity; however, linking a phrase within a field as brief as the time and space in which nature is manifested, Admiring the beauty of a piece of smoke without breaking it, or delighting in the fragrance of the ...

On a quest for enlightenment, Benjamin Shalva journeyed through the wilds of Tibet and took a pilgrimage to a white-walled monastery in Rhode Island. He wrestled with demons, danced with temptresses, and sang with hundreds of voices under the stars. Now, using the lessons and techniques gained through years of religious exploration and inward reflection, Shalva offers simple and powerful ways to connect with your spiritual self, whether it be in a place of worship or the yoga studio, or even while sitting in traffic.

The bestselling book, now available as a special audio edition read by the author In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in...

SOLEDAD Greater than reason is the echo of blood. I will never cease to listen and value the criticism of my literary work in general, however, the passion that provokes me to discover and describe new scenarios and experiences encourages me to put on paper those that time and distance have prevented me from making them reach my family. Thinking and transferring to paper a Haiku, of very small continent, has been an unfinished challenge because I must decipher new symbolisms that I had not considered: The delicate simplicity, the simplicity of the present or the brevity of an instant. The ...

¿WHAT IS HAIKU? Before entering the field of Haiku, the reader must accept that they are dealing with a different style of poetry. The poet, within a magical brevity, invites him to recreate the images of the place where he is; without expressing opinions or concepts of their own. To savor and delight in this very special poetic genre, he must learn to identify the symbols with which he identifies what nature places in front of his eyes; simplicity, brevity, color, sound, or silence; all within the instant it happens. Each Haiku consists of three verses, five, seven and five syllables ...

As the symphony floated above, Sora searched deep inside for a song. But nothing came. Melodies tickled across Sora’s toes, legs, and back as the little cricket searched in vain. Then a stern voice pierced the song, and the music stopped. “Someone’s not singing.”

LOVE LETTERS, LOVE SONGS, CONFESSIONS, ADMISSIONS, REALIZATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, JOURNAL ENTRIES..This is a letter from the heart. For anyone who needs to relate to others, or anyone who needs to reach out and touch, this honest recollection of feelings and thoughts will touch your heart. Inspirational and touching, truthful and soulful, this is a great dedication to the true depiction of love, when it strikes deeply.

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun...