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Through the ages, music has proven to be one of the few common links connecting humanity despite language barriers or cultural influences, whether it takes form as a solo chant or a symphonic orchestra and choir. From a listener’s standpoint though, without a trained ear, the pleasure attained from music is based solely on personal preference and taste in terms of what sounds “good” or feels gratifying and stirs the soul. Author Matthew Cantel...

Lynne Thompson’s Blue on a Blue Palette reflects on the condition of women—their joys despite their histories, and their insistence on survival as issues of race, culture, pandemic, and climate threaten their livelihoods. The documentation of these personal odysseys—which vary stylistically from abecedarians to free verse to centos—replicate the many ways women travel through the stages of their lives, all negotiated on a palette encompassing ...

From a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and her predecessors who have been written out of history, and a searing look at the author’s experience of patriarchy and sexism in academia As a young woman growing up in small-town Iowa, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange world w...

A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life is a brave, timely, and potent corrective to the received wisdom of Roe v. Wade and to reproductive rights in New York and the nation, pulling together the history of two key victories pre- and post-Roe v. Wade that were pioneered by a diverse group of women activists.It rectifies the longstanding misconception that the Supreme Court gave us abortion access – a victory that was won by activists and set off a nati...

·      The Applicant is inspired by Nazlı Koca’s own life -- she was born and raised on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, spent years of her young adulthood in Berlin, and now lives in the US. Nazlı brings a captivating new perspective to our often US-centric conversation around immigration.·      The Berlin setting of The Applicant is seedy, lively, cutting-edge, and irresistible.·      A literary and commercial deeply affecting debut at the...

·      River Spirit is a true literary page-turner, interpersonal strife, rich with interpersonal strife and underexamined history.  Like Maaza Mengiste’s Booker Prize-Winning The Shadow King, Aboulela’s latest tells an unputdownable story of war, European colonialism in Africa, and the women who history overlooks.·      An acclaimed, internationally award-winning writer, Aboulela was the first recipient of the Caine Prize for African Writing,...

Curious young readers will delight in this whimsical and exquisitely illustrated ocean adventure led by deep-sea diver Kai in her yellow submarine! Kai is an explorer. She is also extremely curious, especially about the vast and silent sea. What¿s on the other side of the kelp forest? Are the squid sending secret messages to each other? Where did all the xenia coral go? Why are the fish always in such a rush? Could jellyfish have come f...

First performed in 1921, Rossum's Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue is an influential science fiction play that introduced the word, “robot” to the English language and the science fiction genre at large. In 1932, Helena Glory, President of the League of Humanity, heads to the island factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots to learn about the history and current condition of the robots from the General Manager, ...

...Bambi was as though bewitched. He was completely beside himself with pleasure. He was simply wild. He leaped into the air, three, four, five times. He had to do it. He felt a terrible desire to leap and jump. He stretched his young limbs joyfully. His breath came deeply and easily. He drank in the air. The sweet smell of the meadow made him so wildly happy that he had to leap. . ."For the woodland creatures, life in the forest is as charmin...

Ten Documents That Created America is a collection of essays, speeches, legislation, and political theory that helped to form the United States of America as it is known today.Journey on a literary history of the United States with ten of the most powerful and influential documents ever written in this country’s history including The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of America, Common Sense, a political pamphlet by activist a...

Dedicated to all who "appreciate wisteria and sunshine, " The Enchanted April is Elizabeth Von Armin's dreamlike celebration of womanhood, friendship, and love. Published in 1922 to critical acclaim, The Enchanted April follows the story of four strangers: Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot, two housewives whose marriages have lost their spark, Mrs. Fisher, an elderly widow who longs for the days of her youth, and the beautiful socialite, Lady Ca...

He again had the sense that all this order, balance and security in his life were really an illusion and a lie"…. "Everything seemed to be slipping from his grasp, everything was becoming increasingly unreal, even his home, his wife, his child, his profession, his very identity."Originally published in 1926, Rhapsody: A Dream Novel is a psychological novella written by Arthur Schnitzler. Following Doctor Fridolin and his wife, Albertine, Rhaps...

Dedicated to all who "appreciate wisteria and sunshine, " The Enchanted April is Elizabeth Von Armin's dreamlike celebration of womanhood, friendship, and love.Published in 1922 to critical acclaim, The Enchanted April follows the story of four strangers: Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot, two housewives whose marriages have lost their spark, Mrs. Fisher, an elderly widow who longs for the days of her youth, and the beautiful socialite, Lady Car...

Written by the author of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series, The Blue Castle is L. M. Montgomery's sophomore adult novel and a classic tale of romance. By society's standards, twenty-nine year old Valancy Stirling is an old maid. Ostracized by the community and infantilized by her family, Valancy feels complete powerless with her only means of escapism being the poetic nature books of her favorite author, John Foster, and her fantasies of...

Follow the classic supernatural tale of forbidden love between a devout priest and a beautiful vampiress in The Dead Woman in Love.At sixty-six years of age, an elderly priest is finally ready to tell the story of his first and only love. Over forty years ago, on the day of his Ordination, Lord Romulad lays eyes on a creature that shines brighter than the stars in heaven. With an almost hypnotic radiance, the young madonna's beauty almost conv...

Rediscover George S. Schuyler with a brand new collection of pulp fiction stories never before published in book form.George S. Schuyler was an African American journalist, social commentator and author with a very complicated legacy. Despite making history as the first Black American to publish a full-length work of satire and pioneering what is now known today as Afrofuturism, Schuyler's controversial political stance on race relations lead ...

“...Bambi was as though bewitched. He was completely beside himself with pleasure. He was simply wild. He leaped into the air, three, four, five times. He had to do it. He felt a terrible desire to leap and jump. He stretched his young limbs joyfully. His breath came deeply and easily. He drank in the air. The sweet smell of the meadow made him so wildly happy that he had to leap…”For the woodland creatures, life in the forest is as charming a...

Return to the Charlie Chan Mystery Series with Earl Bigger's fantastic sophomore outing, The Chinese Parrot.After the events of The House Without a Key, Charlie Chan is ready for a vacation. But before he can relax in the Golden State he must follow through on a promise he made to an old friend–transporting her priceless pearl necklace to its new owner. Accompanying Bob Eden, son of the jeweler who brokered the deal, Chan will stop at nothing ...

“He again had the sense that all this order, balance and security in his life were really an illusion and a lie”…. “Everything seemed to be slipping from his grasp, everything was becoming increasingly unreal, even his home, his wife, his child, his profession, his very identity.”Originally published in 1926, Rhapsody: A Dream Novel is a psychological novella written by Arthur Schnitzler. Following Doctor Fridolin and his wife, Albertine, Rhap...

Ten Documents That Created America is a collection of essays, speeches, legislation, and political theory that helped to form the United States of America as it is known today.Journey on a literary history of the United States with ten of the most powerful and influential documents ever written in this country's history including The Declaration of Indepence, the founding document of America, Common Sense, a political phamplet by activist and ...