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This volume features 20 self-identified female authors writing about intersectionality, including women of color, disabled, transgender, and GLB/GSD (Gender and Sexual Diversities). We have curated amazing short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It's personal, political, and a great listen.

MAD MAX, EAT YOUR HEART OUT. Hungry and alone in the desert, Kid is picked up on the side of the road by Wolf, Dolly, Tank and Pretty Boy: a raider crew with a big, bad reputation and even bigger guns. But as they journey across the wasteland, Kid learns that her saviours are hiding a terrible...

Women define career success in a wide variety of ways. But whatever a woman's personal definition, if she is in a traditionally male-dominated career - virtually all high status, highly compensated fields - her career is at risk because of pervasive gender stereotypes. This highly practical book makes clear that women don't need to change who they are to succeed in their chosen careers, and they certainly don't need to act more like men.

Jeszcze przed sprawa wzieli mnie do wariatkowa. Ta cala szopka z badaniem mego zdrowia psychicznego trwala prawie dwa miesiace. Przez pierwsze dwa tygodnie, jak tylko moglem najlepiej, palilem glupa, opowiadajac tym wszystkim lekarzom, ze slysze rozmaite diabelskie glosy i ze to wlasnie one zmusily mnie do zabicia tej rodziny. Staralem sie jak moglem rznac kretyna, ale oni chyba nie bardzo mi wierzyli. To byli zawodowcy, grzebali juz w glowie nie jednemu przestepcy.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? What is that mysterious object in the sky? With the help of their friend, Grace, the family of foxes venture into the world of humans to solve the mystery. Curious will stop at nothing to figure it out. Catcher wonders if he can catch it. Cutie just wants to hide. A book to promote curiosity, imagination, and problem solving in young children.

Adam Sheldon has an insatiable love that he would follow anywhere, even through the depths of hell. Some things aren't what they seem as Adam learns that in hell, all things must be paid...in flesh.

Professional athletes, surgeons, first responders - all perform remarkable feats in the face of intense stress. Why do they thrive under pressure while others succumb? What separates the two is attitude. Resilient people meet adversity head on and bounce back from setbacks. They seem to naturally exude an inner strength - but studies show that resilience is something that anyone can build.

In a world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust, Vika Cannon knows there are no guarantees: No guarantees of safety, no guarantees that your neighbor is not actually a spy for the government, and no guarantees you'll be allowed to emigrate to a new life in China. New Amana is dying. Food and water are scarce, and people suffering from radiation-caused mutations - the Nukehead - are the new class of homeless. Vika has just one purpose: to produce healthy progeny using a Husband assigned by the Match Clinic.

Hear some of the most influential and dynamic black leaders and thinkers as they engage in a healthy debate on the "State of Entrepreneurship in Black America". Become more conscious of the business world around you and your current role in it. Find out what it would take for you to start your own business and become your own boss.

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

Hemligheter: Del 3. Det var en isfläck. Lite otur. Men det räckte för att nästan ta livet av Kath Redway då hon fick sladd med bilen och körde rakt ner i dammen i den annars så fridfulla nationalparken Dartmoor i Devon i England. Som genom ett mirakel överlever Kath olyckan med några skråmor och minnesförlust. Hon är skärrad men glad att vara hemma i det ensligt belägna huset på landet, hos maken Adam och deras begåvade men tillbakadragna dotter Lyla. Men familjen verkar inte lika glad. Kaths man är kylig, rentav ilsken.

Eine Frau erwacht in einem vollkommen dunklen, stillen Raum. Es ist ihr unmöglich festzustellen, wo sie ist. Da keinerlei Licht an ihre Augen dringt, ihre Ohren nicht das geringste Geräusch wahrnehmen, fragt sie sich in ihrer Panik, ob sie erblindet oder plötzlich taub ist. Ganz langsam aber vermag sie winzige Unterschiede in der Schwärze zu erkennen; winzige Lichtmengen scheinen sich sporadisch in den Raum zu verirren. Sie weiß jetzt, sie muss weg von diesem schrecklichen Ort. Aber wer hat sie dort hingebracht? Und warum?

Can Amy's rocky start in Paris turn into a happy ever after? Amy didn't realize how stale her life was until she jetted off to Paris without telling a soul - not even her husband - and had the adventure of a lifetime. Now as she tries to establish herself in the City of Light, she finds that despite a fun (and quirky) group of friends and the ability to indulge in French pastries whenever she wants, reinventing her life is much harder than she imagined.   

Reeling from the sudden death of his wife, Daniel Dixon returns to Wyoming’s Powder River country to start anew. It’s the end of the 19th century and the Indians are gone. The growing city of Buffalo, just a stone’s throw from the ruins of Fort Phil Kearny, seems a peaceful place to start a medical practice and raise his sons, Harry and Cal, and his willful daughter, Lorna. But the peace Dixon seeks eludes him. Johnson County is soon engulfed in a bloody range war that will draw in the Dixon family in ways he could never have imagined. 

Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career - as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh Cavalry. But when Custer’s disastrous leadership ends in devastating slaughter, Jack sets off to forge his own destiny. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down and live a peaceful life. 

Fort Kearney, Nebraska is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps and Indian agents, and drifters — they arrive every day hoping to forge their destiny. Colonel Henry B. Carrington of the US Calvary is assigned the unenviable task of securing a trio of forts in the dangerous Dakota Territory. At his command is a rising young officer Mark Reynolds and his spirited bride Rose, who longs for danger and excitement. 

Only a handful of people in the world have a truly perfect memory. Nicola is one of them. It's more of a curse than a blessing - every moment of sadness, embarrassment and unhappiness is burned into her mind forever - so she plays it down and tries to live a quiet life. But a body has been found, a discovery that threatens to tear her community apart - and reopen old wounds from decades ago. Nicola was a child, but she remembers the night with perfect clarity. Despite that, she never discovered the truth of what happened.

I convinced New York's cockiest, crankiest, hottest chef to take my virginity. Three months later, I have to step back into his life . . . telling him I'm pregnant with his baby. It was supposed to be a rebellious one-night-stand. But that's what happens, doesn't it? You get drunk, see your hot crush at the same bar, and you let him take you home. And sleep with him. Hard. Multiple times in one night.

Love? Sure, I believe in it. I've even experienced it. Once. Harper Richards - the girl who got away. Or rather, the one I let go. It should go without saying that it wasn't by choice. A guy like me, doesn't dare to dream of getting a girl like Harper even once, he sure as sh*t doesn't let her go on a whim. Nor does he ever think for a moment he'll get a second chance with her. Even if he wants one.

With new allies at his side, Sterling returns to Astoria, determined to reclaim what was stolen from him: his throne, his people, and Astrid, the herbalist who holds his heart in her hands. But the path to victory is anything but certain. The forces of the Woman-King grow stronger with each passing day, and the rebels are fighting an uphill battle. Shifting loyalties threaten to unravel his plans, but an unexpected alliance offers him an opportunity he cannot refuse—not when he learns exactly what the usurper intends to sacrifice to have her wish granted.