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In 1660 Amsterdam, Anneke longs to create a new map, but cartography is the domain of men. Still, she persists, and eventually it seems her goal may actually be in sight—until family secrets, infidelity, and even murder threaten her dream.

At once a breathless narrative and toolbox of insights and resources, Tinderbox offers hope to desperate parents, their children, and the providers who seek to support them through its often harrowing, but ultimately uplifting, story of one adoptive mom¿s search for the cause—and means of addressing—her child¿s violence, chaos, and confusion.

The fallout from the pandemic has yet to be measured, but the way we work will never be the same again. In this accessible, interactive guide, longtime organizational coach and consultant Sharon Darmody reveals what a unique opportunity this has presented to rebuild our working lives from the ground up—to make work work again—and shows readers how to do just that.

When a lonely young girl meets a teacher twice her age, she is seduced into a web of deceit and secrecy—an experience that teaches her that sex in exchange for attention feels like love, even as it destroys her self-worth. Here, Liz Kinchen offers a detailed view of exactly how this abusive experience influenced her adult relationships, and how her eventual healing unfolded.

When Alana Best and her husband, Roland, decided to travel for a year with their kids, she imagined soaking in sunsets over foreign lands, marveling at monuments she had only read about in books, and savoring culinary delights. And there was that . . . but what she had not prepared for was how the world would treat their biracial, blended family—or how that experience would force her to come to terms with her white privilege and prejudices.

A mother and daughter at odds for years try and patch things up before it¿s too late—only to uncover secrets between them that could destroy all that is left.

Scientist Will Dalal wrestles with his morals and ambitions as he strives to eclipse academic rivals and make his mark on the world. With the ability to literally ¿change minds,¿ how far will he go to cement his legacy? This hauntingly plausible debut novel explores the unpredictable nature of technology and the global power of one person¿s emotions.

A memoir that shares what happens when Kathy Elkind, a curious woman about to enter the last third of her life, decides to take a long walk— 1,400 miles—across Europe with her husband of almost thirty years. Will her body and relationship make it to the end?

Facing an existential crisis, Melissa Giberson—a suburban woman in midlife—searches for her authentic self even as she desperately clings to the stable life she¿s created for her children. Can she be true to herself and be a good mother? Or will her children hate her for changing their story?

Buckle up for a wild ride in the vet truck with Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia. No two days are alike as she skillfully deals with the antics of both animals and humans with humor and grit—and makes you howl with laughter along the way.

What is the true source of spiritual freedom? Faced with the impending loss of her mother just as her new start on life is beginning, Sherry Sidoti chooses to lean in to the memories homed in her body, turn to her yoga and mindfulness practice, and forge forward with self-awareness in an attempt to answer one of life¿s most elusive questions.

Family, romance and gangsters support and thwart Golda, Ben, and Morty from achieving their dreams: Golda gives up independence to marry her widowed brother-in-law, Ben, and care for baby Morty; later, Ben¿s business mistakes cause financial disaster, forcing Morty to bargain with gangsters and sacrifice his love and career—and perhaps the ability to ever go home again—to save his father.

It¿s 1942. Cynical about her missing-in-action former lover's patriotism, gossip columnist Jane Benjamin aims for a national byline, volunteering to find a picture-perfect Wendy-the-Welder poster girl; but when two top choices die, Jane must choose between personal ambition and service before the murderer kills another girl—and Americäs best chance of winning the war.

Going for a big dream is a long journey, and sometimes it can be painful. How do you know when to keep going and when to pivot? How do you endure rejection and failure and tragedy? How do you find the courage to keep going when you feel weary or stuck?

First, biotech exec Will Franklin¿s boss angrily announces that he¿s about to fire him for reasons vaguely suggesting impropriety; then, just hours later, he succumbs to a critical illness and lands in the hospital on a ventilator, leaving Will few clues with which to untangle the mystery of his possible transgressions. Can Will clear his name before it¿s too late?

How does the emotionally abandoned daughter of an emotionally abandoned mother learn to support her own child in a healthy way? In Pursuit of Radio Mom is a clinical psychologist¿s journey about longing for the embrace of a mother who cannot reach back, and how one generation impacts the next.

What happens when a woman is told she must place her severely disabled twin in a nursing home? What happens to that twin when, after spending her entire life with her parents, she is sent to live with strangers in a place she doesn¿t know? Frank and moving, this memoir tells Debbie and Judy¿s story.

When Hollywood movie star Finn Forrester and philosopher Ella Sinclair meet on an exotic film set in Sweden, their connection is palpable. Living on location, making a film that explores the big questions of life, they fall madly in love. Will they be able to trust it and ask themselves the biggest question of all?

How did a British queen foster a court of women writers in the 1600s—an age when female authorship was rare? Follow American scholar Susan Godwin¿s quest to unearth Mary of Modenäs real story—a journey that involves revisiting seventeenth-century British spaces and delving deep into Oxford¿s archives—even as Godwin charts the course of her own resilient, feminist path.

Beneath the affluent veneer of a Southern California housing tract, five neighbors (a realtor, an aerobics teacher, an ex-con, a Vietnam vet, and a teenage boy) confront death, betrayal, financial decline, loneliness, and encroaching fascism. Set in the politically tumultuous summer of 2017, each character searches for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs.

A must-read collection of acclaimed writers, thinkers and activists, Aftermath: Life in Post-Roe America offers an indispensable look what the loss of Roe v. Wade means for American life, and what the future of the fight for reproductive justice may look like from here.

Three months after Barbara Terao makes a new home by the sea two thousand miles from her husband—not knowing when, or if, she'll ever live with him again—she is diagnosed with breast cancer. In the months that follow, she realizes the island is exactly where she needs to be as she faces her medical and marital crises and finds healing.

After Ali Stirling loses one of her best friends to suicide, suddenly and without warning, she and her other two best friends decide to hold their own funerals while they're still alive as part of their grieving process-an unexpectedly cathartic experience that teaches them volumes about themselves and their lost friend.

As a young woman in New Delhi, Kay Bhaskar enters into an arranged marriage to a social charmer-only to find that her new husband is an alcoholic with a wildly violent streak, and the system in India will do nothing to protect her. Ultimately, it is Kay alone who plans an escape, not only to set herself and her three children free but also to pursue joy and fulfillment in States, the country of her dreams.

Meet Beige. Beige is reliable, practical, sensible, and safe. Beige doesn't put up a fuss; it follows the rules, blends in, doesn't want to stand out. Now meet Magenta. Magenta is rich, dynamic, loud, sometimes garish, and not easily overlooked.Society has decidedly beige expectations when it comes to aging, and the intrinsic danger of beige and its many practical aspects is that it precludes creative thinking. Creative thinking is critical in avoiding a beige aging journey. Be Brave. Lose the Beige! Finding Your Sass after Sixty encourages women to trot out their inner magenta and defy those beige expectations.Be Brave. Lose the Beige! started as a blog and morphed into a movement. This movement gently pokes fun at ageist rules and expectations. It says "yes" when the rest of the world keeps saying "no." In these pages, Liz Kitchens chronicles how creative thinking helped her cope with empty nest syndrome, navigate sex over sixty, transition from being outtasight to literally being out-of-sight . . . and so much more.The stories and creative techniques outlined in this book are guaranteed to introduce color, sass, and a lightness of spirit into your later years. Are you ready to start coloring outside the lines, even if a few pesky rules get trampled in the process?

In this funny, heartbreaking, timely memoir-told in the form of college admission essays?Irena Smith illuminates the dissonance of working as a college consultant in Palo Alto, California, helping the best and brightest students in the country gain admission to highly selective schools, even as her own children are unraveling.

This deeply personal memoir of Alenka Vrecek's 2,500-mile solo bikepacking pilgrimage along the spine of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada and into the hostile desert mountains and plains of Mexico's Baja Peninsula-a story about crossing emotional, physical, and cultural boundaries?will inspire readers to follow their own dreams as Alenka followed hers.

When her beloved husband took his life, and with it her life as she knew it, Suzanne Anderson faced a choice: would she be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Part memoir, part guidebook, You Make Your Path by Walking accompanies readers on their own journeys through the barren landscape of trauma and grief, offering comfort, guidance, and inspiration to make meaning out of loss.