Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
It’s 1930, and famous movie star Garland Westover is dead. Gracie Perkins and six other girls in the steno pool at Kaplan Talking Pictures are the only people who know this; they are also covering up his murder. Keeping this all a secret proves especially hard for Gracie, a 21-year-old who had been conducting an …
Various timelines unfold across time and space in Eλλas, “as it was then known” (it is now known as the Milky Way). Pandara and Koravo are two lovers from Ksevia, a city in Tristulle. Ksevia’s commune is presided over by Arkdemus, guardian of The Graphia Cometa text, aided by Lohrnum, a drug that promotes “balance …
In her nonfiction debut, Calambichis offers advice and guidance to “those who want to build a food business with passion, discipline and purpose.” She provides worksheets and reference cards designed to translate her organizational ideas into practical real-world applications, focusing on three key frameworks: the “Blueprint Operating Model,” the “Blueprint Profit Framework,” and the “Blueprint …
Mitchell gathers an assortment of essays combining film criticism with personal narrative, covering topics such as his lifelong disabilities, personal relationships, and general existential crises. The films he covers are diverse, leaning mostly independent (with some mainstream classics). For the most part, the author follows the formula of describing a film, providing commentary and criticism, …
Growing up in the violent chaos of South African apartheid in the 1980s and ’90s, Alex Lago and his disillusioned, nihilistic friends have one goal: “Getting out of Joburg alive. That was our African dream.” Lago does escape—barely. After decades away from his hometown, he returns to try to uncover the real history of Bobby …
It’s interesting that in last week’s edition of The Bottom Line, Jane Friedman began with a note that was essentially “sorry there’s so much on AI but it really is the big news right now.” Which is how I feel a lot of the time. I endeavor to keep AI news to one of the …
As we all know too well, trends in indie publishing move quickly, and a lot can come and go in a year. A new platform, format or sales avenue arrives, sometimes seemingly out of the blue, and often with enough… The post What 2026 Might Tell Us About Indie Publishing in 2027 appeared first on …
Everything seems to be going wrong in Tenley Ward’s life. It’s January 2027, and the draft has been reinstated; she fears that her college-aged son, Chance, could be drafted into a seemingly imminent third world war. Her marriage is also crumbling: After 21 years and four children, the drudgery of everyday life has dulled her …
Russell Quant, now approaching his 55th birthday, is confronting the painful fact that his 84-year-old mother, Kay, is showing signs of increasing dementia. He visits her farmhouse to begin sorting out her lifetime’s worth of assorted possessions. Kay is paying a condolence call to her friend Cecilia (CeeCee) Toth, whose husband, Clem, has recently died. …
Lily Corcoran is a 40-year-old researcher at the University of Wisconsin whose pursuit of her Ph.D. in neuroscience has long been waylaid by the work of parenting her 10-year-old daughter, Rosie. This task has now been made more difficult by the fact that Lily and her husband have recently separated. One wine-soaked night, as Lily …