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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A book for the moment and for the ages. It's questing, pissed, propulsive, funny, generous, pervy, and originalfull of love and pain in all their entwined glory." Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsWINNER OF THE AMBER HOLLIBAUGH AWARD FOR LGBTQ+ SOCIAL JUSTICE WRITINGThe long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a fact of life.In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic condition that rendered them housebound, Johanna Hedva turned to the page to ask: How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can't get out of bed It was not long before this essay, "Sick Woman Theory", became a seminal work on disability, because in reframing illness as not just a biological experience but a social one, Hedva argues that under capitalisma system that limits our worth to the productivity of our bodieswe must reach for the revolutionary act of caring for ourselves and others.How to Tell When We Will Die expands upon Hedva's paradigm-shifting perspective in a series of slyly subversive and razor-sharp essays that range from the theoretical to the personalfrom Deborah Levy and Susan Sontag to wrestling, kink, mysticism, death, and the color yellow. Drawing from their experiences with America's byzantine healthcare system, and considering archetypes they call The Psychotic Woman, The Freak, and The Hag in Charge, Hedva offers a bracing indictment of the politics that exploit sicknessrelying on and fueling ableismto the detriment of us all.With the insight of Anne Boyer's The Undying and Leslie Jamison's The Empathy Exams, and the wit of Samantha Irby, Hedva's debut collection upends our collective understanding of disability. In their radical reimagining of a world where care and pain are symbiotic, and our bodies are allowed to live free and well, Hedva implores us to remember that illness is neither an inconvenience or inevitability, but an enlivening and elemental part of being alive.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "As sensitive and touching as it is urgent . . . [Wild Life is] a poignant exploration of the natural world." O, The Oprah Magazine"Wild Life is the bushwacking, honest, and inspiring memoir I wish I'd had as a budding scientist. Dr. Wynn-Grant's richly-told, revelatory journey will surely have remarkable ripples for generationsand have you on the edge of your seat." Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, cofounder Urban Ocean LabIn this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and the earth through her personal journey to becoming a wildlife ecologist.Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant always felt worlds away from the white male adventurers she watched explore the wilderness on TV. She dreamed of a future where she could spend sleepless nights under the crowded canopies of the Amazon and the starry skies of the savanna. But as Rae set off on her own expeditions in the wild, she saw nature's delicate balance in a new light.Wild Life follows Rae on her adventures and explorations in some of the world's most remote locales. Hers is a story about a nearly twenty-year career in the wildcarving a niche as one of very few Black female scientistsand the challenges she had to overcome, expectations she had to leave behind, and the many lessons she learned along the way. An incredible journey spanning the Great Plains of North America to the rainforests of Madagascar, Wild Life sheds light on our pivotal relationship and responsibility to the natural world and the relativesboth human and otherwisethat we share it with. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry Finalist Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Poetry Finalist 'A profound poetic talent.'--Ada Limón Blue Opening, Chet'la Sebree's brilliant, illuminating poetry collection, grapples with origins--of illness, of language, of the universe--as the speaker contemplates whether she, too, can be a site of origin through motherhood. Navigating chronic health challenges alongside grief and questions about the nature of knowledge and religion, she searches personal history and the cosmos for answers to the unknowable. With startling clarity and vivid tenderness, Blue Opening calls into question not only where to begin, but how to create, across thirty-two poems that press the fluid boundaries of form through sonnets, prose poems, odes, and two unforgettable poetic sequences. As the speaker traverses loss, possibility, and the choice, or often the lack of choice, in the direction of her future, she determines to press forward even as she is 'unsure of what shape this language should take / and hulling, from blue rock, faith.'. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Best Book of 2025 from Chicago Review of Books For fans of Ben Lerner's The Topeka School and Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Great Disasters is a stirring debut novel about six young men coming of age, and the enduring friendships that make us who we are--even as our paths diverge. This is the story of how we became. I write those words but remain uncertain what they mean. . . . Drinking was a part of it. But as much as it was drinking, it was Ryan's love for Jana.And as much as it was Ryan's love for Jana, it was equally the war.>Exploring the beauty, hope, and humor that can be found even in moments of deep loneliness and devastation, Grady Chambers' Great Disasters moves between memories of high school and early adulthood to consider friendship, first love, patriotism, protest, addiction, and more. An exquisitely written, profoundly moving debut novel, Great Disasters is an intimate portrait of disasters big and small, personal and political--and the ways the two are intertwined--and the announcement of a stunning new voice in American fiction.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A real page turner. Every time I thought I had it figured out, the plot twisted into a different shape. Thoroughly enjoyable, delightfully grotesque, and an absolutely satisfying read." T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author of What Feasts at NightFrom New York Times bestselling author Neil Sharpson comes a page-turning novel drawing on the horrors of Irish folklore. The Burial Tide unearths our darkest truths: how far we'd go to win our freedom, and how quickly our desires can become monstrous. A woman who can't remember her death.On an eerily quiet island off the coast of Ireland, a woman with no memory claws her way out of her grave and back to life. But not everyone welcomes the return of Mara Fitch.An island with a terrible secret.Inishbannock. Where strange misshapen figures watch from the trees and the roads are covered in teeth. Where two brothers gamble for nothing, the doctor only treats one patient, and the pub owner speaks in riddles. Where a poet loses and finds his soul. And a man without a heart claims he's the key to unlocking Mara's secrets.A past that refuses to stay buried.As Mara returns to her life on this upside-down island, her memories begin to leech their way back to the surface. The more she remembers, the more the village will do anything to stop her . . .But the sea remembers it all.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Filled to the brim with smart wit and delicious tension, See You at the Finish Line is a must read!' --Hannah Bonam-Young, USA Today bestselling author of Out on a Limb 'If you thought the only thing Red, White and Royal Blue was missing was some strenuous activity, Zac Hammett's delicious debut is your new favorite romance.' --Justinian Huang, author of Lucky Seed Heartthrob George wants to prove he's smart enough to graduate. Nerdy Lucas wants to finally ask his crush out. They strike a deal to get what they want . . . but they may accidentally splash into a row-mance together in this queer, sports rom-com, perfect for fans of Heated Rivalry. George and Lucas can't stand each other--which makes it very awkward being on the same Cambridge University rowing team. The uber-charming, all-American George got accepted at Cambridge for his sporting prowess, not his subpar grades. Economics whizz and sarcasm expert Lucas, meanwhile, works hard for everything he's got, which sadly does not include a boyfriend. When the news leaks that George receives academic preferential treatment--Cambridge couldn't lose their star athlete, after all--he's told he must actually study this year to pass his exams. That's when he zeroes in on Lucas for help. Lucas agrees, but on one condition: George will teach Lucas his lothario ways so he can finally seduce his long-time crush, Amir. But soon they're in way over their heads, seducing and cheating their way to what they want. As they face rivals within their own squad and cutthroat competitors at Oxford, they find themselves unexpectedly becoming closer. What happens when your worst enemy may just be who you needed all along Tropes: Enemies to Lovers / Forced Proximity / Grumpy/Sunshine / Fish out of Water / Virgin/Experienced.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An ode to America's people, land, and spirit, this stunning collection features a breadth of contemporary and historical poetry from the Atlantic magazine's 168-year archive. The poetry of The Atlantic has, from the magazine's first issue in 1857, called attention to the unfinished project of the nation. The magazine's verse has featured odes to American leaders and landscapes, laments for the dead, and calls for change, appealing to the enduring ideals of Atlantic readers. This one-of-a-kind collection selects poems of rousing optimism, clear-eyed realism, and moving lyricism--poems infused with the language of America's songs, myths, and history, from the Civil War up through the present in three rich parts: National Anthems, Natural Lines, and Personal Mythologies. Curated by The Atlantic's Poetry Editor, this anthology features both world-famous poets--from Longfellow to Limón, including Robert Frost, W. S. Merwin, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich--as well as poets whose work has never before been published outside of the magazine. Offering readers an essential understanding of American canon and the evolving nation its poets have yearned to capture--the poetry of The Atlantic is the poetry of America.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A propulsive, sensuous feast with one hell of a twist." PeopleIn this "vibrant depiction of Amsterdam's golden age" (The New York Times) two young women are bound by an intense rivalry of painting and power.At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta's ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, and collaborator. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalryand the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.A mesmerizing historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unexpected friendship that reimagines the life of renowned painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age."A stunning accomplishment." Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Day and The Hours.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Unspeakably compelling.'Ed Park"A Silent Treatment confronts both the complexity of family and the quandary of capturing a family's shapeshifting and perplexing love, their truthful and devoted love, in the amber of memoir." Megha MajumdarShe did it to my dad, though. They used the silent treatment on each other, she explained, because they didn't want to say something they'd regret.What does she want to say now that she'd regret Jeannie Vanasco's mother starts using the silent treatment not long after moving into the renovated apartment within Jeannie's home. The silences begin at any perceived slight. Her shortest period of silence lasts two weeks. Her longest, six months. As Vanasco guides us through her mother's childhood, their shared past, and the devastating silence of their present, she paints a layered, complicated portrait of a mother and daughter looking, failing, andin big and small wayssucceeding to understand each other. In the margins of her research, at her kitchen table with her partner, in phone calls to friends, and in delightful hey google queries, Vanasco explores the loneliness and isolation of silence as punishment, both in her own life and beyond it, and confronts her greatest fear: that her mother will never speak to her again.From the acclaimed author of Things We Didn't Talk About When I was a Girl and The Glass Eye, Jeannie Vanasco's A Silent Treatment is a searingly honest and lasting testament to the power of all things left unsaid. …