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“Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling—filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. It’s a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin’s writing had me...

"Bearskin" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale no. 101. A man was a soldier, but when war ended, his parents were dead, and his brothers had no place for him. - A green-coated man with a cloven hoof appeared to him and offered to make him rich if he would for seven years not cut his hair, clip his nails, bathe, or pray, and wear a coat and cloak that he would give him. At the end, if he survived, he would be rich and free. If he died during the time, the devil would have him.

Das aufstrebende Supermodel Hailey Crewe kann es kaum erwarten, dem Rampenlicht zu entfliehen und zu dem anonymen Lebensstil zurückzukehren, den sie einst führte. Aber buchstäblich zu fliehen? Das war nie Teil ihres Plans gewesen. Doch als ein unerwünschter Verehrer – und ihre intrigante Managerin-Mutter – mit einer Überraschungshochzeit auf Hawaii einen Schritt zu weit gehen, wird Hailey plötzlich zu einer Braut auf der Flucht. Noch ehe sie sich versieht, wird sie nicht nur von einem gierigen Ölmagnaten gejagt, sondern auch von seinen unheimlichen Sicherheitskräften.

In a sequel to the much-praised Dogs of War, Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian's head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet. Mars. The red planet. A new frontier for humanity: a civilization where humans can live in peace, lord and master of all they...

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

Einar must take back control of his destiny in this thrilling Viking adventure. Although the rightful Jarl of Orkney, Einar is not yet strong enough to overcome his rival, King Eirik. Einar and the Wolf Coats raid the pagan ceremony that will confirm Eirik's power, but due to his injured sword...

This project, conducted in partnership with Hunter College, New America, and Bright Community Trust, uses advanced AI to gather data, inform policy, and connect individuals facing housing instability with critical resources. By examining how AI and data-driven approaches can help prevent housing loss, this project addresses the intersections of climate change, homelessness, and equitable access to resources, with significant potential to inform and shape policy responses.

A girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. 

Bellicus, Duro, and Cai have travelled south to join the warlord Arthur and his growing army of Britons. New friendships have been made, and exciting adventures await the warrior-druid and his companions, but the threat of Hengist and his invaders casts a dark cloud over all. For years, the Saxons have been content to remain mostly confined to the eastern parts of the country, but now that they are marching west, Hengist has amassed the biggest army seen on these shores since the Romans left over 20 years ago.

From Edgar Award winning-author James McLaughlin, a mesmerizing literary thriller set in Virginian Appalachia, about the caretaker of a forest preserve and the poacher who calls in a desperate debt Rice Moore thought he was done with trouble. After finally shaking the Mexican cartel that long...

He’s a shifter who is determined to keep me safe, but I don’t want his protection... Forest Heights was supposed to be a fresh start where I could put the past behind me. But when my ex-husband pays me an unexpected visit, my peaceful existence is torn to shreds. If a restraining order won’t keep him away, I don’t know what will. My ex isn’t my only problem. Hutch, a bear shifter with a playboy streak, has made it his personal project to keep me safe. He thinks I need his protection, and he won’t take his eyes off me.

The grumpy biker had no business touching the innocent high school senior, but that didn't stop Bear from making Alyssa his. Now danger lurks around the corner, and he'll do anything to protect her and the future they are building.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end” (People, Book of the Week). NEW YORK TIMES...

Artist and Technologist Amelia Winger-Bearskin interviews native and indigenous people who make cool things with new technologies.

Unlike their namesakes in the wild, the bears in this collection are decidedly sexier. Assembled by noted editor Richard Labonte, these tales will take listeners on a tantalizing tour of a gay subculture that's sweet and raunchy - and sometimes both at once. Written by the most popular authors in the field of queer male erotica, these stories showcase bears and bear-lovers exulting in the pleasures of scruffy beards, hairy chests, burly bodies, and belly-to-belly sex unfettered by social constrictions.

The winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction,Marian Engel’s most famous – and most controversial – novel tells the unforgettable story of a woman transformed by a primal, erotic relationship. Lou is a lonely librarian who spends her days in the dusty archives of the...

Life at Bainbridge Hall is everything I feared it would be, yet these bastards have me in a chokehold. With each passing day, I struggle with my growing affection for them. The lines I drew in the beginning have begun to blur. I should've left… back before feelings were involved. From the moment I met them, I was intrigued, but nothing about our situation is simple. Every time they touch me, another broken piece is mended. And now, everything I want is wrapped up in three unruly men.