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Parents may wish to raise bilingual, multilingual, multicultural children, but don't always know how to. This book shares the necessary resources to succeed in doing so (whether the parent(s) speak(s) the language or not). The author was raised bilingual (English-French) without an accent in either language and also speaks Italian. She's now raising her own children bilingual and multicultural.

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

“A grieving teen fights Asian hate by finding her voice in this complex, timely story.” —Kirkus (starred review) ""With a layered, sensitive voice, Ho’s weighty novel delves into themes of racism, classism, loss, and healing."" —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Inspired by the...

'A great yarn - Shrager knows her food and she's cooked up a storm. . . Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay' Miriam Margolyes 'Think bolshy Mrs Beeton meets Miss Marple, our rambunctious heroine, Prudence, hilariously stomps her way through a riotous and unpredictable plot...

In this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation - the 25-year-olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions, unsure of what's public and what's private. Holding Still explores an unusual love triangle involving Billy, a former teen idol, now an anxiety-ridden agoraphobic; Josh, a shy transgendered paramedic who travels the city patching up damaged bodies; and Amy, a fashionable filmmaker coping with her first broken heart.

Ten years ago, Katy, a promising young journalist, left her desk and was never seen again. Someone knows what happened to her. The controlling boyfriend? The inappropriate professor? The clingy colleague? When Katy went missing, it wasn’t just her devastated mother, Grace, whose life was ruined. Now, a new documentary delving into the missing person case threatens to open old wounds. As Grace gets closer to the truth, she discovers just how far people are willing to go to keep the past hidden.

Newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has elbowed her way into the Area Major Incident Pool, or AMIP, an elite team investigating non-domestic murders. With her new position, she hopes things will change: the rampant sexism, the snide remarks, the undermining. Then she gets her first assignment: a five-year-old cold case of a missing teenager no one else has any interest in investigating, and an assumed suicide Tennison suspects is, in fact, murder. But as Tennison gathers the crucial evidence to secure arrests, her new colleagues watch like vultures circling prey.

I'm a glass half-full girl, but this last week has really tested my outlook on life. First of all, aliens exist. Yeah, there's a doozy. Second of all, they steal humans from Earth, and they're not nice about it. Like at all. Anger issues abound in other galaxies apparently. My situation worsens when I learn I'm the prize in some really effed-up alien gladiator games. I'm just going to admit it now—my glass is empty, and this doesn't look good for me.

Everybody has a story to tell. Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for. When Tennison's latest investigation reveals an influential public figure as her prime suspect - a man with connections to politicians, judges, and Scotland Yard - she's given a very clear message about the direction her investigation should take.

All of America knows what happened in Sanctuary - a boy lost his footing at a party and a town went mad with grief. But not everyone believes it. Now Detective Maggie Knight is forced before a congressional hearing, following a revival of persecution that hasn't been seen since Salem. Exiled witch Sarah Fenn and her daughter Harper fled, seeking refuge. Instead, they find hope carried on whispers of a dangerous magic and a centuries-old legend promising power.

Since the day I turned into a Venator, I had been doing everything on my own. From tracking monsters to setting traps, I could count on no one but myself. Luckily, things have changed. With the creation of the first Lodge in centuries, I now have recruits to follow in my footsteps, recruits who each have their own special class and abilities. Still, that doesn't mean that I can slack off. The Zinoss Jungle is far from a safe place. There are myriad other monsters roaming the surface and Mulrand, the terrifying Titan who's reigning over this particular region.

Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin' in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next few hours, one of three things will happen. 1--We'll be rescued (unlikely) 2--We'll freeze to death (maybe) 3--We'll be eaten by thin and athletic...

All Áine wants for her twenty-second birthday is a night out in New York City with her normal human friends. But when her roommate stumbles into oncoming traffic, Áine breaks the bind on her extraordinary witch-born power to save her. With Áine's magick now freed, her world shifts, and the voice of a male witch commands her to run. Hunted by dark forces, Áine is taken to Aradia, the witch realm, by the mysterious and captivating witch Daelon. A man of perfect control, Daelon needs Áine's trust to protect her and train her to wield her magick.

From werewolves and vampires, to demons and aliens, the monster is one of the most recognizable figures in horror. But what makes something, or someone, monstrous? Award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw, Indrapramit Das, Priya Sharma, and more attempt to answer this question. These all-new stories range from traditional to modern, from mainstream to literary, from familiar monsters to the unknown . . . and unimaginable.

What would you do when you catch your husband having an affair? You get even by sleeping with his best friend. What happens when your affair turns into a love story hell-bent on a deadly game of revenge? What happens when love turns into an obsession so dangerous not everyone will make it out on the other side alive.. My marriage is a scam. A political move to further my husband's career. To keep my dignity. I have no choice but to file for divorce.

À Rouen, dans ce quartier bourgeois, impossible de manquer la devanture rose des Bouchères. Depuis la rue, on peut entendre l'aiguisage des couteaux, les masses qui cognent la viande et les rires des trois femmes qui tiennent la boutique. Derrière le billot, elles arborent fièrement leurs ongles pailletés et leurs avant-bras musclés. Mais elles seules savent ce qui les lie : une enfance estropiée, une adolescence rageuse et un secret. Lorsque plusieurs notables du quartier s'évaporent sans laisser de traces, les habitants s'affolent et la police enquête.

Riley I didn’t need friends. I didn’t need a man. All I needed was to keep my little sister safe and cared for, and I would have done anything to do that, even working in a dive like Club Sin. The last thing I needed was to get the attention of the most dangerous man in Hollows Bay…. KaiI was the King of Hollows Bay. I had it all, money, power, and control over the city. But everything changed the night my brother was murdered. Trying to find his killer was easier said than done, especially when my path collided with the girl who instantly became my obsession. I had to have her.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.

For author and Slow Stories podcast host Rachel Schwartzmann, slowing down has changed her story in ways she could have never imagined. In this poignant and timely collection, she invites us to step away from the turmoil of daily life and awaken to the pleasures of living and creating with intention.