Every evening the sun sets over the pond. And every evening, Jeremy feels afraid. Dad reads him a story and Mom comes to give him his goodnight hugs and kisses, but once they've left, he begins to hea
Liam’s 17 years old, loves Dr Who and has lost his mum. He has had to move from London to Wales, to the valleys, to the middle of nowhere, to live with a dad he doesn’t know. Whose nickname isn’t Viol
All infants and toddlers need experiences that nurture, support, and teach their home language and culture. Language is a vital component of early experiences well before the child can say his first w
“Fragment of the Head of a Queen makes it clear why Cate Marvin is becoming one of our essential poets.”—Rodney JonesCate Marvin’s new poems, their wrought music, unblinking focus, and hard-edged sens
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Essential for all readers of progressive American poetry, this collection encompasses the exhilaration and joy, the madness and sorrow of the last forty years with a lyric intensity that, in the words
An expose of "the systematic attempt of business to make us wasteful, debt-ridden, permanently discontented individuals," The Waste Makers is Vance Packard's pioneering 1960 work on how the rapid grow
Being in the United States' backyard, it was little surprise when Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, and Honduras joined the war in 1917 and 1918. Their involvement was small, but it earned th
Oedipus is born to a terrible fate. Can he escape it to save himself and his family? An oracle makes a ghastly prediction: the young prince will kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, King L
On the eve of one of the most important games of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas received a warning:The Sun newspaper was going to out’ him as gay. Working with Thomas himself, and young
How can you tell penguins apart? By the color of their mittens, of course! But do penguins really play hide-and-seek, carry pink umbrellas, and shower on the backs of whales? In this wild guide, twin
This book is more than just a collection of mining terms. It is an heartfelt attempt to bring together the words spoken by miners of the North East pits and how they relate to the wider language-world
A Junior Library Guild Selection.Winsor McCay's legendary comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland, has inspired today's foremost cartoonists to craft their own dreamlands. From the original broadsheet
A Junior Library Guild Selection.When Leah and Alan arrive in a chaotic land, they are the only people brave enough to try to set things right. Their path takes them through a magical world full of an
"Fantastic, smart, mind-expanding reading!"-Jon ScieszkaA-T-L-A-N-T-I-C! After falling in a well, young dreamer Philemon discovers that each of the letters on a map is actually an is
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Haymarket Books proudly brings intro print Winona LaDuke's a seminal work of Native resistance to oppression.This thoughtful, in-depth account of Native resistance to environmental and cultural degrad
A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me,Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and h
"Damn if I didn't actually laugh out loud while reading it—several times, in fact. If you're looking for a funny, well-written novel . . . give this a try!"—AfterEllen.com Just when you thought it was
