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Life can kick us when we are down. In Shawn Speakman's case, he is fighting back. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2011, Speakman beat the disease as well as the massive medical debt he amassed from its treatment. He did this by publishing Unfettered, an anthology featuring short stories donated by some of the best science fiction and fantasy writers working today. Speakman has again collaborated with celebrated genre authors to publish Unfettered II.

In 1944 the modern American ballet Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The collaborators behind the performance anxiously awaited the critical response to their artistic achievement: Would the world understand what they had done? In Ballet for Martha, the journey to this stage and the success shared among choreographer Martha Graham, composer Aaron Copland, and artist Isamu Noguchi is expressively captured by acclaimed children’s book authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan.

Dans le monde magique de Troy, Lanfeust, jeune forgeron, découvre qu'au contact d'une certaine épée, il possède le pouvoir absolu. S'il ne souhaite qu'en connaître l'origine, ce n'est pas le cas de Thanos, doté du même don. Pour retrouver l'épée et vaincre Thanos, Lanfeust devra, accompagné de ses amis (dont un troll), affronter mille dangers et voyager jusqu'au bout du monde.

Dans le monde magique de Troy, Lanfeust, jeune forgeron, découvre qu'au contact d'une certaine épée, il possède le pouvoir absolu. S'il souhaite juste en connaître l'origine, ce n'est pas le cas du pirate Thanos, doté du même don, mais aux ambitions bien plus sombres... Pour protéger le pouvoir de l'épée et vaincre Thanos, Lanfeust devra, accompagné de ses amis (dont un troll sous enchantement), affronter mille dangers et voyager jusqu'au bout du monde.

The language of the stars is the language of the body. Like a star the anorexic burns fuel that isn't replenished; she is held together by her own gravity. With luminous, lyrical prose, Binary Star is an impassioned account of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance, alcoholic boyfriend.