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Teaching today can feel like an impossible job--too many students, too many demands, and never enough time or support. And yet, every day, educators keep showing up. Will This Be On the Quiz? is a candid, compassionate call to those who feel overwhelmed but refuse to give up, offering both understanding and hope in the midst of uncertainty. Blending humor, insight, and honest storytelling, this reflective collection draws on author Andrew Powell's...

As she approaches thirty-four--the same age her mother, Angela, was at her death--Tomlinson grapples with fear and ambition, identity and doubt, and all the ways her mind has changed since the day her mom died. In these sharply observed, uproariously funny, and moving original essays, Tomlinson leads readers through a tour of her brain and her shifting opinions about everything from love and relationships, mental health and therapy, religion and sex,...

Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas, Katya Suvorova learned that keeping her family together meant dodging the police, enduring her mother's many husbands, and babysitting her younger sister instead of finishing the third grade. Her understanding of her life shifted dramatically at seventeen, when Katya discovered her mother's advertisement in a forgotten Eastern European mail-order bride catalog from the 1990s. As she grew older, Katya came...

On the cusp of turning forty, Alisha Fernandez Miranda has climbed to the peak of personal and professional success, but at a price; she's overworked and exhausted. Bravely, Alisha decides to give herself a break, temporarily pausing her stressful career as the CEO of high-powered consulting firm. With the tentative blessing of her husband and eight-year-old twins, she leaves her home in London to spend one year exploring the dream jobs of her youth,...

"The revelatory, much-anticipated memoir from the Wall Street Journal reporter who was wrongly imprisoned in Putin's Russia for more than a year--a glimpse inside the perils and contradictions of a country in the midst of autocracy"-- Provided by publisher.

"Are you Mahmoud Khalil?" The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that took the Palestinian graduate student and legal resident from his pregnant wife and home in New York City, transported him across the country, and locked him up in a Louisiana detention camp under threat of deportation. His "crime": exercising his right to free speech at Columbia University, where he emerged as a leading voice against the slaughter of Palestinians...

"While we were growing up, Dad spoke little about serving in WW2 or his time as a prisoner of war. As we started to get older, and others expressed an interest in his story, he also began reflecting more on his experiences. He subsequently gave numerous talks to local groups and schools and eventually decided that it was important to elave an account of his story for his children, grandchildren and future generations. The focus of this account is...

"Growing up, Chris Olsen believed his family was perfect. But at thirteen, his mundane life began to unravel when his mother admitted that she was an alcoholic, revealing hidden battles that profoundly impacted their family dynamic. Now, seeking to reclaim a narrative he never felt was truly his, Olsen explores his journey from a contented childhood to an adolescence and adulthood marked by trauma, resilience, and self-discovery. Structured around...

A US senator who started in JFK's Justice Department, worked in the Nixon White House, turned down serving as GOP Watergate counsel and as Ford's campaign manager, walked for six months across Tennessee to become governor, lost two runs for president, and served as a university president and education secretary before winning three senate terms--Lamar Alexander answers that question with a resounding, "Yes." Over nearly six decades, Alexander saw...

"War is the front line, battles, and death, but at the same time, it is life many kilometers away from the line of contact, daily life, routine, and new realities. This prose is about war from the rear, from behind, from the rear; about trips to the front, volunteering, and the daily challenges of civilian life. Rich in detail, interesting stories, and descriptions of real adventures, this book creates a panoramic picture of life in Ukraine during...