Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging human stories, he also elucidatesContinue Reading
About ‘The Fate of Gender’ Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging humanContinue Reading
In a single night—graduation night—Thomas has to decide: do what everyone has always expected of him, or forge an entirely new path? Bryan Bliss’s absorbing examination of one boy struggling with expectations and realities will appeal to readers of Sara Zarr and Chris Crutcher. Thomas is supposedContinue Reading
Debut novelist Adam O’Fallon Price, whose previously published stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Glimmer Train, EPOCH, and Narrative, arrives this summer with The Grand Tour (Doubleday; August 9, 2016; $26.95) — a cinematic, darkly comic road novel about two deeply flawed characters whose struggles with thwartedContinue Reading
If you think softball is just a “women’s version” of the great American pastime of baseball—well, think again. Fastpitch softball is one of the most widely played sports in the world, with tens of millions of active participants in various age groups. But the origins of this belovedContinue Reading
Meet the Author Saturday, July 23, 3pm Local author R.P. Foster will be signing issues of his recently published comic, Collapse at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville on July 23 at 3 pm. Foster, known as Richard among his friends, is an up-and-coming writer and a resident of Haywood County of more than 20 years. Collapse isContinue Reading
Ease into Freedom: Keys for Reducing Stress and Unlocking Your Potential offers 53 concrete, easy-to-implement tips for handling stress skillfully. From breathing practices to managing time to applying mindfulness in various aspects of life, the author—William A. Frey, who has studied stress management since the 1970s—provides one new tip per week,Continue Reading
A Man Called Ove: A Novel By Fredrik Backman Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and aContinue Reading
The Hatching By Ezekiel Boone Deep in the jungle of Peru, a black, skittering mass devours a tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis, making a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in an Indian earthquake lab, confounding scientists there. TheContinue Reading
