This epic poem recounts the history of same-sex love revealing a hidden side of Western culture through the lives of its greatest artists Sappho Michelangelo Shakespeare Emily Dickinson Oscar Wilde & many others are woven into this rich visceral piece Originally written fourteen years ago The Mirror of Love sprang from Moore's activist heart as a reaction to Britain's controversial anti-gay law Clause 28 In the past Mirror has been translated into both a comic book & a stage production but Top Shelf presents it as it was meant to be a hardcover book illustrated with over forty full-color photographs from acclaimed artist Jos Villarrubia Included in the 128-page special edition is an essay about the poem & its previous incarnations an index of characters & places a selection of classic poems"ed in the text & a bibliography ...

Rejected by the paradise they sought to create the survivors of the Irzah colony return to the utopian system they left the Synchronia
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In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits & black as cool I'm awkward-and black Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be That someone was right Where do I start? Being an introvert (as well as "funny") in a world that glorifies cool isn't easy But when Issa Rae the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is that introvert-whether she's navigating love the workplace friendships or "rapping"-it sure is entertaining Now in this New York Times bestselling debut collection written in her witty & self-deprecating voice Rae covers everything from cyber sexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain from navigating the perils of eating out alone & public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself-natural hair & all The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one-awkward or cool black white or other-will want to miss ...

A br&-new series from 1 bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renee Russell! Introducing Max Crumbly the new Dork on the block Max is about to face the scariest place he's ever been
- South Ridge Middle School! He has been home-schooled by his grandmother until now & he's begged his parents to finally let him start attending a real school He's starting to question that choice though with the Doug aka Thug Thurston Problem As in Thug keeps stuffing Max in his locker If only Max could be like the hero in all the comics he likes to read
- or the ones he draws
- & magically escape the locker & defeat Thug Unfortunately Max's uncanny almost superhuman ability to smell pizza from a block away won't exactly save any lives or foil bad guys But that doesn't mean Max won't do his best to be the hero his school needs!


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Meet Max Crumbly the NEW dork on the block in the second instalment of a brand NEW series from Rachel Renee Russell the author of the phenomenal Dork Diaries series
- now with over 36 million copies in print worldwide! If you like Tom Gates Diary of a Wimpy Kid & of course Dork Diaries you'll love this!' The Sun When we last left our hero Max Crumbly he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School
- & he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard & crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend & sidekick computer whiz Erin help get him out of this sticky situation alive? Perfect for fans of Dork Diaries Diary of a Wimpy Kid Tom Gates & James Patterson's Middle School series

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When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash her shocking first thought is relief Relief they'll never know that hours earlier she had been kissing a girl But that relief doesn't last & Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth & her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother She knows that from this point on her life will forever be different Survival in Miles City Montana means blending in & leaving well enough alone & Cam becomes an expert at both Then Coley Taylor moves to town Beautiful pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match She & Cam forge an unexpected & intense friendship one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility ultrareligious Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to fix her niece bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self-even if she's not quite sure who that is The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning & unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are & finding the courage to live life according to your own rules Reviews' Danforth's narrative of a bruised young woman finding her feet in a complicated world is a tremendous achievement strikingly unsentimental & full of characters who feel entirely rounded & real An inspiring read' Sarah Waters author of TIPPING THE VELVET & FINGERSMITH' If Holden Caulfield had been a gay girl from Montana this is the story he might have told-it's funny heartbreaking & beautifully rendered' Curtis Sittenfeld bestselling author of PREP & AMERICAN WIFE' An important book
- one that can change lives' Jacqueline Woodson award-winning author of BROWN GIRL DREAMINGRich with detail & emotion a sophisticated read for teens & adults alike Kirkus starred review' The story is riveting beautiful & full of the kind of detail that brings to life a place (rural Montana) a time (the early 1990s) & a questioning teenage girl' Publishers Weekly starred review
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Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Miserable Mill the siblings encounter a giant pincher machine a bad casserole a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be a hypnotist a terrible accident & coupons In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Miserable Mill the siblings encounter a giant pincher machine a bad casserole a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be a hypnotist a terrible accident & coupons In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

' If the road you came in on led through several hells & you walked it more alone than you'd ever want anyone to be if you were a wolf who chewed off her own leg to escape where you started out if you paved the road with broken things & crawled in on your knees this is your book full of your people Welcome home' REBECCA SOLNIT author of Men Explain Things to Me ' Quite frankly everyone should read The Misfit's Manifesto Inspired by her TED talk Yuknavitch (who has truly been through the worst life can throw at someone) argues that the things which mark you out as different don't need to be bad thing they're what make you you She's a privilege to read' Emerald Street ' It's filled with stories of how our differences might unite us rather than divide us We could use the misfit know-how just now as the world has become pretty chaotic' Metro A manifesto that makes a powerful case for not fitting in
- for recognizing the beauty & difficulty in forging an original path from Lidia Yuknavitch one of the most celebrated TED speakers & a writer heralded for her brave & experimental writing A misfit is a person who missed fitting in a person who fits in badly or this a person who is poorly adapted to new situations & environments It's a shameful word a word no one typically tries to own Until now Lidia Yuknavitch is a proud misfit That wasn't always the case It took Lidia a long time to not simply accept but appreciate her misfit status Having flunked out of college twice with two epic divorces under her belt an episode of rehab for drug use & two stints in jail she felt like she would never fit in She was a hopeless misfit She'd failed as daughter wife mother scholar
- & yet the dream of being a writer was stuck like a small sad stone' in her throat The feeling of not fitting in is universal The Misfit's Manifesto is for misfits around the world
- the rebels the eccentrics the oddballs & anyone who has ever felt like she was messing up It's Lidia's love letter to all those who can't ever seem to find the right' path She won't tell you how to stop being a misfit
- quite the opposite In her charming poetic funny & frank style Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is not something to overcome but something to embrace Lidia also encourages her fellow misfits not to be afraid of pursuing goals how to stand up how to ask for the things they want most Misfits belong in the room too she reminds us even if their path to that room is bumpy & winding An important idea that transcends all cultures & countries this book has created a brave & compassionate community for misfits a place where everyone can belong The Misfit's Manifesto is an inspiring read that will captivate readers as much as Brene Brown's Daring Greatly & Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic 'I cried when I read Lidia Yuknavitch's The Misfit's Manifesto Lidia has created a safe space for those of us that have never fit in for whom the world often seems an impossible place This remarkable book is a house for people that didn't believe they had a home'STEPHEN ELLIOTT author of The Adderall Diaries ' This book will save lives'CHELSEA CAIN New York Times bestselling author ' The best characters are misfits Lidia Yuknavitch is a conduit for these voices The ultimate misfit she's a seer & a seed brave & tender humble & humanitarian a poet in the ancient sense of the word Thank the stars for her & this book'SARAH GERARD author of Sunshine State ' This book is nothing less than a life-changer Lidia Yuknavitch is a miracle of a writer who makes you see the messes we make as a deeper richer more ravishing way of being alive together'CAROLINE LEAVITT author of Cruel Beautiful World & the New York Times bestseller Pictures of You 'A beautifully written field guide to being weird' Kirkus Reviews



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When Brian Hannah & twins Chris & Sam start their summer holidays they know it's going to be the end of an era The Misfits Club is disbanding & they still haven't managed to solve any real mysteries But when they persuade new club member Amelia to go & investigate a spooky old house they unexpectedly discover some stolen goods Could this be The Misfits' chance for one last adventure as they try to track down the crooks behind the theft ?A funny warm-hearted mystery adventure from Kieran Crowley author of The Mighty Dynamo ...