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  The Parts of Him I Kept - The...

  Natasha Williams

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  Winner of 2026 PenCraft Book Award for Nonfiction Memoir. 
   
  "The work offers a welcome wealth of insights into the challenges of living with mental illness. An engrossing debut memoir." - Kirkus Editors Pick  
   
  Best Books of 2025 of the Hudson Valley by Chronogram Magazine. 
   
  One cold night in April, Natasha William’s father drove his car into the frigid water of New York Bay with her two-year-old half-sister in the backseat.  The headline in The New York Post read: Back from a Watery Grave. 
  But Natasha’s experiences growing up with her schizophrenic father in the gritty New York City of the 1970s are not so easily captured in a single headline. How could she possibly convey the power of her father’s love in the face of this tragedy? 
  William’s memoir, THE PARTS OF HIM I KEPT (Apprentice House. 2025), is an intimate account of a daughter’s coming of age in the face of her father’s schizophrenic unraveling. Williams investigates the limits of our medical and cultural understanding of schizophrenia while chronicling the shared burden and benefits of caring for a mentally ill family member. In the tradition of Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous and Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road, this is one family’s story that illuminates ways we find hope, and even thrive in the face of the extraordinary challenge of mental illness. 
  "Natasha Williams has written an extraordinary memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father ... as emotionally wrenching (and occasionally terrifying) as you would expect, but it is also funny, wise, beautifully observed and astonishingly tender." –James Lasdun, Author of Victory. 
  “Read the first thirty pages of The Parts of Him I Kept, and I bet you would cancel your own wedding to read the rest of it. Natasha Williams has a hell of a story to tell, and she writes like an angel.” -Abigail Thomas, Author of Still Life at Eighty.

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  The Rule of Law - A Very Short...

  Aziz Z. Huq

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  Politicians, judges, and citizens commonly use the phrase "rule of law" to describe some good that flows from a legal system. But what precisely is that good? Even in Aristotle's time, there was no agreement on either its nature, and on whether it counted as an unqualified good. Even now, a core rule-of-law aspiration is that law can constrain how power is flexed. But how or when? Disagreement persists as to whether the rule of law is a matter of how law is used or why it is deployed. In consequence, the World Bank, the leaders of Singapore's one-party state, and the Communist Party in China can all offer their own spins on the concept. 
   
   
   
  By charting these disagreements and showing the overlap and the conflicts between different understandings of the concept, Aziz Z. Huq shows how the rule of law can still be used as an important tool for framing and evaluating the goals and functions of a legal system. He traces the idea's historical origins from ancient Greece to the constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey to the economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek. And he explores how that value is coming under pressure from terrorist threats, macroeconomic crisis, pandemics, autocratic populism, and climate change.

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  The REWRITE Method - The Parent...

  TD Flenaugh

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  The REWRITE Method: The Parent and Educator Guide for Getting Middle Schoolers to 
  Fall in Love with Writing is the ultimate writing improvement book! It is a simple guide that will give you step-by-step instructions on how to get your child from hating writing to loving it. 
  - Learn how to accelerate progress by focusing on your child’s writing strengths  
  - Learn how to motivate young writers  
  - Challenge your young authors to elevate their craft with creative structure and real-world tasks.   
   - Establish a writing practice that will grow writing from elementary level to secondary level proficiency and beyond!

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  I Love You Daddy - A DDLG and...

  Tina Moore

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  Nadia has spent years believing that needing a Daddy makes her weak. Dan is determined to show her what genuine care feels like. 
  At twenty-seven, Nadia appears independent, successful, and completely in control. Behind closed doors, she embraces an adult little side that offers relief from a world she often finds overwhelming. 
  But Nadia’s first Daddy left her with painful memories and a deep fear of trusting anyone again. She wants affection, structure, and protection, but experience has taught her that care can quickly become control. 
  Then Dan moves into the apartment next door. 
  Patient, perceptive, and naturally protective, Dan recognizes the vulnerable little Nadia keeps hidden behind anger and emotional distance. He does not expect her trust simply because he wants it. Instead, he offers consistency, reassurance, and the freedom to decide what she is ready to share. 
  Under Dan’s care, Nadia begins exploring a healthier DDLG relationship filled with diapers, rules, play, emotional support, and the safety of being completely herself. But when her past returns, she must decide whether she can stop running and believe that this Daddy truly intends to stay. 
  I Love You, Daddy is an emotional DDLG and ABDL romance for listeners who enjoy adult littles, gentle Daddy Doms, nurturing dominance, trauma recovery, slow-building trust, diapering, emotional caretaking, and protective power-exchange relationships. 
   
  Adult Content Notice: This audiobook is intended for adults aged 18 and over and contains explicit sexual content, BDSM, DDLG, ABDL, and adult age-play themes. All characters participating in romantic, sexual, BDSM, or age-play situations are adults, and all “Daddy,” “baby girl,” and age-play terminology refers exclusively to adult role-play. No minors are involved in any sexual, BDSM, or age-play content.

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  Oman - Culture Smart! - The...

  Nicole Brewer

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  Don't just see the sights―get to know the people. 
   
  The Sultanate of Oman, long regarded as one of the more mysterious countries of the Arabian Peninsula, is finally getting more of the attention it so deserves. An ancient land with a rich history and dramatic landscapes, Oman was largely cut off from the modern world until the accession to the throne of Sultan Qaboos in 1970. Since then this peaceful country has developed slowly but deliberately, placing a strong emphasis on retaining its cultural heritage while moving into the hi-tech era. 
   
  Culture Smart! Oman opens the door to this fascinating and complex country, where traditional values coexist cheerfully with all the trappings of modern life. Here, the gentle pace of life contrasts with life in the West and those that take the time to get to know the people of this land, their values, and their way of life, will find that they are greatly enriched. 
   
  Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

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  Hiking Zen - Train Your Mind in...

  Phap Xa, Phap Luu

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  #1 New Release in Hiking and Camping Excursion Guides 
  Discover the joy of mindful walking and hiking, cultivate deep connection with the world around you, and ultimately embrace the path of happiness as a way of life 
  A mobile monastery to stick in your pack whenever you go out on the trail, this book by veteran hikers and Buddhist monks Phap Luu and Phap Xa offers mindfulness practices to explore as you walk to generate inner and outer peace.  
  Grounded in the rich traditions of Zen practice, this book invites you to experience the fundamental connection between humans and the natural world.  
  Hiking Zen offers: 
  concrete mindfulness practices to explore outside for peace, joy, and belonging 
  actionable steps to weave mindful walking into the fabric of daily life  
  nuggets of wisdom gleaned from leading multi-week mindful hiking retreats 
  personal narratives of the monastic path  
  insight into how connection with nature supports resiliency and collective and personal health and well-being

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