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When you buy an old house, you get much more than a house. In all its quirks, its alterations, in fragments of memory and traces left behind, you get a bundle of small mysteries. Who used to live here? Why did they come here, and where did they go? Whose name is that written on the attic wall? When did that odd little bathroom get shoehorned in there, and what did the room look like before? If you're lucky, one or two of your house's mysteries might unfold into stories. Akum Norder was very lucky.

Intrigue Mystery Romance Coffee Find all this and more in "Dark and Bitter." "Dark and Bitter" is an anthology which contains eleven tales from writers in New York's capital region and beyond. These stories feature suspense, complex characters, intense situations, and much more that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Join us on this journey through the amazing works that writers in this area have to offer and learn why we all love our Dark and Bitter tales.

Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college professor, comes a passionate commentary on these themes in a family memoir set in West Virginia coal country.

Against the background of the history of Cuba-U.S. interconnectedness and in light of Obama's ini-tiative and Trump's election, Arnold August deals with the relationship between the two countries, delving into past and current U.S. aggression against Cuba's artistic field, ideology and politics. Based on twenty years of fieldwork in and investigation of Cuba, this book provides a unique perspective on the island's diverse approaches to the cultural war being waged by the U.S. and illustrates the heterogeneous nature of Cuban society.

n Don't F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the ClichEs That Inhibit Growth, author and six-time second CEO Les Trachtman offers his expertise on the most effective ways to successfully hand off your company to a worthy successor. He also has advice for those who are inheriting a business and want to take it to the next level, as well as for boards who are dealing with these leadership transitions.

Andrea Jarrell is the author of I'm the One Who Got Away. As featured in the New York Times "Modern Love" column * a Redbook Magazine must-read * Rumpus, Hello Giggles, Bustle, and Southern Living magazine Fall book pick- Fugitives from a man as alluring as he is violent, Andrea Jarrell and her mother develop a powerful, unusual bond. Once grown, Jarrell thinks she's put that chapter of her life behind her--until a woman she knows is murdered, and she suddenly sees that it's her mother's choices she's been trying to escape all along.

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