Best Literary Translations is a new, annual anthology that celebrates world literatures in English translation and honors the translators who create and literary journals that publish this work. Best Literary Translations 2024 features both contemporary and historical poetry and prose originally written in nineteen languages—including some not commonly seen in U.S. translations, such as Burmese, Kurdish, Tigrinya, and Wayuu—brought into English by thirty-eight of the most talented translators working today. These poems, short stories, essays, and hybrid pieces were drawn from nominated works published in U.S. literary journals during 2023 that spanned more than eighty countries and nearly sixty languages. The four series coeditors, Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Öykü Tekten, and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, selected the finalists from over five hundred nominations. By spotlighting work from top...

Saving the Dodo Garrett W. Vance This book is an extensive rewrite and expansion of “Second Chance Bird”Every American knows about the poor dodo, the veritable poster child of wildlife extinction. When Caroline Platzer explains the bird's total extinction to her young charge, Princess Kristina, the very upset princess is determined to do something about it—and it may not be too late! The last recorded sighting of the dodo was in 1662 and now it is only the year of our lord 1635. Maybe, just maybe . . .Enter Pam Miller, Grantville's resident birdwatcher and nature lover. When asked by Princess Kristina to lead a mission to the distant Indian Ocean Isle of Mauritius to prevent the hapless dodo's inevitable extinction, Pam agrees. Wasn't saving the dodo one of her own childhood dreams? Now, thanks to the Ring of Fire maybe she actually can! She and Princess Kristina hatch a plan, bonded by their mutual love for the natural world.The whole thing will be terribly risky, a long journey in a sailing ship around the Horn of Africa and out into the still mostly unexplored vastness of the Southern Indian Ocean. Can Pam Miller really save the dodo? Can she save herself and her companions from the multitude of threats they will face along the way? The only thing Pam knows for sure is that this is her chance to change history, and an ungainly flightless bird is counting on her.

Compromising the Marquess (All for Love, Book 4)

Enjoy more than forty magical fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, the storyteller behind beloved stories like "The Little Mermaid" and "Thumbelina," available together in this beautiful collectible edition.Discover Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales in this lovely selection of some of his most famous stories, originally published in the 19th century. His tales are filled with memorable characters such as the little mermaid, the princess and the pea, Thumbelina, the ugly duckling, and the emperor from "The Emperor's New Clothes." Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, but always enchanting, these tales are timeless bedtime stories and an essential addition to the libraries of fairy tale readers. This charming collection includes: "The Little Mermaid" "Thumbelina" "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" "The Princess and the Pea" "The Ugly Duckling" "The Emperor's New Clothes" "The Red Shoes" "The Snow Queen" "The...

Is a quiet life in the magical town of Whitefall Cove too much to ask? Apparently, for Harper Jones, it is. With the annual fundraising ball on the horizon, all of Harper's dreams go up in smoke. Just as her grandmother gears up to finally take down the Decadent Desserts Competition reigning winner, the former victor is found dead. With Gran as the number one suspect, Harper has her hands full trying to clear her grandmother's name while also attempting to keep two covens from taking out the other. But these feuding covens, filled with cranky, elderly witches, will stop at nothing to prove who has more power and spark. As spells backfire and the town feels the wrath, can Harper uncover the Whitefall Cove murderer before the next spell is cast?

Running a private eye firm in Firefly Bay would be so much easier if I didn't have a dozen elderly ghosts dogging my every step. All I really want is to solve my cases, enjoy my coffee in peace, date super-hot cop Captain Cowboy Hot Pants, or, as he likes to be called, Detective Kade Galloway, and keep my annoyingly loveable family from discovering my ghost whispering secret. But before I can say café au lait, I have a dead nurse on my hands whose death was no accident, a house overrun with supernatural seniors, a talking cat who has zero appreciation that the diet I put him on is in his own best interests (his furball presents inside my shoes are totally uncalled for), and an intriguing new neighbor who has busted me (more than once) talking to ghosts. Fingers crossed, I can solve the mystery of why I am suddenly a ghost magnet and convince the dearly departed to move on before I'm carted off in a straight...

Broom rage, failed rituals, and planted bodies... How in the Goddess's name did I get stuck at the Bewildered Retirement Home in Hexville, Kentucky? One word. Baba Yaga. Actually, that's two, and it's a name, not a word, but whatever. I thought my stint as a magic Bounty Hunter was over, but it appears Baba Yaga has other ideas. I can do as she suggests and investigate the shenanigans going down in the Bewitched Retirement Home where paranormals prep for the supernatural afterlife, or I can find myself enjoying some quality me-time back in the pokey. Easy choice. Turns out someone has been planting bodies in Flora, the plant Goddess's garden, and she's not happy about it. And who can blame her, although I have to say her hydrangeas are looking incredible! But Witches aren't the only residents of Bewildered. Now I'm up to my neck in fury harpies, chaos fairies, slayer elves, and Bog Dragons....

Tiny the giant fairy is intent on making life difficult for the residents of Whitefall Cove. But what happens when the cranky mechanic turns up dead in her garage? Local witch and bookstore owner, Harper Jones, is on the case, for despite having a knack for sniffing out clues, Harper has something in common with the recently departed fairy. They share a birthday. And the unexpected gift left on Harper's doorstep could have had her joining Tiny in the ever-after. Meanwhile, Gran's tenure as Advanced Potion's teacher at Drixworths Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry is at risk—and considering she only just landed the job, that's a record for Gran. In between talking Gran down from teaching her pupils how to turn their parents into toads, Harper is determined to find out who is behind Tiny's murder. With her birthday celebrations on hold, Harper calls the murder club to order—they have a killer to catch.

In the doodoo with the voodoo... Telling recently departed Mary Lou that death becomes her was mistake number one. Mistake number two was leaving Aunt Tilly unsupervised. Now I'm in the poopoo with the voodoo. Aunt Tilly was messing with things she had no business messing with, and after a spell went horribly wrong, she now thinks she's Marie Laveau, New Orleans Voodoo Queen. Reversing the spell should be easy, right? Wrong! Not when a band of marauding vampires joins forces with the fake Marie, intent on raising a voodoo army. I'm in a race against time to save Aunt Tilly and send Marie back to the afterlife where she belongs before a) New Orleans is lost to a supernatural Armageddon and b) Baba Yaga gets wind of my latest transgression and sends my butt back to the pokey. Meet magical Bounty Hunter, Midnight, in book three of the Midnight Chronicles and part of the Magic & Mayhem...

As a private investigator and ghost whisperer, I ask myself many questions—why can I see dead people? Can I wear purple to my own wedding? How do you get peanut butter out of a raccoon's fur? But 'who killed Gianna Tate' was never among them. Until now. The cut-throat attorney's death puts a crimp in my plans, for here I am, all dressed up and ready for the Scarecrow Ball, when she turns up, un-living, riding shotgun in my SUV. Usually an optimist, I'm finding my beloved cup o' joe less than half full as I set about finding her killer while deflecting questions from my family about my impending wedding to Detective Kade Galloway. Smokin' hot, lustworthy, mine. Right? I can't believe it either! But here we are, knee-deep in vampires, zombies, and scarecrows, hunting a murderer, bathing raccoons, stumbling from one crisis to another, asking myself, red wine or white at the reception? Join Audrey Fitzgerald in the Ghost Detective...

To protect the townsfolk of Assjacket, West Virginia, from my out of control, wonky magic, I'm unceremoniously thrown in the magic pokey. Until Baba Yaga herself offers me a lifeline. With conditions. Accept the role of magic bounty hunter or remain in the pokey indefinitely. My first assignment? Track down a witch suspected of practicing blood magic. Armed with rusty investigative skills and a shaky handle on my magic, I'm determined to bring the rogue witch to justice and prove everyone in Assjacket wrong. The trail takes me to New Orleans, and just when the witch is within reach, she slips away, leaving a dead body at my feet. Fortunately for me, smokin' hot local cop Jax Lincoln is on the case. Unfortunately for me, I'm his number one suspect. Now I not only need to find the rogue witch but clear my name and prove to everyone back home that I'm not the disaster they think I am. With All Hallows Eve fast approaching,...