"Stick Houses is the first story collection by Matthew Fletcher, a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and a professor of law. The stories in Stick Houses run the spectrum from realism to science fiction. They explore the lives of Michigan Anishinaabe people and the modern identities of Native people. There is dispossession and separation, but there is also reunion and restoration. Indigenous people are everywhere, navigating...

"Khamilla Zahr-zad's life has been built on a foundation of violence and vengeance. Every home she's known has been destroyed by war. As the daughter of an emperor's clan, she spent her childhood training to maintain his throne. But when her clansmen are assassinated by a rival empire, plans change. With her heavenly magic of nur, Khamilla is a weapon even enemies would wield--especially those in the magical, scholarly city of Za'skar. Hiding her...

"A new romantasy, following a thief whose dramatic encounter with an assassin and a crown bodyguard (who happens to be a royal in disguise) launches her into a world of swirling palace intrigue, from New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill. Fox is a thief with morals-she steals from those who can afford it and only a little at that. She has no choice. Fox and her closest companion are indentured servants to a wealthy noble in the stronghold....

"An elderly pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale. There's nothing suspicious about that: he was gravely ill when he arrived. Meanwhile Josse d'Acquin has a visit from Prince John, accompanied by his seer, and urgently seeking news of a mysterious stranger..." - Cover p. [4].

"In this follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Laughter--winner of the Washington State Book Award--a middle-aged woman starts a firestorm when she holds a contest, based on an ancient Indian ritual, in which men must compete to win her affections"-- Provided by publisher.

"Twenty-year-old Sophia DeWinter has only known life bound to her cruel uncle, the Collector, thanks to a blood bond he exacted from her as a child. When she learns of Killmarth College, an elite academy for magic wielders outside of the Collector's control, she knows it is her only chance to finally break free. But to gain entry, she will have to compete against other illusionists, masquiers, botanists, and alchemists in a series of brutal trials...

"David Trent is an aspiring novelist hoping to make a name for himself in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a place where ambitious writers lurk around every corner. He lives in an apartment above a Very Famous Author named Silas Hale who, beneath his celebrated image, is . . . haughty and disdainful, definitely not of the mentor variety. Until young David wins a prestigious award for his new book. Silas is at last interested . . . and jealous. But soon the...

In 1989, twenty-year-old Marie jumps at the chance to work as au pair in Paris—even though it means dropping out of her prestigious art program in the Netherlands. The city, the language, the complicated French family she works for all quickly overshadow the turmoil and pain she'd been reckoning with in school. But years later, during the 2015 attacks in Paris, Marie is shocked to recognize her former teacher, the main reason she fled the Netherlands,...

"Surprising betrayals, surprising alliances, and surprising discoveries of heritage abound in this energetic sequel to The Witch Roads. When the royal party finds themselves in a land they never believed they could access, it will take all of Prince Gevulin's (admittedly impressive) diplomatic skills to forge a coalition with an unlikely group of would-be allies. Meanwhile, as Erin mourns her lost love, an unwelcome visit to the land of her birth...

"Rushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life's final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his work-India, England, and America-and feature an unforgettable cast of characters. "In the South" introduces a pair of quarrelsome old men-Junior and Senior-and their private tragedy at a moment of national calamity. In "The Musician of Kahani," a musical prodigy from the Mumbai neighborhood featured in Midnight's...