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Even at seven years old, Issa Rae meant business, conducting herself with entrepreneurial authority on a toy phone in her bedroom. Eventually, it was a matter of convincing others that she had a lot to say and getting them to listen. From her first web series, Awkward Black Girl, to network disappointments to HBO triumphs, Issa charts her aspirational journey—self-doubts and all—of being taken seriously, finding her voice, and shaping it into a groundbreaking career.

Remember a mortifying moment that made you self-aware? Honestly, Issa Rae remembers a few. In this illuminating essay, Issa follows her shoulda/coulda/woulda journey from awkward schoolgirl to a Hollywood life under the spotlight. Along the way she offers unfiltered insights into unwittingly courting controversy, curating a cautious but always authentic identity, and navigating the gap between private truth and public perception.

It’s a gamble to bet on yourself in Hollywood. But Issa Rae placed it. Charting her evolution from struggling writer to media mogul, she pulls back the curtain on her ever-evolving career in an always-changing industry and reveals that the best investment she made was her belief in herself. As she reflects on weathering storms and lessons learned, Issa moves forward with renewed purpose.

Issa Rae preferred working alone. She was particular that way. But as her career grew, she understood that sharing control didn’t necessarily mean losing it—or her vision. And that sometimes, carefully chosen Hollywood allies could actually enhance it. From rom-coms to blockbusters, from writers’ rooms to film sets—including Barbie—the former independent spirit discovers the superpower of collaboration while remaining unapologetically herself.

From the imagination stage to actually making the magic happen, writer-producer-actress Issa Rae is a multitasking phenomenon. She’s also an inveterate procrastinator. But even that’s part of her creative strategy. Blending personal anecdotes with practical insights, Issa explores the challenges of having to constantly deliver, the importance of “workations,” and the value of embracing a unique creative rhythm in an increasingly demanding world.

In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and the earth through her personal journey to becoming a wildlife ecologist. Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae...

Unlock the secrets of buyer psychology and transform your online marketing with Sell Smart Online: Using Buyer Psychology to Drive Consistent Sales Growth. This comprehensive guide walks you step-by-step through proven strategies to capture attention, build trust, and convert prospects into loyal customers—all tailored for today’s competitive digital landscape.

From the Author Ella Marques: I would like to share with you my extraordinary life, not only because I am transgender, but because I am an international person who has lived in many countries, gone to some of the best schools in the world, worked at management levels within international companies, and had many different, wild, and wonderful experiences. I would like for you to understand what it means to be transgender, the courage it takes to become who we really are, and that we can be very positive people for society at large.

In this laugh-out-loud Christmas book, Santa’s silly super toots keep the sleigh flying faster than ever, spreading toys, joy, and giggles to children everywhere. Perfect for families who love funny Christmas stories, and silly listen-aloud books for kids ages 3-8, this fart-tastic holiday adventure will become a favorite on your shelf year after year. Packed with hilarious surprises, Santa’s Super Toots proves that sometimes laughter really is the best Christmas gift.

We all have a badass inside of us, someone who stands up for themselves and others. Someone who gets shit done. Someone who knows what they want and makes it happen and doesn’t let anyone—or anything—stand in our way. The trouble is, sometimes that badass is deep inside of us and struggles to get out. Fear all too often keeps us from being our true badass selves. Depression and anxiety can make that actualization tough, too. Jenny Block’s Badass Manifesting guides her audience to find their badass confidence and resilience through a series of powerful and passionate mantras.

Brooke has endured more trauma in the past year than most could survive. She’s been possessed by an alien space worm, taken lives with her own hands, watched her cheerleading squad slaughtered, lost her best friend—twice—and kept it all buried beneath a mask of normalcy.

In a flash of lightning and crack of thunder, a Water Sprite is born and begins her adventure of finding the perfect place to be. Join in Sprinkle’s adventure of learning about herself and her new world, as she meets new friends: a turtle, a fish and an owl.

What We Thought We Remembered: A Collection of Warped Memoirs is a book of short stories inspired by Dr. Daniel Schacter's The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. Each story explores the balance between vice and virtue, harmony in the company of duality, through stories depicting each of Schacter's "sins": transience, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Sofie uses evocative imagery to bring her warped memoirs to life in a surreal world beyond our seen reality.

Achieve the life you’ve always wanted: Take control of your boundaries and reclaim your personal power, even if you’ve struggled for years. Do other people's demands often take precedence over your own needs, leaving you feeling drained? Perhaps you struggle with initiating conversations about boundaries due to fear of confrontation. Do you ever find yourself drawn to your phone first thing, scrolling through social media or news, and then realizing a significant portion of your morning has vanished?

The short stories in Dance Me to the End of Love reflect the real day-to-day life of ordinary people of different ages, genders, professions, and ethnicities with connections to a believable world of imagined events. They take place in the former Soviet Union, the United States, and the emigration in-between.

Seventeen-year-old Alis Winters has been called crazy her whole life for her unusual relationship with her imaginary friend–her shadow–but when he walks into her room just days before her eighteenth birthday as the sexiest man she’s ever seen, she knows for sure she’s not crazy.

Emma Bowen and her friends have lost nearly everything to the war and starting over has been almost impossible for the Charleston women. So, when their friend, Caroline, received an encouraging letter from Julia Bailey offering a solution to their problems, they all jumped at the chance to leave the ravages of war behind. Colin Cassidy, former Union Army captain, was reported killed in battle more than a year ago. And after what he has done, he’d rather let everyone go on thinking him dead. He’d rather spend the rest of his worthless life numbing his guilt at the bottom of a whiskey bottle.

Simon has ADHD, he lives on a New Town in Northumberland, it's the summer of 1976, and it's hot, big cracks are starting to appear in the ground. A gang called The Seaburn Batlads capture Simon and his best friend Squeaky when they are out stealing plums. They tell the boys that ghosts from under the slag heap are going to come up through the cracks. Terrified, the boys form their own gang called The Conker Boys in an attempt to defend their camp in the gorse bushes.

The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious...

They forgot her. Ignored her. Buried her alive in silence. She smiled, stayed quiet—and dug their graves instead. Widow Maker: Some women don’t forgive. They KILL. "Buried in silence. Resurrected for revenge."