Founded on the belief that a good literary magazine can celebrate sophisticated design and earnest expression on the same page, American Chordata seeks to publish work that is brave, illuminating, and emotionally detailed.

This tenth issue of the biannual literary and art magazine showcases bright voices across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography.

In this issue:

Sport Clips haircuts
Pink crocs
Sculpted noses
Russian exiles
Queer love at Bible camp

Featuring
Nonfiction by Connor McDonald, Erica Peplin, Emmalea Russo, and Ajibola Tolase

Fiction by Sydney Warner Brooman and Ethan Feuer

Poems by Kelli Allen, Mary Boo Anderson, Mel Compo, Chenee Daley, JD Debris, India Lena González, Elena Isaeva (trans. Fiona Bell), David Keplinger, Nathaniel Rosenthalis, Matvei Yankelevich, and Emilie Yardley-Hodges

Art & Photography by Mattia Balsamini, David Billet, Jared Buschang, Faith Couch, Cat Crandall Duffy, Chioma Ebinama, Albert Elm, Peter Fisher, Rob Frogoso, Marcelo Gomes, Justin Guthrie, Amanda Hakan, Hailey Heaton, Janna Ireland, Amanda Johansson, Brian Kanagaki, Justin Kaneps, Jackson Krule, Matthew Leifheit, Sean Lemoine, Justin Leveritt, Molly Matalon, Geray Mena, Azikiwe Mohammed, Philotheus Nisch, Laurie Rollitt, Eric Ruby, Milos Simic, Prarthna Singh, Luke Stephenson, Thang Tran, Lluís Tudela, and Reece T. Williams

Cover by DeSean McClinton-Holland
Design by No Ideas

En los últimos quince años, los grupos pequeños se han convertido en una herramienta vital para construir una comunidad en la grandes Iglesias. En ninguna parte ha sido más evidente que en la Iglesia Saddleback. Steve Gladen, pastor de grupos pequeños de Saddleback, comparte los secretos de su ministerio y el increíble éxito en la creación de grupos pequeños con propósito. Este práctico libro le guía a través de las preguntas que usted necesita responder para desarrollar su propia estrategia intencional de grupos pequeños. Debido a que se basa en principios y no en métodos, este proceso paso a paso puede implementarse con éxito en cualquier tamaño de Iglesia. Cada capitulo termina con una lista de preguntas que usted puede responder para ayudar a evaluar su situación actual y sus deseos para el futuro. Las historias personales, la escritura, el debate y los ejemplos en el terreno nos muestran el sistema en acción.

Sayaka has concocted her own scheme to ensure that President Kirari wins the entire election. It's foolproof, or so she thinks... Read the next chapter of Kakegurui the same day as Japan!

Nonfiction Authors Association Book Awards Gold Award 2021 Designing Exceptional Organizational Cultures is a practical guide for HR and OD professionals which explains how to proactively design, build and foster a culture that creates employee and business success. For a company to outperform the competition and achieve sustainable business growth, it needs a high performing, engaged and committed workforce with the skills the business needs both now and in the future. Attracting, motivating and retaining top talent can't be done simply by attaching individual benefits to specific job roles. To be effective, companies need to build an exceptional company culture where people want to work and that allows them to develop and perform to their full potential. Designing Exceptional Organizational Cultures provides guidance on all elements of building a top performing culture including how to identify and define core company values and embed them throughout policies, processes and behaviours as well as how to create an organizational structure that leverages employees' strengths for optimum performance. It also covers how to assess what roles the business needs, how to recruit for future success and make the most of non-traditional hires as well as covering employee engagement, motivation, reward, diversity and Learning and Development (L&D). With practical examples, tips and advice throughout , this is crucial reading for anyone needing to build a culture that attracts the very best talent and achieve sustainable business growth.

A collection of poetry that tells the stories of all those that have ever debated, committed, or lost someone to suicide. Although the "story" told within this book holds authentic personal accounts of suicidal debate and loss the story itself is a work of fiction. It may be disturbing to some readers.

Champ, champ, fwooop, POP! This title is packed with the history of Wrigleys through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.

Granny Square  Super Easy Classic and Modern Patterns for Beginners

Granny Squares are a fantastic place to start if you’re new to crochet, and you’ll find not only basic crochet granny square pattern but also a whole blanket-load of granny square patterns! A basic granny square is generally comprised of chains and treble stitches, worked from the centre outwards, but there are hundreds (if not thousands) of different types of crochet granny squares

La Bretagne terre de légendes et de contes fantastiques, où l’un des thèmes de prédilection est la mort, le plus souvent sous la forme de l’Ankou. Il est représenté par un personnage efflanqué, les cheveux longs et blancs, la figure en partie dissimulée par un chapeau à larges bords. Une faux à la main, il va de par la lande dans une charrette traînée par deux chevaux : celui de devant est maigre et se traîne, le second est gros et fort... La Légende de la mort est un recueil de légendes et de supersitions sur la mort, glânées ça et là auprès des Bretons. On ne se lasse pas de ces récits, et on se laisse troubler par la force de leur conviction ! Extrait : « Dans la région de Saint-Jean-Trolimon (pays de Cap-Caval), il était naguère d’usage, au commencement de chaque année, de couper et de beurrer autant de tartines de pain qu’il y avait de personnes dans la maison. Le chef de famille prenait ces tartines et les lançait en l’air successivement en disant à mesure : – Celle-ci est pour un tel... Celle-ci pour tel autre... Et, ainsi de suite, jusqu’à ce qu’il eût nommé tout le monde, sans s’oublier lui-même. Chacun, alors, se baissait pour ramasser sa tartine. Malheur à qui trouvait la sienne renversée sur le côté beurré : il était sûr de mourir dans l’année. (Communiqué par Victor Guérin. – Quimper.) »

An Earl on the edge of Scandal, a Lady disgusted by his failings, an attraction they both resist, an accidentally overheard conversation, a conspiracy to treason, a love found in the face of danger.

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Arryn Carrington, the Earl of Merryfield, is obsessive about truth and honesty. It’s an obsession that has just led to him being sent down from Oxford, which has put his father, the Marquess of Westerhazy, in a rather difficult position. Arryn has vowed to put things right, somehow, but when his father suggests that finding a young woman to marry would be a good start, Arryn flinches from the very idea. He has never met a woman with a true thought in her head - until he is introduced to Lady Violet Gardenbrook, whose every utterance upends his view of the world.

Lady Violet Gardenbrook values books and study above all else – and the thought that a man, who has the privilege to study at Oxford would do something to get himself sent down horrifies her. A man who would do such a thing is obviously irredeemable. Why then, does she find herself steadily more intrigued by Lord Merryfield?

When Lady Violet accidentally overhears a very private conversation, she becomes embroiled in a treasonous plot which threatens Lord Merryfield and his family, unbeknownst to him.

Can Lady Violet discover enough for the plot to be foiled?

Can Arryn uncover the truth of the threat, before his sister is ruined?

And, when an impetuous act puts Lady Violet in terrible danger, will he reach her in time to save her?

Through all of it, will they each find the courage to move past their prejudices, and admit the love they feel, or will everything they have every hoped for be lost?

Read the whole

A Spinster for a Spy
A Vixen for a Viscount
A Bluestocking for a Baron
A Diamond for a Duke
A Minx for a Merchant
An Enchantress for an Earl
A Maiden for a Marquess
A Heart for an Heir.

After a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underwold, that's exactly where Reagan finds herself.

It could be worse, though. She could've had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might've been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid.

She could've gone her whole life without riding a dragon!

When push comes to shove, maybe the Underworld isn't so bad.

Or maybe Lucifer is doing what he does best - deceiving her to get what he wants.

Reagan must walk a razor thin edge to keep her independence.

She must battle wills with the lord of the Underworld.

மதுரா மருத்துவ கான்பரன்ஸ் நிமித்தமாக மூன்று நாள் கொச்சி செல்கிறாள். அதே கான்பரன்சிற்கு ராஜாராமனும் வருகிறான். அங்கே என்ன நடந்தது என்று இந்த நாவல் சொல்கிறது.

Taskuopas Inkeriin

Missä Inkeri on? Inkerinmaaksi kutsutaan Pietarin ympärillä olevaa, noin 15 000 km2 suuruista aluetta, joka ulottuu Viron rajalta Karjalankannakselle. On kuitenkin muistettava, että Inkeri oli olemassa jo ennen inkerinsuomalaisia ja se on aina ollut kulttuurisesti monikerroksinen. Pietarissa vaikuttaa vapaamuotoinen, organisoimaton aktivistien ryhmä Vapaa Inkeri, jonka tavoitteena on Leningradin alueen nimen palauttaminen Inkeriksi.

Uudessa kirjassa on vinkkejä Inkerin historiaa ja kulttuuria avaavista matkareiteistä ja tutustumiskohteista. Niillekin, jotka eivät Inkeriin matkusta, kirja antaa vankan tietopaketin inkeriläisyyden eri puolista: ruokakulttuurista, runonlaulusta, kuuluisista asukkaista Matti Kurikasta Mooses Putroon. Esimerkiksi pahamaineinen Krestyn vankila ja sotatantereena tunnettu Munakukkula ovat Inkerinmaalla.

Valtiotieteiden tohtori Helena Miettinen on Pohjois-Inkeristä Suomeen paenneen äidin tytär, joka on kirjoittanut useita Inkeri-aiheisia julkaisuja. Aune Kämäräinen on yhteiskuntatieteiden maisteri, joka on työskennellyt mm. toimittajana ja tuottajana. He ovat yhdessä koonneet näyttelyn ”Näin kuolee kansa, näin suree suku pois”, jossa he kiertelivät samoilla paikoilla Inkerissä kuin Samuli Paulaharju sata vuotta aikaisemmin ja kuvasivat muuttunutta maailmaa.

Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as Garfield, it chronicles the life of the title character, Garfield the cat; Jon Arbuckle, his human owner; and Odie, the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.

Guy Thomas is best known as inventor of S-AIS, the most impactful invention in the marine world since radar, but his life as a Navy "spook" was even more unusual and eventful. The first career officer of his classified field to step "Out of the Shadows" to describe operations at the tactical level in combat off Vietnam and on covert missions off Russia, Korea, China, and the Middle East, his very unique multi-service career as a subject matter expert on surveillance systems took him into the highest offices of the Intelligence Community. As the first officer to step "Out of the Shadows”, the security review took 19 months and involved the NSA, FBI, and CIA, plus the US Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as the National Security Council, all places he had worked with in a career of over 50 years. He goes on to describe the origins and initial trials of Satellite AIS (S-AIS). A "must-read” for National Security and Technical Intelligence buffs.