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I still remember the morning of January 7, 2025. I awoke to an odd scent of burning... both natural and chemical. I went downstairs and opened my kitchen door, like I do most mornings. Typically, I'm greeted with the joyful sounds of children heading to school, but this time I found the air thick, the density burning to my eyes and seemingly layered onto my skin, my clothes. The streets were oddly vacant.

A stirring and eye-opening celebration of the enduring legacy of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill—released in 1998 and named "Best Album of All Time" by Apple Music. Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in modern history. From...

In Twenty-One Years Young: Essays, author Amy Dong examines the uncertainty, absurdity, and beauty in growing up. This poignant collection of essays is unabashedly intimate, drawing the listener into Dong’s life as if they were a close friend. She masterfully evokes humor, nostalgia, melancholy, and euphoria to create scenes that are as vivid as they are profound.

大学卒業と同時にＮＰＯに就職しウガンダに駐在した筆者は、深刻な飢えに苦しむ住民たちの命の危機に直面。絶望的な状況を前に、住民たちがこの荒野で農業を営めば、胃袋を満たすことができるのではないかと思い立つ。

Fresh out of the Israeli Army, 20-year-old Iris Bahr decides to follow in the footsteps of many before her and backpack through Asia. Only unlike the average traveler, she has more in mind than just seeing the sights: She is on a desperate mission to lose her virginity. Dork Whore is a fresh and funny memoir about a young woman whose quirky personality and embarrassing neuroses always seem to get in the way of her getting what she wants.

How does a nearsighted, acrophobic, boy next door become an airline pilot and leader at some of the world’s most successful airlines? The answer to this question and more is revealed in Take Off! 21 High-Flying Secrets for Career Success.

История импрессионизма, раз и навсегда повлиявшего на все последующее искусство, охватывает всего 12 лет: с первой выставки в 1874 году, где было представлено знаменитое «Впечатление», по последнюю, восьмую, в 1886 году.

Schadenfreude is the story of a teenage Jewish intellectual who falls in love - in love with a boy (who breaks her heart), a language (that's nearly impossible to master), a culture (that's nihilistic but punctual), and a landscape (that's breathtaking when there's not a wall in the way). Rebecca is an everyday, misunderstood '90s teenager with a passion for Pearl Jam and Ethan Hawke circa Reality Bites until two men walk into her high school civics class: Dylan Gellner and Franz Kafka, hitching a ride in Dylan's backpack.