Emily: 3337 books

Casey and I stood apart in the evergreen clearing. Was he fucking serious? I mean, did he really mean it? He moved his hand to brush my arm but I shoved him away before he could of even touch me—before we could even connect. I felt something grab strongly onto my arm. Heat, heavy heat weighed on...

I applied my lip gloss and checked myself over in the mirror. I felt unattractive and uncomfortable. I was at least five pounds overweight and rather homely. A far cry from the vivacious beach babe I was in my younger days. My wardrobe consisted mostly of loose fitting black tops and yoga pants. My...

Clay Sommers and Jade Millerton had been together for four months. They had made it through the winter and were still finding ways to surprise each other every day. The townspeople were still getting used to seeing Clay and Jade together after they had spent so much time avoiding each other when he...

I’m living alone in a big house. I really love when I have so much space at home and I can do whatever I want, because I’m totally alone in the house. My biggest desire is walking naked at home because in that way I’m feeling free and more relax. I love my body and I’m really proud of my sexy...

Even in the most hectic, most busy, most never-sleeping city in the world, comfort for the heart, mind, and soul is only a step away. And here's your quick-and-easy guide to finding it. Spiritual Places In and Around New York City is your roadmap to the myriad spaces and places around the boroughs that...

Olivia Gardner, a northern California teenager, was severely taunted and cyber-bullied by her classmates for more than two years. News of her bullying spread, eventually reaching two teenage girls from a neighboring town, sisters Emily and Sarah Buder. The girls were so moved by Olivia's story that...

For more than a century, we have relied on chemical cures to keep our bodies free from disease and our farms free from bugs and weeds. We rarely consider human and agricultural health together, but both are based on the same ecology, and both are being threatened by organisms that have evolved to...

Pick up any woman's magazine. Read any pamphlet in your doctor's office. Like it or not, you'll find that exercise seems to be the prescription for just about every ill, from diabetes to heart disease to depression to (ironically) fatigue. Luckily, exercise bikes, dumbbells, and spandex suits are not...

Dear diary it's me... Megan. But you know that right... right?? Um, so anyway... This has been a very... "interesting" week for me. First I had Brian... PROPOSE to me before shooting a big load up into my tender area. THANK GOD that he didn't knock me up... but now the problem...

I walked into the local bar as I did most Saturdays. I was never a big drinker but I did like to play darts. It was a good place to go and pass the time. It was a sticky floor kind of place. The beer was watered down, the women cheap and easy and the egos overly inflated. For a small beach town in...

Ever since Bessie Smith’s powerful voice conspired with the “race records” industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memorialized the sounds and theorized the politics of black women’s singing. In Black Resonance, Emily J. Lordi analyzes writings by Richard Wright,...

Angelina Emily Grimké wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

For Louisiana Richardson, desperate times call for crazy-like-a-fox measures. As the new librarian at Alligator Bayou Parish's struggling library, she’s returning to her Southern rootsand facing trouble hotter than fresh cornbread out of the oven. Somehow, she's got to draw readers back in and prove...

With its unique blend of eastern and western traditions of music and poetry, the world of Russian vocal music is rich in spirituality, intimacy, and passion for singers and their audience. Russian song traditions offer an ideal opportunity for self-expression and the forging of a deep connection with...