Alex loves two things: trolling fanfiction authors anonymously and Dilynn Greyson. As Alex watches Dilynn's engagement fall apart in the middle of a crowded mall, there is a flicker of hope that Dilynn could accept their non-binary status and choose them, so they agree to a social engagement at Dilynn's house. If Alex has any chance with Dilynn, they will have to be honest about who they are and face the possibility of another door closing in their face. Dilynn smiles too much. She smiles when her daughter, Evie makes fun of her publicly and when Lyra, the woman that slept Dilynn's with former fiancé, shows up at the Greyson's front door in middle of the night. She also smiles as she talks about Runner89, the troll commenting on her fanfiction work. Evie wants to be normal. Finally stable with her adopted mother, Evie wants to see her mom happy. Anger and fear constantly stand in the way of her reaching that sense of normalcy that she seeks. Lyra doesn't want to spend another night on the street. She's avoided prostitution thus far, but her time may be running out. She doesn't know if the door will be open for her. She doesn't know what will be on the other side. All she has is hope.

Even though it’s frequently asserted that we are living in a golden age of scripted television, television as a medium is still not taken seriously as an artistic art form, nor has the stigma of television as “chewing gum for the mind” really disappeared. Philosopher Martin Shuster argues that television is the modern art form, full of promise and urgency, and in New Television, he offers a strong philosophical justification for its importance. Through careful analysis of shows including The Wire, Justified, and Weeds, among others; and European and Anglophone philosophers, such as Stanley Cavell, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and John Rawls; Shuster reveals how various contemporary television series engage deeply with aesthetic and philosophical issues in modernism and modernity. What unifies the aesthetic and philosophical ambitions of new television is a commitment to portraying and exploring the family as the last site of political possibility in a world otherwise bereft of any other sources of traditional authority; consequently, at the heart of new television are profound political stakes.

The Immortal is the story of the return of the Apostle John to teach the Keys of Knowledge to his student, JJ Dewey, to prepare the world for the new age of peace. This is a book so riveting you will not be able to put it down until you've read the whole thing. The mystery of the book: Is it fact of fiction? Most readers agree this unique knowledge had to come from a higher source.

Graduate-level exposition by noted Russian mathematician offers rigorous, readable coverage of classification of equations, hyperbolic equations, elliptic equations, and parabolic equations. Translated from the Russian by A. Shenitzer.