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Writing a book is a career milestone that only the most elite professionals and thought leaders can achieve—right? Wrong! 

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Whether you want to work with a publisher or on your own, Katel LeDû and Lisa Maria Marquis walk you through crafting a stellar proposal, break down the reality of writing and editing a manuscript, and demystify the marketing and publishing process—so when you’re ready to contribute, you’ll know what to expect.

What does it mean to be a member of a community? And how do we ensure that our communities—from classrooms to workplaces to meetups—are welcoming to all who want to be a part of them?

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Sameera Kapila answers those questions and more by examining how our identities intersect with our design practices. Whether you’re a student, educator, practicing designer, manager, recruiter, mentor, or organizer, you’ll learn to notice subconscious bias, interrogate your values, and actively create welcoming spaces for all. Inclusive Design Communities will empower you to build the design industry you want to see—the one we all deserve.

UX writing is good for business, while also playing a critical role in delivering a top-notch user experience. Through case studies, frameworks, and historical context, Yael Ben-David offers savvy and practical guidance to ensure our digital products support the user and the business—plus writers and designers!—all at once.

It’s easy to believe in the apocalypse when you’re losing your religion.

“Malachite?”
“A rogue dwarf planet,” he explains,
breathy with awe.
I’m still clicking myself deeper into this wormhole,
tabs metastasizing across my browser bar,
saying Malachite can heal,
Malachite can kill,
Malachite will miss,
Malachite will hit,
and I don’t know which mutually exclusive truth to believe.

After her parents split up, seven-year-old Lisa’s father convinces her to leave out the window in the middle of the night. After all, according to their religion, she belongs to him, and it is her duty to obey him.

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She spends the next nine years on the run before the police finally catch up with her father, and she is returned to a mother who is “dead” in the eyes of their religion. But her father always had a plan for when the law came and took what was his―a plan that was set in motion the moment the police arrived at their home.

Though the western wood is rumored to be home to wicked faeries, fifteen-year-old Roisin forages without fear, until the night she saves a red fox from a bear, and that bear turns on her.

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A bear who is actually a boy cursed by faeries and forced to partake in a deadly competition. A red fox who is actually a girl—the same girl from the village whom Ro has fallen for.

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Between the bear and the fox only one is meant to survive, but Ro and her sister are determined to break the curse before tragedy strikes, and their fight forever alters their ties to the western wood and to each other.

At Women Talk Design, we believe everyone's voice needs to be heard―in meetings, on stage, and in the articles and books that we read―especially those we don't hear from enough.

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This book is based on our eight-week public speaking course and will teach you practical techniques for honing in on your ideas, crafting presentations, and speaking up with confidence.

Without women, the field of interaction design would not be as rich as we find it today. While the stories we learn are usually about men—the myth of the lone genius is strong!—work was and still is being done by women behind the scenes.

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This collection focuses on the applied practice of women across interaction design and UX design—as well as the subdisciplines that have evolved out of this practice, such as information architecture, content strategy and governance, user research, information visualization, and visual interface design. 

Description to be written! Check out Book #1 via the button below.