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A fast-paced, twisty psychological debut about the complexities of marriage and new motherhood, told through the frenetic lens of a wife seeking the truth about her husband, at all costs, as the validity of the life she once knew unravels page by page.

Liz Bennett knows that she is one of the lucky ones. Wealthy and charming, Arno is a supportive husband to Liz and a doting father to their daughter, Emma. A rising banker at a top firm in the Boston area, he is the picture of perfection, rounding off their idyllic New England life. But when Liz sees a text on Arno's phone with a kissy-face emoji, her anxiety kicks into overdrive and she begins to worry that her luck has run out.

Plagued by persistent skepticism and countless sleepless nights, Liz decides she must uncover the truth about her husband—as any wife would. So she takes a deep breath and dives down the rabbit hole. As Liz peels back layers of deceit and tracks down every lead, a frenzy begins to take over her life. Could Arno really be unfaithful? Or is Liz's imagination getting the best of her? When everyone around her is convinced she's become unhinged, she must prove, if only to herself, that a woman's intuition expands beyond a single cryptic text.

There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna and into a new fairy tale: Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

For years Mamie Künstler, ninety-three-years-old, as clever and glamorous as ever, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice, California with her inscrutable housekeeper and her gigantic St. Bernard dog. Their tranquility is upended when Mamie's grandson, Julian, arrives from New York City. Like many a twenty-something, he has come to seek his fortune in Hollywood. But it is 2020, the global pandemic sweeps in, and Julian's short visit suddenly has no end in sight.

Mamie was only eleven when the Künstlers escaped Vienna in 1939. They made their way, stunned and overwhelmed, to sunny, surreal Los Angeles where they joined a colony of distinguished Jewish musicians, writers and intellectuals also escaping Hitler. Now, faced with months of lockdown and a willing listener, Mamie begins to tell Julian the buried stories of her early years in Los Angeles: her escapades with eminent émigrés like Arnold Schoenberg, Christopher Isherwood, Thomas Mann. Oh, and Greta Garbo. While the pandemic cuts Julian off from the life he knows, Mamie's tales open up a world of lives that came before him. They reveal to him just how much the past holds of the future.

Cathleen Schine's captivating and comedic twelfth novel explores exile, émigrés, movie stars, musicians, family bonds and the power of stories—both those we hand down and the ones held secretly in the heart.

New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons is here to tell you - and don't take this the wrong way - that you really need to shut the f*ck up!

Our noisy world has trained us to think that those who get in the last word win, when in fact it's those who know how to stay silent who really hold the power. STFU is a book that unlocks this power and will change your life, freeing you to focus on what matters. Lyons combines leading behavioral science with actionable advice on how to communicate with intent, think critically, and open your mind and ears to the world around you.

Talk less, get more. That's what STFU is all about. Prescriptive, informative, and addictively readable, STFU gives you the tools to become your better self, whether that's in the office, at home, online, or in your most treasured relationships. Because, after all, what you say is who you are.

So take a deep breath, turn the page, and quietly change your life.

While fishing on Stony Brook, Hector Fox and his friend find an old map hidden in a floating bottle. Hoping to find a secret treasure, the friends set off into the woods on their latest adventure. When a gang of coyotes capture them, steal the map, lock them in a tunnel, it will take brains, bravery, and teamwork to escape and discover the true meaning of treasure.

Hector Fox and the Map of Mystery is the fourth in a series of picture books created by award-winning author and illustrator Astrid Sheckels, featuring Hector Fox, Lucy Skunk, Mo Marten, Charlie Chipmunk, Jeremiah Rabbit, and surprise friends.

Fan-favorite Jaime Jo Wright draws readers into a seamlessly woven dual-time tale of suspense, mystery, romance, and redemption.

In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and finds that the reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. With women disappearing from the area and a legend that seems to parallel these eerie circumstances, Daisy is thrust into a web that may threaten to steal her sanity, if not her life.

In the present day, Cleo Clemmons is hired by the grandson of American aristocratic family the Tremblays to help his matriarchal grandmother face her hoarding in the dilapidated Castle Moreau. But when Cleo uncovers more than just the woman's stashes of collectibles, a century-old mystery of disappearance, insanity, and the dust of the old castle's curse threatens to rise again, and this time, leave no one alive to tell its sordid tale.

Bestselling author Jocelyn Green sweeps you away in a dazzling novel of secrets, betrayal, and romance within one of New York City's most esteemed museums.

For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations.

The first is her repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter the world of New York's wealthiest patrons who have been victims of art fraud.

With Egyptomania sweeping the city after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, Detective Joe Caravello is on the hunt for a notorious forger preying on the open wallets of New York's high society. Dr. Westlake is just the expert he needs to help him track the criminal. Together they search for the truth, and the closer Lauren and Joe get to discovering the forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception and crime.

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.

The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.

When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected--she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.​

To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia​. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way--and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

An enthusiastic baby squirrel and some grumpy forest friends collide in this sweet and funny picture book from Geisel Award Honoree Anne Hunter.

It's morning time! And Baby is wide awake.

Baby is excited to leap.

Baby is excited to eat.

Baby is excited to see the other animals in the forest...

But are the other animals excited to see Baby?

One day, the owl gets frustrated and says some harsh words that cause Baby to hide away at home. And when Baby doesn't appear, the animals realize something vital is missing from their morning...

Buying a haunted house was never in Ashley Scott's plans, but when an intriguing opportunity drops into her lap after a major setback, she finds herself trekking cross-country to Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast to launch a new life.

Wounded warrior Jonathan Gray isn't sure what to make of the attractive woman on his reclusive older neighbor's isolated property, but her presence is none of his business—until she enlists his help with an ambitious project. When Jonathan finds his interest in the new arrival becoming more personal than professional, however, his defenses go up. There's no room in his life—or his heart—for romance.

Yet, as these three hurting people join forces to restore life, laughter, and love to a historic estate that has known too much sadness, they may also find healing, hope, and happiness for themselves.

Bestselling author Irene Hannon invites you back to Hope Harbor, where hearts heal and love blooms.

A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present.

In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of his generation. Banneker then wrote what would become a famous letter to Jefferson, imploring the new president to examine his hypocrisy, as someone who claimed to love liberty yet was an enslaver. More than two centuries later, Rachel Jamison Webster, an ostensibly white woman, learns that this groundbreaking Black forefather is also her distant relative.

Acting as a storyteller, Webster draws on oral history and conversations with her DNA cousins to imagine the lives of their shared ancestors across eleven generations, among them Banneker's grandparents, an interracial couple who broke the law to marry when America was still a conglomerate of colonies under British rule. These stories shed light on the legal construction of race and display the brilliance and resistance of early African Americans in the face of increasingly unjust laws, some of which are still in effect in the present day.

"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean Vuong

A boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a luminous meditation on ancestry and love

There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies—everything in between is speculation.

After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh, and Minh begin a perilous journey to Hong Kong with the promise that their parents and younger siblings will soon follow. But when tragedy strikes, the three children are left orphaned, and sixteen-year-old Anh becomes the caretaker for her two younger brothers overnight.

In the years that follow, Anh and her brothers resettle in the UK and confront their new identities as refugees, first in overcrowded camps and resettlement centers and then, later, in a modernizing London plagued by social inequality and raging anti-immigrant sentiment. Anh works in a clothing factory to pay their bills. Minh loiters about with fellow unemployed high school dropouts. Thanh, the youngest, plays soccer with his British friends after class. As they mature, each sibling reckons with survivor's guilt, unmoored by their parents' absence. With every choice they make, their paths diverge further, until it's unclear if love alone can keep them together.

Told through lyrical narrative threads, historical research, voices from lost family, and notes by an unnamed narrator determined to chart their fate, Wandering Souls captures the lives of a family marked by war and loss yet relentless in the pursuit of a better future. With urgency and precision, it affirms that the most important stories are those we claim for ourselves, establishing Cecile Pin as a masterful new literary voice.

A brand new heart-stopping series from a USA Today bestselling author

No sooner has Alexis Stone been sworn in as the interim sheriff for Russell County, Tennessee, when a serial killer dubbed the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again—this time in her hometown. Pearl Springs is just supposed to be a temporary stop along the way to Alex's real dream: becoming the first female police chief of Chattanooga. But the killer's calling card—a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it—cannot be ignored.

Pearl Springs chief of police Nathan Landry can't believe that his high school sweetheart Alexis (he refuses to call her Alex) is back in town, and he can't help wanting to protect the woman he never stopped loving. But as the danger mounts and the killer closes in, can Nathan come through on the promises he makes to himself to bring a killer to justice before it's too late.

No one expects to wake up hungry for toast only to find a monster in the kitchen. But one Saturday morning that's exactly what happens to Matias. Is it his imagination, or is the monster real? A hairy, gray monster with a yellow crest, pink tail, and orange paws. How scary! Enough to make even the bravest lose their appetite. So what does Matias do? What anyone would: he calls his mom. She sees it too, but differently from how Matias did. There's a Monster in the Kitchen explores our perceptions and how they change like a clock or a compass to show us that we each see things from our own unique point of view. The sweet, funny ending opens an unexpected window into yet another perspective: that of the monster caught cooking in the kitchen.

Discover nature’s most colourful creatures in a major new book on colour in the animal kingdom.

For many animals use of colour is essential to surviving in the wild. Both a built-in defence mechanism and a cunning tactic for attack, this biological advantage helps animals hide from dangerous predators and catch unsuspecting prey. It is used in many different ways, primarily to mask one’s identity, movement or location, and changes over time as animals evolve and adapt to live.

This stunning photographic collection reveals 100 creatures from around the world paired with fascinating insights from leading UK zoology author Steve Parker. Each animal will have a profile of 300 words paired with striking photographic examples featuring a wealth of colour and ingenious uses of colour for display or disguise.

Learn how:

• The octopus can change its opacity, colour and pattern in response to threats.
• The walking leaf insect has evolved a strikingly similar shape and colour to the leaves it eats.
• The arctic fox changes its fur colour to white in the winter, perfectly blending in with the snow – but climate change is disrupting this age-old adaptation.

This study of some of the most innovative uses of colour by animals, packed with beautiful photography and fascinating insights, will delight all lovers of the natural world.

Lyla Fox knows she has a reputation at the SNAP Agency for impulsivity, but when she receives a threatening letter from a man she helped put in prison, she can't stop herself from going all in to find out why he's coming after her. Unfortunately, she's going to need the help of the one person who questions her reckless choices more than anyone else.

Explosives and weapons specialist Nicolás Garcia agrees to help Lyla in order to keep her safe, but her recklessness continues to be a major concern, especially when her investigation into a conspiracy puts a target on her back. Dealing with bombs is dangerous. Working with Lyla is proving to be just as treacherous to both the mission and his heart.

Natalie Walters closes out her SNAP Agency series with a bang with this nail-biting story of a deadly government conspiracy, an unlikely couple, and an ending that will leave you breathless.

A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. A light-hearted and funny middle-grade novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.

Eleven-year-old Leo is an "armchair adventurer." This, according to Dad, means he'd choose adventures in books or video games over real-life experiences. And while Leo hates the label, he can't argue with it. Unlike his little sister Lizzie, Leo is not a risk-taker.

So when he, Lizzie, Mom and Dad leave the city to visit Grandpa on Heron Island, Leo finds all kinds of dangers to avoid—from the deep, dark ocean to an old barn on the verge of collapse. But nothing on the island is more fearsome than Grandpa himself—Leo has never met anyone so grumpy! According to Mom, Grandpa is still grieving the recent death of his wife, a beekeeper beloved by everyone on the island.

Despite Leo's best efforts to avoid it, adventure finds him anyway when Grandma's beehives go missing in the dead of night. Infuriated, Grandpa vows to track down the sticky-fingered thieves himself...  with risk-averse Leo and danger-loving Lizzie (plus a kitten named Mayhem) in tow.

One jump to save all time

Life is progressing normally for sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew when he accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066. He soon realizes that he's trapped there, and that's not his only astonishing discovery. Dan learns that he's descended from a long line of time jumpers—secret heroes who travel to the past and resolve glitches in the time stream that threaten to alter subsequent history. The only way Dan can return home is to set history back on its proper course in the Anglo-Saxon age. This is no easy task. A Viking horde is ravaging England in the north while a Norman army threatens to invade from the south. In between and desperately struggling to hold on to his throne is Harold Godwinson, the newly-crowned English king.

Dan is fighting to ensure that events play out correctly when he finds himself plunged into an even more lethal conflict. To save history, Dan must battle a band of malevolent time jumpers whose lust for wealth and power threatens the entire future of the world.

"Storms show up and there ain't a thing we can do to stop them." Sonny Bates left South Carolina fifteen years ago and never looked back.

Now she's a successful Hollywood location scout who travels the world, finding perfect places for movie shoots. Home is wherever she lands, and between her busy schedule and dealing with her boss's demands, she has little time to think about the past... until her latest gig lands her a stone's throw from everything she left behind.Searching off the coast of Charleston for a secluded site to film a key scene, Sonny wanders onto a private barrier island and encounters its reclusive owner, known by locals as the Monster of Indigo Isle. What she finds is a man much more complex than the myth.

Once a successful New York attorney, Hudson Renfrow's grief has exiled him to his island for several years. He spends his days alone, tending his fields of indigo, then making indigo dye—and he has no interest in serving the intrusive needs of a film company or yielding to Sonny's determined curiosity. But when a hurricane makes landfall on the Carolina coast, stranding them together, an unlikely friendship forms between the two damaged souls. Soon the gruff exterior Hudson has long hidden behind crumbles—exposing the tender part of him that's desperate for forgiveness and a second chance.

A story of hanging on and letting go, of redemption and reconciliation, and of a love that heals the deepest wounds, from the author of the breakout Southern fiction bestseller Under the Magnolias. This book offers these extra helpful and fun features:

• Discussion questions—we've got you covered for book club!
• Recipes
• A playlist inspired by Sonny and Hudson's love story

From John Cribb, author of the acclaimed novel Old Abe, comes a new work of historical fiction that brings Abraham Lincoln to life as never before.

The Rail Splitter tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's remarkable journey from a log cabin to the threshold of the White House—a journey that makes him one of America's most beloved heroes. We walk beside him on every page of this spellbinding novel and come to know his hopes and struggles on his winding path to greatness.

The story begins with Lincoln's youth on the frontier, where he grows up with an ax in one hand and book in the other, determined to make something of himself. He sets off on one adventure after another, from rafting down the Mississippi River to marching in an Indian war. When he is twenty-six, the girl he hopes to marry dies of fever. He spends days wandering the countryside in grief. A few years later, he purchases a ring inscribed with the words "Love Is Eternal" and enters a tempestuous marriage with Mary Todd.

Lincoln literally wrestles his way to prominence on the Illinois prairies. He teaches himself the law and enters the rough and tumble world of frontier politics. With Mary's encouragement, he wins a term in the US Congress, but his political career falters. They are both devastated by the loss of a child. As arguments over slavery sweep the country, Lincoln finds something worth fighting for, and his debates with brash rival Stephen Douglas catapult him toward the White House.

Part coming-of-age story, part adventure story, part love story, and part rags-to-riches story, The Rail Splitter is the making of Abraham Lincoln. The story of the rawboned youth who goes from a log cabin to the White House is, in many ways, the great American story. The Rail Splitter reminds us that the country Lincoln loved is a place of wide-open dreams where extraordinary journeys unfold.

Empower your child to be a positive force in the world with this encouraging picture book that teaches kids that no matter how small an action may be, there is always something they can do to make the world a better place.

"When I know a friend is hurting then my heart starts aching too, like it's asking me a question... is there something I can do?"

Based on a familiar passage from Matthew 25, this picture book explores themes of compassion and empathy, encouraging children to take positive action when they see a need in the world around them. From big things—like helping to plant a community garden or trying to find a home for an animal in need—to small things—like making a card or welcoming someone new—there is always something we can do!

The book's lyrical refrain will stick with kids long after the book is closed: "If there's something that you notice, there is something you can do. Keep your kindness radar working—maybe something starts with you!"

Immerse your little one in a world of kindness and hope with this gorgeously illustrated offering from Natalee Creech.

The second book in a hilarious illustrated non-fiction chapter book series starring a savvy and stylish cockroach who guides the reader through an encounter with a charming - and dangerous - predator. Is this hyena drooling for tea and crumpets... or for you?!

Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? High teas are dainty meals with pretty teacups- you nibble tiny cakes, sip milky tea and chit-chat about not-so-important things like why doughnuts have holes and if fish have eyebrows. But Ruby the hyena is loud, ferocious and tends to slober. High-speed gobbling makes good sense in the wild, but it is a definite no-no in the tearoom! And Ruby just happens to be Queen of a very large clan of hungry hyenas. Will high tea be ruined by uninvited guests? Is Ruby peckish for something other than Celeste's famous cream buns?

Using her vast knowledge of hyenas, Celeste comes up with lots of strategies to get through high tea in one piece. Many of her suggestions are dangerous, most are absurd, but all are based on true hyena biology and hunting behaviour.

From the Yukon to Seattle, the hope of a new beginning waits just around the corner.

Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she's sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she's always dreamed of.

Years later, Addie has found peace in her new life as a photographer, training Camera Girls to operate and sell the Brownie camera. But during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle, Addie is reunited with Isaac. And when her past catches up with her, Addie must decide whether to run or to stay and face her wounds in order to embrace her life, her future, and her hope in God.

Bestselling author Tracie Peterson pens a tender tale where forgiveness, faith, and love conquers all.

Celebrate the hopes and dreams you have for your little one with this rhyming board book that inspires children to dream big, work hard, and trust in God.

In Dream Big, My Precious One, a whimsical narrator explores the boundless potential of a child's future, imagining what the child will love as he or she grows up and all of the incredible things the child could become, from "a doctor or zoologist, a nurse or archaeologist" all the way to "a preacher sharing God's good news, a captain on a sailing cruise, a vet to cure sick kangaroos!" Upbeat and playful, this book will inspire children to passionately pursue their dreams, knowing that God will be with them every step of the way.

Peer into the future and reminisce about the present with this sci-fi picture book that speculates about a hopeful someday for today's children.

Are you ready for a futuristic trip down memory lane? In this imaginative picture book, a grandmother reminisces to her grandchild Indigo about her childhood, back when humans lived on Earth and children biked to school instead of flying. On the new planet, robots do chores, telepathy has replaced texting, and cakes are 3D-printed. Each clever parallel between the past and present reveals both sweet similarities and stark differences. And though things are vastly different in this marvel-filled future, there is one thing that remains the same: the future is still bright.

A stirring defense of Sinéad O'Connor's music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.

In 1990, Sinéad O'Connor's video for "Nothing Compares 2 U" turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O'Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it's time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O'Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down.

Addressing triumph and struggle, sound and story, Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O'Connor's case, by shaving her head, championing rappers, and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). McCabe details O'Connor's childhood abuse, her initial success, and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O'Connor to Madonna, another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church, and Prince, who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself, McCabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O'Connor but how we see ourselves, and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home.

In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past, it can be easy to forget how O'Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.

From the talented pen of bestselling author Leslie Gould comes a powerful and evocative dual-time story partly set during World War II.

Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parents' Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy's way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her sisters' needs, and her Dawdi and Mammi's strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an upcoming trip to Germany for an international Mennonite youth gathering and in her great-aunt's story about Ivy's great-grandmother's visit to Germany in the late 1930s.

As Ivy grows suspicious that her parents' death wasn't, in fact, an accident, she gains courage from what she learns of her great-grandmother's time in World War II Germany. With her great-aunt's encouragement and the inspiration of her great-grandmother, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself.

A time-traveling woolly mammoth finds refuge and rescue at the unlikely hands of a possum and his community of woodland friends in this humorous middle grade for fans of The Secret Lake and The Wild Robot. Features charming black-and-white interior illustrations by Udayana Lugo.

When a furry, four-legged beast from the distant past appears in their park, the local animals are concerned about unwanted attention from humans. Gilly the Possum, assistant to raccoon Mayor Crawdaddy, is tasked with figuring out where the lost galumpus came from... and how to get him home again.

While Gilly and the Mayor don't agree on much, they can agree on one thing: with a huge blizzard rolling in, the galumpus needs their help, no matter where he came from.

This laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure has the whole woodland community in Theodore Wirth Park considering the best way to welcome a newcomer—and what generosity in the face of unthinkable circumstances can mean.

"Sacrifices must be made; battles will be lost. It is always this way in a quest for change."

In the near future, Earth's oil reserves are depleted. Nations grapple to find an alternative energy source. Terrorists race for control over world resources. And the Syndicate--a conglomerate of allied intelligence agencies--struggles to maintain peace.

Syndicate operative Juliet Arroway and her best friend, Mariam, a progressive Saudi princess, are tasked with hunting down terrorists and putting an end to the global energy war, the same mission that cost Juliet's father his life. But when multiple terrorist attacks result in devastating losses, including the death of Juliet's longtime boyfriend, and the Syndicate begins to suspect that Mariam's family is somehow involved, Juliet must rise above her heartbreak to discover the truth.

In her quest, Juliet is paired with Graham—a dashing yet arrogant FBI agent—and embarks on a dangerous journey toward love and survival as they race to obtain the formula that could solve the energy crisis. But when peace demands a stunning betrayal, Juliet must decide how much she is willing to pay for the success of her mission. Brilliantly weaving fact and fiction, Butler tells a story seldom told—how female heroics can change the course of war.

What’s the BIGGEST number?

Pebbles the butterfly wants to know! He travels the world in search of the answer, asking every animal he meets. 

Along the way, he must escape an earthquake, outrun an avalanche, and fly over a tsunami. Luckily, his new friends are there to lend him a hand... or a paw.

Will Pebbles ever find the biggest number?

Flutter in and find out!

They must set aside their own plans and rely on their faith to bring their true destiny to light.

Lilac Nielsen's dream has come true: handsome young Rev. Ethan Pritchard has finally noticed her. Yet she must balance this new courtship with the pursuit of another dream--the publication of her artwork in a New York paper. She has secretly been submitting a series of drawings under a pen name, and if anyone traces the drawings back to her, the entire Nielsen family could be put in danger.

As their family farm expands and Lilac's relationship with the reverend grows, it's a time of new beginnings. But when a family crisis back in Ohio shakes the Nielsen sisters, can they continue to build the new life they've begun in Nebraska? And will Lilac be prepared for what God has in store for her future?

Bestselling author Lauraine Snelling invites you back to Salton, Nebraska, where friendship and romance blossom.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she's suddenly popular for the first time.

The friends who've recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school's disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she's imagining things.

Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida's lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.

Veteran motion picture, television, and Broadway producer Julian Schlossberg grew up in New York City with an early love of entertainment. As a child, he was an avid fan of radio, film, and the new art of television, and harbored ambitions of meeting his favorite stars one day. Little did he know that in the course of his career, he would not only meet many of them, but also become their producer, representative, and friend.

During his nearly 60 years in show business, Schlossberg has worked as a producer, director, distributor, exhibitor, radio and television host, and record executive. At 27 he was the youngest head film buyer of a national theater chain; after working at the ABC network, the Walter Reade Organization, and Paramount Pictures, he would start his own motion-picture company, Castle Hill Productions, which would become one of the largest independent film-distribution companies in the world with a library of over 500 films. Not willing to restrict his efforts to film and television, he has also produced award-winning plays and musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway, working closely with brilliant writers and directors like Mike Nichols, Larry Gelbart, Susan Stroman, Woody Allen, and David Mamet.

Now, in his memoir Try Not to Hold It Against Me, Schlossberg shares stories from a lifetime in entertainment, from his childhood in the Bronx to his years as a producer for screen and stage. Schlossberg takes us through the trials and triumphs of work and play in every avenue of the business: negotiating with Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds, and Lillian Hellman; hosting the syndicated radio and television production Movie Talk, which introduced him to hundreds of stars; experiencing the paranormal with Shirley MacLaine and Betty Hill; running the Orson Welles estate and restoring Welles' masterly film adaptation of Othello; partying with Barbra Streisand and Liza Minelli; testifying in a lawsuit against The Beatles; and interviewing over 120 of the most influential figures of the 20th century for his series Witnesses to the 20th Century.

Written with engaging humor and self-deprecation—and with a foreword by Academy Award winner Elaine May—Try Not to Hold It Against Me gives readers a behind-the-scenes pass to Cannes and Las Vegas, the lives and homes of the stars, and the rarely seen but crucial work of the producer in the midst of it all. It's a compelling read for film, television, and theater enthusiasts alike—and a one-of-a-kind autobiography by one of entertainment's true insiders.

How Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance.

With hits such as "Stand By Your Man" and "Golden Ring," Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady of country. Steacy Easton places the complications of Wynette's music and her biography in sharp-edged relief, exploring how she made her sometimes-tumultuous life into her work, a transformation that was itself art.

Wynette created a persona of high femininity to match the themes she sang about--fawning devotion, redemption in heterosexual romance, the heartbreak of loneliness. Behind the scenes, her life was marked by persistent class anxieties; despite wealth and fame, she kept her beautician's license. Easton argues that the struggle to meet expectations of southernness, womanhood, and southern womanhood, finds subtle expression in Wynette's performance of "Apartment #9"--and it's because of these vocal subtleties that it came to be called the saddest song ever written. Wynette similarly took on elements of camp and political critique in her artistry, demonstrating an under-appreciated genius.

Why Tammy Wynette Matters reveals a musician who doubled back on herself, her façade of earnestness cracked by a melodrama that weaponized femininity and upended feminist expectations, while scoring twenty number-one hits.

Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.

Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother's potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother's desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who's coping with the shooting death of his older brother.

But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone... 

A young woman who learns to become strong in the face of impossible circumstances, and a man who finds light in the midst of overwhelming darkness. Prepare yourself for the first book in a haunting new series... Loveletting.

Fleeing from her home after escaping the murder of her mother, inexperienced and petrified by reality with her horse as her only companion - Charlotte is met by the most notorious serial killer of the nation. His dark past and her dark future collide, in a world filled with dangers far greater than him.

Set in the rugged Victorian west at the end of the 19th century with a myriad of complex characters, all intertwined in a brutal environment that examines the conflicting nature and morality of humanity. Charlotte may be innocent at heart, but the world she lives in is not. Filled with dangers from gangs to cults and a mysterious horror element that persists throughout - the overarching gothic love story fills this thrilling, dark adventure up until the haunting end... leaving the reader with an existential dread so deep that it must be read to be understood, yet craving for more.

This novel is definitely for an adult audience, as the content is very heavy and challenging. It will appeal to those interested in a gothic romance with undertones of psychological horror. Most importantly, this book is a form of literary fiction; as character development is the most crucial factor in telling this story and it does NOT follow the typical tropes of a genre book. Subtle hints to the dark machinations behind the scenes, and interweaving characters who gradually change and grow over time, all work together to create a living world - filled with the unexpected - in which to lose yourself within.

If you want something to read on autopilot, and wish for the plot to follow a certain expected pattern, this is NOT the book for you. This experience will challenge you; a gripping story that will invade you, heart and mind, long after reading.

In the days before Roe v. Wade, an ambitious young journalist, abandoned by her beau, leaves Michigan for a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester, NY newspaper. Burned once, she's eager for love, but as the only Girl in the newsroom, she more concerned about making allies and finding friends.

When a new leading man appears, she recognizes a kindred spirit. Soon her bylined stories claim front-page space. However, when she becomes pregnant, she must switch her attention from deadlines to decisions.

With adoption on the horizon, she pushes her man to make a commitment. Sadly, he wants her, but not their daughter. Will Dusky ever find the little girl she longed to raise, and if she does, what will be the fallout from their years apart?

In Hole in My Heart, the author uses her skills as a journalist to report on the social history and long-term consequences of family separation. If you like true stories with strong women narrators, you’ll love Lorraine Dusky’s timely and heart-rending memoir about motherhood, identity and love.

Written by a leader in the movement to reform adoption practices and the first to come out of the era's closet of shame. With footnotes, bibliography and index.

Reagan Crossins is about to live the life of her dreams. She just graduated from Hoffman Law School with her incredibly attractive and highly successful boyfriend, Hunter, and moved into an apartment in Manhattan with Maeve and Harper, her two best friends from college. Once she passes the New York Bar, Reagan knows that she will find an esteemed associate position in New York City to finalize the last step before a giant diamond appears on her left hand. Nothing can stand in the way of her success!

Except when the legal market is in a slump, Reagan finds herself in one, too. If being broken up with for someone with a more glamorous life wasn’t enough, the dozens of failed interviews were the icing on the cake. With the support of her roommates and her new friend Mary, who, much to Reagan’s excitement, owns the local bakery and deemed Reagan as her official taste tester, Reagan perseveres through a multitude of hilariously devastating job interviews and a few awkward dates, which also lead her to Brooks, her new mysterious hot crush.

When Reagan finally regains her balance with a new job and a new relationship, some unexpected medical findings rock her world once more, and she finds herself caught in a secret that might ruin everything. Reagan leans on her friends and family until she comes to the realization that only she can summon the strength inside of herself to find her own happy ending.

Theorizing that Black Americans were being culturally indoctrinated rather than legitimately educated, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, set forth and produced The Miseducation of the Negro in 1933.

Emphasizing the importance and power of cultural history, this intricate study explores the detrimental effects of the American education system on the Black community.

This is an adventure that began almost fourteen billion years ago, one that so often threatened to fail. It's truly a miracle I'm still here. Despite everything, I wouldn't have wanted to miss one second of it. And the best is yet to come.

With the help of an extraordinary narrator, you're invited to discover the wonder and drama of the history of the cosmos. In this story we follow the journey of one proton who comes into existence at the beginning of creation and makes it all the way through history to today. By becoming a part of atoms and molecules that turn up at some of the universe's most important moments, our friend Proton witnesses emerging galaxies, the origin of life, its evolution into a wild diversity of life forms, the first human beings, the birth and life of Jesus, the beginnings of the Christian church, all the way up to the present day. Through it all, the mysterious, seemingly unbelievable plans of the Creator continue to unfold...

Combining its authors' mind-bending scientific knowledge, storytelling skills, and insights from theology, Dawn provides a fresh look at the fundamentals of cosmology, evolutionary biology, and the good news of God in one overarching adventure—in the form of a gripping story. Readers who love both science and Scripture will discover an engaging, thought-provoking tale that reminds us we each have a big place in God's plan of creation—even if we're very, very small.

BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity invite us to see the harmony between the sciences and biblical faith on issues including cosmology, biology, paleontology, evolution, human origins, the environment, and more.

Discover an ancient legend, powerful magic, and heartwarming romance in the gentle hills of western Ireland.

Tongue-tied around men, the only place shy librarian Brigid Cleary finds love is in the books she reads. Certainly not in the novel she’s writing—as appealing as a dusty desert. Then a famous mystery writer enters her life to research an Irish legend related to her family. As their easy conversation grows, Brigid develops feelings. There’s just one large problem—he’s engaged.

With two failed books behind him, Andrew Connally is desperate for success. The Irish legend has to pull him through. When Brigid invites him to Ireland for a family celebration, in exchange for his help with writing, he jumps at the chance. But surprises emerge in this enchanted land. The flames of attraction climb, and the legend pulls them both on a powerful journey.

As the secrets of the legend come to light, Brigid and Andrew discover an unexpected path to love and the dreams they both desire.

If seeing cold cases solved and closed forever brings you comfort, then this is the book for you!

While some of these cases are sure to tickle the memory of any true crime enthusiast, some might just be new to you. One thing all these cold cases have in common is that they’ve finally been solved; some with incredibly shocking outcomes. From The Bear Brook Murders to the 1959 Slaying of Candice Rogers, these cases are sure to leave you shocked.

This book also makes a great gift for fans of true crime!

Cold cases hold a special place in our hearts—most people agree that victims never finding justice is incredibly sad. For these victims, though, the truth has come out, sometimes decades later. Look back on these truly disturbing cases and learn the facts that finally broke all twenty-seven cases.

The world ends when the Hg34 virus infects its population. Those who don’t die either hide or are taken captive; forced to dig underground until their bodies fail. Those who haven’t been taken fight for survival.

The search for answers leads Libby and her companions into decimated towns where secrets lay buried. How far will the search for answers take them? What will they do with the answers when they find them?

She escaped his net, but now he’s caught her heart.

Muri was resigned to being the tenth bride of the king of the merfolk—until he disappeared on land. Now she has mere days to find him among the treacherous fairies and dim-witted humans before the throne is forfeit and his menacing rival takes control of the merkingdom.

Her first shimmering glimpse of a human in a boat is so captivating, his fishing net almost ensnares her. But once on shore, she discovers that the fairies are kind, and the humans intelligent. And the man who almost caught her—a fish-catcher named Jack—is utterly handsome.

Muri needs to warn the mermaids that the merking won’t be returning—he’s lying drunk in the village park, unable to shift to merman form. But she hesitates to leave the village. Muri wants to learn more of this place where humans and fairies help each other, women and men are equals, and rulers are chosen by everyone. And she wants to spend more time with Jack.

But the merking’s rival is coming for her. He’ll threaten the whole village to force her to return home. To keep Jack safe, she’ll have to leave him.

The Ocean Girl is a cozy fantasy romance in a fairy tale setting with lighthearted magic. It’s the beach read Éowyn packs when she goes on vacation. The Ocean Girl contains love scenes.

What would happen if Marcus Garvey had achieved his dreams by force? Satirizing of one of the most influential figures of twentieth century Black America, George S. Schuyler’s Black Empire is a remarkable look into the complicated politics of race and class.

After witnessing a murder in Harlem, the promising young Black journalist, Carl Slater, is kidnapped by the incredibly charismatic but deranged Dr. Belsidus. Having secretly formed a Black Internationale, the doctor has plans to upset alliances between Europe and the United States when the time is right. As Carl slowly discovers the depth of the doctor’s insanity and witnesses the fallout from the ensuing revolution, he watches as the dream of an Africa for Africans is fully realized but questioning the cost.

As hundreds of thousands of displaced people sought refuge in Europe, the global relief system failed. This is the story of the volunteers who stepped forward to help.

In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, setting off the greatest human displacement in Europe since WWII. As journalists reported horrific mass drownings, an ill-prepared and seemingly indifferent world looked on. Those who reached Europe needed food, clothing, medicine, and shelter, but the international aid system broke down completely.

All Else Failed is Dana Sachs’s compelling eyewitness account of the successes—and failures—of the volunteer relief network that emerged to meet the enormous need. Closely following the odysseys of seven individual men and women, and their families, it tells a story of despair and resilience, revealing the humanity within an immense humanitarian disaster.

“An urgent, deeply researched, and tender account of the helpers: refugee crisis volunteers (often formerly displaced) who arrive when those responsible for the chaos have turned their backs. Vital, and often infuriating, it is at once global in scale and absolutely singular. This is a story about the drive to nurture and care for our fellow humans, one that stirs us all.” —Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee

“Sachs chronicles what happened in Greece when Middle Eastern refugees and volunteers from around the world converged, imperfectly, often chaotically, but with empathy and generosity in ways that mattered and ways that moved me. Sometimes these impromptu communities fail in the end, but the fact that they succeeded for a time, against the odds, can teach us important lessons.” —Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and Orwell’s Roses

“This people-first, intensely researched, deeply personal, and altogether devastating call to action tells us that when all else fails, volunteer.” —Booklist

Ever since Scarlett’s adventure in New York City with Prince Mason, Scarlett’s dream of becoming a princess came true, but she hasn’t been able to tell anyone, not even her parents. Worst of all, Scarlett’s fairytale book stopped working, and she has not returned to Calondes or seen Mason, though she longs to find her friend once again.

When her parents take her on a trip to visit Grandma Rose in London, Scarlett can’t wait to ask her grandma all of her unanswered questions. Instead, Grandma Rose sends Scarlett home with her favorite book, which Scarlett quickly discovers is her own secret passageway to Hyland Castle, Grandma Roses’s home in London. When Scarlett asks Grandma Rose to help fix her fairytale book so that Scarlett can find her way back to Calondes, both magical books disappear. Scarlett and her new friend, Grace, soon find themselves on their own adventure in London, as they solve clues in an attempt to find the missing pages to Scarlett’s treasured books. Will they be able to find the books before sunset or will Scarlett lose both keys to her favorite kingdoms?

This is the second book in the Pillow Palace Adventure series.

Few horrific acts are black and white, and no soul is the villain in their own mind.

Hades, Master of Judgement, has served King Lucifer for over five millennia. Reigning over Hell’s courthouse and passing judgement on the vilest souls humanity has to offer, Hades is unmoved by the pleas or tears of the condemned. Ruthless, but neither cruel nor heartless, Hades prides himself on his fair, though often harsh, verdicts. Until the day he locks horns with Naessia, King Lucifer’s Master of Unity.

Driven by her strong desire to create a system of justice and harmony, Naessia has called into question the logic behind Hades’ verdicts. While the Master of Judgement is more than happy to debate, her accusations have crossed from debates into insults, and the powerful Olympian is not one to suffer insults.

To broker peace between his two Masters, King Lucifer has ordered a trial run of Naessia’s proposed initiative. For the first time in Hell’s infinite history, victims will be allowed to witness the Trials of those who victimized them. Using a variety of different Trials to create a fair sampling, Naessia’s initiative is set for success…until Hades’ verdicts cause their feuds to escalate. Finding common ground is vital for the stability of Hell, but with each case, the odds are becoming less and less likely.

Set in the world of The Devil’s Trill, Hades draws the reader deep into Lucifer’s kingdom for an exploration into the minds of the wicked.

A hopeful and insightful collection by one of the great voices of our time

"As a charismatic speaker, leader, and a very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage... to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all." —Gloria Steinem

"Kevin Powell is pushing to bring, as he has so brilliantly done before, the voices of his generation: the concerns, the cares, the fears, and the fearlessness." —Nikki Giovanni

"Obviously Kevin Powell has the talent to see and the courage to say. He truly keeps it real." —Maya Angelou

KEVIN POWELL is one of the most prolific and acclaimed American writers, thinkers, activists, and public speakers of the past three decades. His essays, blogs, poems, articles, cultural criticisms, interviews, and speeches are important contributions to our national conversations on race, gender, class, politics, pop culture, celebrity, hip-hop, and the past, present, and future of the United States.

The Kevin Powell Reader is an electric and deeply inspiring selection from Powell's lifework, spanning the Reagan-Bush years of AIDS and crack epidemics to our current era framed by the COVID-19 pandemic; the tragic killing of George Floyd; the #MeToo movement; and much more. In a journey that has produced fifteen books, countless cover stories, hundreds of published pieces, and definitive writings on iconic figures like Stacey Abrams, Dave Chappelle, Kerry Washington, Sidney Poitier, bell hooks, Tupac Shakur, Aretha Franklin, and Kendrick Lamar, Powell is a voice for our times, and a voice that is timeless.

This collection also tracks Powell's personal struggles, his unwavering honesty about himself and our world, and his endless desire for freedom and justice for all people. Featuring the best of his published works alongside never-before-printed pieces, The Kevin Powell Reader captures twenty-first-century America with hope, insight, and the urgent need to preserve equal rights for all.

The poems of Rooted and Winged explore the emotional and physical movement of flight and falling. They are of the earth, the place of fertile origins, and of the dream world we observe and imagine when we look upward. Golems and ghosts that emerge from the ground, as well as the birds and angels that live above us, inhabit the collection. We will always be striving for flight, even as we feel most comfortable closest to the earth.

How does self-realization impact leadership through every layer of society? How does this process transform social issues, workplace culture, and relationships?

Through a series of riveting stories, You Are Us presents an exploration of individual and collective socio-cultural transformation discovering what happens when leaders are actively doing inner work as a source to ignite change throughout culture, workforces, organizations, politics, and our social fabric.

The delicate balance between inner change and outer societal reflection is revealed through real stories of adaptive leaders. The 13 stories in You Are Us are from the perspective of 13 people who are radically different from each other, but are also unified by having done the work of inner reckoning with their trauma, pain, and socialized identity. In turn, this work reveals that a pathway to sourcing and initiating societal change from within is a vital step to help one integrate into a collective reconciliation process across race, gender, religion, politics, and other areas where cultural tensions emerge.

Through the vulnerable illumination of each story, we learn how inner work translates into liberated leadership that serves community, workplace, and ultimately societal transformation.

We the readers are also invited into a self-inquiry process, as an opportunity to illuminate our own unconscious patterns in the contexts of societal identities, and to catalyze our generative leadership potential in an increasingly polarized world.

The newly revised Voices Behind the Curtain is a historical fiction novel featuring an engaging cast of characters that will appeal to many interested in the historical, political, and economic events that shaped the world in the years – after World War II.

Although Voices is the 3rd book in 'The Sentinels' trilogy, reading the first two books is not a prerequisite.

A full-cast 30-min. pilot of 'The Sentinels' was recently completed and is currently being considered for production. This title is also available in audiobook format.

Synopsis:

In 1946, peak military-industrial contracting has been cut by 400 billion dollars. Some of the same industrial organizations responsible for creating a military arsenal capable of supplying six different wars on four separate continents have become concerned. The economic impact of converting their-war time manufacturing to peace-time production represents risks they are not willing to accept. A consortium of these companies determine they must find a new way to restore the lost military contracting. Their plan calls for them to manipulate the Congressional military appropriations process for their own self-interests.

Hearing of the plot, the Sentinels decide to challenge. Voices Behind the Curtain is a story about powerful and resourceful people, those who endeavor to implement their plan of corruption, and those who oppose it.

Jacques Roth and Mike Stone return to lead the Sentinel opposition and devise a plan capable of opposing one of the world’s largest conglomerates.

Meet Miss Mercedes, a former Miss Universe winner, whose ambition to become a celebrated actress has led to her downfall. Follow her life as she re-invents herself and influences those around her. Natalie Cummins, the retired star of the London and New York musical stages, is determined to use her entertainment experience to find British employment for "Back Listed" Hollywood actors, writers, and directors. Marco Tanfredi and Don Cerreta, two second-generation Sicilians, who have learned to it is necessary to resist the ‘temptations of the street,’ if they wish to pursue their American Dream"

The reader is allowed to ride side-saddle with these principal characters as they proceed to protect the integrity of the Congressional Appropriations process. Their journey leads them through the entertainment industry in Mexico, Southern California, London, and New York.

Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, author Jonathan Marshall spent his young life in a high crime neighborhood where making poor choices were a form of survival. Growing up on the streets and the effects of a dysfunctional school system led to a turbulent life that included imprisonment, homelessness, assault, and frequent interactions with law enforcement.

Finding redemption later in life and in recovery from toxic family relationships, Marshall wrote his memoir to tell the true stories about living in the ghetto.

His is the real voice of a violent upbringing on the rough streets of Baltimore City in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, as well as the remarkable strength it took to be able to turn things around and build a better life after violence. Readers will find his story honest, raw, and genuinely insightful.

When being invisible is all they've ever known, a genius kid from Brooklyn changes their world.

Everyone has a secret. Mine is a little different because it involves academics. My teachers think I'm uninterested in school. The truth is, school is BORING! I doodle through my lessons because I know everything they're teaching. My secret is? I'm a bona fide genius. Don't tell my mom because she doesn't know yet. The problem is, even twelve-year-old geniuses have bullies to deal with. My friends and I are not just bullied, but put in nerd zone and ignored. On a positive note, I'm going to change all that with a message that will put us in front of the world. So listen up. There's a lot more to us than the color of our skin, disability, looks or anything else you try to judge us on. But will the message get to the one person who needs to hear it most?

Five women rose in the dark of a Sunday morning on Nisan 18, AD 30. They had agreed to meet together in the most densely populated city in the Roman Empire to perform a necessary but cheerless and gruesome task.

Two of them were relatives of the deceased man; each of the other three had been healed by his touch. Their mission was critical. In the rush to entomb their Rabbi by nightfall three and a half days earlier, a crucial step had been omitted—that of applying oils to his burial shroud.

The women had prepared the oils as soon as possible and carried them in small alabastra, but they had been excessively delayed. Not one but two intervening Sabbaths had postponed their graveside visit until that particular morning.

They knew the stench inside the cave-like tomb would be unbearable, but their love compelled them to honor the man they grieved so deeply.

They didn’t know that Roman soldiers had been posted to guard the doubly sealed tomb.

They didn’t know that the stone over the tomb entrance weighed about three-quarters of a ton.

But then the sun broke.

This is their story—and his.

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Dawn is actually two books in one.

Part One (the first half of the book) is dramatized history. It reads as a multi-layered story, with dialogue and historical details to highlight the emotions and movements of the characters involved.  It transports you, the reader, back into Palestine some 2,000 years ago to experience the dynamics of those emotionally charged days.

The second half of the book provides the background research for the story. This half of the book consists of Part Two, which is a complete integration of the four gospel accounts with extensive footnotes, and Part Three, which addresses questions about the chronology, writers, characters, and relationships. Particular focus is given to the women, especially Mary Magdalene.

"This is the story of how wine brought me back from the dead."

Thus begins Adam McHugh’s transition through the ending of one career―as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor―into the discovery of a new life in wine among the grapevines of the Santa Ynez Valley of California.

“This is the corkscrewing tale of how I got to Santa Ynez, eventually, and the questions that came up along the way,” he continues. “You and I are going to take a long wine tour together on our way there, and we will make plenty of stops for a glass and some local wine history. As you will see, I reached into the old, old story of wine in order to find my new story, which begins, as so many wine love stories do, in the French countryside. Most stories about religion and drink are stories of recovery. I’m not sure if mine isn’t a story about recovery too.”

Adam’s story is one of being forced to reevaluate and remake his life when things fell apart. But more than that, it’s a story about finding healing through the good gifts of wine, friends, and the beauty of wine country.

Pour a glass and join the adventure from the south of France to Champagne to the California Central Coast.

She never worried about where people go when they die. But then her recently deceased boyfriend starts sending alarming messages.

New York. Gabriella is teetering between anger and tears. Starting her sophomore year of high school while juggling a new job, the fifteen-year-old finds no zest for life after her boyfriend's tragic death. Doing her utmost to be strong and get closure by attending his funeral, she's terrified when she arrives home and sees his face in her mirror. Confused by a series of strange texts sent by her sweetheart from beyond the grave, Gabriella can't tell if his spirit is still wandering or if she's losing her mind. But when his best friend reveals he also sees the dead boy, they follow a trail of mysterious clues to a shocking conclusion. Will poking into buried secrets stop Gabriella from meeting a deadly fate?

Never Really Gone is an emotion-drenched early YA ghost story. If you like edge-of-your-seat mysteries, explorations of grief, and magical realism, then you'll love L. B. Anne's thrilling tale.

The prophecy says she'll destroy him, but if he doesn't reveal too much, will she help him rule Hell?

Jade is in witness protection and finds herself in possession of a store full of magical items. Her presence there alerts her existence to Baal, a serpent shifter and the first king of Hell. He arrives to kill her before she can become what has been prophesied and kill him, but he is enchanted by what he finds. She is everything he feared she would be, but she also pulls at something deep within him. She has no idea what she is, and he knows he can use her for his own plans. Jade tentatively trusts Baal and agrees to help him, but the four realms are all fighting for control of earth and its inhabitants. She is the one prophesied to choose the winner. She is the one prophesied to kill the first king of Hell.

One name springs to mind when we think of classic suspense films: Alfred Hitchcock.

His silhouette is instantly recognisable as no one else has quite the same pouty lips and round, chubby face. The way he posed for photographs and his penchant for making cameo appearances in his films bear witness to his larger-than-life personality, but it was his ability to tell a spellbinding tale coupled with his technical brilliance that earned him the epithet of "Master of Suspense". His groundbreaking use of camera movement and the way he framed shots to maximise anxiety and fear place films like "Vertigo" among the very finest examples of creative achievement ever produced within the seventh art. In "Rear Window", he builds edge-of-your-seat tension by placing us in James Stewart's wheelchair and making us watch events unroll through his eyes, and the use of cutting-edge special effects in "The Birds" is almost as impressive as the fact that more than three thousand birds were trained for the film. What else do these three films mentioned have in common, along with "Psycho" and "Rebecca" and so many others? That's right...they were based on novels or short stories; the written word.

In A Hint of Hitchcock, we turn our attention back from the screen to the page, and bring you, the avid suspense reader, modern tales that chill and surprise, all inspired by the work of the master of suspense.

Better Not Look Down - Josh Pachter
Golden Curls - Rebecca A. Demarest
More Than Suspicion - Joseph S. Walker
Paranoia - Paulene Turner
The Suitcase - Jason Fischer
Rebecca Redux - Elizabeth Elwood
Highwayman's Hitch - Cameron Trost
Relish - David Carroll
Karma is a Thief in the Night - Roger Johns
Scallion's Head - H.K. Stubbs
Closed Circuit - Mark Blackham
Vault - Andy Rausch

A thought-provoking book about behavior, belief, and American unity.

Are you worried political tensions are coming to a breaking point? Have you had personal relationships ruined because of politics? Do you feel frustrated and left helpless with the constant arguing and hate? Look no further. This book answers how America can ease rising political tensions and create a more unified country by focusing on what matters. Using an introductory psychology crash course, author Kenneth Scherr reveals motivational insights that anyone can apply to their life to create new healthy relationships with those they have political disagreements with.

His motivation to write this book developed during the 2020 presidential election. Disturbed to see a lack of respect for each other and a need to unify as a country, he dedicated himself to discovering how people learn to cooperate. This book simplifies years of research into a short and easy to understand message to instill lasting behavior change in the reader. This is a must read for every voting American.

If Paige isn’t careful, her new job could land her in an early grave.

Paige Turner’s zero-balance bank account demands she take on a new job, but she never expected it would be as Shadow Harbor’s newest librarian. Now the unlucky orphan is learning it’s not books she’ll be shelving… but magic. Dark, dangerous, deadly magic.

Her new position requires she keep the supernatural subworld at bay while retrieving and archiving magical artifacts from around the globe. If she fails, the world may just be doomed… but even trying could get her killed.

Teaming up with a snarktastic teacup dragon doesn’t seem to be helping, either. Paige still struggles to master magic and shelve supernatural secrets. And when her first assignment involves massive multiplication of a group of wayward werewolves, she fears the world may not survive her tenure as librarian.

Fans of The Librarians and Warehouse 13 will love this enchanting new urban fantasy series.

Four women from Haiti, St. Thomas, and Guam meet at a college counseling session for first-year students and learn they have a shared history of abuse. Dubbing themselves the "island sisters," their unyielding friendship is their touchstone across oceans, through labyrinths of forced marriages and violent men, motherhood, and their dreams of freedom.

Strong-willed and hot-headed Monique, quiet and romantic Cecilia, devout Lanei, and determined Ella are four friends who seem to makeup for what the other lacks. But no matter what is happening in their lives or the struggles they face, they share an unbreakable bond of friendship that serves as their anchor, helping and supporting each other through and through.

To succeed, each woman must make choices that will challenge her long-held cultural beliefs, choices that will come with consequences, in the pursuit of her own individual freedom.

An empowering narrative told from alternating perspectives of each friend, Micki Berthelot Morency has crafted four remarkable and hard-to-forget women whose fates are bound together by culture, by history, and most importantly, by a deep, irrevocable friendship. Heartfelt and deeply moving, The Island Sisters is an important story about hope and determination.

When Samantha Ashlyn is forced to return to her home town to write an article on a series of drownings, she initially resists, finding disturbing similarities to her childhood experiences. However, once she starts looking into the assignment, she finds that things are not what they seem. An ancient evil is rising again, aided by what appears to be a centuries-old conspiracy to keep it hidden. With the help of a disgraced police diver, Sam races to stop the nightmare before more lives are lost. Not realising that her investigation has put herself and those she loves in terrible danger.

Guide to Norse Paganism

A Comprehensive Guide to Explore Viking History and Culture, Myths and Legends of the Gods & Goddess, Creation of the Universe, Runes, Rituals, Symbols, and Divination.

Emma Karlsson

Explore the roots of Viking culture and traditions as you embark on a Norse mythology, mysticism, and magic journey.

How did the universe come into being?

Was it a creation of a God that shaped the cosmos in a matter of days?

Or was it the slaying of a giant at the hands of three brothers that gave rise to everything we know?

That last question might seem odd, but it forms the very foundation of one of the richest and most fascinating religions that flourished in Europe during the Early Middle Ages.

Very different from monotheistic religions and prominent in the Scandinavian regions, Norse Paganism was a collection of customs, beliefs, and sagas that defined the Viking way of life - full of magic, mysticism, and an ever-expanding mythos.

Today, however, you'd recognize the elements of Norse Paganism populating the fabric of pop culture - in historical TV shows, superhero movies, video games, and even novels - retelling the sagas of gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and more.

But Norse Paganism packs more within its intricate layers of stories and cultural practices - it is a melting pot of high values, interwoven with nature and a true sense of freedom.

Sounds interesting?

If you want to explore this fascinating pantheon and perhaps become a Norse Pagan yourself, you're at the right place.

In this beginner-friendly guide to understanding the Norse faith, you will discover:

• A detailed guide to what it takes to be a Norse Paganist - explore the world of Norse traditions, beliefs, mystical practices, and more
• A brief history and the origin of the Nordic Pagan practices - unravel the rise and fall of the Viking people as you trace their history and explore their unusual traditions
• A thrilling dive into Norse cosmology - follow in the footsteps of Odin and see how the universe, the nine realms, and the world tree came into being
• Norse Sagas at your fingertips - travel with Thor, revel in the beauty of Freya, and play tricks with Loki as you explore a plethora of fascinating gods and goddesses
• Elves, dwarves, trolls, giants, and many magical creatures and monsters in a comprehensive Norse bestiary
• Runic Magic 101 - uncover the magic and mysticism of ancient runic symbols
• The cycle of birth and death and how it shaped the Viking culture
• How to practice your beliefs while living in modern times - discover a complete framework to becoming a Norse Pagan

And much more.

All this is just the tip of the iceberg. Within the Norse traditions, you'll find a more profound and meaningful way to live your life.

Its refreshing and liberating ways allow you to unlock your spiritual, physical, material, and emotional potential.

Another Elizabeth is a gripping literary, psychological horror novel that readers will sink their teeth into. Fans of dark humor and challenging fiction will be thrilled to delve into the mind of a deeply flawed disabled woman with a desire to kill.

Elizabeth Dauphine’s life is taking a turn.

She has three jobs, a boyfriend that loves her too much, and a recent diagnosis of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She’s coming apart at the seams. Now all she cares about is keeping her promise to her younger self before her body fails her—kill without getting caught.

Can Elizabeth physically handle satisfying her urges and maintaining her carefully built façade of normalcy? And if so, will she be able to stop with just one victim?

*This is a dark book with many graphic situations. There is no sexual assault or rape. No animals are tortured or die.

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy: Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literatureoffers readers an introduction to the basic concepts of complexity science and how they might be applied in the teaching of composition, creative writing, performance, and literature.

The book builds on Critical Theory (defined as Frankfurt Theory) and border theory, serving as a critique of neoliberalism in higher education and the teaching of critical thinking as a set of skills. Individual chapters are devoted to the following artists and writers:

* the Choctaw people
* author LeAnne Howe
* Chicana lesbian author Gloria Anzaldua
* performance artist Karen Finley
* the performance duo Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose

The strength of this book is that it concentrates on the teaching of interrelated topics: borders (including the border between the able/disabled), complexity, mixed ancestry, ability/disability, texts, and performance, using the Mexico-U.S. border as the working example of a complexity system.

The work of the five aforementioned artists and authors are used to focus on political resistance within the context of decolonialism, but there are also references to mixed ancestry populations (including Redbones) and disability issues.

This complexity frame of reference allows the reader to see and understand both the artists' narratives and viewpoints in the dynamic relations of shorter and longer time frames. No prior knowledge of complexity science is required and ample examples of complexity-related topics-- from coral reefs to zebra stripes--are provided. The focus is on students in state universities and community college transfer students, especially first generation students and students of color, with policy implications pointing to a critique of both elite small liberal arts colleges (SLACs) and research institutions.

An Introduction to Complexity Pedagogy: Using Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy and Complexity in Performance and Literatureis the perfect text for assignment in a variety of classrooms, including courses in Complexity Science, Composition and Rhetoric, Performance Arts, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Ethnic Studies, and many others.

Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Creative Writing | Advanced Composition | Introduction to Border Art | Introduction to Complexity in the Arts and the Humanities | Introduction to Multicultural Literature | Introduction to Chicanx and Native American Literature | Introduction to Performance Art and Social Justice | Special Topics: Complexity, the Environment, Literature and the Arts | Special Topics: Disability Studies and Performance | Special Topics: Critical Family Histories, Mixed Ancestry and Pedagogy

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Elinor Grant has always wanted a man to fall in love with her, but her plain face has already made her into a spinster at the ripe old age of twenty-eight. When her father’s finances suddenly evaporate, he leaves her without a roof over her head and no other option but to take a position as a governess at the grand estate, Carlisle Hall. There she meets the handsome, reclusive, and scarred Captain Hewlett, son and heir of a wealthy baronet and blinded at sea during the Napoleonic Wars.

Captain Valentine Hewlett has left the social world behind ever since he survived an attack on his ship that left his entire crew dead and himself permanently blind. He has no intention of ever marrying—the ladies of his station are too comfortable and vain for his temperament. But when he meets Elinor Grant, he feels he has finally found a kindred spirit with a true heart of compassion earned from a history of personal anguish.

Impossible to avoid is Vincent, Captain Hewlett’s identical twin brother—his opposite in every way, except his handsome face. For some mysterious reason, he is dead set on scaring Elinor away from Carlisle Hall. Elinor must weather the abuses of this selfish, vain man and discover his true motives before he succeeds in driving her away from the only man she’s ever known who cares more about inner beauty than a pretty face.

A Series of Unfortunate Proposals is a clean historical romance set during the Regency era, approximately 70,000 words in length. Catherine Keaton's books always end in a happily-ever-after!

An Akan proverb says, "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten." This belief underlies historian Amy Tanner Thiriot's work in Slavery in Zion. The total number of those enslaved during Utah's past has remained an open question for many years. Due to the nature of nineteenth-century records, particularly those about enslaved peoples, an exact number will never be known, but while writing this book, Thiriot documented around one hundred enslaved or indentured Black men, women, and children in Utah Territory.

Using a combination of genealogical and historical research, the book brings to light events and relationships misunderstood for well over a century. Section One provides an introductory history, chapters on southern and western experiences, and information on life after emancipation. Section Two is a biographical encyclopedia with names, relationships, and experiences. Although this book contains material applicable to legal history and the history of race and Mormonism, its most important goal is to be a treasury of the experiences of Utah's enslaved Black people so their stories can become an integral part of the history of Utah and the American West, no longer forgotten or written out of history.

On a frigid December night, Megan Floyd vanishes from the mountain town of Fraser, Colorado. The extensive search provides no answers and as attention of her disappearance fades, the case goes cold. Her father, Tom Floyd, is forced to confront his worst fear that his daughter will never be found, and soon his life and marriage begin to disintegrate around him.

A year after the disappearance and with no new leads, Tom hires private investigator Marshall York, a former detective, and his assistant Hannah Jacobs. They soon start to uncover the secrets of Megan's dangerous second life, all while fighting their own demons. Tom is guilt-ridden over a missing child case from his past, and Hannah is haunted by the unsolved murder of her older sister.

The case begins to consume all three of their lives, and as they dig deeper, they start to unravel the dark truth of what happened to Megan.

Seraphina must infiltrate a bizarre and dangerous cult to determine why her sister is in a coma after a mysterious accident at the hands of the cult members.

Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister Eff is in a coma after a very suspicious "accident." Even if it means infiltrating the last place Seraphina knows Eff was alive: a once-abandoned amusement park now populated by a community of cultists. Follow Seraphina through the mouth of the Goblin: To the left, a wolf-themed roller coaster rests on the blackened earth, curled up like a dead snake. To the right, an animatronic Humpty Dumpty falls off a concrete castle and shatters on the ground, only to reform itself moments later. Up ahead, cultists giggle as they meditate in a hall of mirrors. This is the last place in the world Seraphina wants to be, but the best way to investigate this bizarre cult is to join them.

A map of flavors, aromas and evocations from across the European continent and beyond, Emily Szajda takes you on a culinary journey traversing borders. In this narrative cookbook, you will encounter healthy adaptations of traditional recipes from her travels and life abroad along with stories and takeaways on how food, the simple act of breaking bread, creates an experience. It has the power to tear down walls and create a space for conversation, understanding, and memory.

Awaken your senses and relish the moment. From an afternoon tea with fresh baked scones and clotted cream at the St. James Hotel in London to a plate of delectable truffled risotto with osso bucco in Rome, food is not merely sustenance, a part of the human existence but an act of love and fellowship. Please be my guest. Learn how to have a soulful, interactive relationship with food that not only fills your belly but your heart and mind. Take time. Pull up a seat at my table. Let's eat!

Days come, and days go. Time is a snake eating its own tail, and all things have their end. Explore the contradictions of life and time in this speculative fiction anthology featuring upcoming authors. Find love in unexpected places or test the limits of your sense of duty. Follow a witch as she seeks to discover her purpose, and watch as a man faces the hungry wolves of winter - and his own mortality.

Floating. Falling. Dying.

Emma's brutal death at the hands of a vampire should have been the end, but a mysterious stranger steps in and changes her path forever.

As seventeen-year-old Emma struggles with her cravings, temper, and a kidnapped grandmother, she is thrust into a war between Immortal vampires and the half-blood rogues.

Her simple life begins to unravel as blood and secrets entwine to uncover a dark history and an even darker destiny.

Will Emma choose the right side, or will she bring an end to everyone she knows?

Why did she die? How much did I really know her?

These are the questions Benny asks himself after finding Staci in the bathtub with her wrists slit. He spirals into a bout of depression.

Two weeks later, she reappears as if nothing happened. But only for one night, and then she’s gone again. Two weeks later, it happens again, forcing Benny to ask himself a new set of questions.

Did Staci kill herself, or was she murdered? Am I traveling back in time, or am going crazy?

'Gone Girl' meets 'The Time Traveler’s Wife' in this genre-bending tale by the best-selling author of 'The Man Who Watched The World End'.

Some days everything seems wrong, and life can make you feel... bent out of shape.

In Love Will Turn You Around, readers are reminded of the power of friendship and positivity to turn a frown upside down and make things right again. Kids are encouraged to persevere during difficult times as they witness Heart's determination to overcome his struggles to fit in with the other shapes. Cheers are sure to follow as Heart remembers what matters most and embraces the strength within to turn things around not only for himself, but others, too.

With bright, engaging illustrations that showcase primary and secondary colors and a text that cleverly introduces basic shape properties, Love Will Turn You Around is the perfect addition to preschool and elementary classrooms and libraries.

Two potion shops, one heated rivalry... until hate bubbles over into something else.

Any adventurer worth their sword knows about Ambrose Beake. The proud, quiet half-elf sells the best, and only, potions in the city- until a handsome new shopkeeper named Eli opens another potion shop across the street, throwing Ambrose's peace and ledgers far off balance.

Within weeks, they're locked in a war of price tags and products- Ambrose's expertise against Eli's effortless charm. Toil leads to trouble, the safety gloves come off, and right as their rivalry reaches a boiling point...

The mayor commissions them to brew a potion together.

The task is as complex as it is lucrative, pushing both men to the limits of their abilities and patience. Yet as the fires burn and cauldrons bubble... they find a different sort of chemistry brewing.

Elle Sullivan comes back to her hometown, Sweet Valley, Wyoming, bruised to hell and hiding a big secret.Determined to start her life over, she embarks on a journey to take back her power and help her family save their small horse ranch. But running into her old high school sweetheart, Blake O'Connor, reminds her that no road to success is easy.

Raising Elle is a journey through hardships and forgiveness, and all the ways love heals even the deepest wounds.

Stories in this erotica collection are meditations on love and sexual desire. They can be silly, sad, sensuous, sinful. One review described them as "exquisite, thoughtful vignettes that individually by turns inspire reflection, evoke startled recognition and collectively offer considerable insight into the tragicomedy that is the constant human search for connection."

While the goal of these couple-friendly stories is both "titillation and reflection," they should appeal to fans of Scheherezade, the fiction of Milan Kundera, Philip Roth, Mary Gaitskill, John Updike, Susan Minot, Alberto Moravia and Candace Bushnell.

A bass player navigates his way through the muddy waters of Chicago’s music scene

Bill Harrison chronicles his journey from bumbling music student to successful professional bass player in late twentieth-century Chicago. Told with a mixture of wry humor and hard-won insight, Making the Low Notes gives readers an insider's peek into the prosaic life of a working musician. Harrison describes periods of camaraderie, disappointment, pain, and joy as he toils in venues as divergent as bowling alleys, jazz clubs, recording studios, hotels, orchestra pits, and concert halls. He shares the stage with jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Max Roach. Along the way, the bassist struggles to reconcile the dissonance between his desire to be heard and his impulse to hide silently in the shadows.

Giving Grayson back the ring was the hardest thing Elodie Hudson ever did. Moving back to Birch Creek was a close second. At 27, she never thought she'd live in her childhood home again. Yet, here she is. Doing dishes with her dad. Watching Grey's Anatomy reruns with her mom. To top it all off her younger sister's wedding is just around the corner. As maid of honor, Elodie must set aside her own problems and feelings, so she can fully step into her role. And, against all odds, she's managing just fine. That is, until Beckett Quinn returns to town. Now Elodie finds herself forced to reconcile with feelings that she thought she'd put behind her a decade ago.

Join Susie Andrews in this witty and fast-paced novel. An ordinary, yet confident middle-aged woman with a nice line in self-depreciating, street-smart humour, she grows increasingly audacious after becoming accidentally entangled in the kidnap of a teenage boy from a wealthy family.

The mystery deepens as the kidnap victim disappears but no one reports the boy missing.

The mother of two boys herself, she is driven to help as her mind goes into overdrive imagining it were one of her own sons. Her determined yet cavalier behaviour leads her into less-than ordinary, even dangerous situations as she attempts to find the teenager with the reluctant help of a private investigator and her own computer genius son.

Prize-winning novel A Hundred Veils is now available as an audiobook read by the author.

A young American professor at the University of Tehran falls in love with an Iranian artist and is thwarted by social, political, and religious forces that seem beyond his control. Set in the time of the Shah, this is a heart-warming picture of the Iranian people who befriend, guide, love, and laugh at the naïve foreigner who wants more than anything to fit in.

The Islamic revolution in Iran did not arise out of thin air. For years, the country had seethed with repressed resentment of the Shah's heavy-handed, authoritarian policies. Illegal societies operated underground, some tracing back to the beginning of the Shah's reign. Nationalists, socialists, Marxists, and Islamic leftists and reformers—all with somewhat different agendas—juggled for influence and support. The universities, mosques, and tea houses were filled with discussions that ranged from the theoretical to the seditious. This novel presents a heart-warming picture of the Iranian people who befriend, guide, love, and laugh at Marco, a young American teaching at the University of Tehran when forces opposing the Shah were gathering strength. Marco naively assumes at first that U.S. help is wanted and appreciated by the Iranians, but soon he comes to see himself—in the eyes of some—as an instrument of the West's arrogant assertion of control. And then he falls in love.

Fear is a double-edged weapon.

When a Shadow spreads over the utopian Colony, the only human enclave in a lonely planet, the young will be the first to understand the danger that hovers above them. What they find about themselves in that struggle will lead them to greatness... or to the destruction of their idyllic way of living.

Who will rise a hero, and who will become a monster?

In the tradition of Ursula LeGuin and Isaac Asimov, this is the story of a people that do not know fear... and what happens when they discover it. Of what is left when paranoia becomes all-encompassing, and men find the evil within each of them.

What would you do if you woke up to the question "Where is your husband?"

As you lay in a hospital bed, unsure of how you got there, would panic or denial hold you in that moment? And what if the people asking you that question repeatedly were Government Agents who should have no interest in your missing spouse?

All of this is faced by Paige Hanson when she wakes up in hospital after an accident she can't remember. Her husband Leo hasn't been seen since the night before and try as she might, she can't remember their last conversation.

Having had a photographic memory since early childhood, Paige now finds her memories hazy, unpredictable and confusing, and yet is willing to do whatever it takes to find Leo and bring him home - even if that means turning to the one person she swore never to rely on. All she has to go on is her gut instincts and the last two words that Leo secretly left behind.

But as Paige comes to terms with what is happening around her, she is suspicious of those interested in Leo and his disappearance.

In order to protect Leo, Paige is determined to uncover the truth and find out why this message had to be hidden. But once she starts on this murky road, is it too late to turn back or will it change the course of her life forever?

Tess sets out on a sea-faring adventure to stop a war in the latest fantasy novel from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hartman, now in paperback.

Tess has a mission from the Queen: sail across the oceans to the bottom of the world and prevent a war. Unbeknownst to the Queen, Tess also intends to find the last World Serpent—a once-mythical creature with the magical ability to heal her best friend Pathka from a life-threatening injury. Tess never was one to follow the rules and this self-assigned mission feels like her duty, her calling, her destiny.

Destiny has other ideas.

When someone from Tess's past makes a surprise return, old wounds are cracked open, throwing her mission—and both the Queen's and Tess's personal agendas—into complete disarray. What's more, Tess's personal pain is intertwined with a history greater than her own and the mending of it threatens the delicate balance of the entire Southlands. Tess was sent on this journey to prevent a war, but she may be starting one of her own.

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure—or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can.

A fire in the neighboring city-state of Barlin has resulted in hundreds of refugees pouring into Cliff's End, forcing the creation of a new neighborhood—Albinton, which everyone calls “New Barlin”—and a new police precinct—Phoenix Precinct. Violence against the refugees is on the rise. Lieutenants Danthres Tresyllione and Torin ban Wyvald are called to the latest act of brutality, which has resulted in a vicious murder. But what appears to be a simple hate crime turns out to be far more complicated, as Danthres and Torin's investigation leads them to corruption in the Castle Guard—and in the castle itself!

An all-new adventure of the Cliff's End Castle Guard!

When she’s not busy practicing medicine, Dr. Myaisha Douglas writes mysteries. She’d like to devote more time to her personal relationships, but murder intervenes. The twin sister of a Greensboro Women of Color Writing Group member dies suddenly. Myaisha suspects murder. Her writing group investigates the homicide, hoping to publish a true crime story.

But the investigation becomes deadly when Myaisha uncovers an important secret behind a necklace. While juggling a romantic affair, she pursues the case. With the police prepared to arrest her friend, Myaisha enlists the help of the Greensboro Women of Color Writing Group to solve the crime before a third murder occurs.

Do you ever wonder why, even after working hard all day, you are unable to accomplish your goals? Are you struggling to keep up with the endless pressure of workload that stops you from finishing your tasks in time? Do you feel that your work-life balance is completely offset, and you have lost total control of time and your life?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you are not alone... In fact, you're in the same boat as many others in this fast-moving world.

Meet Gill, a flashy nudibranch (noo-de-brank) living a fierce and fascinating life in the ocean without a shell and completely... NAKED!

When a curious young snorkeler stumbles upon Gill, she learns there is more than meets the eye when it comes to her sassy new friend. This soft-bodied mollusk is anything but vulnerable, turning a diet of dangerous ocean creatures into a poisonous sting of its own. Found in unique shapes and colors in every ocean throughout the world, Gill and his diverse family of nudibranchs serve as a reminder that being small doesn't mean you can't have it all!

With illustrations as striking and colorful as Gill himself, this is an underwater adventure like no other where young readers can see for themselves what makes Gill and his fabulous family of nudibranchs tiny, but mighty poison powerhouses of the sea.

In a world ravaged by a cataclysmic event and ruled by tyrannical gods, Senn, the Herald of the Lord of Greed, rises to power by helping others escape the oppressive city of the Hub. But when he is betrayed by his own god and left for dead in the desert, Senn must confront his past and seek out a new source of power in order to take down the Forever King and his Chainkeepers.

Along the way, Senn is forced to grapple with deeper questions about survival, love, memory, and kindness in a harsh world.

Part fantasy and part sci-fi, The God Engine trilogy draws on elements of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere and Iain M. Banks' Culture to create a unique and exciting narrative universe.

Why do Israelis go bike riding on Yom Kippur? How did Jerusalem’s stray cat problem spur religious debate? And why are Israelis so blunt, even when the truth hurts? From shomer Shabbos car insurance policies and ancient marriage laws to Arab Israeli stand-up comedy and LGBTQ activism in the IDF, Israel 201 goes beyond an introductory “101” course to show you the magic, mystery, and, yes, chaos, of one of the most fascinating and least understood countries on earth.

Tale of Tales is a high/epic fantasy saga based on the motifs of ancient myths, legends, and forgotten fairytales.

Senka is no hero, but you never know what is coming for you. And if that burns down your house and family, while you are left blinded by your house’s guardian snake, the outlook becomes grim. So Senka clings to her dog’s back to survive, unaware of the fateful prophecy and the great changes to come. But when a wandering warrior becomes her protector and mysterious strangers join their hounded party through a series of seemingly chance encounters, they all begin to discover that all is not as it seems.

What is pursuing her? And why? Can the strange characters gathering around her on her desperate quest save her from doom? Are they mere puppets of a young, beguiling witch guided by her own hidden motives, or are forgotten shadows rising again from the immeasurable depths of time?

A tale of folk fairytales and myths, of swords and sorcery and mythical beings – a unique story of dark times and unsung heroes who may light your way.

Book One, A Strange Bunch, is the first part of Nikola Stefan’s epic adventure Tale of Tales series. The book series features leading characters of various ages and, although written with adult and young adult audiences in mind, it is, in the tradition of the greatest fantasy epics, suitable for all ages.

Felix takes you on a rollicking ride through his journey from the cruel alleys of Pittsburg to his cushified life in the rich guppified suburps. This Indiana-Jones clone, stand-alone Tomcat is blessed with high intelligence and a hyperthymesified (photographic) memory… there is nothing he won’t tackle… including stand-up comedy, battling coyotes and being shot out of a volcano. Ultimately, Felix and his rag-tag band of brother cats and humans arrive at Harvard, where Felix is offered an honorary PhD and a teaching position. Felix writes this story in his own bonafide voice (which has been described as chaos-on-a-page). Felix challenges everything… philosophy, religion, animal rights, materialism and narcissism… He will make you laugh and think hard.

About the Writers:

Felix the Tomcat (the brilliant new feline writer on the horizon) using artificialized intelligence with help from his shrink.

Dr. M.P. Frank, a Vancouver Emergency Physician.

There is much to see at the ballpark, and it all matters because it's all matter.

In this fast-paced rhyming story, baseball and science fans alike will be delighted to see all the solids, liquids and gases that make game day extra special. As the camera zooms in on instant replay, things slow down long enough to see all those atoms in motion. The scoreboard, a slushie, and even the air - wherever you look, it's matter in there.

With cleverly constructed, action-oriented illustrations that make learning about science simple and fun, this book knocks matter out of the ballpark and is sure to score a homerun with enthusiastic young readers.

Officially, 17-year-old Anya is dead. Unofficially, she's in New Orleans with minimal recollection of the night her mobster parents were murdered and even less recollection of how she ended up in the hands of a shady nightclub owner.

After weeks of failed attempts, Anya escapes with help from the son of the city’s most notorious crime boss. Using his father and his connections to produce official documents, Anya proves she is who she says, despite the death certificate, and begins to teeter the lines between avenging her parents and earning the trust of the crime family protecting her.

When Anya’s uncle quietly resurfaces, he deems her more useful dead and refuses to entertain her desire to piece together what’s left of their family. He threatens to destroy her relationships with the members and heirs of the crime family unless she becomes his personal assassin and spy.

Refusing to be a pawn, Anya forges her own path into the bloody criminal underworld to secure what’s left of her family’s empire before her uncle kills her—or before she kills him—all while navigating a blooming romance with the boss’s desperate-for-peace son, avoiding the detective that has his sights set on the family, and racing to ensure she’s exacted her revenge on those responsible for her parents deaths once it’s revealed to the world that her casket is empty.

It’s Cooper’s first day of summer break, and he’s so excited that he’s up before dawn. Cooper has a plan, and he’s not going to let anything get in his way. He’s determined to be brave and go somewhere he’s never gone before: the cornfield near his house. He ventures out among the sky-high cornstalks with trusty binoculars and secret agent sunglasses. However, when he starts questioning whether this adventure is a good idea, he stumbles upon something remarkable.

In Mommy, There’s a Dinosaur in the Cornfield!, readers will join six-year-old Cooper as he learns to face his fears and explore the unknown.

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The book is a tapestry of personal stories from hundreds of participants in the Harvard Study, woven together with research findings from other studies. The authors take the reader on a journey through the lives of the participants, from childhood to old age, and reveal the timeless wisdom that emerges from their experiences. The book is a valuable guide for anyone looking to improve the quality of their life and relationships. It serves as a roadmap to navigate the path of life, illuminating the way to a happy and fulfilling existence.

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After suffering for decades from chronic health problems, nutrition educator Sally K. Norton, MPH, discovered that the culprits were the chemical toxins called oxalates lurking within her “healthy,” organic plant-heavy diet.

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After reading the summary of the original book, you can make an informed decision if the original book will be worth reading or not. So, this companion book is a perfect supplement to the original book, enhancing your reading experience!

She escaped his net, but now he's caught her heart.

Muri was resigned to being the tenth bride of the king of the merfolk-until he disappeared on land. Now she has mere days to find him among the treacherous fairies and dim-witted humans before the throne is forfeit and his menacing rival takes control of the merkingdom.

Her first shimmering glimpse of a human in a boat is so captivating, his fishing net almost ensnares her. But once on shore, she discovers that the fairies are kind, and the humans intelligent. And the man who almost caught her-a fish-catcher named Jack-is utterly handsome.

Muri needs to warn the mermaids that the merking won't be returning-he's lying drunk in the village park, unable to shift to merman form. But she hesitates to leave the village. Muri wants to learn more of this place where humans and fairies help each other, women and men are equals, and rulers are chosen by everyone. And she wants to spend more time with Jack.

But the merking's rival is coming for her. He'll threaten the whole village to force her to return home. To keep Jack safe, she'll have to leave him.

The Ocean Girl is a cozy fantasy romance in a fairy tale setting with lighthearted magic. It's the beach read Éowyn packs when she goes on vacation. The Ocean Girl contains love scenes.

A tale of adventure, betrayal, espionage & onions...

The idea of space excites me.

Yet, as history tells us, has always been difficult for humans to reach. Myself included.

So why not experience that adventure by talking my way onto a pirate crew…

… And trying to abduct its notorious captain?

Little did I know who I was dealing with.

My name is Simon Fox and I’m fresh out of flunking freighter school. Don’t tell anyone that by the way because I lied on my resume.

No one does that, right?

The pirate ship in question is called the Unbound. It’s that piece of scrap metal on the cover and it goes from zero to sarcasm faster than mag travel. The crew are smelly, crazy and annoying. I also hope they can’t read.

Anyway, you might be wondering why a space flunky is attempting this crazy mission.

I have a good reason, and it starts with a master plan and an entry hatch…

Unbound is a fun and light read, with lots of intrigue and space shenanigans.

Cosima has problems. Seventeen years old, she lives in a trailer on a half-developed, abandoned golf course in the middle of a desert with her family. Her mother, Brooke, is a rebellious socialite on the outs with her wealthy family. Her stepfather, Eddie, is a former actor in a B-movie vampire franchise who makes his living attending horror conventions. Cosima dreams of escape, but at the same time feels responsible for her child-like parents.

Life changes irrevocably when the family inherits a storm-damaged vacation house on the tropical island of St. Aurea, and makes a go at living in it full-time. Brooke and Eddie find that life on the island is not as idyllic as they thought it would be. And Cosima finds refuge from family chaos when she becomes involved with a mysterious order of nuns called the Handmaidens of St. Mary, who have a bad reputation on the island. At first life in the convent feels like a relief. Until Cosima discovers the Handmaidens’ dark past. But has she already been pulled in too deep to ever leave?

From the award winning author of The Brambles, Blythe of the Gates, and The Gilded Lynx.

Sometimes the situation just calls for a few psychopaths. But what do you do in the twenty-eighth century when you desperately need psychopaths, but you've long since identified a cure for the condition and totally eradicated it? Fortunately, you have time travel. When there are no psychopaths available and you need some, you just go back in time to medically manufacture them (so to speak) so they'll be grown, trained, and ready to report for work today.

In the year AD 2754 there are no more history books. Instead, twenty-eighth century Historians travel back in time to attend significant historical events, where they telepathically interview the witnesses, participants, and victims. They create reports from their telepathic interviews, describe witnesses' reactions, thoughts and feelings about whatever transpires, and describe the consequences of those events on their lives. Then, they upload their reports to the Educator Database, from which twenty-eighth century history teachers create their course curriculum.

One Historian unthinkingly-and illegally-speaks to two "locals" in the year AD 2021, triggering catastrophic events that change the course of history. Twenty-eighth century world leaders must gather up an emergency team to repair this "Anomaly" and return the time continuum and recorded history to its original state. Their emergency team includes one regular Historian, a local twenty-first century psychologist, and four psychopaths, called "Heroes."

Because this is one of those situations that just calls for a few psychopaths.

Never be bored again.

This is a perfect project for a rainy day, a day with an inside recess, or just a day to have a little fun!

All ages from preschoolers to even middle schoolers have fun with this Christian-based religious activity. Great for Sunday school parties and themed activities!

It's fun and easy to poke holes using a thumbtack. You can copy each page or tape the printed page to a sheet of construction paper. Once the entire image is punched, carefully remove the white paper to reveal a piece of art!

It takes little artistic skill to create a decoration while improving hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Why Use This Book?

★SAVE TIME – Forget scrolling through social media or blogs for ideas or ready-made images; one purchase and you are ready to go.
★LEARN THROUGH PLAY - You can spend any amount of time working on these projects. Your child will look forward to working on every project.
★GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START – Improved fine motor skills help children write better and earlier. Finger strength directly contributes to their success and will help them feel confident!

What Is In the Book?

✅ This book includes 20 different fun and unique images to do.
✅ Tailored for all ages, a variety of detailed images are included in every book.
✅ Little to no prep time for each project!
✅ Great for teachers looking to supplement their curriculum.

Can a Busy Mom Use This Book?

✅ YES! With little to no prep time to either tear out a page or copy and tape, these art activities are ready to do almost instantly.
✅ Depending on the skill level of the child, each activity can take between 10-20 minutes.
✅ Multiple children can work on a pushpin activity at the same time by sharing one paper or working on their own projects side by side.
✅ This is an easy way to learn, have fun and create something tangible.

Excellent Teaching Resource

Follow the Montessori method? Our book provides hours of themed, hands-on activities through push pin poking art activities.

No more wasting time searching for age-appropriate and fun activities.

Book Specifications

Page Size: 8.5" x 11".
Page Count: 20 unique Christian religious images.
For all ages.
Each book includes a variety of detailed images from easy to advanced.
Teaches fine motor skills while having fun.

Hours of fun are waiting for you and your kids! Boredom buster!

A colossal fortune. A secret reaper. A young woman whose drive for due process makes her the target of dangerous people…

Nefi dreams of becoming an FBI agent. After outing her parents’ heartless killer, the Harvard grad focuses on getting into a stellar criminal justice Master’s degree program. But her career goals take a back seat when she inherits a ten-million-dollar trust from her late parents… with a hefty chunk gone.

Seeking the help of a forensic accountant, Nefi is dismayed to discover a cunning thief has been stealing from her inheritance. And with her legacy at stake, the hidden enemy’s scheme to swipe her cash could turn deadly.

Can Nefi restore her parent’s wealth before her investigation turns fatal?

An enchanting tale of grief, friendship, and the beauty of transitions

Four troubled twentysomethings board a ship in search of a mysterious squid only to discover their captain has gone missing. As they take turns steering the vessel, these newfound companions begin to reveal their natures and unearth the events that have inextricably bound them together.

Featuring narration in prose and dialogue in rhyming verse, Squid Season dares to defy genres-reflecting the dualities of early adulthood through its childlike wonder intertwined with grown-up heartache.

Why are Spaniards so close (in every sense of the word) to their families?

How do they handle work, parties, and naps so well?

What is the source of their surprising love of sport?

Is religion still so influential in Spain?

Why do the Spanish love to gossip so much?

What are the secrets of Cervantes' language?

What is happening to the Catalans?

Why is there such a passion for Spanish gastronomy nowadays?

These and other questions are answered in this book through amusing anecdotes and real-life experiences.

Benjamin would rather read about adventures in a giant peach than eat one! Unlike his family members who are happily munching away on scraps, Benjamin is a different kind of worm.  He loves to read. Yet, all he finds are old newspapers and magazines full of tomato splotches. Not one to give up on his dreams, Benjamin sets off on a quest to find "real books."

Witty illustrations by Uliana Barabash are a great accompaniment to this delightful story written by R.G. de Rouen. Join Benjamin on his book hunting adventure and watch your little ones search for Benjamin's famous signature in their books!

Add 1535 Essential words to your vocabulary!

GRE Master Wordlist: 1535 Words for Verbal Mastery (Seventh Edition) includes:

• 1535 Essential Words
• 3 in-book practice exercises for each chapter
• Parts of speech, antonyms, synonyms, and example sentences
• Overview of the GRE General Test (updated after Covid-19)
• 3 Extra Practice Tests for each chapter (online)
• Stress Management ebook (online)
• 6-month and 8-week study plans (online)

This book is a collection of 1535 vocabulary words that are handpicked by GRE experts having years of experience. The words come with parts of speech, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences. The example sentences will help you understand the meaning of words in context and teach you to use them correctly in sentences.

After each chapter, you will find 3 exercises to practice and retain what you have learned. If you want more practice, you can access additional exercises as part of the Online Resources on our website.

Additional Resources

To help you reduce your stress of the GRE, the book comes with a Stress Management ebook too! This ebook contains a 6-month and an 8-week study plan and tips to manage stress during the exam and ace the test!

The brothers of the Motley Kings Motorcycle Club in north-central Texas own a completely-legal cattle ranch, run a semi-legal protection service, and have become magnets for women desperately in need of help outside the law.

When Justice, a member of the Motley Kings Motorcycle Club, is approached outside a bar by a beautiful, sexy, and very willing woman, he invites her to jump on his bike for a ride followed by a night in a local hotel.

But Lodi Brantz is interested in only one thing: getting access to the president of the Motley Kings. And the hot blond stud on the bike is her ticket to get inside the clubhouse. But when she makes a critical mistake with Justice, he’s ready to leave her and ride away… until she requests a sitdown with the Prez.

Justice hauls Lodi back to the Motley Kings’ ranch and presents her to the club’s president. That’s when Lodi reveals who she is, who is in danger, and what she needs from the Kings to save that person.

As the rescue plan is put into place, Lodi and Justice find their attraction to each other overpowering and they give in to temptation. But when the rescue is completed, a slipup reveals another side of the Motley Kings’ business; a side that Lodi can’t tolerate. She walks away from the club, and from Justice.

But Lodi has enemies. And when they find her and take her, the only chance she has to survive the nightmare is the biker she banished from her life. The man she loves. Justice.

This series does contain dark elements. Reader discretion is advised.

The brothers of the Motley Kings Motorcycle Club in north-central Texas own a completely legal cattle ranch, run a semi-legal protection service, and have become magnets for women desperately in need of help outside the law.

When Hondo, a member of the Motley Kings Motorcycle Club, loses the use of his bike, he accepts the loan of a truck from Price Anderson, a young, beautiful, and very wealthy neighbor.

A college student and landowner, Price is unaware of the dangers that come with messing in bike club business. She recklessly follows Hondo into a risky situation, and the Motley Kings MC immediately takes full advantage of her mistake.

Price is shocked to find herself entangled in the legal dealings of a semi-legal motorcycle club, but she gives in to the temptation of patched club member Hondo, the sexy biker who has Price enjoying hot Texas afternoons on the bed of her fancy pool house.

Until her family learns of her shady alliance with the Kings and convinces her to cut ties with them.

When a rogue motorcycle club targets Price and tries to force her into accepting a dirty legal deal, Hondo - the biker she’d fallen into bed with, fallen in love with, and had to walk away from - becomes her only hope.

This series does contain dark elements. Reader discretion is advised.

Though she was only fourteen years old, like many other Jews in Eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement in 1907, Rebecca Lieberman gathered her few belongings and left for the United States. What follows is a unique and poetic story of history, war, mysticism, music, abuse, survival and transcendence against the backdrop of New York City in the '20s, '30s and '40s.

“Magdalena’s stirring poems are unsettlingly familiar and eerily transcendent. The persistence, the endurance, the quiet resignation, somehow amounts to the telling of a small woman who is nothing less than mighty.” —Gillian Swain

“The importance of remembering is a cornerstone of the Jewish faith and in this account of the author’s Jewish great-grandmother as she navigates her life of exile, each scene is both clear eyed and evocative, poetic and down to earth, empathetic and far reaching. A marvellous, nourishing book of resilience.” —Judy Johnson

“Magdalena Ball’s powerful re-imagining of her great-grandmother’s life, from crossing the ocean in steerage, alone, at the age of fourteen, to the hardships of immigrant life in New York, is a vivid, lyrical portrayal of a woman that is as much an act of love as it is the preservation of a life, with its lessons of quiet courage in the face of crushing despair.” —Charles Rammelkamp

John Pepo, an Irishman who emigrated with his family into England, lived an ordinary life with ordinary dreams; but then, everything changed. Shortly before the tragic death of his family, John began having other dreams. He dreamed of a young man covered in lightning, a girl with tattoos, and of a man marked with VI from another world. However, what John dreamed about most of all was of fire, and of laughter.

After being summoned to London, John finds himself in Whitechapel. There, in the impoverished district known for its whores and beggars, he's met by a strange being in a dark alley who declares himself to be Jack the Ripper. Jack tells him he's been watching him; that he's been waiting for this day, a day foretold by the gods so that together they can fix a great aberration blighting the city.

Thus begins the riveting quest of the infamous Jack the Ripper and his most beloved friend John. As the devilish Jack haunts the streets like a spectre while mutilating his victims, the tales of those they damned and those they saved come to light. This is a story of loss, demons, witches, and the torment of one man by the puppeteering hands of a very stingy individual named Old Nick.

Let’s travel back in time to celebrate the very special year of 1983!

Were you born in 1983? Was this the year you were married?

With over 200 iconic images – over 25 vintage ads – it’s the perfect birthday or wedding anniversary gift.

Immerse yourself into the Culture, the People, the Leading Events, and the Arts that made 1983 so unique and shaped the World as we know it today.

This perfect balance between serious and popular events will rekindle your emotions of such a remarkable time and place in history!

Beautifully presented with photos on every page, this book goes over:

• Politics and Leading Events around the World
• Crimes and their Punishments
• The Iconic Movies, the TV Shows and Awards
• Music: Top Songs, Albums and Awards
• Sports Review: American, British and International Events
• Pop Culture, Fashion and Popular Leisure Activities
• Technological Advancements and Popular Cars
• Stats and the Cost of Things
• Iconic Advertisements of 1983

A lot of work went into this process to give you the most comprehensive, yet digestible, unforgettable time travel.

Are you ready? Bon voyage!

Let’s travel back in time to celebrate the very special year of 1963!

Were you born in 1963? Was this the year you were married?

With over 220 iconic images – over 25 vintage ads – it’s the perfect birthday or wedding anniversary gift.

Immerse yourself into the Culture, the People, the Leading Events, and the Arts that made 1963 so unique and shaped the World as we know it today.

This perfect balance between serious and popular events will rekindle your emotions of such a remarkable time and place in history!

Beautifully presented with photos on every page, this book goes over:

• Politics and Leading Events around the World
• Crimes and their Punishments
• The Iconic Movies, the TV Shows and Awards
• Music: Top Songs, Albums and Awards
• Sports Review: American, British and International Events
• Pop Culture, Fashion and Popular Leisure Activities
• Technological Advancements and Popular Cars
• Stats and the Cost of Things
• Iconic Advertisements of 1963

A lot of work went into this process to give you the most comprehensive, yet digestible, unforgettable time travel.

Are you ready? Bon voyage!

From the outside, Alex has a perfect life. She has a partner who loves her, gets good grades in school, excels at most sports, and has a big heart. From the inside, Alex's life is anything but perfect. She hasn't spoken to her father in years. She's hiding the fact that her once-best-friend now-romantic-partner Theo is trans and nonbinary from her homophobic mother. Bullies are harassing her and Theo at school, taunting and shoving. It's all becoming too much for Alex to bear.

Things take a surprising turn when Alex's mother discovers her relationship with Theo. After Alex is thrown out of her house and taken in by Theo's foster family, Alex can live honestly. For a while, things start to feel manageable. Alex finds a new group of friends. She navigates what "family" means beyond her mother and sister. She even considers forgiving her mother's past mistakes. But forgiveness requires honesty. Secrets Alex's mother has been keeping are surfacing, trying to bind Alex to misery. As Alex learns the full truth of her mother's past mistakes, she will need the love of her chosen family and friends to gently bind her life into a shape that keeps her whole.

How does self-realization impact leadership through every layer of society? How does this process transform social issues, workplace culture, and relationships?

Through a series of riveting stories, You Are Us presents an exploration of individual and collective socio-cultural transformation discovering what happens when leaders are actively doing inner work as a source to ignite change throughout culture, workforces, organizations, politics, and our social fabric.

The delicate balance between inner change and outer societal reflection is revealed through real stories of adaptive leaders. The 13 stories in You Are Us are from the perspective of 13 people who are radically different from each other, but are also unified by having done the work of inner reckoning with their trauma, pain, and socialized identity. In turn, this work reveals that a pathway to sourcing and initiating societal change from within is a vital step to help one integrate into a collective reconciliation process across race, gender, religion, politics, and other areas where cultural tensions emerge.

Through the vulnerable illumination of each story, we learn how inner work translates into liberated leadership that serves community, workplace, and ultimately societal transformation.

We the readers are also invited into a self-inquiry process, as an opportunity to illuminate our own unconscious patterns in the contexts of societal identities, and to catalyze our generative leadership potential in an increasingly polarized world.

Once Murray understands he can control his violent impulses, he’s left with a far more unsettling question: does he even want to?

Ten years after losing both his beloved mentor and his abusive father, Murray Henderson is still yearning for direction. He’s treading water in Cleveland, failing in his career and relationships. Anger, guilt, and distrust continually derail his chances at happiness. When an opportunity calls him to New York City, Murray finally sees a path out of his relentless grief.

But as he navigates a hopeful new life, he soon falls back into old patterns of self-loathing and violence. A promising relationship starts to show cracks, and the friendships Murray has always counted on begin to fray. With his life shattering around him, Murray realizes he must confront his most devastating secret and the intertwined fear and anger that have haunted him for over a decade.

Tempered, the sequel to Glass, explores the deadly pull of anger and how we are shaped by—and shape—the ones we love.

Byron can see the future—just a few maddening seconds, never able to change anything.

It’s a curse she’s been running from for years. Just like she ran away from home where her mother died the day she was born. Where her father blamed her.

But when her father dies suddenly, Byron is finally able to come home. A quick visit, she thinks—collect her inheritance, say hello to her childhood best friend, Chase, and be gone before morning. Except Chase is missing…and no one seems to be looking for her.

Desperate to find her friend, Byron instead uncovers a pattern of young women who’ve vanished from this town over the years—a pattern that points to her dead parents, and to the mysterious source of her visions. Now, with a kidnapper closing in, Byron must learn to break her curse and change the future she’s seen. Her life—and Chase’s—depends on it.

“A riveting thriller with a provocative central mystery… Byron’s story is as searing as her welding torch.” —Holly M. Wendt, author of The Bolton Strid and The Rogers Ladder.

Would you trap yourself in a deadly universe to save your loved ones? 

All Spencer Newton wants is to fit in. He’s always been the nerdy kid, cursed with not only being a genius, but his ADHD diagnosis further makes him a magnet for harassment. And it seems impossible to avoid torment when the worst perpetrator isn't human, but a manipulative interdimensional being called The Molecule Thief.   

As conflict between dimensions rise, the only solution the U.S. military sees is nuclear. That is, until this mysterious Molecule Thief offers Spencer an alternative to annihilation. But Spencer isn’t sure if the Molecule Thief is real or all in his head. Can Spencer trust himself to save the world, or will his faith in the Molecule Thief cost him everyone he loves?

The brothers of the Motley Kings Motorcycle Club in north-central Texas own a completely-legal cattle ranch, run a semi-legal protection service, and have become magnets for women desperately in need of help outside the law.

When Vapor, the Motley Kings’ Sargent at Arms, is asked by the Prez’s daughter to get her the hell away from her unreasonable, dictatorial father, Vapor offers her a ride on his motorcycle.

But while they’re riding, the weather turns ugly, and Maisy Stewart is glad to be hole up and ducking a storm with Vapor, a man who’s been her friend for years. But Maisy wants more from him than friendship, and Vapor vows not to cross that line with the daughter of the club president.

When they return to the clubhouse, Maisy learns a dark secret and connects with a family she didn’t know she had.

And the temptation of sexy former MMA fighter, Vapor, becomes an obsession for Maisy, while Vapor can’t resist the smart, beautiful artist’s sweet seduction.

But as the Motley Kings find themselves the target of a rival club, Maisy is caught in the middle, and is threatened with a terror worse than death.

Will sacrificing one of the Kings bring Maisy back to safety? Or will the Motley Kings lose two lives in one day?

This series does contain dark elements. Reader discretion is advised.

A young woman who learns to become strong in the face of impossible circumstances, and a man who finds light in the midst of overwhelming darkness. Prepare yourself for the first book in a haunting new series... Loveletting.

Fleeing from her home after escaping the murder of her mother, inexperienced and petrified by reality with her horse as her only companion - Charlotte is met by the most notorious serial killer of the nation. His dark past and her dark future collide, in a world filled with dangers far greater than him.

Set in the rugged Victorian west at the end of the 19th century with a myriad of complex characters, all intertwined in a brutal environment that examines the conflicting nature and morality of humanity. Charlotte may be innocent at heart, but the world she lives in is not. Filled with dangers from gangs to cults and a mysterious horror element that persists throughout - the overarching gothic love story fills this thrilling, dark adventure up until the haunting end…leaving the reader with an existential dread so deep that it must be read to be understood, yet craving for more.

This novel is definitely for an adult audience, as the content is very heavy and challenging. It will appeal to those interested in a gothic romance with undertones of psychological horror. Most importantly, this book is a form of literary fiction; as character development is the most crucial factor in telling this story and it does NOT follow the typical tropes of a genre book. Subtle hints to the dark machinations behind the scenes, and interweaving characters who gradually change and grow over time, all work together to create a living world - filled with the unexpected - in which to lose yourself within.

If you want something to read on autopilot, and wish for the plot to follow a certain expected pattern, this is NOT the book for you. This experience will challenge you; a gripping story that will invade you, heart and mind, long after reading.

After a massive battle with the witches and warlocks, things seem grim.

Abel is dying, Ferryl Shayde has lost an arm, and both Kellis and Rob are covered in wounds.

The Taverneers haven't exactly won. But sorcerer tethers spread the news of the battle across the magical world, and those in power start to reassess the Tavern.

Now Abel's left scrambling on how to hide a heaven, get farther on this plant path, and claim his far-off foreign holdings.

Not to mention figuring out how to deal with fresh waves of Tavern tourists. He's going to need a bigger team.

Global poverty has declined, people have better access to medical care, and at the touch of a button, humans have access to instant entertainment. So, if life is better than it's ever been, why are so many of us feeling depressed, burnt out, and anxious on a daily basis? As wonderful as 21st century innovations have been, they've created a range of new problems.

Thankfully, the solution to these problems is simple: we need balance. In 21st Century Balance, author and balance consultant Mark H. Law takes a deep dive into the history, philosophy, and practice of balanced living.Follow along as Law outlines an indispensable set of strategies that will refine your self-awareness, establish confidence, and help you make informed decisions. Whether you're seeking balance in your career, your relationships or in your general state of mind, this book will show you how to reach your goals and live a more harmonious life.

"She stared at the bead in the palm of her hand. Just a plain wooden bead, light brown with flecks of darker brown showing. Just a simple bead. A simple, cruel, manipulative, brutal, coercive, unjust bead. She had twenty minutes to cast the spell and become a slaver, perhaps a lobotomist. Or not cast the spell and guarantee the execution of them both. But it was a spell, so, Hell, she’d cast it on Quincy and it would rain cookies and punch. Then, while they were cleaning up, the Society would sweep in and kill them."

Carole Walsh lives quietly as a community college history professor in a sleepy Texas town. She also lives a double life as the magic practicing sentinel keeping watch on a thin spot between worlds for the shadowy Society, a cartel of magic users. But that life is pretty quiet, too; right up until it isn’t. A magically possessed man attacks Carole, and her enigmatic neighbor, James Quincy, jumps in to help her. That’s when things go crazy. Now, the attacks keep coming, Carole has been abandoned and betrayed, and Quincy is getting ever more involved in her magical world. Can Carole find her way back to her old life? Can she break free of the Society? Can she even survive? It ain’t easy being the practitioner of Boca Muerte.

Note: These are adults who do swear throughout the book.

As she enters young adulthood, Hut-Yo-Cull’s uncle reveals she is of royal lineage from an extinct race of bounty hunters called the Ambulate Inanis Mortem, or Void Walkers. They are gifted with the ability to teleport, which makes them so formidable. She is tasked with avenging her parent’s death and assuming the throne to rebuild her race.

However, an all-powerful being known as Minister Milos, conjured and nurtured a prophecy for over fifty years that predicts the destruction of his primary adversaries, a massive galactic armada, known as the Merciless. They are led by ruthless brothers, Admiral Gloomis and General Vrane, who represent the only force that stands in the way of Milos conquering the universe for himself.

Meanwhile, Jake Gunn is an innocent nineteen-year-old from a small town in Iowa, and at the heart of the Gunn Prophecy. His one true love, Lexi, is abducted by the Merciless to dissuade Jake from fulfilling the Prophecy. Jake then sets out on a mission across the stars to get her back. But the only way to accomplish it is to join with Hut-Yo and other allies to defeat both Minister Milos and the Merciless. This is an action-packed Space Opera with twists and turns galore. The ending will leave the reader wanting more of Hut-Yo Cull and Jake Gunn.

Chicago director Dwayne Finnegan has a long shot at the big time and only two obstacles: himself and everyone he knows. Dwayne's got an idea of how to direct Shakespeare's least-favorite play that could set him on the road to Broadway. We're talking Bob Fosse choreography, Jimi Hendrix guitars, and the hottest cast in the city of Chicago. But when the show's producer cuts out with the cash, Dwayne decides to produce the show himself, putting his marriage and his meager finances at risk. What could go wrong?

"Richard Engling knows Chicago's famously chaotic and glorious storefront theater scene like the back of his hand. It's the perfect setting for absurd comic hi-jinx." —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

"Engling's satire on storefront theatre is thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. His characters sparkle, his knowledge of the backstage issues of the medium is elucidated with keen insight and comic verve, and he is somehow able to make even the most seemingly unsympathetic characters... into people it's fun to get to know." —Karen Topham, ChicagoOnStage.com

PREFACE CHAPTER

An excerpt from an interview with Neuroscientist Dr. Sam Harris:

“Everyone spends almost every moment of their waking life having an inner conversation with themselves (unconsciously thinking). And this conversation has a character that is typically unhappy. It’s mostly worrying about the future, or regretting the past, or judging everything around you.

Or you’re just distracted from things you are trying to pay attention to. Right? It’s hard to even read a page of text and get to the bottom of it without being de-railed like 15 times by your own thoughts.

So this automaticity of thought goes uninspected. Whose character is at best benign but often very unpleasant. Which is formative of our psychological states moment to moment and produces negative emotions like anxiety, and envy and shame and on and on.

And we live with this for basically every moment of our waking lives and meditation is a way of noticing that (unconscious processes of the mind). To the point of actually breaking the spell.

So you are no longer identified with the thoughts that would otherwise make you miserable. It becomes something of a doorway out of ordinary forms of suffering.

This is orthogonal to all the research that’s telling us this is one of the best things you can do for your well-being!”

Dr. Sam Harris

FACTS (Explained throughout this book)

• If you’re a human being, then you spend about half your waking moments unconsciously thinking (asleep while awake). “A wandering mind is an unhappy one” - Killingsworth and Gilbert, DOI: 10.1126/science.1192439

• Unconscious thinking is the function of a large scale brain network called the Default Mode Network.

• If you’re unconsciously thinking, then you’re asleep while awake.

• If you’re asleep while awake, then you’re focusing all your attention on the autonomous self-conversation, self-dialogue that occurs inside everyone’s mind.

• If you’re focusing all of your attention on the autonomous self-conversations of the thinking mind or Default Mode Network, then you miss out on the real world (5 senses).

• If you miss out on the real world by the lack of focus on the 5 senses, then you’re probably unhappy.

• 1 in 4 adults in the US are prescribed mental health medications.

• All mental health diseases, like stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, PTSD, Alzheimer’s, autism, sleep disorders, eating disorders, addictions, anger, violence, suffering, etc. are the results of unaware attention and identification to the auto-suggestions of the autonomous unconscious thinking mind or Default Mode Network (Primitive Egoic Mind).

• The benefits of meditation are available to EVERYONE right now and are always FREE; with or without mental health diseases.

• Meditation is not equivalent to sitting cross-legged in a lotus position looking like you’re sleeping.

• Meditation is not not doing anything.

• Meditation is the awareness of focusing your attention on your surroundings by the use of your 5 senses at any one time.

• When you’re meditating, you’re conscious and experiencing the real world through the use of your 5 senses.

• When you’re not meditating during awake times, then you’re unconscious following the matrix of the Primitive Mind.

• If you don’t suffer from mental disease, you’re still unconscious about half your waking moments following the auto-suggestions from the Default Mode Network.

• Meditation significantly reduces or completely eradicates stress, anxiety, depression, and pain, and enhances peace, memory, attention, perception, focus, awareness, self-concept, and well-being. It increases imagination, creativity, patience, tolerance, acceptance, and compassion. It eliminates negative emotions and feelings and lowers heart rate, blood pressure and improves sleep along with incalculable other benefits. Research is ongoing to better understand the positive effects of meditation on health (psychological, neurological, and cardiovascular) and other areas.

• Meditation will connect your brain to itself in orders of magnitude, as proven by science (see scientific journals towards the end of this book).

• You don’t need to be a Buddhist monk or come from India or Asia to meditate.

• You don’t need to change any of your current ideologies or beliefs to meditate.

• You don’t need to learn Buddhism or any other religion to meditate.

• You don’t have to change your daily schedule and/or routines at any time or day in order to meditate.

• You don’t have to take an hour of your everyday busy life in the morning and at night to sit alone and be quiet.

• Meditation can be achieved at any one moment doing whatever it is you’re doing at anyone time. Explained throughout this book.

• The majority of the population on Earth is influenced by the auto-suggestions of the Default Mode Network.

• The auto-complete of the Default Mode Network is responsible for most of the suffering on this planet.

• You never know what your next thought will be.

• If you don’t know what the next thought will be, that only means that you’re not the one doing the thinking.

• If you don’t control your mind, then it has control over you.

• Meditation is the only way to stop the influence from the Default Mode Network.

• Anyone in the world can be taught to rewire their brains by focusing their attention on their surroundings in order to stop the advances of influence from the Default Mode Network (Primitive Egoic Mind). Follow my techniques explained throughout this book.

• Meditation is easy. 10 year olds can learn. So can you!

• This transformation is available to ANYONE that is willing to stop their unaware bondage to their Primitive Egoic Mind or Default Mode Network of unconscious thinking.

• This transformation is available to ANYONE who wants to be familiar with higher states of consciousness and in doing so experience the full power and utmost unfathomable benefits of the most awesome machine ever to be thought of.

Harry Star had served his country bravery and aggressively but now, down on his luck, alone with only his bad life decisions for company, he had to be dead to matter.

Everyone knows that time travel for people and objects always was, is now and forever will be impossible. But quantum physics allows electronic data to be transmitted back in time. This concept was proven as a reality in 2019.

A secret government agency SITAR was set up in GCHQ to store all global event data and wait and to pro-actively watch and be ready if or when this technology could transmit intelligence back in time. This became reality in 2055 but was kept secret till the technology needed protection.

In 2075 Harry was selected for the programme because he was going to die in 2025.

SITAR had to change Harry’s future to save every ones future.

Do you love music? Have you wondered whether and how you could use this universal language of mankind to influence the lives of others, and even change the world around you?

Based on the author of Lele's own story, and colored with her peculiar imagination, Lenna's Music Adventure invites you to join Lenna's funny and heartwarming journey of piano studying and performing together with her pet dog Stone and two magical stuffed animals Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear, highlighting the life lessons learned along about the power of perseverance, the importance of friendship, the positive attitude to opportunities and challenges, and the caring about the people around.

Ms. Janet holds Lenna in her arms, and says, "Honey, you are so lovely! You are the sunshine, and your piano warms my heart! Thank you for reminding me of the time when I was young!"

"Ms. Janet, you look like my grandma! I want to make you happy! And I want everyone to be happy!" says Lenna.

Written playfully with vibrant, colorful illustrations, this sweet and inspiring book is from the author of Lele, an elementary student, and a piano prodigy who has performed at many prestigious venues, e.g., Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, and United Nations headquarter, and was featured on various media outlets and TV shows, e.g., NBC news, America's Got Talent, and Kelly Clarkson Show. To the children ages 3-12 who are chasing their dreams, Lele would love to bring this loveable story and characters which they are sure to feel delighted to read, find inspiration from, and cherish as they grow.

This picture book covers the topic of overcoming the prejudices of others gently enough for it to be read to elementary school children and under.

'Curse' Drakko is a completely unique Spiritual Dark Fantasy Thriller story.

The book is written in an old ballad style (fx. Beowulf), being a mix of poetry and prose, written in Theatre Play style. The story is 87 pages long.

The book merges Dark Fantasy and Spirituality in a Thrilling and Poetic way, and with the right readers, reaps great reviews.

It is not a read for everyone though! The reading requires deep attention and thinking, as the story can be read at several levels (from merely physical storyline to the spiritual-seeker path), according to readers' depth of attention as well as the level of spiritual insight.

TRIGGER WARNING: in one section of the book, verses mention rape and child murder.

Forced into a system full of lies and deception, Grace Ward tries to claw her way to the truth, stopping at nothing to get her freedom.

The world is uninhabitable - roaring flames and dark skies. Life is only manageable if everyone stays inside the building, or so they thought!

As the puzzle pieces start coming together, finding the truth is one long road that Grace is ready to follow.

Rumors of insurrection in Renaissance Pisa spur Florentine authorities to send young lawyer Nico Argenti to investigate. He and his team uncover more than expected: smuggling, abduction, and murder.

Renaissance Italy 1465: After six decades of domination by Florence, agitators in Pisa are taking action. They remember the past when Pisa was an independent State and they are impatient to regain that freedom. Rumors of an impending insurrection reach officials in Florence who dispatch Nico Argenti and his team to find and stop the troublemakers before they resort to violence.

Nico and his colleagues conceal their identities as Florentine Security Commissioners to gain the confidence of Pisan loyalists. The ploy lets them unearth clues, some valuable and some red herrings, that point to the rebel leader, but it also sets Nico as a target.

The hunt turns urgent when the rebels show their resolve by abducting the provincial governor. Nico’s team intensify their efforts to discover the source of the rebels’ weapons which, surprisingly, leads them back to Florence. In Florence’s highest court, Nico uses his legal skills to bring the traitorous arms dealer to justice.

Rebels in Pisa is the fifth book in the award winning Nico Argenti series. It may be read standalone.

Biblical Food for Kids: 91 Daily Nutritious Wholesome Meal will help you raise healthy and spirit-filled children. This book is packed with Bible stories, questions, and prayers that cover many topics on the Christian faith. It is written in an age appropriate manner to encourage kids to think about their beliefs.

Read along with your kids as they learn everything about the Bible in this devotional, Biblical Food for Kids. Each daily bible lesson is filled with Bible stories and questions that will inspire them to grow spiritually. This book will be a great addition to any family’s library!

Food for the growing soul of your child!

"This is the story of how wine brought me back from the dead."

Thus begins Adam McHugh’s transition through the ending of one career―as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor―into the discovery of a new life in wine among the grapevines of the Santa Ynez Valley of California.

“This is the corkscrewing tale of how I got to Santa Ynez, eventually, and the questions that came up along the way,” he continues. “You and I are going to take a long wine tour together on our way there, and we will make plenty of stops for a glass and some local wine history. As you will see, I reached into the old, old story of wine in order to find my new story, which begins, as so many wine love stories do, in the French countryside. Most stories about religion and drink are stories of recovery. I’m not sure if mine isn’t a story about recovery too.”

Adam’s story is one of being forced to reevaluate and remake his life when things fell apart. But more than that, it’s a story about finding healing through the good gifts of wine, friends, and the beauty of wine country.

Pour a glass and join the adventure from the south of France to Champagne to the California Central Coast.