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As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family—French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral—are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America's borderlands.

As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion. Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission. But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin. Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. When her path crosses once more with William's, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future.

Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle's farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She'll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so she can plan a better future. But what awaits her at the ancestral farm is a past she barely knows.

Among her late grandmother's belongings, Nikki finds an old notebook filled with handwritten German recipes and wise sayings pulled from the book of Proverbs. With each recipe she makes, she invites locals to the family table to hear their stories about the town's history, her ancestors—and her estranged father.

What started as a cathartic way to connect to her heritage soon becomes the means through which she learns how the women before her endured—with the help of their cooking prowess. Nikki realizes how delicious streusel with a healthy dollop of faith can serve as a guide to heal wounds of the past.

Scaredy Squirrel has a holiday to-do list, and he's checked it way more than twice in this funny, reassuring graphic novel about getting ready for Christmas, perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly.

In his third NUTTY ADVENTURE, Scaredy is getting ready for Christmas ahead of time... WAY ahead of time (June). When December finally rolls around, Scaredy has everything in place: perfect red-and-green decorations, a perfect get-together planned (no parties!), perfectly personalized gifts for each of his friends, all the required permits for gingerbread-house construction (perfectly filled out) and, of course, a perfectly secured premises with a perfect spot for Santa. Yup, nothing can possibly go wrong... until friends Rash and Tim break the decorations! But Scaredy is filled with the spirit of the holiday and happy to help his friends finish their Christmas shopping. (Unless they're shopping for Gary the germ?!) Prepare to get festive this Christmas with Scaredy and friends!

The inspiring true tale of young siblings who loved to make stories—and grew up to be among English literature's finest writers. A picture book for fans of Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein.

Many years ago, the four motherless children of the Brontë family — Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne – lived in a windswept house by the moors with their father. Although their lives were often filled with sadness and their world was only as large as the distance they could walk, their INNER worlds were bound only by their imaginations. Hungry for stories, these children devoured novels and poetry, history and fables. And with the gift of a group of toy soldiers, they were inspired to make their own stories, and their own tiny books... a passion that would last them a lifetime.

A moving and atmospheric story about the power of imagination, the joy of storytelling and the love of books, The Little Books of the Little Brontës will enchant both those who love these literary sisters and those who are learning about them for the first time. Includes an author's note, timeline of the Brontës' lives and a fun craft with instructions on creating your own little book.

A single mitten is excluded by a matching pair in this endearing picture book about friendship, belonging and the pressure to “match.” For fans of The Day the Crayons Quit.

Dotty and Other Dotty are a matching set of mittens. When another mitten, Stripes, loses her partner and becomes a single mitten, they don't feel the need to include her. She doesn't "match" them, so she is banished to the dark, lonely pocket of the Little Girl who owns them. Before long, however, Dotty loses her partner, and now she doesn't match the reunited pair of Stripes and Other Stripes, who in turn banish her to the pocket. "YOU don't match!" they tell her.

When the Little Girl, who has been listening to their conversations, weighs in with a huge question ("Why do you have to match?"), the mittens are shocked. Then comes their realization that "matching" often means leaving someone out. This prompts the Little Girl to break a fundamental rule of fashion so that individual mittens (and maybe even socks! or shoes!) can be themselves - and everyone can belong.

A warm and fuzzy story with lots of laughs, this latest picture book from Linda Bailey explores what it feels like to be excluded and included and celebrates one-of-a-kindness!

"A wonderfully claustrophobic tale of obsession and self-delusion." —Kirkus Reviews

Dorothy Fiske, eighty-three, adores movie stars, jewelry, murder mysteries, and men. At twenty-five, inspired by Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury, she moved to Los Angeles from a religiously strict Midwestern home. Despite the glamour, Dorothy, heartbroken, was childless. She blamed her sweet, unambitious husband, Eugene, claiming his sperm was weak, but Dorothy knows the truth.

Ruth, a sixty-six-year-old home health aide, fears eviction from her LA apartment due to her unusual, antisocial behavior. Previously fired from a nursing facility for residents dying under her care, Ruth targets Dorothy, a widow from a wealthy family in Pacific Palisades, California. Lonely yet prideful, Dorothy hires Ruth as a "lady's maid." Ruth accepts the position and masterfully entwines herself into Dorothy's life because she wants to live in Dorothy's house, alone.

The Palisades is a deliciously spun psychological suspense brimming with dark humor in which two women develop a peculiar relationship amid a miasma of Ruth's disturbing memories and Dorothy's pervasive delusions of old Hollywood. Poverty and privilege mingle, companionship turns bizarre, and identity is questioned as the women desperately try to fulfill their shared yearning for motherhood.

The enthralling story of three unforgettable young adults living on the cusp of great change in early 20th-century Mongolia. A captivating, beautiful saga from debut novelist Erin Jamieson about having dreams, finding love, and learning to survive in a harsh, ever-changing place.

In the winter of 1917, Bolormaa is introduced to the man she is to marry on her eighteenth birthday, over mutton stew and steaming buuz. She has spent her entire life in the Gobi Desert, living a nomadic life with her family, always moving with their animals in search of grazing lands. Reading about other places in a tent school, she dreamed of another sort of life. But now, her education is finished, and her future seems to be laid out before her like the colorful rugs in the family’s ger.

Ganbaatar grew up under the vast, blue-gray, Mongolian sky, the protective arm of his mother, and the withering gaze of his father. He has been a good son and a steady hand, working on the land with the herds, often feeling that he was meant for something different—if only he had the courage to reach for it.

When Aisin’s parents die, she leaves her siblings and everything she knows in China to live with her uncle in Mongolia. She’s unprepared for the level of prejudice she’ll face because of her heritage, but her bravery and stubbornness form a shield she readily dons. An accomplished horse rider and rare beauty, she works alongside her uncle and forges a path as a single woman during a challenging era.

A sweeping novel of historical fiction, Sky of Ashes, Land of Dreams follows these characters through the tumultuous decades following the October Revolution and outbreak of the Russian Civil War, and the Chinese occupation of Mongolia and rise of the Mongolian People’s Party, under whose leadership their nomadic way of life undergoes significant changes. Bound together in a unique love triangle that will span their lives, Bolormaa, Ganbaatar, and Aisin face these changes with courage and sometimes, with fear, and their journey of self-discovery and self-determination amidst the challenges and brutalities of life is an extraordinary tale of hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit.

When bookseller Tavish McCaskill stumbles upon an incredibly rare Kabbalistic manuscript penned five hundred years ago by a legendary rabbi, he is convinced that it’s a forgery. How else could it include quantum equations that were developed in the twentieth century?

But closing this matter isn’t as simple as closing a book. Soon, Tavish sets off on a pilgrimage through Switzerland, an esoteric adventure that could mark the beginning of an extraordinary new life—or a desolate and meaningless end. Along the way, Tavish grapples with fellow pilgrims who flicker between friend and foe, the dissolution of his family, and a lingering feeling that he’s living the wrong way, in the wrong time, with the wrong people, in the wrong... universe. Could this enigmatic text hold the answers to even his most unanswerable questions? Erudite and bizarre, poignant and engrossing, Jamieson Findlay’s third novel is a masterful spiritual journey.

Moira Gallagher has been conversing with ghosts since she was five. Now as an adult, she’s finally putting that ability to good use.

Moira’s ability to talk with the dead gives her detective agency, Gallagher Investigations, an edge in uncovering secrets the past has buried. With the help of her sisters, Nuala and Deirdre, she assists those unsettled spirits in finding peace by righting the wrongs done to them before they found themselves on the Other Side. The past collides with the present as these Irish sisters solve cold-case murders and mayhem through their dreams, paranormal visitations, and spunk.

If you enjoy a cozy mystery, ghosts of the friendly and not-so-friendly variety, or anything Irish, you’ll love We Are Shadows.

A little girl shares the steps for the perfect tree trimming - a holiday picture book for fans of Pick a Pine Tree and The Little Christmas Tree.

In this charming Christmas tale, readers will follow along with the main character as she shares all the things that go into decorating a tree:

Lights
Ornaments
Popcorn
Hot chocolate
Taffy the cat
Memories
And, most importantly, family!

With stunning three-dimensional art by Miki Sato and a delightful story by wordsmith Vikki VanSickle, including a twist ending, this book will quickly become a Christmas tree decorating tradition of its own.

From miniature donkeys to enormous draft horses, from regal Arabian stallions to sassy Shetland ponies, horses and other equines bring us delight and comfort whenever we encounter them. Even more so, perhaps, when humans and horses are brought together through a rescue. Whether someone has started a rescue ranch on purpose or circumstances align to match up the right horse with the right person, stories of second chances warm our hearts and restore our hope.

This emotional and inspiring collection of true stories introduces you to a pony who helps a little girl get over her fear of riding, a donkey who discovers his purpose protecting vulnerable lambs, blind horses who teach their human about courage, and even a pony who somehow figures out how to drive a golf cart. By turns humorous and heartwarming, these delightful tales are the perfect companion for those times you long to slow down, take a load off, and enjoy the ride.

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes.

After an invigorating but not exactly restful trip to a Yorkshire spa during which she survived a near brush with death and foiled a murderer, aspiring writer Aggie Morton and her friend Hector are thrilled to have the opportunity to stay at a camp by the sea and watch real paleontologists at work. The famed husband and wife team of the Blenningham-Crewes are about to become even more famous with the recovery of the fossilized bones of an ichthyosaur from the sea by Lyme Regis.

This news has already caught the attention of an American millionaire, a British museum and a travelling circus owner, who each want the bones for their own collections. Tensions are running high throughout the camp, from the cook, to the collectors, to the Blenningham-Crewes themselves, and become downright dangerous after Aggie and Hector make a discovery of their own- a body on the beach. Not a fossil, but a human body.

A gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael — the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic —with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beauty of the North and the power of dreams.

When Fred Carmichael was twelve years old, he saw a plane up close for the first time when it dropped off supplies in his remote community. With that one look, he was hooked.

Fred spent 60 years as a pilot, doing everything from supply runs to search and rescue to transporting dog teams to far-flung areas.

This book celebrates Fred's early dreams of flying and the things he later accomplished. Readers move with Fred through the year, with each month highlighting a moment on Fred's journey as a pilot. Art from Indigenous painter Audrea Wulf perfectly captures the incredible beauty of the North as well as Fred's love for aviation.

Prehistoric Dino lives are fun to learn about! Would they live it up today? Dino Doo Dah to find out...

Dino Doo Dah is a captivating children's book that transports young readers to a world of vibrant dinosaurs. With vivid illustrations and engaging rhymes, this picture book sparks imagination and curiosity. It brings prehistoric creatures to life and adds a playful twist by showcasing them in modern activities. This educational and entertaining book seamlessly combines learning and fun, fostering a love for exploration.

With beautiful illustrations and delightful rhymes, Dino Doo Dah celebrates childhood education with fun and whimsy. Join the enchanting journey with silly Dino rhymes from prehistoric to modern times!

Elephant of Sadness, Butterfly of Joy is a collection of twenty-four picture poems that explores the realm of human emotion. Each poem links an animal with an emotion and uses sensory imagery to spark childlike wonder, paint word pictures to ponder, and see the world from a new perspective.

Elephant of Sadness, Butterfly of Joy evokes metaphoric thinking in young readers. From the “Mosquito of Worry” and “Snail of Anticipation” to the “Hummingbird of Happiness” and “Lanternfish of Love,” the poems vary in tone—some light, some dark, some humorous, and some serious. The animals represent a diversity of species, including mammals, reptiles, cephalopods, mollusks, fish, insects, arachnids, and birds.

Whether hopeful, frustrated, surprised, or content, these picture poems help illustrate the emotional spectrum that encompasses the human experience and bridge a gap in understanding so that children are better equipped to label their feelings.

For teachers, parents, and caregivers, the poems open space for discussions about social-emotional learning, which, now more than ever, are needed conversations.

Come along on an aviation journey with Alis! This spunky female guide will take you through an ABC of planes in this picture book featuring gorgeous cut-paper art.

An A to Z of planes past and present, this book has stunning cut-paper art and a cute-as-a-button guide named Alis. Named for Dr. Alis B. Kennedy, likely one of the first Indigenous women to obtain a commercial pilot licence with land and sea ratings in Canada, Alis will take you on an aviation tour from the Avro Arrow to the Zeppelin and everything in between.

Meticulously researched and uniquely crafted, this is a one-of-a-kind book that will delight aviation fans big and little.

In The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial, New York Times best-selling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the “greed gene”—that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society. This is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors’s artistic destiny. In it, Densmore looks at the conflict between his bandmates and him as they fought over the right to use The Doors’s name, revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrored and reflected a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people.

In recent years, artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks have sold their songs or recording rights for astronomical amounts of money—Bruce Springsteen did so to the tune of a reported $500+ million. Conversely, Patti Smith wrote in Just Kids: “We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense of purpose, we feared it falling into fattened hands.”

The Doors continue to attract new generations of fans, with more than one hundred million albums sold worldwide and counting, and nearly twenty million followers on the band’s social media accounts. As such, Densmore occupies a rarified space in popular culture. He is beloved by artists across the decades for his fierce, uncompromising dedication to art. His writing consistently earns accolades and has appeared in a range of publications such as the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. As his friend and American novelist Tom Robbins recently advised him, “If you keep writing like this, I’ll have to get a drum set.”

We Mean To Cause A Scene!!

Every young reader will delight in Mardi Gras in New Orleans by author, Madison Webb. This treasurable, collectable and coveted of New Orleans’ famed Mardi Gras celebrations comes alive through this vibrant family-friendly picture book that highlights the culture, diversity, frivolity, and spirit of one of America's most beloved cities.

Madison’s rhyming verses are crisp and refreshing, and they offer an infusion of local vocabulary often familiar to children of New Orleans and fun to learn for people of all ages. Experience the floats, the bands, the beads, and the grandeur. The gorgeous gallery-quality illustrations bring the pages to life and transport readers into the heart of the region’s beloved celebrations with an incredible sense of detail, emotion, and local flavor. The book celebrates Mardi Gras in all its glory.

From Twelfth Night to Fat Tuesday, this is the story for the those who love New Orleans' Carnival season. Highlighted by iconic landmarks and revered Mardi Gras customs and traditions. Mardi Gras In New Orleans is carnival personified.

Every year, New Orleans undergoes a most brilliant transformation. Energy radiates through all quarters of the city. Decorations go up, the smell of cinnamon and king cakes waft through the air, and the city’s tempo starts to climb. Right at the outset, readers will jump in and witness the dynamic and unity that engulfs the city:

"The streets have really come alive We start to primp and preen We gussy up our neighborhoods We mean to cause a scene."

And finally, after weeks of exciting preparation, it's here!

"Suddenly the tractors roar The krewes begin to roll The Flambeaux light their torches The city bares its soul."

In the end, though, readers will appreciate that Mardi Gras is about something far greater—it's about community and the spirit that binds us all together.

The story of New Orleans' world-renowned Carnival season is a moment in time, and now it’s one you can visit again and again.

The fifth book in an early chapter book series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited Anne Shirley as she agrees to a dangerous dare and learns a valuable lesson about courage.

Anne is excited to be a guest at a party at Orchard Slope, the home of her kindred spirit, Diana Barry. But when the dares start and mean Josie Pye makes the others feel bad, Anne can't stop herself from challenging Josie to a dare... which leads to Anne being dared to climb the house and walk along the ridgepole! Anne's dangerous dare ends in injury... and teaches her an important lesson. But Anne must pluck up her courage again when she is chosen to recite at a Christmas concert! How can Anne perform in front of so many people? And what is shy Matthew Cuthbert hiding from the family?

Lovingly adapted by Kallie George with beautiful nostalgic illustrations by Abigail Halpin, this series is perfect for fans of Anne, new and old.

Experience the events of the first Christmas night with this stunning board book written in the beloved style of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."

"'Twas the very first Christmas when all through the town, not a creature was stirring-there was not a sound."

This beautiful retelling of the birth of Jesus celebrates that fateful night in Bethlehem so long ago. The story begins with Mary and Joseph's arrival in Bethlehem and continues through Christ's birth, the angels' appearance to the shepherds, and the wise men's visit. Simple, elegant verses are brought to life with lush oil paintings, creating an enchanting reading experience for littles and their loved ones.

A love letter to The Tragically Hip, one of Canada’s most beloved bands, this ABC picture book features illustrations from four renowned Canadian illustrators.

The Tragically Hip, fronted by the late Gord Downie, is a legendary, bestselling Canadian band. And now, almost forty years of music can be appreciated in a brand-new way- an ABC picture book! From "A is for Ahead by a Century" to "N is for New Orleans is Sinking" all the way to "Z is for Frozen in My Tracks," this illustrated ode to the band will be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Featuring art from Canadian illustrators Clayton Hanmer, Julia Breckenreid, Bridget George and Monika Melnychuk, this is the perfect gift for Hip fans old and new!

From the editor’s introduction: “When you move through the streets of Jerusalem today, you will notice that history surrounds you from all sides. You hear Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin from the Dome of the Rock; you hear the bells of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where the Christians pray, accompanied by the voices of the Jewish worshippers at the Wailing Wall. You are filled with awe and stand helpless to do anything except feel both joy and sadness at the same time. Your feelings mingle, your thoughts get confused, and you peer at the sky waiting for God’s mercy and relief... The stories here are varied, and I did not interfere with the writers’ content. I asked them to portray the city of Jerusalem as they live it, as they feel it, as they appreciate it, as they fear it, as they want it to be, and as they imagine it in the past, the present, and the future... And now we put the black box in your hands! Kindly open it to reveal the secrets of Jerusalem and its people, who wake up to the sound of a forgotten rooster from a previous era to declare the beginning of a new dawn, so that life will not stop recording its new diary entries.”

Featuring brand-new stories by: Nuzha Abu Ghosh, Ibrahim Jouhar, Osama Alaysa, Rahaf al-Sa’ad, Ziad Khadash, Mahmoud Shukair, Iyad Shamasnah, Rafiqa Othman, Dima al-Samman, Majid Abu Ghosh, Muhammad Shuraim, Jameel al-Salhout, and Nuzha al-Ramlawi.

Translated from Arabic by: Roger Allen, Marilyn Booth, Catherine Cobham, Raphael Cormack, Sawad Hussain, Dr. Nazih Kassis, Nancy Roberts, and Max Weiss.

East Jerusalem Noir is being published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir, edited by Maayan Eitan. The companion volume explores the city with brand-new stories by Israeli authors.

Pluto Rocket and Joe Pidge are back, with more hats and hijinks than ever before, in the second book of this hilarious new early graphic novel series, for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Pizza and Taco!

Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who's new in town, have become fast friends, with Joe acting as Pluto's guide on her secret mission to discover what life in the neighborhood is really like. But on Joe's tour (where he shows Pluto the best fire escape and the best garbage can in the world!), it becomes clear that Joe has never actually left his tiny slice of the planet...

Pluto encourages Joe to get out of his comfort zone, but Joe delays by creating an outlandish list of supplies they'll need to get before they go! Is Joe Pidge afraid of leaving his safe little neighborhood? And if that's tough, imagine how Joe feels when his hat, his trademark super-flavio look that helps him stand out from the other pigeons, goes missing. Thankfully, Pluto is here to help save the day in the second book of this hilarious graphic novel series from Paul Gilligan, creator of the syndicated comic strip Pooch Cafe!

This book will give the non-technical reader a general idea of what electricity is, how it is produced, how we use and measure it, as well as the dangers involved with its misuse. A previous technical understanding of electricity is absolutely not necessary, and the book does not contain any complicated mathematics. Only one simple easy-to-understand formula is provided — no more!!

This book is intended for all persons, from curious young teens to adults who want to have a better understanding of this important power source. The information given will also allow the lay person to begin to understand and even troubleshoot faulty devices, make simple repairs (often saving money in the process) and approach electricity with the respect it deserves.

By carefully reading the chapters one will not only attain a good basic knowledge of electricity but be able to talk to an electrician, when necessary, knowing and understanding pretty much what he or she is explaining.

In a twisty, claustrophobic suburban suspense novel for fans of Ruth Ware and Liane Moriarty, the aftermath of a murder in a quiet coastal New England town reveals a web of dark secrets among friends...

Monreith, Massachusetts, was once a small community of whalers and farmers. These days it’s a well-to-do town filled with commuters drawn to its rugged coastline and country roads. A peaceful, predictable place—until popular restaurateur Laurel Thibodeau is found brutally murdered in her own home. Suspicion naturally falls on Laurel’s husband, Simon, who had gambling debts that only her life insurance policy could fix. But there are other rumors too...

Among the group of six friends gathered for Alice Stone’s fortieth birthday, theories abound concerning Laurel’s death. Max Barbosa, police chief, has heard plenty of them, as has his longtime friend, Unitarian minister Georgia Fitzhugh. Local psychiatrist Farley Drake is privy to even more, gleaning snippets of gossip and information from his patients while closely guarding his own past.

But maybe everyone in Monreith has something to hide. Because before this late-summer evening has come to a close, one of these six will be dead. And as jealousy, revenge, adultery, and greed converge, the question becomes not who among these friends might be capable of such a thing, but—who isn’t?

From the editor’s introduction: “This anthology offers a fictional tour of Jerusalem, this time through the lens of the noir genre. Not all the stories in this book include a detective, a femme fatale, or a dead body. In fact, a significant number of the writers chose to avoid these genre staples. And yet the stories—each taking place in a different part of the city—sketch a dark, imagined map of the city, where religious mystery dwells alongside the quotidian, claustrophobic hubbub of the Central Bus Station... The stories included in West Jerusalem Noir could not have taken place anywhere else. They reflect national, religious, and socioeconomic tensions inherent to the city and sketch an image of a concrete, contemporary, and complicated Jerusalem.”

Featuring brand-new stories by: Yiftach Ashkenazi, Ilana Bernstein, Emanuel Yitzhak Levi and Guli Dolev-Hashiloni, Liat Elkayam, Assaf Schurr, Yardenne Greenspan, Ilay Rowner, Zohar Elmakias, Ilan Rubin Fields, Nano Shabtai, Yaara Shehori, Tafat Hacohen-Bick, Nadav Lapid, Tehila Hakimi, and Oded Wolkstein.

West Jerusalem Noir is being published simultaneously with East Jerusalem Noir, edited by Rawya Jarjoura Burbara. The companion volume explores the city with brand-new stories by Palestinian authors.

"Wild Grace is Chelan Harkin's most moving collection of poetry yet... These poems are deeply nourishing. It's impossible to read them without feeling something long dormant stir inside you." —Eric Weiner New York Times Best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss

"There's a Vedic saying: 'Thy gifts, my Lord, I surrender to Thee.' Chelan has indeed received a Divine gift. I don't think ordinary human intelligence could express such depth in words.." —Rick Archer, host of podcast Buddha at the Gas Pump: Conversations with "Ordinary" Spiritually Awakening People

In Wild Grace, Chelan Harkin uses ecstatic poetry to redefine our relationship with the divine. She targets a tipping point happening in the souls of many that shifts a conceptual relationship with God into a genuine, direct, and satisfying experience. These are visions of the present, speaking into the future. They are openings of the heart and awe-filled possibilities for a life of honesty and joy.

Arthi's father is a doll maker, but she wishes he would be anything else. No one plays with the wooden bommalu her nanna makes anymore. But crafting dolls from wood is her father's entire world, so Arthi sets out to find out why these dolls mean so much to him. She asks everyone she knows in her small doll-making community and learns that bommalu are memories, warm as the sun, whispering stories older than time and capturing colors that run wild. They are a celebration of life and more. Much, much more!

This joyful picture book is an ode to the traditional craftspeople of Kondapalli, India, and a shared appreciation of handmade objects in the digital age. When she finally creates a bomma, Arthi discovers a special joy in doll making that is all her own.

Detective James Holton has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics.

Physician Assistant Lainie Jackson is eighteen months out from an attempted murder perpetrated by her ex, which ended when she managed to grab the weapon and shoot him. When he appears to have survived and is back to finish the job he started, Lainie insists it's not possible. But someone keeps trying to kill her, and she keeps seeing his face.

Together, Lainie and James must work together to find out who, exactly, is after her and why he wants her dead. And failure is not an option.

USA Today bestselling author Lynette Eason will leave you breathless with this fast-paced first book in a brand-new series.

Discover the Christmas story one word at a time with this simple and engaging board book primer.

Perfect for curious little ones, this book tells the story of Christmas in bite-sized pieces. Short sentences and colorful illustrations guide children through that famous night-from Mary and Joseph's journey all the way to the eventual arrival of the wise men-while each page highlights a new word found in the biblical account-such as star, manger, and angel. Whether you use this book to encourage language development or to introduce the story of Christmas to a special little one, it's sure to make a great gift.

This is a new corrected and revised economic hardcover (lay-flat binding for the workshop) printing of Master Blacksmith Randy McDaniel's introductory book which has sold over 35,000 copies to date. Virtually every task beginning and intermediate blacksmiths must master is presented in this excellent book.

Over 400 detailed drawings help increase comprehension levels. This is a reference manual that will be found lying open on the workbench more often than found on the bookshelf and is highly recommended to anyone swinging a hammer to shape hot metal.

This is an excellent introduction to this glorious craft and an excellent resource for advancing your knowledge, skills, and vision for blacksmithing.

A powerful sci-fi adventure with humor and heart.

Truly's parents are arguing all the time, so they've dropped her off with her aunt and uncle. Her cousin Kaz has a big imagination but he's not the best at making friends. Maximo Skulldigg gets bullied by his older brother--and now he has to conquer Kaz and Truly's home planet.

It's a good thing Kaz and Truly just uncovered a family secret. After the cousins find a hideout full of strange treasures near Kaz's house, they slip on wristbands that summon a space knight named Trinn Cyclo. Soon, he may be Earth's only hope!

Power Button: The First Invasion is the first book in a new middle grade graphic novel series by author/illustrator Zack Soto.

I am Lady Ramillia Winmoore, daughter of the very late Earl of Brooksberry, or I was lifetimes ago. I am an immortal, and this is my story. Do what you will with it, but I must warn you: this tale is not for the faint of heart. Highborn Victorian Lady that I was, my life was one of violence and cruelty.

Lady Ramillia Winmoore has suffered gaps in her memory her entire life. This darkness has proven to be a blessing until the day she awakens strapped to an examination table at the West Freeman Asylum for Lunatics. Imprisoned for the gruesome murder of her parents, she is forced to endure years of torture until salvation arrives in the form of a benefactor named Sir Julian Lawrence. Betrothed to her through an arranged marriage, Julian helps her gain freedom.

But appearances are deceiving and soon Ramillia learns the cost she must pay. The horrors she encounters in his household are far worse than the asylum. When he inducts her into a society of bloodthirsty, cruel immortals, she is forced to join them and accept their way of life.

Armed with talents she doesn’t know she has, Ramillia must break free of a prison she cannot see, kill an enemy who cannot die, and find a daughter who she cannot remember—all with the help of an ally she does not know.

In this chilling gaslight-era Gothic horror novel where paranormal powers are bred and collected, friends and foes are not always what they seem when immortality is at stake.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a novel of extreme gothic horror and contains scenes of graphic violence, physical, mental, and sexual abuse, and may be disturbing to some readers.

Eli and Morgan experience life-changing revelations in this new adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series.

While exploring World's End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli struggles to understand his new-found power- the ability to locate a portal. A shocking turn of events leads them to a new village, Ministik, where the animal beings who live there are going missing. Horrified to discover who is responsible, the children vow to help and turn to friends, old and new. But it's getting harder and harder to keep the two worlds separate, especially when details of a traditional legend change everything. Forever.

In this intriguing spiritual memoir, The Maeve Chronicles author Elizabeth Cunningham traces her dynamic faith journey and its relationship to her writing.

As the daughter of an Episcopal priest, author Elizabeth Cunningham was born into community, sacred story, and the mysteries of prayer. For her, "If a writer is one who writes, then a 'prayer' is one who prays." As such, her praying is dynamic, a dance between many opposites—active vs. contemplative, community vs. individual, human vs. wild—and Cunningham sees the divine as both incarnate and transcendent, an intimate beloved and a vast mystery. When she prays, Cunningham is both audacious and reverent, asking tough questions of God—raging, listening intently, and dancing and singing ecstatically. Her storyteller's imagination opens a path from the known to the unknowable, from despair to wonder. 

In this nonfiction debut, Cunningham recounts both her lifelong spiritual quest and her ongoing spiritual questions. Her journey takes her from her childhood church, with its ornate liturgy, to the silence of Quaker meeting; from her ordination as an interfaith minister to an eclectic, earth-centered community where she served as priestess before becoming a hermit, of sorts, making a church of her own backyard.

Candid and passionate, Cunningham's memoir invites readers of all faiths—and doubts!—to explore what it means to live life as a prayer in the beautiful, imperiled world we share.

"One of the most engaging memoirs I've read in ages. The wise and feisty voice I've come to know and love in Elizabeth Cunningham's Maeve Chronicles fills these pages and carried me away. Anyone who has forged an independent path through the luminous moments and deepest shadows of a soul-filled life will recognize their own spiritual adventures reflected here." —Mirabai Starr, God of Love

Imagine if someone handed you a blank checkbook along with a new office and a full-time assistant. No rules or apparent limits. And no one waiting offstage to tell you what to do, or how much money is there for you to use. Ultimately, you learn that this anonymous benefactor has, in effect, provided you entrée into the cloistered world of billionaires and the methods by which they earn their unimaginable riches.

Given this incomparable opportunity, for reasons that only become clear as the story unfolds, is Seth Thomas, a jaded investigative journalist with The Washington Post. The tension and high stakes never let up as Thomas races to find out: Who is the mysterious billionaire benefactor that's provided him this never-empty bank account? What exactly does this person want him to accomplish with all that money? And can he and his assistant even survive if he must deal directly with Russia's Mafia kingpin and the country's ruthless leader to get his answers?

That's the premise of The Billionaires' Club, a novel that journeys deep into the inner sanctum of this exclusive club―just 2,700 people now control more than half of all the world's wealth.

"Five Wishes ... A travelogue of a family's journey, both literally and figuratively, as they navigate their way through life-changing and life-affirming events. Karin Gertsch has created a family story that immediately welcomes the reader to join them at the kitchen table. Set in a small town in Massachusetts, the tale takes you to the back roads of Sedona and to the castles of Scotland, and lands you right back to home and hearth. This is a heartwarming blend of history, love, and lore, served up with a hot cup of tea and a warm dish of peach cobbler." —Daisy Nell, Author, Songwriter

"I was delighted to spend time with the denizens of Hamlet, a town that changes slowly but is all the more endearing for it. Likewise, as the characters in this book realize they have become stuck in their ways and must force themselves to find new adventures, I couldn't help but be touched by how they approached their problems. Gertsch is a born storyteller and the tales within this book have charm to spare." —Hannah Harlow, Owner, The Book Shop of Beverly Farms

Five Wishes takes place in Hamlet, a New England town. Delbert MacInnes is content to live where he was born and raised. "I'll look out another window if I want a different view," he says. Matilda MacInnes isn't the complaining type; she wants her family to believe she's happy with her life, but for decades she's hidden a big secret, and it wants out! When an unexpected event happens, Matilda discovers—though she is no longer young—that wishes can still come true.

FLARE ABOVE, MAZE BELOW.

Sadina and the islanders are up against both man and nature as they navigate their way to Alaska. There, they hope to meet the mysterious Godhead, unsure of what separates myth from truth. But the Godhead, now led by Alexandra, is fractured. Within the cracks of their sacred trinity, secrets are revealed that blur the lines of good and evil forever.

After a devastating discovery, Isaac and Sadina are forced to split up. Minho holds the rest of the group together, but it's his beliefs that are slowly falling apart. What once drove Minho to join his sworn enemies is causing him to question everything. When Sadina finds a clue in The Book of Newt, her mission to meet the Godhead becomes even stronger. Isaac and Old Man Frypan come across an enigmatic traveler and learn that the cure isn't what it once was. They are shaken to the core when they realize that the immunes aren't as immune as they should be, and the world as a whole is evolving in a dangerous new direction.

In Alaska, The Godhead and the sacred site of the Maze face something that no generation of Pilgrims before them has ever witnessed. Beliefs will change, futures will be rewritten, and not even the Godhead knows what will happen next.

Few places on Earth are more memorable than the U.S. National Parks. Remember your adventures with this fun and educational national park journal.

Contents:

Checklists and illustrations for all 63 National Parks + space for words, stamps, stickers, etc.

Use it to plan your trip (when, where, how), create national park art (drawings, stickers, stamps!), or record your travel memories (who, what, why)!

When fortune turns into a nightmare, trust becomes the ultimate currency.

When Lynn Miller, an ordinary woman, wins a life-altering lottery jackpot, she believes her dreams have come true. But her newfound wealth soon becomes a curse as a relentless stalker emerges from the shadows. Struggling to convince her skeptical husband, James, that she's in danger, Lynn finds herself trapped in a web of paranoia and uncertainty.

As the stalking escalates, secrets buried deep within their family's past begin to surface--secrets that jeopardize trust and safety.

In a gripping tale of suspense and shattered trust, Lynn navigates the treacherous terrain of wealth, deception, and the boundaries of family loyalty. As the lines blur between friend and foe, she must fight to protect herself before it's too late.

"If you're looking for pleasure-clenching excitement, this is the one for you." - Amazon Reader

A vibrant cocktail of sensuality, consent, and a deep dive into the unknown.

What happens when you reconnect with the boy next door, only to find out he's not the same boy anymore? Emma, a savvy interior designer with her entire life plan mapped out, finds herself diving headfirst into the most exciting project of her career while an old friend turns into a tantalizing new flame.

Thrust into the heart of NYC's most sensual club, The Prism Society, Emma discovers that Liam, her childhood best friend, is a co-owner and that the boy she once knew is a man of enticing mysteries. As the layers of their past unravel, an intriguing future is revealed - one filled with tantalizing secrets and desires.

Caught between her promising career, reignited love for Liam, and an enticing world of pleasure, she faces a pivotal question - Will she dare to merge her old life with the gleaming world of The Prism Society, or will she shy away from the spark that's kindling?

Ivy Nichols O'Reilly has grown up in a wealthy family full of magic, fantasy creatures, and emotional abuse--but when her narcissistic mother arranges an unwanted marriage for her, the young witch reaches her breaking point. She drops out of college, changes her name to Georgette, and flees across the country with her best friend, a Wood Nymph named Mei-Xing.

Georgette is determined to build a new identity and a new life. But her journey leads her to cross paths with a number of magical characters—a Werehyena searching for his kidnapped wife; a Vampire who runs a unique magical business; a curandero, a shamanistic practitioner of traditional medicine; and a Valkyrie who, along with her raven partner, wants to make a risky deal—who make it clear to her that the past is not so easily left behind. In order to grow into her new identity, help her new friends, and develop a healthy relationship with a man she's beginning to care for, Georgette will have to confront the privileges that have shielded her from the pain and ugliness of the magic community in which she was raised--and find the strength to overcome the trauma of her childhood.

Finalist of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for fiction, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky is a moving portrait of one woman’s search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced backdrop of political turmoil.

It is 1977, and the anti-shah protests at Tehran University are intensifying, but Amineh is not like her peers who want a say in the future of their country. Her thoughts are on the beautiful literature of another era and her past of rose harvests and Sufi poetry evenings under the desert sky. A chance encounter with Farzad, an opposition leader and disarmament activist, will thrust her into a life she didn’t ask for and didn’t want. Nobody wanted the tyranny that is quickly turning worse than the tyranny it replaced. But maybe Amineh has been looking at her life all wrong—Maybe the thing she is seeking is not in the past at all.

Salome Visaya is nothing and no one—at least, that's what the Alliance want her to think.

A criminal organization that has trained her since childhood, the Alliance made her a creature of cunning and greed, and now offers Salome a shot at the con of a lifetime. All she has to do is assume the role of Rosalia d'Ilumias and play the blushing bride-to-be. And the target? King Vincent d'Allorias of the war-ravaged kingdom of Ilarya.

Three months of her life—three months to charm the King and the nobles, to weasel her way into his confidence, and to rob him and his treasury blind. It should be an easy job, the kind that she was born to play, but when a witch approaches her in the dark and awakens something inside her, everything changes. The court is alive with demons made of shadows, and Salome might be the only one with power to save Ilarya—and the world—from the ancient forces that threaten them.

What's the day-to-day, decade-to-decade life of a teacher like?

Documenting Patricia Austin's forty-plus years as an educator, Tales from a Teaching Life: Vignettes in Verse invites readers along on a chronological journey through elementary and university classrooms. Austin captures modes, moods, and moments of teaching, from a stumbling entry into the profession to an unexpected dive into the brave new world of online instruction. In verse at turns reflective, surprising, and humorous, these poems testify to the strength and profound impact of teachers everywhere.

Reviews

“Tales from a Teaching Life anticipates life for beginning teachers . . . and generates memories for those like the author who have spent their lives in sundry classrooms at all levels.”—Virginia McGee Butler, retired teacher and author of Becoming Ezra Jack Keats

“Teachers are the backbone of, and best hope for, human society, but you don’t have to be one to enjoy this honest, insightful, and captivating read. Highly recommended.” —Leslie Staub, author of If You Were An Elephant

“Poignant yet whimsical, Tales from a Teaching Life is a bit of truth we’d all be better for hearing. Any teacher will see parts of themselves reflected on the page, echoing across time and space with the evidence of a life well lived. Brava!”—Marti Dumas, author of the Wildseed Witch series

Learn about the creation of every generation of Chevrolet's pony car!

For more than 50 years, the Chevrolet Camaro has been an indelible part of the modern automotive landscape. Since its introduction in 1967, Chevrolet's immensely popular pony car has redefined American automotive styling by setting the bar and then raising it with the introduction of each generation.

How did the Camaro become one of the most celebrated automobiles of all time? What was its origin? What factors contributed to its creation and continued evolution through periods of economic uncertainty? How, when so many other cars have come and gone, has the Camaro survived and flourished?

Automotive historian Scott Kolecki explores those questions in Camaro Concept Cars: Developing Chevrolet's Pony Car, as he introduces the men and women who created Chevrolet's successful sports car. This book looks at the factors that contributed to its evolution through six distinct generations and explores the concept and design prototypes that gave rise to the production models that we know and love today.

This is the ultimate book for anyone who has owned (or dreamed of owning) a Camaro as well as for the countless enthusiasts around the globe who continue to celebrate and share the car's rich heritage with future generations.

Join our charismatic friend President Millard Fillmore on his second ghostly tour of the past!

This time, President Fillmore takes readers beyond the walls of the White House to forgotten places around the world. Discover how ghastly some of the United States' presidents actually were! Meet presidents at the bottom of the ocean, in the rice paddies of Cambodia, and even in the office of the president of the Confederacy. Along the way, readers will learn important lessons and gain formative insights into history long ignored.

Lina doesn’t believe in ghosts, but they won’t leave her alone.

When her father is killed, Lina and her little brother Mateo are forced to move in with her domineering uncle at Blackwater Manor. Lina soon discovers that her uncle intends for her to marry his nephew, Bray, to gain control of her inheritance. She is also convinced her uncle had something to do with her father’s death.

As the days pass, it becomes increasingly clear that Blackwater is haunted, and the malevolent presence seems determined to harm the siblings. To protect her brother, Lina attempts to communicate with the ghosts, all the while evading the handsome but devious Bray and crossing paths with the mysterious Max, a dashing army lieutenant with secrets of his own.

But as Lina unearths the atrocities of the past, she must now unmask her father’s killer and discover the ghosts’ intentions before she becomes one of them.

Aeda, a gifted Thief, is confined to the coastal city of Biersport, where she is a member of the elusive Grey Society. Bound by their commands, Aeda is reluctant to continue her life of crime but knows no other way to survive.

One fateful day, Aeda is tasked with stealing from the Historian Gieral, a member of the legendary order responsible for chronicling all of history. But when their paths cross, Aeda's life takes an unexpected turn. She is suddenly torn from the only life she has ever known and thrust into a new world filled with strange creatures and ancient mysteries.

As Aeda struggles to find her place, she is pulled into the mystery of missing Historians. Along the way, she will traverse perilous landscapes, encounter terrifying beasts, and be forced to rethink her own purpose in life.

Will Aeda be able to rise above her circumstances and find her place in the world? Join her epic quest in The Thief and the Historian, a spellbinding tale of adventure, belonging, and the power of history.

The Water Emporium is running dry! Follow Supply Jane & Fifo upstream as they help to solve the problem.

Rhett Taylor's mineral water is in high demand, but this year, his fountains are drying up. Supply Jane and Fifo step in to help, taking Rhett further and further upstream until they can fix the flow.

Supply Jane & Fifo Fix the Flow teaches kids about the entire supply chain, from retail to distribution to production to raw materials. It encourages systems thinking, problem solving, and process mindset, while being filled with fun and dragons! Activity questions are included to help kids engage with the lesson.

The Supply Jane & Fifo Adventures bring supply chain, logistics, and inventory management principles to life. They teach kids simple but powerful concepts that make the world around us work. The books complement traditional STEAM offerings nicely and are a great way for parents to approach the 'Here’s what Mommy does all day at work' conversation.

Carter went to jail for his younger brother's crime and lost his position as heir to West Creek Ranch. Now that he's out, he's unwilling to hurt his brother by confessing the truth. His only hope for restoring his past privilege is to impress his grandparents by marrying his former flame. But Christa has zero time for men. She's determined to save her disabled father's tannery, and rearranging her life enough for a romance could ruin her plans.

Carter pursues her with swoon-worthy earnestness and convinces her to let him in, but as their trust grows, his secret remains an issue. He can't tell the truth, but if he doesn't do something fast, he will distract her enough to jeopardize her plans, lose his chance to restore himself as heir, and break the heart of a woman as loyal as he is.

Sage Evans loves writing that explores love of different forms. When writing Mad Dash, she started with this quote as inspiration:

"Love is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved. A process of realizing the truths they can tell each other.

We can count on so few people to go that hard way with us." ~Adrienne Rich

A killer forces Leroy Cutter to a last resort in Key West.

In the aftermath of a high-profile case that brought the city to its knees, Leroy Cutter leaves Detroit, seeking refuge in Key West. He plans to unwind with an old Navy buddy and reset his life. Unfortunately, Key West PD pegs Cutter as their prime suspect in a brutal murder and the number of victims are starting to rise. With his freedom on the line, Cutter attempts to clear his name and find the real killer as he delves into the dark underbelly of Key West, where sunken treasure, seedy real estate deals, and drugs collide.

From the author of the best-selling novel The Sinful comes Into the Marrow, a thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Get ready for a heart-pumping ride with Into the Marrow, book two in the Leroy Cutter series.

Learn how to harness the power of taste to lose weight safely and keep it off permanently. It’s actually quite simple: more taste = less weight. Even if you’re happy with your current weight, this book will help you enjoy food and drink more than you ever thought possible.

Your tastebuds will explode with thousands of "pleasurable taste sensations" every time you eat and drink. Thousands of them every single day! Every meal. Every snack. Every coffee break.

Rooted in science and endorsed by experts, learning the "micro habit" of eating less and enjoying taste more is a cornerstone of successful weight loss. It’s easier said than done which is why I wrote this book based on my personal experience. I’ll show you how to make a simple and tiny change in the way you eat and drink, starting with your very next meal.

When food lands on your tastebuds, zillions of "pleasure inducing chemicals and hormones" that your body produces naturally including endorphins, serotonin and dopamine will drive your brain crazy with pleasure! Every second this happens your brain gets this message: yummy that’s good and I’m happy!

You will eat less, feel fuller faster, be better hydrated, improve your digestion and not feel stuffed or bloated. And lose weight if you want to.

This may be the most unusual weight loss book you’ve ever read because there are:

• No meal plans.
• No food restrictions.
• No calorie recommendations.
• No food lists.
• No drink restrictions.
• No pills.
• No exercises.
• No recipes (well, just one, my all-time healthiest and sweetest snack ever!)

Read The Taste Bud Diet today and be prepared to enjoy food and drink like never before and be so much healthier as well.

Inspired by true events, The Last Horseman is a gripping story of a Midwestern housewife who secretly devises an epic gambling scheme to save the career of her alienated horse trainer husband—perfect for fans of Secretariat and The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told!

Eddie Logan was once the nation's leading standardbred horse trainer. Today he's down on his luck, struggling to survive in a world where rigged races and corruption threaten the future of the sport he loves. As Eddie faces mounting financial pressures, he succumbs to the temptation of cheating, the one-and-only time in his career, only to lose everything—except the love and support of his wife, Jean.

Desperate to save the man she loves, Jean cooks up a lucrative—and illegal—betting scheme. With the help of an organized crime boss, she bets on race after race, risking everything in the hopes of winning enough to restore Eddie's reputation and career.

Jean must stay one step ahead of the law while keeping her scheme secret from Eddie, who would put a stop to it, and the horse racing officials, who would ban her and Eddie from the sport for life. As she walks a narrow line, Jean must decide how far she will go to save the one she loves.

Pick an Airport...! is a world-weary senior physiotherapist’s amusing perspective on and condensation of vastly varied, unusual and occasionally somewhat bizarre clinical situations encountered over 25+ years of treating patients around the globe.

They say that truth is often stranger than fiction and variety the spice of life, this short book is a testament to both.

All depictions contained within are based directly upon actual events, some almost unbelievably so, to the degree that even in their ‘watered-down’ state they might test the limits of some readers’ credulity and, with that in mind, many very specific cases have simply been omitted because making them believable (with adherence to rules of confidentiality) would have necessitated ‘dilution’ to a point of banality.

For privacy, respect and to protect (both) the innocent (and ‘guilty’) either the location, date, specific detail or all three of each event (bar one) have been suitably altered to confer anonymity, though the veracity of each and every situation can be attested to and proven if necessary.

Haunted by the death of her sister, Finola Shanahan has resolved that she's not worthy of a family of her own and commits to spending her days caring for immigrants in the slums. Unwilling to consider marriage, Finola has perfected the ability to sabotage the relationships her parents arrange for her. At wit's end, her father calls upon the local Irish matchmaker, who pairs her with successful wagonmaker Riley Rafferty. After her usual tricks fail, Finola quickly realizes she can't outsmart or outwit the dashing, determined, and daring man.

A candidate in the St. Louis mayoral election, Riley is confident a union with the wealthy Shanahan family will help solidify his chances of winning—and even more assured he and Finola can make a difference together. When a cholera outbreak begins to take St. Louis by storm, they must navigate a burgeoning attraction and growing danger testing all they know about love and sacrifice.

Escape to 1849 St. Louis for a daring and romantic tale from the talented pen of bestselling author Jody Hedlund.

Josh Tanner, was trying to fix his life and get back to his four-year-old daughter Sophie. Then he was pulled into the multidimensional world of the Immortals simply by being the last person on the elevator after lunch... and carrying a briefcase!

Senyak Marztanak needs to reacquire his immortality and his place on his family’s ruling seat. Both having been stripped away when he failed his grandfather’s trial.

Now, after being bonded through karma, Josh and Sen are forced to rise together through the levels of mortal cultivation to reach transcendence.

In a new and fully developed sci/fi-fantasy universe. Chock full of multiethnic mythology, ageless powers, saviors and treacherous villains. Josh & Sen Save the Multiverse tells the tale of two unlikely heroes pushed together by the fates, karma, and the most powerful immortals in existence. Through hilarious and life-threatening adventures, they form bonds of friendship and brotherhood. All while having to rely on each other’s unique qualities to survive eight iterations away from their universe of origin.

Follow Josh and Sen as they grow, fight, live, laugh, love and cry. They don’t know it yet... But for each to get home they will not only have to save their own lives... but the entire Multiverse!

Daniel Masenda thought he had made peace with his dark past when he left his home for a better life fourteen years ago. As the mayor of a small, tranquil town along Virginia's Eastern Shore, Daniel has everything he ever wanted-until a series of haunting visions, coupled with the death of his estranged mother, pits him against two ghostly entities at war with one another. Each has its own agenda as they force Daniel to relive moments from his violent youth and push him to the edge of insanity. As his idyllic life begins to unravel, will he be able to decipher the message behind the hauntings before they destroy not only him, but the soul of someone he left behind?

As loved ones approach their final days, hopefully these soothing, comforting, clever, humorous and uplifting inspirations can make it easier on everyone - family, friends and caregivers. It’s like comfort food for the mind, heart & soul

Seventy witticisms, curated from thousands, in full color, including quotes from Woody Allen ("I don’t believe in the afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear"), Jeff Goldblum ("Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come"), J.K. Rowling, Winston Churchill, Robin Williams, Thornton Wilder, Audrey Hepburn, Dr. Seuss, Abraham Lincoln, Groucho Marx, Mitch Albom and many more.

The book also includes free unlimited online access to a special video with dozens of images and an original musical score written and performed by an accomplished pianist.

People who have lost loved ones and professionals are giving The Rainbow of Life high marks:

"I am really 'verklempt' over this book. Perfect blend of heart and wisdom for the soul." —Frank Brady, RN, President, Center for Hope Hospice (NJ)

"This is a wonderful book. It has so many beautiful thoughts. It brought me back to the days of my dad in hospice and I could relate to most of the quotes. Some made me think, some made me cry and others made me laugh out loud. Well done!" —Paulette (NJ) - lost her dad.

This is the Death Maze Deluxe Edition, containing the original Death Maze map, complete storyline, commissioned encounter artwork, maps and cartoon characters.

The deluxe edition paperback of Death Maze was released through Amazon on 9-18-2023

This deluxe color edition includes:

• Complete map
• Storyline / narrative
• Commissioned encounter artwork
• Encounter maps
• Cartoon characters

The time for heroes appears to be past. Over 20 years ago, Trey ard Sliath and Serene na Ridire defeated the greatest threat their world had ever known. Then, they settled down to raise their families.

What do you do if you are a child of one of those legendary figures? Especially if you are naturally talented with weapons like Serene's daughter, Athynae? Or unable to use a sword at all, like Trey's son, Athlain?

And what happens when you discover that there are still enemies to confront and threats to be faced?

Ask Athynae na Ridire, first child born on the island of Inis Bolcan following the end of the Darkening. Ask Athlain Treyson, eldest child of the hero who brought the Darkening to a close.

For these two friends, there is only one answer.

Challenge Accepted

The first book in the Unnamed Saga, a YA Epic Fantasy Series.

Have you ever stared at the ceiling, tired eyes held open by a mind overflowing with thoughts, questions and feelings?

This is the background framing the whole conception of the poetic musings depicted in this book: a global pandemic, a life in a new country, and a moment of both professional and personal disruption. For any chronic overthinker the scenario of imposed, unannounced change, and the sudden awareness of Time is the "perfect” igniting spark to action. And that is how every bad mood, every unsolicited advice, every article, every news, every fear, every disappointment became a vessel for the words start to flow.

The series of poetic musings depicted in Little Things, Complex Matters is an attempt to understand the Whys? behind all the sudden disruption, by answering (or trying to answer) the many burning questions about people, science, nature, love, past, future and how all those things put together form the Big Picture of Life. In the pages inside, the "rant" moments are organized in form of poetry to describe a big picture that is bigger and colorful than ever. And strangely, so is the perception of the details. In this worldly journey to self-awareness every dot connected is a new question to ask, a new theory to analyze, and an opportunity to immerse ourselves in a new gray zone in between that is anything but gray. If you are a overthinker, a curious mind or if you just have the tendency of staring at the ceiling at night with the mind boiling with the most provocative questions, I invite you to do a deep dive in this book.

The path to discover the answers that most comfort one's mind is not easy, make no mistake. But to all future readers, donating their precious time to appreciate the nonnative rants inside, I hope these musings can help you answer some of your own burning questions. One thing is for sure, though. I honestly feel (and hope) that you will leave these pages with tons of additional questions of your own so you can rant away out there as most please your souls.

When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple's male staff in their seaside house. But they soon realize they've invited mysterious secrets and the sweet possibility of romance into their home.

Meanwhile, Emily Summers approaches a local publisher in hopes of fulfilling her dream of becoming an author. When he turns her down, his dashing competitor promises to consider her novel if she will first write a new Sidmouth guidebook for him. Emily accepts and begins researching with the help of the Duke of Kent's handsome private secretary. But a surprise visitor from her past shows up at Sea View, leaving Emily torn between the desires she used to hold dear and her budding dreams for the future.

Return to the Devonshire coast with the Summers sisters, where loyalties are tested, secrets come to light, and new love emerges.

I sometimes think back to the festival and wish I could relive that night, at least the beginning, before everything all fell apart ... again.

Maria is struggling in Underfoot. A hooded figure haunts her dreams, her mind-reading abilities have grown so powerful that even her closest friends avoid her touch, she's seeing strange threads of light everywhere, and her parents are still nowhere to be found. Having been banned from returning to the surface for the time being, she anxiously awaits word from the search party that went looking for her parents and the other missing Vins.

During what was supposed to be a joyous occasion, an evil entity strikes, creating chaos in the underground settlement, and Wren is captured by the Wrathful, along with Eyota. In order to escape the mayhem and rescue their friends, Maria, Rusty, and Pan must journey up top, find allies, and fight the enemy. Along the way, Maria finds answers to her never-ending questions and discovers fate is far more powerful than she realized.

Sheena Meyer and her friends have formed a tight-knit group determined to fight for what is right, no matter the cost. But when Sheena unlocks a childhood memory involving an angel, she begins a transformation her father calls "the change."

Enter the Knights of the Gleam, a group of exceptional teens tasked with battling darkness. Together, they face off against the Murk, an enigmatic force determined to extinguish the hope of mankind, starting with children. But as Sheena and the knights unravel the secrets of Drake, the Murk's powerful avatar, their loyalty to each other and their pursuit of truth are put to the test. With each new revelation, they discover that the stakes are higher than they ever imagined.

The journey they're on is one that spans time and transcends our reality. Can Sheena and her friends call on their guardian angels for help? As they confront Drake's secrets, will they emerge with their sanity and their bond of friendship still intact?

Angel Girl Awakening is a thrilling adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. In this new series from the Sheena Meyer universe, Sheena and the Knights of the Gleam navigate through the treacherous waters of adolescence, spiritual warfare, and the unknown. An engaging read for anyone who enjoys stories of adventure, mystery, and self-discovery, particularly with a fantasy or supernatural twist.

The Wolves are out for blood, but Scarlett doesn't intend to let them catch their prey.

When Scarlett's friend Georgette starts receiving death threats from the Wolves, a powerful street gang, she sets out uncover why they want a prominent socialite dead. As a Talented gangster herself, Scarlett goes undercover. Instead of a hardened murderer, she discovers the charming younger son of a Duke, Benedict Pearce, is the would-be assassin. Clearly not a killer at heart, Scarlett decides to trust the handsome rogue, and they join forces to put a stop to the Wolves mysterious machinations and save her friend.

As the pair begin their investigations, as well as a fictitious courtship to throw the Wolves off their trail, Scarlett must reckon with a past she prefers to keep hidden. Benedict, constantly jovial and flirtatious, slowly chips away at the shadows Scarlett has built around her heart. Still, as the search uncovers deeper levels of deception, their ruse becomes increasingly dangerous. When facing down the Wolves, Scarlett is forced to confront how far into the shadows she is willing to go to protect the ones who have her heart.

Flourishing Love is a secular defense of marriage and long-term intimate partnership. It rejects a moral-religious code to govern love lives and instead puts its faith in the human potential for couples to be benevolent, loyal, and forgiving to preserve and enhance their romantic union.

Dr Gnaulati draws on a variety of sources to present the joint emotional upkeep necessary to make an intimate relationship not just satisfactory, but vital, and to illustrate what these lasting bonds look like. The latest science, anecdotes from his own 30-year marriage as well as from his psychotherapy practice, the musings of ancient and contemporary philosophers, and real-life interviews from partners in long-term happy marriages and intimate unions are all used to reveal the secrets to a successful romantic partnership.

The result is a how-to of engaging in attentive and sensitive communication; employing a fairness habit of mind around household chores, childrearing responsibilities, and finances; optimally moving through and beyond conflict; keeping an erotic spark alive; and ethically handling urges to stray outside the couple. A must-read for all those who crave meaning, happiness, and fulfillment in life and need their romantic partnerships to help, not hinder, in this endeavor.

It seems my heart is made of tissue paper; I wish the world would handle it more delicately." —Richelle E. Goodrich

A collection of original poetry by American novelist, poet, and illustrator, Richelle E. Goodrich.

Each chapter in this book touches on a specific emotional experience that affects the human heart within a lifetime. For example, the first chapter, titled TO LOVE, includes twelve poems that express aspects of love. Another chapter, titled TO LOATHE, includes poetry touching on life’s harsher challenges. The literary works in this book were written in a variety of poetic styles including sonnets, haikus, free verse, and cinquains.

A Heart Made of Tissue Paper is a treasury of hard-earned joys and sorrows survived.

The overwhelming nature of daily pain and fatigue can lure you into a dark, hopeless void. Julie Owen Morris understands this struggle personally.

Chronically in Christ offers long-term encouragement for anyone living with chronic illness. Readers are not alone in their trials; Christ provides help for the toughest days. Morris reminds us that people with chronic illness can thrive in this dark season, and their stories can become testimony to God's strength in their lives. Chronically in Christ offers readers hope to face the uncertainty and darkness another day.

Julie Owen Morris, PhD, is a follower of Christ, author, speech-language pathologist, adjunct professor, and lupus warrior. She earned her PhD from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and lives with her husband, Chad, and daughters, Addie and Makenna. She has suffered with six autoimmune diseases for nearly two decades. A few years ago, Julie felt a nudge to begin writing devotionals for others with chronic illness. Those devotionals have been compiled into this book to provide hope, through Jesus, to others who suffer daily.

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These poems represent the author's brief journey through Celtic lore and spirituality, a journey that informed his Catholic faith, heart, and mind with a more poignant awareness of the deep, unwavering presence between Creator and creature.

In this collection we may find an understanding of suffering and sacrifice from which we otherwise often turn away in fear - in a type of dark night of the soul - the Beloved who beckons from within the human heart and leads us to the light that enlivens all things.

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Rhia is a Courier, a transient messenger who freely travels the land without calling any town or port home. The job suits her, for in a land ruled by the Temple, it is difficult to find your own way, especially when you have a Talent. Rhia's is water, and when she arrives in distant Cerretour to deliver a message, she finds a village wracked with suffering. The well is dry. It hasn't rained. The only person who can save these villagers is missing. At night, a strange creature prowls the prairie. The villagers have a name for it: greyhowler.

Rhia knows it by a different name: the lusus mendace, the predator of lies. It is a monster created by Temple Priests to scare the initiates and acolytes. It knows deceit. It knows fear. It hunts those who harbor lies in their hearts.

Is it hunting her? Is it hunting someone in the village? Is it nothing more than a myth, a tale meant to scare children? All Rhia knows for certain is she may be the only person who can save these people. But doing so means accepting what she swore she would never be...

Sarah Day's debut introduces us to the world of the Couriers—a secondary world fantasy series well suited for fans of Becky Chamber's Monk and Robot series and N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy.

"Day's debut novella captivates from the very first page; like all the best monster stories, it also explores the monsters inside of us." —Tim Pratt, author of Prison of Sleep

"To Hunt a Holy Man brings to mind the likes of Graham Greene and Brian Moore. Readers will be moved by the depth of characterization and plot which is as intriguing as it is important." -Ron Felber, bestselling author of A Man of Indeterminate Value

Leaving the raw battlefields of Vietnam, To Hunt a Holy Man cuts across the rich cultural landscape of Buddhist Thailand. Its characters are enmeshed in war-born adventure, danger, sexual encounters, and spiritual quests. Both Hunter and Holy Man have everything to win—but someone has to lose.

The Holy Man is a US Army Catholic priest who flees Vietnam. Longing to complete his spiritual journey, he disappears into Thai Buddhist monastic life. The Hunter is a God-hating, lone-wolf antihero. His plan to claim his trophy is thwarted by an alluring Thai policewoman, and a jolting religious experience. He is staggered, but is he redeemed? Or will he claim his prize and bring the priest back to Vietnam in shackles?

Much more than just a hunt, Fletcher skillfully presents the reader with an exotic and fascinating spiritual journey through Southeast Asia. He shows that, 50 years on, there are still powerful lessons to be learned from that infamous war.

To Hunt a Holy Man uses edgy language and noir images, but any flinching by the fainthearted will be salved by the story's redemptive ending. Read this book. A compelling tale, it will beat with the spiritual yearnings of your heart.

Are you ready to write your first nonfiction book?

Of course not, or you would have done it by now! Perhaps it’s time to enlist the help of a professional.

The idea of writing a book may be scary or challenging, but Lauren Bingham is back with a guide for the nonprofessional writer who is somehow drawn to the world of nonfiction.

Known for her tips on how to write fiction and nonfiction books, Ms. Bingham focuses on the different types of nonfiction books and the elements that go into making each one come alive on the page.

If you’re eager to write your nonfiction book, but you’re not sure where to start, Non-Fiction for Newbies: How to Write a Factual Book and Actually Kind of Enjoy It will take readers from an idea to a book as they ponder the answers to questions such as:

• What makes a “good” nonfiction book?
• What elements and concepts can keep a writer on track?
  
• How do you write a book that brings readers value?
  
• What can you do as an author to inform, inspire, and engage your audience?

In Non-Fiction for Newbies: How to Write a Factual Book and Actually Kind of Enjoy It, Ms. Bingham acts as a friendly tour guide as readers explore the various types of nonfiction, including:

• Biography
• Autobiography and memoir
  
• History
  
• Travel
  
• Self-Help
  
• How-To
  
• Philosophy
  
• Insight/Analytical
  

You’ll also investigate all of the moving parts and pieces that can help first-time authors write their own books.

Complete with interactive exercises and resources, Non-Fiction for Newbies: How to Write a Factual Book and Actually Kind of Enjoy It by Lauren Bingham provides new writers with thoughts, considerations, goals, and practice for jumping into the world of nonfiction writing.

A debut young adult coming-of-age book with magic realism elements, Catfish Rolling is perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli films and Laura Ruby's Bone Gap.

There's a catfish under Japan, and when it rolls, the land rises and falls. At least, that's what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself. Sora and her father are some of the few who still live near the most powerful of these "zones" — the places where time has been irrevocably sped up, or slowed down.

When high school ends, and her best friend leaves for university, Sora finds herself stuck and increasingly alone. She begins secretly conducting her own research, tracking down a time expert in Tokyo. She also feels increasingly conflicted in her quasi-romantic feelings for her best friend — and for the time expert's assistant, a striking and confident girl named Maya, another hafu (half-Japanese, half-non) girl with whom Sora forms an instant bond.

But when Sora's father disappears, she has no choice but to return home and venture deep into the abandoned time zones to find him, and perhaps the catfish itself...

A beautifully unconventional love story.

It's the summer of 2008, and thirty-five-year-old Ursula Tunder, reeling from the breakup of a bad marriage, has abandoned her career as a botanist and moved home to the family farm to start a wholesale garden-plant greenhouse, and, perhaps more importantly, to care for her ailing father, Joe. Her younger brother, Bodie, now that a shoulder injury has ended his NFL career, comes home as well, to try his hand at organic farming. Their land at the edge of a prosperous college town is coveted by developers. Ursula wants to sell the farm to Camas Valley State University, which has promised to create a research facility on the land, but Bodie and his idealistic wife, Fleece, are committed to farming.

Enter Nu, Ursula and Bodie's Vietnamese-American cousin by adoption, and an up-and-coming visual artist. When Nu gets arrested after a fight with a pair of dirt bikers, Joe persuades him to take refuge at the Tunder farm. Nu gets pressed into service helping Bodie with farm chores and taking care of Joe, so Ursula seizes the opportunity to get away from the farm, accepting a temporary job surveying native plants in the Cascades. But when Joe's health plummets and Bodie's finances crash, Ursula abandons her summer job to return home once again.

Facing bankruptcy, Ursula, Bodie, and Nu enlist a ragtag troupe of land-defenders in a festival of resistance in a last-ditch effort to save a way of life that may disappear forever.

Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten’s sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor.

His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster".

No one was safe. He committed ferocious attacks, sexual assaults and murder against men, women and children. He used blunt objects, sharp implements or his bare hands, before drinking their blood for sexual satisfaction.

The Monster Within is a chilling account of Peter Kürten, one of the most terrifying serial killers in true crime history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the reader into the real-live horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.

CAUTION: This book contains descriptive accounts of abuse, extreme violence and animal cruelty. If you are sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to read any further.

From Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath, comes a sequel to her popular middle-grade novel Pine Island Home about orphaned sisters who find a way to make a new family.

Fiona, Marlin, Natasha and Charlie McCready have been adopted by their unlikely guardian, Al, and finally settled into their new home on Pine Island in British Columbia. Fiona is struggling under the weight of trying to keep everything together, not to mention worrying about expenses, while Marlin tries to adjust to her new high school and faces rejections for her cookbook, Thirty Meals a Twelve-Year-Old Could Make and Did!. Natasha is still keeping to herself, but a new interest in the violin reveals hidden talents, while Charlie is dreaming of what kind of dog she would like. It's been an adjustment, but they are loving being with each other and having Al next door.

Then they receive a letter from Mrs. Weatherspoon, who took care of them after their parents died, and she is coming to visit for three months — an inordinate amount of time for a houseguest. Accommodating a fifth person in the tiny house is hard enough, but to their horror, Mrs. Weatherspoon arrives with a companion: her childhood friend, Jo. Jo has opinions about everything — what they should eat, how they should behave — and she doesn't hesitate to express them. And sweet Mrs. Weatherspoon seems to have fallen under her spell. When she and Jo announce that they are going to extend their stay even longer, Fiona and Marlin are beside themselves. Fiona hates rocking the boat, but she is going to have to find the courage to stand up to these grown-up bullies so she and her sisters can have the life they wish to lead.

A wrong turn leads to a wretched house. But when darkness speaks, will the dead voices save her from the scruples of a demonic foe?

New South Wales, Australia. When Clarisse travels down an unfamiliar road, she finds herself standing in front of Baron House, a reclusive mansion perched atop a hill overlooking Ghost Gully. Once owned by the sinister Aldous Baron, a rogue hypnotherapist who conducted experiments to converse with the dead.

The house contains a mysterious room that promises to unlock a spiritual dimension that Clarisse is determined to investigate. With the unseen dangers lurking in the shadows, Clarisse must decide whether to risk her life in pursuing the unknown.

The Nowhere Room is the sixth Haunting Clarisse supernatural horror series book. Its bold characters, adrenaline-spiking paranormal investigations, and jaw-dropping twists and turns will captivate readers. If you enjoyed the spine-tingling suspense of Dean Koontz's The House of Thunder, you'll surely love this thrilling tale.

Cursed for killing a god, an immortal man with the ability to see the dead must protect a mortal god from a looming evil that threatens to unleash chaos upon the world, in this gripping and action-packed fantasy novel.

"It left me excited to read more in this series and from the author." - Kathryn Mcleer, Top Reviewer at Booksprout

"Good plots, good characters. I liked the diversity of it as well. A different kind of story." - Rebecca Slone, Vine Voice

"Couldn't put it down." - Sue Wallace, Top Reviewer at Booksprout

Cursed for an eternity, Cane is an immortal man who can see the dead and walks the Earth as a punishment for killing a god. Living an existence of pain and suffering for centuries, he has been reduced to hunting monsters lurking in the shadows of our 21st-century world.

But when a god is awakened in a mortal body, Cane's torturous reality is disrupted. Her past is a mystery, and a threat is seeking to destroy her. As Cane fights to save her from this looming evil, he discovers that her true identity is tied to his past and that her fate is intricately intertwined with his own.

Journeys of the Lost: The Saga of Cane is a contemporary supernatural fiction novel that blends historical locations and facts with storytelling. It is the first in a planned series of three and features a colorful cast of characters, including strong women, LGBT, and ethnically diverse characters.

The book also includes light romance and explores themes of determination, defiance, injustice, and redemption. The adventure will take readers across the globe, from Israel to China, North America, and even Antarctica, as sinister forces threaten to destroy the world.

If you liked HIS DARK MATERIALS, or HIGHLANDER, you will LOVE this book.

"If you're looking for pleasure-clenching excitement, this is the one for you." - Amazon Reader

A vibrant cocktail of sensuality, consent, and a deep dive into the unknown.

What happens when you reconnect with the boy next door, only to find out he's not the same boy anymore? Emma, a savvy interior designer with her entire life plan mapped out, finds herself diving headfirst into the most exciting project of her career while an old friend turns into a tantalizing new flame.

Thrust into the heart of NYC's most sensual club, The Prism Society, Emma discovers that Liam, her childhood best friend, is a co-owner and that the boy she once knew is a man of enticing mysteries. As the layers of their past unravel, an intriguing future is revealed - one filled with tantalizing secrets and desires.

Caught between her promising career, reignited love for Liam, and an enticing world of pleasure, she faces a pivotal question - Will she dare to merge her old life with the gleaming world of The Prism Society, or will she shy away from the spark that's kindling?

This original compilation—a small treasure of 84 pages—offers a concise and contemporary compendium of some key North American (Turtle Island) wisdom teachings, offered to help guide people through an era of transition.

"I ask you to listen, not just with your minds. I ask you to listen with your hearts, because that's the only way you can receive what it is, what we are giving. These are the teachings of our hearts." —Frank Decontie, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg

What do some of the deeply rooted and venerable wisdom teachings of the Americas offer in our era of transition?

This Soul*Sparks small treasure offers an array of thoughtful messages, a compilation of keys that everyone has opportunities to turn. We'd be wise to understand and then to weave their enduring insights into the fabric of what we are creating for ourselves, our children, and our children’s children

The words of contemporary elders, in particular, bear notes of urgency.

VEGAN SNACK COOKBOOK

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You are eager for a quick and easy way to start making plant-based home cooking for your family.

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Grab this friendly cookbook that works with your budget and your tastebuds.

Your plant-based, animal-friendly, planet-conscious life can be yours forever.

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Each meal is a step in this great journey.

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An Amazing Comprehensive Sudoku Puzzle Book for Absolute Beginners

✅ 1000+ Sudokus in 20 Levels with Full Solutions.

✅ Sudoku puzzles gradually increase in difficulty over 20 levels

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"But It's My First Sudoku Book! Will I Be Able to Solve The Puzzles?"

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Sudoku puzzles are not just for geniuses, math freaks, or puzzle aficionados.

This book will leave you feeling smart and alert.

A YA fantasy set a thousand years in the future, after human scientists began exploring life after death, discovered Heaven and ended by waging war against the angels.

Now the so-called Humen make up Earth’s military forces, while the original human beings survive among the ruins, living in fearful, backward, isolated tribes.

The Humen are preparing for their ultimate invasion of Heaven. But then the angel Miriael is shot down out of the sky and crashes to the Earth. Damaged and unable to fly, she prays for extinction. A young tribesman, Ferren, finds her lying in the grass.

He knows she ought to be his enemy, since his people consider themselves allies with the Humen. But his curiosity and pity outweigh every rule of his upbringing.

So begins a unique friendship that will change the course of history...

Raven Rock is a prequel to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and a Headless Horseman origin story.

1776. Wolfram Kaspar Von Hultz of Hesse-Cassel is about to embark on a perilous journey to fight the American rebels with the Hessian force allied to the British Army. Although a reluctant soldier, he knows his birthright is to fulfill his duty to the Landgraf. Wolfram takes his place in the world under the guidance of his surrogate uncle and mentor, the charming yet calculating Colonel Johann Rahl.

Across the ocean and on the outskirts of Sleepy Hollow, Hulda Aupaumut lives in a cave beneath Raven Rock. Although shunned as a witch by the wary townspeople owing to her Bohemian-Mohican heritage and skill as a healer, Hulda remains to aid and protect those dear to her from the impending doom of war. As violence approaches, Hulda unknowingly discovers mysterious new abilities through her family grimoire from Bohemia, and its connection to the unexplainable power of Raven Rock.

Wolfram and Hulda’s paths draw closer until they become forever entwined in Sleepy Hollow, united in the common goal of protecting the town and seeking revenge against the man who, twenty years earlier, unknowingly changed both of their lives.

Raven Rock exists within the canon of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, weaving together details from the classic American horror tale, local folklore, and the historical context of the American Revolution.

The Cloud Runners live on a patch of grassland between the mountains and the desert. Many years ago, the Goddess created a path through the clouds to bring them here, fleeing death and destruction. With game in the grasslands and woodlands and safe from any enemies, the Cloud Runners prospered.

Now overhunting has killed all the game, and foragers have stripped the woodland clean. It would seem the Goddess has turned her back on them, and as the last tribal treasures are traded away for food, starvation threatens.

Jermyn, a youth of only ten and five years, is fed up with watery stew. Though not a hunter, he has his heart set on a turkey. He finds a path in a patch of mist and follows it to a tiny hunter's paradise.

Secrets about the mist, his family, and his heritage underscore how far his tribe has fallen, who is to blame, and why his talent must remain a secret.

With snow covering the countryside, empty storehouses, and enemies on every side, Jermyn's strange talent is all that stands between the Cloud Runners and extinction.

As a senior or someone caring for an aging parent, do you often worry about maintaining health and vitality as the years pass? Are you tired of ineffective routines and feeling it's too late to start a fitness journey?

Let's face it: As we age, our bodies change. The vibrant energy we took for granted fades a little. But what if there was a solution specifically tailored to revitalizing that energy?

You see, staying fit and active is for more than just the young. It's a golden ticket to everyone, no matter the age!

This book presents an empathic, practical, and comprehensive approach to fitness specially designed for seniors. From strength training to balance exercises, this guide is your companion to accomplish your fitness goals at any age.

Here's just a glimpse of what you'll discover in this awe-inspiring guide:

• Exercises that enhance strength and flexibility, ideally suited for seniors
• Easy-to-understand illustrations for each activity, ensuring you always maintain proper form
• A guide to safe warm-up and cool-down routines that prepare your body for exercise and aid in recovery
• Effective ways to stay motivated and stick to your fitness routine
• Set realistic goals, track progress, and celebrate milestones
• Gradually increasing workout plans that allow you to increase your fitness level over time safely
• Mental health pointers and lifestyle habit suggestions to complement your physical fitness journey
• Inspiring and uplifting language that will put you on the path to fitness success

...and so much more!

It's natural to have doubts. Maybe you're thinking, "I've never done this before," or "I'm too old to start now." But fear not. This book was crafted considering seniors' unique requirements and capabilities and aims to make your fitness journey enjoyable and secure. With this guide, there is always time to revitalize your life. The unique blend of exercises will fill you with newfound strength and vitality.

Remember, age is just a number. You are always young enough to start!

Embark on a journey to fitness, health, and vitality today!

There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky—or unlucky—few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.

These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, and some from other worlds, and others have always been with us—watching us, fearing us, hunting us.

These are the cryptids, and Systema Paradoxa tells their tales.

***

Theodore Syn has already led an interesting life full of events best left... unexplained. All he wants now is to put in his time as a detective with the Harbor City Police with nothing much of note going on.

More the fool, he.

When shredded bodies start popping up with bits of them eaten away by something noticeably larger than your average rat, Syn races to solve the case before more bodies hit the morgue.

Only Detective Syn uncovers more than he's prepared for, and no matter which way he turns, the finger of guilt points at someone he knows...

A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic... this thrilling adventure picks up right where Children of the Fox leaves off. Fans of twisty, clever stories like The False Prince and Ocean's Eleven will love this newest middle-grade series from Kevin Sands, author of the bestselling Blackthorn Key.

Rule number one: Never mess with magic. Even so, a life-or-death situation calls for Callan and his criminal friends to make a deal with the Eye—the sinister, sentient artifact they stole from a sorcerer. It's Lachlan's life in exchange for a future task, and the gang has no choice but to agree.

But even as Lachlan is resurrected, it's not without cost. Through the Eye, Callan can see a tiny purple stain inside Lachlan's soul, which will eventually consume him. The cure—and their part of the deal—lies with the Dragon's Teeth, a pair of swords with extraordinary powers, and the search for them leads the thieves on a quest that will unravel the mystery of the Eye. Old friends, new betrayals, and an even more daring break-in than the last culminate in a confrontation that will take all the gang's skill and power to resist—or they'll die trying.

Detective Inspector Alex Jamieson and his team return for another puzzling case.

Days before his seventeenth birthday, and his big break, wonder kid footballer Ashley James is discovered by his mother bleeding out on a dark and lonely street.

Just another victim of ever-increasing knife crime or something more?

Jamieson and his team tiptoe through the damaged lives of all the individuals involved in a bid to make some sense of it all, whilst juggling the personal challenges that their own private lives are throwing at them.

An inescapable fate. A path to survival. A path to freedom.

*****

Magic is restricted for 16-year-old Khora, detection spells doom for her. Born a slave with one singular purpose: bow to the whims of the Mali Empire or get crushed.

But now she's tired of bowing, having every choice taken away. It's time to take it back. Even if it means joining a dying rebellion that will ask more than she's ready to give, with everything on the line she's ready to take on centuries' old dark magic and tyranny with no light at the end.

While visiting a museum in England, Ben and Kyle experience the extraordinary. Gazing at the Alfred Jewel, an ancient Anglo-Saxon artifact, they watch as it spins, contorts, and evaporates from its case, taking them with it.

Whisked back to Victorian England, the brothers are shocked to find themselves sprawled on the floor before Mr. Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland. They soon learn that the famous author's muse, Alice, is missing. Alice has used the Alfred Jewel to enter Wonderland and, by so doing, has upset the time continuum. The only way for the boys to return home is to locate Alice and return her safely.

But Wonderland is a strange and dangerous place...

Fire witch, Megan O’Neil, can’t outrun the Coven Daughters prophecy, but she’s sure going to try.

When she reunites with rock star Thom James—the one man who sparks her fire like no other—their passions ignite. But Megan soon finds herself squaring off against a malevolent spirit who has possessed her spell book.

Thom James only ever wanted to make music. He didn’t believe in magic or witchcraft until he met Megan. When she thunders back into his life with supernatural secrets in tow, secrets that his bandmates appear to be embroiled in, he can no longer ignore that paranormal forces have their hooks in him.

Though bound by darkness, Thom and Megan rediscover love in each other’s arms. Soon, her book unleashes its full might in service of the frightening prophecy. And Thom’s music has been commandeered by evil and used as a sinister code. Against staggering odds, will Thom and Megan survive having their talents turned against them—all while keeping the fire between them alive?

Sometimes evil is masquerading as an ally...

In the near future, eighteen-year-old Abbie Spencer and her family live hand-to-mouth in their decaying town of Eureka, California, living on high alert because the East Bay Serial Killer has struck again.

When Abbie's lucky enough to secure a live-in servant job for the most affluent family in Port Allegiance, the sparkling neighboring city surrounded by a massive wall to keep out the riffraff of Eureka, she discovers that her predecessor didn't quit, as everyone believes, but was actually abducted because she knew too much.

Thrust into a frightening world of murder, lies, and betrayal, where few can be trusted and nothing is what it seems, the stakes grow higher after Abbie and her friends discover the nefarious connection between the missing girl and the dead bodies trickling into the morgue back home. Will they uncover the shocking conspiracy before more innocent people die, or will those in power silence them?

Nelligan’s finest 46 poems carefully translated from the original French into English with detailed commentary. Appendix with the original French.

Émile Nelligan, Canada's first truly modern poet, burst upon the scene as a prodigy creating brilliant lyrical poetry in late 19th-century Montréal for three years before suffering, at age 19, a breakdown that left him in a mental asylum for the rest of his life. Nelligan went on to achieve mythic status in Québec - no other poet in all Canada has been the subject of so many biographies, films, novels, plays, and critical appraisals. This volume includes Nelligan's key poems, accompanied by robust commentary covering such topics as the women in Nelligan's life, the nature of his breakdown, and the several controversies surrounding his life and work. This collection of 46 poems, translated from French, has been selected for both poetic and psychological interest.

"In the valley breeze where the moonlight glows

Come all ye blonde belles and brown-haired beaus,

Where the fiddle plays and the woodwind blows,

Dance the villanelle!"

- Villanelle Violin

"A mighty Ship there was, of solid gold 'twas spun,

Its masts touched the sky, it sailed on seas unknown,

While naked Aphrodite, tresses wildly blown,

Reclined along the prow before the blazing sun.

- The Ship of Gold

Ian Allaby is a Toronto-based writer, poet and former editor of the Spadina Literary Review.

In a quiet village nestled deep within the heart of Italy, an elderly woman finds herself abandoned by her family, the depth of her loneliness almost overwhelming. Seeking solace in a decaying house, Greta clings onto the memories of her estranged husband, whose absence haunts her every waking moment.

As she steps over the threshold of her new home, the house awakens with an ominous energy, enveloping her in its unsettling embrace. Strange occurrences plague Greta's days, while chilling whispers echo through its dilapidated hallways. Only one fact cheers her—she is clearly not alone.

Caught between the longing for companionship and the terrifying consequences of embracing darkness, Greta must make a harrowing choice. Will she succumb to the allure of the house's sinister inhabitants, finally gaining the company she so desperately craves, or will she break free from their clutches and confront the horrors that lurk within?

Strange and Twisted Things is a chilling tale set against the scenic backdrop of Italy, where Greta's unwavering love battles against the very essence of evil itself.

In a city of wind-swept wharfs and winding alleyways, the haunting memory of a far-off village lingers on in the fable of a mysterious flower which bursts into flames, but never burns.

Crow Dark Dawn interweaves the stories of Morrow, Ghresselle, Fenya and Binnory: vulnerable, complex and cunning, surviving in a liminal city of wind-swept wharfs and winding alleyways, stagnant canals and cold dank cellars – drawing on folklore and myth to create a distinctive dream-like atmosphere.

Longing and loneliness, hunger and disease live cheek by jowl with dancing and revelry, fiddle-playing and puppetry – and the haunting memory of a far-off village, lingering on in the mythic tale of a flower which bursts into flames, but never burns.

When is a murder not murder?

Kitty Kats, her fearless daughter Diana, and enigmatic Muse—the king of cats in exile—return to unravel a chilling murder mystery.

While cat-sitting for an old friend, Kitty faces nostalgic memories of her late husband. She uncovers a web of dark secrets that lurk beneath her friend's happy-go-lucky life.

Meanwhile, Diana unearths an illegal mining operation that threatens to unravel the fabric of Wyrdwood.

Muse, the aloof monarch of cats, faces a villain from his distant past. The claws are out, and Muse is definitely not amused.

Join this magical trio as they navigate treacherous caverns, unmask secrets, and confront their enemies.

Most of us are probably aware of the sayings “Better late than never”, “A picture is worth a thousand words” or “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”. What about “The pen is mightier than the sword”, “The best of both worlds” and “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. All familiar phrases or quotes, but who originally said them and why?

Which famous author once said “I am spending a year dead for tax reasons” and who was the actress who said “How many husbands have I had? apart from my own you mean?” These are just some of the quotes featured in this book with the answers.

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In 1897, a young Calabrian peasant named Giuseppe Musolino was sentenced to 21 years of hard labor for a crime he did not commit. However, defying all odds, he orchestrated a daring escape and embarked on a relentless pursuit of those responsible for his wrongful conviction, exacting a chilling and deadly retribution.

Evading capture for nearly three years, he cunningly outmaneuvered a vast manhunt consisting of hundreds of local and regional police, the Carabinieri, and even an Italian Army regiment. His exploits transformed him into a beloved Robin Hood figure among the inhabitants of the Mezzogiorno, the impoverished southern region of Italy. However, to the authorities, he was a cold-blooded murderer who had to be stopped.

Eventually apprehended, the Ministry of Justice relocated his trial 600 miles to the north, from Reggio di Calabria to Lucca, due to its belief that no jury in the south would convict him. The trial captured the attention of newspapers around the world. When Giuseppe Musolino passed away in 1956, half a century after his capture, TIME magazine aptly remarked, "Few adventurers, past or present, have become so legendary in so short a time."

This is the first and only book in English to report the incredible story of Italy's famous "Il Brigante."

I’ve loved her from afar for the last eight years. She doesn’t know I exist. But a business deal puts me in her path, and I’m not going to take it for granted.

Elissa Black, heiress to a media empire, has spent most of her life trying to gain the approval of a manipulative father while finding the balance to be herself. As a result, she actively avoids romantic relationships.

When Elissa meets Brandt Collins, her father's prospective business partner, the sparks between them are undeniable.

Brandt can’t believe his luck that Harold Black wants to strike a deal. As it happens, the young, handsome billionaire has harbored secret feelings for Elissa since high school. This partnership would give him a chance to get closer to her.

But when Elissa’s father stipulates for an arranged marriage as part of the business deal, Brandt needs to tread carefully.

Because if she gets wind of her father’s plan, he’ll lose both Elissa and the deal.

In this scorching hot, spicy contemporary romance comes the first novel in the Seasons series of a billionaire office romance. Will Brandt be able to capture her heart, or will he become another notch in her bedpost?

When Crystal Reed met Mark Hunter through a casual encounter she though she met the perfect man. Instead she finds herself entangled in a web of obsessive love and dark secrets, a world that has become tainted by deception and treachery. It is a dangerous game of twisted love and betrayal. Faced with the shadows of his past and a burning desire for her own freedom, Crystal tests whether she has the strength to unravel the danger and reclaim her life. What she discovers chills her to the bone. This gripping tale questions the boundaries of trust and the depths of the human spirit.

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In a pretty village next to a big forest, Nini, a little girl who loves animals, happily lives with her mom and dad. One day, while playing with her friends Ben, George, and Anne, they discover a mysterious cave under an old tree. Curiosity leads them to enter the dark cave and their adventure begins...

A Forest Adventure is part of the Nini and the Lost Panda children's adventure book series:

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Struck by lightning, Lynsey Walker awakes in a strange new planet. Guided by a disembodied voice in her mind, she navigates a perilous pyramid, crosses paths with a cunning assassin, and befriends a tribe of nomads hoping to free an ancient, enchained dragon.

But Lynsey faces dangers beyond her imagination. Kidnapped by a ruthless king, and hunted by those who desire her inexplicable powers, she becomes entangled in an age-old conflict. With the help of unlikely allies, Lynsey must embark on a daring quest to survive this mystifying world.

Will Lynsey ever find her way home? Or is her destiny here, in a land where legends walk the earth and an immortal beast slumbers beneath the sands?

How does the journey end?

Véronique Clair’s story continues as the Frenchwoman from Burgundy joins two other apprentices on a journey across France to the home of Madame Jeanne du Barry, former mistress to deceased King Louis XV. Motivated by her dream of sewing for the wealthiest women in France, Véronique soon finds that dream side-tracked as she struggles to fit into this new world. Everyone at the Chateau du Barry—from fellow servants to the abusive house manager, the head cook, the arrogant black man they call the Governor of Louveciennes, and the Madame herself—finds a way to remind her of her limited place in society.

With barely a moment to sew there is somehow plenty time for regret. Was this new chapter worth sacrificing her parents’ peace of mind and a comfortable—if loveless—arranged marriage? Is the Chateau where she’s meant to be or has she, foolishly, made an impetuous decision to upend her life for no good reason?

Set in idyllic Louveciennes, France, come with beloved character Véronique Clair to the land that inspired Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro in this follow-up novel to Véronique’s Journey.

…Sometimes you have to chase the moon to find your destiny.

On the annual Ghost Night when spirits wander, newlyweds Catherine Roxborough and her partner Chance Yang never imagined death would stalk their summery seaside destination.

Excited to meet her husband's family on their honeymoon, Catherine crosses paths with new acquaintances, young and old, as they journey from London to northern coastal China. However, the couple's celebrations are marred when ghosts of the past come back to haunt the Yangs, as three naked dead bodies are discovered in a nearby seaside derelict - three people the honeymooners had only just met.

Was it murder, an act of revenge, or an affair gone wrong? The answer to these questions may hit closer to home than Catherine could ever expect or than Chance is willing to admit. And as the couple chases the clues, the bride realizes that her new husband may have ghastly secrets to hide.

As the mystery unravels and the pair becomes entangled in a decade-old investigation, Catherine faces a dilemma: stand by her partner or expose the truth and implicate a beloved family member. But amidst the turmoil, only one thing remains certain: the path they choose could forever reshape their lives.

About the Author

I'm Shawe Ruckus, a writer of stories that others dare not write, where legendary creatures and cold cases take centre stage.

I am also a member of the 'Space Mafia', aka the International Space University, and a former student of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in London, where Agatha Christie learnt how to poison.

Gina Marie Cototi is a feisty Sicilian sparkplug, a Brooklyn-based PI with a fondness for family, friends, and one roguishly handsome Casanova named Rocco Benelli. Hey, nobody's perfect.

This headstrong sleuth drives a split-window '63 Corvette coupe and never, I mean never, misses Sunday dinner with Ma, Dad, and her sister Theresa.

Broke, brooding, and breathtaking, Benelli, an out-of-work parole officer is cursed with more charm than any man deserves. Deep down, Gina knows she shouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole, but she's got more cases than she can handle, and Benelli's ready, willing, and able-bodied, the perfect partner to help her get the goods on Vlad "The Scud" Rzhevsky, a disreputable boxer running point on dirty deeds for Luca Mura, a mobster as evil as he is dangerous.

Gina must somehow close the case without losing her life to Mura or her virtue to Benelli, but a moth working alongside a flame is always in danger of catching fire.

For fans of Janet Evanovich. Think of Man-Killer as Stephanie Plum meets Moonstruck.

When their friend Keith dies, little do Owen and Steve know their suspicions of foul play will lead them deep into a maze of illusions, secrets, and desires, that the search for truth will take them beyond the outer world and into a haunting inner world—behind the surface of reality, beyond what be can seen and heard, deep inside nightmares and dreams, within delusions and visions, past the veneer of an illusory world and into a valley of darkness.

And submerged in that vale of darkness Sacred Witchery will cast its spell on them… and you.

The hunt has begun. They will find him. And when they do, he will bring down the Empire from within.

The Empire would say the Blooded who ruled the land before them are dead and gone, but those onboard the Oathbreaker know it to be a lie; one look at the captain's ward will tell you that.

Shye is one of them. A Stormborn, Dusk Blooded, Strange... an enemy of the Empire, and he has just blown his crew's cover on imperial docks.

Shye wants to stop hiding, to learn the secrets of the Blooded, and discover what being a Stormborn truly means. The answers to the fading of the Blooded and all Shye's other questions must lay in Mistral, the capital of the Empire, and Shye knows that the bounty hunter dispatched to capture him can take him there.

Dorian just wants freedom. But such a goal is constantly threatened by the demands of their noble father, who wanted a perfect, controllable heir... he got Dorian instead. It is only their reputation that keeps them safe.

The assignment to track down a rumoured Stormborn, a being of legend in tales told to guild children, could destroy that reputation forever if it turns out to be a lie. But, if the rumour is true, Dorian will be untouchable in the eyes of the crown and beyond their father's reach forever. There can be no better coronation gift for the crown prince than a Stormborn.

Five Lords of Dusk is the debut queer fantasy novel by indie author F. Malbeck. Featuring a genderqueer lead and a flintlock fantasy setting, this novel takes place in a world partly inspired by the author's home country of Australia.

Stories about messy emotions, troubled families and damaged personalities. 11th Story Collection.

Over his lifetime Jack Matthews (1925-2013) wrote over 200 stories, many of which were published in literary journals. Although stories varied widely in subject and style, they often could be described as urbane, philosophical, poetic and sardonic.

Stories in Boxes of Time were mostly published between 1965 and 1980; they feature characters who are troubled or unsure of themselves trying to deal with life’s usual disappointments. Stylistically, these stories are polished and carefully written, but they deal with messy emotions, troubled families and damaged personalities. The characters may not be as educated or self-assured as the people in his other collections, but they still manage to figure out interesting things about themselves and the people around them. Stories from this period focus especially on the emotional stresses that separate parents from their children.

This ebook contains 30+ stories by Jack Matthews which have never been collected, making it the author’s largest story collection.

If How I Met Your Mother married Dead Ringers you'd get Phil, The Killer.

The protagonist is so desperate to meet “the one” and has many misguided attempts at human connection. Sadly, he can't find true love since he just keeps killing them. He finally meets a person who could turn him from a killer to a homemaker, but an unexpected twist derails his plans. The story is full of dark comedic moments mixed with commentary on the reality of “you can’t always get what you want.”

Strategists rule the world. Time and again, history bears witness to how the cunning application of strategic acumen emerges as the defining factor of success.

Now, from Harvard-and-Columbia-trained-researcher Dr. Johnny Welch, drawing on thousands of hours of rigorous research and over a decade of experience teaching graduate courses on leadership and strategy, comes The Strategist Code: The Timeless System of the Titans of Strategy.

Distilled from the shared wisdom and insights of the most crafty and shrewd strategic minds in history, this book is your blueprint for becoming a master strategist. Through Napoleon Bonaparte's 4-Part, 16-Factor Framework for Strategic Mastery—the ultimate roadmap you need to succeed in today's warp-speed world of fierce competition and chaotic change—you will learn the secrets of history's master strategists. You will discover the wisdom and insights, the tactics and tools of the titans of strategy and how they exploited the Strategist Code to command and conquer the world.

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Personal Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is a guide that will help you understand money and manage it like a pro.

Do you break out into a sweat at the mention of the word ‘financial planning?’ Do you often struggle with meeting your expenses? Do you worry about the future and ensuring your financial stability? And is the time for filing tax returns stressful for you?

Countless others go through the same experience, but it need not be this way.

This book answers all your pressing questions about finance and many more. It makes an effort to remove the fear that is often associated with the subject of finance by offering all the essentials in a conversational manner to engage the readers. Packed with fun facts and quizzes, it tackles subjects that constitute the world of personal finance which everyone has to deal with, whether we like it or not. With the help of this book, you will:

• Learn how to budget, save, and invest for your future.
• Get an overview of home ownership, taxation, insurance, and retirement planning.
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• Become better at managing your finances.

Personal Finance Essentials is a ready reckoner for individuals who would like to know more but do not know where to start. It could be you and me, or students beginning a course in Finance, or youngsters exploring different lines of education and career. It could also be an organization attempting to help employees understand money management. This book has something for everyone.

It is a part of the Self-Learning Management Series designed to help students, managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons.

The homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New York.

Six months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, America was fighting overseas with the Allies in World War II. Maeve O’Shaughnessy’s fight for survival was different. Her three brothers were shipped out and left her with their new detective agency and fifteen-year-old brother to manage. Before the War, Maeve worked as a secretary. She knew nothing about detective agencies. From the start she struggled to make enough money to feed Jimmy and herself. Vic Marino, a no-nonsense ex-cop, showed up and told her he was going to help her make a go of the agency. Maeve vehemently protested but Vic insisted she had no choice.

Against the backdrop of a war many Americans never wanted, more men were drafted and volunteered to serve every day. Those left behind supported the war effort the best they could. As 1942 wore on sacrifices were necessary for the War, while the losses became real and heartbreaking. Thousands of women took up the cause working outside the home. Yet Maeve found herself trapped in circumstances beyond her control.

Vic’s “deal” to help the detective agency survive came at a cost. He took on responsibility for the detective agency along with an angry naïve woman and her teenage brother. The business was sinking and needed to make money fast. They needed a client. One walked in on Vic’s first day in the office. Mrs. Sullivan implored them for help. Her daughter Lucille, a “beautiful angel,” was brutally murdered in an expensive apartment owned by a rich businessman. The police showed no interest in her violent death. Maeve and Vic had no choice. They took the case nobody wanted.

From the mean streets of Brooklyn to Chinatown to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Fulton Fish Market to upstate New York, dealing with thugs, colorful characters, and puzzling clues, O’Shaughnessy Investigations, Inc. pursued the baffling case. A neo-noir mystery. Book 1 of 3.

Content Warning: Please be aware this book contains issues of violence, racism and racial slurs (in the context of the times), sexism, pregnancy and childbirth, and abusive language.

Previously published as O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC. Episodes 1-32 on Kindle Vella.

Imagine a world where all your crimes are written on your face.

In Alannah's world, every moral choice she makes changes her physical appearance—for better or worse. Any good deed increases beauty, while any misdeed leaves an immediate, ugly mark. Naturally, she wants to be as good and beautiful as possible—until her habit of finding ways around the rules leads her to discover that people have found devious ways to abuse this system.

When she leaves home for a magazine internship in Colorado Springs, Alannah finds her desire to be good challenged in unexpected ways. Over the course of her internship, she has surprising encounters with homeless people, gangsters, politicians, policemen, cute coworkers, illegal makeup traffickers, and more. Before she knows it, she's drawn into a social conflict that endangers not only her entire concept of what it means to be good but also the lives of those she cares about.

Julien Allais, a French Catholic, prays for only one thing: to kneel before God in the Holy Land of Jerusalem, far from his home in Constantinople, the capital of the Christian world in AD 1096. Joining the silver-clad Crusaders arriving from the west to free the Holy Land seems like the answer to his prayers.

Young and untrained, Julien is soon captured, abandoned by the knights he had trusted. Despite what he was told, his Muslim captors are not Godless fiends. Athmar, a boy near his own age, is among his captors, and Athmar’s sister Zahra tends to Julien’s wounds. As Julien’s feelings for Zahra and respect for Athmar grow, he questions everything he thought he knew. The Jerusalem they describe is a bustling city ruled by the Turks for the sake of all residents, no matter their faith. It doesn’t need to be freed – it needs to be protected from the Crusaders who will destroy it in the name of their faith.

As Julien and his captors travel to Jerusalem, a forbidden love between Julien and Zahra is born. This love will change them both. Will it have the power to change a world at war?

A goth girl, who finds no joy in anything, well, except for maybe the severed hand accessory that brings her pleasure night after night just might have found someone new to add to her toy box.

A crash and a crimson SUV lead August "Auggie" Miller to the Strange mansion, where a force of nature awaits--Sunday Strange, the Raven. Her dark visions have prepared her for this moment, when she can finally meet the man from her premonitions. Even in the eerie embrace of the mansion, passion and connection crackle between them.

But after Auggie's past calls him away from Sunday, he fades from the living world as if he were nothing more than a ghostly shadow. He soon discovers that his life hangs in the balance---only by reuniting with Sunday can he anchor himself back to reality and save himself from an eternity of loneliness. With ev

Lovelyn Pettigrew wants to transform the mansion and collection of fine art inherited from her grandmother into a world-class museum. She has one week to submit a proposal to her family foundation. Her parents prefer the museum to operate downtown with a staff they’ve already hired. Her success depends on authenticating the works their curator dismissed. She finds the receipt for the egg rumored to be one of the missing Imperial Faberge works. When she calls the gallery in London, she is given an email address to send proof of the artifact.

Her email reaches the wrong John Smith.

Finishing his degree in art conservation, John is passionate about art. One of many side hustles to afford life in Chicago, he runs a website dedicated to tracking down tips about some of the most famous missing works of art. When he checks his inbox, he is floored by the contents of the email. With weeks until he graduates from university as a mature, thirty-year-old student, he is looking for a full-time position and the correspondence could be the opportunity of a lifetime.

Working side-by-side, John and Lovelyn grow close and their mutual respect deepens into something more. When the mistaken identity is revealed, shocking them both, they must choose between the future or each other. He might not be who she expected, but could he be exactly who she needs?

Beware of falling in love with a Luck Bringer, for that will bring you bad luck.

16-year-old Darcy keeps her head down with her best friend, Neala, yet everyday at school is a struggle for her. All thanks to some mean girls.

A crusade to set things right sprinkled with a little bit of luck brings her to a jobless Luck Bringer who needs to make four people happy to get his luck license and magic back.

Fuelled by her humiliation at school, Darcy is adamant to pursue her own little vendetta and offers to help the Luck Bringer in return for a magical shamrock that will grant her her heart’s wish.

A race against time begins as the two attend the opera, dine at fancy restaurants, indulge in delectable desserts, meddle in private matters, and break St. Patrick’s number one rule.

If you too want to be charmed and enchanted, but not by a fairy tale, take a journey with Darcy and her Luck Bringer through Europe and indulge in their sweet YA romance.

Bad Luck in Love is a standalone novel in the Luck Bringer series and can be enjoyed on its own.

At the beginning of 2012, in my seventy-second year, I decided to return to Jungian analysis. I felt it was time to explore my fears of aging and dying.

In Dreaming Myself into Old Age, I hope that reflecting on my final years will help me to better understand my maturing process and deepen it. Perhaps, in sharing this progression, my readers will make their own discoveries, as has been true for me whenever I’ve read about someone else’s journey. But I also believe that aging offers its own mysteries for us to uncover, and that is part of my quest as well. Dreaming Myself into Old Age is a memoir set within my lifelong process of self-discovery and the boundless adventure that is life.

All Hakeem wanted was to become a religious monk. He can’t understand why he was refused. The Grand Abbot of the monastery where he grew up said he was destined to be something he had never heard of, called a Paladin.

Broken hearted and penniless, he runs away to join their mercenaries fighting in the Greek colonies on the western coast of Turkey. Little does he realise that soon he will be caught up in events prophesied two thousands years before.

The once mighty Elves are fading. Their final destruction has been foretold and now the time is all but upon them.

Soon Hakeem, an Elvish Princess and their newly adopted daughter find themselves fleeing from assassins as they try to find a way to save the Elves.

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Sensitivity is a superpower.

This is the era of emotion: EQ training for employees, empathy in leadership, the Experience Economy of consumers. But how do we access the full potential of creativity, originality, innovation, intuition, flexibility, and inclusiveness that emotions can unlock? Through sensitivity.

Sensitivity is the degree to which we sense and perceive the world. For too long we have seen it as a weakness, especially in business: Elena Amber demonstrates that it is the source of our most authentic strength, and our superpower for the future.

Elena Amber brings her years of research in human experience and psychology, focused particularly on emotional engagement, her international business experience and her profound meditation practice to show how connecting to emotions by embracing sensitivity unlocks our most extraordinary and profound faculties.

I thought I was dead, but my pulse is racing when I see the beautiful, terrifying creature that woke me.

Vera

My family maneuvered me like a worthless pawn, then cast me away. I was supposed to be executed but even that didn’t go right. When I wake up, my whole world is titled on its axis when I lock eyes with a monster.

He’s half snake, half man and somehow he’s the most alluring thing I’ve ever seen. When he touches me I can understand him and he says I’m his mate. But how’s that possible? I’ve never belonged anywhere.

When more of his kind chase us, cast us out, and try to do everything they can to keep us apart. I must fight for what I want, fight to keep the one place where I’m wanted. In the arms of my mate.

Zathar

Cast out by my own Clan, by my very mother the Queen. I am left adrift until a skyship falls from the heavens, carrying with it my mate.

She is curvy and soft, everything I never knew I wanted. She’s perfect, and I will give up anything, climb any mountain, even crawl through the haunted ancestral caves if it means I can keep her. If only she’ll believe me when I swear she’s my heart.

This is a standalone novel, and book one in the Serpents of Serant Series. This steamy sci-fi monster romance features one barbaric outcast Naga Prince, a human woman unwanted by her own kin, and a steamy HEA.