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Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run--especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts.

With one touch of any body that passes through Richter Funeral Home, she can awaken the spirit of the departed. With one more touch, she makes the spirit disappear, to a fate that remains mysterious to Georgia. To cope with her deep anxiety about death, she does her best to fulfill the final wishes of the deceased whose ghosts she briefly revives.

Then her classmate Milo's body arrives at Richter--and his spirit wants help with unfinished business, forcing Georgia to reckon with her relationship to grief and mortality.

From Penn Jillette of the legendary magic duo Penn & Teller: a rollicking crime caper that will bend your mind like a spoon.

“Random is everything you would hope from Penn Jillette and so much more. Random numbers are seemingly crazy, unconnected, and unpredictable: this fabulous, wondrously compelling, funny, and original novel is all that too. As for laughs—it passed the the fling-up-the-head-snort-and-slap-the-thigh test a dozen times in the first few pages alone. Hugely recommended.� —Stephen Fry, actor/writer

“Bravo, Bobby Ingersoll. Encore, Penn Jillette!� —Debbie Harry

Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he’s inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby’s prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the tower’s facade.

The two weeks pass in the blink of a (snake) eye, but before Bobby’s luck runs out, he stumbles upon enough cash to pay Ruphart off and change his family’s fortune. More importantly, he finds himself with a new, for lack of a better word, faith.

Bobby does not consign his big break to a “higher power�—what Penn Jillette hero ever could? Instead, he devises and devotes himself to Random, a philosophy where his life choices are based entirely on the roll of his “lucky� dice. What follows is a hilarious exploration into not so much what defines us as what divines us when we give over every decision—from what to eat to whom to marry to how or when to die—to the random fall of two numbered cubes.

Combining the intellectual curiosity of Richard Dawkins with the humor and grit of an Elmore Leonard antihero, Jillette’s up-on-his-luck Ingersoll is the character we need to help us navigate the chaos of the post-truth era.

Well, unless his roll runs cold.

Ghosts make great friends for life (and beyond)! If you're lucky enough to have a ghost find you, you'll need to know how to treat it right. Open up this "how-to" guide to discover how to be the best friend a ghost could ever ask for!

What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren't looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you'll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you.       

A whimsical story about ghost care, Rebecca Green's debut picture book is a perfect combination of offbeat humor, quirky and sweet illustrations, and the timeless theme of friendship.

In a world ruled by fear of witches, some secrets are deadly. A thrilling new fantasy adventure set in historical London for fans of V.E. Schwab's City of Ghosts and Serafina and the Black Cloak.

Emmaline Black has a secret. She can hear the rhythm of heartbeats. Not just her own, but others' too. It's a rhythm she's learned to control, and that can only mean one thing... Emma's a witch.

In a world where a sentence of witchcraft comes with dire consequences and all children who have reached the age of thirteen are tested to ensure they have no witch blood, Emma must attempt to stamp out her power before her own test comes. But the more she researches, the more she begins to suspect that her radically anti-witch aunt and mother are hiding something -- the truth about their sister, her Aunt Lenore, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances years ago.

The day of the test comes, and Emma's results not only pair her up with strange new friends, but set her on a course to challenge everything she's ever been taught about magic, and reveal long-buried family secrets. It seems witches may not have been so easy to banish after all. Secret cities, untapped powers, missing family members -- Emma is about to discover a whole new world.

Weird and Horrific Stories collects some of H. P. Lovecraft’s finest early work. Although his reputation as one of the world’s greatest writers of horror and weird fiction remains undisputed, much of his writing was published in such pulp literary magazines as Argosy, the United Amateur, and Weird Tales, making it difficult to find proper collections. Weird and Horrific Stories attempts to bridge this gap for modern readers, bringing them face to face with some of Lovecraft’s most terrifying creations.

The Alchemist, originally written in 1908 and published in 1916, is the story of Count Antoine, whose ancestors were cursed after killing a fearsome dark wizard named Michel Mauvais. Every generation since has seen the death of its male members at the age of thirty-two, an age fast approaching for Antoine. Lonely and terrified, he sets out to put an end to the cycle of death and suffering. Dagon, which appeared in The Vagrant in 1919, is a story told by a morphine-addicted man who survived a terrible shipwreck during the First World War. In The Cats of Ulthar, published in 1920, an unnamed narrator recounts the legal history of the town of Ulthar, which once was the home to a sadistic couple known for their obsession with torturing and killing house cats. Weird and Horrific Stories collects over thirty stories written at the height of Lovecraft’s career.

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of H. P. Lovecraft’s Weird and Horrific Stories is a classic work of American horror reimagined for modern readers.

A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.

Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes. And to top it off, this house is occupied by an old lady -- they're the easiest to haunt!       

But things don't go as planned when it turns out a KID comes with this old lady. Chester spots Simon immediately and peppers him with questions. Simon is exasperated . . . until he realizes he can trick Chester into doing his ghost chores. Spooky sounds, footsteps in the attic, creaks on the stairs -- these things don't happen on their own, you know!  

After a long night of haunting, it seems that maybe Chester isn't cut out to be a ghost, so Simon decides to help with Chester's human chores. Turns out Simon isn't cut out for human chores either. 

But maybe they're both cut out to be friends . . .

Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled—and smart—woman.

A few of her stories prove true—he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside. Still, her story of survival seems too incredible to believe... until the thugs she claims to be hunting her show up and threaten Sky King Ranch. Now Tae must disappear, along with her secrets.

But Colt's not about to let her go it alone. And when they discover that her secrets include the antidote to a plague that threatens the world, it'll take all three Kingston brothers to save the country they've vowed to protect.

Susan May Warren brings her Sky King Ranch series to a climactic close with this high-stakes race against the clock.

Romantic and Horrific Stories is a collection of short fiction by Bram Stoker. Although he is largely remembered as the author of Dracula (1897), one of the greatest horror novels of all time, Stoker was a versatile writer whose gift for transmitting terror is matched by his ability to craft convincing and moving tales of love.

The Crystal Cup, first published in London Society in 1872, is the story of an artist who is forced to create a flawless crystal vase for the king. Having left his wife and home behind, he suffers under a series of constraints and grueling demands. The Chain of Destiny is a bestselling epistolary tale featuring hypnotism, magic, and supernatural elements that first appeared in The Shamrock in 1875. In Stoker’s 1898 tale Bengal Roses, a teenager from the country falls for a beautiful young woman, but soon discovers she loves an older cavalry officer. First published in Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper in 1899, A Yellow Duster is the story of two old men whose lifelong friendship is threatened by a mysterious secret. Curious about a dust rag found in his friend’s display case, the story’s protagonist asks the collector of rare and priceless objects why he has preserved something so seemingly worthless.

Other stories collected herein include Our New House, published in the Boston Herald in 1895, as well as The Burial of the Rats and A Dream of Red Hands, both of which appeared in Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories (1914). Romantic and Horrific Stories compiles a dozen works of short fiction by Bram Stoker, the secretive and vastly underrated creator of Dracula, one of history’s greatest villains. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Bram Stoker’s Romantic and Horrific Stories is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

Scientific and Horrific Stories is a collection of short fiction by H. G. Wells. Despite his humble beginnings as the son of English servants, H. G. Wells would become one of the most revered writers of his day.

His stories of adventure, utopia, and terror inspired such vastly different figures as Vladimir Nabokov, Winston Churchill, Jorge Luis Borges, and Sinclair Lewis. Many of his novels have been adapted for film, theater, radio, and television, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Scientific and Horrific Stories includes twenty-six tales from across Wells’ career. The Chronic Argonauts, written while Wells was recuperating from an illness with friends in Stoke-on-Trent, is a story of time travel set in rural Wales that predates his beloved The Time Machine by seven years. Æpyornis Island is a terrifying tale of greed and survival that originally appeared in an 1894 issue of the Pall Mall Budget. Tasked with finding rare Aepyornis eggs, a rugged Englishman named Butcher ventures to a remote swamp on the island of Madagascar. When one of the eggs unexpectedly hatches, he is left stranded and at the mercy of a vicious creature that was believed to be extinct. In The Diamond Maker, which also appeared in the Pall Mall Budget, a destitute man tells a wealthy businessman about his years as a maker of artificial diamonds, a time of great promise that ultimately led to his downfall.

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of H. G. Wells’ Scientific and Horrific Stories is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

For fans of Mary Poppins, heroine Miss Petitfour and her feline friends return for more flights of fancy in this cozy, charming collection of illustrated stories.

Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are "just the right size" for a "single, magical day." With her sixteen cats and the aid of a tablecloth as a makeshift balloon, Miss Petitfour soars -- which is to say, she rises high in the air and flies -- over her charmingly eccentric village, encountering adventures along the way. One never knows where the wind will take her in this delightfully seasonal collection of magical outings: perhaps to the aid of dearly loved friends and neighbors, including a hapless handyman and an onion-loving baby, or to a coconut-confetti parade, or in search of keys, lucky charms or even simply the perfect tablecloth for her next flight. A witty, whimsical, beautifully illustrated collection of tales that celebrate language, storytelling and all the pleasures of life, large and small!

In her gripping follow-up to the widely acclaimed Dust Bowl Mystery Death of a Rainmaker, Laurie Loewenstein brings 1930s Oklahoma evocatively to life.

Already suffering the privations of the 1930s Dust Bowl, an Oklahoma town is further devastated when a passenger train derails—flooding its hospital with the dead and maimed. Among the seriously wounded is Etha, wife of Sheriff Temple Jennings. Overwhelmed by worry for her, the sheriff must regain his footing to investigate the derailment, which rapidly develops into a case of sabotage.

The following night, a local recluse is murdered. Temple has a hunch that this death is connected to the train wreck. But as he dissects the victim’s life with help from the recuperating and resourceful Etha, he discovers a tangle of records that make a number of townsfolk suspects in the murder.

Temple’s investigations take place against the backdrop of the Great Depression—where bootlegging, petty extortion, courage, and bravado play out in equal measure.

The Maze Runner Series Continues...

Seventy-three years after the events of The Death Cure, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to an island to survive the Flare-triggered apocalypse, their descendants have thrived.

Sadina, Isaac, and Jackie all learned about the unkind history of the Gladers from The Book of Newt and tall tales from Old Man Frypan, but when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland-everything changes.

The group and their islander friends are forced to embark back to civilization where they find Cranks have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of themselves. They are hunted by the Godhead, the Remnant Nation, and scientists with secret agendas. When they cross paths with an orphan named Minho from the Remnant Nation, the dangers become real and they don't know who they can trust.

The islanders will have to survive long enough to figure out why they are being targeted, who is friend or foe, and what the Godhead has planned for the future of humanity.

A bold and absurd new take on the dystopian plague novel, where people are treated like IKEA furniture

Distraught and hopeless, an eighteen-year-old distance runner, Regan, decides to end her life. And she'll do it through an unusual new method available only on the dark web. Enter Ãœlle, a woman with amnesia, who will, inadvertently, make Regan's wish come true.

But Ãœlle begins to remember her past and the outrageous steps her government took to combat a deadly pandemic of parasitic infections, which have brought her to this new country and to Regan's house. Meanwhile, Regan might be changing her mind, and she finds herself more and more concerned about keeping both Ãœlle and herself alive. But the shadowy organization that brought them together wants to keep them both quiet - permanently.

A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life is a darkly comic dystopian tale that probes our anxieties around boundaries, whether territorial or bodily, and our fraught desire not to die alone.

"Gripping from the first page, Robert McGill's A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life is a dark, speculative novel with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale, set against the backdrop of a plague. Some of us would do anything to survive, down to flatpacking ourselves like IKEA furniture, while others would do anything to make our miserable lives end. This is timely, provocative, ethically challenging fiction that asks whether the drive to survive is stronger than the inevitability of death." —Ian Williams, author of Reproduction

"Terrifying and tender, A Suitable Companion's sci-fi angle serves to frame a fascinating parable about the post-post-modern family. Unpredictable and completely original, this is a propulsive, rewarding, and thought-provoking read." —Michael Redhill, author of Bellevue Square

​​"The guy knows what he's doing, from missing children to silk parachutes, you are never lost and he will catch you." —Zadie Smith, author of NW

"A storyteller who refuses to keep things straight, and for this produces freshly captivating effects." —Andrew Pyper, author of The Demonologist

"A writer of striking talent and originality." —Daily Mail on The Mysteries

"McGill is a talented writer, adept at expressing the nuanced, unspoken truths that beg the lies by which we live." —Observer on The Mysteries

This Is the Sun that makes the world go round! From the tiniest animal to the tallest tree, everything on Earth is connected through the circle of life. But at the center of it all is a different kind of circle-the Sun! Through a charming story with rhythmic repetition, young children are introduced to the bright Sun that provides energy for life on Earth. Follow along as a young tree uses light from the Sun to make its own food, then passes its energy along the food chain? until it circles all the way back to a brand new sprout growing toward the Sun. Readers see how each living thing in the food web provides energy to the next, over and over again. The vibrant collage art grows along with the increasingly multilevel story. As you read, look for the bug, spider, lizard, fox, and more as they move through each of the pages and build a full ecosystem.

This is the Sun gives readers a glimpse into how all the living things are connected through the circle of life-and the role the Sun plays in making it all possible.

Fantastic and Horrific Stories is a collection of short fiction by Arthur Machen. Condemned as decadent and obscene upon publication, Machen’s writing earned praise from Oscar Wilde and H. P. Lovecraft.

Throughout the years, Machen’s work has been referenced and adapted by such figures as Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and Josh Malerman for its masterfully unsettling blend of science, myth, and magic. The Great God Pan, perhaps Machen’s most celebrated work, is the story of an occult experiment gone horribly wrong. Clarke has always taken an interest in occult matters, so when a friend offers him a chance to witness an experimental procedure intended to access the spirit realm, he cannot refuse. When the young patient Mary awakens, she shows signs of terror and soon falls into a catatonic state. Convinced of their success in discovering the world of “the great god Pan,� Clarke and Raymond agree to keep their discovery a secret. Years later, a nearby town begins reporting the mysterious disappearances of young children, all of whom have been seen in the forest with a young woman named Helen Vaughn.

In The White People, originally published in Horlick’s Magazine in 1904, a Welshman receives the diary of a young girl introduced to witchcraft. Surprisingly well-kept for its age, the green book accompanies Cotgrave on a journey through the lush countryside. Its pages contain the diary of a young girl who, encouraged by her nurse, immerses herself in the world of magic. As she grows adept in the ways of witchcraft, the girl begins referring to strange beings and unknown places, all while doing her best to conceal her secret life from friends and family.

The Hill of Dreams is a semi-autobiographical novel about a young man who begins having strange visions after visiting an ancient Roman fort near his rural Welsh home. Published alongside The Inmost Light, The Shining Pyramid, The Terror, Out of the Earth, and Ornaments in Jade, these tales by Arthur Machen showcase his gift for illuminating the presence of the supernatural in everyday life.

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Arthur Machen’s Fantastic and Horrific Stories is a classic of British horror fiction reimagined for modern readers.

Explore what it's like to think like an engineer! Women engineers from ancient times to present day have thought up ideas to make the world safer and more connected.In the form of questions and responses between an inquisitive protagonist and a science-wise narrator, readers are invited into the world of engineering. Scientific explanations are welcoming and accessible to kids while maintaining accuracy. Women in Engineering is bound to encourage creative problem solving in kids!

A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, Mother Brain explodes the concept of "maternal instinct" and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.

Before journalist Chelsea Conaboy gave birth, she anticipated the joy of holding her newborn, the endless dirty diapers, and the sleepless nights. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel--a shift in self, as deep as it was disorienting. Something was changing: her brain.

New parents undergo major brain changes, driven by hormones and the deluge of stimuli a baby provides. These neurobiological changes help all parents--birthing or otherwise--adapt in those intense first days and prepare for a long period of learning how to meet their child's needs. Yet this science is mostly absent from the public conversation about parenthood.

Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect, and a powerful new narrative of parenthood.

Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a collection of Gothic tales by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although he is more widely known today for his novella Carmilla (1872), which influenced Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and remains an important work of early vampire fiction, Le Fanu was also an influential figure in mid-nineteenth century Irish literature as a writer and editor for the Dublin University Magazine.

Mysterious and Horrific Stories collects fifteen of Le Fanu’s finest works of short fiction from across his storied career. In The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh, a man returns home after years abroad accompanied by a strange, shadowy companion. Under mysterious circumstances, Sir Robert has amassed a tremendous fortune and seems either unwilling or unable to reveal the truth behind his sudden rise to wealth. In Schalken the Painter, a young Dutch apprentice falls in love with his master’s young niece, the beautiful Rose Velderkaust. Fearful of angering the great painter Gerard Douw, whom he worries would reject a marriage proposal from a struggling artist, he keeps silent about his affections. When an older, wealthier man proposes to Rose, Douw consents to their marriage despite the man’s unsettling appearance. The Drunkard’s Dream is a tale of horror in which a man receives a powerful and terrifying vision of Hell.

Alongside twelve more tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces, including An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House and The Child That Went With the Fairies, these selections from Le Fanu’s body of work continue to entertain and astound nearly two centuries after they first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

When she was just five years old, Melissa Braxton watched her father take her mother's life. Separated from her sister, Lola, at that time, Melissa grew up with a strong desire to help those stuck in abusive relationships. It's why she became a family therapist and opened a domestic abuse shelter.

After losing a leg to a gunshot wound in the line of duty, Phil Osbourne has felt like a man without a purposeuntil he hears Melissa's story and decides to use his Special Forces contacts to track down her missing sister. He knows what he discovers will break Melissa's heart. What he doesn't realize is that helping the women reunite will bring the cartel down on them like the Category 5 hurricane striking Miami.

Bruised yet not quite broken, Melissa and Phil battle the storm and the cartel, calling on strength they didn't know they had to escape death, save the innocent, and—just maybe—find healing in each other's arms.

A passionate, probing collection gathering nearly thirty years of groundbreaking reflection on culture and society alongside four new essays, by one of our most respected essayists and critics.

What is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. The End of Solitude brings together more than forty of his finest essays, including four that are published here for the first time.

Ranging widely across the culture, they take up subjects as diverse as Mad Men and Harold Bloom, the significance of the hipster, and the purpose of art. Drawing on the past, they ask how we got where we are. Scrutinizing the present, they seek to understand how we can live more mindfully and freely, and they pose two fundamental questions: What does it mean to be an individual, and how can we sustain our individuality in an age of networks and groups?

Their favorite campground is opening for winter break, so Cooper, Packrat, Roy, and Summer are excited for snowy fun while helping plan a winter festival. But when they see a lynx kit wearing a pet collar, watch a reckless snowmobiler dash across the ice, and are warned about a dangerous poacher, the young detectives and some cool new friends set off on their most exciting adventure yet. Can they solve the mystery and protect the camp's wildlife from poachers before it's too late?

Award-winning author Tamra Wight returns with her fifth installment in the Cooper and Packrat series and this time she introduces readers to a whole new season of fun, more excitement than ever, and even a hint of young romance at the Wilder Family Campground.

​​For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.

"A contemporary classic!"—Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage

"Show-stopping."­—Publisher's Weekly STARRED Review

The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ship that journeyed deep into the Arctic in 2019, carrying over 100 scientists and crew known as the MOSAiC Expedition. Hailing from across the world, they would become the largest expedition to ever survive a polar winter. Their purpose? To understand - and predict - the impacts of climate change on the Arctic.

Written by the expedition's leader, the renowned atmospheric scientist Markus Rex, this page-turner reads like a captain's log of daily life aboard the Polarstern. Living in one of the most remote, dangerous, and electrifying places on earth, Rex describes incredible sights: polar bears playing with scientific equipment, Christmas parties in the bitter cold, frostbitten scientists, and hair-raising storms that threaten to break the Polarstern's cables and send it flying across the ice. He also reveals breathtaking science from deep inside the sea ice.

Filled with sobering, heart-warming, and bone-chilling moments, The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time is a testament to Rex's extraordinary drive to save a precious ecosystem. It's also an ode to a place that has beguiled sailors and explorers for centuries. 

"A vivid, important, and inspiring book."—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sixth Extinction and Under a White Sky

"Eloquently mulls the ecological dynamics of forests as well as the social, economic, cultural, and political forces that determine their fate."—LA Review of Books

A powerful book about the decline and recovery of the world's forests--with a provocative argument for their survival.

In A Trillion Trees, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spectacular forests around the world. Along the way, he charts the extraordinary pace of forest destruction, and explores why some are beginning to recover.

With vivid, observant reporting, Pearce transports readers to the remote cloud forests of Ecuador, the remains of a forest civilization in Nigeria, a mystifying mountain peak in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and the boreal forests of western Canada and the United States, where devastating wildfires are linked to suppressing the natural fire cycles of forests and the maintenance practices of Indigenous peoples. 

Throughout the book, Pearce interviews the people who traditionally live in forests. He speaks to Indigenous peoples in western Canada and the United States who are fighting to control their traditional forested lands and manage them according to their traditional practices. He visits and speaks with Nepalese hill dwellers, Kenyan farmers, and West African sawyers who show him that forests are as much human landscapes as they are natural paradises. The lives of humans are now imprinted in forest ecology. 

At the heart of Pearce's investigation is a provocative argument: planting more trees isn't the answer to declining forests. If given room and left to their own devices, forests and the people who live in them will fight back to restore their own domain.

"The fierce debut by Medicine for the Resistance podcaster Krawec critiques the harmful impact of European Christian settler colonialism on Indigenous Americans. The author, who is of Anishinaabe and Ukrainian heritage, details Indigenous American history from the first humans to populate the Americas through the present and outlines ways in which descendants of European colonizers and Indigenous people can become 'good relatives'.... Krawec's prose is electric, shot through with passion and knowledge [and] offers thought-provoking ideas." —Publishers Weekly

The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all "home."

Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to "unforget" our history.

This remarkable sojourn through Native and settler history, myth, identity, and spirituality helps us retrace our steps and pick up what was lost along the way: chances to honor rather than violate treaties, to see the land as a relative rather than a resource, and to unravel the history we have been taught.

Ghosts, pirates and family secrets -- Stephen gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out adventure in the ghostly realm, for fans of When You Trap a Tiger.

Stephen loves pirates. What he doesn't love is his name: Stephen Oh-O'Driscoll. He believes when his Korean mother and Irish father gave him this name, that it was just one cruel setup for being teased. Giving things the proper name is important, which is why Stephen thinks that it's time to update the definition of "pirate." They've got a bad rep, and maybe they deserve some of it, but Stephen still likes a few pirate traditions, like bandannas and eyepatches -- he's just not that into stealing things from people. He has the perfect new word: piventurate. A sailor who passionately seeks adventure. That's what he wants to be. 

When he gets suspended from school for doing proper piventurate-in-training things (using sticks to practice sword fighting), his mother doesn't let him sit around doing nothing, instead she takes him to a museum. At the museum everything changes. Stephen finds himself in a strange new place, face-to-face with a real pirate. A pirate ghost.  

Captain Sapperton needs Stephen's help to cross to the other side, and his former ghost crew are intent on making sure Stephen follows through, whatever it takes. Stephen is about to discover the true meaning of piventurate, and much to his surprise, his adventure will not only take him farther into the ghostly realm, but also closer to home, where long-held family secrets reveal surprising ties to the spirit world.

A celebration of music from beginning to end, The Weary Blues is the debut poetry collection by the foremost Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes.

Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, / Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, / I heard a Negro play. / Down on Lenox Avenue the other night / By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light / He did a lazy sway...

With these first lines, Hughes invites the reader into an experimental playground that tells the story of a Black man's life in America. Featuring poems such as, Dream Variations, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and Our Land, Hughes weaves in and out of verse, highlighting the lows of struggle in the face of segregation and racism, but also the highs of creation from the time when, "the Negroes were in vogue."

Now considered to be an American classic, The Weary Blues embodies the feel of the rhythm, improvisation, and soul of Black classical music, pioneered the genre of "jazz poetry," and left an irreplaceable mark in the African-American literary canon.

Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of The Weary Blues is a sensational reimagining of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.

A Death in Durango is an epic novel telling the story of the Vanderhorns and Stricklands, two family dynasties whose battles helped shape the history of southwest Colorado. The investigation into a mysterious death leads to a rich journey through the truth, legends, and lies of the Old West. This fast-paced romp through the events that shaped the West after the Civil War and up to the present day includes shoot outs, train robberies, archaeological discoveries, range wars, captive rescues, runaways, and gold.

Along the way, the story encounters real people out of the pages of history like Charles Goodnight, Chief Ouray, Butch Cassidy, and Teddy Roosevelt. A Death in Durango is a love letter to the people and spirit of the Animas Valley, where the history is still being made and the Wild West remains.

All author profits from book sales will be donated to the Community Foundation of Southwest Colorado.

Flying the nest? Here's everything you need to know to spread your wings and make a thriving home for yourself in the world.

Scared of adulting? You're not alone. And your parents' generation agrees that you have it hard. In fact, one recent survey found that over 70% of Americans think that young adults have a tougher time than the generations that came before them. The truth is, even people in their 30s and 40s are scared of adulting. That's why we have a word for it. But daunting as it may seem, you are an adult, which comes with certain responsibilities. Responsibilities you can fulfill without giving them a second thought, once you know what bases you need to cover.

Whether you're still at home, you're away at college, or you've just moved into your first house share, there are a few things you're going to want to know—a few things the education system failed to teach you. How can you make sure you cover those gaps in your education? There's an easy solution! Adulting 101 - How Not to Move Back Home With Your Parents, will tell you everything you need to know to thrive as an independent adult. Inside, you'll discover:

* Essential budgeting information (complete with how-to guides for a variety of different approaches).

* From credit cards to personal loans - everything you need to know about financing.

* Why retirement is relevant to you now (no matter how many years away from it you are).

* What no one tells you about applying for a job (delve into the advice your careers advisor left out!).

* Everything you need to know about running a household - whether you're sharing or going it alone.

* How you can make sure you're the best roommate ever (and how to navigate potential difficulties).

* The ultimate guide to maintaining and nurturing relationships of all kinds and much more.

Every adult in your life has been in your shoes, but not all of them had a manual. Set yourself firmly on the path to pain-free adulting success!

After more than a decade of tumult, Roman warrior Rex and his aristocratic wife, Flavia, are thankful to the God they serve for the peaceful life they are living in the city of Alexandria. But with the Empire in flux, it cannot last. When Rex is called away to serve Constantine in his fight against Licinius, Flavia's loneliness and longing for a baby lead her down the road of temptation. Perhaps one of Egypt's gods will grant her conception?

As battles rage both within and without, Rex and Flavia will have to rely on God's forgiveness and protection if they are to survive the trials to come. Their adventures sweep them into the great events of the ancient church, including the forging of the Nicene Creed, terrible murders within the imperial family, the quest for the true cross of Christ in Jerusalem, and the end of pagan Rome as a new Christian empire dawns.

Bryan Litfin brings his epic Constantine's Empire series to a thrilling close with this dramatic tale of struggle and redemption.

In this second book in the Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series, Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time.

Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. They turn to the place where they know they can learn the most, and make the journey to Misewa to visit their animal friends. This time they travel back in time and meet a young fisher that might just be their lost friend. But they discover that the village is once again in peril, and they must dig deep within themselves to find the strength to protect their beloved friends. Can they carry this strength back home to face their own challenges?

A mesmerizing novel by the author of Rainbirds and The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida about a young man trying to escape his past in Japan.

When Shouji Arai crosses one of his company's most powerful clients, he must leave Akakawa immediately or risk his life. But his girlfriend Youko is nowhere to be found.

Haunted by dreams of drowning and the words of a fortune teller who warned him away from three women with water in their names, he travels to Tokyo, where he tries in vain to track Youko down. But Shouji soon realises that not everything Youko told him about herself was true. Who is the real woman he once lived with and loved, and where could she be hiding?

Watersong is a spellbinding novel of loves lost and recovered, of secrets never spoken, and of how our pasts shape our futures.

George S. Schuyler's Afrofuturistic novel Black No More, originally published in 1931, imagines a world where Black Americans have the chance to cross the color line and become white.

What would happen if science gave Black Americans the choice to become white? Mirroring The Blacker the Berry, by Wallace Thurman, George S. Schuyler's Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, AD 1933-1940, is one of the first Afrofuturistic novels ever published.

On New Year's Eve, Max Disher's romantic advances are rejected on the basis that he is a Black man. Come New Year's Day, the answer to his frustration appears in the form of an announcement about a new scientific procedure called "Black-No-More." Believing that his life will have much more fortune in white skin, he goes through with the treatment—changing his name to "Matthew Fisher." The newly-made white Max has to decide what it means to live and breathe on the other side of the color line.

Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of Black No More is a reimagining of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.

For Brooke Reynolds, who is suffocating under the strict hand of her father, freedom at all costs appeals. Finally out of the cult that she was born in, she'll have to face the reality of the world outside. People outside aren't the same and dealing with a whole big world can be overwhelming. She will have to learn to trust that not everyone has it out for her.

Meanwhile, she's met the intelligent, infuriating Cole Burton and his older brother Jacob. Friendship, love and finding her way in the world will be the keys to creating a safe haven to call home. The only question is, will she be able to survive her stalker long enough to find such a place?

"By turns heartfelt, bitingly funny, and emotionally devastating, Muddy People is not your average coming-of-age tale. I loved this memoir of a young Egyptian-Australian girl growing up Muslim. It's a clear-eyed, fierce debut; every word rings true."—Nadine Jolie Courtney, author of All-American Muslim Girl 

A quick, clever debut that is "like the best kind of cake: warm, sweet, a bit nutty--and made with so much love."—Alice Pung, author of Unpolished Gem 

Sara is growing up in a family with a lot of rules. Her mother tells her she's not allowed to wear a bikini, her father tells her she's not allowed to drink alcohol, and her grandmother tells her to never trust a man with her money. 

After leaving Egypt when Sara was only six years old, her family slowly learns how to navigate the social dynamics of their new home. Sara feels out of place in her new school. Her father refuses to buy his coworkers a ginger beer, thinking it contains alcohol. Her mother refuses to wear a hijab, even if it would help them connect with other local Muslims. And Sara learns what it feels like to have a crush on a boy, that some classmates are better friends than others, and that her parents are loving, but flawed people who don't always know what's best for her, despite being her strongest defenders.

For readers of Patricia Lockwood's Priestdaddy and Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart, this heartwarming book about family and identity introduces a compelling new voice, with a coming-of-age story that will speak to everyone who's ever struggled to figure out where they belong.

�✨ A magical rhyming picture book perfect for building confidence ✨�

Little Tim feels too small to join in with his friends and is left behind. Until one day an apple lands on his head…

Together, Tim and his newfound friend, a magic tree, build up his confidence, kindness, and sharing skills until Tim is playing happily with lots of friends. Eventually, Tim discovers that really, the magic power of friendship was in him all along.

Perfect for children starting school or preschool, this beautifully illustrated rhyming book is a fun way for children to learn about growing up with confidence and self-esteem.

A look at 21st-century city-building. Is the utopian "smart city" within our grasp?

The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year.

But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities -- one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies.

Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places.

Old devices become new once more.

Silvie vows to retrieve the remaining stolen travel objects and return them to their owners. Much of what she's looking for has become part of a grand dark device. Even if she were to find it and convince its builder to help her, disassembly and return of the missing objects will be a more difficult puzzle than she imagined. Especially with the Clock Tower under siege.

Daddy Will Fix It tells a story of how a little girl cheerfully exclaims how Daddy will make it all better. This short story features fun playtime activities that don't involve a screen but can still have some glitches. Without hesitation, the problems are taken up to Daddy, who promptly goes into action. There's no time to shed a tear. This little girl confidently knows that Daddy will fix it.

Being optimistic when things go unexpectedly wrong can reduce stressors and build social emotional strengths. This joyous story highlights how a little girl relies on her father for solving problems. With this positive outlook and reliability, children can develop a sense of security, a developmental characteristic. Singing "Daddy will fix it, Daddy will fix" will ax out anxiety and wash away worries.

Mirroring Nella Larsen's Passing, The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life is the fantastic debut of Wallace Thurman.

A Black boy could get along but a Black girl would never know anything but sorrow and disappointment.

Emma Lou was born black. Abandoned by her father at birth, she is subjected to skin bleaching by her mother, hoping to make her child more desirable. Learning that she is unwanted in white society but also ostracized within her own, Emma Lou navigates a harsh and unrelenting world as she tries to come to terms with her life and love herself in the skin she's in.

Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life is a reimagining of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.

Meet Harold Shipman, a serial killer with a disturbing proclivity to murder a specific kind of patient. With an estimated 250 victims, there’s no doubt his kill count might be much, much higher. But what drove him to murder?

You’ll have to read on to find out.

But we’ll warn you now, this story might haunt your nightmares and leave you scared to go to your next checkup. When you learn the truth of Harold’s crimes, and what happened to him in the end, you’ll be stunned, dismayed, and no doubt left with the kinds of questions that have no easy answers. So buy this book and learn the twisted truth… if you dare.

A polemic about global warming and the environmental crisis, which argues that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and so provide an untapped constituency for climate action.

Crimes Against Nature uses fresh material to offer a very different take on the most important issue of our times. It takes the familiar narrative about global warming—the one in which we are all to blame—and inverts it, to show how, again and again, pollution and ecological devastation have been imposed on the population without our consent and (often) against our will. From histories of destruction, it distills stories of hope, highlighting the repeated yearning for a more sustainable world.

In the era of climate strikes, viral outbreaks, and Extinction Rebellion, Crimes Against Nature moves from ancient Australia to the 'corpse economy' of Georgian Britain to the 'Kitchen Debate' of the Cold War, to present an unexpected and optimistic environmental history—one that identifies ordinary people not as a collective problem but as a powerful force for change.

In her 2022 HBO Documentary, Brené Brown shares her own story of how she gets a rush whenever she purges her possessions. While the idea of decluttering and downsizing appeals to many of us, it remains an elusive goal. Marie Kondo is credited with creating a movement around the ‘Life Changing Magic’ of decluttering.

Connie Ellefson has written a book that expands far beyond Kondo’s work. She shows how decluttering can be accomplished not only physically but, but spiritually and mentally. Connie shares how her own life became so much lighter, freerer, and ultimately more peaceful as she downsized and simplified - discovering the true reward of living simply so other may simply live.

As a species, we know the path we are on us unsustainable. We have create our own problems, but as someone famously said: we can’t solve the problem with the same mind that caused the problem.

Clear the Space... Feel The Rush is about a shift to a new perspective that reveals how we can finally solve our problem and drop what is weighing us down.

What truly matters? How will we ever know when we are overburdened by our ‘stuff’? Our stuff is not mere physical possessions. It’s also the ‘stuff’ we are attached to in our mind and body.

Author Connie Ellefson is an engineer and professional organizer working in the Denver metro area. Since 1994, she has help others discover greater creativity and increase energy that was tied up in unnecessary clutter. She tidies the untidy. Whether physical, emotional, or possessional, clutter takes up space in our psyches and calendars that could be put to much more productive, creative, and fun use. It’s all about helping you find that lost energy, and making room... allowing your true self to shine through.

"A must-read." --Buzzfeed

It's reflexive and common to view our online presence as fake; to see the internet as a space we enter when we aren't living our real, offline lives. But ever since a pandemic pushed more and more of our work, relationships, and even leisure into digital space, the internet doesn't feel so fake anymore. Every day, the lines between digital and "real" space blur even further.

Activist and writer Chris Stedman explores authenticity in the digital age, shining a light into and beyond age-old notions of realness--who we are and where we fit in the world--to bring fresh understanding for our increasingly online lives. Stedman offers a new way of seeing the supposed split between our online and offline selves, one in which online spaces and social media become new tools for understanding and expressing ourselves--and where the not-always-graceful ways we use these tools can reveal new insights for incorporating far older human truths into modern life. How might the online spaces we use fulfill our essential human need to feel real? Must we view the internet and the real world as binary, where there is no room for overlap? Playful and wise, Stedman suggests that the digital search for meaning and belonging presents challenges but also opportunities to become more fully human. He boldly invites us to embrace realness in all its uncertainty, online and off, no matter how risky it might feel.

It is August 1899 and Aleister Crowley is psychically attacked while mountain climbing in Tibet. Attempting to teleport back to his base camp, he instead finds himself in the Manhattan home of inventor Nikola Tesla. Crowley is convinced he was attacked by a malevolent entity that is attempting to cross over into our world and implores Tesla to help him.

When Thomas Edison unveils his new spirit phone, an invention that he claims will allow people to speak with the dead, Crowley and Tesla are suspicious of the device. Teaming up, the unlikely duo combine their respective skills in magick and technology to investigate the device’s actual origin and ultimate purpose.

As insanity and suicide multiply among spirit phone users, newspaper articles begin hinting about the possibility of the increase being linked to the new gadget, and the race is on to solve the mystery of the strange device.

Crowley and Tesla soon find themselves embroiled in a desperate race to stop the spirit phone's use by an unknown adversary who is only interested in one thing—inaugurating hell on earth.

Set in Providence, RI, during the late Sixties, Ready, Set, Oh chronicles the struggles of a man who has just lost his draft deferment, a young pregnant woman with fragile mental health, and a UFO-chasing astronomer, each hostages in their own way to their families and to history.

"Compelling and especially engaging ... Showing a genuine flair for originality and an exceptional gift for narrative-driven storytelling, Ready, Set, Oh is unreservedly recommended for community libraries and contemporary fiction collections." — Midwest Book Review

“Josefowicz finds the large truths in our smallest state, leaving an indelible mark on our broader literary landscape. A stunning debut.�—Jacob M. Appel, author of Einstein's Beach House

“Every chapter bursts out of the gate in this devastatingly funny, high-intensity novel of working-class Rhode Island.�—Kirstin Allio, author of Buddhism For Western Children

“Ready, Set, Oh gives you the quahogs, the red gravy, the Italian-from-Italy suits. A story this big could only take place in Rhode Island.�—William Walsh, author of Forty-Five American Boys

Este es el Sol que hace girar al mundo!

Discover a brand new classic, available now in Spanish. From the tiniest animal to the tallest tree, everything on Earth is connected through the circle of life. But at the center of it all is a different kind of circle--the Sun! Through a charming story with rhythmic repetition, young children are introduced to the bright Sun that provides energy for life on Earth. Follow along as a young tree uses light from the Sun to make its own food, then passes its energy along the food chain... until it circles all the way back to a brand new sprout growing toward the Sun. Readers see how each living thing in the food web provides energy to the next, over and over again. The vibrant collage art grows along with the increasingly multilevel story. As you read, look for the bug, spider, lizard, fox, and more as they move through each of the pages and build a full ecosystem.

Este es el Sol gives readers a glimpse into how all the living things are connected through the circle of life, and the role the Sun plays in making it all possible.

A second chance at love... with a newborn as matchmaker!

Nothing will be merry about Steve Weston’s Christmas if he doesn’t find a nanny for his newborn nephew fast. But the best choice is Chloe Richardson, the woman he pushed away years ago. He has a second chance at making the season’s joy last for a lifetime—unless he allows old wounds to separate them once more...

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Content Note: The hero had alcoholic parents and an abusive father. None of the domestic violence is described in detail, but it is a part of the hero’s backstory. If you are sensitive to stories that touch on this topic, this might not be the book for you.

A self-described crybaby who sees the end of the world lurking around every corner, Cheryl E. Klein has relied on planning and hard work to reach her goals and avoid catastrophe. But when she and her partner find their plans for a baby dashed over and over--first by infertility, then miscarriage, and finally a breast cancer diagnosis--Klein's carefully structured life, marriage, and belief system begin to crumble. Adding a detour through the fickle world of open adoption seems like the last thing she should do; yet where she lacks control, she finds adventure. Empathetic, candid, and often humorous, Crybaby is the story of what happens when a failed perfectionist and successful hypochondriac is forced to make room in her life for grief and joy, fear and hope, all at the same time.

When teenager Janet Ravenscroft is rescued from the night time streets of downtown Inverness by a mysterious man on a black motorbike, little does she imagine what lies in store.

How could she know that this man holds the key to the mysteries that have plagued her life: her mixed heritage, her father’s casual cruelty, her mother’s absence, her sense that she’s never belonged? How could she know that her search for answers would lead her from the familiar environs of contemporary Scotland to the realm of faerie and that her life, her very soul, would be in jeopardy?

World renowned artist Charles Vess has worked with some of the greatest writers in fantastical fiction, including Neil Gaiman, Ursula Le Guin, and Charles de Lint, co-creating iconic works for which he has won numerous awards. He now unveils his remarkable debut novel. Born of a vision of two people racing across a field on a motorbike with a trail of burning grass in their wake, and inspired by the Ballad of Tam Lyn, Vess has produced a book of true wonder.

Night is falling, amplifying the stillness of the woods. There are several whispers calling your name, and whoever is watching you doesn't want you to leave.

Combining the themes of horror and folklore, twenty-four masterful authors from around the world present twenty-four terrifying tales in this anthology of folk horror. From the origin story of Baba Yaga, to a monster with iron teeth named Jenny, who comes at night to devour sheep, and occasionally, crying babies. A woman buried alive in the bog thousands of years ago who lives on, stealing the bones of anything she touches. A mysterious cave imparts on a group of twenty-somethings a curse that leaves the affected with an inescapable chill. A mysterious old woman rewards a kind sister and punishes a callous one. But over time, the gift provided to the kind sister becomes more and more unsettling, until she begins to wonder whether it's truly a gift at all.

Malevolent monsters and witches awaiting you in the pages of Their Ghoulish Reputation.

Originally published in two volumes between 1923 and 1925, Africa for Africans: Or, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey is a compilation of letters, speeches and essays by one of the Fathers of Pan-Africanism.

Hailed by Martin Luther King, Jr. as, "the first man of color... to make the Negro feel like he was somebody," Marcus Garvey was a polarizing yet influential figure whose legacy continues to be felt today. These philosophies, collected by Amy Jacques Garvey, his second wife and a pioneering journalist, chronicle Garvey's initial impressions and recollections of America, the formation of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), his imprisonment and subsequent trial over the Black Star Line, and his scathing opinions of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Including such pieces as, "An Appeal to the Soul of White America," "The Negro's Greatest Enemy," and "Declaration of Rights of the Negroes of the World," Africa for Africans; Or, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey is an essential piece of Black history, professionally typeset and reimagined for modern readers.

Your Writing Matters is a collection of inspiring and practical essays for writers, drawing on the author’s experience as a writer, a writing group leader, and a workshop instructor. The essays cover being a writer, why writing matters, and overcoming the obstacles creative people face.

Everyone knows a girl locked in a tower is supposed to wait for a prince—but that isn’t the destiny this girl has in mind.

Esme’s life has been filled with secrets. Her mother says she’s destined to be a queen, but she won’t say when. Or how. Or who Esme’s father is.

When Esme is imprisoned by the evil fairy godmother, she only has more questions. Who is the young man guarding her? Why is he so interested in her father’s identity? And can she convince him to help her escape before she’s forced to marry whichever self-absorbed prince with a hero complex turns up to rescue her?

Since his father’s murder, Rory’s life has depended on keeping his identity secret. Working for the fairy godmother seems like a fair trade for his safety until he’s sent to kidnap a girl who wears his family ring, a girl his father’s ghost is suspiciously quiet about.

Unraveling their connection might do more than save them both from the fairy godmother. It might save the fate of an entire queendom.

But can Esme achieve her destiny when Rory’s trying to avoid his own?

The Rogue and the Peasant is a fun, fairytale adventure that blends Hamlet with Rapunzel to make something completely new.

From internationally celebrated Eduardo Halfon comes a new installment in his hero’s nomadic odyssey as he searches for answers surrounding his grandfather’s abduction

In Canción, Eduardo Halfon’s eponymous wanderer is invited to a Lebanese writers’ conference in Japan, where he reflects on his Jewish grandfather’s multifaceted identity. To understand more about the cold, fateful day in January 1967 when his grandfather was abducted by Guatemalan guerillas, Halfon searches his childhood memories. Soon, chance encounters around the world lead to more clues about his grandfather’s captors, including a butcher nicknamed “Canción� (or song). As a brutal and complex history emerges against the backdrop of the Guatemalan Civil War, Halfon finds echoes in the stories of a woman he meets in Japan whose grandfather survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Through exquisite prose and intricate storytelling, Halfon exposes the atrocities of war and the effect that silence and extreme violence have on family and identity.

“Extraordinary. . . . Establish[es] an affinity between fiction and autobiography that unsettles generic divisions.� —World Literature Today

“Another minimasterpiece by a master of the form.� —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Wild & Free is the debut publication by 12-year-old Annaliese Hofner.

Willow, an abandoned girl, tells her coming of age story among the wolf pack that adopted her. When humans with nefarious motives capture her pack, she must discover why they were taken and seek a way to rescue them.

Finding herself again without a family, she teams up with some unlikely allies, including a wolf from a rival pack and an orphan boy who was raised by stray dogs. This band of misfits must learn to work as a pack to save their families and prove they deserve to be Wild and Free.

The Big Festival of Lights: Stories and Plays for Hanukkah is a collection of short fiction and plays by nine prominent Jewish figures of the early twentieth-century meant to capture and celebrate the spirit of the holiday.

In By the Light of Hanukkah: A Play in Three Acts, by Solomon Fineberg, a young man named David awaits to hear about his admittance to the American Rabbinical College while his blind sister Esther quietly wishes to regain her sight. Elma Levinger’s The Unlighted Menorah: A Hanukkah Fantasy, tells the story of Abraham Mendelssohn, an old man at the end of his life grappling with his decision to assimilate his son into American culture; and Hanukkah Evening is a charming story of a family waiting for their father to return home to light the first candle on the Menorah.

With these and eight additional stories, The Big Festival of Lights: Stories and Plays for Hanukkah is a collection that features tales of families, tradition and culture pride for readers young and old. Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of The Big Festival of Lights: Stories and Plays for Hanukkah is a celebration of Jewish culture reimagined for a modern audience.

Only Anna knows the truth about Cinderella: The pauper turned queen wasn't the victim, but the bully. Anna fled when the castle guards came to arrest her mother and sister on Cinderella's orders. But leaving them in bondage at the Fairy Godmother's workhouse? Out of the question. Disguised as a young man and taking the name of Ansel, she'll do whatever it takes to free her family and set the record straight.

Will, a former royal huntsman, was nearly killed for dissenting to Cinderella's rise as queen in the wake of the sudden death of the king and his son. He hatches a plan to take Cinderella down, and encounters Ansel, who wants revenge just as much as he does. Drawn together by a common goal and burgeoning feelings neither can ignore, Will and Ansel enact a plan to assassinate the queen. But when that goes awry and buried secrets come to light, they'll have to choose: continue running from their pasts or accept themselves in order to forge a new future together.

It's time for a savory soirée--but something sinister is stewing--in Raquel V. Reyes's second delightful Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, perfectly delicious for fans of Mia P. Manansala.

Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before.

Miriam's luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in charge of the Women's Club annual gala. But this year, it's not canapes and waltzes. Miriam and her girlfriends-squad opt for fun and flavor. They want to spice it up with Caribbean food trucks and a calypso band. While making plans at the country club, they hear a volatile argument between the new head chef and the club's manager. Not long after, the chef swan dives to his death at the bottom of the grand staircase.

Was it an accident? Or was it Beverly, the sous chef, who is furious after being passed over for the job? Or maybe it was his ex-girlfriend, Anastasia? 

Add two possible poisonings to the mix and Miriam is worried the food truck fun is going to be a major crash. As the clock ticks down and the body count goes up, Miriam's life is put in jeopardy. Will she connect the dots or die in the deep freeze? Foodies and mystery lovers alike will savor the denouement as the truth is laid bare in this simmering stew of rage, retribution, and murder.

The Sins of the Fathers is a gritty mid-century family saga about a hardscrabble, multi-generational, multi-ethnic family set on the Western Slope of the Colorado Rockies. Glenn Steele is the son of an abusive Indian-hating father. When his father launches into a drunken rage and attacks Glenn's younger brother with a knife, Glenn intervenes to save him. But his action triggers his father's banishment from the household by the authorities. Twelve-year-old Glenn must now fend for his mother and siblings as head-of-household and is burdened with guilt for his role in his father's banishment.

Years later, Glenn's granddaughter discovers through DNA that she is part Indian. This sets in motion a road trip to the Mogollon Range in Arizona in an old pickup truck called the McTavish. Glenn, his daughter Molly, and granddaughter Allie set off on a quest to learn the source of the unexpected genes and truths about his father that might set him free from a lifetime of guilt.

Bella left the life she knows for a simple one. She built her simple life at The Gathering and loves every minute of it. Looking forward to build more, she agrees to assist a new citizen of The Gathering. The girl simply needs assistance in making friends and establishing her own life, right?

With new introductions and visits of the past, Bella wonders if life is really how she once thought it was.

A deadly, incurable disease creeps silent through Chattanooga. And its victims aren't random.

When inexplicable human rabies cases appear in Tennessee, disease ecologist Letty Duquesne jumps at the chance to trace the virus back to its source. But the closer Letty gets to finding the outbreak's origin, the further someone will go to stop her.

With an unwanted promotion threatening to take Letty far from the field work she loves, this outbreak feels like her last chance to make a difference. It's not something she can ignore, especially now. The spillover of zoonotic diseases to the human population is on the rise and violent animal attacks—like the one that killed her sister—are becoming all too common.

Something in nature has gone very wrong.

Local authorities would rather she go home, but Letty can track a source animal like no one else. With the help of disgraced detective, Andrew Marsh, Letty follows the virus's epidemiological trail. But her every move is watched. And the source animal is closer than she thinks.

Inhuman Acts is a pulse-pounding thriller. Gripping and intricately paced, Brooke L. French's debut novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Knot doesn’t remember how they came to live with Bigman, nor whether their name is actually Knot. Bigman calls, and Knot answers. Not a boy. Not a girl. Not getting any bigger over the past twenty years.

John Bigman makes enough money selling good weather to those who believe his claims of magic to keep the bank from taking the unfinished lighthouse where he lives in an uneasy truce with Knot. Bigman still bleeds where Knot bit him years ago, and they still sometimes try to stab him during arguments.

Most of the time, the two get along. Knot watches tv in their room. Bigman plays video games in his library. They go fishing, with Knot catching most of the fish and Bigman dozing among the mangroves that have infested their beach.

But Bigman is getting old. His control over Knot has been slipping. His strength was barely enough to foil Knot’s last attempt at running away. That was before Knot found allies, who have their own reasons for wanting Knot to escape from the lighthouse.

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time. Although her relatives are obsessed with social position and the opinions of others, heiress India Elisabeth Petra De Vries Ledbetter is determined to live life by her own terms, family expectations and society's demands be damned.

Reared away from the social whirl of Gilded Age New York, India would prefer a life of philanthropy in her native Appalachia, but Mother and Grandmama have far grander plans. They believe Mrs. Astor's old 400 are ready to overlook the past and that an advantageous marriage will cement their place in society once more. In fact, they have already selected the prospective bridegroom. The only problem? No one consulted India.

With captivating insights into the human spirit and heart, The Last Dollar Princess leads us on a riveting quest for self-determination through the most elegant and glamorous settings of the early 20th century. Perfect for fans of Marie Benedict, Daisy Goodwin, and Julian Fellows, this sweeping work of historical fiction will stay with readers long after the last page is turned.

From the original transmitters of SuperOptimism come 105 new wisdom transmissions to invigorate and inspire. Sidestep the status quo with this expanded guide to contrarian thinking. By applying these experiments and activities to your daily life, you'll reawaken the spirit, refresh your neural pathways and jumpstart your sense of adventure.

Among the insights contained within, you'll find answers to the following: How can thinking backwards propel me forwards? Why is it preferable to listen to the news in French? Which four words will improve my outlook forever? Can I journey into space without the need of a rocket? Why should I carry a lemon at all times? What's the best way to get rich while enjoying nature? And why do I think the way I do? When you tap into the power of SuperOptimism. life-changing results are yours for the taking.

Six months after meeting Lucifer himself and nearly falling victim to a serial killer, Dr. Kayla Winslow is still struggling to pull together the pieces of her shattered life. Plagued by nightmares and scorned by her former colleagues, Kayla’s new reality would be hard enough even without the lingering devil who hasn’t abandoned his curiosity about her. But after an academic trip to Jordan to investigate a newly uncovered demonology artifact, Lucifer’s interest seems to be waning…and Kayla’s not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

Before Kayla has a chance to dwell on his odd behavior, the artifact’s mysterious appearance slowly begins to reveal secrets of an age-old war that immerse her far deeper into Lucifer’s world than she ever wanted to go. Secrets that lead to more bloodshed, a condemned innocent, and an ancient grudge that leaves Kayla caught in the crossfire.

Determined to never be a victim again, Kayla prepares to fight back, despite facing a rival that no mere human could hope to overcome. And this time, Lucifer and all the might of Hell itself are not enough to keep her safe…

For fans of Katrine Engberg and Lars Kepler, the second chilling novel in Anne Mette Hancock's #1 bestselling Danish crime series is a psychological whirlwind that explores the nature of truth and what it means when we can no longer trust what we know to be real.

When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia--a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn--but from where?

When Luke's blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen's Citadel, DNA evidence points to Thomas Strand, an ex-soldier suffering from severe PTSD. But then Strand turns up dead in his apartment, shot in the head execution style.

What did the last person to see Lukas really witness that morning in the school yard? Was it really Lukas, or an optical illusion? Can you ever truly trust your eyes?

Seraphina must choose the lesser of two evils—the ghosts that haunt her or the murderer who hunts her.

Born with a rare ability—or curse—Seraphina can see and hear the dead. During the early days of the London Blitz, she is confronted with hundreds of lost souls wandering the streets. As the war escalates, her parents send her away to the home of an old friend in the English countryside to preserve her sanity. But there are monsters lurking in the hallways and the surrounding woods of the mansion, and not all of them are ghosts. Seraphina must use her gift to help solve the gruesome mysteries of Lewis Manor's past in order to prevent her own murder in the present.

When you bury your past make sure that it’s dead.

It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are fading as the Spice Girls and Hot Topic conquer the malls. Cherry gloss glistens on the lips of the youth. Modems hiss as America comes online.

And in a fog-drenched cove at the edge of New England, something terrible awakens when a fisherman reels in a gruesome catch: the remains of a young woman. Remains still pulsing with furious life.

For Megan Monroe and her friends, this is how their nightmare begins: a wet whisper over their shoulder; a dark hand reaching out from the edge of their sight; and a name clawing at the back of their minds.

A young woman scratched from their memory.

To stop this devouring terror, Megan will need to mend broken friendships and reassemble her fractured past. For what stalks them hungers to remake itself in their image… piece by bloody piece. For fans of King, Barker, and Koontz, dig into the haunted past with Head Like a Hole, a novel of malignant secrets, shattered friendships, and twisted bodily horror.

Only she who holds the key will unearth the secrets of the Remembering Tree.

Still trying to pick up the pieces after the sudden death of her husband, Gemma Clayborn takes her fifteen-year-old daughter, Opal, and heads for Beacon Shores, a tiny coastal town in the state of Washington. Her daughter is angry at the world, and Gemma is simply trying to survive. She plans to restore Moonstone House, the ancestral estate left to her by her grandmother.

When Gemma arrives in Beacon Shores, Moonstone House immediately captures her heart. She remembers spending summers there as a child, back before her mother decided they could never go there again. Eric Johnson, the contractor restoring the home, piques Gemma’s interest as well. She feels a strange connection to him, almost as if they already know one another.

What intrigues Gemma the most, however, is the strange and beautiful redbud tree in the front yard. The tree seems to know things, whispering to her, urging her to uncover the secrets of the past. The discovery of an old journal leads Gemma down the rabbit hole, into the pages of her great-great-grandmother’s life, one that eerily parallels her own. She begins to unravel the story of the women in her family, a history she could have never imagined.

Will Gemma figure out the secrets of Moonstone House before it’s too late? Or are some things better left buried in the pages of the journal?

Sage Cashman's sister suffers from a terrible illness and Sage will do anything to help her, including dancing at a gentleman's club to support the two of them. The owner of the club, Ryker Madsen, turns out to be more than Sage's boss. He's also involved with the drug company producing the experimental drug that might be Rosemary's only hope. Ryker is as arrogant as he is rich, and it's no secret that he wants Sage and is determined to have her. Seeing an opportunity for leverage, she proposes a deal: companionship for connections.

While Ryker is transparent about his attraction, Sage, jaded from a string of betrayals, has many secrets. Including her identity. Preferring uncommitted and unemotional relationships, Ryker sees Sage's proposal as the perfect arrangement, and the fastest way to get her out of his system. As they spend time together, instead of getting her out of his system, Sage is getting in deeper. When the skeleton's in Sage's family's closet start tumbling out, Ryker learns of her deceit, the one thing he will not tolerate. He swore he'd never be with another woman who lies and keeps secrets, but Ryker is in a dilemma when he realizes something has happened that he never expected: he loves her.

"She realized there was peace right here in the midst of this heavenly sort of place, despite the unpredictable storm churning around her family."

For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan's draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in non-resistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors comes too close to home.

As Evan departs for boot camp, Ellie confides her disappointment to Sol Bontrager, the brother of her best friend and cousin to her new beau, Menno. In contrast to Evan, Sol is a conscientious objector. Despite Ellie's attraction to Menno, she finds herself drawn to Sol's steady presence as they work together in the orchard. Suddenly, it feels as if everything in Ellie's world is shifting, and the plans she held so dear seem increasingly uncertain. Can she and her family find the courage to face a future unlike any they could have imagined?

Game of Thrones meets Sherlock Holmes in this new twisty dark fantasy mystery.

A silent killer stalks the slum towers of Death City. In the shadow of a drowned death god, a young soldier risks his life to solve a violent crime.

To catch a killer, Soldier Honnan Skyin carves a bloody trail over the behemoth bones of a dead giant and through the deepest forest of a frozen island. But some secrets should stay buried.

Welcome to Death City.

The Red Kingdom is a new series of dark mysteries set in fantasy worlds that delve into a land of vicious crimes, strange lore and Purge House zealots.

The new female manager’s encyclopedia -- how to lead like a pro and spin teamwork into value, even with little experience.

If you’ve been newly appointed to a managerial position with a few years of experience under your belt… you may struggle to get used to your peers calling you “boss.�

However, it would help if you weren’t afraid to embrace leadership roles -- you earned every right to excel, and your boss must have noticed something exceptional in you, so don’t downplay yourself.

All you need is to figure out how to lead your team -- and you will be beating the quarterly targets before you know it.

In Leadership For New Female Manager, you’ll discover:

� How to overcome imposter syndrome and feel comfortable leading people, even if you don’t have as much experience as everyone else.

â—? How to evaluate your natural strengths, talents, and attributes, then use them to boost your influence in the workplace.

� A deep understanding of the human side of leadership that you won’t find anywhere else to help you grow your leadership skills.

â—? How to draw information out of people in a gentle, authentic, yet effective way and use the feedback to progress within your organization.

And much more…

Written with new leaders in mind, this guide contains all the tools, hacks, advice, templates, and questions to give you the confidence and knowledge boost you’ve been looking for.

Stop feeling like a fraud and start leading fearlessly!

This is not a typical sci-fi story for there is no violence in this story, nor is there a battle with the "dark" or predatory behavior. You will however, find an alternate reality filled with surprises, curious imaginary beings and such, enough to bring out humor, thoughtful struggles and enlightening possibilities. This is a gentle sci-fi story with a definite mystical edge. Lots of love and happiness is imbued within the lines and by understanding the evolution of the main character, Curtis Trueheart, much joy can be found.

This story begins in Dropwater, a fictional town in Montana, where Curtis Trueheart, a traveling musician, graduated from high school. After giving a concert for the August Arts Festival, he meets Alecia, Randy and their son Luka, who invite him to their home on Outhere island, in the Salish Sea.

While vacationing on Outhere Island, Curtis stumbles through a time dimension transportal and lands in the Beyond, a timeless zone created by genetic scientist Dr. Joy, who is devoted to improving the human species.

During his time in the "Beyond", Curtis falls in love with Dr. Li Shuan, a tall crystalline woman from the future. He finds himself torn between his love for Li, and his life of playing music in the year 1996. Despite the pull of his heart he returns only to loose his life in a freak accident. All is not lost though for in time, he becomes Li's companion in her future world, in the village of Duachi, by the Golden Sea.

What if you lost your memory and found yourself transported to a parallel world containing no electricity, no running water, and unkind villagers who keep dark secrets?

Those questions become all too real for sixteen-year-old Laura who awakens in an unfamiliar house before an unknown force whisks her to a seemingly parallel Earth where the residents worship a sinister deity.

Disoriented and confused, Laura does her best to fit in with the villagers of Sparkling Falls while desperately trying to regain her lost memories and find her way back home.

When a little girl goes missing under bizarre circumstances, Laura and her newfound friends set out to find her. But someone doesn’t like Laura digging into the village’s mysterious past, and they’ll do anything to stop her from discovering the secret behind Sparkling Falls.

"Gary Wright has produced a warm and authentic tribute to his life in hockey, one that is both unique yet also familiar to those of us who have been blessed to follow a similar path. It is detailed and it is entertaining. A true hockey book by a true hockey guy."—Joe Bertagna, Commissioner of the Eastern Hockey League and author of Late In the Third

Paul Theus is a respectable middle-class professor until his peaceful world is shattered as we find out from the first line: “No parent prepares for a child to be taken.�

Beware of strangers and watch out for the big bad wolf kids are told but what if a family unit is smoldered from within by a mother? Paul found the note that his wife was leaving for awhile tucked in a book about the Jon Bonet Ramsey child murder.

The Bohemian mother Anne Theus inflames the threat posed by the idea that it takes the village court to raise a child.

Do the courts really act in the best interest of the children?

Parents plan for their children’s home, school, clothes, food, and happiness but once the Theus’ five-year daughter is kidnapped we are barraged by conflict for over three years until the terminal end.

Is the terminal ending tragic or the only possible resolution to the conflict? You decide.

Are you ready to handle the challenges that come with supporting your partner during pregnancy and parenting a newborn?

Your partner has announced that she is pregnant! Congratulations dad-to-be! Welcome to fatherhood. Now what? Are you filled with joy and confidence in your ability to handle the pregnancy, childbirth, and dad duties?

Are you filled with an overwhelming sense of anxiety?

You have so many questions. What is your role during the pregnancy? Is there anything you can do to make the process easier and smoother for the mom-to-be? What is your role during childbirth? Can you handle all this financially, emotionally, or physically with all that is already on your plate? Will you be a hands-on or hands-off new father?

Do you know what healthcare professionals to consult and what tests are needed when?

Will you have time for yourself or your relationship? Will you have a minute to yourself ever again?

This book will help you answer many of your burning questions about being a first-time father and point you in the direction where you can get the rest answered. It aims to help new dads get the information they need to gain the confidence to approach parenthood head-on.

In this book, you will discover…

• How to Support your partner during pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond
• How to get the support you need to handle these new challenges
• Three powerful tips to keep your relationship satisfaction from declining
• Birthing options and how to create a birth plan
• Week by week guidance on the physiology of pregnancy, labor, and birth
• How to recognize the signs and stages of labor
• Options for pain management during labor
• Postpartum care and recovery
• Financial considerations of expanding your family
• 5 Tips for self-care and finding balance between family work
• 10 must-see new dad hacks

…and much more.

Becoming a new dad is the toughest thing you will ever do. And there is no perfect way to do it.

You may feel overwhelmed, unqualified, and confused about what to do. With the right knowledge, you can tackle the challenge head-on… and enjoy the journey as well.

We all have doubted ourselves at some point, but millions of men accept the challenge each year with great success and a sense of fulfillment. And so can you!

Makes a great gift for the first-time dad.

The night the Prince of the East razed her village, Raina Bloodgood’s life changed forever. Forced into someone else’s war—and into the arms of the Witch Collector, Alexus Thibault—Raina discovered that everything she believed was wrong, and that she was capable of far more than anyone imagined.

Now, the Prince of the East has taken the Frost King as a pawn in his war against the Summerlands, causing Alexus’s life to hang in the balance. To thwart the prince’s endgame and prevent the Tiressian empire from returning to an age of gods, Raina, Alexus, and a band of Northlanders race against the sands of time to reach a mystical desert land where merciless assassins lurk around every corner.

In the midst of tragedy, Raina and Alexus fight to stay together and alive, all while a nefarious presence follows them straight to the jeweled gates of the Summerland queen’s citadel—the City of Ruin. With much to fear, it’s the terror of a past she shouldn't remember that Raina cannot cast from her dreams.

A past that's determined to find her. One way or another.

In 1900, young women in St. Louis society must conform to certain expectations. But Deborah Huntworth longs to paint the world as she sees it—radiating with color and light. The death of her pitiless great-aunt releases Deborah; finally she's free to pursue her artistic dreams and to reclaim the beloved child who was taken from her. But disaster awaits on the island of Martinique. Will the gift of her art be enough to carry her through tragedy?

"A wild, lush, and tempestuous journey from Saint Louis to New York City and across the ocean to the Pearl of the West Indies.�—Dorothy Rice, author of The Reluctant Artist

"Lois Ann Abraham is at the top of her game. This book is escapism at its finest, and I devoured it with a knife and fork—I couldn’t put it down—and still I am hungry for more…You must read this book." —Jodi Angel, author of You Only Get Letters From Jail

To some, Lily was just a beautiful little girl. To others, she was a freakish albino who ate live chickens in a freak show. Charles Darwin called her his impossible girl and tried in vain to classify her. P. T. Barnum called her his angel and tried to take advantage of her.

But the creature Barnum thought to turn into a money-making feature attraction is neither girl nor angel. She is something other, a species of unimaginable abilities, with the power to destroy—or save —our world. The power is hers alone, but only the strange blood coursing through her veins will decide when and how to unleash a power she struggles every day to control.

From the cold, barren shores of Tierra del Fuego and the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle to the bustling crowds of Victorian London, Lily's story—and her quest—unfolds in a thrilling historical fantasy for all ages from award-winning author Len Boswell.

Atlantic City, 1982

One cold December night, sixteen-year-old Abby Lowell and her foster sister are rescued by a mysterious and deadly figure in rags and a large hood. Abby never learns his name and never sees his face, but he's obviously good with that black-bladed knife of his, very good.

Abby dubs him "Rags."

But Rags isn't done, not by a long shot. With her foster family under threat from the ruthless Bernards, who are determined to tear down their dilapidated hotel in favor of yet another casino, Abby finds herself in desperate need of a defender. A part of her is relieved when Rags returns to protect her again. And again. And again.

Now, with an army of thugs and a terrifying Voodoo witch hunting her, Abby must not only understand the dark truth behind Rags. She must accept that truth, frightening as it is, before it's too late.

Everyone knows that a girl living a life of drudgery is meant to be saved by a prince—but what if one never arrives?

Donella has always dreamed of being rescued from her miserable life working in her father’s tavern, and when the fairy godmother offers to help her in exchange for one simple task, she readily accepts.

After all, how hard can it be to retrieve the heart of the Dead Prince?

Harder than she thinks, because the Dead Prince is very much alive and likes his heart right where it is.

Too scared to break her deal with the fairy godmother, Donella knows that outwitting her is the only way to save the Dead Prince’s life, but how can a humble waitress beat the wickedest witch of them all?

With her curiously intelligent pet wolf at her side, Donella will have to deal with haughty nobles, fight her way through a labyrinth, and overcome her own demons if she wants to save the prince and make her dream come true.

The Demi-Wolf and the Hunter is a fun, fairytale adventure that blends a less-murderous Macbeth with a platonic Beauty and the Beast retelling to make something completely new.

Crime reporter Evie Hartley was at the height of her career, but a series of ethical missteps cost her everything. Now, she’s working for a small-town newspaper’s culture section, trying to prove to everyone, especially herself, that she’s able to do her job by the book.

When there’s an opening for the crime beat, Evie jumps at the chance. And while she manages to impress her boss, she makes an enemy of the detective she played to get the inside scoop. Her methods may straddle the line between professional and underhanded, but they work, and Evie solves a case the police haven't been able to crack. Detective Marcus "Penn" Pennington reluctantly calls a truce and becomes her go-to police source as she investigates more crimes for the paper.

Evie’s thirst for the truth sets her on a dangerous path, and poking around in a cold case results in sinister anonymous threats. When she forms an alliance with someone who seems to know far more about the missing person’s disappearance than he should, Penn sticks to Evie like glue, blurring the lines between protection and possession. But even with a cop watching her back, Evie's willingness to do anything to get the story might just get her killed.

1906. After a summer of successful pirate-treasure hunting, Lady Emily Scofield and her friends must hide the unprecedented discoveries they've made, thanks to the betrayal of her own family. Horrified by her brother, who will stop at nothing to prove himself to their greedy father, Emily is forced to take a stand against her family—even if it means being cut off entirely.

Bram Sinclair, Earl of Telford, is fascinated with tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table—an interest he's kept mostly hidden for the last decade. But when a diary is unearthed on the islands that could lead to a secret artifact, Bram is the only one able to piece the legends together. As Bram and Emily seek out the whereabouts of the hidden artifact, they must dodge her family and a team of archeologists. In a race against time, it is up to them to decide what makes a hero worthy of legend. Is it fighting valiantly to claim the treasure... or sacrificing everything in the name of selfless love?

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.

***

When a sudden trail of death and desolation sweeps through south and central Texas, elements of the case trigger an alert with a division of the FBI that tracks possible supernatural influence.

Agent Chimalis Burton, a specialist in cryptids of the Americas, has a history of vanquishing such monstrous creatures. When she is assigned the case, she scrambles to find answers before the situation worsens.

Evidence begins to suggest an evil that has festered for centuries; an evil that now rises to reclaim its power.

An evil that rests in the soulful eyes of a wolf.

When infamous hot mess vampire Roxanne resurrects her deceased best friends, she's confronted by a dream-dwelling Guardian of the Underworld, who demands that she replace them in his afterlife with three equally nefarious creatures—or he'll drag her there instead.

Reunited with Medusa and Mx. Hyde, Roxanne and her macabre girl gang must become monster hunters themselves and fight for the future of their friendship.

Gory, sexy, silly, touching—Glorious Fiends asks who the real monsters are, and if the bonds that we think are solely human are really ours alone. This Hammer-inspired odyssey is a nostalgic trip through '80s horror tropes—with modern sensibilities.

PRAISE

"If Hellraiser and Netflix's Castlevania hooked up and had a trio of queer poly bad-ass lady babies.... well, hanging out with them probably still wouldn't be half as fun and scary and exciting as the wild ride that is Glorious Fiends."

—Sam J. Miller, author of The Blade Between and Boys, Beasts, & Men

Glorious Fiends is about accepting your friends for who they are, even if they be liars, murderers, and inconveniently horny. Stufflebeam engages us from the start with monsters at their gory best (or worst, depends), pairing unexpected humor with shocking imagery that will turn your giggle into a shriek.

—Chris Panatier, author of Stringers and The Phlebotomist

"An unapologetically blood-soaked and darkly humorous read."

—A. C. Wise, author of The Ghost Sequences

Doctor Bernard Patten―erstwhile Memory Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, founder of the first memory clinic at the Neurological Institute of New York, and author of scientific papers on memory therapy and memory problems―wants to help you to a better mind, a better memory, and, consequently, a better life.

Memory degradation happens to everyone. Even people in good health forget where they park their cars or leave their reading glasses. Some draw a blank entering their PIN. Is the stove off? Cat fed? Door locked? Did you take your medication? Not sure? How come? These memory problems only get worse as we get older unless we employ mental exercises to improve memory now.

Mountains of scientific research prove that mental exercise benefits the brain as much as physical exercise benefits the body. Mental gymnastics boosts brainpower, augments memory, and (in some cases) actually increases brain size. It can help prevent dementia, mental decline, and the much-feared Alzheimer's disease.

Making Mental Might does not aim to increase your IQ or show you how to get smarter. It offers the proper mental training to look, sound, and perform worlds better. These techniques have helped hundreds of students at Rice University's School of Continuing Studies under Doctor Patten improve their working memory. They can do the same for you.

An immigration lawyer fights to keep her client from being deported and losing his family. But those who want him gone will stop at nothing--including murder.

Seattle, Washington, 2019. Attorney and single mom Laura Holban is an immigrant herself, guiding clients through a Kafkaesque system of ever-changing rules, where overworked judges make life-shattering decisions in minutes. Laura's newest client is Emilio Ramirez, who was arrested in front of his sons at their high school and thrown in detention.

When Laura files for Emilio's asylum, the world turns upside down. False criminal charges prevent his release, someone is following his family, and an ICE prosecutor threatens to revoke Laura's US citizenship. None of it makes sense--until she uncovers a deadly conspiracy involving ICE, stolen data, and human trafficking.

Now the man at the center of it all is coming after Laura and Emilio, who must find a way to survive--and keep their families safe.

Flying the nest? Here's everything you need to know to spread your wings and make a thriving home for yourself in the world.

Scared of adulting? You're not alone. And your parents' generation agrees that you have it hard. In fact, one recent survey found that over 70% of Americans think that young adults have a tougher time than the generations that came before them. The truth is, even people in their 30s and 40s are scared of adulting. That's why we have a word for it. But daunting as it may seem, you are an adult, which comes with certain responsibilities. Responsibilities you can fulfill without giving them a second thought, once you know what bases you need to cover.

Whether you're still at home, you're away at college, or you've just moved into your first house share, there are a few things you're going to want to know—a few things the education system failed to teach you. How can you make sure you cover those gaps in your education? There's an easy solution! Adulting 101 - How Not to Move Back Home With Your Parents, will tell you everything you need to know to thrive as an independent adult. Inside, you'll discover:

* Essential budgeting information (complete with how-to guides for a variety of different approaches).

* From credit cards to personal loans - everything you need to know about financing.

* Why retirement is relevant to you now (no matter how many years away from it you are).

* What no one tells you about applying for a job (delve into the advice your careers advisor left out!).

* Everything you need to know about running a household - whether you're sharing or going it alone.

* How you can make sure you're the best roommate ever (and how to navigate potential difficulties).

* The ultimate guide to maintaining and nurturing relationships of all kinds and much more.

Every adult in your life has been in your shoes, but not all of them had a manual. Set yourself firmly on the path to pain-free adulting success!

Rook is based on the true story of Al Nussbaum. To his unsuspecting wife, Lolly, Al is a loving, chess playing, family man. To J. Edgar Hoover, he is the most cunning fugitive alive. Al is the mastermind behind a string of east coast robberies that has stumped law enforcement. After his partner, one-eyed Bobby Wilcoxson, kills a bank guard and wounds a New York City patrolman, Al is identified as one of the robbers and lands on top of the FBI's most wanted list. He is forced to flee his hometown of Buffalo, New York as the FBI closes in and Lolly learns of her husband's secret life.

While Al assumes another identity and attempts to elude the police, Lolly is left alone to care for their infant daughter and adjust to her new life as 'The Bank Robber's Wife'. Friends, family, and federal agents all pressure Lolly to betray Al. While Lolly struggles at home financially, with unrelenting FBI agents, and her conscience, Al and Bobby continue to rob banks, even as Bobby grows more mentally unstable and dangerous.

Al has only two goals: avoid capture and steal enough money to start a new life with his family. Returning to gather his wife and baby is suicidal, but as Al said, he'd only stick his neck in the Buffalo noose for Lolly.

England, AD 1471. Henry Tudor’s drop of royal blood had never mattered, considering the scores of noblemen with stronger claims to the throne. But when Edward IV becomes king during the Wars of the Roses, that drop threatens Henry’s life and forces him into exile.

Though his mother labors to restore his position, Henry would rather spend his days with his beloved Jehane, a quick-witted Breton widow, than reclaim a title that promises only further hardship. Content with humble pleasures far from the dangers of court, Henry enjoys a simple life of anonymity.

Yet, his enemies continue to conspire against him. Survival may require embracing the very birthright that drove him into exile, though it threatens his happiness with Jehane. The path to safety is littered with tangled conspiracies, narrow escapes, and a Welsh dragon banner fluttering over an English battlefield.

Bosworth earned Henry Tudor a crown, but the trials of a forgotten fourteen-year exile transformed a penniless fugitive into the man who ended the Wars of the Roses.

A poignant coming-of-age novel about two best friends whose friendship is tested when they get the opportunity to leave their impoverished small town for an elite prep school. For fans of Looking for Alaska.

Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend, Delaney, is second nature. He's been spending his summer mowing lawns while she works at Dairy Queen. But when Delaney manages to secure both of them full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash will have to grapple with his need to protect and love Delaney, and his love for the grandparents who saved him and the town he has to leave behind. Jeff Zentner's new novel is a beautiful examination of grief, found family, and young love.

From the creators of Skinnamarink comes another picture book based on the classic counting song made famous by this beloved trio of children's entertainers.

One elephant went out to play upon a spider's web one day.
She had such enormous fun, that she called for her baby elephant to come.

Sharon, Lois and Bram invite readers to join them in a musical story about a magical spider web. Jungle animals and kids in costume join in the fun on the web, including a glamorous giraffe, a cranky crocodile, a silly, smiley snake and five monkeys. After the 10th animal is invited onto the web, EVERYONE is invited to the party -- but is the web strong enough?  

Through Qin Leng's wonderfully whimsical illustrations, this delightful picture book tells the story of a diverse group of children coming together in play and song. 

Legendary father and son Texas Rangers Larry and John Slade, brought law and order to Central Texas for over 72 years.

Thundering through the pages of American history, between 1835 and 1916, the old-school tough Slade men came to occupy an intriguing place in the gripping tales of the Old West.

Serving as a Ranger in the Texas Revolution, and in ferocious battles against the Apache, Comanches, and Mexican outlaws, Larry Slade gained fame for his lightning quick cross draw of his two Colts. He was the ultimate frontiersman and even rode with the noted explorer Kit Carson.

His son John Slade served with the Rangers in Austin, Texas. After proving his mettle on several missions, the young man returned home only to find his parents had perished in a freak accident.

In time, he married his sweetheart. But tragedy strikes. And on his path for revenge, Slade comes into contact with the Hatcher gang. He tangles with the outlaws, and his remarkable skill with a gun is his only hope of settling the score against overwhelming odds.

Seeking justice and personal redemption, John Slade cements his father's legacy with his own equally dogged determination to fight until the end.

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.

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What is legend? What is truth?

A monster is said to lurk beneath the waters of Lake Erie. Jane and her twin brother Rob are haunted by just that. As children, they lost half their family to a terrible boating accident. They haven't left dry land since. Only, at the age of sixteen, they allow friends to lure them onto the lake.

But should they have held their ground?

When something nearly swamps their boat, years of secrecy are swept away and the children's father shares their family history with the supposed Monster of Lake Erie.

Will the tale bring closure or just more tragedy?

Vampire queen Samira Anai Se-Bat would do anything for her family--even make promises to a clever scientist.

When Samira turns Cordell Stuart into a vampire, it comes with a promise to help find and protect his daughter Kayla. But the queen wants something in return: a cure for Nirvana, the drug being used to create deadly vampire rogues. Cord stumbled on Nirvana while trying to save Kayla's life. He never thought his research would create an army of deadly rogue vampires. Now he is caught between his promise to save a race he neither trusts nor understands, and the need to find and save his daughter.

With Samira's murderous brother Antu pitting vampire factions against each other, war is brewing and Samira is caught between her promise to save Kay and her need to protect her people. But a vision shows both thrones blending into one until they are no more. If Sam follows the vision and sacrifices herself, will Antu subjugate the world? In a race against time and destiny, Sam and Cord figure out what they have to do, and find the cost will be their new found love, possibly their lives. Or will it?

Witch Christy Adams has the magical ability to create shields, but she’s still searching for her place among the Daughters of Women coven. When she comes face to face with an immortal in the forest who is a betrayer of her kind, she sounds the alarm but none of the Nephilim can see or sense him. Curious, she doesn’t betray him and finds herself oddly attracted to him.

When new demi-god, Belial, swoops in and claims Christy as his own, no one in the coven blinks an eye at the Nephilim. They’ve grown accustomed to their nature and hunger.

But Belial only seems to muddle her thoughts with his magical allure and she questions his intention, especially when she can’t stop thinking about the immortal she met in the forest.

When it’s discovered that the veil between this world and that of the gods of the old has been torn, Christy is the only one who can repair it. With no mentor, no training, and no help, can she do the impossible?

Graphic, gritty, bloodthirsty, steamy, and uniquely original, The Witchbound Saga is unlike any other horror/paranormal romance series you’ve ever read and is recommended for mature readers.

This is book five in the Witchbound novels. These books may be read independently.

Natalia has embraced the choice of her people. She is honored to have been chosen as their human sacrifice and will surrender her life to the Gods. She awaits the call of her people for that final moment, living a life of solitude until it’s time. But then her death is stolen from her—she is kidnapped by her own guards and forced into an eternal slumber.

Hundreds of years later—now—Natalia is woken in a world that’s completely unfamiliar. The archaeological team was not looking for her. They were looking for Estancia, the lost city of gold, and Natalia agrees to guide them.

While they journey through the treacherous jungles of Argentina, Natalia stumbles upon the alarming truth of her past. Her life’s prophecy must be fulfilled to restore balance to her people, but only she can decide whether that balance is worth her death.

How far would you go to protect a secret?

Fifteen year old Rachel has a secret that’s crushing her. A secret that kills. But that becomes nothing compared to the recurring nightmare about her own brutal murder which leaves impossible bruises on her neck. As if that wasn’t horrifying enough, add the appearance of a malicious ghost of a teen girl.

When the ghost warns that if her murder isn’t solved by Homecoming, more people will die, Rachel realizes the only way to get back to her perfectly ordered life is to accept some help. But at what cost?

They’re all keeping secrets.

Daniel, the bestie computer nerd.

Kyle, the hunky crush.

Nisha, the smartest girl in school.

Just about every resident of Danby Cove.

The truth will always come out.

With their assistance, Rachel will have to use every skill she’s learned from her true crime podcasts to solve the cold case. To uncover secrets. But she begins to fear her own long held secret will finally unravel.

Even if the cost is your life...

When Lorelei Roth finds herself the lone survivor of a shipwreck—with no memory of how she endured the icy cold waters—her guilt at the loss of her crew is softened under the gaze of Killian Quin, the sea captain who rescued her. But as memory returns, the truth is revealed: vicious sirens attacked her companions, and Lorelei is one of them, descended from human and siren.

Sea water reveals her true form, awakening not just her fins, but also her appetite. She must find ways to curb her flesh-eating instincts or endanger her humanity, her identity, and the blossoming love she’s found with Killian.

A sexy Fire Elemental on the verge of self-combustion. A human woman with a touch of Water in her blood. A supernatural foe bent on destruction.

Levi, warrior and Fire Elemental, has one mission—to protect the mortal realm from the forces of Chaos. But that changes after a chance encounter with a human woman whose smile makes him burn hotter than the fire inside him.

Brooke Simmonds can’t forget the mysterious man with flames in his eyes and strange tattoos on his arms who walked through an inferno to save her from a devastating apartment fire. When she finds him again, their reunion ignites a fiery passion that threatens to consume them both.

But Levi is back for another, more urgent reason. The Chaolt are after Brooke. There’s a power awakening inside her, and they plan to exploit it. She’s suddenly sucked into a world, and a war, she never knew existed while Levi’s powers blaze even more out of control, endangering everyone around him.

The attraction between Levi and Brooke is so hot it sizzles, but if he doesn't get his fire in check and stop the Chaolt, the entire town of Topaz Ridge may go up in flames.

In this life-changing book, you will learn how to develop your gifts as an empath and improve your senses to enhance your psychic abilities. You will also develop your intuition, psychic powers, aura reading, animal communication, mediumship, and so much more.

As empaths, we need to know how to take care of ourselves. You give a lot to the world, so I will introduce you to the concept of extreme self-care. You will know how to protect yourself and your loved ones against negativity as well as several techniques to raise your vibrations. You will embrace different types of meditations and cleansing techniques. This book is filled with personal stories of those who have learned to manage their gift and thrive. You will know how to make the necessary changes for a connected and fulfilling life. Furthermore, at the end of this practical book, you will have created a personalized plan to know yourself and live as an empowered empath. Shall we start?

The first book in a magical chapter-book adventure series by the Governor General Award-winning author of Sweep.

Auggie Pound is eight years old and has the greatest job of all time: he cares for all the animals in the Fabled Stables. The Fabled Stables house the rarest creatures in existence -- all of them one-of-a-kind. Auggie's job is to care for these creatures, as well as track down and safely capture endangered magical beasts in the wild. Some mornings, he arrives to find an empty stall with the name of a new creature to rescue. One day, the Stables rearrange themselves out of the blue, creating a new stall. The sign over the gate says, "Wisp." But what is a wisp and where is it? All Auggie can see is a moonlit swamp stretching out before him. Then a hungry HOWLLLLLLL rings out in the darkness. It's up to Auggie to go into the swamp to find the wisp before it's too late.

Return to small-town Chesapeake and fall in love with the single-dad bad boy who keeps breaking hearts, and the adorable geek who can’t help but fall head over heels for his brother’s best friend.

For one night with the man of his dreams, Taran’s willing to break all his rules…

Taran’s always been the reliable one. Safe. Which is why he keeps getting dumped by the assholes he dates. And after the latest round of “too boring,� he’s ready to drink his blues away. That’s until Silas King shows up​​—the gorgeous guy he’d swooned over through high school.

Silas wants one more night of distraction before his new reality sets in, and he sets his sights on Taran, his friend’s little brother who’s looking sexier than ever. It’s not like he can get in any more trouble than he’s already found himself in.

After Taran and Silas spend one unforgettable night together, feelings emerge, ones quickly stamped out when Silas confesses why he’s back in town. He’s returned to meet his three-month-old daughter.

With that chaos in his life, Silas can’t pursue anything further with Taran, and having longed for Silas his whole damn life, Taran isn’t sure he’ll survive the aftermath. Yet the more they try to avoid their connection, the more they keep colliding... until the passion between them detonates.

Everyone loves running into and reconnecting with an old friend. Someone you have lost touch with for any number of reasons over the years. It can stir up a cocktail of euphoric emotions through feelings of nostalgia, amusement, hope and love. That is exactly how Emma Goodwin felt when she ran into her high school best friend Charlie Claymore after they found one another randomly after a decade of not seeing or speaking in a small coffee shop in Seattle.

Soon after their reunion, Emma's husband Eddie goes missing without a trace of evidence linking anyone to the disappearance. Anguished, she spirals into her old ways with Charlie. When Detective Angus Pratt is assigned to the case, Charlie is determined to stay by Emma's side, casting a dark veil over her he calls protection.

As they close in on the truth, a sinister plan is revealed that is darker and more terrifying than the vast, uninhabited woods that lay on the outskirts of town. Angus will stop at nothing to find the truth, and Emma may learn the hardest truth of them all. That the flames you hold the closest always burn the worst.

At fourteen, Naomi Pace knows she loves her best friend, Tiffany. During the Perseid meteor shower of summer 1993, she finds out Tiffany feels the same, just as they’re outed.

Naomi is sent away to a conversion program in the remote Appalachians of North Carolina, knowing nothing of the horrors that await or the strength they will catalyze.

Escaping into the frigid wilderness, she forges her own destiny. Trapped in hiding, Naomi fights to conquer fear and find her way back to Tiffany.

Taking bloody vengeance to end a cult that tortures and murders children seems impossible, but so is having the guidance of a mythic creature of strength and violence.

Those who hurt Naomi as a girl will come to fear the woman she has become and the path she will tread to find revenge, safety, and Tiffany.

Mushrooms are an amazing gift of nature and the more we learn about them, we realize the magic of the unknown!

While I was in Pacific Northwest for 5 years, my colleague from work got me hooked to Foraging and Growing mushrooms.

I continued with this hobby for the last 7 years and wherever I go I make sure to discover the mushroom in the region and its medicinal utility in the local culture.

This book is a 2-in-1 manuscript and covers in detail about

â—† Growing Edible Mushrooms Indoor and on your lawn

◆Medicinal/Healing Mushrooms – Types, Usage, Storage, Benefits & Recipes!!

Plus:

- Colored Interiors

- Picture on each page - More than 175 instructional images

Topics covered:

Part 1

· Mushrooming 101-The beginning of this journey

· The science behind it: Nature's play!

· Growing Mushrooms at home

· Techniques – PF Tek, 5 Gallon Bucket, Monotub, Log Grow, Bottle/Jar, Outdoor, Straw Logs & much more

· Which Mushroom to grow and how?

· Common challenges you would face

· Earning Profits: If you wish to sell!

· Frequently Asked Questions: Questions I remember interacting with other fellow growers.

· Few more tips like Mushroom growing process diagram (the simple one!), Mushroom Tree compatibility, Precautions for beginner's

Part 2

· Historical instances of the use of Medicinal Mushrooms in various civilizations

· Meet 18 different Healing Mushrooms

· What are their respective healing powers, news about ongoing research

· How to Forage main Medicinal Mushrooms in the wild

· Usage and storage tips

· Healthy Recipes

· Frequently Asked Questions

· Glossary

Get this 2-in-1 book now and learn to hunt, grow and use Mushroom!!

If You Consider Time the Most Precious Asset in Your Life and Therefore Want to Read the Essentials of a Book Presented in a Clear and Concise Summary Without Missing Any Highlights of the Original Book, Then Read On…

Note to readers: This is a summary of Pete Hegseth’s book “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation� and not the original book designed to enhance your reading experience!

About This Summary!

The book “Battle for the American Mind� is the untold story of the Progressive plan to neutralize the basis of our Republic – by removing the one ingredient that had sustained Western Civilization for thousands of years. Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin explain why, no matter what political skirmishes conservatives win, progressives are winning the war—and control the “supply lines� of future citizens. Reversing this reality will require parents to radically reorient their children’s education; even most homeschooling and Christian schooling are infused with progressive assumptions. We need to recover a lost philosophy of education – grounded in virtue and excellence – that can arm future generations to fight for freedom. It’s called classical Christian education. The odds are that you might have never heard about it. In this case: Relax, you’re not alone!

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Essential Reads offers an in-depth look into the book by Pete Hegseth, “Battle for the American Mind�. This summary book breaks down all the key points, takeaways, and facts in “Battle for the American Mind� so that the reader gets an overview quickly of the most relevant insights of the original book.

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

In a shoebox full of secrets, one young woman uncovers a betrayal that threatens to ruin the bond she has with her mother…

With the summer off from teaching, Renee Kirkland returns to her hometown to mend her broken heart. But her heartache becomes the least of her problems when she uncovers a hidden letter from the father she never knew. 

When the letter reveals a secret that contradicts everything her mother ever said about him, Renee begins to question the one person she trusted more than anyone.

Fifty-year-old Lynn Kirkland never expected her doctor to deliver shocking news that would alter her life forever. She barely has time to let this revelation sink in when Renee confronts her with the secret that Lynn has spent decades burying. Now, to keep her family whole, she must make a gut-wrenching confession to her daughter.

By summer’s end, both women will discover how life decisions have bound them together on similar paths. But will harrowing truths fracture their relationship permanently or bond them closer than ever?

Who knew dying would be the easy part of my day?

It all started the night Chase, my mountain lion shifter ex, reappeared. We’d had a whole good girl/bad boy romance going until he abandoned me a decade ago. I’d gone to Syn City for a little fun before being trapped in my hometown forever.

Then I was murdered by a maniac and my night really fell apart.

But somehow, Chase managed to strike a deal on a blood oath and bring me back as a Fury. He wants a second chance at romance, claiming we’re fated mates.

Now, I have to deal with the guy I thought I’d never see again, find and punish my murderer, and participate in a giant supernatural roller derby (long story)—all while trying to earn my wings.

And if I fail? I’ll end up dead. Again…only this time, it’ll be permanent.

All I can say is that it’s a good thing hell hath no fury like, well, an actual Fury.

Three Short Stories Starring Three Overbearing Ghosts

If you prefer your dictators, celebrities, and historical figures to remain silent from beyond the grave, then this is not the book for you. If, however, you’re okay with famous ghosts being greedy, ambitious, and yes, more than a little pushy, you will thoroughly enjoy the afterlife tales of:

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, whose journal reveals a shocking 2,000-year-old secret she has taken with her to the tomb.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan president whose unrequited crush on a former US secretary of state culminates in revenge, greed, and a host of dubious fashion choices.

Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who, with the help of a hallucinogenic drug, plans to reconnect with his estranged father before moving on to his next billion-dollar project.

"Victoria Schroeder’s Cleopatra’s Eternal Journal is a whimsical trio of globe-spanning ghost stories. Cleopatra’s spirit wryly observes major historical events over two millennia while she waits for archaeologists to discover her tomb. Colonel Gaddafi nurses an unlikely infatuation with Dr. Condoleezza Rice ardent enough to survive his death and which leads to astonishing dialogues between the two power brokers; and Steve Jobs’ ghost haunting Kyoto, seeking wisdom and maybe inspiration for some new product ideas. Schroeder’s stories are an imaginative weaving of history, levity, and humor." —Dan Geddes, author of The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book

"Shiloh has penned yet another adorable and charming royal romance!"—Melissa Ferguson, bestselling author of Meet Me in the Margins

Can she stop herself from falling before she's too far gone?

As a fashion aficionado and best friend of the queen of the African island country Ọl�r� Ilé, Iris Blakely dreams of using her talent to start a sustainable clothing line to help citizens in impoverished areas and honor the country's resources. But when she discovers that Ekon Diallo—the man who betrayed her best friend—will be her business consultant, the battle between her desires and reality begins.

Ekon Diallo has lost everything: his princely title, his material possessions, his friends, and the respect of his fellow Ọl�rans. To pay for his actions against Ọl�r� Ilé, he's forced to assist the charismatic Iris Blakely—but he can't allow his heart to distract him from regaining his status. Though they come from vastly different worlds, Iris and Ekon are both determined to reach their goals, and the only way to do that is to work together—if they can just keep their hearts from getting in the way...

Toni Shiloh invites you into... "A romance populated with characters you can truly root for."—Oprah Daily on In Search of a Prince

"A royal journey of love, faith, and all things Africa that will leave your heart longing for more."--Vanessa Miller, bestselling author on In Search of a Prince

If You Have Ever Wanted to Know How to Prevent Any Gut Disease or How to Restore Your Gut Health And Keep It Healthy From The Inside Out While Others Have No Idea Why Their Life Energy Has Totally Extinguished, Read On…

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In a post-apocalyptic world where tyranny and medieval torture reign supreme and witch burnings are an everyday occurrence, a top Witchfinder must confront the very Church he serves when he learns of its dark past and twisted plans for the future.

With the Fifth Order in complete control of the Church of the Deiparous, Malachi Thorne and his friends must find “the Flame,� a powerful weapon which may be the only chance they have of halting the evil of the Crimson Fathers. As they navigate the Tex’ahn lands and work with the resistance, Thorne discovers a devastating secret that may destroy them all and everything they have worked for.

This is book two of The Deiparian Saga (Book 1: The Witchfinder).

Anna stopped counting the times she fell. Now she would take a stand...

Anna Onisko has grown up under the shadow of her tyrannical stepfather. Now in her teens she is determined to escape him and fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher. But this is Uzhhorod, Czechoslovakia, the year is 1938 and the Hungarian occupation is about to tear Anna's life apart. Through wartime dangers and family betrayal, Anna has to find the strength to make impossible choices and protect those she loves even if it means sacrificing everything she cares about.

Based on the true story of a woman of courage.

England, Within the Pale, 1581

Doctor John Dee, court mage and advisor to the Queen, didn’t need a new apprentice.

Waking on a cold January morning to find his friend and neighbor, the Countess of Derby, on his doorstep was one surprise; to find her with a young girl in tow was another. An orphaned, half-Moorish girl, Amy Bassano, for whom a whole new world – a world of spycraft and sedition, of faeries and foul play, of magic and murder – was about to open. A world where a youthful Shakespeare – or, rather, the person who will become ‘Shakespeare’– is just starting out.

At least, thought Dee, she was interesting…

In January 1971, Colin, an officer from British Special Branch recruits eighteen-year-old Sam Nathan to infiltrate a group of student extremists who they believe are planning a terrorist attack in Sam's home city of Glasgow, Scotland.

Sam foils the plot, narrowly escaping being murdered by one of the gang named Max Jordan. In gratitude for his efforts, he is invited to the prestigious event that the gang tried to ravage. During the celebrations, Sam is introduced to a statesman who inadvertently reveals to him highly classified intelligence. This information leads Sam to understand the true motive behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The details are so horrifying that he cannot reveal them for fear of ridicule, or worse, for the fact he might be believed. Concerned that making his knowledge public might endanger his life, Sam keeps these facts to himself, intending never to disclose them.

However, an episode in 2007 changes his mind. Sam finally decides to write about his adolescent experiences, his actions unwittingly threatening to destroy global alliances and bring him face to face with his nemesis who has waited half a lifetime to exact his revenge.

Shortly after her arrival at Brooklyn North Homicide, Detective Kim Brady is assigned a seven-month-old rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. While the initial investigation focused on a teen suspect, DNA evidence, as well as the killer's signature, establishes that the killer was also responsible for several older crimes, including the 1963 case Kim's grandfather was working when he was killed. She is chasing a killer who's been on the loose for fifty-five years.

Kim's investigation takes place against the backdrop of a special mayoral election pitting a "law and order" state senator against the "defunder" acting mayor. A protest group is accusing the police of letting the case go cold because the victim is a Latina and stoking protests that result in arson and the killing of a firefighter. While Kim awaits the result of DNA analysis, her headquarters receives two bomb threats and the killer strikes again... and again... and again.

Deep in the heart of greenest Pennsylvania lies the town of Blackgale. It is a place of great wealth, rustic charm and natural beauty, as well as diligent, hardworking citizens. Bright, inventive girls are especially prized, and are molded into brilliant young women at the world-renowned Blackgale School for Girls.

Cordelia Paredes is not, decidedly, the ideal Blackgale citizen. She is a fifteen-year-old delinquent who is on the verge of dropping out of the Blackgale School for Girls, and harbors dreams of fleeing to somewhere that's less of a perfectionist headache. But then, one day, her best friend Persie just... vanishes. Poof. Gone. No warning whatsoever. And if that isn't bad enough, all of Blackgale's residents - from teachers, to local officials, to Persie's own parents - are oddly unconcerned.

Consequently, Cordelia must take it upon herself to find Persie, digging not only into Blackgale's mysteries, but into the personal stories of the little town's most mysterious residents. As more secrets are uncovered, formerly affable friends and neighbors start to turn hostile, and, in some cases, even murderous. Will Cordelia be able to discover what happened to Persie, or will her efforts lead to nothing more than a premature demise?

Daan’s debut novel Night’s Reign is not your average Fantasy novel. Featuring two disabled protagonists, and focusing more on character development than plot, it’s best described as a work of literary fiction in a fantasy setting.

A floundering priest. A woman in a wheelchair. An ancient curse.

On the run from a cursed king and his army of assassins, priest Niels Bosch seeks sanctuary in rural Briscona. What he gets is a barrage of intimate and unsettling questions from his new cantor, Beldenka Nadinov. Questions he can’t risk answering.

Accompanied by his friend and bodyguard Mikhandor, and Bel’s protector Leks, the pair set out to challenge the mad king. But Bel has a dark secret of her own – a secret that could endanger the entire mission.

When Niels unearths the chilling truth and realises there’s much more at stake than just his life, it’s too late to turn back. He must lift the curse and end Night’s reign forever.

As an immortal siren, Aglasia struggles with her body’s desire to enchant, kill, and feed on men, all the while pretending to be human. When the chaotic and secretive siren Rossa forces herself into Aglasia’s life, she reveals she needs help to transform a man into a siren. And though Aglasia has always craved solitude, she finds herself fascinated by this nomad, and lends a hand.

But when the risks associated with creating such a powerful creature become life threatening to Aglasia, Rossa and the innocent man who has become involved, Aglasia must uncover the truth of her past to save those she’s grown to care for, all while resisting her darkest desires.

Gilly Bettencourt is almost as fed up with writing witty descriptors for a sportswear catalog as she is with her on-the-sly workplace relationship with the CEO’s son that makes her feel like a dirty little secret.

After catching her boyfriend with another woman, Gilly leaps at the opportunity to head to Ireland as a writer’s assistant on the much-anticipated TV show, The Chieftain’s Son, an Irish historical drama based on an insanely best-selling series of romance novels..

When Gilly meets Jack O’Leary, star of the series, passion blazes between them. Unfortunately, the show insists on branding Jack as an available heartthrob—landing Gilly in the type of hush hush relationship she crossed an ocean to forget.

Can their love affair survive the demands of the show’s PR machine, or is Gilly doomed to be typecast as the girl behind the scenes?

THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LEARNING HOW TO FLIP HOUSES - INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE LIBRARY OF HOUSE FLIPPING TOOLS AND TEMPLATES!

What could flipping just one house a year help you accomplish? House flippers are real estate investors who don't believe in waiting years to turn a profit.

For decades, fix-and-flip strategies have been the number one way to capitalize on the fluctuating housing market with minimal investing experience or little to no cash on hand. As a real estate investor, developer, and influencer, author Elisa Zheng Covington, MBA, knows exactly what it takes to find great properties, minimize risk, and turn a profit quickly.

Drawn from her extensive experience in profitably fixing and flipping homes in a high-competition market, Flipping Houses QuickStart Guide is packed with actionable insight that applies to nearly any real estate market, regardless of whether that market is up or down. Whether you want to house flip as a side hustle or are starting a new career, you can use the guidance found in this book to buy, fix, and flip your first, fifth, or fiftieth property with less cash, less time, and less effort than you might think!

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Escaping her shattered past is much more difficult than she imagined.

Julia Schultz has a reputation for being a storyteller, or as others see it, a liar. But with her dark and painful past, stories are all that have kept her company throughout her life. Longing for a fresh start and a second chance to earn real trust, Julia takes a job as a Harvey Girl at the El Tovar Hotel, where she's challenged to be her true self.

Learning the trade of a master jeweler is hard work, but Christopher Miller takes pride in running his family's small shop and earning the respect of the people around him. But when he discovers that he has six weeks to buy his building from his landlord before it is sold, he must find a way to save his grandfather's legacy.

United by the discovery of a legendary treasure, Chris and Julia find hope in each other. But when Julia's past catches up with her, doubt creeps into Chris's heart. Can he really trust her and her stories?

The Sun Never Set is both a cautionary tale and a whimsical pseudo-memoir that seeks to capture the romance of youth. A young American studying abroad in Bangkok, chases after the woman of his dreams while meeting a host of characters from around the world who chase the same fantasy as the beating sun of Bangkok descends and the night comes truly alive (as if the sun never set).

Both heartwarming and heart wrenching, the merging stories of Mariah and Nanette reveal their grit and determination to succeed during one of the country’s most arduous decades of the twentieth century.

Growing up in the rural village of Green Tree, Nanette knows she’s meant for a bigger life, perhaps in the spotlight of Hollywood. Initially, the closest she gets to the film industry is working in the lobby of a Minnesota movie theater. But Nanette is undaunted by challenges. Mariah yearns to move off the family farm and take on a modern job in a bustling big city, but she’s sidetracked by love. By eighteen, she finds herself married to her high school sweetheart, giving birth to twin daughters, and living only a few miles from the home she grew up in.

As the economy worsens during the Great Depression, Nanette’s and Mariah’s lofty goals are forced to change as early tragedies confront both women. Brought together by a mutual friend, Nanette extends a generous offer to Mariah, but in time she exacts a frightening price.

Visiting the Happily Ever After amusement park is every child's dream... until Taylan and Colby find out that the characters aren't just people dressing up.

They are real Ever Afters trapped in the park and battling it out with the dark ones every night. If Taylan and Colby can't help them, then the Evil Queen might take over the park for good.

Will they be able to survive the chaos of the park after dark?

Follow the lifelong journey of Rick Lanson and his crew as they travel through deep space to a recently discovered planet, in hopes that this planet will be a new home to Earth's inhabitants. Throughout his voyage, Rick quickly learns that it is not his ship that poses the highest risk for mission failure, but himself. He will have to combat the trials inherent with deep space exploration, maintain his health as he ages, and cope with the mental stress of being part of a small, isolated crew. His mission will take him farther in space than anyone has gone before, if he can make it.

This book steps inside the imagination of a little girl who is asked to be a flower girl in her aunt’s wedding. As the adults dance around talking about a ring, a wedding, a dress, and a veil, she questions her role in the day. What does it mean to toss petals down the aisle? Would they be tulips, daisies, or maybe a single rose? As she discovers her role in the celebration, she has some fun, gets into a little trouble, and ultimately learns what it means to be a flower girl. This is the perfect gift for the little one in your wedding.

A quick and easy read. Tales of the Women of Norse Legend is a Juvenile Fiction book which seeks to retell popular Norse legends with a focus on the roles of the women in the stories in an attempt to highlight the importance of these female characters to the stories.