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Featuring new stories by: Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, Aimee Bender, Cassandra Khaw, Lisa Lim, Elizabeth Hand, Valerie Martin, Raven Leilani, Sheila Kohler, Joanna Margaret, Lisa Tuttle, Aimee LaBrie, and Yumi Dineen Shiroma.

While the common belief is that "body horror" as a subgenre of horror fiction dates back to the 1970s, Joyce Carol Oates suggests that Medusa, the snake-haired gorgon in Greek mythology, is the "quintessential emblem of female body horror." In A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers, Oates has assembled a spectacular cast to explore this subgenre focusing on distortions to the human body in the most fascinating of ways.

"Should we know nothing of the female monsters of antiquity," Oates writes in her introduction to the volume, "still we would know that body horror in its myriad manifestations speaks most powerfully to women and girls. To be female is to inhabit a body that is by nature vulnerable to forcible invasion, susceptible to impregnation and repeated pregnancies, condemned to suffer childbirth, often in the past early deaths in childbirth and in the aftermath of childbirth."

Now in paperback, Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider's journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo

"No one in America will ever know the number of innocent people convicted, sent to prison, and even executed because of the flood of rotten forensics and bogus scientific opinions presented to juries. In this intriguing and beautifully crafted book, Innocence Project lawyer M. Chris Fabricant illustrates how wrongful convictions occur, and he makes it obvious how they could be prevented." —John Grisham, author of A Time for Mercy

"Fierce and absorbing... Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that allowed them to thrive." —Washington Post

"Readers—especially those fond of TV detectives and their infallible crime labs—will be flabbergasted by [Fabricant's] list of forensic techniques long used by labs, including the FBI's, and proclaimed by highly paid 'expert witnesses' that, when investigated by competent researchers, turn out to be unreliable or worthless... A brilliant rebuttal of junk science in the courtroom." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in "expert witnesses" and innocent people have been executed as a result. Innocent people are still on death row today, condemned by junk science.

In 2012, the Innocence Project began searching for prisoners convicted by junk science, and three men, each convicted of capital murder, became M. Chris Fabricant's clients. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System chronicles the fights to overturn their wrongful convictions and to end the use of the "science" that destroyed their lives. Weaving together courtroom battles from Mississippi to Texas to New York City and beyond, Fabricant takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo.

At turns gripping, enraging, illuminating, and moving, Junk Science is a meticulously researched insider's perspective of the American criminal justice system. Previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and quackery masquerading as science animate Fabricant's true crime narrative. The paperback edition features a brand-new index as well as an updated introduction and final chapter chronicling the Innocence Project's continued fight against junk science in courtrooms across America.

Eggplant seeds, a lullaby in a vanishing language, an embroidered dress. When people flee their homes, the things they save speak of beauty and suffering and the indomitable human spirit.

In an era of mass migration in which more than 100 million people are displaced comes this lyrical portrait of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the belongings they carry. What We Remember Will Be Saved is a book of hope, home, and the stories we hold within us when everything else has been lost.

Journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña, who lived in Syria before the war, sets out on a journey across nine countries to meet refugees and learn what they salvaged from the ruins when they escaped. Now, in the narratives of six extraordinary women and men, from Mt. Sinjar to Aleppo to Lesvos to Amsterdam, we discover that the little things matter a great deal. Saldaña introduces us to a woman who saved her city in a dress, a musician who saved his stories in songs, and a couple who rebuilt their destroyed pharmacy even as the city around them fell apart. Together they provide a window into a religiously diverse corner of the Middle East on the edge of unraveling, and the people keeping it alive with their stories.

Born of years of friendship and reporting, What We Remember Will Be Saved is a breathtaking, elegiac odyssey into the heart of the largest refugee crisis in modern history. It reminds us that refugees are storytellers and speakers of vanishing languages, and of how much history can be distilled into a piece of fabric, or eggplant seeds. What we salvage tells our story. What we remember will be saved.

Cats have a lot to say!

Just like people, cats share their feelings in all sorts of ways. It's up to us to uncover what our furry friends are trying to tell us. Are they gently purring or curiously crouching? Is their tail straight or swishing? Featuring a diverse cast of kids and cats from all over the world, this social-emotional learning book models empathy and compassion. Young readers will learn to look for the different ways their friends―human and feline alike―share their feelings.

Each silly, sassy cat expresses a different emotion to their human pal, who responds to the cat's needs by handing them a treat to soothe their nerves, giving them space to calm down, or offering lots of cuddles. The kids also describe how they communicate those same feelings. Sometimes they hold hands with their best friends, ask their parents for a hug, or say they need to take a break.

Written by award-winning author (and cat owner) Guy Brown, with colorful and lively illustrations from Davide Ortu, How Cats Say I Love You teaches young kids how to care for others' feelings as well as their own, while showing that healthy relationships are rooted in communication.

The hilarious and heart-warming adventures of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad are brought to life for a new generation in this enchanting abridgement of Kenneth Grahame's beloved childhood classic, accompanied by Kate Hindley's vibrant and appealing artwork.

One spring day, Mole peers out from his underground home to find a marvellous world awaits him. As the seasons pass, he picnics on the riverbank with Ratty, accompanies Toad on a chaotic caravan adventure, and even braves the snowy depths of the fearsome Wild Wood in search of Badger. But when Toad's mischievous ways finally land him in trouble, can his friends come to his rescue and recapture Toad Hall from a gang of sneaky stoats and wheedling weasels?

With sumptuous details including cloth binding, foil cover, full colour illustrations throughout, textured paper jacket, ribbon marker and head and tail bands.

This collection brings together 50 stories of powerful female figures from around the world. There are loving creators, wise leaders, fearsome warriors, gentle healers, and mystical protectors, and they can each inspire you to find strength within yourself...

Beautifully written by cultural historian and broadcaster, Dr. Janina Ramirez, and stunningly illustrated by Sarah Walsh, this amazing book contains goddesses, guides, spirits, saints, witches, demons, and many more female figures that have played an important role in shaping belief today. Based on original sources and with photographs from the British Museum collection, this incredible introduction to goddesses throughout history will entertain, engage, and empower readers everywhere.

Divided into thematic chapters, there are important stories of creation and love, action-packed stories of war and death, and heroic stories of great adventure and strength.

Includes a neon pink ribbon bookmark and a jacketed cover with foil and neon pink ink.

List of goddesses featured: Inanna, Athena, Mami Wata, Nut, Ezili Danto, Rhiannon, Xiwangmu, Baba Yaga, Durga, Juno, Venus, Chalchiutitcue, Brigid, Mokosh, Pattini, Ariadne, Asase Yaa, Gaia, Eve, Mawu, Lilith, Sekhmet, Diana, Freyja, Izanami, Anat, Hel, Rangda, Medusa, Kali, Mary, Guanyin, Isis, Hecate, Sarasvati, Tara, Chang'e, Pte San Win, Lakshmi, Popa Medaw, Sedna, Itzpapalotl, Pele, Badb Catha, Oshun, Spider Mother, Tiamat, Amaterasu, Papatuanuku, and Mazu.

A postapocalyptic adventure in Las Vegas for readers of all ages.

Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring twenty-one-year-old Lash. With her high-tech skill set and warrior mentality, Lash is a master of her own fate as she helps to shield the Las Vegas valley's survivors and protect her younger classmates at a paramilitary school holed up in Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip. After graduation, she'll be alone in fending off the deadly intentions and desires of the school's most powerful opponents. 

When she's captured by the enemy warlord, she's surprised by two revelations: He's not the monster her headmaster wants her to believe and the one thing she can't safeguard is her own heart. Hammer of the Dogs celebrates the courageousness of a younger generation in the face of authority while exploring the difficult choices a conscionable young woman must make with her back against a blood-spattered wall. It's a story of transformation and maturity, as Lash grapples with her own identity and redefines the glittering Las Vegas that Nevada is known for.

NORTHWEST WASHINGTON STATE, 1985

For years, Harris Hayes has taught his daughter, Aggie, the ways of the northern woods, where she sketches nests of wild birds as an antidote to sadness. Then her depressed, unpredictable mother forbids her to climb the trees that give her sanctuary and comfort. Angry, ten-year-old Aggie accidentally lights a tragic fire and flees downriver. She lands her boat near untamed forest, then hides among trees and creatures she believes are her only friends—determined to remain undiscovered.

A search party gathers hours after Celia arrives at her grandmother's nearby farm. Hurting from her parents' breakup, she also plans to run. But when she joins the hunt for Aggie, she meets two irresistible young men who compel her to stay. One is autistic; the other, dangerous.

Ideal for fans of Under the Magnolias, Where the Crawdads Sing, and The Great Alone, Sugar Birds is a layered, riveting story set in the breathtaking natural world—where characters encounter the mending power of forgiveness, for themselves and for those who have failed them.

"A true page-turner... An engrossing tale." —Kirkus Reviews

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A gripping, intricately plotted political thriller set on the campaign trail of the USA's next—and because of crucial flaws in the electoral system—its last election; from former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and author Stephen Marche

THE LAST ELECTION is a unique political thriller about an outlandish yet frighteningly possible—even probable—scenario in America's near future, during the crucial 2024 presidential election. Though it is fiction, it is a wake-up call to a country tearing itself apart.

The story focuses on two characters: Mikey Ricci, a political operative who has lost faith in traditional structures following the bitter races of 2016 and 2020; and Martha Kass, the anonymous tip supervisor of the New York Times. In 2023, Ricci becomes the campaign manager of a third-party candidate who runs on a popular, centrist platform and whose frank and honest manner stands in stark contrast to the candidates of the two major parties. Ricci faces off against the massive machinery of both political parties, as well as their invested media and dark money supporters--the source of true power in America. Even so, the candidate's message begins to gain ground.

In the meantime, Kass stumbles upon a plot by the current Joint Chiefs of Staff to seize power in the anticipated chaos of the coming election. She hopes it is too improbable to be taken seriously. But as the idea that Ricci's candidate might win enough electors to upset the delicate balance of America's two-party system takes hold, the threat becomes frighteningly real.

Events unfold at the frenetic pace of the campaign trail, and Kass and Ricci become unlikely allies as they bear witness to what might be the end of America as a democratic republic. If no candidate can accrue the coveted majority of 270 electors, who wins? The electoral system collapses in uncertainty as Congress's role in certification becomes unfathomably complex. When no one is certain who the winner is, the stage is set for a corrupt seizure of power. Will the American experiment end?

Share the warm thoughts you have for your cool little one with this wintry ode to a child.

In this punny, snowy love letter to a snow-child, a snow-person lists all of the ways a little snow-child is special, with humor and warm sentiments to freeze smiles in place and melt hearts. Playful verse and cozy illustrations will keep kids cuddled up all the way through the sweet, reassuring conclusion.

Brighten your little one's Halloween with this silly board book about friends who band together to help a jack-o-lantern with a problem. 

In Little Pumpkin, Where's Your Light?, a jack-o-lantern's light is missing just before Halloween! Unsure what to do, the pumpkin asks for help, and a witch, a black cat, and a friendly ghost all join the quest to find the light. With an air of mischievous Halloween fun, an intriguing problem, and oddball friends, this board book is equal parts silly and sweet. Little trick-or-treaters will love the simple storyline and satisfying, cooperative conclusion.

From the moment European settlers reached these shores, the American apocalypse began. But Native Americans did not vanish. Apocalypse did not fully destroy them, and it doesn't have to destroy us.

Pandemics and war, social turmoil and corrupt governments, natural disasters and environmental collapse--it's hard not to watch the signs of the times and feel afraid. But we can journey through that fear to find hope. With the warnings of a prophet and the lively voice of a storyteller, Choctaw elder and author ofLadder to the LightSteven Charleston speaks to all who sense apocalyptic dread rising around and within.

You'd be hard pressed to find an apocalypse more total than the one Native America has confronted for more than four hundred years. Yet Charleston's ancestors are a case study in the liberating and hopeful survival of a spiritual community. How did Indigenous communities achieve the miracle of their own survival and live to tell the tale? What strategies did America's Indigenous people rely on that may help us to endure an apocalypse--or perhaps even prevent one from happening?

Charleston points to four Indigenous prophets who helped their people learn strategies for surviving catastrophe: Ganiodaiio of the Seneca, Tenskwatawa of the Shawnee, Smohalla of the Wanapams, and Wovoka of the Paiute. Through gestures such as turning the culture upside down, finding a fixed place on which to stand, listening to what the earth is saying, and dancing a ghostly vision into being, these prophets helped their people survive. Charleston looks, too, at the Hopi people of the American Southwest, whose sacred stories tell them they were created for a purpose. These ancestors' words reach across centuries to help us live through apocalypse today with courage and dignity.

From the award-winning author of the North of the Tension Line series comes a timely, heartfelt collection of essays.

In the lyrical prose style familiar to her readers, author J.F. Riordan records a natural world minutely observed. From an examination of life's fragility via a bathtub spider, to a tree-borne cluster of raccoons huddled together in a polar vortex, the essays capture the peculiar isolation, focus, and intensity of the pandemic lockdown, while marking the contrast of nature's ruthlessness with human suffering. 

"Our life's landscape isn't geographical. It's human. When you are young, life is an endless horizon of years ahead. It's hard to realize how fast time goes, and how quickly the people we assume will always be here can suddenly be gone, changing the world forever. It's easy to allow the demands of every day to take up our energy and our hours. But in this, in every day, we have the essence of our lives. Our lives are only time, and, however far off the horizon seems, finite."

The road to higher ed is paved with good intentions.

The desire for relevance—and to save his marriage—is ultimately what pushed Peter Cook to leave his beloved Alaska for the prestigious Parker College. Lured by the chance to work with his childhood political idol turned college president, Peter moves his family to Portland, Oregon to help promote his hero’s fundraising initiative that would eliminate financial status from the college’s admissions process.

Peter arrives on campus as the Great Recession looms, the stock market is trending toward disaster, and the opioid crisis has breached the walls of the privileged college. He quickly learns the reality of Parker College strays far from its professed idealistic mission after discovering a plot to cover-up felonious drug activity in return for a seven-figure payday to the Need Blind Campaign.

While plumbing the depths of his conscience for the conviction to do the right thing, Peter’s untreated childhood trauma resurfaces, threatening to cloud his perception when it needs to be at its sharpest. Peter must stabilize his mental health while also trying to parse competing versions of “the truth” as law enforcement investigates the criminal conspiracy.

One day, Daddy Rat sits his baby rats down to watch a very serious documentary about some of the most important moments in history. Sounds boring, right? However, the babies are delighted and surprised when the documentary shows that the reason for life in the universe isn't the Big Bang but: the Big Fart!

It turns out, every single major historical event was caused by, you guessed it - a fart! The extinction of the dinosaurs, the end of the Ice Age: even the secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile can all be traced to the passing of gas. For Daddy Rat, these smelly revelations are simply too much. But for the baby rats (and for young readers everywhere), this is the best show ever!

A tour de force that diagnoses the structural root of the violence that plagues us all.

Trauma surgeon and professor Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all: gunshot wounds, stabbings, and traumatic brain injuries. In The Bodies Keep Coming, Williams ushers us into the trauma bay, where the wounds of a national emergency amass.

As a Harvard-trained physician, Williams learned to keep his head down and his scalpel ready. As a Black man, he learned to swallow the rage when patients told him to take out the trash. Just days after the tragic police shootings of two Black men, Williams tried to save the lives of police officers shot in Dallas in the deadliest incident for US law enforcement since 9/11. Thrust into the spotlight in a nation that loves feel-good stories about heroism more than hard truths about racism, Williams came to rethink everything he thought he knew about medicine, injustice, and what true healing looks like.

Now, in raw and intimate detail, Williams narrates not only the events of that night in 2016, but the grief and anger of a Black doctor on the front lines of trauma care. Working in the physician-writer tradition of Atul Gawande and Damon Tweedy, Williams diagnoses the roots of the violence that plagues us. He draws a through line between white supremacy, gun violence, and the bodies he tries to revive, and he trains his surgeon's gaze on the structural ills that manifest themselves in the bodies of his patients. What if racism is a feature of our healthcare system, not a bug? What if profiting from racial inequality is exactly what it was designed to do?

Black and brown bodies will continue to be wracked by all types of violence, Williams argues, until something changes. Until we transform policy and law with compassion and care, the bodies will keep coming.

Two vampire brothers must set aside their differences to solve a series of murders in this humorous and delightfully spooky novel for young readers. For fans of Too Bright to See.

Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie to watch and whether or not it’s morally acceptable to eat people. Well, not so much eat... just drink a little blood. They’re vampires, hiding in plain sight with their eclectic yet loving family.

Ten-year-old Adam knows he has a better purpose in his life (well, immortal life) than just drinking blood, but fourteen-year-old Victor wants to accept his own self-image of vampirism. Everything changes when bodies start to appear all over town, and it becomes clear that a vampire hunter may be on the lookout for the family. Can Adam and Victor reconcile their differences and work together to stop the killer before it’s too late?

For fans of Everyone Poops, a hilariously fresh take on POO! A trip to the zoo turns into a very silly discussion about poo, as two siblings wonder what sort of poo each and every creature would do.

One day, Daddy Rat announces to his baby rats that he'll be taking them to the zoo... but only if they're good, which means no talking about poo! And yet, before the family can even leave the house, the two rascally siblings can't help but wonder... what sort of poo would an astronaut do? Shiny, silver, space-age poo! Rocket-powered, weightless poo, and it spins round and round like a planet does, too!

Head chefs, balloon sellers, blue whales... everyone and everything must have a unique poo, and the siblings simply have to stop and imagine each and every one (much to the chagrin of Daddy Rat, who is getting increasingly irritated with all the poo talk). Once the rats finally reach the zoo, things escalate, because of course each and every animal in the zoo must do a special kind of poo! Finally, Daddy Rat has simply had enough, and is forced to sit down and explain the facts to his curious kids. And when he thinks he may have gotten through to his youngsters, he encounters a surprising (and smelly) twist which will have little rats everywhere laughing out loud!

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America's history of using the Bible in politics? How can we converse with people whose views differ from our own?

In The Ballot and the Bible, Kaitlyn Schiess explores these questions and more. She unpacks examples of how Americans have connected the Bible to politics in the past, highlighting times it was applied well and times it was egregiously misused.

Schiess combines American political history and biblical interpretation to help readers faithfully read Scripture, talk with others about it, and apply it to contemporary political issues--and to their lives. Rather than prescribing what readers should think about specific hot-button issues, Schiess outlines core biblical themes around power, allegiance, national identity, and more.

Readers will be encouraged to pursue a biblical basis for their political engagement with compassion and confidence.

“Schiess sets out a new vision for biblical language use: instead of ‘plucking passages out of their context’ and retrofitting them for predetermined political agendas, those combing the Bible for present-day insight should consider ‘the larger context of God’s redemptive story.’ Buttressing her claims with impressive close analysis, Schiess sets out a nuanced look at America’s legacy of scriptural language, and readers will find especially useful her guidelines for responsible biblical interpretation when engaging in political discourse. This is a boon for activists looking to the Bible for inspiration.” —Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Originally published in serial form from 1922-1923 in Planter's Punch, The Devil's Mountain is a novel by Jamaican journalist, H.G. de Lisser.

When an American moving picture company comes to stay at the Myrtle Bank Hotel, Lawrence Beaman, a humble local man, is captivated by the beautiful leading actress, Marian Braeme. Also taking a liking to Marian is the widowed Lady Rosedale, who aims to take the girl under her wing and teach her in the ways of proper society. Not one to be deterred and at the encouragement of another hotel patron, Mr. Phipps, Lawrence continues in his pursuit of Marian, until one night, when he can no longer hold back his feelings, declares that he is in love.

"I know it," she replies at last, "but I wish you hadn't said it. It's no use...it is impossible, you have no idea how impossible it is."

When the conversation is over and the two go their separate ways, they awake the next morning to the news of a robbery at the Myrtle Bank Hotel, with Lady Rosedale's jewels the thief's prize. All at once, the patrons are thrown into chaos with Lawrence at the center of Lady Rosedale's suspicions and a mystery unraveling before their very eyes.

Award-winning author, screenwriter, and editor Gary Phillips gathers his most thrilling, outlandish, and madcap pulp fiction in an 17-story collection that straddles the line between bizarro, science fiction, noir, and superhero classics.

Aztec vampires, astral projecting killers, oxygen stealing bombs, undercover space rangers, aliens occupying Los Angeles, right wing specters haunting the 'hood, masked vigilantes, and mad scientists in their underground lairs plotting world domination populate the stories in this rip-snorting collection. In these pages grindhouse melds with blaxploitation along with strong doses of B movie hardcore drive-in fare.

Phillips, editor of the Anthony Award-winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, and author of One-Shot Harry and Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem, said this about pulp. "The most common definition of pulp is it's fast-paced, a story containing out there characters and a wild plot. There is that. But certainly, as we've now arrived at the era of retro-pulp, these stories have elements of characterization: not just action, but a glimpse behind the steely eyes of these doers of incredible deeds."

As an added bonus, Phillips resurrects Phantasmo, a Golden Age comics character created by Black artist-writer E.C. Stoner in an all-new outing of ethereal doings (includes 4 original illustrations by cover artist Adam Shaw).

A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North.

Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.

Before Eve, there was Lilith.

Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses—and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah—God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven—is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise. 

Lilith's quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer, to the court of Israel's Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. Noah's wife, Norea, Jezebel and Mary Magdalene all play their part in Lilith's enlightenment. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time.

Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.

It’s a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series.

After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help - from friends old and new. Racing against the clock, and with Arik and Emily at her side, Morgan sets off to follow the trail away from the Great Tree to find Eli's soul before it's too late. As they journey deep into the northern woods, a place they've been warned never to enter, they face new challenges and life-threatening attacks from strange and horrifying creatures. But a surprise ally comes to their aid, and Morgan finds the strength to focus on what's most important: saving her brother's life.

Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.

Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church.

Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols of power, fear, and violence. He uses two key examples—racism and xenophobia—to demonstrate that these idols violate core Christian beliefs. Through stories, he illuminates expressions of Christianity that confront Christian nationalism and offer a faithful path forward.

American Idolatry encourages further conversation about what Christian nationalism threatens, how to face it, and why it is vitally important to do so. It will help identify Christian nationalism and build a framework that makes sense of the relationship between faith and the current political and cultural context.

In a small Kentucky college town in 1953, two married women desperately fall in love with each other, until a moment of indiscretion threatens to destroy both their lives.

In her new adult novel, award-winning author Julia Watts creates a compelling, emotional queer tale of power and passion. Colleagues and neighbors of Samuel and Boots are more than willing to accept their married status, even though Samuel "dresses like a boy" and the pair's relationship is one of convenience that will never be consummated. But when Samuel meets a new professor's wife, Frances, at a faculty party, she soon falls in love, and learns the difficulty of discretion in a small town—with tragic consequences.

LAMBDA award-winning author Julia Watts (Needlework, Quiver) returns to adult fiction in this heartbreaking, yet hopeful novel. Highly recommended for fans of Lauren Groff, Rosie Walsh, and Alexandria Bellefleur.

It's time to stop letting your past define your future.

Breakups are typically synonymous with rocky road ice cream, rom-com reruns, and rough crying sessions. But not this one! This is an invitation to liberation, a chance to release who you've been and discover who you truly are. Often, our former mistakes and regrets hold us back from where we're called to be. How can one heal and move on? To find your breakthrough, you must break up with what broke you.

You can leave your less for more.
You can silence shame's lies.
You can restore your original design.

With great compassion, Christian Bevere shows how to leave behind what's held you back. She offers practical ways to overcome regret, insecurity, and shame so that you can develop a positive, godly self-image and move into your future with confident expectation. With Christian's help, you can make a clean break today. No matter what left you feeling broken, God wants to redeem and rewrite your story.

"With vulnerable testimony and practical advice, Christian's writing is a powerful tool for silencing the lies of shame and living in the freedom God has provided for us." —Alex Seeley, lead pastor of The Belonging Co; author of Tailor Made

"These pages are full of encouragement for any woman who believes God has called her to more than what she's left in her past." —Rebekah Lyons, author of Rhythms of Renewal

Christian Bevere is passionate about seeing women discover their identity in Christ. A firm believer in God's redemption story, she shares powerful truth and practical applications through her books, podcast, online platform and teachings. Wife to Arden Bevere and mother to Azariah Jax Bevere, Bevere is on a mission to help others encounter God, silence shame, and avoid settling for less than His best.

Set in 1980s suburban Chicago, A Reason to Run is a thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who learns how to live after a tragic accident nearly ends his life.

Days before his senior year of high school, a violent bicycling accident destroys Sam “Bags” Bagliarello’s plans to escape the isolation of his hometown and his family’s battles with substance abuse, mental illness, and financial ruin. When Bags starts running as physical therapy, he discovers an exceptional natural talent, a new form of escape, and an opportunity to heal his broken body along with the broken relationships in his life.

Up against peer pressure to fit in, a rigid school administration, competitive runners, and an inner critic that takes on the voice of a talking gorilla, Sam desperately works to salvage his grades for a scholarship while chasing track team fame and the girl of his dreams. Will Sam make the cut?

For fans of Matthew Quick, A Reason to Run offers a vivid take on recovery from tragedy, the intensity of competitive running, and a teen’s revelation that somewhere in the messiness of life is the stuff that matters.

Who were the jujitsuffragettes?

In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote—and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women's Social and Political Union formed its own security unit. Edith Garrud, a pioneering self-defense instructor, trained them to fight back against abuse and arrest while pursuing long-overdue rights.

This graphic retelling of Garrud's life reveals the resilience and (often physical) resistance of her era's voting-rights activists. Featuring an introduction from Elsa Dorlin (Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence), The Bodyguard Unit explores an explosive stage of the fight for suffrage.

Explore God's word with the Veggies in this year-long devotional perfect for girls looking to grow in their faith.

Full of encouraging Bible messages and favorite Veggie characters, this 365-day devotional offers girls and their loved ones the perfect opportunity to share time together each day. Each entry includes a Bible verse, short devotion, Thought of the Day, and prayer. Rich biblical content will help girls learn more about God as they develop a daily practice to keep him close in their lives. Great for bedtime reading, family devotion time, or as a fresh way to start each day, these devotionals remind growing girls of God's continued love and care.

Explore God's word with the Veggies in this year-long devotional perfect for boys looking to grow in their faith.

Full of encouraging Bible messages and favorite Veggie characters, this annual devotional offers boys and their loved ones the perfect opportunity to share time together each day. Each entry includes a Bible verse, short devotion, Thought of the Day, and prayer. Rich biblical content will help boys learn more about God as they develop a daily practice to keep him close in their lives. Great for bedtime reading, family devotion time, or as a fresh way to start each day, these devotionals remind growing boys of God's continued love and care.

Cora Somerville is being hunted.

That much isn't new; the government has been after witches like her for decades, and ever since they took Cora's mother and brother, she's determined to help her coven smuggle witches to safe havens.

Then after a botched rescue, she runs into him. Theo. An old friend who'd almost been more, but vanished without a trace. To her shock, he's not just back in Los Angeles-he's now a witch hunter, and he's been assigned to bring her entire operation down.

As the fate of the two intertwine, Theo can't bring himself to turn Cora in, and Cora doesn't want to admit she needs Theo's help. Most of all, neither wants to face all the things they left unsaid a decade ago...

But with the rest of the witch hunters closing in, working together and rekindling the past might be the only way to survive.

"A rich, magical world hidden in the folds of Los Angeles among the fires and rubble of a modern witch hunt. With a complex cast of characters and an emotional core, West has woven an urban fantasy that's sure to enchant." — Sarina Dahlan author of The Four Cities Series

A whirlwind tour of San Francisco's fabled queer bohemia in the waning days of the 20th century, as the city's budget bon vivants work to save their eccentric lifestyles in the face of tech gentrification by LAMBDA award finalist Alvin Orloff.

Harris, San Francisco's most annoying gay barfly, doesn't mean to be bitchy, passive aggressive, or insulting. But he's so bedazzled by his own critical brilliance he feels morally obliged to share his scathing opinions with the world at any and every opportunity. This irritates no one more than his roommate, Maxine, an avant-garde transsexual cabaret singer. When she overhears him badmouthing her on the phone she flies into a rage and expels him from their apartment. This crisis couldn't come at a worse time. The year is 1999 and the "dot com" boom has rendered cheap housing nonexistent, and Harris, who works as a part-time telemarketer, is—as usual—low on funds. Will he be able to convince one of his eccentric, semi-dysfunctional friends with a rent-controlled apartment to let him move in?

Vulgarian Rhapsody immerses readers in a fading bohemia of queer dive bars, drag clubs, and countercultural cafes. The book's narrator (a longtime frenemy of Harris who's every bit as snarky and annoying as he is) tells the story with sadistic relish and an ironist's eye for the absurd. Anyone feeling sickly from too many uplifting stories of personal empowerment, precious coming-of-age tales, or sugarcoated romances will find the perfect antidote in this hilariously acidic comedy of manners.

In 1994, DEA Special Agent Michael Pevarnik opened an investigation with his informant, a Vietnamese refugee who infiltrated a string of drug-dealing auto repair shops in Worcester, Massachusetts. His yearlong case, Operation Tune-Up, solved murders in New York; chased a wily fugitive through Puerto Rico; went undercover with cocaine smugglers in Panama; and, most impactfully, exposed the biggest heroin traffickers the old mill town had ever seen.

When Worcester’s Main South neighborhood was given a voice as a crime victim nearly two years after the virtual elimination of heroin in New England’s second largest city—a phenomenon that reduced violent crime, stimulated business growth, increased property values, and improved the quality of life—it was the first time in US court history a community was allowed to give a victim-witness statement, declaring what they, not law enforcement, defined as a victory in the war on drugs.

A Peek Under the Hood is a true crime exposé of the case that freed an entire inner-city neighborhood from the perils and decay wrought by heroin trafficking.

Every second counts in the fight to save all time.

Dan Renfrew hates that he's a time jumper—seventeen-year-olds should not be stuck with the responsibility of saving history. But with no one else stepping up to stop Victor Stahl's plot to take over the world, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam have no choice but to jump back into history again. They land on the Celtic island of Anglesey in 60 CE, hoping to find answers on how to stop Victor.

Their task isn't easy. Everyone seems to be hiding something, from the druids who rule Anglesey to the Celts who take the time jumpers in. As two Roman legions—intent on wiping out everyone on the island—draw closer, time is running out for Dan and Sam.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor propels America into WWII and two Japanese Americans into chaos. Separated by the Pacific, each embarks on a tumultuous path to survive childhood and live the American dream. Ruby Ishimaru loses her liberty and uproots from her Hawaii home to incarceration camps on the mainland. Koji Matsuo strains under the menacing clouds of the Japanese war machine and atomic bombing while concealing a dangerous secret-one that threatens his family's safety.

When destiny brings Ruby and Koji together in California, their chemistry is magnetic, but wounds of trauma run deep and threaten their love as another casualty of war.

Inspired by the true stories of the authors' family, Of White Ashes crosses oceans and cultures, illuminating the remarkable lives of ordinary people who endure seemingly unbearable hardship with dignity and patience. Their experiences compel us to reflect on the resilience of humanity and the risk of history repeating.

If you want to be great, to do great things and be remembered, you have to be prepared to go all in for what you believe in, to risk it all and give it all you got. It’s that simple! What would you put on the line for what you believe in? For Chris Bertish, the answer is everything. ALL IN! In 2017 Chris became the first person ever to SUP (Stand Up Paddle) across any ocean. Defying all odds, he paddled 4,660 miles solo, unassisted and unsupported, for 93 days across the Atlantic Ocean, from Morocco, Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean.

During three months at sea he was targeted by a great white shark, towed by a giant sea squid, capsized multiple times and surfed down 10-meter waves as challenging as anything he had faced in any of Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Championships. Too many times he found himself hanging on the edge of his modified Stand-Up Paddleboard for dear life. He also become one with the elements, and ultimately succeeded to do something everyone said was simply impossible. This is the story of his incredible journey. This book will widen your horizons and your perceptions of your possible.

Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart.

It's junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot thwart--adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-perilous threat of The Team, the shadowy government agency bent on saving the world from supernatural menaces.

At the same time, they must face their most dangerous adversary yet, a creature of scales and wings that threatens every life in town—just for starters. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common goal when they no longer agree on precisely what that goal should be? And what happens when they realize they just might be the villains in someone else's story?

Samuel was back. It seemed unfair to be blindsided. And in church no less. Shouldn't there be a commandment about that? Thou shalt not step foot inside thy ex's place of worship.

Julia Monroe has just turned forty and hopes this next decade goes much better than the last, in which she became a young widow raising two children on her own. With both her boys off to college, it's time for new beginnings, and she can finally focus on expanding her New Orleans-based cleaning business--but God has other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart over twenty years ago, has returned to town and is the kind of distraction she never saw coming.

After their first interaction in years leaves her mind spinning and her emotions out of control, Julia knows she needs to keep her distance from him if she wants any chance of keeping history from repeating itself, but her meddling best friend has other plans to throw them together. It seems inevitable that Julia will have to face her past with Samuel, but only if she can work up the courage to embrace the kind of new beginning she never thought she'd see again.

Rebekah Millet will make you laugh, swoon, and cry in this delightful debut novel of first loves and second chances wrapped in the magic of New Orleans.

Merry Bell needed to get out of Vancouver. Fast.

Going home is not always the best answer. Forced to leave behind her big city dreams, Merry Bell returns to Livingsky Saskatchewan to start over. Living with plenty of secrets, but no money, friends, or place to live during a prairie winter-all while trying to start her own PI business-proves to be more challenging than she imagined. With a first case that quickly turns more dangerous than it first appeared, Merry must deal with a dodgy client, the murder of the surgeon who performed her gender affirming surgery, and more than one mysterious stranger.

For the first time since his award-winning Russell Quant novels, Bidulka begins a new mystery series, continuing in his tradition of presenting under-represented characters and settings that immediately feel familiar and beloved, while tugging at heart strings and tickling your funny bone. Livingsky easily matches the beauty and tenderness of Going to Beautiful (2023 Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel winner) while delivering a page-turning mystery.

It promises beauty but steals life instead. Will the ghosts of Barlowe Theater entomb them all?

Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy's brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta's younger brother goes missing after breaking into the building, Greta engages the assistance of a local police officer to help her uncover the already ghostly secrets of the theater. But when help comes from an unlikely source, Greta decides that to save her family she must put the threat of the phantoms to rest.

Decades later, Kit Boyd's best friend vanishes during a ghost walk at the Barlowe Theater, and old stories of mysterious disappearances and ghoulish happenings are revived. When television ghost-hunting host and skeptic Evan Fisher engages Kit in the quest to identify the truth behind the theater's history, Kit reluctantly agrees to work with him in hopes of also finding out what happened to her friend. As the theater's curse begins to unravel Kit's own life, she sets out not only to save the historical building and her friend, but to end the pattern of evil that has marked their hometown for a century.

In this atmospheric dual-time tale, two women—separated by a century yet bound by the ghosts of the past—pursue light in the face of darkness.

Born during wartime, Natalie struggles to raise her little sister and keep their ailing father alive.

When vampires raid their village, Natalie sacrifices her freedom to protect her family. Her kidnapper, the vampire marshal, Rayhan, demands that she use her magic to solve his father's murder in exchange for her release. The only problem: Natalie can't control her own powers. She must trick the vampire into letting her go before her father's medication runs out - and before she craves Rayhan more than her freedom.

Rayhan doesn't usually kidnap civilians, but when the witch uses magic to see his memories, he knows Natalie can find his father's killer. He longs for justice but isn't prepared when unexpected feelings for Natalie overpower his thirst for vengeance.

With one searching for freedom and the other for revenge, the last thing they expect to find is love. When the killer targets Natalie next, she and Rayhan must decide if their new feelings are worth sacrificing their lives, and the lives of the people they love.

The most highly decorated Native American in the history of the United States Cavalry, Jolon Winterhawk is a combat veteran of countless bloody skirmishes during the American Civil War. He's a man of honor, struggling with sworn allegiances to two different nations—the country he's sworn to protect, and the tribe he's promised to defend.

During a top-secret mission to escort a military gold train through Oregon's rugged Cascade Mountains, Winterhawk emerges as the sole survivor of a large-scale ambush. Duty-bound to complete the assignment and honor the sacrifices of his fallen comrades, Winterhawk makes the fateful decision to personally deliver the precious cargo of gold.

While Winterhawk embarks on a treacherous wagon trip across miles of dangerous wilderness, an aerial unit from the Army Balloon Corps has been dispatched to locate the missing train. Soon, the aeronauts seize upon a diabolical opportunity—stealing the gold for themselves.

Outnumbered and outgunned, Winterhawk soon finds himself in the fiercest battle of his life. But he quickly discovers that man is not his greatest enemy. Because there's something else lurking deep in those woods. A monster of myth, a horrifying creature of enormous size.

With a hearty dose of humility and humor, Unleashed is a book of diversified poems and drawings primarily taken from a variety of life experiences, traumas, and events that have happened over a lifetime.

Septuagenarian Betty Nadine Thomas writes about love, acceptance of all people, and of course laughter. Her poems are unique, funny, truthful, and pointed. Some are serious, while others are lighthearted.

Occasionally controversial and always multidimensional, Unleashed is what happens when "just an old Crone" finds her voice, creativity, and power.

This chapbook is for fans of Chen Chen and for anyone in the poetry, art, and LGTBQ+ communities.

At Monster College, monster professors guide students in the fine art of fitting into human society—easier said than done.

Professor Gormley Grimn didn’t choose the Gorgon life—the Gorgon life chose her…sort of. When she was cursed by the jealous fiancée of her study partner, Gormley fled, leaving those she loved behind to become a professor of chemistry at Manster College. It’s a safely secluded life, devoid of sex--until she falls into a lusty affair with Dean Ormr Snaakemon—half smooth-skinned man, half smooth-scaled snake, one hundred percent hottie. Life as a cursed Gorgon finally doesn’t seem so bad. Gormley’s a lover, not a killer.

When the local Purity League vows to stamp out all monsters, she’s pushed to a decision. Should she and her students stick with her no-killing principles, or join forces with the anti-Purity League Knobbers—a group of demigods, including the woman who cursed her? When all you need is love and a college education, does anything make fighting worth it?

Snakes in the Class is a monster romance novel featuring steamy snakes and a touching HEA. It is the first book in the Monster College Chronicles series.

Spring 1941. Just months before the start of the War in the Pacific begins, Joseph Vaenko, the son of poor immigrant parents from the distant mountains of Central Europe, falls so deeply in love with a Japanese American woman that it sets in motion events that will forever transform their lives. Joseph pursues the woman he loves, the God of his faith, the American Dream, and his purpose and place in the tumultuous times of the world in which he lives. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest and the vast North Pacific Ocean, this is a story of one man's struggle with his world and God.

A One-of-a-Kind Love Story

Growing up in mid-20th century Tacoma, Washington, Joseph is confronted with life-altering situations, choices, and decisions that have far-reaching consequences. Out of times of loneliness, suffering, and wrestling with his faith emerges a unique love story amid WWII, the Japanese American internment, and the prejudices of the time.

Beginning with his autobiographical sketch, Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, The African Roscius follows Aldridge's journey as a Black man who, "obtained and maintains among Europeans... a reputation whose acquisition demands the highest qualities of the mind and the noblest endowments of the person."

Making it a lifetime goal to use his success and influence to speak on the horrors of slavery in America and abroad; this memoir is addressed to what he hopes to be an enlighted reader, and details how he rose to fame as a Shakeperian actor in spite of the racism and prejudice he faced as a Black man in theater.

This edition also includes Aldridge's 1847 translation of Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois'sLe Docteur Noir  (The Black Doctor). At the age of forty, Aldridge adapted the play about a hidden romance between a formerly enslaved doctor and the daughter of a French aristocrat and was said to have brought dignity to a role that traditionally ended in tragedy for its bi-racial lead.

Together, these two pieces paint a stunning portrait of one of the first great Black actors. One part memoir and one part translation, The African Roscius is an exceptional piece of Black history professionally typeset and reimagined for modern readers.

All she wanted was an apartment...

Amanda Jackson was used to toxic men. It's all she'd ever known. And this gorgeous blonde property manager, Connor Brooks, was a walking red flag. But she needed a place to stay, and this unit sounded amazing. She'd be crazy not to look at it.

For Connor, finding a mark was easy. A simple ad in the classifieds. Once they were inside, it was too late to escape. They had no way out. One look at their frightened eyes on the monitor, that's when the housebreaking could begin.

The second Connor closed the door, Amanda understood her situation. She was trapped and defenseless. Or was she? She has one card to play: make her captor fall for her before it was too late. All she wanted was an apartment. What she got was The Cage.

The Cage is the first book in a dark series by Danielle Bannister, author of Girl on Fire. Because The Cage is told in dual POVs you might be torn over if this book is a horror or a romance. Please be sure to read with care and check for tropes on the author's website.

Welcome to Monsterville, where the residents are anything but ordinary. The monsters here are "friendly! thoughtful! shy and scary," much like their human neighbors. Readers will meet a monster house who plays hopscotch and makes the sidewalks quake, laugh at a bubblegum-headed monster's epic tantrum, and cry with a monster called Sadness.

This quirky collection of illustrated poems is a celebration of friendship, emotional intelligence, and creative play as a form of healing.

Inspired by a deep longing for writing that embodies the vivacity of Blackness and Black life, Black Joy Unbound is a multi-genre collection that encompasses a broad spectrum of literary writing on Black joy.

Includes stories by: Àjọkẹ́ Bọ́dúndé́, Akua Lezli Hope, Ashia Ajani, Audrey Williams, Azaria Brown, doris diosa davenport, Elizabeth Mudenyo, Elvis Alves, Esperanza Cintrón, Jasminum McMullen, Jeanine DeHoney, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Kwame Daniels, Laura Doyle Péan, Maria Hamilton Abegunde, Marlee Alcina Miller, Penny Mickelbury, Regina Y.C. Garcia, Regina Jamison, Renée Bess, Shawn Williams, Sienna L.M., Stephanie Andrea Allen, Sylvain, Taylor King, Taylor McKinnon, Tiffany Smalls, Triston Dabney, Whitney French, Yeva Johnson.

Belle and Chloe are loving twin sisters who do everything together. But one day, tragedy strikes when Belle is burned by a pot of boiling soup. Coping with third-degree burns on several areas of her body, she must spend a few months in the hospital for treatment and later have surgery to reduce her scars.

A story about coping with trauma and recovery, this picture book for children shares the story of the accident, the impact the event has on Belle's self-image, her relationship with her sister, and the rest of the family, and the value of family, support, and love during her recovery.

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"This is a very touching story, beautifully told, and it also contains important messages, especially for children who are suffering similar circumstances. The book also features 25 full page illustrations that are detailed and colorful." —Review by T. W.

A family vacation that took a dark turn where no one came back. And when they do, it was in the most gruesome way possible.

A girl goes missing while biking. The only clue appeared miles away later. A picture of her, tied up.

In this true crime collection, you’re going to explore more insane stories that led to many sleepless nights for the police.

From an unknown Florida serial killer to a killing nurse taking the lives of 35+ patients.

Join us as we explore the stories of these murderous minds so you can witness the transition from humans to monsters.

Get your copy now and see whether these crimes will change your view of the world as they did for many in the past.

This anthology is the perfect true crime gift, no matter if it's for yourself or a fellow true crime fan. Scroll up and grab your copy now.

From racing the family Oldsmobile in 1960 to winning the Winternationals in 1964, read about the meteoric rise of drag racing's greatest owner and tuner in the first-ever book about 'The Hawaiian' Roland Leong.

As the son of a Harvard graduate, it could have been difficult for Roland Leong to live up to his family's expectations. However, that wasn't the case. "The Hawaiian" knew at a young age that drag racing was his career path. His supportive mother, Teddy, saw potential in Roland and bought him a new 1962 Corvette for 'educational' purposes, such as wrenching and tuning. From there, it didn't take long for the world to discover Oahu's best-kept secret in drag racing. In 1964, less than two years after reaching the mainland, Roland was in victory lane at the Winternationals in Top Gas Eliminator. The following year, with Don Prudhomme behind the wheel, "The Hawaiian" immortalized his place in drag racing forever with wins in NHRA's Top Fuel Eliminator at Pomona (Winternationals) and Indy (US Nationals). Leong became the first ever to capture those iconic crowns in a single season. For good measure, Roland repeated the achievement in 1966 with Mike Snively, showing the world that a Harvard education isn't required to achieve greatness.

Roland Leong "The Hawaiian": Drag Racing's Iconic Top Fuel Owner and Tuner is a tale of family, friends, and forging a path that no other Chinese-Hawaiian before him had carved. Re-live his biggest wins and lasting friendships in this first-ever publication on drag racing's first builder and tuner superstar, Roland Leong!

Before punk, before the Beats, before existentialism, and beyond Surrealism there were two visionaries, two rebels, and two friends, Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos.

It is 1926. Geoff Weidmann, a troubled young Austrian, is dragged by his elderly father from his lone farmhouse to Paris to live with Geoff's brother Franz and his French wife. Haunted by his troubled past and by his memories of the Great War, Geoff encounters in Paris a group of young men and women who likewise abhor war, mindless patriotism, and bourgeois conformity. Geoff meets the surrealist poets Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos, original thinkers who are resisting both society's strictures and the pressure put on them by the founder of the surrealist movement, Andre Breton, to join the Community Party. Initially repulsed by Artaud, Geoff comes to admire this strange and troubled poet and easily befriends the jovial, irreverent Desnos. However, Geoff is haunted by a secret - had he been insane, or had he actually murdered a man and buried him on his Austrian farm?

Written to incorporate the imagery, concerns, and conflicts found in the works of Artaud and Desnos themselves, this novel is the first in a series of four dedicated to the lives and friendship of Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Do you find it difficult to manage your emotions and cope with daily challenges? It's time to take control of your life and find the peace and calm you deserve.

This book offers practical strategies for managing anxiety and stress, so you can live a happier, more fulfilling life. Drawing on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, the author provides effective tools for reducing anxiety, managing stress, and finding inner peace.

Inside, you'll discover:

• Mindfulness techniques to help you stay present and centered
• Breathing exercises to calm your mind and body
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy strategies to overcome negative thinking patterns
• Stress-management techniques to help you cope with daily challenges
• Whether you're dealing with generalized anxiety, social anxiety, or stress-related symptoms, this book provides a roadmap for finding relief and creating a more peaceful, fulfilling life.

This third book of life during a pandemic includes poems, written while enduring the longevity of the COVID-19 pandemic years. The focus is nature as experienced when contemplating life in general from the author's porch. Also included are short stories and flash fiction featuring women as the main characters. The book is a tribute to nature and women, both who have and continue to be central in the author's life.

Are you or a loved one recovering from the effects of a stroke or traumatic brain injury?

This book provides activities to help along the journey to recovery.

• Activities help with the following:
• Fine motor skills
• Language skills
• Attention
• Memory
• Speech
• problem-solving skills

Activities include:

• Tracing
• Coloring
• Matching
• Mazes
• Repeating words
• Memory games
• Word search

... and much more.

Lily Iona MacKenzie's unbounded zest for life sings through the poems in this collection. A writer in her bones and a dreamer in her heart, she discovers the poetry in everything—travel, art, music, nature, past and present-her words and rhythms touch the soul and leave their treasures behind.

"Listen closely to these poems’ quiet but insistent murmur. Lily Iona Mackenzie meditates on the textures of her California neighborhood as well as distant lands—Italy, Spain, Russia, Mali. Her poems lovingly embrace jazz, classical music, four paintings by Matisse, a grandfather’s voice, a 3-year-old niece. With concision and lucidity, she writes of bird nests destroyed by cutting nearby trees and how ‘Age cuts into us,’ and she ‘leans on form and shape/ to arrive at an understanding of’ desire, anxiety, time, the mysteries beneath the sea and, really, everywhere. Each poem offers surprising images and perceptions, and collectively they answer ‘The Artist’s Call’—to ‘capture these/ fleeting days/ on earth.’ What a gorgeous book!" —Kathleen McClung

Just when it seemed that nothing substantially new can be said or written about the first part of Genesis, In the Beginnings presents it in a dramatic new light. Through a close and careful reading of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, this book shows convincingly that hidden beneath the surface of the text, there is not one beginning, but rather two beginnings. Two accounts of creation are followed by two parallel narratives that reflect two distinct and at times competing world-views regarding the nature of God, of human beings, of our role in the world, of the relationship between the man and the woman, and much more.

Whether one accepts the traditional or the critical view of the Torah’s origins, In the Beginnings is a vivid and powerful testimony to the Torah’s depth, richness, and multivocality, with profound implications for the ways it is to be understood and lived in our day.

Innovation Goes Rolling Along, But Who Keeps the Engines Running?

In the midst of war and a changing world, you seldom hear tales of the dedicated souls that keep ingenuity and progress moving. The mechanics who not only hear the music of the machine but can tear them down and put them together again better than before. Those who love to get their hands dirty figuring out how things work, those without whom progress would grind to a halt. That changes now.

We give you Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk

With Stories By:

David Lee Summers, Aaron Rosenberg, John L. French, Heather E. Hutsell, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Ken Schrader, Misty Massey, James Chambers, Derek Tyler Attico, Maria V. Snyder, and Bernie Mojzes.

A Murderer on the Loose. A Detective Haunted by the Past. A Race Against Time.

DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. He’s haunted by events of the past and hell bent on redemption, if he can stay healthy for long enough that is.

After a body turns up in the sleepy village of Rufford, Walker returns from his leave of absence early, his experience deemed crucial for the case. But when it transpires the crime may be linked to a decades old cold case involving the murder of his sister, the crime becomes personal. He needs this—for his wife and his kids, to make amends for past mistakes, and for the current victim—but he must toe the line if he isn’t to be thrown off the case.

When more people start to go missing and bodies turn up with the same bizarre signature, Walker and his team realise they have a serial killer on their hands. But time is running out if they want to save more people from dying, and one in particular, and Walker has to consider breaking the law himself to make things right, once and for all.

The Icehouse is the stunning debut police procedural crime thriller from J.J. Richards.

They Wish They Were Us MEETS A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this tale of dark secrets, conditional friendships, and obsessing about an investigation that could get you killed.

“The Truth Hurts for a Little While. A Lie Hurts Forever.” – Ryan Bigge.

Ride-or-die childhood friends Cleo, Sarah, and Milton begin life as freshmen at Kensington University with an unspoken pact: Always stay close and never be apart long enough to miss each other. The three friends are inseparable… until Sarah vanishes without a trace.

Hot on the trail of Sarah’s disappearance, Cleo soon discovers her longtime friend had a hidden life and her deception ran deeper than Cleo could have imagined.

Both wide-eyed friends left get familiar with three sides to every story: the new group of friends who swear they haven’t seen her, Sarah’s, and the truth.

They all harbor secret grudges against Sarah, including Cleo and Milton. But if Cleo ever wants to find out what happened to Sarah, she must train her mind to foster two things:

1. Those she would take a bullet for will always be behind the trigger.

2. The worst part about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

For fans of Holly Jackson, Michele Leathers, and Jessica Goodman.

Can two shattered survivors find healing in one another?

Carrie is a survivor, and if there’s one thing growing up with an eccentric mother taught her, it was how to chase her dreams. After beating cancer, things are finally looking up for her. She buys a fixer-upper on the idyllic Lake Traverse with plans to convert it into a bed and breakfast. When her hometown crush, Dax Abram, begins to notice her, Carrie is starting to believe that her future is full of hope.

Dax is lost and shattered. When the confident, successful, and charismatic basketball player became a widower, he threw himself into being the best single dad possible. His daughter, Kylie, kept him going when he lost all hope. Now, he’s sworn off relationships, thinking he could never find the happiness he had before cancer ripped his life to shreds. Dax is caught entirely off guard when he starts to notice Carrie in a new way. He’s known her his entire life, but after losing the love of his life, he can’t fathom having feelings for another woman.

Carrie and Dax fall into an easy friendship, but they must heal from their pasts if they are to find happiness together.

Honesty can be dangerous, morality is usually boring, the truth is often selective and being a servant is always degrading, at least that's how Pastor Graves views things. Tonight, you have a reservation to dine with two influential men, one a compromising pastor, the other a persuasive doctor, as they discuss truth, morals and principles, while debating what is right, what is wrong and who decides which is which.

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

First you dig the peanuts and you dig 'em, you dig 'em,
you dig 'em, dig 'em, dig 'em.
Peanut, peanut butter, JELLY! 

Sharon, Lois & Bram invite readers to join them on an adventure to a magical place where a diverse group of animals and children come together to create the most delicious of snacks: a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! 

Accompanied by Qin Leng's wonderfully whimsical illustrations, this delightful picture book celebrates friends, community, music and a favorite tasty treat — mmm mmm mmmm! 

NewCon Press is delighted to present the first full collection from award-winning author Jaine Fenn, featuring her finest short stories drawn from more than two decades of publication.

Includes the BSFA Award-winning "Liberty Bird", a Hidden Empire story, and a new tale, "Sin of Omission", written especially for this collection.

Sit back and enjoy the ride, as these stories transport you to:

… Khesh City, a democracy where officially licenced cyber assassins maintain the law

… a 20th century where Aztec civilisation has thrived, to become a major political force in the modern world

… rural England where enthusiastic amateurs investigating ‘Unexplained Phenomena’ encounter Men (and Women) in Black

… a courier who is introduced to the ultimate narcotic and is faced with an impossible choice

… a rich mountaineer playboy who has no concept of where he’s trespassing

… a captured soldier who discovers that blood may not be thicker than water after all

… a man of the cloth fascinated by a captive who claims to be the last Amautas (wise man) of the Incas

… The headmistress of a girls school apparently plagued by ghosts, who turns to old acquaintance Sherlock Holmes for advice

… the hangar of the Liberty Bird, involving forbidden love, a man’s struggle to escape the shadow of his father, and a desperate attempt to win the ultimate race in space.

... and much much more.

Contents:

Path to the Sun

Crown of May

The Chatterslee Circle

Paying for Rain

What You Came For

Death on Elsewhere Street

Fear Not Heaven's Fire

High Ground

King of Pain

Twilight at the Change House

Down at the Lake

The Sky Weeps

Liberty Bird

A Dormitory Haunting

Sin of Omission

The summer before college Luca Piccone returns to Copper Cove, the idyllic campsite he and his closest friends have visited every year since they were kids. To Luca, Copper Cove is like the setting of the fantasy movies he loves, a sanctuary, protected from the dangers of the outside world, where nothing goes wrong and everything stays the same.

But this year things are changing.

Desperate to make this summer the best one yet, Luca tries to ignore the freshly torn rifts within his tight friend group, the pangs of unrequited love, the anxiety attacks he thought he’d left back at school, and the shadows at the edge of the forest threatening to break free. Until he learns the terrible truth.

Every generation the children of four families are bound by a pact. A pact designed to keep the camp pristine and the monstrous force lurking beneath the campsite imprisoned. But in order to do this, an unthinkable price must be paid—a price that has soaked the previous generations in blood. Can Luca keep his friends, and his favorite place, from being ripped apart?

By the end of the summer, only one thing is for certain: Copper Cove will never be the same again.

As the daughter of a simple country gentleman, Abigail Sumner has modest hopes for her life - a sound roof over her head, food on the table, a warm bed, and someone to love. But her father is determined that her charm and beauty are the keys to elevating him into higher society. When her hasty decision to flee this fate lands her in deadly peril, rescue comes from an unexpected source and opens her up to the possibility of life filled with magic and passion.

Killian Greydawn, Lord of the Court of Night and Defender of the Fae Realm, is trapped by painful obligation - caught in a bargain with a vengeful female who holds his people and all their magic in endless jeopardy. For forty-six years he has sought a way out, but with nothing to offer in exchange except himself, Killian’s fading hope for a solution seems rooted in a cryptic prediction for an instrument of change uttered so long ago it has nearly faded from his memory.

But when their two worlds connect, immediate attraction flairs and the pair begins a passionate romance that sets them on a collision course with destiny. One that may force Killian to make unthinkable choice: save his realm’s magic or the human woman who holds his heart.

The title of this thematic commentary on the Torah, Torat Ahavah: Loving Torah, has a twofold message. First, “loving” can be read as a verb, reflecting my passion for Torah. In the words of the Psalmist, “How I love Your Torah, I meditate on it all day long” (Psalms 119:97). Second, “loving” can be seen as an adjective, reflecting what, for me, is the foundation of Torah. At its core, Torah is a book of love. Each letter expresses God’s infinite love for His people and for humankind.

Do you find yourself searching for happiness, only to come up empty-handed? Are you looking for a more meaningful, fulfilling life? The ancient Greek philosophers understood the nature of happiness better than anyone, and their wisdom is as relevant today as it was centuries ago.

This book offers a fresh perspective on happiness, drawing on the teachings of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and others to help you find lasting joy and fulfillment. You'll learn about practical ways to cultivate happiness in your life according to ten valuable quotes from the Greeks, combined with current findings from the field of psychology and neuroscience.

Inside, you'll discover:

• Practical advice for living a joyful life and achieving eudaimonia, the highest form of happiness
• Strategies for cultivating pleasure and avoiding pain, without falling into the trap of hedonism
• The importance of cultivating relationships and community for lasting happiness
• The role of meaning and purpose in finding fulfillment and happiness
• Reflection exercises to help you apply ancient wisdom to your modern life
• Meditation scripts to cultivate a joyful outlook on life

Whether you're new to philosophy or a seasoned student, this book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking a more meaningful, fulfilling life.

Have you ever found yourself caught in a cycle of negative self-talk and self-doubt? Do you struggle to see the good in yourself or the world around you? It's time to break free from those limiting beliefs and start affirming the positive in your life.

This book offers a powerful tool for transforming your mindset and creating the life you desire through daily affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that help you focus on what you want to achieve, and they have the power to change your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Inside, you will discover:

• A step-by-step guide for creating and using positive affirmations in different areas of your life
• A step-by-step guide on teaching kids and teens how to create and use their own positive affirmations
• Inspiring affirmations for self-love, confidence, abundance, and more
• Strategies for overcoming negative self-talk and self-sabotage

Whether you're new to affirmations or looking to deepen your practice, this book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to create a more positive, fulfilling life.

Gabe's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories turns terrifyingly real when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and must join forces with her to protect the world of the living. A new story by award-winning author Ken Oppel for ages 10 and up.

The story of the tragic death of sixteen-year-old Rebecca Strand and her lighthouse keeper father is just an elaborate tale Gabe tells tourists for his summer job on Toronto Island. Or so he thought. 

When his ghost tours awaken Rebecca's spirit, Gabe is drawn into a world far darker than any ghost story he's ever heard. Rebecca reveals that she and her father were connected to the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead"—malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But now the Order has disappeared and Viker is growing even stronger, and he'll stop at nothing to wreak chaos and destruction on the living.

Gabe and his friends—both living and dead—must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls.

From Newbery Honor—and National Book Award—winning author Polly Horvath comes a story of four sisters searching for home.

Fiona, Marlin, Natasha, and Charlie McCready are left on their own when their missionary parents are washed away in a tsunami. Fortunately, their great aunt Martha volunteers to have them live with her on her farm in British Columbia. But while they are traveling there, Martha dies unexpectedly, forcing Fiona, the eldest, to come up with a scheme to keep social services from separating the girls - a scheme that will only work if no one knows they are living on their own.

Fiona approaches their grouchy and indifferent neighbor Al and asks if he will pretend to be their live-in legal guardian should papers need to be signed or if anyone comes snooping around. He reluctantly agrees, under the condition that they bring him dinner every night. As weeks pass, Fiona takes on more and more adult responsibilities, while each of the younger girls finds their own special role in their atypical family. But even if things seem to be falling into place, Fiona can't help but worry that it is only a matter of time before they are caught. What she needs to do is find them a real guardian.

The snap and spice of Much Ado About Nothing meets a gender swap Beauty and the Beast in this enemies to lovers, rockstar romantasy set at Hollywood's haunted Hotel Caliwood.

A year ago, lovers Benedict Boyd and Beatrice Sharpe, lead singers of the rock band, B & B + 3, made Hollywood history with a spectacular break up at Hotel Caliwood that ended with Beatrice in the pool, ruining a wildly expensive designer dress. Beatrice dropped off the grid, leaving the band without a lyricist.

After a year on the road, Benedict and the band are back in Hollywood, preparing to go into the studio to record a much-anticipated album to resurrect the singer's tainted fame. Although Benedict is a genius with music, he's a disaster with lyrics. If he can't deliver completed songs for the album, his band's future is in jeopardy.

Back at Hotel Caliwood, Benedict encounters, Beast, a mysterious, harpy poetess who's taken up residence in the abandoned library. Following a prickly beginning, the two forge a musical partnership that promises to save the band. To his surprise, Benedict forms an attachment to Beast which blossoms into unexpected affection. Unbeknownst to Benedict, any possibility of a future for the unconventional pair is tainted by the curse slapped on Beast by a jealous enchantress.

Will help from the ghosts of Hotel Caliwood and Beast's beautiful lyrics allow Benedict to let go of his past and embrace this new love, or will he turn away, dooming Beast to remain a harpy forever?

Will their lives and romance survive the trouble coming their way?

Becky Pruitt has always prided herself on knowing everything that's happening on her successful ranch, which makes her foreman Nate Paxton's admission to her quite a surprise. With the notorious Deadeye Gang on the loose, Nate—a former U.S. Marshal—believes that Becky's ranch might be the best spot for a group of Marshals to use as a base and hideout.

The timing couldn't be more crucial for the growing town of Pine Valley, and Becky feels a commitment to help. But after escaping the grasp of her harsh father, she's never liked giving up control--of her life or her ranch. Again and again, Nate's proven himself to her and she soon realizes that if there's anyone she can trust with her ranch—and her heart—it might be him. But the outlaws won't go quietly, and as danger draws ever nearer, Becky and Nate are faced with impossible choices that will test their growing bond.

This rousing conclusion to Mary Connealy's Wyoming Sunrise series is an exhilarating blend of humor, romance, and adventure.

"You need to understand that being a prince means only one thing. You’re a target. She’ll stop at nothing to get her hands on you."

The Kingsfort family is exiled royalty, once powerful rulers of a world where connection to the elements equals status, favour and control. Their only son will be the 40th king of Arvalonia when he turns 16.

Pity they ‘forgot’ to tell him.

Wrenched from Earth, thirteen-year-old Brave Kingsfort lands alone in a wild new world. On the run from a ruthless dictator and torn from everything he knows and loves, his unpredictable talent for connecting to the elements is the least of his worries until he discovers it might be his only way out.

Seventeen-year-old True Harboursfort is determined to prove she’s more than her parents’ bargaining chip. When her plans for elemental advancement are sabotaged and the callous decision at the heart of her family's dysfunction is revealed, everything changes. Including herself. Beyond recognition. It’s terrifying.

So why does it feel so good?

Forced to make an alliance, Brave and True must overcome their families’ lies to trust one another and survive. All the while, deeply guarded mysteries lurk in the shadows, waiting to reshape their world forever.

Book one of The Broken Spell series, The Dangers of Being Brave & True is an epic fantasy novel grounded in conflict, elemental magic and unwavering friendship.

The Aliens Will Come to Georgia First showcases sixteen bizarre, hard-loving stories set in the foothills, pinelands, low country, and barrier islands of Georgia, and a few other places too. In its pages, a boy and girl find a body on the marsh, a delusional nude model takes on the fight of his life, and a diver visits a sleeping nuclear bomb just a mile from the beach. Tourists eat shrimp and cheer for the dolphins, while a man falls in love with his television and a handy-woman sees jellyfish-like travelers from outer space.

Hundley’s men and women grapple with death, distant lovers, and damaged families as well as sharks, stray dogs, and man-eating tigers. This debut collection offers an intimate glimpse into a working class, American south populated by people who have made themselves acolytes of existential powers—weapons of mass destruction and alien invasions, the wide ocean and desperate love. This is a book for dreamers and space cadets, for fighters and providers, for anyone who believes in a connection between the places we come from and the people we become.

"Gripping and unforgettable suspense-think North Country, New York noir laced with dark humor. Don't plan on setting this fast-paced thriller down until you read the last page!" -Cam Torrens, author of Stable

Jealousy can be deadly.

Longtime bachelor Ron Burley has a rule against messing around with married women in his rural upstate New York town, but sassy, lovely Lavender has convinced him to break it. Their steamy affair sets someone off, but it isn't Lavender's clueless husband-it's Marta, Burley's clingy childhood friend and ex-lover.

Marta knows Burley is on the verge of going broke, so she secretly tries to lure him with a lucrative job offer and some enticing fringe benefits. Although he's sorely tempted, Burley's afraid to trust Marta due to the sketchy circumstances surrounding their bitter breakup years ago; but this might be his only chance to get back at her for what she did.

Suspicious of her boyfriend's romantic history, Lavender visits a psychic for a tarot card reading in a creepy cabin in the Adirondack woods. Watch your back, the psychic warns her. Burley and Marta aren't the innocent people they're pretending to be. Someone's out for revenge, and this love triangle could turn deadly.

The War Begins...

The Grand Magus is dead. Under the watchful eye of the Arbiter of Succession, seven archmagi have been granted one of the powers of the Grand Magus, which they will use to battle to the death in a ritual as ancient as it is secret.

But when the Arbiter is murdered, the Successors plunge the world into a devastating war. Running for his life, Tamlin, once an apprentice mage, meets a mysterious traveller who may hold the key to ending the conflict...and who carries a secret that will shake the Order of Archmagi to its foundations.

Do you struggle to communicate in social situations? Are you worried about being misunderstood or judged when you speak? Has avoiding social gatherings become a norm?

If yes, then you're not alone. Millions of people around the world find it hard to talk to others. In fact, in the United States alone, 12.1% of adults suffer from a social anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. Often times, social anxiety leads to social awkwardness, which could have negative consequences on your life, especially if you’ve become accustomed to any of its potential side effects. You see, communication is essential in every aspect of your life as it helps connect you to other people, build relationships, and accomplish your goals – personal and professional!

The worst of its harmful effects may have already hit you. Why do you keep getting passed over for that promotion at work? What about failed relationships because of misunderstandings?

The good news? Learning how to effectively communicate takes time, but it's a skill that can be mastered with the appropriate strategies and consistent effort. This book provides a wealth of advice on how to overcome social anxiety, bolster self-esteem, and develop conversational skills that will come in handy in any social situation.

Inside this life-changing guide to unlocking your full potential and bettering your life through communication, you will discover:

• How lack of communication negatively impacts your life — poor communication destroys, both internally and externally!
• The critical importance of not being self-critical — reframe your negative thoughts and be kind to yourself so that you can openly talk to others
• How to rebuild your self-esteem and boost self-confidence — learn to talk to anyone without feeling nervous or uncomfortable
• The significance of nonverbal communication — understand what people truly mean behind their silence and beyond their words!
• Active listening skills you can harness for more meaningful conversations — communication goes both ways; listening is as important as speaking!
• Why must you learn how to ask the right questions — use the power of questions to impress others and keep the conversation going!
• How to avoid being poisoned by toxic individuals when communicating with them — handle hard-to-handle people!
• The big deal with small talk — become good at small talk and thrive in social situations where unpleasant conversations are inevitable
• And much more…

Communicating effectively is the key to getting what you want out of life and living the life you imagine.

There has never been a better time to start talking your way into a better job, more fulfilling relationships, and a brighter future. Start now!

Bryony Moss didn’t plan to become a god, but accidents happen, and giving up immortality once you have it is easier said than done. Convinced her life is in danger, she infiltrates the crew of the infamous Black Armada with plans to dispatch their godhunter before she is discovered. But all her plans begin to unravel as soon as she learns the truth.

Far from the ruthless pirates she imagined, the Black Armada are akin to ruthless librarians, distributing banned books to fight the tyrannical rule of the angels. Once she’s in, Bryony can’t imagine killing any of them. She might even be tempted to join them for real. To top it off, she seems to be falling for the flagship’s navigator, a kind but isolated giant named Michael.

Circumstances tore them apart. A murder will bring them back together.

Socialite Cecily Dearborn, a natural magic user with the ability to manipulate electricity, comes from a world where that magic is forbidden. Studying abroad was supposed to help her master - and suppress - her power, but when her efforts fail, she is forced home in disgrace.

Self-proclaimed street rat Daniel Sullivan, Cecily’s estranged childhood friend and now an operative working to protect magical practitioners, is tasked with monitoring her activities upon her return. But when she’s framed for murder, Daniel is compelled to drop the mission and take Cecily on the run. Together, they flee to his team’s base of operations, a magical speakeasy known as a "charm school," where they begin to unravel the truth of the crime and discover a web of dangerous secrets.

As Cecily learns more about her magic and herself, she and Daniel grow closer, but the race is on to clear her name before disaster strikes again. Will their new connection be enough to see them through?

Are you ready to write your first nonfiction book? Of course not, or you would have done it by now! Perhaps it’s time to enlist the help of a professional.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The second release in our new series of cutting-edge single author collections unveils the first full collection from Teika Marija Smits, one of the finest short story writers to emerge on the genre scene in recent years. Includes several new stories, published here for the first time.

Prepare to encounter:

• An AI repairman who must keep his true agenda hidden and unsuspected…
• Bluebeard’s final wife, who is far more than she seems…
• A mother and daughter who share a unique bond…
• Sherlock Holmes, who, confounded by the paranormal nature of a case, is forced to call upon his ‘psychic’ cousin, Isadora, for aid…
• Baba Yaga, who relocates into deep space, making her home close to a black hole…
• The origin of the Green Man, the figure behind so many myths in so many cultures…
• A plague of flies in search of their Madonna…
• A sterile Earth where nearly everything has died, apart from hope…
• A pregnant woman, blinded by one she most trusts, who must cross many leagues of hostile territory to return to her family, her people…
• A painter who literally invests body and soul in her work…

And much much more…

Lemuel Plant is a hard-up private investigator working out of a shabby downtown office. He's ready to quit, and is determined that his next case will be his last.

Plant is visited by the beautiful Florence Joiner, who wants to collect evidence against her husband, who she alleges is having an affair with his secretary.

On the job, Plant follows Harold Joiner, the managing partner of a successful firm. But he also follows his client, which leads him to the affluent suburb of Donnybrook and its country club. There, Plant discovers there's more to the story than what she disclosed

Intrigue, a compelling plot, and the salacious going-on between the well-heeled people of Donnybrook, make this a must-read for lovers of vintage detective fiction.

In an imbalanced and flawed world, it is often the choices we make that define us.

This well-crafted collection of nine short stories will grab your attention, hold it, and leave you wanting more. Covering a wide range of topics from lottery tickets, to organized crime, to the supernatural. Yet there is a common thread between them. You might see the impact and importance of free will and choice in our imperfect world.

Stories can teach us a lot about our beliefs, moral compass, fears, and feelings. The more we reflect on stories, the more we discover about ourselves. How we feel about a character’s behavior often reflects our own state of mind, opinions, and biases.

Short Stories for Thinkers provokes a lot of questions and will get you thinking. It conjures images of relatable characters, scenes, emotions, and the dilemmas they confront. Embedded within each story are esoteric messages that ask you to dig deeper into the storyline, use your investigative skills for clues, and stretch your imagination.

A rust belt city in decline retains the solace of romance, which often proves to be an empty promise or even a curse. With a wry perspective and unflappable determination, Curt embodies all the town's ills, including his own problems with drinking, work, and relationships, as he tries to save himself and rescue his friends in his own unconventional and unlawful ways.

In The Bridge on Beer River, a novel-in-stories set in Reagan-era Binghamton, New York, characters scramble for subsistence while hoping for love and a better life.

An angel is shot down and falls to the ground in the war between the armies of Heaven and the armies of Earth!

A young tribesman finds her lying damaged in the grass and knows she ought to be his enemy, since his people see themselves as being on the side of the Earth. But Ferren’s curiosity and pity outweigh every rule of his upbringing.

The setting is the far future, a thousand years after human scientists started to explore life after death, discovered Heaven and ended up waging war against the angels. Now the original human beings have been reduced to a degraded existence living in fearful, isolated tribes. Meanwhile, the so-called Humen who rule on Earth are preparing for their ultimate invasion of Heaven.

Ferren’s unique friendship with an angel will change the course of history. But first he must endure exile, learn the horrifying truth about what happens to those selected for ‘military service’, then help his tribe survive through the middle of a stupendous battle between the opposing armies.

This Young Adult Fantasy draws on the traditional lore of angelology – but without pushing a religious message, like C.S.Lewis, or an anti-religious message like Philip Pullman!

Putting God First: Jewish Humanism after Heidegger tackles the challenge of maintaining Jewish identity in a world dominated by Western humanism.

It argues that the Holocaust reflects more broadly on contemporary humanism than the Jewish world has ever dared to acknowledge. It advances the view that the establishment of the State of Israel presents a profound historical opportunity to disentangle Jewish thought from elements of the Western humanist tradition that threaten Jewish survival and conceal from view the plausibility of core Jewish ideas and values. The work proposes that a healthy and peaceful relationship between Westernism and a robust Jewish identity can be achieved only by unraveling the two, and it presents a philosophical path for achieving this.

Following a precise analysis of modern and postmodern thought that includes discussions of Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Ludwig Wittgenstein, George Steiner, Bruno Latour, Hannah Arendt, Jonathan Haidt, Daniel Kahneman, and others, the centerpiece of the book offers a close reading of the masterwork Being and Time, which Martin Heidegger composed in the period when his thought was gravitating toward his endorsement of Hitler and Nazism. This deep dive into Heidegger’s ontological understanding of how the individual (Dasein) interacts with others in space and time yields a method for articulating the onto-theological meanings of key Jewish concepts such as the Nefesh (psyche), the Neshamah (soul), Tzelem Elohim (human being in God’s image), Am Segulah, (Jewish chosenness), Shabbat, the Land of Israel, and more in texts such as the Tanya, the Sefat Emet, the Nefesh HaChayim, the Kedushat Levi, and in the writings of Rav Kook and the Maharal of Prague. Ultimately the book proposes a disentangled spiritual/political vision for a Jewish state that is characterized by the politics of Tikun Olam.

Here is just a fraction of what you’ll discover in this book:

• 10 money habits that will put you on the path to financial security without having to give up your favorite things
• Why lottery winners go broke – get the right mindset so it won’t happen to you
• How to create a custom budget that works for you and builds wealth
• Alternatives to student loans that won’t get you into debt and still give you an excellent education
• How to let your money work for you while you enjoy a good night’s sleep
• How to turn bad debt into good debt and use it to build wealth
• The must-know principles when investing in Cryptocurrency
• 5 investment mistakes to avoid so you don’t end up losing your hard-earned savings
• How to save money on your tax bill legally
• The advantages of owning your own business and other income streams that will ensure your financial stability even if you lose your day job

And much more.

Whether you’re a student working a part-time job or working the 9 to 5 grind and trying to save for a down payment on your first house, this guide will give you the information you need to get your finances in order.

It’s not difficult to be financially secure or independent — you just need a bit of self-discipline and the right strategies to get there.

Even Warren Buffett says you don’t have to be a genius to build wealth – "There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."

If you have the right tools and information, you’ll sail through economic downturns and rising inflation. You won’t even panic if you lose your day job.

How do you survive the worst thing that can ever happen?

When thirteen-year-old Katie McCabe's dad gets sick and is hospitalized, she's sent to live with her uncle in a strange town. But within days of arriving, her dad unexpectedly dies.

Struggling with her new reality, Katie is lost. She doesn't fit in at her new home and never will.

It only gets worse when Katie starts her freshman year of high school and begins to have run-ins with the son of the man who owns the town—a powerful man with ties to her family's past.

Then one day, she is attacked from behind. Blindfolded and slung across the back of a horse, Katie is taken up into the hills. Dumped in the middle of the wilderness in an oncoming storm, she is left to find her way home. But how will she survive?

WINNER of the 2023 Firebird Book Award: Science Fiction/Thriller

Silent misery haunts the Scott residence at night...

A paralysis-inducing shadow has caused a chain reaction of traumatic events that lands the youngest boy, Justin, in a dilapidated orphanage in South Carolina. There, Justin's friendship with two equally traumatized children provides temporary solace from his pain—until the shadows stir once more and leave everyone lucky enough to survive the onslaught with a shattered psyche.

Thirty-three years later, Justin stumbles upon an incident involving a similar paranormal phenomenon. His investigation reveals an unsettling truth dating back to 8,212 BC that has slowly been growing into an imminent threat to the entire planet.

Can Justin connect with his past to find the answers in time, or will he, along with every other soul on the planet, succumb to the shadow's insidious power?

"A nail-biting page-turner that keeps you guessing right until the end…." ARC Reader

You don't want to miss this journey...

I used to suffer in silence. I went to bed in mental pain, woke up physically hurting. I felt unwell most of the time and life was passing me by. I didn't know that my past had caused these new feelings of dread, low mood and loneliness. My past had caught up with me and it wouldn't go back in the box.

My journey lets you in on how my past influenced years of anxiety. I cover how it impacted my life, my day-to-day activities and the people living around me. Through therapy and learning about my mental health, I realised that I had high functioning autism too! I'll tell you about the skills I developed to help me on my way to becoming the person I am today and I hope it helps you too.

You won't feel alone on this journey, I'm with you every step of the way.

Virna Babineaux, a once famous glamour model/turned prostitute, is stabbed to death in a Southeast London brothel. Several years later, the corpse remains unclaimed until it is inexplicably discovered missing by mortuary staff.

Strange goings-on at the victim's former luxury home in Surrey then arouse the interest of local police. However, the case is dropped before the initial investigation is completed. Had there been a possible connection with the missing body?

Investigating officer DI Sue Grendel is furious as she believes she was close to solving the mystery. Against her better judgement, she tips off her former lover, the wayward journalist Daniel Blue, urging him to bag a good story.

Daniel feels he is on nothing more than a wild goose chase until he inadvertently enters a whole new world of BDSM. It's here, whilst on his quest to solve the mystery and finally get his scoop, assistance comes from an unlikely source.

Work up an appetite for cave popcorn as you journey into a subterranean world filled with dazzling cave formations and cave-dwelling creatures!

Join two young explorers and their trusted guide as they head off on a wonder-filled underground adventure. Slip through crevices, creep through passageways, and stop to admire the beauty of a fascinating ecosystem. From stalactites and stalagmites, to dripstone, shelfstone, and pearls - there is something to discover at every turn. Troglobites, glow worms, spiders, and bats make your acquaintance before your return to the light and familiarity of places above.

With a lyrical, rhyming text, and illustrations that illuminate and bring warmth to an otherwise dark and damp environment, In a Cave is sure to please science and nature lovers of all ages.

Seventeen-year-old Madison James knows she could end up like her dad, gone without a warning. But instead of holding back, she’s thrown herself into training to become a Keeper like him to protect other magics. She even scores an early apprenticeship with the handsome, but unavailable, Colin Dyson.

Their new assignment will be much harder than training: finding out who sold her father’s magic after they find it with seedy magic dealers. She may only be an apprentice, but that doesn’t stop her from running headfirst into anything that could help her find answers.

Every clue points to one man: the Head of the Keepers in Paris and Colin’s father. Challenging the Head could threaten her deepening relationship with Colin. And as she gets closer to the truth, she’ll risk the ones closest to her to stop him from killing again.

This Young Adult Fantasy novel is perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Laini Taylor, and Brigid Kemmerer. Follow along on Madison’s journey in The Keeper Series, a trilogy that pulls the reader into a compelling magical world.

The spiritual journey of Thalia in three acts: Body, Mind and Soul.

Solomon's Pond discusses life through the twists and turns of growing older, caring for sick parents and the challenges of an uninspiring career. Told through the voice of Thalia, a thirty-something college teacher, who discovers all is not right within the world, or at least the world she has created, as she wonders where she is truly meant to be and if her chosen career path was really her choice after all.

The story is is divided into three main parts: Body, Mind and Soul, in which all these correspond to what is happening in Thalia’s life, including her career which is going from bad to worse, so much so that Thalia experiences excruciating headaches and ill health which begin to change her views on life and death, especially when she finally discovers what she is suffering from.

The history books retelling the story of a fell-fated expedition to the West Rim won’t remember the name of the Stranger, a woman who loved her family and worshiped her freedom. But the rest of the Rim will.

What remains of the Revere family vows vengeance on their once-partners for the loss of their train and the deaths caused by it.

In Hannah, the black refinery dust stains the sun red, and the streets are haunted.

Adelaide the Stranger stalks the men responsible for her capture and her sister’s death. But she is not the only ghost. Alone and miles from her family in the mining settlement where she was born, she is forced to finally reckon with her mother’s memory, long buried but never dead – or become one.

Tesla the Widow has found sanctuary with old friends, but not peace. For progress waits for no woman to load her gun and she has no intention of hiding forever, especially when Adelaide’s ransom note comes.

As the shadow of east-blood expansion creeps west, the Reveres risk everything they have left on secret chemistry project and the ultimate ammunition heist will give them leverage over the railroad expansion, and the chance to restore the promise their family name once held.

But this is the Rim. Trustworthy deals are rare as water, fragile as dawn, and only the ruthless live long enough to see it change Seasons.

So let it be dark. Let it be bloody. Let us pray – for red is the color of revenge.

Discover how to better support and understand individuals living with Alzheimer's/Dementia disease with ABCs of Alzheimer's. This comprehensive guide provides invaluable information and advice for caregivers, family members, and friends, helping them gain a deeper understanding of memory loss and its impact on individuals' lives. Written by a caregiver for current and future caregivers, this book will empower readers to make informed decisions, provide meaningful support, and cultivate hope and resilience in the face of Alzheimer's.

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Being omniscient isn't all it's cracked up to be. For Eugene J. McGillicuddy, a private detective in Washington, D.C. in the twenty-second century, it's an outright curse.

Earth has finally joined galactic society — as an endangered planet under the supervision of the Galactic Congress. That's what happens when you nearly destroy your own planet though neglect. In many ways, the Earth has become the Casablanca of the Milky Way. Thousands of aliens arrive every day to visit, see the silly humans that almost blew up their world, and sometimes make a new home.

And sometimes, those aliens need a detective to find their missing wallet or six-limbed two-headed puppy dog on a bender playing pool and poker at the local speakeasy.

But even a psychic detective can bite off more than they can chew. Especially when that psychic detective wants to keep his gift a secret.

Soon after being offered a case from an ornery dinosaur diplomat, convergent evolution has a twisted sense of humor, and an alien ambassador with tusks, Jack McGillicuddy is kidnapped, tortured, and hunted across the galaxy by a myriad of aliens and intelligent machines the size of planets.

Fortunately, Jack has friends. Eddie, an accidentally created sentient computer program that became self-aware calculating body positions in an ergonomic office chair, and Alice Pemberton, legitimate super-genius whose hobbies are creating wormholes, come to Jack's aid when he needs it most.

Together, Jack and his allies must race through interdimensional cafeterias, stay one step ahead of a Galactic mystery, and somehow rescue themselves and maybe even the entire cosmos.

A group of twelve-year-old children have been lured on a school trip to Bavaria by an old woman. She is the earthly servant of a being not of this world, called The Hutenghast.

Unbeknown to them, seven of the party have been specifically chosen as a sacrifice for this inhuman beast. In order to sustain itself, The Hutenghast must periodically take seven souls, and this is done by the reading a script.

Those who read or hear the script (called The Telling), when they next sleep, he comes to them in their dreams, he sucks all the moisture from their bodies, taking their souls along with it.

The Hutenghast needs a mixture of male and female children, and so when The Great Being (a God like figure), intervenes by sending a dense fog, the boys and girls get separated on their journey to the old woman's lair, and all the plans goes awry.

No longer able to use The Telling, The Hutenghast has one magic bullet that he can use just once, called 'The Knife of Life and Death'.

He has no other choice now. He has to go for it!

Life-altering tech is on the horizon, and someone wants it stopped—permanently. Can a murder witness escape paying the ultimate price?

Near future. Angela Kapp is damaged. Working remotely from an isolated cabin in a dead-end customer support job, she drinks too much and spends her days avoiding the world. But while on shift using a visual-interpretation headset to assist a blind person, the cynical loner is horrified when she virtually experiences the other woman’s gruesome slaying.

Shocked the next day when she recognizes the killer closing in on a second sightless client, Angela shouts for the software engineer to run. And after learning that he and the first victim are connected by a soon-to-be-released teleportation innovation, she convinces him to go to ground in her secluded home… only to become a target herself.

Can her paranoia and his unexpected skills thwart a sinister plot?

Quantum Reaction is a gripping science fiction mystery. If you like resilient heroines, unique blind heroes, and high-adrenaline action interwoven with humor, then you’ll love Marc Wayne’s flash forward to adventure.

Try Quantum Reaction to take a leap into tomorrow today!

1365, Venice, Italy. For generations, the merchants of House Aretoli have profited through faithful service to the Republic of Venice. Despite being only a minor senatorial family, they’ve established a reputation for reliability, fidelity, and ingenuity.

But the Aretoli are about to face the ultimate test. Caught up in a rebellion on Venice’s territory of Crete, young Niccolo Aretoli returns as a hero after saving the governor’s life and evacuating the loyal citizenry. Yet despite his new fame, not all is well in Venice. Niccolo’s beloved has been forced into marriage to safeguard her family from ruin. Fresh jealousies divide him from his brother Flavio. And traitorous senators and a seductive foreign agent threaten to divide and destroy his family as part of an even darker design.

From brothel to Senate, on land and sea, through marriage and loss, the sons and daughters of House Aretoli struggle against spies, treachery, and assassination. The seeds of discord are already growing, and they threaten to turn sibling against sibling.

Chased on land and sea by enemies and betrayed by his closest allies, Niccolo must overcome a conspiracy that threatens his survival, the lives of his family, and the very existence of the republic itself.

Madeleine "Lainie" Stanton is about to become a local celebrity. Born at precisely midnight at the millennium, she's turning 12, and a TV station wants an interview. But when the reporter finds out Lainie's great-grandmother Madeleine was hanged for murder, the story threatens to blow up into something quite different. Racing against time to prove her ancestor was framed, Lainie and her two best friends follow clues that seem to come in a shocking way-from Madeleine herself.

Maddie's Ghost is middle-grade fiction, contemporary psychological suspense, woven around a young girl's race to solve a 1930s mystery involving her great-grandmother.

"Spooky history meets bone-chilling mystery in this tightly written ghost story-meant for only the bravest readers." —Kate Hannigan, author of the historical fantasy series Cape, Mask, and Boots

Carol Fisher Saller lives in Chicago. Honors for her children’s books include starred reviews, Bankstreet Best, Kirkus Best, and NCSS/CBC Notables.

A city burning... A murderous tycoon on the run... And three vigilantes out for revenge...

Marcel never thought his investigations would lead to this; his once-friend Lazarus Roache turned slaver and cruel puppet master. For the good of Huile, and to salve his conscience, Marcel must take Roache down, even if that means following him into the desolate and savage reaches of the Wastes.

Yet the tycoon is not the only Wastefolk with a past with Marcel. To find the tycoon Marcel must break hardtack with an old enemy, a disgraced imperial general who he had once tried to kill, and is more than eager to return the favor. Yet she is not the greatest threat in the Wastes, for there is also a bounty hunter on his trail, the mysterious Queen of Rats, who somehow seems to somehow know Marcel's every dark secret.

--Early Praise--

"Part road-trip novel, part fantasy epic, The Lioness and the Rat Queen is gritty and entertaining sequel that skillfully balances humor and drama as it tells a moving story about vengeance and forgiveness. Above all, it's the characters that bring the world alive-from our three complex and layered protagonists to the wonderfully flamboyant and sinister villain." — Aatif Rashid, author of Portrait of Sebastian Khan

"Noah Lemelson's The Lioness and the Rat Queen is a smart, unputdownable sequel set post-war where the "evil" empire wins, and the scrappy underdog rebels find themselves irrevocably tied to the person who defeated them. Its commentary on corporatism, imperialism, religion, and individualism strikes at the heart of characters who all have their own secrets. Nothing is sacred, and everything is bleak. Yet, with revenge on the horizon, hope springs." — AJ Super, author of Erebus Dawning

"This sweeping sequel to The Sightless City shows us that even with the revelations that shook our protagonists in book one, there is still more to question, more to fear, and more to fight for. The Lioness and the Rat Queen throws the doors of the world open wide, leading the reader on a blood-and-aether soaked quest right into the heart of the conflict that broke the world once, and may very well do it again. Marcel and Sylvaine must confront their own fears and failures if they are to catch the slippery Lazarus Roache and face the true monsters hiding in the shadow of his ego." — Casey E. Berger, author of The Resonance Saga

In an evocative debut, A.D. Long sheds light on the devastating consequences of ostracizing those who yearn for love and connection the most. 

Evann has no excuse to be living among the city’s destitute. Raised in a middle-class family, he’s never wanted for anything—except his mother’s love. Desperate to escape her rejection, criticism, and the self-deprecating voices in his head, he finds solace in the medicine cabinet, uniting with a lover who rights his wrongs but knows nothing of give and has an insatiable appetite for take.

With nowhere else to turn, Evann sinks deeper into his addiction, numbing his pain with substances that only serve to destroy him—leaving his family to grapple with their own secrets, their antiquated views on addiction, and the devastating effects of picking sides.

Set against the backdrop of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, amid a deadly drug crisis, Less Than underlines the importance of unconditional love and the tragic consequences for those who lack it.

When Santa Claus enters a Texas bank just before Christmas in 1927, no one expects him to pull a gun.

The fake white beard hides his identity from his neighbors while he and three others take everything. But their easy heist goes sideways fast when armed lawmen and citizens assemble to claim a new reward for dead bank robbers. 

Taking hostages, the gang forces a path through a frenzied and bloody shootout, setting the whole Lone Star state on their trail.

One bandit dies in the getaway. One is executed in the electric chair. One swings from a rope in a mob lynching. The last man finds a life he always hoped for--If only he can keep it.

Closely based on a true story, The Last Man is a gritty Prohibition-era crime novel filled with flawed characters and second chances.

"Goodman writes crisp, confident prose, giving us a novel as compelling as the incredible true story it's based on. The Last Man blends thrilling, cinematic set pieces with convincing character work that explores the nature of crime and rehabilitation. Fans of historical fiction should list Goodman among their 'must-buy' authors." (James Wade, two-time Spur Award-winning author of Beasts of the Earth)

2044: The world is steeped in a planet-annihilating global war. The only way to save it is to travel backward in time. Bewildered maths teacher Murdo Ironside is recruited to join the League of Kairos, a secret agency for those few who possess the Time Gene, which confers the ability to turn back time.

But their powers are limited. They must join forces with other Time Travellers from the past, and build a network of chronomotives - trains running through time - and search for a super-powerful time-traveller from the 1990s, known as the Anchor.

But the Anchor is angst-ridden schoolgirl Roxy Malone, who is terrified of the power she cannot understand nor control. Can the League find her before the Time Gene itself kills her?

Or before she falls prey to Dark Forces from across time who want her dead?

In the frigid waters, off a moonlit beach, a magical transformation is occurring.

The Girl Aylee is a shop-keeper’s daughter in a nameless coastal town. Kind, thoughtful, and recovering from a broken heart, she yearns for a life she may never have. She would do just about anything to make her parents happy, including perhaps, living a life she doesn’t want.

The Stranger

On a brisk autumn morning, Aylee stumbles upon Cailean. He’s an outsider—lost, confused, and very much out of place. Cailean has more than a few secrets, but for reasons Aylee can’t quite explain, the two strike up a quick friendship.

The Peril Cailean has lost a very valuable item—one that may mean the difference between life and death. As Aylee and Cailean search for answers, they call on friends and enemies alike in the hope of avoiding tragedy. In the process, Aylee must confront danger in many forms—both human and fey—all while learning just as much about herself as the mysterious people and creatures surrounding her. What will she choose for herself in the end, and who will she lose as she fights for her new friend and her own future?

Steeped in Celtic folklore, A Simple Tale of Water and Weeping is a timeless tale sure to bring a smile to your heart and possibly a tear to your eye. It is a magical story of love, friendship, and accepting not only ourselves, but also those around us.