Be Careful What You Wish For…Hiding from bullies in the town cemetery seemed like a good idea. Right up until we fell through a creepy secret doorway into a magic land called Chimera.That certainly changed things. My friends think change is cool. But me? Not so much. What's wrong with how things are?I mean, it's already pretty weird around here!In our town, people still talk about that time twelve years ago — the year we were born — as THE STRANGEST YEAR EVE...

What’s a persnickle? And why is it floofing? Shouldn't it be flurfing, blurfing, or slurfing? This book celebrates all sorts of silly, nonsensical stuff. And it gives you the keys you’ll need to unlock your own poems. So open up, and discover the poet in you!

On a small farm in rural Tennessee, a mysterious spirit was tormenting a family. Quilts were pulled off beds, strange noises stomped through the house, and shoes were thrown across rooms. In this graphic narrative, real quotes from an account written by a family member help tell the story of this strange haunting, while other theories are presented to dispute the supernatural nature of the story. Do you believe in the Bell Witch?

Author and school administrator Blake Clark offers a candid guide to the human side of leadership. This book is a vital resource for self-preservation and sustainability. It provides practical strategies for leaders to fulfill their responsibilities while embracing their unique leadership qualities. Learning to lead with authenticity and courage will empower you to navigate complex decisions and achieve sustainable school excellence without burning out.K–12 leaders can use ...

Steele ResolveAn action-packed thriller with a heart-pounding blend of suspense, romance, and relentless danger.Logan Steele is a man on the run—an ex-special forces operative turned fugitive after uncovering a deadly conspiracy that could shake governments and topple corrupt empires. With powerful enemies closing in, Logan must rely on his instincts, skills, and a handful of allies to survive.Natalie Carter never expected to be caught in th...

On this day in history. . .something amazing happened in the Christian world. Find out just what with This Day in Christian History. Every day for an entire year, you’ll find a brief, easy-to-read highlight of church history, from the birth of modern Pentecostalism (January 1, 1901) to the first Salvation Army meeting (July 5, 1865) to one of the presumed endings of the world (December 31, 999). You’ll see the amazing panorama of Christian belief and practice over the course of th...

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. From 4,500 years in our future, Bree Matthews and Jude LeClaire would wrinkle their noses at such a basic theorem, dismissing it with almost scornful laughter, considering it as hardly worthy of being taught as a first principle. Even such sayings as "power accretes to power" or "when great forces clash, the gods rise from their restless slumbers and take notice" would appear as trite and boring clichés. If only that could be true.

Leaving St. Milborn-Under-the Hill and the murders that had been committed there, David Hutchings and Clare Edwards want to believe the chief part of the guilt and the loneliness and, too, the punishment for their past sins are now behind them, that the budding dawn of a new day is waiting there in London for the two of them as they return to England's greatest city. All they have to do is to turn their faces toward its glow to feel its invigorating warmth and the promise of a new life tog...

Faith. Fate. Two words so full of potency, yet fraught with nuances that touch on many of humanity's hopes and fears. Two words commonly employed as if they are mutually exclusive—that the realities they represent exist within continua in complete opposition to each other.Forty-five hundred years earlier, through the remarkable efforts of one woman, humanity sprang outwards from the surface of Earth to reach for the stars, for new worlds to mould and then inhabit. A new beginning w...

Something lies hidden under the sands in the Middle East, a secret so fraught with consequences and surrounded by the fear of the tumult its discovery might provoke, that it cannot be named.It is for this reason the British government has assembled a team to unearth it before any of the other parties searching for it can find it. Included among its members are David and Clare Hutchings.Ostensibly, they are participating in an archeological investigation in northern Iraq, at...

They look exactly like the people you love. Until they get hungry.Sarah Martinez thought her biggest problem was her husband's work stress. Then John came home from his Chicago business trip acting like the perfect father—more attentive, more loving, more present than he'd been in months.She should have been suspicious when he suggested a family camping trip.Now her children are dead, consumed alive while remaining conscious, and Sarah carries the s...

Among the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition of skepticism with which he was familiar. This was the tradition of Academic skepticism, which had its home in Plato's Academy and was transmitted to the Roman world t...