In Part 2, Akira is forced to confront the weight of destiny he once tried to deny. What began as confusion and disbelief has now become a dangerous truth—he is deeply tied to an ancient prophecy that could either save both realms or destroy them completely. But believing in destiny is only the beginning. Surviving it is something else entirely.As new enemies emerge from hidden dimensions and forgotten worlds, alliances are tested and betrayals surface from within....

This book offers an innovative alternative methodology for managing negotiations grounded in the lived experiences of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Drawing on behaviourographic analysis of their speeches, writings, and life episodes, the work introduces the conceptual framework of “state of relatedness” and five tangible relationship frames – inclination, influence, interpretative, interaction, and issues handling – that underlie all negotiated engagements. The book demons...

**"A sumptuously illustrated story that will make you chuckle and leave you eager for more." --The Beat's Best Kids Comics 2025 listIn this third volume in the graphic novel series that Booklist called "lushly painted and cinematic," Brume, Hugo, and Hubert meet a hospitable yeti, diabolic fairies, and finally discover the secret of Brume's past. Perfect for young readers ages 7-11!**Brume is still searching for Naïa, the powerful witch, the only one who can reveal the secr...

A vivid exploration of Las Vegas—where illusion, risk, and reinvention shape a city unlike any other—part of Travel with a Writer, The Walking Tree’s series pairing leading authors with the places they know best.Las Vegas is a city built on the promise that anything can change overnight. It is a place of spectacle and simulation, where global landmarks are reproduced in the desert and fortunes are made and lost in an instant.Beneath the neon and excess, how...

Within the last few years, COVID-19, environmental disasters, the housing affordability crisis, increased homelessness, and inflation have brought poverty in the United States into sharper focus. Gaining an understanding of poverty necessitates not only an examination of macro trends and patterns, but also insights into people's everyday experiences at the micro-level. This reader brings together key topics such as food, housing, and health insecurities; spatial and environmental inequalit...

The second volume in this essential library gathers James Joyce's modernist vision, Mark Twain's American wit, Jules Verne's boundless imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure and suspense, Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic brilliance, and Bram Stoker's gothic terror alongside voices from Tolstoy to Tagore, Stendhal to Sienkiewicz. Ranging from French Enlightenment fiction to Victorian sensation novels, Russian realism to early global literature, this collection widens the canon begun in V...

Six giants of English and American comic fiction share the stage in this collection: Jonathan Swift's biting satire, Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's gallery of eccentrics, Mark Twain's dry American humor, Jerome K. Jerome's beloved comic timing, and Edwin Abbott's flat, delightful satire come together in ten stories built to make you laugh out loud. From drawing-room comedy to absurdist adventure, this anthology proves classic literature can be every bit as funny as it is endur...

Mischievous brothers Link and Hud are back for a Halloween-themed entry in the hilarious series from real-life brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey.It’s October. Halloween is almost here, and brothers Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are excited about their first time trick-or-treating without their parents. But odd and spooky things start happening on their cul-de-sac—things they get blamed for. Link and Hud must face down zombies, a suspected werewolf, and a (de...

A biblical blueprint for effective communication that empowers men to express their emotions and equips women with the respect languages that help men be vulnerable in a healthy way.Men don’t lack feelings. They lack a safe place to express them. In a culture obsessed with “high-value men” and “alpha status,” men often let their emotions go unprocessed. What looks like drive is a desperation that can lead to workaholism, i...

What was hidden will remain hidden no more... forever.Every element of this cover is intentional. The crowned Africanfigure represents restored dignity and identity, not granted bysystems but reclaimed through divine origin. The silhouette ofthe African continent anchors the narrative in both geographyand legacy, while the Hebrew text woven through thebackground bears witness to ancient biblical truths that were‘obscured but never erased.

Step into a world where wit, absurdity, romance, and laughter take center stage. 10 Masterpieces of Comedy Vol. 1 brings together a selection of classic comic works from celebrated authors, offering readers an entertaining journey through some of the most memorable humor in literature. From sharp social satire and clever wordplay to ridiculous misunderstandings, eccentric characters, romantic complications, and comic adventures, these works demonstrate the remarkable variety of literary co...

Joan Allway means to reform the world through journalism and finds the world has arrangements of its own — a married politician, a war, and a slum parish. Jerome was orphaned at fifteen and worked as a railway clerk, a schoolmaster and an actor before Three Men in a Boat, which he meant as a serious travel guide; this 1919 novel is his most earnest book, written by a man who had driven an ambulance in France at fifty-six.