The rhythm of our heartbeat often marches to the beat of our financial pulse. Travis Jon Riley's "Heart's Ledger" is a profound exploration of the realm where human emotions and economic decisions intersect, intertwining in unexpected ways. Riley deftly navigates this rich tapestry, revealing the depth of influence our emotions have on our wallets and vice versa.Do societal judgments shape our spending habits? How often is our financial value mistaken for our personal worth? And ho...

Directly from the headlines: Even before its mandated closer due to the Covid-19 virus epidemic, after spending billions of dollars, the American education system was in crisis. Students were not being prepared for anything except more years without adequate benefit and were turning off. Teachers were quitting in droves, and taxpayers were losing faith in the schools they paid for with their taxes. Resulting in nation-wide teacher shortages, it never needed to happen. This project is as ex...

In the vast tapestry of human history, words have been the silent architects, building bridges, sparking revolutions, and sculpting societies. "Warriors of Words" dives deep into the potent world of rhetoric, unraveling its profound impact on civilizations across epochs.From the compelling oratories of Ancient Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle laid the very foundations of rhetorical techniques, to the impassioned speeches of Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. that...

Directly from the headlines: Even before it’s mandated closer due to the Covid-19 virus epidemic after spending billions of dollars, the American education system was in crisis. Students were not being prepared for anything except more years without adequate benefit and were turning off. Teachers were quitting in droves and taxpayers were losing faith in the schools they paid for with their taxes. And it’s getting worse. This project is as explosive to the field of education as Rachel Cars...

This audiobook experience contains music and sound effects, and is narrated by Melody Muzljakovic and performed by a full cast.Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.WHEN DESTINY FAILS YOU, WHO WILL YOU BECOME?A forgotten princess. A cruel realm. A Mage who might be her salvation.Sanja is a princess on the run...

'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the MonthWhat was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents,...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of USA Today's Best Books of 2020“A haunted house story—with a twist….[Sager] does not hold back”(Rolling Stone) in this chilling thriller from the author of Final Girls and Survive the Night.**Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share.Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont w...

"Must Read! The Dark Violinist plays the song of obsession, the dark side of ambition, and the line between faith and the supernatural. Hallelujah!" -- Reedsy official review .Sebastian Ramirez is a young violinist, haunted by his father's mysterious death and plagued with terrifying religious visions. When the esteemed orchestra conductor John Brownstone takes the young musician under his wing, Seb...

When Somali pirates brutally hijack an American sailboat with two couples on board, well-known New York photographer, Channey Moran, has no idea he will play a part in an imaginative, but dangerous rescue mission led by Roy Roy, a former CIA operative and linguist hiding in Belfast from the CIA, MI5 and Interpol.Then the NYPD find Channey’s name and phone number, scribbled on an old, torn letter in the pocket of a homeless woman found dead in New York’s Tompkins Square Park. Channe...

Searching for Cool, Praying for Heat is a novel of love, desire, loyalty, and honor that affects the O'Rourkes, a relocated New England textile family who face entrenched white supremacy in a small North Carolina cotton mill town in 1960. The narrative follows multiple points of view with the main character being high-school age Brian, whose near death experience leads to love's exciting fulfillment.

Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney, Frank X Walker, Sheryl St. Germain,...

Riley Poole's Book of Secrets: History for National Treasure Hunters"Someone did something in history and had fun. Great. Wonderful."This is how National Treasure (2004) fan-favorite character Riley Poole feels about oft-repeated stories of the distant past: dismissive and uninspired. Poole clearly gravitates toward lesser-known tales from history-the kind typically missing from high school classrooms.In this book, franchise expert Aubrey Paris exp...