Arden will shortly turn eighteen. However, as he survives the academic system in place within a futuristic dystopian society, will he find his true-life male partner? Who are his natural parents or donators? Upon accreditation, whilst surviving the rigors that also face his personal sexual development, all will become clear. The morphing semen eater, the demanding leaders, his fellow academics' sexual preferences, and above all, the elder; stand in his way. If that isn’t e...

Medical professionals across the spectrum agree that chronic stress has become the root cause of many diseases. Doctors know that reducing stress has a positive effect on one's immune system, heart, brain, nervous system, and more.Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with top doctors to give you the information you need to survive— and the positive inspiration to thrive— while tackling the challenges of a stressful life. This recording focused on managing stress offers inspi...

Who's the man with the kick-ass birth plan? You are!With all the attention on moms, dads can feel pretty lost in the whole birth and pregnancy thing. The Guys' Guide to Being a Birth Partner is here to help you out, giving you the info you need to be superstar support for your partner and new baby.Taking you from the third trimester of pregnancy to going home with your new bundle of joy, this guide to being a birth partner prepares you for the thou...

After multiple mind-bending experiences in Asia and driving 5,000 miles around Australia, the journey is brought to a blistering halt, leaving an indelible mark in the North Queensland highway, Bertha goes up in flames and Andrew loses ‘everything’….

Jade is often thought of as something ancient and gathering dust in museums, but in China it is a vibrant part of modern life. More jade has been carved this century already than in the rest of human history combined. For Chinese people, jade represents everything that is pure and noble, and Andrew Shaw gave up his life in England to embrace it, and became the only foreign master jade carver in China. Jade Life tells his story and also the story of jade itself, its past and how it intertwi...

After being Christened Valentine, Master Vincent had grown up naturally being popular amongst the girls at school. Until that is until an American kid showed up. Befriending him was easy. Understanding him was a different story altogether. In this coming of age gay comic short story, just who will bring Valentine out to be his true self.The Yank, a wannabe ballet dancer, as well as the kid who outgrows his acne, all try to help Valentine understand his sexuality. When he does reali...

Mental health is not something that should be ignored, whether it's from self-harm, depression, or suicide.Everyone should be listened to before it's too late.It affects all ages, from kids to fully grown adults.Their silence is the loudest cry for help anyone could give.We never know what goes on behind closed doors. We don't see the punch to the face a wife has taken, We don't see every time a girlfriend, wife or husband gets grabbed aroun...

In the Sundered Realms, the deepest wound is the one dealt by the one you love.Ox is a half-blood giant from the northern borderlands, the son of a nomad raid, and blessed, or cursed, with the Battle Joy. When he saves the young king of Shǎng from a palace coup, he is rewarded with rank, riches and the hand of a princess. He also earns the lasting hatred of Gāo, the king's spymaster.Then the flames come. Ox's villa is burned, his wife and infant daughter ar...

One of the bloodiest battles fought in military history — this Battle Story will make you understand what happened and why.The Battle of the Somme raged from July 1 to November 18, 1916, and was one of the bloodiest fought in military history. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of the First World War, as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives fighting over small gains in land. Yet this battle was also to mark a turning point...

***An Instant New York Times Bestseller*Hannah “Kitten Lady” Shaw and professional cat photographer Andrew Marttila journey to thirty countries to bring you hundreds of photos and stories of cats from every corner of the world.**Wife and husband team Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila have made cats their lives' work: they rescue and rehabilitate neonatal kittens, educate the public on cat and kitten care, and capture our feline friends' unique personalities through w...

An army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too – yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed amidst hails of bullets and how kitchens are created in the desert or in the trench lines? In 1941 the army officially created the Army Catering Corps and opened the Army School of Cookery in Aldershot (to be followed by other schools all over the world, including Poona, India). Troops were trained to make meals out of the bare minimum o...

A fully revised new edition of an introductory text to the dynamic and fascinating subject of astrochemistrySince the first edition in 2006 of Astrochemistry, the Mars rovers have driven 31.18 miles, there has been fly-by of Pluto changing it from a 4-pixel world on the Hubble Space Telescope into a mysterious non-planet. There have been visits to asteroids, revisiting Mercury, discovery of the Higgs Boson, discovery of over 2000 extrasolar planets and lan...