For fans of Elmore Leonard and Robert B. Parker, meet hockey scout turned private detective Brad Shade, from “one of the best sports writers on the continent” Brad Shade has been just about everywhere hockey is played. He has ridden the buses in the minors, shared dressing rooms with the legends of the game, closed bars with guys destined for the Hall of Fame, and dropped the gloves with journeymen like himself who’ll never get near it. And even though he’s retired after fourteen years of ...

Corruption runs deep in the third installment of the Brad Shade thrillers, the series that inspired the hit Global TV show Private Eyes.When Brad Shade arrives in Russia, he knows exactly what to expect. As a former journeyman turned Scouting Director for Los Angeles, Shade is accustomed to delays at the world’s worst airport, run-ins with Vlad Dubinin, once his rival, now his Moscow scout, and the perpetual headache of getting draft picks released from th...

Hatred, blackmail, and murder—a Brad Shade hat trick. The Black Ace reunites us with our favourite, savvy fourth-liner, with plot twists, wisecracks, and an ending that could only come from G.B. Joyce.Thanks to Shade’s work at the NHL draft last season, he gets to hold on to his job as scout for L.A.—at least for now. But a journeyman’s work is never done. Shade is checking out the talent in Regina with his old friend and teammate “Chief.” But when they learn of the suicid...

After severing herself from her death spirit, Rin is left raw, clinging to her fragile circle of friends and family. Now a rift to the Lower Void has opened, offering her a viable path to the Hold, but the anomaly throws Emberstead into a province-wide lockdown and Alyxia emerges from the shadows.Even though Rin and Johanna know they are stronger together and strive to find the control they need to stop Alyxia, it never seems to be enough. With her ruthless manipulation, Alyxia sei...

Rinnaya Burgheim played right into the Revival's hands when she survived the attack of undead clones and activated her death affinity. Now, her worst nightmare is her reality—they kidnapped Liam.Forced into isolation for her own safety, Rin battles to control her death affinity. But seclusion and unsettling discoveries about her family twist her power into a volatile force that threatens to consume her. Hiding won't help. To get close enough to foil the Revival's plans, they need t...

Rinnaya has never known the land of Illyson to give her anything but loss. Her Ironskin Lineage, once powerful and prosperous, is now reviled. And while dealing with the unbearable loss of her parents, her older brother left her to raise her younger brother, Liam, alone. All she wants is to give Liam a happier, safer childhood than she had.But when she discovers her essence contains the same latent power that led to the Ironskins' demise, she is forced to leave Liam behind to recei...

As a Beastblood-Emberstead halfie, Adrianne McCarthy is no stranger to criticism. Without being able to shift into her beast form, however, her personal shame bleeds on to her family. She's Shadowless, linked to the world of the dead.In her final year of Guardian training, Adrianne is desperate to prove herself. Striving to exceed everyone's expectations, she agrees to help train a new advanced team on top of her Medic classes and gruelling clinical work. Despite her efforts, she i...

Children's human rights are regularly violated around the world. We hear about graphic examples including child soldiers, child prostitutes, and children sold into slavery, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In the United States, children suffer similar abuses, but some are unique to the U.S. justice system. Unlike most of the rest of the world, the U.S. is a well-developed western nation in which juvenile offenders can be tried as adults and se...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

In this fascinating tale inspired by a true story from 1800s New York City, a young girl navigates the joys and challenges of growing up while dealing with the unknown future of her home and community.Now that she is turning thirteen, Maria Peterson envisions new adult prestige and responsibility, like attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers such as Sojourner Truth. The year also brings trials and tribulations for her family and friends,...

Books in the Teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) across the Curriculum Series are written specifically for pre- and in- service teachers who may not have been trained in ELL techniques, but still find themselves facing the realities and challenges of today's diverse classrooms and learners. Each book provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach ELLs through a given subject area, and how to teach content to ELLs who are at different levels of English language proficiency...

Embrace the healing power of Ayurveda and discover a full-body approach to wellbeing with this revolutionary cookbook.Do you want to explore ancient Ayurvedic wisdom that will help you reduce inflammation, detoxify your body, and achieve a natural balance?Beautifully designed with a wealth of ancient Indian Ayurvedic wisdom, this holistic cookbook reveals how you can transform your health a...