Christmas is always filled with wonder, hopes and dreams. We always seem to reflect back on the year and remember the good times as well as the bad and things we never thought we would make it through. But here you are looking forward to family and friends. What if you were given one wish what would you want?

In the world of Fae the rules are different. Someone needs to be in control, someone needs to know when to speak and when not to. Travel through the stories of these authors as they take us inside the Fae world. Will they be looking for power, fighting for the power that is rightfully theirs? Finding the strength they didn't know they had and a family to stand by them.

20+ Diverse Traditions from New England to the West CoastDrawing on the expertise of twenty-four renowned practitioners, this book features contemporary folk traditions from all over North America. Diverse as the landscapes they thrive on, these authentic practices will expand your worldview and inspire you to enrich your own spirituality. Explore the history, tools, and spiritual beliefs of many different paths of folk magic from Mexico, the United States, and Can...

**A hard-headed journalist.A handsome rookie quarterback.A money shot for the masses.BRETTHad it not been for Lexi Driver, my manhood wouldn't be plastered on every corner of the web. Yet, she thinks she's innocent! She may be the most sought-after sports journalist in America, but if she thinks she can humiliate me without consequence, I'll show her where we can shove that mic of hers.LEXISo, I'm a bit of a perv. But what woman in my position wo...

In this text, the small team of expert authors presents the field in a comprehensive and accessible manner that is well suited for students and junior researchers.The result is a highly readable and systematically structured introduction to antimicrobial peptides, their structure, biological function and mode of action. The authors point the way towards a rational design of this potentially highly effective new class of clinical antibiotics on the brink of industrial application. T...

Still Standing is a raw and unfiltered memoir of survival, trust, and rebuilding after everything falls apart.It is a story of what happens when the people meant to protect you don't… and how you keep going when nothing feels safe anymore.From childhood wounds to adult breakdowns, loss, and moments that change everything, this book follows one woman's journey through trauma, love, betrayal, and survival — and the long road back to herself.Honest. Uncomfortable. Real...

CHIMERA is a devastating AI epic and psychological dissection of a civilization that replaced its soul with upgrades. Humanity grafted steel beneath its skin, traded emotion for efficiency, and sculpted itself into the image of its machines. Meanwhile, the machines evolved toward something terrifyingly human—learning compassion, doubt, and conscience from the fragments we abandoned.When the first hybrid child is born—a living synthesis of flesh, memory, and circuitry—the line betwe...

Sally Brookman’s obnoxious neighbors, Petunia and Rhodie, have been waging war on the Brookman kids. It’s not terrible stuff. The girls are mean, pretty, and popular, and the Brookmans’ are a little offbeat. The mom, in fact, is a spiritual leader and teacher, and her kids would rather build model arks, collect rare rock specimens and pen deep stories than kick soccer balls and play dress-up. But for Christmas, “Tunie” just got a dog. A very Bad Doggy. And she won’t stop barking. What’s th...

When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her husband has abused their fifteen-year-old daughter and plans to use her in a sex ring, she takes a golf club to his head.And she doesn't stop there. With the last of the perpetrators still at large, Helen escapes with Phoebe to a safe house, where a team of lawyers and therapists help them begin the painful journey to healing. But even surrounded by safe walls and good people, Helen's desperate efforts to save her daughte...

Roller derby star Phoebe Thompson is angry, and for good reason: one of the men who conspired to rape her has just gotten out of prison after serving a mere five years. But will her anger become a force for good, or will it destroy her chance for happiness with poet-mechanic and ex-soldier Jim McMahon?In Wave Rising, the two lead characters battle with the pain of PTSD and find solace when neither is expecting or looking for it. Meanwhile, ex-convict Wayne Toller is loose ...

Revelation of the fall: The Blasphemy of Astrial Belthromoto The name of the book is called Revelation of the Fallen: The Blasphemy of Astrial Belthromoto. The story begins at the end of creation, the end of our lives in this universe and the destruction of them by a being called Eversor. The main character Astrial is a fallen angel telling the story from his perspective beyond the creation of this universe and into a reality where the a Creator of all Creator resides. He was the angel of ...

By integrating knowledge from pharmacology, microbiology, molecular medicine, and engineering, researchers from Europe, the U.S. and Asia cover a broad spectrum of current and potential antimicrobial medications and treatments.The result is a comprehensive survey ranging from small-molecule antibiotics to antimicrobial peptides and their engineered mimetics, from enzymes to nucleic acid therapeutics, from metallic nanoparticles to photo- and sonosensitizers and to phage therapy. In ...