Garrett and Tiffanie Bate had it all—youth, money, and a perfect marriage. Until Tiffanie is killed in a suspicious accident. Neither the police nor the insurance investigators can prove she was murdered and the case turns cold.Two years later the insurance company asks an intern—former college professor turned private eye Ray Courage—to reopen the investigation. He uncovers little new evidence to support suspicions that Garrett killed his wife for the insurance money. Garrett has ...

Something lurks in the black waters surrounding Mossley Island. An arcane and eldritch horror. For fifty years, it's waited. Fading into myth. Allowing those who fought off its last invasion to succumb to age. Now, with the island all but unprotected, this ancient evil prepares to mount one last attack.The first chilling installment of this serialized story finds Dawn Lesguettes accompanying her father to the island. Though he is reluctant to return to his birthplace, Dawn has alwa...

Ever had one of those nights that flips your world upside down? Yeah, that was the night I thought I had it all figured out—or so I believed. Enter Atlas Mackenzie: the first guy who actually sees me. Not just the long brown hair and those eyes that scream "haunted," but the real me. He gets it. And with him, I’m not some invisible wallflower anymore.Atlas? Total lifesaver. Yeah, he's gay, but our friendship? It's epic—way beyond any romance I've ever imagined. But then, there's hi...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!From Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and his coauthors, a follow-up to groundbreaking bestseller Conscious Capitalism—revealing what it takes to lead a purpose-driven, sustainable business.John Mackey started a movement when he founded Whole Foods, bringing natural, organic food to the masses and not only changing the market, but breaking the mold. Now, for the first time, Conscious Leadership closely explor...

"The Symbolism of Freemasonry," Mackey delves into the symbolic meanings of various Masonic rituals, tools, and symbols. He discusses how these elements are used to convey moral and philosophical teachings and to encourage personal growth and self-improvement. Some key topics explored in the book include:Symbolism and Rituals: Mackey explains the symbolic meanings behind Masonic rituals, ceremonies, and practices. He discusses how these symbolic elements are intended to convey deeper philo...

As seen on Oprah’s Super Soul SundayA New York Times and Wall Street Journal BestsellerIn this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism. Featuring some of today’s best-known companies, they illustrate how these two forces can-and do-work most powerfully to create value for all stakeholders: i...

Featured in The Economist’s Best Books of 2024An Adam Grant Summer Reading Pick 2024Whole Foods Market’s Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact.The growth of Whole Foods isn’t just a business success story—it’s the story of a retail, cultural, and dietary revolution that has forever ch...

Izzy:They say a girl's first love is the one she remembers the most.The one that makes her and the one that breaks her.Lincoln James was my entire world.My protector.My best friend.My every breath.Until he wasn't.Twelve years later, he casually strolls back into my life.But the boy who owned my heart is nowhere to be seen.He hates me and I have no idea why.Devastatingly handsome is only skin deep, when the one you...

Of the various modes of communicating instruction to the uninformed, the masonic student is particularly interested in two; namely, the instruction by legends and that by symbols. It is to these two, almost exclusively, that he is indebted for all that he knows, and for all that he can know, of the philosophic system which is taught in the institution. All its mysteries and its dogmas, which constitute its philosophy, are intrusted for communication to the neophyte, sometimes to one, somet...

What do local conflicts about land rights tell us about Indigenous-settler relations and the challenges and possibilities of decolonization? In Unsettled Expectations, Eva Mackey draws on ethnographic case studies about land rights conflicts in Canada and the U.S. to argue that critical analysis of present-day disputes over land, belonging and sovereignty will help us understand how colonization is reproduced today and how to challenge it. Employing theoretical approaches from Indigenous a...

Alphard is one who stands apart. In a group-oriented, telepathic society, that makes him an oddity. Even more because he is Dark, non-telepathic.That very oddity allows him to save members of a Research team who will die without his help.Yet when those of his species abduct two members of a potentially intelligent alien race — they call themselves Humans — his abilities will be taxed to their limits.He and his team members, Rose and Violet, must learn to communicate...

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?- You can't pinpoint what's wrong, but you feel perpetually small, anxious, and wrong.- They seem vulnerable and broken, so you stay, convincing yourself that your love will finally heal them.- You replay conversations obsessively, looking for where you went wrong or how you triggered them.- You've stopped sharing your needs because their hurt always becomes the issue.- Everyone else thinks they're kin...