And there she sat. Legs crossed with eyes straight as an arrow. The sun slipped inches at a mile behind Snow Recreation Center on the eleventh of October, two thousand and two. John met May in the hustle of his happy, full life. Pausing the daily exercising. Exchanging numbers and smiles, the two briefly tucked away from time. Centrum to Eastern Michigan's heart, ideation began blooming. Tracing began—Finding May and John adoring each other's warmth inside—if only for two minutes. Two minu...

Burnout doesn't mean you're weak—it means something needs to change.In Burnout at Work, author Matt Taylor offers a practical, compassionate guide to identifying, recovering from, and preventing burnout in the modern workplace. Through relatable insights, actionable tools, and grounded strategies, this book helps you reconnect with your energy, set healthy boundaries, and redefine success on your own terms.Whether you're deep in exhaustion or sensi...

A kind-hearted troll tries to get the other monsters off the naughty list and teach them the true meaning of Christmas in this colorful picture book.There once was a troll named Carol . . .Carol is always nice to children—even though the other monsters are not. She is the ONLY monster on the nice list, and the only one to receive presents from Santa. This makes the other monsters jealous.Once Christmas, Carol visits Santa to ask why the other monste...

Randolph the Moose lives with his mother in the Great White North. After a chance encounter with the reindeer from Santa Claus’ sleigh-pulling team, Randolph finds new joy in trail running as he trains to join the reindeer in Santa’s flight school. But when the head elf places him at the workshop loading dock instead (due to his tremendous bulk), Randolph has to use his brains and work ethic to earn respect at his new job… and even save Christmas.Imagine R...

Economics is really simple. Yet in schools and universities and all across the media, what passes for economics is an incomprehensible mish-mash of jargon and false ideas, all festooned with maths and statistics. This book cuts through the jargon and throws out the equations. What emerges is an economics primer that anyone can understand. This is economics in one lesson, and one that can be read in an hour. This book sets out to heal our divided society. Do you prefer socialism or capitali...

The Social Work Assignments Handbookis the complete guide to preparing for, carrying out and writing up a social work assignment or project. Designed to support students through their assignments from beginning to end, each stage is fully explained through friendly advice and practical guidance so that students can feel confident in their work, whether they’re writing up quantitative research findings or carrying out a literature review.

Former passenger Carmen is stranded on a small freighter in the middle of the ocean and finds herself stranded alone with only 3 chickens for company ...... and the sailor-turned-new-vampire Cort. While Carmen doesn't exactly know what Cort is, she's seen firsthand what these blood-drinking beasts are capable of, so she's not taking any chances. She devised a foolproof method - sleep at sunrise and shoot the vampire in the head at sunset. It took him nearly a full day to heal, so it didn't...

I opened my eyes.Darkness.It smelled of damp and mould. I felt rough stone under my skin.I sat up, shivering slightly in the cold.A faint, faint light could be seen - too faint for me to readily determine its source. In every direction - darkness. Below me, stone and slippery water.I felt with my fingers over my arms, legs, and body... I was thin, more so than I should be. There were rough patches where my skin had been bruised. I was...I sta...

Naively, I thought this story was a gift I had given to someone when in reality, it was more of a selfish need to be heard and a need to make sense of everything I had been going through. The gift that I wanted to give had always been there.In the recent month, especially leading up to the last couple of days, I had gone through much suffering, mostly mental and physical, but even more so emotional. There were times where I wanted to die. But at the same time, I haven't felt more d...

Naively, I thought this story was a gift I had given to someone when in reality, it was more of a selfish need to be heard and a need to make sense of everything I had been going through. The gift that I wanted to give had always been there.In the recent month, especially leading up to the last couple of days, I had gone through much suffering, mostly mental and physical, but even more so emotional. There were times where I wanted to die. But at the same time, I haven't felt more d...

Should a person live each day leisurely, away from pain and fatigue? Or should he endure pain day after day and try to understand the world? Or should he do a simple job, hang out with friends, sleep until retirement? Or should he question everything, see the essence of things, and live every day as if it were his last?

Mysterious disappearances keep happening in the small town of Laval. It's said that these incidents are all related to a mirror. When news of yet another missing person comes from the town, Ellie is surprised to find that many of her classmates believe the supernatural stories involved, and she vows to prove them wrong.She fails.