How to connect better with coworkers, clients, staff members, and bosses—for less stress and more success.Communication Miracles at Work is about achieving a higher level of connectedness and understanding with co-workers, managers, staff members, and clients. Developed out of Matthew Gilbert's experience as a communication consultant, manager, facilitator—and employee—it reveals the relationship-building skills that result in workplace harmony and better r...

Angie Choi's cancer memoir details her experience from ovarian cancer diagnosis to being cancer free by using a metabolic approach to cancer. Dr. Choi describes how she combined standard treatment (surgery) with alternative treatment for cancer inclusive of a therapeutic ketogenic diet, anti-parasitic medication, and supplements. She relates her process working with both conventional and alternative healthcare practitioners to get the support she needed as she forged a holistic, compliment...

A heartwarming story about a man and his dog, and the first-ever book about dog parks and the part they play in the lives of both humans and canines.Off the Leash is a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric dog people who gather at AmoryPark, overlooking Boston near Fenway Park. It's about author Matthew Gilbert's transformation into one of those dog people with fur on their jackets, squeaky toys in their ...

Timmy has a wild imagination. One boring Sunday he decides to have a look inside the strange forest on the other side of the road. He can see eyes blinking at him through the bushes. When he gets inside the forest his bravery suddenly disappears and he realises he has walked too far and is lost. Join Timmy on his adventure through the forest and find out exactly who the old man is...

Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, R. T. Smith, Forrest Gander, and Rita Dove, and the editors have dedicated equal focu...

When Higgins the Frog is left behind at a picnic an incredible journey unfolds. Will he ever make it home? Who will he meet along the way? Join Higgins the Frog on the greatest adventure of his life. Follow where he goes and who he meets along the way with the pictures hand drawn by the author Matthew Gilbert.

A story with a moral. The arrogant robin just will not listen to the other birds. He decides to fly south for the winter. Join the robin and the other animals on this unforgettable adventure!

The second installment in the Vicky the Vampire series. It is coming up to half term and the children are going on a school trip to the zoo. This is no ordinary zoo. There are lots of maazing and unusual animals. Meet the vampire bats, visit the giant millipede and the six-legged purple leopard! But stay away from the two-headed wanderbeasts!!! Find out what happens to Vicky on her very first school outing.

Communication Miracles at Work is about experiencing breakthrough moments of connectedness and understanding with coworkers, managers, staff members, and clients. Developed out of Matthew Gilbert's experience as an employee, communication consultant, manager, and facilitator, Communication Miracles at Work will help readers develop effective communication and relationshipbuilding skills for achieving workplace harmony.Topics include the "corporate culture" and how it enhances or hi...

For a New Jersey cartoonist, the death of her parents reveals a bevy of secrets in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Fancy Dancer.With a popular comic strip, card line, and children’s cartoon to her name, Lucy Brighton should be in a happy place. But the ache of a cold, lonely childhood lingers on. Even though she still lives in the New Jersey house where she grew up, Lucy has had little contact with her parents since they ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—Discover the nine key factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer—even after conventional medicine has failedWhile getting her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Kelly A. Turner, a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was studying episodes of radical (or unexpected) remission—when people recover against all odds without the help of conventional medicine, or afte...

Tim Diamond—the world's worst private detective—takes on his most dangerous case yet, and it's going to be up to his brother to keep him out of trouble. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.