Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only ...

In the western provinces, survival has always depended on the land, the harvest, and the people who work them. When the Crown demands more grain from a region already struggling through harsh winters, Lord Bernhard refuses to surrender what his people need to survive. His decision sets him on a path from local defiance to open confrontation with the kingdom's institutions.Whisper of Western Wraith gathers the complete three-book saga: Winter's Silence,

Where the Swallow Return brings together Before the Long Flight and When the Swallow Return, the complete story of a young woman who spends years searching for a home she has already lost, only to discover one where she least expects it.After years spent moving from place to place, Meara and her daughter Liera arrive in Aubeville with little more than what they can carry. Kestler and his family offer them something Liera has almost forgotten how t...

When a king grows too weak to rule, the kingdom begins to look toward the future.In Aelefort, King Thaurel knows his reign is nearing its end. His elder son, Thorian, is ambitious, capable, and convinced that strength is what a troubled kingdom needs. His younger son, Thothrik, is thoughtful and compassionate, but has little desire to fight his brother for the throne. Between them stands Rowan, Captain of the Guard, a man who has served the Crown faithfully for twenty years and bel...

Ultimate Fantasy:Gil was a regular guy before he was transported to another world. In a world of magic and monsters, he must struggle to survive. Here he is, the chosen one. But the world is familiar to him. It reminds him of his favorite RPG video game but now he is living it. When monsters attack him, the pain and struggle are real. Does he have what it takes to be the Warrior of Light?In this new found fantasy world, he first encounters a female thief who reminds him str...

Meara learned early that survival sometimes means becoming invisible.Taken from her home as a girl and forced into slavery, she spends years learning how to endure silence, violence, and a life in which every part of her existence belongs to someone else. When she finally escapes into the mountains, freedom is only the beginning. She carries the past with her, along with memories she has spent years trying not to touch.In a quiet valley, Meara finds shelter with Elira, an a...

OF THE OAK AND THE FORTRESS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGYTen years ago, Arden left Aelefort with nothing but his name, his memories, and the knowledge that he could no longer serve the crown he had once sworn to defend.He found a new life in Oakenton. A quiet home beneath an ancient oak. A wife who understood the parts of him he could never explain. A daughter who knew him only as her father, not as the soldier he had once been. For years, he believed he had finall...

A young Afghani immigrant living in California tries to reunite with his missing sister in this “sensitive, timely” (Booklist), and powerful middle grade novel about hope, love, and perseverance based in part on the author’s husband’s experience fleeing 1970s Soviet-controlled Afghanistan.In the summer of 2001, twelve-year-old Fadi’s parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their unde...

Most traders don't fail because their strategy is wrong. They fail because their architecture was never built to survive the strategy being right only some of the time.The Quiet Machine began as a question about trading software. It ended as a complete operating philosophy for anyone trying to build something that lasts in markets engineered to punish certainty.After eleven weeks watching a statistically sound system bleed — one validated across three curre...

It's 2:47 AM. Your equity curve is a beautiful 45-degree line. Your win rate is 68%. Your hands are trembling with certainty.That feeling is a lie. And unless you understand exactly why, that backtest is going to bankrupt you.Backtest to Broke is not a book about finding a winning strategy. It's a forensic investigation into why the best-looking backtests routinely produce the worst live results — and a complete professional framework for building systems t...

*"A complete masterpiece that touches the life of a Dalit woman to the fullest..." Samata Foundation, NepalDurga and Prabesh, a young intercaste couple from Nepal, are discovered having a secret affair. The threat of violent reprisal prohibits any hope of staying together, and they are forced to follow very different paths. This is their story.*In a remote Himalayan village where casteism is rife and poverty is endemic, teenaged Durga does her best to accep...

“Great story, totally unputdownable! A story that drew me in from the start. I felt like this was a dear friend telling me about her life and found it hard to put the book down. It’s hard to find good reads on Voelva magic - this is one for sure.“ ~ Graureiher“I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about the Viking era. This author has an uncanny way of drawing you into the character's world. I thoroughly enjoy reading this saga.” ~ Carla