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 quiet western valleys of the kingdom, Lord Bernhard lives as his people do, working the fields, settling disputes, and sharing in the hardships of every harvest. Far from the grandeur of the capital, life is measured by changing seasons, honest labor, and the bonds of a close-knit community.When an unforgiving royal decree demands impossible taxes after a failed harvest, the West begins to starve. As winter tightens its grip, neighbors become mourners, families are forced to...

In a quiet mountain valley, a young girl knows only the simple rhythms of family, work, and the certainty that tomorrow will look much like today. Then, in a single morning, everything she loves is taken from her.Forced into a life of captivity, Mara learns that survival is measured not in years but in days. She endures by becoming smaller, quieter, and almost invisible, until the person she once was seems little more than a distant memory.When an unexpected chance at freed...

The names can no longer be silenced.What began as one lord's determination to remember the forgotten has spread across the kingdom, carried by travelers, laborers, widows, and wandering singers. Every story told in quiet taverns and crowded marketplaces strengthens a movement that no throne can fully contain.Yet every whisper comes at a cost.As the Crown tightens its grip and fear reaches even the most distant villages, Bernhard finds himself burdened by a truth he ...

The winter has passed, but its dead remain.Leaving behind the only home he has ever known, Lord Bernhard journeys to the heart of the kingdom determined to make those in power answer for the lives lost in the western valleys. Armed with nothing more than the names of the forgotten, he believes truth alone can change the course of a nation.Instead, he finds a capital built on distance, where suffering becomes statistics, justice bends beneath politics, and those who govern r...

Meara has escaped the life that nearly destroyed her, but freedom is only the beginning. The memories she carries refuse to fade, and even the quietest moments are haunted by the fear that everything she has found can still be taken away.In the mountains, where the seasons pass with gentle certainty, she slowly discovers that healing is built through ordinary days rather than extraordinary miracles. Beside those who ask nothing more than honesty and patience, Meara begins to reclai...

For years, Arden has lived the life he thought he would never have.Far from the towering walls of Aelefort, he has found peace in the quiet village of Oakenton, where the rhythm of the seasons matters more than politics, and where his wife, Meara, and their young daughter, Liera, have given him a home worth protecting. The war he left behind has become little more than a memory, one he has buried beneath fields of barley and ordinary days.Then a royal summons arrives.

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...

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...

*"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

The kingdom stands on the edge of collapse.The western rebellion has become a war that can no longer be contained, and every victory comes at a cost too great to celebrate. As commander of the Third Column, Arden has spent years carrying the weight of duty, only to discover that no battlefield can restore what time has already taken.Far from the safety of Oakenton and the towering walls of Aelefort, he finds himself surrounded by ordinary people caught between loyalty and s...