Love never takes the easy route and maybe that’s the point.In these three gay romantic comedies, wrong turns, mixed signals, and a dash of magic steer the way toward endings worth holding onto.One story unfolds in a small-town café, where late-night pie runs and stolen glances turn two regulars into something more than strangers. Another follows a scatterbrained shifter whose secrets keep slipping out at the worst times until the crush he can’t stop tripping over proves str...

The history, science, and influence of an innovative land acquisition program that has protected Florida’s natural ecosystems and inspired global effortsThis book traces the growth of landscape conservation planning in Florida, which has developed one of the most ambitious conservation land acquisition programs in North America. As a climate-vulnerable biodiversity hotspot facing rapid growth and development pressures, Florida offers a unique case study in adapting...

The novel blends the rigor of an era marked by the renaissance of thought and persistent superstitions, with an atmosphere where the fantastic is subtle, never grotesque or caricatured. The supernatural is an elegant enigma, a veil over the invisible that troubles reason without ever denying it.The characters are profound, torn between faith, doubt, ambition, loyalty, and fear. The story explores human flaws in the face of the unknown, the ambiguity of power, and the search for mean...

# **The Power Outage Survival Guide**### *Prepare, Protect, and Stay Safe During Any Blackout***Would your family be ready if the power went out tonight?**Power outages are becoming more frequent due to severe weather, aging electrical grids, wildfires, winter storms, hurricanes, and unexpected emergencies. While most blackouts last only a few hours, some can continue for days—leaving families without light, refrigeration, heating, air conditioning, communication, o...

2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist!Reveal the fascinating history behind Robert Louis Stevenson and discover how the epic horror story of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde came to fruition.Struggling to write a worthy successor to his hit Treasure Island, Robert is instead focused on defying his father's wishes, amidst facing charges for driving an old friend's fatal alcoholism, all while his American wife—ten ye...

“The Cold War . . . was a fight to the death,” notes Thomas C. Reed, “fought with bayonets, napalm, and high-tech weaponry of every sort—save one. It was not fought with nuclear weapons.” With global powers now engaged in cataclysmic encounters, there is no more important time for this essential, epic account of the past half century, the tense years when the world trembled At the Abyss. Written by an author who rose from military officer to administration inside...

Bronze Medal Winner in the 2023 Florida Book Awards!When your dying mother has one last request, how can you say no?Grace Tingley and Brian Posey are forty-something twins whose lives have gone in very different directions. Grace, now a private school teacher in coastal Connecticut, was a PhD candidate at Yale when an unexpected pregnancy threw her plans into a tailspin. Brian, an adventure travel executive in Seattle, barely scraped through an obsc...

From the invention of the wheel to the rise of artificial intelligence, technological advancements have consistently redefined the way we live, work, and connect. The History of Innovation: How Technology Shaped the Modern World takes you on a journey through the most transformative inventions and breakthroughs that have driven human progress and shaped today’s society.This book explores the stories behind key innovations, examining how they emerged, their impact on society, and th...

We know a healthy appetite for well-written short stories exists and we want to help make things better. Our goal with Down & Out: The Magazine is to be a little different than other magazines by standing on the shoulders of the giants that have come before us, or at least tiptoe along the arrows in the backs of the pioneers of modern magazine publishing.Each issue will feature a story based on a series character like this issue’s brand-new Moe Prager story by Reed Farrel Coleman. ...

Through the questioning of life and our existence here, through the dark loneliness of depression and contemplation of suicide, through love realized and actualized, and love lost, From Midnight till Dawn is the journey of one mans struggle through the dark, troubled times of this world until he enters into the kingdom of Gods eternal light. This collection is at times surreal, at other times sublimesometimes prophetic, but always with a realistic perspective that speaks to individual tria...

Are you aware that the current events shaping our world reflect apocalyptic biblical predictions? It's clear that the end of time is near. This book is a wake-up call for Christians and American patriots who can no longer afford to shrug and hope for the best. The strong foundation of Judeo-Christian values that built our great country has crumbled to the ground in the face of humanism and liberal progressivism. America's demise parallels the demise of mankind as a whole. How have we reach...

This book serves as a valuable resource for surgeons and health care providers at all stages of their career caring for patients with colorectal disease. This edition provides all newly written chapters, organized around the “pillars” of colorectal disease: perioperative (including endoscopy); anorectal disease; benign disease (including inflammatory bowel disease); malignancy; pelvic floor disorders; and a “miscellaneous” section that covers aspects both inside and beyond the operating ro...