Welcome to the first of three incredible volumes of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with love...

The simple Kansas farm life Sarah Hanson has found with her husband, Cade, after college is turned upside down by a crisis of faith and the recurring vision in her fledgling prayer life. Her family is quickly becoming overwhelmed by unexplainable negative events that threaten their very livelihood. Through the leadership of Pastor Phillip Roberts, God begins a spiritual renewal in the tiny local church, calling people of faith to action, and the full meaning of Sarahs vision finally become...

The World Wide Web has enabled the creation of a global information space comprising linked documents. As the Web becomes ever more enmeshed with our daily lives, there is a growing desire for direct access to raw data not currently available on the Web or bound up in hypertext documents. Linked Data provides a publishing paradigm in which not only documents, but also data, can be a first class citizen of the Web, thereby enabling the extension of the Web with a global data space based on ...

"A runaway winner! It is 5 am and I just finished reading! THE BEST IS YET TO COME has exceeded all my expectations! I had tears in my eyes while reading. I truly felt the love, the sense of community, and the strength of these characters." 5 starsBest friends. High school sweethearts. Passionate lovers. Once upon a time, Sarah Bartow and Calvin Vaughn were everything to each other. Until big dreams—and an even bigger tragedy—tore them apart.Ten years after good-bye, they'r...

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA.From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love.A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOKFIVE STARRED REVIEWSEd Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of ...

“Brilliant, hilarious, and oh-so-romantic.” —BuzzFeed“Swoony, steamy.” —Entertainment WeeklyThe Hating Game meets Booksmart in this swoony YA romantic comedy about two academic rivals whose relationship changes forever over the course of one unforgettable night.Today, she hates him.It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals...

When it comes to relationships, I need all the help I can get.When Rider agrees to be my buffer, I happily put myself in his capable hands.It isn’t his fault my date goes south, but the tough as nails hockey player takes it personally.Under his wing, I find the freedom to let go, and the joy of having it accepted.But can two people, one afraid he’s unlovable and the other afraid to love, trust in themselves enough to realize this could be their shot at happi...

**A New York Times bestseller!A heartbreaking and powerful novel about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.**Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake ...

Swim. Eat. Shower. School. Snack. Swim. Swim. Swim. Dinner. Homework. Bed. Repeat.All of Maggie's focus and free time is spent swimming. She's not only striving to earn scholarships—she's training to qualify for the Olympics. It helps that her best friend, Levi, is also on the team, and cheers her on. But Levi's already earned an Olympic tryout, so Maggie feels even more pressure to succeed. And it's not until Maggie's away on a college visit that she realizes how much of ...

The system created to serve and protect failed him. The domino effect of one person's crime going unpunished has no boundaries.He's no saint.Bladen 'Judge' Jones rides to escape the firm hand of his past. When home is a nightmare, the unknown suddenly isn't so frightening. Riding with his brothers, the Devil's Due MC, is more support than he has ever had in his lifetime.She's not afraid to call herself a sinner.Tamalyn Andrews is a master m...

A wrenching psychological thriller in the vein of Tana French’s In the Woods, Jon Bassoff’s Beneath Cruel Waters reminds us that the sins of the mothers are the sins of the sons.Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn’t been back to his hometown of Thompsonville, Colorado, for more than two decades, but when he learns that his estranged mother has taken her own life, he returns for the funeral, hoping to make peace with her memory. He spends the...

From New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa MondelloContemporary romance, family sagas and romantic comedy all rolled into one hilarious romance! - Book 2 of Fate with a Helping Hand"Hilariously funny!" "Delightful!" 4 STARS Romantic Times MagazineWhat would you do to get a second chance at love? Sometimes fate needs a little helping hand...When Ruthie Carvalho finds an old birthday card with a marriage proposal scribbled on the back, she figur...