In a dazzling piece of short fiction, a thief and common drag on society gets his comeuppance.

WINNER OF THE THE GREEN STORIES PRIZE 2023Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism traces the lives of a group of innovators, engineers, and visionaries as they struggle against the odds to bring climate solutions to Southeast Asia and to the world.Grace Chan, a young Malaysian working at the Fairhaven infrastructure project in Penang, is terrified of what the future might bring. She reluctantly comes to terms with the role that she and her colleagues will play in addressing...

Is disaster inevitable? Defying Futility offers sixteen stories by the authors of the award-winning climate fiction Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism that offer a definitive answer to the question, with a range of creative, heartwarming tales that showcase how real disasters in history might have gone differently.Instead of a “Black Mirror” future, the stories are a “Green Mirror” alternative. Defying Futility and Fairhaven are perfect for ...

What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?What have been the main barriers to progress?What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to trans rights activists and complementary therapists.Contributors ...

Jesse and Buddy have had enough of idiots, Captain Manheim is pushed to far, Melissa's parents never recovered from her death, Mark gets whats coming to him, Dupre tries to explain things, Sarah chooses to live. We all break at one time or another. But sometimes when that point is reached and we end up broken, we take someone with us.

Lisbon is a city of stories. They swirl like the Tagus tide, carrying whispered secrets through winding alleys and slip between the stones of forgotten ruins. In Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon, past and present blur, love and loss entwine, and the city comes alive. A one-night stand leads to a shocking transformation. A chance meeting on a train sparks a romance shadowed by history. A bitter Christmas wish takes an unsettling turn. Ancient gods, fading from memory, gather for a meal, while...

A long-married couple are returning home from a summer visit to their daughter in California. The vacation makes the wife question what happened to their adventurous younger selves.

Jack Reacher ska bara ta en kaffe, köpa sig en varmare jacka och gå på en konsert. Sedan tänker han lämna Baltimore. Men av en slump stör två personer hela hans plan. En är en före detta underrättelseman i den amerikanska armén, som gör det av högst befogad rädsla för sitt liv. Den andre är en hemlighetsfull person som också har militära kopplingar – mörka men lukrativa sådana. Och han är beredd att gå över lik för att säkerställa dem.Som av en händelse hinner Reacher knappt dricka...

We started as strangers. Fifteen days later, we'd created memories and friendships that will last a lifetime.At the end of April 2023, ten travelers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States set off on an Intrepid tour to explore a country as old as time. Steeped in European and Asian influences, we quickly discovered that Türkiye (Turkey) is one of the most stunning countries in the world. We walked the streets of ancient cities, stayed i...

Jack Reacher vaknar upp ensam i mörkret, fastkedjad vid en säng. Hans arm är svårt skadad och alla hans saker är borta. Han förstår inte alls hur han hamnat där. Det sista han minns är att han liftade och att bilen prejades av vägen.Föraren dog i olyckan, men de som tagit Reacher till fånga verkar tro att de två var i maskopi med varandra. De tar hand om hans skador, men uppenbarligen bara för att få honom att prata.Reacher vet ännu mindre än de, men är fast besluten på att...

A must for the parents of unusually bright and active children!The Indigo Child is a boy or girl who displays a new and unusual set of psychological attributes, revealing a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before. This pattern has singularly unique factors that call for parents and teachers to change their treatment and upbringing of these kids to assist them in achieving balance and harmony in their lives, and to help them avoid frustration.In th...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...