Being a suburban witch is just as rewarding as being a witch in the woods—this book shows you how with ways to work magic while running errands, navigating after-school activities, and more.Today's witches are everywhere: big cities, dark forests, and even the parks of suburbia. They brew potions in busy kitchens after grueling commutes. They craft spells on coffee tables after helping with homework.Witch and suburban mom Kanani Soleil shares how to practic...

Enter the mysterious world of traditional Japanese folklore in The Ogre of Rashomon, a thrilling tale of courage, danger, and the supernatural.Skillfully adapted from Yei Theodora Ozaki’s beloved collection of Japanese fairy tales, this captivating story follows a brave warrior who dares to confront a terrifying ogre said to haunt the ancient Rashomon gate.The people have lived in fear of the mysterious creature lurking in the shadows. But when the warrior decides to face t...

Do you believe in love at first sight?For Maverick and Onyx, the flames are instant … literally. With an unexpected house fire, Maverick finds herself in the arms of the first responder who saves her. With her anxiety getting the best of her, having something or someone else keeping her attention is greatly needed.Onyx wasn’t expecting to find love on the job. All it took was one call to change all of that. Onyx lending a helping hand becomes so much more. From strangers to...

Senior year was supposed to be about making more friends and finally talking to your crush. But for Lydia Thompson and Dominic Miller, there’s more to worry about than just exams.When Dominic’s father, Harden, is found dead, the police are quick to label it a suicide—but Dominic knows something isn’t right. Determined to uncover the truth, Dominic teams up with Lydia, his closest friend, to dig into the mysteries surrounding Harden’s death.Together, they embark on a journey...

Is Luna destined for a happily ever after, or is it game over for her love life?Move to the adorable town of Brookhaven? Check.Get bumped to first class on the train and meet the most gorgeous, considerate man of my life? Check.Find a job in video game animation and a cozy apartment of my own? Not so much.So maybe things in Brookhaven aren’t quite as idyllic as my friend promised. My one saving grace is playing video games every evening with...

A hot-headed thrash Metal bassist struggles with his abusive family history that jeopardizes his future with his House Songstress fianace. World-renowned, Ramiro Espinoza, bassist/vocalist of the Heavy Metal band "IRATE: seemed to have it all. But, backstage his life was far from perfect. He grew up in home, where his father constantly threw the Bible in his face. Also, he, his mother and sister endured physical and emotional abuse at the hands of this mad man. Music was an outlet for Rami...

Author Oz Du Soleil's area of frustration with Excel is cleaning data. From his earliest days with Excel, he has found himself constantly needing to fix names that are ALLCAPS, peel addresses away from phone numbers, and fixing all the many other things that prevent data from being useful. In this intro to Power Query, Oz shows you five core techniques in Excel Power Query: Splitting data, Filling blanks, Joining data sets, grouping and summarizing, and adding columns using Column From Exa...

There is one person on this earth I cannot stand: Ethan Taylor.Sure, he looks like he belongs on the cover of a magazine, but don't let his looks fool you. He is pretentious, arrogant, and self-absorbed. Unfortunately, he is also the son of a reality TV star, and designers who won't even glance at my portfolio are on his speed dial.But now he has a proposition for me: If I join him in New York City and pose as his date to his grandmother’s swanky benefit, he’ll take me to F...

This Straight to the Point guide provides an introduction to data cleansing, which also goes by names such as data munging and data wrangling. Whatever the name, it basically means doing what needs to be done to make data useful and trustworthy. Data cleansing can include the following tasks: Deleting unnecessary headers Deleting summary rows Filling in gaps Flattening a report Merging and appending data from multiple sources Pulling data from source X to complete data in source Y Splittin...

This book includes step-by-step examples and case studies that teach users the many power tricks for analyzing data in Excel. These are tips honed by Bill Jelen, "MrExcel," and Oz do Soleil during their careers run as a financial analyst charged with taking mainframe data and turning it into useful information quickly. Topics include data quality, validation, perfectly sorting with one click every time, matching lists of data, data consolidation, data subtotals, pivot tables, pivot charts,...

I’ve been a prisoner for five hundred and fifty days.Okay, technically I’m just stuck in my aunt’s four–story tower. And yes, Aunt Agatha is more "eccentric book club queen" than evil captor. But still—no piano, no freedom, and no escape from my own mistakes.Like almost marrying a guy who pretended to love me just to get back at my brother.So when Ryder Hawthorne—my brother’s best friend and absurdly hot Hollywood stuntman—shows up climbing my actual tower, I assume...

A successful real estate tycoon reunions with his long-lost brother who lives underneath the New York City subway system. Moses and Isaac dreamt of having their own real estate firm as kids. Moses was favored by his parents, friends, and everyone that he came in connect with. While Isaac was given less attention from his family, and so-called friends, and lots of stares from strangers. On the twin's high school graduation, Moses got a car and Isaac got a gift card. The brothers got into a ...