Meet Nick Claus, the cocky heir to the billion dollar Christmas empire. After he takes over as CEO of Claus Enterprises, Nick decides to spice up the holiday with a plan to personally visit every woman on the Naughty List to present them with an offer they can't refuse.

Against Death: 35 Essays On Living articulates the personal experiences of each author’s “near-deathness,” utilizing fresh and inventive language to represent what “magical thinking” proposes. These pieces are incisive and articulate, avoiding the usual platitudes, feel-good bromides, and pep talks associated with near-death encounters. The writing moves past the sob story and confronts the tough circumstance of facing death with truth and compassion, no matter how ugly or (in)convenient.

Did you hear about the Redruth girl who vomited snails? Or how the saint of Gunwalloe saved his sister's eye from a goose? Can you cure warts with a slug, or whooping cough with spiders?Sea serpents and bear-dogs, giant birds and bigfoots, devil-fish and sea ghosts – these are the beasts that haunt the landscape of Cornwall. In this book of bizarre beasts you'll find familiar faunal favourites like the red-eyed Owlman of Mawnan Smith and the Beast of Bodmin Moor as...

A young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival.Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe and loved in the home he shares with his mother and little sister, right next door to his best friend. But the day that soldiers arrive at his door, Shif knows that he will never be safe again -- his only choice is to run. Faci...

During the 1790s in Vienna, German physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) came forth with a new doctrine dealing with mind, brain and behavior—one that could account for individual differences. He maintained that there are many independent faculties of mind, each associated with a separate part of the brain. He fine-tuned his ideas and published two sets of books presenting them after he and his assistant, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, settled in Paris in 1807.Gall's ideas had many sup...

An anthology that refracts the experience of writers, new and established, who have been part of Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside in some way. Their work reappropriates the coding of the area and recasts the neighborhood as a site of creative energy and human dignity.

Truth is a quiet crime.From the sterile halls of a trusted hospital to the hidden ledgers of a silent network, T h e Last Person Who Knew follows Dr. Nathan Cole-a healer who discovers that the most dangerous diagnosis isn't illness, but intent.When a patient dies under suspiciously perfect circumstances, Nathan's search for answers pulls him into a labyrinth of falsif i ed records, system-level overrides, and polished lies. He is no detective, but a doctor...

About This BookWhat happens when your life becomes content—and the internet turns cruel?Fat, Famous, and Flawed – The Bariadd Story is not a funny tale of internet fame. It’s a cautionary memoir about how quickly things can spiral when we overshare in a world that’s always watching, always judging.This is the true story of a Hungarian woman who began posting videos—awkward, honest, vulnerable moments of her real life—believing it might set her free. Instead,...

Some debts cannot be paid with money. They must be paid with blood, sweat, and the slow unraveling of a life.Born during a furious storm in the village of Kyamaganda, Kato Isabirye enters the world as a second twin-small, quiet, and already marked by the ancestors. His father sees a burden. His mother sees a miracle. And a mysterious healer plants a seed of debt that will follow him for decades.From the dusty red paths of his childhood to the brutal constru...

A Bittersweet Love Journey is a deeply moving African literary romance that explores how love, once born in innocence, is shaped-and often scarred-by society, silence, and time.Set against the evocative landscapes of Northern Uganda and Kampala, the novel follows the intertwined lives of Joe and Suzie, whose tender childhood bond blossoms into first love, only to be violently disrupted by scandal, parental pressure, and harsh social judgment. What should have been ...

Cuddly and cute, fierce and ferocious, cunning and conniving, worshipped and feared – felines appear in many forms in the humble folk tale.The cats in this collection of 57 stories are often heroic, witty and, at times, scheming or downright terrifying. Kitties big and small, from every corner of the world, such as the Kasha from Japan, the Nunda from East Africa, El Hombre Gato from Argentina, Kisa, the Cat from Iceland and many...

Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways they address these challenges. The book explores the development of major crop...