In this collection of Golden Age mysteries, crime strikes in the world of books...'If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a major character is a bookseller or a librarian' – Otto PenzlerOf crime fiction's many sub-genres, none is as intriguing as the ‘bibliomystery’: stories that involve crimes set in the world of books.This volume collects the finest of such stories. From the murder...

Wealth is not built by chance. It is built through behaviour, discipline, and decisions repeated over time. Yet most people move through life without ever truly understanding money, how financial systems work, or why building wealth feels increasingly difficult in the modern world.In The Wealth Shift, Michael Gould breaks down the foundations of wealth creation in a way that is practical, clear, and grounded in real human behaviour. From understanding money and inflation t...

What would you do if your world suddenly shifted? How would you cope if the universe stopped making sense and everybody around you lost their minds? Perhaps you'd conclude that you'd become the target of a devious trickster who was messing with your senses and distorting your perception of the world.Trickster is a comic yarn, combining absurd humour and social satire as a logic-loving detective tries to make sense of a world that keeps changing in ridiculous ways. It's als...

Sixteen hundred years ago, they fled Earth. Now their long journey may finally be at an end. None of them have ever walked on soil, felt rain, or breathed unrecycled air.Their resources nearly spent, they sent a last exploratory mission to a new planet. It's ideal... but they are not alone.In the struggle for survival, they must make a choice. Sacrifice another species or accept their own extinction. And time is running out.

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...

In Neil's mind it started with the man in the park. Or, more specifically, with the vicious bite the man had given Neil. He was wrong about that. The December Plague had started weeks earlier, though no one knew it.The early symptoms were so mild that almost no one noticed them. A scratchy throat. A feeling of lethargy that you just can't shake. But then the slurring started. And an intense irritability. Finally, an irresistible urge to bite and consume accompanying an uncontrollabl...

**'A riveting ride along the knife edge of life and death from a frontline worker in one of our most crucial professions.' Fiona Kelly McGregor, author of Iris'Frog', a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics, derives from the notion that everything they touch croaks. Sally Gould delivers a gripping and heartfelt memoir that dives into the unpredictable, often absurd, and sometimes heartbreaking reality of life as a paramedic.**Life as a paramedic, writes ...

A January Indie Next Pick!“A visceral, unflinching, and emotionally powerful horror novel...this is Gould at her most poignant and most electric.” –Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in DrowningYellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted when a group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy program find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters eager to take their place.

The most comforting book about death you'll ever read. Talking about death won't kill you. Yet in today's world, death remains one of our greatest taboos. As religion declines and rituals fade, we are left without guidance for one of life's only certainties. This book is your handbook for death in the 21st century - a compassionate, practical and surprisingly hopeful guide to understanding mortality. From cremation to green burials, from grieving a pet to navigating tricky memorial etiquet...

"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."—James Gleick, New York Times Book ReviewHigh in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotte...

A gently humorous just friends romance from Leslie Gould, threaded with heart-deep characters and the timeless traditions of simple Amish life.It's love at first sight for Adam Slaybaugh, yet while Joanna Grebel finds him attractive and is intrigued when he declares his interest, she's less certain of the potential for a romantic future together. Instead, she proposes they be "just friends," but Adam's not willing to settle for anything less than a romantic relatio...

There is such wisdom in this book. At times it is witty. At times it is humorous. But above all, it is a calling to each of us to nurture our spiritual growth and our moral mode.The author's writing style is unique and creative. One could approach reading it in the whole or as daily meditations.I enjoyed reading it and have no doubt others will as well.- Ann LeberWHAT'S THIS BOOK ABOUT?A Note from the AuthorIn the early 1960's, we were having...