Bills of lading form an essential part of the carriage of goods by sea and international trade. Their multi-functional nature, together with the large volume of case law and regulation, make the law in this field as complex as it is commercially vital. This bestselling book, now in its third edition, provides a detailed analysis of the law and practice applicable to bills of lading before, during, and after shipment, helping today’s busy practitioner to quickly and easily find the informat...

A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place.Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That’s how it’s been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivien moved next door. Janie says Micah is everything she is not. Where Micah is shy, Janie is outgoing. Where Micah loves music, Janie loves art. It’s the perfect friendship—a...

A Love That Defies Gravity … and FateShe never belonged in his world. He never thought he’d leave it.When Weslie Fleet wins a golden ticket aboard the Boundless, humanity’s most opulent starliner, it’s a dream—and a danger. Raised in the dust-ridden ruins of Earth, she is thrust into the gleaming luxury of Mars’s elite, where every whispered word carries weight and every glance is a silent judgment. And no...

**This irreverent debut delivers a headlong human comedy of trauma and triumph, narrated by the concealed inner selves of a woman on the brink: Katherine, a lost creative soul and suburban mother of two, who has struggled into her forties with the urge to self-harm."Tracks the scattered parts of one woman as she fractures and finds herself over the course of her lifetime. A wholly original and unforgettable debut." —Julia Phillips, best-selling author of Disappearing Earth...

A social media star thrust into a deadly competition must harness her powers to survive and challenge the very rules of society.On the acclaimed Spellcaster stage, where every paranormal species competes for supremacy, Haylee Hutchins stands out as an anomaly. No longer human. Not the kind of creature anyone EVER cheers for. But this season, the stakes are higher than ever. As the dark horse in the competition, the other contestants and judges are about to lear...

Klarke Ascher has a singular goal: to become an Ascenditure, a member of the kingdom's elite climbing team who scale the treacherous peaks of Miter's Backbone in search of an elusive medicine to treat the lung sickness that ails the populace. However, in a kingdom governed by centuries of tradition, where women are legally bound to home and hearth, owned by the men they are forced to marry, the Ascenditures have always been male. As the strongest climber of her generation, Klarke's skill a...

Ordinary? Never heard of her.Small town life with oblivious parents? Blah. I, Samantha (but call me Sam), crave adventure, not dust bunnies. Enter Greg Papilio, a smoking-hot dude who rescues me from a magical explosion and a cryptic villain. Turns out, I'm not who I thought I was - not even human. Apparently, I'm about to undergo a major transformation that nixes free will. Talk about a buzzkill.But fate can shove it. I won't be anyone's puppet. Then another magical stud s...

A kidnapped baby. The sister left behind. A secret no one would believe.All Eve Ellaway wants is to escape to college, start a life of her own, and finally sever the connection to her twin sister Gen who disappeared when they were babies. Because while the rest of the world moved on from the kidnapping, Gen’s still very much alive at home.Most families would grieve their missing child. Some families might create a shrine for their lost daughter. But the Ell...

Best-selling author David Elliott examines the timeless themes of balance, transformation, and restoration in this evocative tale about a girl who will stop at nothing to reverse a curse that turned her seven brothers into ravens.*And these are the sonsOf good Jack and good JaneThe eldest is JackAnd the next one is JackAnd the third one’s called JackAnd the fourth’s known as JackAnd the fifth says he’s JackAnd they c...

The gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fightersFrom underground soldiers to intrepid spies, Women of War unearths the hidden history of the brave women who risked their lives to overthrow the Nazi occupation and liberate Italy. Using primary sources and brand new scholarship, historian Suzanne Cope illuminates the roles played by wome...

If you had to endure a debilitating condition of body or mind, which would you choose? In this world, everyone suffers.In the far-future aftermath of a genetic plague that separated human society into two different groups—sickly yet super-intelligent Subterraneans and healthy but weak-minded Omniterraneans—a brilliant Subter girl is tasked with fixing the broken genetic code to reunite the two groups in the next generation.But when a newer plague turns fata...

And here is where I fall.Mina Daaé dreams of performing on Broadway. Like her great ancestor, Christine Daaé, who sang at the prestigious Palais Garnier a hundred years before, Mina has the voice of an angel. But after graduating from Conservatoire de Paris, fortune fails her. Until the circus comes to town.Mina’s close friend Toni Vollini offers her a role in his new Broadway play mixing Mozart with clowns. Known as The Harlequin, the musical is a...