In Victorian England, two young men cross paths in a public house. Maurice Fitzpons, disgraced army officer and semi-professional rake, is in between careers. Seth Keane is sick of his life as a shoemaker’s apprentice and at war with a malignant stepfather. Both men are on the prowl. A chance meeting becomes a carnal night, and then a love. But a stealthy horror glides along London’s somber streets, a fiend that stalks fresh blood. A single bite can cause an ecstasy so great it will reduce...

A young man trying to save his sister seeks refuge with a monster. Police officers battle werewolves to save one of their own from a fate worse than death. A shadow organization brings death and destruction to a peaceful town in the Pacific Northwest, only to discover they've bitten off a bit more than they can chew...

A timeless expression of ancestors’ voices as they transmit stories and witness truths for future generations.In Lightning in Our Roots, Avis Blackbird invites the reader on a journey to feel Indigenous fluidity of space and time, the impact of colonization, enduring connections to the land, lived urbanized experience, and finally the rising hope of Indigenous communities and cultures to thrive. Inspired by Tommy Pico and Kae Tempest, these short lyric poe...

When life looks radically different than the plan we have for ourselves, it's the lucky few that recognize God's plan is best. That's what adoptive mom Heather Avis learned, and that's the invitation of this book.As the mother of three adopted children - two with Down syndrome - Heather Avis has learned that it's truly the lucky few who get to live a life like hers, who actually recognize that God's plans are best, even when they seem so radically different from th...

Are You Ready to develop your psychic ability?What if you could say goodbye to feeling lost in life? What if you had a way to create the life you want, to achieve success, fulfillment and happiness.If the answer is yes, then you will want to read this book!In The Psychic Mind: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development and Spiritual Growth, you’ll discover how to reawaken and develop your psychic abilities available ...

Would you like know how to open your third eye?In the Third Eye Chakra: A Practical Third Eye Awakening Guide, you’ll discover how to awaken your third eye and develop it.This is a simple and practical third eye awakening guide that shares techniques and resources that can help you to awaken your third eye chakra.This simple guide teaches you practical techniques and resources that can help you awaken and develop y...

Are you here for some smut? Or a salad bowl?When housewife Mitzy Barlow starts hosting Tupperware parties one grey afternoon in 1969, she has no idea of the power it has to transform lives.It is necessity that has led her here: when her husband's carpentry hours drop, so too does their family income, forcing Mitzy to take matters into her own hands to support their young children.But if it is necessity that drives her to st...

Getting a job as the assistant to one of the country's top artists is a dream come true for Lyron. He's excited about the extra pay and the chance to provide for his siblings.But when he and his boss, Amil, find themselves caught in a whirlwind of emotions, what begins as dislike and resentment slowly turns into something neither of them expected. Their growing feelings become even more complicated when Amil is already engaged to marry the daughter of a close family friend....

The Story in Primary Instruction by Samuel B. Allison and H. Avis Perdue is an educational work designed to help teachers use storytelling as a tool in primary education. The book contains sixteen stories that are specifically chosen for their ability to teach moral lessons, stimulate imagination, and support the development of language and cognitive skills in young children. The authors present these stories not just as entertainment, but as effective pedagogical tools to enhance learning...

Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer by Avis A. Burnham Stanwood

In any age, humans wrestle with apparently inexorable forces. Today, we face the threat of global terrorism. In the aftermath of September 11, few could miss sensing that a great evil was at work in the world. In Flannery O’Connor’s time, the threats came from different sources—World War II, the Cold War, and the Korean conflict—but they were just as real. She, too, lived though a “time of terror.” The first major critical volume on Flannery O’Connor’s work in more than a decade, Flann...

“Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.” —Jennifer Carson, New York Times Book ReviewIn this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-author Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabl...