In 1989, students marched on Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reform. The Communist Party responded with a massacre, but it was jolted into restructuring the economy and overhauling the education of its young citizens. A generation later, Chinese youth are a world apart from those who converged at Tiananmen. Brought up with lofty expectations, they’ve been accustomed to unprecedented opportunities on the back of China’s economic boom. But today, China’s growth is slowing and its demog...

When Amanda and Eric adopted Neuro Dan, a special needs kitten with a terminal neurological disease, they had no idea just how special his needs were going to be. They also didn't realize what a special soul he was and what a catalyst he would be in their own lives. Dan's daily care required much time and patience but the love and appreciation he showed in return were humbling. When veterinary specialists broke the news that he would be lucky to live to see his second birthday, his story q...

DJ is an outside cat who enjoys an easy-going life but when he’s beset by a sense of danger he sets out on a quest to discover the cause of his distress. He’s confronted by a ghost that tells a tragic tale of abduction and murder which happened only a year ago in his own territory. The murderer fled the area and was never caught but now he’s returned and it’s only a matter of time before history repeats itself. DJ takes it upon himself to prevent another tragedy and solve the year-old crim...

Meet Neuro Dan – Feather Dan, a tiny orange kitten with an unknown neurological disability. Rescued from a hoarding situation he found his rescue was almost a death sentence. The high kill shelter put him on the euthanasia list. At the last second a rescue named Misfit Critter Farm and Sanctuary took him.Even at a place that sounded as wonderful as Misfits, Dan learned that being different came with challenges. While becoming best friends with a cat named JuJu he found himself chal...

Real life medical drama is OK… but true stories of emergency medicine that make you laugh out loud are better!Mike Cyra's comedic storytelling style of writing is hilarious. Experience what it's like to drive an Emergency Vehicle through traffic. Learn how not to deliver a baby; how to fake unconsciousness; fun ways to chop your fingers off and why controlling your imagination is so crucial, when you find yourself alone in a morgue refrigerator, and the lights go out.Stare de...

From the bestselling author of the Emperor's Edge series...When Delia chose to major in archaeology, she imagined herself as the female Indiana Jones of the Southwest. She didn’t imagine herself crawling through abandoned mine shafts, scrounging for rusty pickaxes and gold pans to sell on auction sites, but Indiana Jones didn’t have to make student loan payments.Scouring the mountains of Arizona with Simon, her best friend and computer geek extraor...

**Book 1 in the Relentless Enemy seriesPower he never dreamed of possessing.**As a child, Craig Henriksen is sent to Chicago to live with relatives after the shocking death of his father. As an adult, he is reclusive and avoids facing his past, only to discover strange abilities that won't let him escape it. His struggle to find normalcy is challenged by his cousin Danny, a Chicago Police detective who uses him to uncover clues at murder scenes.As Craig bec...

It's now, or never.There's no one and nowhere left for Lilly to run to. Trapped by Tarantula MC President, Venom, Lilly only has two choices. Betray her love and the Dark Riders MC. Or Die.Lilly is willing to give up for life for Asher. She wants justice. She wants revenge. And she'll do anything to make sure that happens.But will she be able to get what she wants?Lilly's plan goes horribly wrong and bullets fly. Will her story end in happiness? Or will ther...

The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. Just in time for Halloween, a super special edition!Scott Harmon would be the kid who is most afraid of everything at his school. That is, if it wasn't for his best friend, Amanda Gold, who is just as easily terrified. They really don't have it easy. Scott's younger sister spends all of her time trying to frighten them. She'll do whatever it takes to get them to scream.Scott and Amanda are also torm...

The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician.At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a personal life.His stories are a graphic portrayal of the life of an amb...

Jon Talton staked out the Southwest in his award-winning David Mapstone mysteries. The Washington Post called Concrete Desert, "more intelligent and rewarding than most contemporary mysteries." And author John Lescroart labeled Arizona Dreams, "a pure delight," saying that Mapstone is "one of the most compelling characters in the mystery scene in several years."Now Jon Talton turns to a gritty hospital in a Midwestern city seething with racial tension for The ...

Which will she choose? Love, or safety?Lily Clarkfeld never wanted this life. She just wants to be a regular college student. In her dreams Lily is a nurse, has a family, and is safe. That's not much to ask.But when she's forced to return to her childhood home because of her mother's illness, everything changes.Instead of burying her head in books, Lily is torn between two motorcycle clubs. Venom, the ruthless president of Tarantulas MC, is not the kind of man to sa...