Lessons That Didn't Come with a Syllabus by Dr. Phyllis Travis-Perez is a deeply reflective and emotionally grounded exploration of education as lived experience rather than institutional practice.Drawing from over three decades as an athlete, coach, and educator, Dr. Travis-Perez offers readers an honest, unfiltered look at the human side of teaching, where relationships, resilience, and belief shape outcomes far more than curriculum ever could. Rather than relying on the...

A fascinating account of one of the most important eras in history spanning the breadth of the globe and illustrated throughout with brilliant full-colour illustrations.A History of the Middle Ages follows the history of the world through the turbulent times after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 to the year 1492, when contact between Europe and the Americas reshaped world history.This book examines the rise of Christianity; the astounding advan...

Jingle Bells, what's that SMELL? Can YOU find the Farter this Christmas?Readers of all ages will laugh-out-loud at this seasonal seek-and-find activity book that is full of fa la la la FARTS. From holiday shopping chaos to smelly shenanigans at the North Pole, reluctant readers, kids ages 4-10, and fart fans of all ages will love the hilarious rhyming text, highly detailed illustrations, and toot-tastic festivities. This activity book is the perfect Christmas gift,...

A girl in the wild can be anything . . . Summer in the city is full of places where Phyllis isn’t welcome. People stare. Whispers follow. Sometimes it feels like the world has already decided who Phyllis is and what she can do. But Phyllis has a secret: a forest in a park near the heart of the city where she climbs trees, catches fish, and swims like a mermaid. Dragonflies skim the ponds, salamanders lurk under damp logs, and orange-bellied turtles bask on the banks of sun-dappled streams....

A woman heads to Palm Springs to stay with her great-aunt, a Hollywood star with a mysterious past, in this romantic suspense novel by an Edgar Award winner.Ever since New York journalist Carol Hamilton was a young girl, her great-aunt Monica Arlen has been for her the stuff of glittering, starry-eyed fantasy. Now, the reclusive movie star offers Carol an escape of another kind. In flight with her son from an abusive marriage, she's come to Monica's isolated, fortr...

From a New York Times–bestselling author: A young woman's search for her biological parents uncovers a secret history of murder and conspiracy.When her adoptive parents die in a train crash in Italy, writer Courtney Marsh becomes more determined than ever to find her roots. She was mysteriously abandoned when she was just an infant, and she never knew the truth about her biological parents. The only clues to her past are a golden unicorn pendant she's had ...

An American psychologist accepts an invitation to her estranged husband's isolated English estate in this suspenseful tale by an Edgar Award–winning author.When Eve North returns to Athmore after three years' estrangement from her husband, Justin, she finds the great and sprawling English estate—and Justin himself—considerably changed. But Eve has changed as well. She knows the mistakes she made in her marriage, is prepared to admit culpability in their separation,...

From an Edgar and Agatha Award winner: A mystery writer must solve the puzzle of her past when she meets the South Carolina family she never knew existed.Popular mystery novelist Molly Hunt knows all about the twists and turns of fiction, but real life has thrown her for a loop. Raised by adoptive parents on Long Island, Molly has just made a stunning discovery: She's the daughter of South Carolina blue bloods and was kidnapped as an infant from their ancestral hom...

A chilling tale of murder and secrets set against the treacherous slopes of a ski lodge—from "the queen of the American gothics" ( The New York Times).Linda Earle's stepbrother had a bright future. An aspiring athlete, he was being mentored by championship skier Julian McCabe, but then his career was cut short when he was accused of murdering Julian's wife, Margot. Convinced of his innocence and determined to clear his name, Linda takes a job as après-ski ...

From a New York Times–bestselling author: An island off the Georgia coast holds the memory of a broken heart and the secrets of a woman's past.It's been years since Lacey Ames last saw Hampton Island, where she grew up amid the sandy marshes with her childhood sweetheart, Giles Severn, and her cousin Elise—and where Elise had stolen the man Lacey loved. Lacey never forgot the hurt and betrayal she once suffered at Giles's grand family home of Sea Oaks, but...

In a secluded home on Long Island, a musician's mysterious suicide haunts his terrified wife, in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.In the wake of the shocking suicide of popular singer Ricky Sands, his wife and professional partner, Hollis Temple, wants only to escape the notoriety—and the relentless questions she can't even begin to answer. Rescued from the press by family friend Alan Gordon, Hollis leaves Manhattan for Cold Spring Harbor ...

From a New York Times–bestselling author: In a lakeside mansion, a beautiful young bride becomes the snowbound prisoner of a dark family secret.When Manhattan art curator Diana Blake married gallery owner Glen Chandler, she was certain she knew him well enough to devote the rest of her life to him. He was the son of a renowned artist; he sculpted things of beauty in alabaster; and he loved her. It was only when Glen took her home to his family's lakeside V...