This town was built on magic and dreams.Hollywood, 1934: Jesse Morgan only knows struggle and hardship. But after he inadvertently impresses a bigshot producer with the magic in his dancing feet, his whole world turns upside-down. Soon he finds himself navigating the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. Even more surprising is learning he'll be working with the only movie star he's ever admired — the urbane Cal Campbell.Cal is tired. Tired of his job, hi...

Trouble, that's what you are.Hollywood, 1934: Montgomery Kincaid is striving to break out of the B pictures he's been relegated to, using his magically-enhanced charm whenever possible. But when his dream role goes to another movie star, he falls into a self-destructive spiral that threatens to destroy everything he's worked to build.Enter: Hilliard Burke — Monty's best friend, soon-to-be-co-star, and now his studio-mandated roommate — in other wor...

“I…want to vanquish that red dragon.” In the dungeon, Iarumas and his party retrieve the remains of a large-framed girl, Berkanan. A novice mage, she ran into a fire dragon, an unexpected presence in the shallow floors of the dungeon, and her party was wiped out. In order to overcome her helplessness, Berkanan resolves to defeat this dragon, but her goal is still a long way off…

The Persian Sufi Tradition and Shams al-Dīn Lāhījī: Sufi Metamorphosis offers a groundbreaking study of the intellectual and spiritual transformations that reshaped Persian Sufism during the late medieval period in Iran.Focusing on the pivotal era of the Timurid and Aq Qoyunlu dynasties (1447–1501), this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Mafātīḥ al-iʿjāz fī Sharḥ Gulshan-i Rāz, the masterful Sufi commentary by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Lāhījī. Through detailed ...

Amanda Lin has a blog for everything: the bad dates, the almost-moments, the coworker she absolutely should not be thinking about. What the blog doesn't say is messier. She's still trying to pull free from someone who knew exactly how to make her doubt her own judgment. The coworker in question is unavailable in the most inconvenient way possible. And she's starting to suspect the life she's been living is a few Louboutin sizes too small.Set in Portland in 2010, before the...

Kasey's colourful illustrations enhance this tale of how lonely old Granny Jones is inspired to make big changes that lead to a much happier life. 22 pages

"The reality of manners is that it results from beautiful character. Thus, manners is the manifestations of the integrity and strength in one's inward personality into action." People change for 4 different reasons, 1. When they're hurt enough they have to 2. When they see enough they're inspired to 3. When they learn enough they want to 4. And when they receive enough there able to… Allow me to share the lessons that made me.

As far as anyone in Scale knows, the dungeon is bottomless and unfathomable. Though Iarumas’s party delved deep to kill the jester demon Flack, their injuries required them to flee before they descended any farther. But what happens when the monstrosities that lurk below begin to rise? Strange parasitic beasts invade the upper levels of the dungeon, infesting the bodies of adventurers and then erupting from living tissue to claim more victims. This crisis is so great that even veterans lik...

When Charley arrives on the island she finds the sprites have been expecting her.Will she be able to live up to their expectations and save the island? Or will conditions be so awful that her mum insists they leave the following day?Black and white illustrations

Granny Jones is so small that she is often ignored. She is tired of feeling lonely. How will she make sure that people notice her?

When Charley arrives on the island she finds the sprites have been expecting her. Will she be able to live up to their expectations and save the island? Or will the hotel conditions be so awful that her mum insists they leave the following day?with black and white illustrations

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, and heal. But true progress depends on more than raw power—it requires systems that are efficient, reliable, and trustworthy.Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Efficiency, Reliability, and Innovations in Machine Learning, Healthcare, and Blockchain explores cutting-edge breakthroughs across machine learning, healthcare, and blockchain. From interpretable tensor models and life-changing medical applications to secure d...