Three YA authors (Lani Woodland, Melonie Piper, and Evan Joseph) bring you three romantic, paranormal short stories. These stories originally appeared in Transcendent: Tales of the Paranormal.  -Jason and his arch enemy end up stranded on a Greek island with a siren who isn't exactly as legends described.  -Scarlett meets the guy of her dreams. Literally. But there's more to him than she ever guessed.  -Kira's Halloween takes a thrilling turn when she meets...

A beautiful photographic stroll around the bookshops, restaurants, literary locations and authors’ neighbourhoods in the Big Apple.Literary Landscapes: New York is the follow-up to Literary Landscapes: Paris and contains a familiar blend of everything precious to the bibliophile – a blend of quirky bookstores, authors’ favourite bars, grand libraries, storied hotels, on- and off-Broadway theatres, New York residences and literary ...

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now® provides a visual chronicle of the borough’s past, full of rich history and culture.Home to more than 2.5 million people, this book is a testament to the New York City borough which has had many faces over the course of its fascinating history.Discover the streets and buildings that have witnessed generations of immigrants, industry workers and ar...

You can bury the bodies, but you can’t hide the truth.When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastal path reveals the harrowing remains of two bodies, ex-DCI Evan Warlow’s quiet retirement is shattered.As the original investigator for the two missing persons eight years before, Evan is recalled to help with what is now a murder inquiry. But as the killer scrambles to cover up the truth, the body count rises.Working with a new young team, Warlow...

A dark past casts a deep shadow.Evan Warlow is back in the saddle as a DCI, though he isn’t yet sure he deserves to be, and there are others who share his doubts.When a brutal attack on two mountain bikers in the vast solitude of the Brechfa forest leaves one dead and the other badly injured, the hunt is on for the killer. And though the evidence points firmly in one direction, an open and shut case soon becomes murky and unclear.It’s not the first ...

In 1983, when Evans came up with the vision for the first-ever memorial on the National Mall to honor women who’d worn a military uniform, she wouldn’t be deterred. She remembered not only her sister veterans, but also the hundreds of young wounded men she had cared for, as she expressed during a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C.: “Women didn’t have to enter military service, but we stepped up to serve believing we belonged with our brothers-in-arms and now we belong with them at t...

As we age, it becomes easier to gain weight and harder to maintain muscle. Thus, our waistlines tend to fatten, our muscles weaken, and the physical tasks that once seemed trivial now seem tiring. The deterioration of mitochondria, the microscopic power plants within every cell responsible for converting food into biochemical fuel, has been implicated as a major cause of these changes. The loss of mitochondrial efficiency and number over time deprives us of living a longer, healthier life....

The 1950s were a golden age of science fiction, a decade when writers imagined alien worlds, strange technologies, and futures both thrilling and terrifying. In this collection of 22 classic short stories, you’ll encounter some of the era’s most creative minds, including five unforgettable tales by Philip K. Dick.Step into worlds where reality itself can’t be trusted. In The Hanging Stranger, an ordinary man discovers something impossible hanging from a lamppost—and no one...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 27 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most influential authors of the time including, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Winston Marks, Damon Knight, Mack Reynolds, Frank M. Robinson, Russ Winterbotham, Alan E. Nourse, Charles E. Fritch, Milton Lesser, Evan Hunter, William Morrison, John Massie Davis, Irving Cox Jr., Malcolm B. Morehart Jr., Richard O. Lewis,...

This edited collection provides deep insights and varied perspectives of innovative and courageous efforts to reconcile the conflicts that have characterized the history of Indigenous people, settlers, and their descendants in Canada. From the opening chapter, the volume contextualizes why Canada is on a reconciliation journey, and how that journey is far from over. It is a multi-disciplinary treatise on decolonization, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation that is a must-read for tho...

“Set your hearts at rest, for ALL IS WELL.” —Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 6:78 If a man is measured by the good he does during his lifetime for the benefit of others, then what are we to think of a man whose influence and dedication continue to bless people two hundred years after his birth? The Prophet Joseph Smith stands alone as a noble and worthy representative of our Father in Heaven and his son, Jesus Christ. Foreordained to the great calling of restoring the gospel of Jesus ...

Love & Profanity features more than forty brief, brilliant, and unforgettable true stories from writers both renowned and on the rise. Discover strange and surprising scenes of people coming of age amidst the everyday intensity of teenage life. Witness transformative moments arising from the mundane. Behold the young adult in full splendor and horror, bursting with love and profanity.