A quiet journey through the Highlands becomes something deeper in this reflective, atmospheric story of endurance, memory, and the healing power of ordinary kindness.When a solitary walker sets out across the wet and wind-worn Scottish Highlands, the plan seems simple: follow the map, keep moving, and let the miles create distance from everything left behind. But as the path leads through rain-soaked villages, lonely glens, forest roads, lochside tracks, and warm guesthouse rooms, ...

A blacksmith. A hidden map. A kingdom built on secrets.Jasper Alden never wanted to stay ordinary, but he never expected adventure to arrive in the form of damaged armor, dangerous nobles, and a legend powerful enough to change the fate of the realm. After helping save his village, Jasper should be able to return to iron, fire, and the woman he loves.Instead, the mystery deepens.The secret of Dragon’s End has opened the door to something older and far more dangerous...

THE RIFTWALKER PROTOCOL: BOOK ONE — FRACTURED REALITIESA masterful blend of sci-fi, multiverse adventure, and character-driven suspense.When a catastrophic rift tears open above a remote research facility, Aaron Vale becomes the one thing he never expected, a riftwalker, capable of sensing and crossing the fractures spreading across reality. Surviving the blast awakens a dangerous resonance inside him, unlocking glimpses of alterna...

The Teashop Between Worlds is a tender, imaginative journey into a place where time softens, wounds find balm, and weary souls discover new paths forward. Nestled at the end of a narrow, winding lane, hidden from ordinary maps, lies a small teashop that is unlike any other. Known only to those who need it most, it opens its doors to travelers caught between heartbreak, uncertainty, and transformation. Within its walls, the fragrance of tea mingles with quiet magic, offerin...

Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observations of ancient and modern Egyptian places, artifacts, and lifeways, recorded in such widely read publications as Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians and Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, made hi...

Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observations of ancient and modern Egyptian places, artifacts, and lifeways, recorded in such widely read publications as Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians and Handbook for Travellers i...

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s coif and dragster earned him his trademark moniker, and the abstract, welded sculptures he fashio...

Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients is an open and detailed discussion of the emotional reactions that clinicians experience when treating borderline patients. This book provides a systematic approach to managing countertransference that legitimizes the therapist's reactions and shows ways to use them therapeutically with the patient.

Many books and essays have addressed the broad sweep of Texas music—its multicultural aspects, its wide array and blending of musical genres, its historical transformations, and its love/hate relationship with Nashville and other established music business centers. This book, however, focuses on an essential thread in this tapestry: the Texas singer-songwriters to whom the contributors refer as “ruthlessly poetic.” All songs require good lyrics, but for these songwriters, the poetic qualit...

In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. The case also brought about far-reaching societal changes, reinforcing tribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice.Eminent legal historian and tribal advocate Charles Wilkinson tells the story of the Boldt Decision against the bac...

Maintain any and everything around your home with this #1 book on home improvement, home improvement tips, home improvement ideas, home improvement grants and much more.

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.The Atlanta campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea changed the course of the war in 1864, in terms both of the up...