Lula and her fairy family are no strangers to adventure – they live upon a shooting star and travel through the universe at night! One night, when Lula tumbles off her shooting star as it whizzes through the sky, she finds herself deep inside a forest, lost and afraid. We follow Lula’s magical journey as she overcomes her fears and reunites with her family using courage, creativity and colour!

THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.No one likes being led down the garden path . . .Ellie White is found dead at the bottom of her own garden, propped up against a stone fountain.Her eyelashes have been replaced with spider's legs. Her ears are stuffed with dead ants and a slug, a worm is wedged in her nose, and a plastic butterfly is left in place of her tongue. She's wearing a red dress...

This cold call is murder.Detective Bethany Smith is called out to 21 Bladen Avenue, the home of Jason and Georgia Holt. It's one of the worst murder scenes she's ever seen.In the middle of the living room, Jason lies motionless in front of the fireplace. He's been opened up like a can of tuna. His innards have been removed. His face is pulp.Jason's wife found him. No one should ever have to see their spouse like that.Days later, in ...

THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.An eye for an eye . . .A letter and a hand-drawn map arrive at the police station for the attention of Detective Bethany Smith:Dear Police, I did a vile thing. There's a body at the dot. Have fun working out where that is. Watch your step when you get there. From, Me.The map leads them to Shadwell Hill. They search the area and find a hu...

THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.“Hello?”“Haven’t you got anything better to do than having an affair?”“Who is this?”“You better watch your back.”This cold call is murder.Detective Bethany Smith is called out to 21 Bladen Avenue, the home of Jason and Georgia Holt.It’s one of the worst murder scenes she’s ever seen.In the middle of the living room, Jason lies motionless in front of t...

THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.No one likes being led down the garden path . . .Ellie White is found dead at the bottom of her own garden, propped up against a stone fountain.Her eyelashes have been replaced with spider’s legs. Her ears are stuffed with dead ants and a slug, a worm is wedged in her nose and a plastic butterfly is left in place of her tongue. She’s wearing a red dress and glittery shoes, her face paint...

THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.An eye for an eye . . .A letter and a hand-drawn map arrive at the police station for the attention of Detective Bethany Smith:Dear Police, I did a vile thing. There’s a body at the dot. Have fun working out where that is. Watch your step when you get there. From, Me.The map leads them to Shadwell Hill. They search the area and find a human-sized mound of dirt.DS Wilkins ...

**"Astonishingly important.” —Alex Kotlowitz, The AtlanticThrough the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools**Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can’t escape the changes sweepin...

This book can be read on it's own or as a part two to "Johnathan" by Elise Brooke and Richard Brooke, I co authored "Johnathan" with my late father after discovering the manuscript in house when he passed. "Bethany's Demise" is about Johnathan's mother and the impact of her life on not only Jonhathan but everyone around her and generations to come, including me her grand daughter.This book is set in the late 1930's early 1940s, I do not know the exact date as family who knew have l...

Scholars have been arguing for years that Star Wars is more than light sabers, Wookies, Millennium Falcons, and troubling familial relationships. Star Wars is an exciting space fantasy that we can explore from multiple academic perspectives, such as philosophy and psychology. This volume adds to that conversation by asking, “what would it look like if we analyzed the Star Wars universe theologically?” In Theology and the Star Wars Universe, contributors from various theological traditions ...

Leading Millennial Faculty: Navigating the New Professoriate explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics—being achievement oriented, connected to the world at large, relatively sheltered, and unaware of hierarchy in higher education—and how these characteristics create advantages and challenges for all generations in the higher education workplace.

The tie that binds all Americans, regardless of their demographic background, is faith in the American system of government. This faith manifests as a form of civil, or secular, religion with its own core documents, creeds, oaths, ceremonies, and even individuals. In The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinners, and Saints, contributors seek to examine some of those core elements of American faith by exploring the proverbial saints, sinners and dominant symbols of the American...