Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is a trauma that can occur in anyone who witnesses the suffering of others or helps another through a traumatic experience. Those at risk include health care providers, first responders, people in journalism, law, teaching, correctional services, animal health care and those caring for loved ones at home, among others. STS can profoundly impact both your professional and personal life. Dismissing the symptoms only make matters worse. But STS does not need t...

After suffering twelve years of captivity and torture at the hands of the evil wizard, Lord Beagan, Malora finally had the chance to escape. Soon after, she ran into a young man named Pickard, a strange thief who told her of his mission to locate a magician known only as Greyling, and unite him with a man known as the Protector. Together, Greyling and the Protector are destined to fulfill the Great Prophecy, as foretold thousands of years ago by the greatest prophets their world had ever k...

Zarek is the most dangerous of all the Dark-Hunters. He endured a lifetime as a Roman slave and centuries as a Dark-Hunter in exile. Zarek trusts no one. Because of his steadfast denial to follow any orders, he is kept in isolation in Alaska where his activity is seriously limited and closely monitored. There are many who fear he will one day unleash his powers against humans as well as vampires.Have nine hundred years of exile made Zarek too vicious to be redeemed? The gods want Z...

Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen) that handles the Empire's vices: gambling, rackets, organized crime. He became a professional assassin. He was good at it.But that was then, before Vlad and the Jhereg became mortal enemies.For years, Vlad has run from one end of the Empire to the other, avoiding ...

Zagan and Nephy's clumsy cohabitation continues! As they're enjoying their time together, a sorcerer coveting the power of an Archdemon comes charging in, covered in armor from head to toe. Zagan easily repels them, but finds that they're a young dragon girl named Foll. Meanwhile, the church has brought over an Angelic Knight who's rumored to have even killed a dragon to tackle the newly crowned Archdemon... Will our awkward Archdemon and elf ever close the gap between them, or will all th...

Kanata and his friends have settled temporarily in the city of Manaloch after freeing it from the clutches of demons. They're trying to create the Blood Ether of the Gods, a powerful potion that Lunaère used as a vital part of Kanata's training. But their work is interrupted when Kanata makes a surprising discovery: another transplant from Japan, the mysterious Kotone, is looking for him. Is she simply hoping to connect to someone from her home world, or does she have something more sinist...

Centuries before the time of the Sons of Destiny, a female shapeshifter became the leader of the people of the Shifting Plains…Tava Ell Var never really knew her mother, but she did know her tragic fate at the hands of a band of cruel shapeshifters—a history set down by Tava’s father as a warning about life on the Shifting Plains. But after her father is murdered, Tava encounters a Shifterai warband fighting to rid the Plains of the terrorizing bandits.Shif...

She avenged her father. She saved the tribes.Now she just wants to be left alone in her misery to mourn those she’s lost.But Aran, the new Daliph of the Toreem Daliphate, has other plans. He wants access to the Hidden City and the objects of power stored there. And, whether she wants to or not, K’lrsa is the only one powerful enough to stand against him.In this thrilling conclusion to the Rider’s Revenge Trilogy, K’lrsa must once again defend her pe...

After Clan and Koutarou are caught in the premature explosion of the Super Space-time Repulsion shell, they’re blown clear across the universe to a most unexpected destination. Will they be able to put their fight aside long enough to cooperate and figure out a way to get back home? Along the way, they’ll meet some strangely familiar allies and witness the start of a legend firsthand—just not the way they ever expected it to happen.

With Chastille’s birthday quickly approaching, Barbatos is at his wits’ end and goes to his friend for advice. However, at the exact moment, the bewitching Archdemon Eligor appears to recruit him. Shortly thereafter, Chastille witnesses Barbatos spending time with a gorgeous woman and decides to secretly tail them. Tremendously misunderstanding what she sees, she can no longer suppress her own feelings.“That man is mine! Get your hands off him!”It’s finally time for Chastil...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps_______________Ideal for readers aged 7+Mesopotamia, 2500 years agoEveryone in the tribe must work; all the men go hunting for bulls and mountain lions - apart from Sin-leqi, that is. Sin-leqi stays home and reads tablets in the great...

Finally!Hereis a children's textbook for kids being raised as Witches and Pagans. Each chapter teaches the Wiccan basics for each subject and ends with a summary and a list of questions for children to test their knowledge on the material learned.This is the first in a series of textbooks that will get progressively more advanced for each grade. The intent is to help students begin their Wiccan education and prepare them for seeking out further knowledgeon the topics that interest ...