Can Teamwork Save the Day in the Australian Bush?Old Kangaroo is struggling in the scorching sun-his beloved hat has blown up into the towering Monkey Tree! But this isn't just any tree-it's the thorniest, most tangled tree in the entire bush. Determined to help, his bushland friends leap into action.The cockatoo flaps and squawks, the snake slithers and coils, the lizard scrambles and claws, and the koala climbs as high as it dares. But no matter how hard they try, the hat...

A little raindrop named Mooki and his friends are lured up into a cloud by a seemingly kind spirit being. At first life is good on the cloud but soon it getting very crowded, very cold and very uncomfortable. The spirit then tells them to line up and get ready for their big adventure. Holes appear in the floor of the cloud and the spirit tells them they need to jump through but Mooki refuses to join the mob. His parents had always told him, freedom lay above in the bright sunshine. They al...

In the heart of the Australian bushland, Gob Gob the grumpy bunyip has a peculiar hatred for joyfulness, especially the laughter of kookaburras. He captures these merry birds whose laughter signals impending rain, essential for the animals to know when to bring in their washing and locks them all up in his cave. The bush animals, led by Wise Old Kookaburra and aided by an ancient gum tree, devise a plan to teach Gob Gob a lesson. Wise Old Kookaburra challenges Gob Gob to a test of strength...

As governments struggle to adapt half-century-old income and social support programs to new needs and realities, some are calling for the introduction of a basic income guarantee for working-age Canadians. But is a basic income really the best policy response to poverty, precarious work, and unemployment? Is it the best way to build a just and inclusive society?Basic Income and a Just Society provides a comprehensive evaluation of basic income and its application as a prim...

MEET DETECTIVE RUTHERFORD BARNES IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES FROM A SERVING POLICE OFFICER.Discover an absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist.On a wild and stormy night on England’s south coast, ambitious young police constables Rutherford Barnes and Harriet Holden are doing the rounds when they see a burglar fleeing the scene of the crime.And the location is Harriet’s house. The ground floor is ransacked. Scrawled in red across one wall are ...

RileyWhen I left my life as the daughter of the most powerful mob family in New York City, I never imagined I’d be forced to marry my identical twin sister’s fiancé.Even if he’s Finn Gallagher, the family’s heartless, handsome, and intimidating top enforcer. And the only man I’ve ever wanted.But when my sister disappeared on her wedding day, my father demanded I impersonate her.If I refused, I’d endanger the lives of everyone. If I agreed, I...

Three hearts. Two betrayals. One impossible choice.Six years ago, DEA psychologist Nina Palmer lost the man she loved to deep cover—and buried the grief so deep it almost broke her. When Chris Longo came back from the dead, nothing was the same. Not for her. Not for the man she’d learned to trust in the aftermath.Wyatt Booth never meant to fall for Nina. Never meant to get tangled in her past. But he stayed anyway—through the silence, through the s...

KiaraI’ve only ever wanted the two things I can’t have—love and freedom. Instead, I’m a prisoner. Forced to create art for the De Lucas to exploit.Until my father is murdered. Now my monstrous cousin is the new don, and life as I know it is about to end.Instead of just selling my paintings, he's planning to auction me off to the highest bidder.So I run.Right into the hottest guy I’ve ever seen, who pins me to the wall and kisses me u...

MaeveKellin Brennan is the answer to my prayers. If his company invests in my boutique Santa Monica hotel, I can finally escape my family. My destiny. And run my hotel on my terms, free from my father’s mafia world.I didn’t expect a man who looks like a god and oozes sex appeal.He’s silver-tongued. Charming.And dangerous.Because behind the mask of a polite and calculated businessman, I glimpse a man who would kill for me.A ma...

HarperI was supposed to walk down the aisle to Finn Gallagher, heir to the Gallagher mafia. Instead, I walked out of my own life as the favored mafia daughter to start a new one in Hawai’i.On my terms.Now they’ve found me.He’s found me. Cian Mahoney, the most wanted and despised enforcer in the Gallagher Mafia.My nemesis.And the man whose kiss intoxicated me the night I disappeared.If he drags me back to New York, my ...

Eight years ago, my husband came home with a surprise that shattered our lives. I hate him for what he's done to me and the damage he’s caused our family. Moving on seems impossible—Dark still won't let me go, and my ties to the club run deep. Some days, I feel like I’m barely holding on. Without my father-in-law, the only constant in my life, I would have lost my sanity years ago.When Dark asks me to take on another assignment for the club, I can’t refuse.I love the work.

Winner of the 2023 Passionate Plume Award for Steamy RomanceCarlyI love being single. I don’t answer to a significant other or any children, and I get to see the world on the company dime.Next stop? Milan. The longer than expected layover in New York is a bit of a bummer, but the night I spend with two strangers from my flight? H.A.W.T. I don’t know which I enjoy more—the way words roll off their tongues in their incredible Italian accents, or the way they use those...