Since a mugging a year ago, Ben's lived with blindness. Despite an art career on hold and a deadbeat boyfriend who left him because of his disability, he's finally getting his life back on track. Ben is gaining a new sense of independence thanks to his guide dog, Colt.But Ben's carefully balanced life is thrown into chaos when veterinarian Dr. Jay Connor hits Colt with his car. While Colt is on the mend and recovering nicely, Ben finds that Jay is not only fond of Colt, but also qu...

Does your life seem to constantly move at a fast pace? Are your days often filled with things that make you anxious, tired, and unsettled? Do you desire a more peaceful and joy-filled existence, yet you just aren't quite sure how to get there? Then stop long enough to read this book.Everyday Steps to Finding Peace and Joy is a testimony of how God uses ordinary people to do His extraordinary work. I know, because He picked me-a fifty-five-year-old Christian wife, mother, grandmothe...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Song for a Whale comes a deeply moving story about a boy, an octopus, and the extraordinary bond that changes them forever—perfect for fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures to hand to the young readers in their lives.Max can’t seem to escape the big, looming shadow of his politician dad. But for the next few months, Max and his mom are going away to a quiet Texas beach town where Max can be someon...

The poems in this anthology embody what it's like to live in the astonishing weave of cities and towns, landscape and language, climate and history that make up the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Selected by the members of Sixteen Rivers Press, a regional poetry collective named after the web of rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay, the poems in THE PLACE THAT INHABITS US are drawn from both a physical and a metaphoric watershed. From the granite slopes of the Sierra to the Delta, thro...

Fawn Ailish Flynn, in hiding, is listening to her parents argue. Her father saying, Thats not mine. Fawns brother, Greer Jr., was yelling at their momma, If that had never been born, my daddy would have never left. Its all her fault. Then Momma married Frank, a violent, abusive man. Just because he thought Fawn was staring at him, he slapped her to the floor, yelling, Get that out of my sight. Fawn went to bed, praying that God would take her, praying she wouldnt wake up. Follow Fawns jour...

Convinced that public speaking fears outranked all other fears, the authors combined their years of teaching novice speakers to set forth their techniques for reducing apprehension and sharpening communication performance skills. The three basic techniques stressed are cognitive structuring (or attitude change), relaxation techniques and skills training. All of the topics addressed herein are intended for students in basic speech communication classes. Some of the topics are: the process o...

Fallen Worlds 2: Classic Apocalyptic Science Fiction gathers ten unforgettable stories from the Golden Age of science fiction, where the end of the world is never simply the end. Nuclear war, cosmic catastrophe, human folly, and unexpected hope collide in tales written by some of the most imaginative authors of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.What happens when civilization disappears overnight? When the last survivors discover the world they knew is gone forever? When the ...

You will not break me for I am unbreakable.He’s the town’s notorious bad boy.She’s the innocent good girl.Jaxson Reid and Julia Sinclair were the most unlikely friends. One fateful night brought them together, and they formed a bond—one so strong it was unbreakable—until they gave into temptation.Fast forward five years and Jaxson is back to fix the mistakes he’s made with the only girl who’s ever mattered to him. ...

"Olivia"Olivia turned and glanced down at me. I saw her cheeks flame red and I realized a second too late that I was nude. It was just my luck! It seems that I am always nude or doing something wrong in her eyes. I could see her judging me yet again. I took a deep breath and covered myself with my hands. I smiled tentatively and said"Don't leave. I was just swimming. I'm sorry. I would dress, but I came here in my Manticore form."I struggled and sputtered trying to fin...

[THIS BOOK IS UNEDITED]Then I smelled a mixture of dark chocolate and strawberries my favorite two thins in the whole world. I automatically shifted my head and my eyes in the direction of the scent. There she was. The most beautiful women I had ever seen in my life. My eyes locked onto her magnificent wide obsidian eyes. She had creamy tanned looking skin and dark brown hair which was pulled loosely on top of her head. If I was guessing I would think she was of eastern European des...

A gripping story of how an entire family, deeply enmeshed in Mormonism for thirty years, found their way out and found faith in Jesus Christ.For thirty years, Lynn Wilder, once a tenured faculty member at Brigham Young University, and her family lived in, loved, and promoted the Mormon Church. Then their son Micah, serving his Mormon mission in Florida, had a revelation: God knew him personally. God loved him. And the Mormon Church did not offer the true gospel.

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M...