A 2026 Nebula Finalist for Best Comic Writing.Shel, a supernatural version of Mary Shelley, and her monster-rescuing crew are back in the highly anticipated second book of the Mary Shelley's School for Monsters series.Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone is a thrilling adventure that ends in letting go of monster-sized grudges. The most dreaded yōkai in Japan—Tamamo-no-mae, the nine-tailed kitsune—has been freed from the Killing Stone. Unfortunatel...

A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year finalist and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner.A supernatural MARY SHELLEY, Shel, and her misfit monsters crew use dark magic, friendship, and supernatural fighting powers to rescue creatures in crisis like La Llorona.In 1812, a teenage MARY GODWIN (SHELLEY) becomes trapped in a mausoleum with occult scientist DR. M. He tries to reanimate a sewn together corpse with a combination of electricity and the book of the dead, NECRO. ...

Eradication is the final book of the Plastic Girl trilogy.After a mysterious research ship filled with dangerous newcomers arrives, Eva and Iris fight to maintain the fragile alliance between the polylilakes and humans. In the exhilarating conclusion of the Plastic Girl series, the two species must come together or suffer total eradication.Plastic Girl is a YA climate sci-fi trilogy with a companion prequel novella.Eva grew up in a ...

After the horrendous battle at the end of the previous book, which ended with the destruction of the religion of Issus, John Carter's wife and two other women were locked in a slowly rotating prison attached to the Temple of the Sun, each of whose hundreds of cells are only open to the outside world once every year. In the meantime, Carter's friend Xodar has become the new Jeddak (chief or king) of the black Martian First Born, and those white Martian therns who reject the old religion lik...

In a snap, the apocalypse descends, wiping out almost everything.Almost.A few survivors struggle in the ruins, fighting until the bitter end.After The Fall (A Blaze Ward Presents Special Edition) brings together twenty different visions: some hopeful, some desperate, and some just plain weird. Many different takes on what the world might look like after aliens came down. Or the Elder Gods awakened.Or if Darkness itself just fell.Come join US...

Vampires, sea monsters, aliens, banshees, slashers and more. Ten horror-themed micro stories, each a spooky, bite-size treat at exactly two hundred and fifty words. Read one just before bed if you dare!

This new edition of Qualitative Marketing Research seamlessly integrates theoretical foundations with practical applications in qualitative marketing research, positioning methodologies within the broader landscape of marketing strategy, managerial decision-making, and contemporary consumer psychology.The book offers an extensive examination of qualitative research approaches, beginning with established techniques like focus group interviews (FGI) and individual in-depth i...

The Devil has taken his host of wrath and anger. A new street drug has been unleashed upon the world called Happy Acid. Demons are wreaking havoc. Is there no force that will stop civilization's pending doom? Just one. However, the free will of the people must find him for themselves.

Used by more than 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Apache Kafka has become the de facto event streaming platform. Kafka Connect is a key component of Kafka that lets you flow data between your existing systems and Kafka to process data in real time.With this practical guide, authors Mickael Maison and Kate Stanley show data engineers, site reliability engineers, and application developers how to build data pipelines between Kafka clusters and a variety of data sources and sinks. Kafka...

Special Study Edition - Annotations+ Biography of St. Alphonsus+ Paper on the Redemptorists+ Essay on our Moral Crisis+ Book Club Questions"Uniformity" is a book foremost about the Love of God. Saint Alphonsus composed "Uniformity" to help Christians bring their way of life in line with God's will each one of us. There are 7 chapters that will show you with concrete ideas you can put into use today how to make your will one with God's despite life's har...

"A comprehensive handbook that empowers citizens to participate in local governance and community decision-making. This guide explains how local government works and provides strategies for civic engagement, from attending town meetings to organizing community campaigns. Readers learn to navigate city councils, school boards, and planning commissions while developing skills to communicate with elected officials and drive change in their communities. Perfect for concerned parents, engaged n...

Extinction is the suspenseful second book in the Plastic Girl series. Sisters Eva and Iris transform their isolated island from wasteland to paradise, They stop a gang of nomadic teens from taking it over. Now, lost deep in the caves below Bear Island, they will evade monstrous lifeforms, defeat violent invaders, and unlock evolutionary secrets as they fight to protect their new world.The species born from plastic can heal the entire planet and reverse the climate...