Beneath the waters of the Pacific, hidden from the human world, lies a kingdom few have ever seen.From the ancient City of Light beneath Mount Shasta to the depths of the Emerald Castle, the ocean is alive with memory, power, and guardians sworn to protect its balance. At the center of it all stands the Crystal Window, an ancient relic that reveals not the future, but the consequences of choice.Angelica, Princess of the Sea, has been warned never to interfere with what the ...

Winner of the Ngaio Marsh First Novel AwardAn absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand’s indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and directorA tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a ...

Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protection Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been done and set out to win Teina’s freedom. Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the highest court in the Commonwealth, this is t...

HOW TO JUMP HIGHERAn impressive vertical jump is one of the best attributes an athlete can possess.A big jump shows raw power, demands attention, increases the potential of an athlete, and can even strike fear in to the opposition.One of the most impressive athletic feats in the slam dunk. For most regular sized people, dunking is a distant dream. However, with an increased vertical jump, dunking a ball is achievable for most people.Regardles...

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and techniques designed to deal with 21st century national security problems. This second edition updat...

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori detective Hana Westerman, in which the discovery of human bones in the dunes of New Zealand upends a long-ago murder convictionAfter the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Westerman turned in her badge and abandoned her career as a detective in the Auckland CIB. Hoping that civilian life will offer her the opportunity to rest and recalibra...

From the Barry Award nominee and Ngaio Marsh Award winner of Better the Blood, a new thriller bringing danger ever closer to Hana WestermanWhen Detective Inspector Jaye Hamilton stops at an Auckland liquor store for a bottle of champagne, it is supposed to be celebratory: his daughter Addison has just gotten engaged. Instead, he is suddenly gunned down at the register by a balaclava-clad assailant in what appears at first to be a random act. The getaway ca...

An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by stormThe traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it's no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiolog...

Why do many American Christians Today Oppose the Values of Jesus? In recent years, why have most evangelical Christians been more concerned with political "winning" over soul-winning? Why have they been willing to "deal with the Devil" to further their interests and agenda, and disregard their call to "love thy neighbor," and its impact on their witness to the world and reputation of the Church? Why do their calls to limit government assistance and citizen protections mirror those of the f...

From lost to loved the journey of gemma the service dog by Michael Bennett is a heartwarming story about a lovable Rottweiler pup named Gemma. Born on a ranch, she was not the most playful but the most affectionate of her litter. After her siblings found homes, Gemma finally gets adopted by a loving couple. However, an unexpected adventure leads her to become lost and eventually taken to an animal shelter. After months of waiting, she finds a second chance at a rescue facility where she is...

Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we can claim virtue with a mote in our eye. Ar...

Every summer, young Lucas visits his grandparents' beach house, where dolphins play in the surf. When he and his grandfather's loyal dog Gemma rescue a baby dolphin tangled in a fishing net, an unbreakable friendship is born. Lucas names him Splash, and his grandfather Michael teaches him to surf with the pod. As years pass, Lucas becomes a lifeguard, finds love with Penny, and faces thrilling challenges, rescuing injured sea animals and delivering rare dolphin twins. From moonlit surfing ...