How can you know something is real—especially when you can't see it?Hope and Joy are eight-year-old twins who love asking big questions. When kids at school say believing in God is silly, the girls begin to wonder: what if their classmates are right?With gentle encouragement from Mom and Dad—and the playful antics of their dog, Rufus—the twins begin to piece together clues in the world around them that point to something bigger than themselves.And a...

A terrible accident. A gruesome murder. A litter of orphaned cubs.Illegal poachers on the Oregon Coast orphan a litter of rare white mountain lion cubs. At the big cat sanctuary, the cubs’ very existence puts their rescuers in peril. Darkness looms over the seaside hamlet of Grady when the sanctuary director is violently murdered and the cubs go missing.But reluctant medium Suri is plagued with doubt and remorse after a tragic car wreck le...

This vivid late-19th-century biography follows William Tecumseh Sherman from his New England and Ohio family roots to the end of his long public life, presenting him as both a product of American heredity and a force who helped reshape the nation. Introduced and reviewed by Major General O. O. Howard, the book draws on letters, reports, editorials, and eyewitness testimony to create a richly illustrated "graphic history" of war, duty, and national service. Sherman's story moves from boyhoo...

'A beautiful and heartbreaking story of love, war, friendship, family secrets and the choices that can change lives forever' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A forgotten mansion. A wartime secret. What lies behind the door of the Cornish house?Cornwall, 1944: As her beloved brother fights the Nazis in Europe, Mary Trewallis works tirelessly on the makeshift hospital wards for injured servicemen that have taken over her family's grand anc...

A reluctant medium, an entitled ghost, and a dead body at the bottom of the stairs.Suri Mudge is having a bad day.Plagued by headaches and with an attitude to match, Surly — as she’s known to the odd-ball locals in her Oregon Coast community — stumbles across a murder victim while out for a stroll. Strange things are common in Naghatune Bay, but this is the first murder by magick, though the straight-laced deputy sheriff isn’t convinced. Su...

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, and the comedic flair of P. G. Wodehouse in Crosstalk—a genre-bending novel that pushes social media, smartphone technology, and twenty-four-hour availability to hilarious and chilling extremes as one young woman abruptly finds herself with way more connectivity than she ever desired.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPRIn the ...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing and chaotic teachings. Cut off from anything unapproved by her father, Jessica was persi...

"Twenty Poems of Poetry Vol. 1" is a collection of writings from Patricia Laverne Willis. Patricia's words give the reader an understanding of some of the larger ideas in life such as creativity, gifts, stars, and religion. She touches on subjects that will make you wonder about the special life we live and is certain that we all have a purpose here. This collection of poems will inspire you to write and create your own art. It takes a wistful tone in its considerations of some of the pecu...

A Companion for Your Journey from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost"Let no one fear death, for the death of our Savior has set us free."—St. John ChrysostomLent is a pilgrimage of the soul when Christians have always commemorated the death and resurrection of Jesus with a season of reflection. Through poems, essays, and devotional readings, A Radiant Resurrection invites you into the time of reflection from Ash Wednesday through Eastertide. Writt...

What if hockey's most successful team wasn't built on grit, brute force, or star power—but on math?How to Win Forever is the Moneyball of hockey, revealing how the Carolina Hurricanes quietly became the NHL's most efficient and consistently elite franchise. While others chase highlight-reel goals and big-name signings, Carolina plays a different game—one built on probability, possession, and disciplined risk-taking.From undervaluing "empty...

In A Legacy in Peanuts, Columbus, Georgia, native Haisten Willis tells the story of Columbus's own Tom's Foods, a firm that aided the South’s industrialization and played a major role in establishing the humble peanut as a cash crop. In the 1920s, founder Tom Huston revolutionized both the manufacturing and marketing of peanuts through his patented shelling machines and the creation of the company’s signature product, Tom’s Toasted Peanuts. With an assist from legendary scientist ...