It is often a challenging and overwhelming transition to go from being a student to being a teacher. Many new faculty members of engineering and science have to make this dramatic transition in a very short time. In the same closing months of your Ph.D. program you are trying to complete your research, finish and defend your dissertation, find a job, move to a new location, and start a new job as a faculty member. If you are lucky, you've had the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistan...

Only Riley hears what the animals say. They’re warning her about murder.After a sudden job loss, Riley and her very good boy, Toby, return to her hometown to work at a new vet clinic, hoping for a fresh start and a quiet life. But peace is short-lived. A local murder shocks the town, and Riley’s strange but reliable gift tugs at her. The animals know more than anyone suspects, and so does Riley.As one murder follows another, she discovers her unique connect...

Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind.“Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal“A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American“A brilliant and original book on the sc...

A haunted campground. A loyal dog. One mystery too many.Traveling the country to write about haunted campgrounds sounds like the perfect job, especially with journalist Wren Weaver’s loyal dog, Rascal, along for the ride.At Forgotten Oasis, an Old West–style campground in the Arizona desert, Wren quickly learns the ghost stories aren’t just campfire legends. The sarcastic spirit haunting the abandoned saloon has opinions, secrets, and a habit of pointing he...

Young widow. Innkeeper. Accidental crimebuster.Jenna Ross inherits a beautiful, historic inn, expecting bookkeeping and guests, not a mysterious visitor tied to a decade-old embezzlement case.But when a guest is found dead on the inn’s property, her quiet but uncanny intuition pulls her toward things she can’t explain, especially the portrait of Nettie Wyndham, whose watchful presence is unsettling.Jenna follows a trail of deception in a race to unc...

When the power grid fails, the only thing left to rely on is each other.Retired state trooper Major Dave Elliott lives a quiet life on his rural farm with his granddaughter, his dog, and the steady rhythm of small-town routines. Neighbors know one another. Doors stay unlocked. Life is predictable.Until the lights go out.A coordinated cyberattack shuts down the power grid, and within hours the world beyond their county roads begins t...

When Sydney Bonner overhears a fellow mah jongg player arguing on the phone with her husband, she realizes the couple’s “perfect marriage” isn’t all it appears to be. A few days later, the husband is found dead, his head bashed in. Fearing she’ll be considered the most likely suspect, the widow prevails upon Sydney and her three friends—Marianne, Kat and Micki—to find out who really killed him.Though none of these four fun-loving, take-charge retirees has any training as detectives...

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down' – Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to StrangersWhen you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside of you?Perhaps you thought of your emotions as automatic and reactive, a response to the world around you. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the fear of losing someone you love...

Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets.East Sussex Coast, 1855Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets the mysterious and handsome Edwin on the beach. He promises her a world beyond the small coastal village she’s trapped in. But after she ignores warnings about Edwin, a chain of terrible events begins to unfold for Violet…...

John Dunn has long been remembered as the white chief of Zululand, yet the man behind the legend remains one of the most misunderstood figures in South African history.Drawing on years of original archival research, The Crown, the Chief and the King presents the most comprehensive account of Dunn's remarkable life to date. From his humble beginnings in the Eastern Cape to his rise as one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Zululand, this is the story of a...

‘OH! What a joy this book was…I loved loved loved the setting and the bookshop is somewhere I would like to visit’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life…Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met.As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one of...

Vigilante Justice: Librarian StyleMaggie was a quiet librarian until a heartbreaking murder woke something dangerous inside her. Now she’s out for blood, not for herself, but for those who deserve justice.She survives an explosion and begins the slow process of healing with the help of her unusual team. When her world is shattered by a heart-wrenching murder, Maggie's team trains her to fight to win, whatever the cost.Her grief and rage transform he...