Experience the magic again with this chronicle of the young wizard who took the world by storm!From the moment that J. K. Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter during a train ride, until the 1997 UK publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Making of the Potterverse tells the history of one of today's most beloved sagas—in print, on screen, and in real life as waves of Pottermania swept fans young and old.Covering t...

-Shortlisted for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel-Winner of the American Library Association's Horror Book of 2017"Intensely realized and beautifully orchestrated Gothic horror." —Joyce Carol Oates"A match for readers who enjoyed Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House." —Booklist (starred review)At the end of a dark prairie road, ne...

What if the life you've dreamed of is just 21 questions away?This book is for anybody who, deep down, feels like they're not reaching their true potential.For anyone who feels disconnected from the life they're living.Or for anyone who simply feels like they're meant for more.Because I know exactly what that feels like.I've been there.So many of us feel like we're being held back from ...

What if the life you've dreamed of is just 21 questions away?Through 21 powerful questions, motivational speaker Scott Thomas climbed his way back from rock bottom and fought to find his true self, and now he wants to help you do the same.This powerful guide is designed to reconnect you back to your real self with frameworks, exercises and practical tools to help you identify what's blocking you, remove what no longer serves you, and start designing the fut...

From the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Scott Thomas**―praised by The New York Times, NPR, Booklist, Library Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter―comes the long-awaited sequel to Kill Creek.**It’s been almost a decade since the murders at Kill Creek. What was only supposed to be a publicity stunt—four famous horror novelists in America’s most notorious haunted house—turned into a massacre. The survivors never told the full s...

Scott Thomas and Tom Wood help pastors and other Christian leaders to lovingly lead God’s flock to Jesus Christ and into God’s mission through a process of coaching and shepherding that is rooted in the patterns of the Good Shepherd himself.Many ministry leaders serving in churches find themselves overwhelmed, disillusioned, and depressed by the enormous and challenging task of leading and ministering in a congregation. As a result, the ministry suffers, the leader...

How do you grow as a leader in the church? Should you read church growth books? Take a few seminars? Or just wing it? Scott Thomas, former President of Acts 29, church planter, and pastor has a different approach. He unpacks how leaning on Jesus empowers not just your teaching, but also grows the humility and biblical wisdom you need to lead.Through many years of ministry experience, Thomas has seen the importance of the “soft skills” of leadership—empathy, kindness, and listening—...

**2024 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD WINNERFour gothic novellas from the novelist of Kill Creek and Violet, praised by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the American Library Association.**In The Door in the Field, a construction worker's bad day becomes a far worse night when drinks at an off-the-books bar send him down an unforeseeably bloody path.In The Boy in the Woods, something evil has infected the counselors a...

How do you grow as a leader in the church? Should you read church growth books? Take a few seminars? Or just wing it? Scott Thomas, former President of Acts 29, church planter, and pastor has a different approach. He unpacks how leaning on Jesus empowers not just your teaching, but also grows the humility and biblical wisdom you need to lead.Through many years of ministry experience, Thomas has seen the importance of the "soft skills" of leadership—empathy, kindness, and listening—...

What is life really like for LGBTQIA+ people behind bars?This book offers the most up-to-date global research on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals in prison, cutting through layers of secrecy and stigma to reveal the harsh realities of incarceration. Drawing on evidence from the UK, US, Brazil and beyond, it highlights how protective segregation, institutionalized homophobia and identity-based violence compound trauma and social harm. Through a compelling conversational narra...

Petal, the Lily Bear's Big Adventure" is a fun and magical story about bravery, kindness, and friendship. Even the smallest heroes can make a big difference!In the beautiful land of Patagonia, where mountains touch the clouds and flowers grow as tall as trees, lives Petal, a tiny bear no bigger than your thumb. With her soft pink and yellow fur, Petal lives happily inside the giant lilies.One day, Petal finds a young dragonfly named...

It’s a thumbs-up for this movie-inspired guide to learning SpanishPop in a movie in your DVD playerTurn on the Spanish soundtrack in the DVD options menuOpen up Listen ‘n’ Learn Spanish with Your Favorite Movies, and relax as you learn core Spanish vocabulary and phrasesIt is as easy as that to learn thousands of essential Spanish terms and expressions. You follow along using the book to decipher difficult Spanish p...