Fresh start? Check. Quirky neighbors? Check. Finding a dead body? Absolutely NOT in the plan.Forty-something divorcee Anne Freemont traded her high-pressure city life for the charming mountain town of Carolan Springs, Colorado. Her plan: renovate a Victorian fixer-upper, breathe some fresh mountain air, and enjoy zero drama.Then a runaway chicken changes everything.When Anne's goofy and sweet neighbor, Kandi, is accused of murdering the neighborhood...

A cozy mystery where Texas grit, homemade pie, and quiet faith meet small-town secrets.Hospice nurse Christie Taylor trades hospital hallways for hay bales and returns home to Texas, thinking she’s there to rest, help Pop, and finally have time to try out some pie recipes. What she finds instead is a community with long memories, a mystery that keeps pulling her in, and people who became family before she’d quite noticed it happening. Set against the warm, wide...

Times are hard. Perhaps not quite hard enough for Arthur to awaken from his long sleep, but other characters from mythology and history may still be here to lend a hand. Are you having trouble with an unscrupulous landlord? Is your village or wildlife reserve being threatened by a multi-national corporation? Is funding being cut for the very services that allow your community to thrive, or function at all?Throughout history, from the Chartist movement to the formation of the NHS vi...

besieged by the trials of a tumultuous childhood, marked by the departure of a loving mother and the shadow of a narcissistic stepmother. Alongside her sisters, Jean and Desiree, Ashley endured the hardships imposed by their stepmother, Lenna, grappling with the complexities of such toxic relationships early in life. The loss of her father, Dale, at the age of 49 to an overdose, and her younger sister, Desiree, at 21 due to spina bifida, brought profound sorrow and challenges. Ashley's jou...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

In this “sure-fire all-American success story” (The New York Times Book Review), the founder of Wal-Mart describes the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to build the largest retailer in the world.“[A] wise and inspiring autobiography—Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with conviction and makes no bones about his mistakes.”—San Francisco ChronicleMeet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespu...

A Relaxing Pet-sitting Gig in Mexico... Until Danger Strikes at DawnViviane Masters is celebrating her sixties with a new lease on life as a globetrotting pet-sitter. But her inaugural assignment in a sleepy ex-pat town in Mexico turns sinister when threatening notes appear at the casa.Against her daughter’s wishes, the spunky senior has embarked on this adventure seeking excitement and freedom. But Viviane quickly senses a dark undercurrent in the seemingl...

Chicken Culprit Small-town cozy mystery: Runaway chicken + grumpy sheriff + nosy new neighbor = the fresh start nobody planned for!Cordial Killing Victorian Inn cozy mystery: College reunion + blizzard + murder = page-turner!Honey Homicide Colorado arson mystery: Suspicious fires + wrongly accused sheriff + amateur sleuth with zero authority = combustible chemistry and a killer on the loose!Perfect for reade...

Sunlit Uplands is an electrifying found family road trip across a multiverse of Everything Everywhere All At Once from Hugo Award winning author Jo Walton.What makes our world unique in the multiverse?How much would really change if people preferred lime to orange, or Al Gore was elected in 2000?Would the other you be really that different if they'd been born a girl, or left-handed, or in Iowa?...

Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo WaltonThe Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds.When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a gondolier called Taddeo, who ...

How Flawed Interpretation Disrespects the Bible and Divides the ChurchThe Crisis of Biblical Authority is noted biblical scholar John H. Walton's response to one of Christianity's most pressing challenges: the damage done when believers treat the Bible as a tool for advancing their own agendas rather than as a sacred text to be faithfully understood.Christians agree that the Bible has authority, but it can be difficult to identify where that author...