MAGIC, MYSTERY, AND MAYHEM await you on every page of this exciting anthology bursting with new adventures and unforgettable characters. Visit an otherwise normal town dealing with a dragon infestation, think fast when the elves whisk you away from home, launch an investigation when you realize the boy next door isn’t what he seems, and tread carefully when telling your secrets to sinister diaries with minds of their own. Find out what happens in these stories and more whe...

London, 1801No one could have guessed that virginal companion Penelope Montague is the author of the scandalous manual A Woman's Handbook. Society believes she was educated in a convent, unaware she spent the first half of her life raised by the ladies of the famous Black Swan brothel.Only rake Robin Sackville Tufton, Earl of Thanet, sees the sensual woman behind Pen's proper exterior. From the moment he sees her, he wants her more than anything else. But Pen isn't...

MOTHER JONES presents the life and battles of one of America's most formidable labor agitators, moving through coalfields, textile mills, railroad towns, and jail cells with the urgency of witness testimony. Its style is plainspoken, dramatic, and polemical, shaped less by literary ornament than by moral force. Situated in the context of Progressive Era reform and early twentieth-century labor conflict, the book records class struggle as lived experience, giving voice to miners, child work...

In this latest edition of THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find CUTTING-EDGE stories by such authors as ROBERT AICKMAN, STORM CONSTANTINE, GEMMA FILES, NEIL GAIMAN, JOHN LANGAN, HELEN MARSHALL and STEVE RASNIC TEM, amongst many others, along with the usual OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR IN HORROR and NECROLOGY of those who have left us.

The ideas and practices related to afrofuturism have existed for most of the 20th century, especially in the north American African diaspora community. After Mark Dery coined the word "afrofuturism" in 1993, Alondra Nelson as a member of an online forum, along with other participants, began to explore the initial terrain and intellectual underpinnings of the concept noting that “AfroFuturism has emerged as a term of convenience to describe analysis, criticism and cultural production that a...

Biblical Hope During Life’s Greatest TrialsOne thing is certain in this life: We will all experience hardship and pain. But with God as our caring Father, we can also be certain the trials we face are not simply mysteries beyond understanding, but opportunities to be shaped for a glory beyond imagination.When we learn why God allows suffering, our pain is given meaning. How Does God Use Suffering for Our Good? is a powerful and encouraging look at ...

Poor Donut is feeling anxious. School is about to start again, and Donut can't stop all sorts of worries from filling her round donut head. She's tired of her friends and family saying Don't worry! As if it's that easy! Can her new friend, Cookie, help her find ways to manage her anxiety? Christianne Jones, author of Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker, offers up a sweet story to introduce anxiety coping skills. Donut's story will give children a valuable understanding of their worries and techni...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Something is emerging—not from the future, but from beneath. When researcher Andrew Hale probes the limits of generative AI, he expects bugs and hallucinations. Instead, he finds subtle anomalies across systems that should never intersect: phrases repeating across resets, symbols surfacing unbidden, and structures forming beneath language itself. As Andrew and a small circle of skeptics push deeper, the pattern converges into a phenomen...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Your brain is running outdated software. It's time for an upgrade!The world isn't just changing, it's accelerating. AI is reshaping industries overnight. Organizational complexity is at an all-time high. Disruption is no longer an event; it's the environment. And the leadership playbooks written for a more predictable era? They're struggling to keep up.Here's the truth most leadership books won't tell yo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Quantum Unraveling plunges readers into a world where the boundaries of reality begin to crumble. As ordinary lives collide with extraordinary quantum phenomena, a group of interconnected characters—Ethan, Mira, Julian, Dan, Jacob, and Elena—experience déjà vu, looping time, and unexplained fractures in existence. A breakthrough project involving a revolutionary quantum chip inadvertently taps into other dimensions, trigger...

This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems.

New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones teams up with acclaimed cowriter Steven Wedel in the supernatural mystery, In the Woods…It should have been just another quiet night on the farm when Logan witnessed the attack, but it wasn't.Something is in the woods.Something unexplainable.Something deadly.Hundreds of miles away, Chrystal's plans for summer in Manhattan are abruptly upended when her dad reads tabloid cover...