Join Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury as she tries to juggle a new Season and a new murder in this charmingly deadly historical mystery."A beautiful debutante, a wealthy widow, and a dead would-be baron. What could be more exciting?"Countess by day, secret advice columnist by night, Amelia Amesbury has life happily balanced on a quill's edge . . . until her sister Margaret shows up in London under a blanket of scandal and Amelia is ...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

In these more welcome days of equality between the sexes we usually forget that the often cited ‘Gentler Sex’ can have dark and disturbing trains of thought that are more than the equal of their male brethren. Indeed, they can manipulate words in a matter of lines from comforting and loving to dark, foreboding and utterly terrifying. These femme fatales really do create stories that leech vile characters into dark and disturbing quite horrific narratives.

Over the past 25 years, the growing impor cardiovascular. We hope that by having this tance of genetic factors in the basic understand compilation of cardiovascular diseases in one ing of human cardiovascular disease has become source, it will be of value to all who are involved apparent. Prior to this time, there was an era in the care of patients with cardiovascular dis when cardiovascular disease was first viewed at ease or their families. the diagnostic level followed by an era when Th...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where everything around makes you say, “You can’t make this stuff up!” You may even ask yourself, wait, what just happened? You feel there must be more to it. But life goes on, and you chalk it up to be an unbelievable moment where things aligned perfectly. Mary Ella has found herself in this situation many times. In You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!, she shares how these moments weren’t just random, but they were divinely orchestrated. She tells how...

A set of riveting, suspenseful and thought provoking short stories from the winners of the KEPRESSNG Anthology Prize 2021 and a few bonus stories.The Unforgettable Christmas - a young boy's desire for a peaceful Christmas celebration for his mother turns awry when he and his sister gets kidnapped.The Festival of Heads - there may be trouble ahead when a champion's daughter befriends the ghost of one of the heads set aside for the festival.Ogu - will overachieving Nkas...

When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series.Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and countess—has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony. But when a lady’s maid writes Am...

The collection includes plays based on various historical moments, from ancient times to more modern periods, with a particular emphasis on American history. These plays encourage active participation, helping students not only learn historical facts but also develop an understanding of the people and events that shaped history. Lyng’s work is designed to inspire students to engage with the material in a creative way, using theater as a tool to explore historical contexts and develop empat...

In 1878, Elder Joseph Standing traveled into the Appalachian mountains of North Georgia, seeking converts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sixteen months later, he was dead, murdered by a group of twelve men. The church refused to bury the missionary in Georgia soil; instead, he was laid to rest in Salt Lake City beneath a monument that declared, “There is no law in Georgia for the Mormons.” Most accounts of this event have linked Standing’s murder to the virulent ninet...

Each of us has the desire to grow closer to God and enjoy His company and blessings. Even more inspiring is watching the next generation of Christians find enthusiasm and joy in deepening their knowledge of God and their relationship with Him!In Super 7: The New Testament Letters Mary Ella Throener has compiled her decade of experience as a Bible study leader for youths into one comprehensive guide in understanding the New Testament, God, and children and teen’s connection to God. B...

The play idea will always appeal to the minds of children. History, so often thought to be a dry subject, is made a live wide awake game when the pupils live the parts. The great men and women of history are made real to them. This method has been worked out by the pupils in the fifth grade in the McKinley School in San Francisco and found to be most successful. The chief characters in Mace's Beginners History, the California State Text, have been dramatized. The children read the story an...

Super 7: A Simple Bible StudyBy: Mary Ella ThroenerSuper 7 is a homemade Bible study designed to make connecting with God fun and simple. The book combines in depth questions and mulit-person games to make an exciting interactive resource for church groups, family, or independent study. Throener’s years in Religious Education makes her specifically qualified to create a specialized, accessible activity book for children and adults alike to further their knowledge and love o...