Watchful Wings is a tender and inspiring story of love, loss, and the gentle ways memories keep us connected. Young Ellie shares a special bond with her father, Edward, nurtured in the lush, colorful garden they lovingly care for together. Every plant holds a story, and the delicate hum of hummingbirds becomes a magical symbol of their happiness.But one spring, Edward is no longer there, leaving Ellie heartbroken and struggling to understand his absence. Just when the gard...

Prepare for a nauseating, disgusting, vile, puke-inducing, nonsensical little tale.See: 'BOGEY''You're telling me ... this Gruntfuttock fella ... sticks a post horn up his backside and blows the frigging Post Horn Gallop!!??'See: 'BLOW''It ripped and tore itself through the birth canal and out into an unsuspecting world.'See: 'IMAGINATION'S CHILD'And then it happened. From the far right-hand corner of the pit, striding out from the darkness, he, it...

Make it to resemble a man Sans emotions of any kind Ignorant of pain and pleasure Cold: bereft of heart and soul One to kill at my command. From 'PANDORA'

In The Woman's Place is in the Boardroom the authors put the business case for more women on company boards. In the next book they explained how to achieve it. Here the authors discuss the role women directors can play in the reform of corporate governance systems following recent financial, crises in leadership, governance and the economy.

The way we work is overdue for change. This newly updated guide to the challenges you will face in the 21st century world of work sets out a compelling case for change in organizational cultures and working practices to boost output, cut costs, give employees more freedom over how they work and contribute to a greener economy.

Stanley Hauerwas, was declared by "Time Magazine" in 2001 to be 'America's best theologian'. This book explores his work on the Church as a community living holiness. It offers an accessible introduction to Hauerwas' understanding of the ethics, character, narrative, practices and politics of the Church in late modern societies. Hauerwas has lots of imaginative, challenging and creative things to say. This book seeks to make them more available to the wider Church and its clergy at ground ...

The way we work is changing in the Internet age. The new majority of the workforce, women, Generation Y, the over-50s, as well as growing numbers of men share a need for greater control and choice about where, how and when they work. This is a guide to the skills you will need and the challenges you will face in the 21st century world of work.

An oracle should know better than to fall for a doomed king.Aurora is a historian—not a prophesied hero. But the day she finds her first artefact, destiny pits her against the primordial monster that has repeatedly destroyed her world. Cornered by the beast, she’s spared death when the artefact sends her to the ancient past and gifts her one chance to kill the monster before it’s unstoppable. Except it also lands her in the arms of King Theron, a handsome schemer i...

Now, for the first time, the three books that started a legend are together in a single edition.Book 1: No Honor in DeathSiobhan Dunmoore isn't having a good war. She's had more ships shot out from under her by the invading Shrehari Empire than any other officer in the Fleet. Some call her overly aggressive. Others simply call her reckless. What the enemy calls her is something else altogether. That she gave the Shrehari a good drubbing alo...

The collapse of humanity’s first interstellar empire is passing into legend, perhaps even myth, now that the ones who could remember those tumultuous years have merged with the Infinite Void. Tiny Lyonesse, the self-appointed guardian of all human knowledge tucked away in its wormhole cul-de-sac, has spent generations preparing to carry out Jonas Morane’s plan of reuniting humanity.Unbeknown to citizens of a republic cut off from the rest of the galaxy, four star s...

A poisoner. A prince. And a passion that could destroy an empire...or save it.Black-marketeer Selene has poison magic and the cynicism to match. When she and genius metals mage Iliana are arrested by the same scheming, noble fathers who tossed them out at birth, they suspect apologies won’t be forthcoming. Forced to either impersonate their half-sisters or die, the friends are stuffed into fancy dresses, packed off to the capital, and thrust into the perilous, glit...

One last mission. One mysterious passenger. One baffling destination. After centuries of travel, an ancient log buoy finally reaches human-controlled space. In the midst of a stalemated interstellar war, the Admiralty has little interest in wasting resources on what would likely be a fruitless search for the truth, but someone was able to convince them they could afford to send an old, obsolete frigate soon destined for the scrapyard, on this quest. Pulled from her patrol route, Siobhan Du...