A Gift for Santa Claus: A Christmas Tradition is an instant classic! This heartwarming story comes to life as a whimsically illustrated children's picture book with rhyming and repetition to keep all believers in Christmas magic captivated. The story takes the reader on a quest to find Christmas magic and along the way they are joined by other characters and do acts of kindness. Then the question is asked: does Santa Claus get Christmas gifts too? The characters create gifts for Santa Clau...

'An excellent, brisk guide to what is likely to happen as opposed to the fantastically remote.' - Los Angeles Review of BooksIn 2018 the world woke up to gene editing with a storm of controversy over twin girls born in China with genetic changes deliberately introduced by scientists - changes they will pass on to their own offspring.Genetic modification (GM) has been with us for 45 years now, but the new system known as CRISPR or gene editing can m...

'A book that would have had Darwin swooning - anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this.' GuardianAt the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet.The cutting-edge of biology, however, is telling us that we still don't even kn...

From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swooning' – Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science.For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions – 98% of the human genome – were dismissed as 'junk'. But in recent years researchers have discovered that variati...

Two sisters, lost youth, and old obsessions—a “compassionate, lyrical portrait of grief, longing, and love” that unfolds over the course of one day as a Jewish family sits shiva (Refinery29).Bohemian New Yorker Eve returns to her Toronto hometown to mourn the death of her more successful sister in this award-winning novel that’s “like a darker, sexier Little Women...

On the reality show Dance Off, pro rugby player Olivier Gautier and Olympic swimmer JC Webster each have one goal in mind: to stay on the show as long as possible to earn his charity of choice maximum exposure and a larger donation. As the competition heats up, their goals expand to catching each other's interest, but Olivier is firmly in the closet and plans to stay there. JC is willing to be discreet, but not to hide forever.Starting a romance with another man is challen...

Six dreams. One day. Infinite possibilities.Layla Maris wakes to a morning unlike any other--every dream from the night before lingers with startling clarity. Over the course of a single day, she unravels their meaning, each vision pulling her deeper into questions of identity, purpose, and the fragile line between reality and imagination. But as the day unfolds, Layla begins to wonder: Are these dreams guiding her...or rewriting her future? By nightfall, nothing will be the same.

"Marry me… or your family dies."To save her father, Rachel Owens agrees to the one contract no woman survives—becoming the wife of Damien Montrel, the city's most feared mafia king.His rules are absolute:Obey.Stay inside.Never ask questions.But behind the mansion's iron gates, Rachel discovers a hidden truth…Leo. A small boy who calls her "Mama," and the only weakness Damien has ever shown.Ruthless to his enemies, merciless to...

"Marry me… or your family dies."To save her father, Rachel Owens agrees to the one contract no woman survives—becoming the wife of Damien Montrel, the city's most feared mafia king.His rules are absolute:Obey.Stay inside.Never ask questions.But behind the mansion's iron gates, Rachel discovers a hidden truth…Leo. A small boy who calls her "Mama," and the only weakness Damien has ever shown.Ruthless to his enemies, merciless to...

Get your blood pumping with 3 hot stories of naughty women and their Christmas escapades.Inside you will find:Santa's Naughty ListI worked hard all year to get onto Santa's Naughty List. Now it’s time to get my reward.Fun with Santa's ElvesReading what people did to get on the Naughty List gets me want to prove I can be even naughtierLoved by SantaA sensual night spent at the North Pole

Activists Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab present a poetic anthem to your brilliance, your beauty, your very existence.Every child has the right to be free. . . the right to reach. . . the right to dream. . . This lyrical affirmation of what freedom truly means celebrates the principles of Colin and Nessa's Know Your Rights Camp -- an international movement that has inspired thousands of young people to rejoice in their inherent goodness.We Are...

This book uses rigorous case studies with definitive conclusions and develops a critical Cultural Studies perspective on both the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and diversity politics.Through examining sophisticated processes through which race is negotiated and produced across film, television, public relations and advertising, this book reveals how these industries simultaneously understand race uniformly while operating through heterogeneous structures that both address...