In Aurora Vale, dawn arrives inside a lantern.Every winter, the Great Dawn Lantern is lit atop Frost Tower, and morning spills across the snow like gold. But on the longest night of the year, the Storm Queen rises from the ice, steals the light, and traps brave Elara in a frozen spell. Suddenly, the kingdom is locked in endless night.Only Mira—small, quiet, and often overlooked—hears the last ember of dawn still singing. With a tiny lantern, a loyal snow fox, and a heart mu...

In this classic collection, you will find three revolutionary works by Black abolitionists. David Walker’s Appeal, originally published in 1829, was a clarion call to all those enslaved and opposed to slavery, to resist by force and demand liberation at all costs. In effect, his Appeal set off hundreds of slave rebellions across the country, including playing a role in Nat Turner’s famous revolt. In 1848, it was republished with a lengthy introduction by militant abolitionist Henry Highlan...

A collection of historical literature documenting major slave revolts and uprisings throughout the Americas.Who will tell the stories of those who refused to be slaves? The Atlantic slave trade transported millions of humans from the coasts of West Africa into the New World, stripping them of their dignity, freedom, language and culture. The accepted notion is that these Blacks willingly submitted to the chattel slave system, accepting their new lot in life. When one scours the reco...

A RICH titan of industry. A POOR girl with nothing left to lose. And a marriage of convenience that was never supposed to get complicated.Elena Vance’s life shatters when her uncle leaves behind millions in embezzled debt. Enter Julian Blackwood—a cold, calculating Manhattan billionaire whose reputation is carved in ice and steel. To save her family from ruin and secure his corporate empire, Julian offers Elena a binding contract: play the devoted wife for twelve m...

When Marianne Vale arrives in the county of Dorset with a modest dowry, an ailing mother, and a wit too sharp for easy admiration, she has no expectation beyond keeping her household intact and her younger sister safely launched into society. The last thing she requires is the notice of Mr. Julian Ashcombe—master of Ashcombe Hall, a gentleman of formidable reserve, inconvenient kindness, and a pride the neighborhood mistakes for arrogance.

In the high-spire courts of Oakhaven, weakness is a death sentence—and Lyra Vance is drowning in it.As a low-born archivist forced to catalog the dark, forbidden artifacts of the Fae aristocracy, Lyra keeps her head down and her magic locked away. That is, until a catastrophic vault breach binds her life force to Prince Kaelen—the dangerously seductive, notoriously ruthless heir to the Shadow Throne.Kaelen is cursed to feel every physical pain he inflicts, and Lyra...

A concise and elegant treatise on the ancient Hermetic principles.The Kybalion has been the subject of intrigue and speculation for over 100 years. It claims to present the most ancient and fundamental principles of Egyptian philosophy, pulled from the Hermetic lore of the god Djehuti himself. Its authors are unknown, its sources impossible to verify, and even its publication is cloaked in mystery. Yet the seven principles of The Kybalion are not only startlingly parallel to our mo...

Pt.Sujan Rane holds B.A. in Economics and M.A. in English of Bombay University, India. He is a former Official of international Banks like HSBC, India, Societe Generale, Sultnate of Oman and ABN-Amro, Saudi Arabia. While working for these Banks he has continued to learn, teach and practice the age-old art of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music over the last 35 years or so. He belongs to the well-known School of this art popularly called Kirana Gharana and has received training initially from ...

This isn’t the Du Bois you read about in school. Written after Souls of Black Folk, this book presents a more fiery and controversial side of the famed W. E. B. Du Bois. In Darkwater, Du Bois experiments with presentation, jumping from sociopolitical essays to poetry and science fiction. His perspectives are also groundbreaking and ahead of their time (and perhaps ours). He argues against religious ignorance, advocates for the upliftment of women, analyzes whiteness, prophecizes massive so...

Stress Management Tools and Strategies provides practical, evidence-based approaches for identifying, understanding, and managing stress effectively. The text focuses on actionable techniques including time management, mindfulness practices, relaxation methods, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle modifications. Through student-friendly language maintaining academic rigor, the material makes stress management accessible while grounding techniques in psychological research. Each chapter b...

Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) is a discipline concerned with designing interactions in sociotechnical systems to improve both system performance and human well-being. This Element introduces the core principles of HFE, tracing its development from multidisciplinary efforts to solve practical problems in military operations during the Second World War to its current application in healthcare improvement. The Element acknowledges the growing role of HFE in areas such as the design of th...

Meet Sissy, a small striped cat with a big heart and an even bigger imagination, in this cozy illustrated adventure for young children. Told in Sissy’s own gentle, funny voice, Sissy Finds Home begins on the day he leaves for a brand-new house and follows his emotional, heartwarming journey as he learns to trust, explore, play, and belong.With loving humans, a rainy-day blanket fort, softbedtime moments, and a world full of curious smells and surprising discoveries...