I die every night in my dreams.Add to that the hallucinations of people I've never met and creatures that don't exist, and you can see why I don’t let anyone in. People don't take well to weirdos that can't tell reality from illusion.That all changed the day a dragon attacked. Yup, that’s right. A real-life, smoke-breathing dragon hunted me down in the middle of a school day. I only escaped because a Faerie forced me to jump through a fire portal into a realm of magic. Norm...

Cooking isn't just an art, it's a science—150 fascinating food facts to make you a better cook.Does cold water come to a boil faster than warm water? Why does fat taste so good? What makes popcorn pop? Most of the processes that occur during cooking are based on principles found in biology, chemistry, and physics. 150 Food Science Questions Answered is an intriguing look into the science of food, from the eyes of a food science Ph.D. candidate and recipien...

After more than a decade of tumult, Roman warrior Rex and his aristocratic wife, Flavia, are thankful to the God they serve for the peaceful life they are living in the city of Alexandria. But with the Empire in flux, it cannot last. When Rex is called away to serve Constantine in his fight against Licinius, Flavia's loneliness and longing for a baby lead her down the road of temptation. Perhaps one of Egypt's gods will grant her conception?As battles rage both within and without, ...

#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a massive leveraged buyout from investment firm KKR.A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of 1980s Wall Street and the culture it helped define, Barbarians at the Ga...

When Megan Fallon arrives in the charming English village of Bliss Bay for the festive holiday season to discover that an attacker is on the loose, the race is on to find out whose Christmas wish could be so mean-spirited as to bring bad tidings on others.Will she be able to help police find the perpetrator in time to save Christmas?Meanwhile, Megan's spending the holiday apart from her boyfriend, Hugh, but an unexpected visit on New Year's Eve gives her the surprise of her...

So many secrets, so many schemers, So many lies and misdemeanours...Event organiser, Megan Fallon, is gearing up for a concert in honour of the oldest tree in the county: the ancient village oak on Bliss Bay's village green.What she’s not gearing up for, though, is stumbling over the dead body of Bliss Bay’s most unpopular villager, under the oak tree's sprawling boughs.With a murder investigation underway, a mystery that has everyone looking like a...

Are you ready to build habits, face your fears and change your life?Because that’s the Power of Creativity.This book is for new writers, musicians, filmmakers, artists and anyone who has ever asked questions like “How can I become more creative?” or, “How can I get more ideas?” or “How can I focus on my thoughts and just let them flow?”If you’ve ever struggled with a problem or challenge in your personal or professional life and thought, “I can’t do ...

Sometimes it's the people you think you know best who are keeping the biggest secrets.Charlotte Denver is preparing to move into her new home. All is well with the world in the English coastal town of St. Eves and life couldn't be sunnier.However, when old friends return to the town, tragedy follows close behind and it's not long before Charlotte finds herself trying to clear her best friend's name as long-hidden secrets and a scandal from years gone by are...

What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?Old friends, best friends, dead friends…When a belated honeymoon to London coincides with an international tattoo awards ceremony, things take a horrific turn when a celebration with new friends abruptly ends with the untimely death of one of the guests.There are twists, turns, and red herrings at every corner as the investigation into the death gathers pace and, as Charlotte and Nat...

Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview, The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22, 1692, when nineteen people were hanged, one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.This book explores the history of that event and provides a synthesis of the most recent scholarship on the subject. It places the trials into the context of the Great European Witch-Hunt and rel...

What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted cafe owner?Christmas comes but once a year, but murder visits more often...When an unpopular St. Eves' resident is found dead, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a familiar face returning to the town; a group of visiting newcomers; and a trusted friend to many.As Charlotte Costello digs ever-deeper in her quest to find the murderer, more lives are thrown into peril, and the race to sto...

Small-town murder meets a big-hearted cafe ownerTrue love never dies... but it can drive someone to murderA much-loved member of the St. Eves community is left fearing for her life when the discovery of a bundle of old love letters rekindles long-concealed tensions caused by a fortune teller's ancient prophecy.A mission to return the letters to their writer takes a group of friends on a trip, during which a tragic tale is d...