Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder**, alongside Anthony Kiedis,** of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ride as the renowned bass player for the Red Hot Chil...

We hope you enjoy this fun bedtime story about the Ginger Bear family's house during the snowy holidays. We write for international families and activities during the winter months together. Wherever you live, it's always a good time to color your Ginger Bear House for the snowy holidays.

Tatyana "Tania" Kulish was once an ordinary child living in Vuhledar, surrounded by warmth, laughter, and family. Then one day, war took everything.After surviving a devastating strike that claimed the lives of those she loved most, Tania awakens with injuries that leave her unable to remember her past. Haunted by fragments of fear and surrounded by unfamiliar faces, she must learn to live in a world that suddenly feels empty and distant.Through quiet acts of kindness, unex...

Promise Across Borders is a compelling story of love and resilience set during the war in Ukraine.Ammarha, devoted to her family and carrying the weight of responsibility, meets Andriy, a man shaped by conflict and loss. Their connection grows amid uncertainty, distance, and danger, challenging them to trust, sacrifice, and fight for their bond.As the realities of war test their relationship, Ammarha and Andriy must navigate cultural differences, personal fears, and the fra...

Torn Between Flags is a quiet war novel about identity, survival, and the cost of choices made without consent.Before the uniform, there was a name.Before orders, a life shaped by ordinary hopes.Caught beneath a flag that is not his own, a man must navigate a world where loyalty is demanded, silence is safer than truth, and survival often feels like betrayal. War does not arrive only through explosions and gunfire—it enters through documents, uniforms, and decisions...

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which sparked Flea's interest in music. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Flea became fascinated with the trumpet, idolizing musicians like Miles, Dizzy, and Louis.But the family soon fell apart, "I was raised in a very violent, alcoholic hous...

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the ...

In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis, charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable life story, and the history of the band itself.Raised in the Midwest, he moved to LA aged eleven to live with his father Blackie, purveyor of pills, pot, and cocaine to the Hollywood elite. After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. underground music scene. He form...

A terrifying collection of short stories from the master of zombie fiction, Max Brooks. Written in his trademark style, these tales combine horror, drama, and socio-political commentary to explore the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. Stories range from a company staffed by human survivors, offering gory revenge on their former zombie attackers, to a vampire who realises too late that he will have nothing left to drink as zombies wipe out his human blood supply.

When the past comes back to haunt you, order a double.Dr. Wyatt Case is never happier than when he’s walking the halls of his history museum. Playing wingman for his best friend at Gravedigger’s Tavern throws him way out of his comfort zone, but not as much as the eccentric man behind the bar, Ash Lucroix.Ash is everything Wyatt doesn’t understand: exuberant, quirky, and elbow deep in a Gaslight lifestyle that weaves history into everyday life. He coordinates his s...

Blue Reynolds knows the darker side of New Never City—the side that's hopped-up on fairy dust and doesn't care if your house gets blown down. Rent's due and his PI business is all but make believe. But even Blue shudders at having to chase after Isabella Davis, a freckle-nosed redhead five feet tall on her tip-toes. . .if you don't count the pretty pink wings.Izzy is tough, and sneaky, and not too thrilled with the idea of being the new tooth fairy. The last six have been most grue...

The "ingenious" Princess Pink has to shut down a shady car dealership run by the Three Little Pugs! ( Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books).In the Land of Fake-Believe, Princess Pink meets the Three Little Pugs—the trickiest car dealers in town. They sold Scaredy-Pants Wolf an actual lemon instead of a car! Princess and her friend Moldylocks must work together to get their friend his money back. Princess will have to use her new karate moves to block...