Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, the Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor BookEver since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron, and she has been steeped in Sido’s stories, especially one abo...

"Trust me, Maddie. I'll be right behind you.""What if I fall?""I can skate faster than you can fall," Jack whispered,and Maddie closed her eyes against the shiver thatenveloped her body…Ice Hockey. Strong coffee. His infant son, Duncan. Three things Jack McKenzie could not do without. Now he was about to add a fourth. Beautiful, green-eyed Madelyn Cross has reappeared in his life with a load of baggage and a history riddled with emotional landmines....

Candidly Speaking incorporates personal letters as dialogue which invites the reader to listen in on intimate conversations between two anti-colonial scholars and friends (one hybrid Cherokee and white, one Korean in diaspora), who focus on navigating the world in communities striving to flourish in a time when empires are collapsing. Through letters framed as chapters that engage complex histories, contemporary challenges, and personal stories, the authors write back and forth weaving tog...

On screen and off, silver screen heroes Dane Pierce and Cory "Mac" MacKendall are as different as cognac and Perrier, and newcomer Jessica Taylor loves them both. Despite his tantalizing green eyes and raw sexuality, Dane is not the man she thinks she needs. It is the solid and devoted - if hot-headed - Mac who wins her hand and her heart, and who must endure a lifelong challenge to keep that heart safe from Dane's unending pursuit.From Hollywood soundstage to the Grenadine Islands...

Amy Winslow isn't looking for a mystery; she doesn't even like secrets. In fact, secrets have nearly destroyed her life. When a terrible accident forces her to take control of her brother's mysterious California lighthouse, Amy finds herself immersed in its shocking past and uncertain future. Enchanted by the mystery, she refuses to rest until she finds out who died in the aging white beacon, and why.Case McKenna hasn' t quite reconciled his own painful history when he sails his cr...

A story of love, loss and hope.Amanda knows three things about her life – she loves living in Tacoma, she wants to be a teacher and she will never marry a man in the military. Yet, when Lucas comes into the coffee shop where she works wearing a flight suit, he starts to change her mind about her future. She is determined to just be his friend, but the chemistry between them is undeniable and their relationship survives through two deployments and him being on work ...

When a power outage in her neighborhood lasts for days, not hours, Amber starts to wonder if the blackout will last forever. Months go by and her sixteenth birthday is completely different from anything she ever imagined it would be. Then, the government comes to take charge. However, what she hears from the authorities doesn't match what she knows from the outside world.Can she find out the truth in time?

**This “absorbing biography” and classic secular history of the prophet Muhammad vividly recreates the fascinating time in which Islam was born (New Yorker).“The most stimulating, balanced and sympathetic secular biography of the Prophet of Islam.” —London Review of Books**Maxime Rodinson, both a maverick Marxist and a distinguished professor at the Sorbonne, first published his biography of Muhammad in 1960. The book, a classic in its field, has been wide...

He's a man with a hole in his life, a hole that can be filled by only one woman.She's a woman who married a wonderful man, quite possibly the wrong man.Four years ago, superstar Dane Pierce walked away from the greatest love of his life for the sake of his best friend. Leaving Hollywood for the wilds of Wyoming seemed the only choice. Now, after a tragic event changes the course of his life, Dane must face the conflict between principle and desire, and struggle to uphold the...

After being the backdrop for 1948's critically acclaimed tragic romance, Cape Seduction, Northern California's Dragon Rock Lighthouse sat shuttered and abandoned for decades-and it also happened to be the last place up-and-coming Hollywood starlet Darla Foster was seen alive.When photojournalist Rebecca Burke locks horns with Los Angeles attorney Matt Farralone while trying to gain access to the derelict off-shore beacon, she encounters the spirit of the sassy, once-promising Oscar...

Jack McKenzie has returned to L.A., a city he kind of hates, to get back to some things he really loves: ice hockey, his friends, and his sidelined career in set design. He soon discovers that someone has been looking for him—and not for a video production.Nathanial Sinquah may have missed out on big-city life while spending most of his childhood growing up on Arizona's Third Mesa. He's in for a rude awakening when he boards a Greyhound bus to Southern California in search of the a...

This volume presents counsellors' self-care journeys across all stages of the professional lifespan—early career, mid-career, and tenured professional. Each chapter presents a contributor's personal reflection and insight on sustaining oneself in the field through a strengths-based, autoethnographic lens. Addressing challenges like burnout, structural barriers, and global events (e.g., pandemics, natural disasters, and human rights movements), the collection highlights the realities of bal...