When family secrets are unearthed, a woman’s past can become a dangerous place to hide…After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes upon a peculiar photograph, sealed and hidden away in a crawl space. The photo shows a shuttered, ramshackle house on top of a steep hill. On the back, a puzzling inscription: Destiny calls us.Ava is certain that it’s a clue to her elusive past. Twenty-three years ago, she’d been found wrapped in a yellow...

In this gripping novel by Amazon Charts bestselling author Ellen J. Green, the past is not a place for forgiveness…but for revenge.Ava Saunders’s memories are the things nightmares are made of. Only three years old when her mother was murdered and her father disappeared, Ava’s been living to avenge the past—and eliminating anyone who comes between her and the truth. Off the grid and on the run, Ava has fled the United States on a willful mission: To seek out those ...

How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to Aether Beyond the Binary. Their inventive answers comprise this must-not-miss collection about magical realms, adventures and mysteries, new chances a...

How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to Aether Beyond the Binary. Their inventive answers comprise this must-not-miss collection about magical realms, adventures and mysteries, new chances a...

Leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. These provocative essays concentrate on specific justice issues such as eradicating war, global warming, health care, gay rights and domestic violence, offering practical ways to transform theory into practice, and ideas into advocacy. Rich and passionate, these expressions will inspire you to consider your obligations as a Jew, as an Ameri...

Can the teachings of Judaism provide a sacred framework for repairing the world?In this groundbreaking volume, leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. The contributors argue that American Jewry must move beyond “mitzvah days” and other occasional service programs, and dedicate itself to systemic change in the United States, Israel, and throughout the w...

Mr. Bernard Nanni looked far beyond teaching as a profession. He took a personal interest in the development of his students, emphasizing the need and their ability to think. Although his methods were not always conventional, he made a lasting impression on students, with many thanking him for their learning experience.

For many years, Ellen Marie Blend has been receiving psychic messages. Most of her information comes to her visually, in the mind's eye; however, sometimes an unheard message is received in her head, or a clear voice is heard from an angel or ascended master.While touting to be spiritual rather than religious, she has had many encounters with revered figures of religion. One thing is for certain. She has an open channel of communication with the spirit world.Knowing that ev...

Ellen Blend finds herself immersed in a whirlwind relationship with a gentleman having the soul of her previous lover. She and the new man recognize that their meeting was not by chance, but from a greater power. Since the gentleman’s backgrounds and characteristics have profound similarities, she realizes that a supernatural experience has come into her life. She knows that a shared soul happens when one soul chooses to inhabit another body for a specific purpose and period in time. She a...

A story of Ellen Blend’s personal journey of discovery in getting in touch with the spirits, angels and guides. She takes on the mission to resolve the mysteries of the restless spirits that reside within her own family lineage, and in so doing finds her late mother’s real purpose in this lifetime. Recognizing each form of communication as an energy from a powerful source, she is certain that she has an open exchange with the spiritual world.

This bestselling first book in the Tapper Twins series is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitally-saturated world, told as a colorful "oral history" with photos, screenshots, text messages, chat logs, and online gaming digital art.Twelve-year-old twins, Claudia and Reese, who couldn't be more different...except in their determination to come out on top in a vicious prank war. But when the competition escalates into...

The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent. In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor James C. Klotter has gathered twelve insightful essays that explore the region's past and ponder its place in the broader story of the nation. This highly readable volume presents the South's...