The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t Jump by Jamie Wild, Youth by Isaac Asimov, Digger Don't Take No Requests by John Teehan, Lighter than You Think by Nelson Bond, Garden of Souls by M. Turville Heitz, The Variable Man by Philip...

Her secret magical ability could put everyone she loves in danger.Jen, a human chameleon, can transform herself into any inanimate object she touches—an ability she’s hidden from everyone, especially her parents. That is, until she meets Ainsley, a handsome artist with paintings so beautiful that Jen wants to jump inside them and become one with the fantastical worlds. Which, for Jen, is actually a possibility…Jen senses there is something special about Ain...

She’s about to enter a world she never knew existedSeventeen-year-old artist, Erin Van Horn, accepts a dare from her best friend, Tori, and wins a coveted spot as an exchange student at a prestigious Tokyo high school. Once in Japan, Erin struggles to learn the culture and deal with her quirky host family whose son is an Elvis impersonator. To make things even more challenging Tori snuck a crazy to-do-list in her backpack. All she has to do is find a rock star boyf...

For Lucky Gunn, the hardest fight of his life happens outside the cage.On the South Side of Chicago sits an old gym called The Brick Yard.Ten years ago, on a bitterly cold day, Lucky Gunn wandered into The Brick Yard dressed in a threadbare jacket, looking for refuge. He hadn’t expected the owner, Tony Brick, to welcome him with a job and a place to sleep when Lucky’s abusive and drug-addicted mother made it too dangerous to return home.Dray was a gay man l...

British artist Ainsley is ready to take America by storm, but he's already painted over one big, dangerous secret: he’s a vampire.Ainsley plans to cross the pond only long enough to launch a successful art career in America and then return to London to settle a past score with his evil clan leader, but his plans quickly change when he meets seventeen-year-old Jennifer who has the ability to shift into anything she touches. Determined to win her over, he asks her ou...

A history of the famed London police unit, by a former member and author who "knows how to bring his coppers to life on each page" (Joseph Wambaugh, New York Times–bestselling author of The Onion Field).Since 1919, Scotland Yard's Flying Squad has been in the forefront of the war against crime. From patrolling London's streets in horse-drawn wagons, it has progressed to the use of the most sophisticated surveillance and crime-fighting equipment. T...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Nature Home comes an urgent and heartfelt call for a new approach to conservation—one that starts in every backyard.Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy ta...

Considered by André Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Émile Zola's Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty of a mining community in northern FranceÉtienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Compelled to take a back-breakin job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hungry and in debt, unable to feed ...

**A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s masterpiece of youthful rebellion—with a foreword and cover art by James FrancoA Penguin Classic**A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s beloved novel Demian. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysteriou...

Igniting the $100 billion Indigenous economyIt is time. It is time to increase the visibility, role, and responsibility of the emerging modern Indigenous economy and the people involved. This is the foundation for economic reconciliation. This is Indigenomics.Indigenomics lays out the tenets of the emerging Indigenous economy, built around relationships, multigenerational stewardship of resources, and care for all. Highlights include:...

The publisher's special commentary chapter and the author's biography are included in this version.Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion introduces some tips for cognitive self-improvement. It also gives specific guidelines that you can follow and make your dreams come true. Emile Coué the author of this book was a French physician and druggist who initiated the self-hypnosis approach called autosuggestion during the 1920s.

Therese Raquin by Emile Zola.