Something smells off about this murder, and it's not the stinky cheese.Brianna West needs a fresh start away from the big city. In her new cheese-themed café on quaint Driftwood Island, she plans to serve mascarpone croissants and asiago scones to friends new and old. But when Brianna follows her eccentric Aunt Dot’s escaped goat and discovers the water buffalo farmer next door with Dot’s pitchfork in his back, her aunt is suspect number one.Soon, other sus...

You are an explorer in a galaxy of worlds......with countless stories to delve into or even just try out.Inside, you are the rescuer of the kitten who rescues you right back. You are the citizen making a life-or-death decision. You are the teenager experiencing her first bite. Drama. Mystery. Romance. Heartwarming fiction. Gut-twisting decisions. We gathered the best stories from multiple genres to create a kaleidoscopic collectio...

"Look at Me Now—Whole Again!" is a testament to resilience. It chronicles Michelle's journey from childhood to adulthood, detailing her struggles with health issues, family dynamics, single motherhood, and spirituality. Her transition from debilitating symptoms and life-threatening experiences to a state of recovery and vitality delivers a powerful message of empowerment and hope. This narrative inspires readers to confront challenges and embrace life fully.

Cheese and wine are a match made in Heaven. Too bad murder is also on the menu.Brianna West adores her busy cheese-themed café that serves Roquefort Danishes and camembert crackers on quaint Driftwood Island. To celebrate her new small but vibrant community of Snuggler's Cove, Brianna is planning a wine and cheese event she knows will be to die for.When Brianna visits a local winery to source wine for her event, she stumbles across the vintner's body stabbe...

Secrets and lies go together like crackers and cheese.On windswept Driftwood Island, Brianna West serves freshly baked bread and mini cheesecakes in her cozy café. Surrounded by quirky members of the Gourmand Society and other new friends, she finally feels a sense of belonging. But not everyone is so friendly.An obnoxious journalist visits the island before Christmas, intent on rooting out scandal and secrets best left buried. He winds up dead, his lifeles...

Murder is big news at a tiny tea party.Cheese café owner Brianna West must cater an afternoon wedding on a neighboring island, thanks to her meddling aunt’s arrangement. Miniature animals fill the farm venue, and Brianna’s cream cheese sandwiches and parmesan twists must be tiny to match. But cute creatures can’t mask the ugliness of murder.The groom’s grandmother drops dead from poison. Accusations stink like a pungent cheese, and suspicion lands on fellow...

Against the backdrop of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the 1980 Moscow Olympics was always going to be political.Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser wanted Australia's Olympic athletes to boycott the Games, in line with the USA, but many of the athletes had a different view and competed anyway.Athletes were the victims - and most of them female.According to Ford, who was Australia's first and founding member of the International Olympic Committee's...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend.Two women. A dying wish. And a web of lies that will bring their world crashing down..Nina and Marie were best friends—until Nina was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Before she died, Nina asked Marie to fulfill her final wishes.But her mistake was in thinking Marie was someone she could trust.What Nina didn’t know was that Mar...

Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can create stunning, mouthwateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery, she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. She's much better at baking than she is at filing, so when she's laid off from her desk job, Issy decides to open her own little café. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake plan will take all of her courage and confectionary talent to avert disaster.Funny and sharp, Meet Me at the Cupcake Ca...

In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity.With contributions from Jared D...

John Brockman, editor of This Will Make You Smarter, presents his latest thought-provoking book, featuring insights from leading thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Lisa Randall, Matt Ridley, and Daniel C. Dennett.

The Danes have hygge. The Swedes have lagom. Now, Laura Weir, a beloved lifestyle journalist and editor-in-chief of London Evening Standard’s weekly ES magazine, introduces American readers to the Brits’ best-kept secret—coziness—an indulgent, luxurious, yet unfussy way of creating comfort and joy.Cosy is “the slacker’s guide to staying at home, an antidote to peak frazzle.” With trademark Anglo cheekiness, Laura Weir pe...