Poetic, atmospheric, and inspired by a true story, this picture book about family, calling, and belonging tells the story of an Icelandic weather keeper in a world of ice, sea, and skyAs the aurora borealis dances across the sky, a weather keeper crosses the icy plains to measure the temperatures at the edge of the world. Every three hours, she records movement and pressure, and if it ’s warmer or cooler, to keep the seafarers, farmers, and community safe. Just like her mother did....

At my graduation party, I met Colton Ferraro. I fell for him, hard and fast. I gave him everything. Then he sent a video link to my father's phone: "Dr. Sweeney, I took this. It's everywhere online now." After that, he disappeared.Only then did I understand—he'd gotten close to me only to destroy my father. His sister had fallen into a coma after a surgery my father had performed. My father was suspended, his career ruined. The shock was too much for my mother; her cerebral aneurys...

The night before my wedding, my fiancé watched the entire room laugh at me and simply said, "Come on, smile. Don't kill the mood." To welcome me as the family's newest member, his family had arranged a drawing of brass room tags—each one supposedly random, each one tied to a gift. Mine was engraved with SERVICE ENTRANCE. Empty. No gift, no blessing—just the room laughing while my fiancé smiled and ruffled my hair. "It's just a game."Right after, his sister drew the PENTHOUSE SUITE:...

A clever little girl figures out a way to help her grandmother assimilate and make friends in a new country through her love of food—because there’s nothing like food to turn strangers into friends!When Ava arrives in the United States, she can’t speak English, and at first the words feel strange in her mouth, like a new flavor. But soon, thanks to school and new friends, the words start flowing. She worries about her grandmother, though. Bibi is at home cooking mo...

Dear Reader,Welcome to Chronicles — Where Shadows Breathe. This book is more than a collection of words—it is a journey through extremes: fire and ice, joy and pain, love and loss, light and shadow. At times we burn, at times we freeze; pain has a way of shifting us between the two.This fifth edition brings together my most recent works alongside my earlier collections. While Visions of Prosetry was inspired by picture prompts, the pieces in Chronicles draw...

In the sprawling heart of a city built on secrets, every shadow tells a story—and every truth comes at a cost.Detective Ray Carter and Dr. Eliza Grant, a brilliant forensic psychologist, are drawn into a case that defies reason and threatens to unravel their very understanding of justice. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a maze of cryptic symbols, psychological manipulation, and hidden power structures that govern the city from the shadows.As alli...

She was never supposed to be found.Behind the high walls of a Magdalene laundry in 1908 Ireland, four women carry secrets that could destroy the men who put them there, if only they dared to speak.A disowned girl with no name worth claiming. A disinherited sister starving for the truth. A laundress who has stopped being afraid. A nun who has run out of mercy to spare.What begins as a quiet sewing circle becomes something far more dangerous, a conspi...

In 1517, the Ottoman Empire had finally defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, completing their conquest of the Middle East and turning Egypt into a province of the Ottoman Empire. While much has been documented about the Mamluk period until 1517, publications on the historical record about the sixteenth century reveals little from distinctly Egyptian perspectives. In Empires in Friction, Nelly Hanna explores this transitional period and provides insight into the intricate dynami...

In 1517, the Ottoman Empire had finally defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, completing their conquest of the Middle East and turning Egypt into a province of the Ottoman Empire. While much has been documented about the Mamluk period until 1517, publication on the historical record about the sixteenth century reveals little from distinctly Egyptian perspectives. In Empires in Friction, Nelly Hanna explores this transitional period and provides insight into the intricate dynamic...

YOUR LIFE-CHANGING BEGINNERS-GUIDE GLUTEN-FREE COOKBOOK TO EFFORTLESSLY FEELING GREAT AND LOSING WEIGHT!This guide will teach you everything you need to know about starting a gluten-free lifestyle - in just half an hour. It also contains 30 delicious and simple gluten-free recipes which take no more than 30 minutes to prepare and cook.***In a gluten food funk? Take charge with this book and banish gluten from your life forever!...

**NOTE: ALL FOUR 'ULTIMATE KITCHEN HACKS' VOLUMES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN A SINGLE COLLECTION!**Are you sick of wasting time in your kitchen?BECOME A KITCHEN SUPERSTAR WITH THIS COLLECTION OF GENIUS COOKING TIPS, FOOD HACKS AND KITCHEN SHORTCUTS!Save yourself time, money and heartbreak and make your life soooo much easier in the kitchen with this collection of simple yet essential cooking hacks....

ReLit Long Shortlist, 2015Winner, Type Books AwardIn this daring act of self-examination and confession, the late novelist Nelly Arcan explores the tortured end of a love affair. All the wrong signals were there from the start, but still, she could not help falling. More than a portrait of an affair gone wrong, Hysteric is a chronicle of life among the twenty- and thirty-somethings, a life structured by text messages, missed cell phone calls, the latest DJs and Int...