Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. For three decades her deeply moving epics have captivated the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere. Now, in her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us this unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness.Though Iri...

An environmental fable that illustrates the awesome power of a hug.

**AS SEEN ON TIKTOK: Discover 101 easy communication strategies for dealing with difficult people—at home, at work, and in your community!Learn to calm the quills of difficult parents, children, colleagues, and even strangers.**Most of us know someone who always seems to cause problems or irritate others. The truth is these troublemakers haven’t necessarily asked to be this way. Sometimes we need to learn new approaches for dealing with the difficult people who are...

Teaching Received through the Seer Anointing, Angelic Visitations, and Heaven ExperiencesEvery day is a fresh invitation to step behind the veil and encounter the Holy Spirit in a new way!In this unique supernatural experience, seer, prophet, and missionary, Ana Werner shares insights she has received through prophetic encounters, angelic visitations, and supernatural visions.These inspirational entries—drawn from Ana’s personal history of encounter...

Baby Bear asks his parents for all kinds of hugs--wet hugs, dry hugs, fly up to the sky hugs--in search of the best hug of all. Mile 1 books entice brand-new readers with rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. The type is big, the words are easy, and the art is bright and bold.

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare.Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members alike complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the p...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2021 Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2021 BMO Winterset AwardShortlisted for the 2021 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2021 Concordia University First Book PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Award for FictionA remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikeliest of places...

“Belva Plain is a talented tale-spinner with an almost Dickensian ability to keep her stories going.”—Philadelphia InquirerPaul Werner watched the proud, daring immigrant Anna marry another man. But his desire for her haunts him...even after he weds the elegant Mimi, a woman of his own class. Now, as Paul wrestles with the dark demons of forbidden passion, his family and business are plunged into a maelstrom of tragedy and social changes. Ahead lie the dar...

Finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller PrizeSome secrets never die…Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it's once...

Winner of the City of Vancouver Book AwardLonglisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for FictionLonglisted for CBC Canada Reads 2024A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver's former Hogan's Alley neighbourhood.1930s, Hogan's Alley—a thriving Black and immigrant community located in Vancouver's East End. Junie is a creative, observant child who moves to the all...

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Romance, M/M, bondage, spanking, HEA] Eddy Rogers's life went from simple to complicated the moment he decided to approach Briar McDaniel at the Silver Edge. The handsome bear was practically irresistible, but great sex wasn't everything. It was nice, but he wanted what his parents had--a love to last forever. He wanted to feel the "zing" that they claimed to feel. Eddy couldn't be certain if he had an emotional connection to Briar or simply just ...

**A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review**Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats...