Get ready to expand your world and truly makea difference... read this book today!"In this wonderful book you will learn how to carefully explore your ideas and opportunities and gain the confidence to take bold action." Matthew Pollard, Best-selling author of The Introvert's Edge Series"I love to stimulate young minds and amaze people with facts they didn't know. My entire career has been built around this. In this book, Intelligent Curiosity, my c...

It struck Henry that perhaps he was waiting for the exact right moment to be daring and brave. The exact right moment where he felt no worry at all, not one tiny flicker. But what if that moment never came? Henry Hoobler is a reluctant adventurer who is worried about his summer holiday camping at the beach: bugs, spiders, snakes, stingers, blue-ringed octopi or sharks. Worst of all, his family and friends are pushing him to ride his new silver bike – without training wheels. But when Henry...

For nearly half a century, feminist scholars, writers, and fans have successfully challenged the notion that science fiction is all about "boys and their toys," pointing to authors such as Mary Shelley, Clare Winger Harris, and Judith Merril as proof that women have always been part of the genre. Continuing this tradition, Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction offers readers a comprehensive selection of works by genre luminaries, including author C. L. Moore, artist Marga...

In January 2008, movie star Patrick Swayze was given the worst news of his life. What he hoped was just a stomach ache was actually stage four pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis that is fatal within a year for 79% of the people to whom it is given. Remarkably, Patrick is not just alive a year later but continuing his treatment, and responding well.But this book isn't just the story of Patrick's fight against cancer. In the public eye from the early 1980s, this is the story of a remarka...

Abducted children, deadly conspiracies and a killer closing in! Three gripping romantic suspense stories where protection becomes something far more personal…Dangerous SecretHer child is a pawn in a dangerous game… He’s promised to bring the boy homeHarlow Pressley’s powerful ex-husband is using his custody of their son to intimidate her. Desperate, she enlists Grayson Montana and his security team to help her recl...

Bloomsbury presents The Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra Patrick, read by Lisa Diveney.'A delightful tale, full of heart' - Evie Woods, author of The Lost BookshopWelcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true . . .Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now, fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daugh...

Jaguar shifter, Vance Park used to be one of the Nero Organization's top assassins, but today he calls the Sedona Pack his family, and Sedona, Arizona, his home. He's no longer a hired gun, but a new senate candidate with insider secrets into Nero's shifter experiments, may change all that. Campaign promises could put targets on the backs of all the people Vance cares about, especially Kaya. He may have one last job after all.Kaya Blackwing has always been a loner, but through a tw...

"A moving love letter to generational family bonds, shining through tender prose and complementary visuals."—Kirkus ReviewsSet against the salty breeze and red cliffs of Prince Edward Island. Ahoy Mate Ahoy! Miss Molly Molloy is a lyrical tale of love, legacy and the special bond between father and daughter. Each morning, they cast their lines into the sea—but it’s not only fish they’re reeling in. With every tide and tangled net,...

This volume gathers contributions from a range of international scholars and geopolitical contexts to explore why people organise themselves into performance communities in sites of crisis and how performance – social and aesthetic, sanctioned and underground – is employed as a mechanism for survival. The chapters treat a wide range of what can be considered 'survival', ranging from sheer physical survival, to the survival of a social group with its own unique culture and values, to the su...

Values are of critical importance in the practice of career counseling as evidenced by the pervasive use of values surveys and values card sorts by career counselors, vocational and counseling psychologists, career development facilitators, career coaches, and other career development practitioners.The purpose of this book is to provide practitioners, faculty, and researchers in vocational psychology and career counseling with a foundational tool to guide their work. This book focu...

The Other Side of the Desk explores the world of the principal with stories that capture readers' attention and moves them through the daily life of a school leader. Humorous and heart-wrenching memories fill each page as the author retells the stories that challenged her and affected her daily life as the principal of an elementary campus.Tareilo's experiences as a principal ranged from dealing with difficult teachers and parents to stories that will touch the lives of any...

Our world is not as safe and secure as we believe. There are hunters out there, watching us, stalking us, waiting for their moment to strike. They are the predatory kind. Joe McKinney has brought together ten tales of horror and supernatural suspense by some of the todays top thriller writers, including: Scott Nicholson, Joseph Nassise, Simon Wood, Maria Alexander, Lucius Shepard, Nate Kenyon, Kealan Patrick Burke, Lisa Morton and Jeremy C. Shipp