The fantastic seventh book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them."Ghost Lights is the seventh volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 15 of which have been commi...

A bullied teen mistakenly summons a powerful demon in this dark fantasy for fans of Robert R. McCammon by the author of Enter, Night.Dark secrets run deep in the isolated, rural town of Auburn, Ontario. But everyone knows about Mikey Childress.Sixteen-year-old Mikey isn't like the other boys, who play hockey and chase girls. He's skinny, wears black, reads horror novels, listens to Madonna, and idolizes Hollywood actresses. He's "different," and th...

Are you tired of trying fad diets that never seem to work? Do you want a sure a certain way to lose weight, that is healthy and simple to achieve? The answer to your search could be with The Ketogenic Diet Food Cookbook, a book which will teach you all the essentials you will need to lose weight, boost energy and heal your body at the same time.Inside these pages you will discover not only a range of great recipes for any time of the day, but also:Chapter 1 – Introduction t...

As Toronto’s pride parade marks its fiftieth year, this book is a stunning celebration of those who march.For the past fifteen years, Toronto photographer Angel John Guerra has captured his city’s pride parade on a human scale. In these 120 photographs, which glimpse beyond the usual media coverage, Guerra zooms in from the glorious spectacle to the small scenes and single participants, shining a light on moments of joy, strength, ferocity, resilience and love....

A murderous madman plans to resurrect an ancient monster buried beneath a small Canadian town in this chilling novel for fans of Joe Hill.It's 1972, and there are some new arrivals to the remote mining village of Parr's Landing . . .The recently widowed Christina Parr and her brother-in-law, Jeremy, are the first to show up. Both fled town years ago because of the same woman—but for ultimately different, dark reasons. They weren't expecting a warm welcome u...

After the terrible losses of The Great War, twenty years later the Second World War resulted in the death of some of the finest sporting icons. This book honors the ninety International Rugby players who lost their lives. Fifteen were Scottish, fourteen English, eleven Welsh and eight Irish. Australia and New Zealand suffered with ten and two Internationals killed respectively and France eight. Germany topped the list with nineteen. In the same way that the Authors best-selling Into Touch ...

An unforgettable contemporary ghost story in the tradition of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw from the award-winning author of October.Rising from the fog over the waters of Devil's Lake, Blackmore Island is home to the infamous summerhouse called Wild Fell. A sinister past lies within its walls, and rumors of teenagers disappearing nearby have become the stuff of local legend. The townspeople do their best to avoid the place, and no one has l...

In this chronicle of one person's poignant and harrowing road to fulfillment, Mike celebrates his chosen life in the comedy business with personal tales of romantic calamities, celebrity run-ins, professional misfortunes, and triumphs. He reinforces the notion that you can accomplish (almost) anything you want if you're willing to get your ass kicked along the way.It's a Funny Thing solidifies Michael Rowe's reputation as not just an all around nice guy, but also a skilled observer...

The teachings contained within Being Remarkable provide an alternative to suffering, unhappiness & discontent in life. All forms of suffering are addressed even the more subtle types of suffering that we have assumed up until now, are simply a part of everyday life.By clearing away the suffering we discover a tremendous power source that is readily available. This is not a quality for some, but actually is inherent in all human beings. This content is time tested and amazi...

In Literature for Little Bodhisattvas, Natasha Heller makes two key interventions: first, she argues that picturebooks are a new genre of Buddhist writing, and second, she calls attention to an emergent family Buddhism in Taiwan that fashions children as religious subjects through shared attention with adult readers.Surveying Taiwanese Buddhism from the ground up, Heller explores the changing family dynamics that have made children into a crucial audience for Buddhist educ...

In this original and cutting-edge new textbook, Mike Rowe explores the key topics in race and crime. Examining the main issues from a historical and comparative approach, the book fully situates arguments and ideas in a global context with contemporary examples. Encouraging readers to think critically about well-worn debates, Race & Crime covers a diverse range of issues, including:Representation and DisproportionalityVictimisationHuman Ri...

Southeast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’s pioneering book, Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds, centers on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examine religion in post-Mao China. Nichols conducted more than twenty-six months of field research over a fourteen-year period (2005–2019) to develop a re-description of Chinese monastic Bu...