Dana worked the mailroom at a magic corporation for years, dreaming of the day when she might earn her way to being a runner. When her magic ability might become useful. When she might be useful.Then the layoffs hit. Her dream died.So when her former manager (and one-night stand) asks her to do a personal run for him, she doesn’t want to—not after the disastrous last time— but she takes the job. Her magic can get her past a locked door, but it can’t fix her overdue rent pro...

"Finding the Unpredictable Good" is a collection of short stories and essays by four authors sharing their real-life experiences. The challenges they've faced reflect their pursuit of the unpredictable good each of us discovers as we move through life. The realization of this good shows up in the most amazing moments, in the most unpredictable ways. Life always provides a gift.

Recent advances suggest that the concept of information might hold the key to unravelling the mystery of life's nature and origin. Fresh insights from a broad and authoritative range of articulate and respected experts focus on the transition from matter to life, and hence reconcile the deep conceptual schism between the way we describe physical and biological systems. A unique cross-disciplinary perspective, drawing on expertise from philosophy, biology, chemistry, physics, and cognitive ...

Marrying a mobster was the worst decision I ever made.Joey Lucrazi ratted on his entire family, and now because of it, I'm forced to live in fear of retaliation. I count down the days in witness protection until I'm caught, but it turns out reality is worse than imagination when Leandro Rigiano—the most ruthless hitman in the five families—comes knocking.Six feet of tattooed muscle stomps into our quiet house and takes his revenge, revealing that the rat I ...

In this stunning sequel to The Crimson Throne, Alyth and Samson must infiltrate the fae court to prepare to face the bloodthirsty army of the High Blade who is intent on destroying both the mortal and fae worlds. From the New York Times bestselling authors of the Witch and Hunter duology, Sara Raasch and Beth Revis, comes the conclusion to this incredible romantasy duology.Alyth and Samson finally know the identity of the High Blade, leader of the bloodthi...

Combining essential information, professional insights, and lived experiences, this book offers a unique overview of the use of music therapy with active-duty service members, veterans, and other military-connected populations in the United States. Contributors include music therapists specializing with the military, as well as military personnel, veterans, and their families, providing an in-depth review of the impact that music therapy can have within this community.Detailing the...

Sara saw things differently.Two weeks before her due date, Sara lost a healthy baby girl. Four weeks later, doctors discovered Stage IV colon cancer. A week after this terminal diagnosis, Sara set up a profile on Caring Bridge and began telling her story of the "most wonderful terrible thing" that had ever happened to her. Sara's transparency about the experience of the physical and emotional turmoil of her illness serves as a brilliant example of a woman firmly convinced that God h...

Os livros da série “Manual do Candidato” são compilações abrangentes do conteúdo de cada matéria escritos por especialistas. As obras permitem ao candidato a imersão na matéria estudada com o nível de profundidade e reflexão crítica que serão exigidos no concurso de admissão à carreira diplomática.

What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short.Physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally testable theory for what life is. She proposes a new paradigm for understanding what physics encompasses and what we recognize as life, inviting us into a worl...

What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT, physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally test...

Mermaids, zombies, dark magic, mad women, youth protected by magic cows and miraculous paintings … these are some of the wild, fantastical tales brought to you by a group of unique writers.Maybe you remember where you were when the clocks stopped and the nightmare began.With stories by:Altaire GuralSharon OverendLori Jean RowsellSara C. Walker

Welcome to The Oddment is the debut novella from Jake Horner. It is a whimsical, cozy fantasy about Elora Bramble. A highly anxious woman who is leaving her high stress job in the city to run a small tea shop in a magical town called Oakhaven. She learns to lean into found family and might even learn to relax a little bit. At least, that is, until her former life catches up with her in the form of a previous boss, a corporate tyrant, intent on draining the magic from Oakhaven. Elora must l...