He never forgot her. Thirty years after a summer in Venice, Jack unexpectedly finds Elisabeth again—and refuses to lose her twice. When she wakes in a beautiful Italian villa far from home, Elisabeth is furious. Yet beneath her anger lies something even more dangerous: a growing attraction to the man who has loved her for decades. As old dreams come alive and new passions awaken, Elisabeth must choose between the safety of the life she knows and the possibility of a love she never believed...

There's a body in your alley...Arianna Jackson—AJ to her friends—and her occasionally well-behaved Alaskan Malamute, Nicoh, live a normal, uneventful, admittedly mundane existence, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens.Until it does.Early one morning, AJ stumbles upon a horrifying scene—a girl's body lies broken in the dumpster behind her home, her face beaten and mutilated.A secret reveals you're living a lie...

A chance for escape becomes a chance for redemption.Maeve Cavainna is running and her wings won’t save her. The infamous bounty hunter, Logan Coldhand, chases close behind her and intends to drag Maeve back to the planet of Axis to collect the high price on her head. When he finally corners her, the long chase seems to be over… until a frightened alien girl stumbles into their fight and begs for their protection. Maeve and Logan call a reluctant end to their battle...

The United States–Mexico border has been a contested space and a political and ideological apparatus since the early twentieth century. While today we think of the border as a method to exclude people from the United States, the earliest curfews at the line between the two countries were designed to keep Americans within their territorial boundaries and reinforce the moral geography of the United States.In Moral Divide Catherine Christensen Gwin sheds new light on a largel...

This book is for organizational leaders who recognize the growing impact of stress and trauma on workforce performance and employee capacity. It provides a clear understanding of trauma, the extent of it in the workforce, and how to address it in the context of work without needing anyone to share stories or past trauma. It enables leaders to confidently approach this topic without worrying about making things worse or taking on the role of therapist. This book explains how to create workp...

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsA Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen’s work continues to underpin today’s most innovative leaders and organizations.The bestselling classic on disr...

When thinkers are sophisticated enough to reflect on their own thinking, epistemological questions arise about the relation between two things: (1) what the thinker is rational to believe about their own thinking; and (2) what the thinker is rational to believe about things in general. Some have argued that evidence about one's thinking (so-called "higher-order" evidence) is generally irrelevant to what one is rational to believe about matters that have nothing direct to do with one's thin...

The premiere issue of Further Light, a semiannual magazine featuring science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, magical realism, and light horror short fiction, creative scriptural retellings, poetry, and literary criticism in the Latter-day Saint tradition. The magazine that seeks to explore the restored gospel through the medium of the human imagination. Our goal is to enjoy the fandoms we love, to experience new ones, and to expound on the eternal truths buri...

What if the man who killed your brother walked free for fifty years, and the only person who remembered was you?In "Bang: What Happened on the Trestle?", Sheila Omoth Christensen tells the devastating true story of her brother, a twenty-six-year-old man on the edge of a new beginning, who stopped for one beer in Mandan, North Dakota, and never made it to his sister's house. Two men in the back of the bar watched him pay. They watched the cash. They watched him leav...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Artificial Intelligence's longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its second collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thril...

Join Bumble and Honey, two curious bees, on a heartwarming journey through the meadow of emotions! From the sting of anger to the sweetness of joy, these best friends explore what it means to feel—and how to share, support, and soar together. With gentle humour and vibrant illustrations, Beee Your Beeeeeeautiful Self helps young readers understand and manage their own emotions while celebrating empathy, friendship, and the beauty of being yourself. This series takes individual emotions and...

Edited by Lisa Mangum with Wendy ChristensenWith an all-new zombie story by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan MaberryDeath comes for us all. But for some, it doesn't stay. Mythology and lore are full of undead creatures, and each one has a story to tell—of their life, their death, or their afterlife.From a haunting melody that leads a ghost to her killer, to a piano that provides salvation during a zombie apocalypse, to a song that...