Arriving in the United States is an exciting milestone for a J-1 teacher—but stepping off the plane is only the beginning.Coming to America is a practical and encouraging guide for international teachers beginning a new life in the United States. It explores the realities of arrival, cultural adjustment, everyday life, building relationships, and finding a sense of belonging while adapting to an unfamiliar country and school community.Written with J-1 teachers in m...

The perfect story for families dealing with tricky tummy troubles and poo problems, using playful storytelling to help children build healthy habits with food and keep things moving happily along.Can the Belly Bugs shift the biggest poo in picture-book history?Billie Pickle has a secret world inside her tummy, where a gang of Belly Bugs work to keep her healthy and happy. But trouble is brewing in Rumbledom...When a monster poo refuses to budge, Bas...

18 festive stories of murder and mystery in the grand tradition of Christmas crime fiction, from the masters of the genre.Including the New York Times bestselling JT Ellison, USA Today bestseller Sam Carrington, Sunday Times bestseller C.L. Taylor, and many more...The award-winning Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane invite you to a festive gathering of bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning writers in tribute to classic crime stories....

In this high concept psychological suspense novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter, a chance meeting with a woman in an airport sends a man on a pulse-pounding quest for the truth.Joshua Fields takes the same flights every week for work, his life a series of departures and arrivals, hotels and airports. During yet another layover, he meets Morgan, a beautiful stranger with whom he feels an immediate connection. When it’...

When a man agrees to do a favor for a friend, he gets more than he bargained for as he becomes embroiled in a woman’s murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Layover.Ryan Francis has it all—great job, wonderful wife, beautiful child—and he loves posting photos of his perfect life on social media. Until the night his friend Blake asks him to break into a woman’s home to retrieve incriminating items that implicate Blake ...

Have you ever imagined what the afterlife might be like? It is something that people throughout history have often pondered. Where, why and how might we live again? Who would we be with? What would we do? What about God, Heaven and Hell? The prospect of the afterlife raises so many questions. Hope for Everyone is a story that seeks to address these questions. It follows the afterlives of four main characters and explores a process of reconciliation that is both plausible and in line with t...

An ex-cop sets out to find her missing sister and discovers the shocking truth about her family...A traumatic experience in the line of duty forces thirty-year-old Avery Rogers to abandon both her relationship and her position as a Kentucky State Police officer. She retreats to a college town where she works an unfulfilling job as a security guard, breaking up fights between drunken frat boys.But a frantic phone call turns Avery’s life upside down. Her fath...

A man must save the life of a little girl who may be his own flesh and blood in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Kill All Your Darlings.When Michael Frazier’s ex-wife, Erica, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep, she drops a bombshell that threatens to rip his family apart: Her ten-year-old daughter is missing—and Michael is the father. Unsure whether this is the truth but unwilling to l...

In "Life with Autism," David Bell invites you into a world shaped by resilience, misunderstanding, and the quest for acceptance. From early health challenges as a 'blue baby' to the complications of directing through social norms, David shares his deeply personal journey with honesty and courage. Through humorous stories and moving reflections, David unveils the misunderstandings and societal barriers that often accompany autism. From childhood escapades misunderstood by police to the emot...

"A book I wish I'd had as a child. It's delightful and educational." GABY ROSLIN**"This great book could change kids' diets forever." TIM SPECTOR"A fabulous story that every kid should read. This is science made hugely entertaining." KEITH CHAPMAN, CREATOR OF PAW PATROL**What if your belly was home to a secret world full of tiny creatures working hard to keep you feeling fantastic?When Billie Pickle falls asleep, she tumbles into a wild, who...

The bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter and Cemetery Girl, “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time” (Suspense Magazine) delivers a pulse-pounding thriller about a man who is haunted by a face from his past...When Nick Hansen sees the young woman at the grocery store, his heart stops. She’s the spitting image of his college girlfriend, Marissa Minor, who died in a campus house fire twenty years earlier. But w...

A man living on a Florida barrier island must protect his family from both an approaching hurricane and a relentless killer.Jake Powell is racing to get off the island as a powerful hurricane approaches. When he finds his best friend Dallas, the building manager, dead from a blow to the skull, Jake realizes there’s more than the storm to fear. There’s a murderer on the island, maybe even still inside the nearly abandoned building.Dallas had repeate...