When Beatrice wakes in a magical swamp called Ebenezer, she's met with the baffling wit and curious whims of the swamp's single other human inhabitant, the boy "king," Tom. But something is haunting Ebenezer, and Beatrice must solve the mystery of the swamp before a lurking terror devours them both.

Once Upon a Time…When Jack lost her sister to the giant Galifron, she thought she would never see her again. Dead is dead, and being the sister left behind means carrying a lifetime of guilt, grief—and rage. So when a witch offers her a chance to raise her sister from the dead, Jack agrees to strike a bargain and sets off on an impossible quest.Prince Quil of Mynos only wants to have fun and be free of his obligations, especially while traveling in the western king...

Once upon a time…Orpheo never meant to disobey his father or betray his kind, but when he finds a young human woman weeping over the death of her own father, his compassionate heart moves him to comfort her.All Rose ever wanted was to make her father proud, but after the mysterious Boy in the Sea eases her through her grief, Rose throws aside her reservations and vows she will find the boy and marry him.As Rose despairs of ever finding him, Orpheo sells his...

Twelve-year-old Orion Kim is a hidden boy who knows nothing of his birth. He also thinks he’s human. Some believe him to be dangerous—destined to bring down an empire in the stars. So when an assassin attacks him on his sleepy Atlanta street, Orion has to flee across the galaxy to find out who he is and the meaning behind the new powers coursing through his veins. As he learns more about his powers and their connection to the star-like marks on his chest, Orion attracts curious attention f...

After a year at the Stellar Academy and a devastating trip to the soothsaying Sibyls in the mind-swirling Nebula, thirteen-year-old Orion Kim is confident he now knows who he is—or does he?When his return to the three worlds in the stars leads to violent emotional outbursts that leave him confused and unable to trust his own mind or body, Orion turns for answers to the people who have always helped him. This time, though, his mentors dodge his requests, holding secrets close and tr...

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary range of mentoring advice that speaks directly to the doctoral student. Each chapter addresses a professional or personal component of the doctoral process that represents how these exc...

Structural Equation Modeling offers a nontechnical presentation of SEM with an emphasis on applications in social and personality psychology. The presentation begins with a discussion of the relation between SEM and statistical strategies widely used in social and personality psychology such as analysis of variance, multiple regression analysis, and factor analysis. This introduction is followed by a nontechnical presentation of the terminology, notation, and steps followed in a typical ap...

This book is a product of the initial phase of a broader study evaluating the voluntary and regulatory compliance protocols that are used to account for the contributions of forests in U.S.-based greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation programs. The research presented here is particularly concerned with these protocols’ use of the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data to describe forest conditions, ownership, and management scenarios, and is oriented towards providing regu...

This text contains the official rules of a huge number of different card games and their variants, ranging from Whist to Poker and including everything in between. An invaluable tool for the serious card player, this would make for a great addition to home collections and is certainly not to be missed by those with a keen interest in card games. The games covered in this book include: Games of the Whist Family, Laws of Pivot Bridge, Laws of Auction Bridge, The Laws of Whist, Norwegian Whis...

David Hoyle explores the changing theologies of ministry during the Church's history with the aim of challenging the lack of theological reflection in some of today's understanding of ministry.

This beautifully illustrated, full-colour daily Advent companion explores the ancient biblical names and images for the coming Messiah familiar to most people from the hymn, ‘O come, O come Emmanuel’. Well-known writers offer a total of twenty-four reflections, one for each weekday of the four weeks of Advent. The writers each offer three reflections on one of the seven antiphons: O Wisdom, O Adonai, O Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Morning Star, O King of the Nations, O Emmanuel. Lastly...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERThe tinsel is up in the bakery, the lights are twinkling and the mince pies are sold out. It's CHRISTMAS EVE! Greg the Sausage Roll is so excited he could burst.And when he's scooped up as a last-minute treat for Santa, he's catapulted into a magical festive caper beyond his wildest dreams.Hold on tight for a spectacular sausage roll-ercoaster of an adventure!Developed and written by the social media ...