On his thirtieth birthday, barista Jimmy Patterson decides to get rip-roaring drunk after his roommate-boyfriend abandons him at a bar in the tiny California foothills town of Stone Acres where they have relocated from San Francisco. Jimmy is immediately rescued by the burly owner of Stonewall Saloon, who has had his eye on Jimmy since the first time he came in months before.Jimmy's fine with being saved but wants to know the bartender's real name since the guy has worn name tags wi...

This step-by-step guide is packed full of information and tells you all you need to know about caring for your bicycle. It covers everything from the basics of why maintenance matters and which tools you should use, to vital safety checks and more advanced maintenance tasks, even the fitting of accessories. Advice on how to adjust your bike to fit you, how to clean it efficiently, and how to keep it running in top condition, lets you get more enjoyment from your bicycle for longer, more sa...

There are lots of books about Harleys, about their history, performance, lineage and the minutae of their specification, but none of them will tell you what to look for when buying one second-hand. That's what this book is about - it aims to be a straightforward, practical guide to buying a used Harley-Davidson. It won't list all the correct colour combinations for each year, or analyse the bike's design philosophy, or consider its background as a cultural icon - there are excellent books ...

Data Science Foundations Explained Clearly for Absolute Beginners Today: Practical Concepts Tools and Mindsets for Starting Analytics Confidently is a thorough manual created to assist anyone entering the field of data science with assurance. This book, which is written for complete novices, simplifies difficult ideas into understandable, useful explanations that make it simpler to comprehend how data may be gathered, examined, and utilized to guide decisions. It presents the fundamental p...

Halifax broadcaster J. Frank Willis made history with his live reports from the mine head that were broadcast on more than 700 radio stations around the world, including the major U.S. networks and the BBC. It marked the beginning of a new era in broadcasting and in journalism. Until then, radio was known chiefly as a music and entertainment medium; news gathering and reporting had been the bailiwick of newspapers and newswire services.

Four books under one cover, dealing with themes of horror and the supernatural from a female-led perspective for the connoisseur of the assertive, terrifying - and sometimes evil, woman.Inside you will find:"The Bewitchment" by Wilson Henshaw; “Madame Solange” from Rafe Linnell; “The Comtesse" by Maurice Huysman; and Ezra Bedford's "Kiss of Evil".Female-led fiction in the classical style for those who prefer their fantasies populated by believable characters and plo...

A realistic guide to looking after yourself in your twenties and thirties, from the founders of the mega lifestyle brand, Keep It Cleaner.'This is the book we wish we'd been given when we hit our twenties. It's not about perfection; it's a realistic guide to finding love for yourself in your day-to-day, inspired by the incredible experts we've met and the lessons they've taught us.'When you hit your twenties and thirties, there's no blueprint for taking care of yourself whi...

Gil and Ford shared a pivotal moment when they were kids living in tiny Leeward, California, on the northern coastal highway. Immediately afterward, Gil moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with his family so his mother could get better cancer care.Years later, Gil is back in Leeward, working as CFO at Mainsail Construction where Ford supervises the work teams. Gil has come home to take care of his father after the older man's stroke. While Gil says he's a small town boy at heart an...

Legacy of a Weymouth Woman is the story of Lillian May Henshaw, a resourceful and talented woman, an advocate for education and an early feminist who, perhaps, was just a little bit ahead of her time.Growing up in the shipbuilding community of Weymouth, she had a penchant for stories about the exploits and adventures of the local ships and the men who sailed them. She often wrote about them as a young freelance correspondent for the Halifax Chronicle Herald near the end of the gold...

Matthew Henshaw, creator of Olde Wyathscope's Quarterly Concern and The Get Out of Jail Free Radio Hour, presents a series of short stories written between 2020 and 2024. Expect the strange, uncanny, blackly humourous, and dark.

Exciting news abounds in Stone Acres, California, the former gold rush town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. All the couples from the Foothills Pride contemporary romance series are chatting and spreading the word. The whispers of movie scouts in Stone Acres have the couples speculating about how a film might impact their lives. Rumor says the potential film would tell the stories of how and why the newcomers left the Bay Area to settle in the foothills. Some of the men, li...

Here is the fascinating true story of how a poor girl from the Prairies rose above poverty and hardship to become the best known, and seemingly untouchable, madam in this country. Everyone from housewives to politicians knew her simply as Ada – the renowned madam of Canada’s most notorious brothel at 51 Hollis Street in Halifax.For more than four decades, Ada Jane McCallum and the women known as her girls offered sex for sale to the local gentry and to thousands of sailors, soldier...