From the sun-drenched temples of antiquity to the quiet architecture of the human body, all paths converge upon a singular, illuminated truth: the way we eat shapes not only our mortal frames, but our souls and our collective future.

This is a very short adventure or day-out story that is ideally suitable to children who are just beginning to be taught how to read and need to be assisted by plenty of pictorial material (in this case, photographs). The tone of the story is deliberately sweet, blurring the boundary between soft toy and generous adult. It covers territory that is very familiar to the age group in question: days out in the park, a visit to the drama school, personal hygiene, taking care of nature, and so o...

Disability-what is it, where does it come from? Who knows! All I know is within minutes my life changed forever. Things are so different-and not for the better. But it hits, it's there, and you have to deal with it. I did many things wrong as you will see but it is not like I took a class in 'How to be Disabled'. Read and you will see my many mistakes and some small triumphs.

K-Pop Demon Hunters but make her a barber to the supernatural, and her backup is a sarcastic cat.I’m Apiya. No, I’m not a badass magical assassin. I’m a barber to the supernatural.My magic is very weak and very niche—it works best with keeping things clean.I know. I can sense your awe at my power already.And I’m sure you can see why barbering suits me well.Although now that I’ve mastered the art of trimming ...

Adelma is out of actionLonginus is going on a blind dateAnd the Varanguards are suspendedThings are taking a turn for the disturbing in Damsport.Rory and Longinus have their hands full. Adelma is in a bad way, and it will take a lot of work to bring her back to herself.On top of which, Longinus has to prepare for a blind date. The premium matchmaking service he joined assures him tha...

A complicated mission.A team of misfits that just don’t get along.What could possibly go wrong?The team:A skinny pickpocket with dreadlocks and a big attitude.A foppish assassin with a fear of bloodAn elite fighter, master of the sardonic raised eyebrow.A smuggler with a drinking problem and a propensity for brawling.And a no-nonsense, heavily tattooed machinist, trying to kee...

The plan is simple. Get to the weretiger realm where a wise woman will be able to help Sarroch and I get a mating bond in place, thus saving me from execution.Easy peasy, lemon squeasy.Of course it ends up going more like difficult, difficult, lemon difficult.Which is why right now I’m standing in the stunning forest of the weretiger realm, facing Sarroch in tiger form.Except that it’s not Sarroch any more. Something has taken control of him. Something that ...

I’ve never been one to stand idly by when a friend’s in trouble. Yes, I know that to go looking into why Ilmu is missing is dangerous. Yue’s still out there, and more to the point she’s not happy with how little progress I’ve made on our deal regarding Sarroch.Which means a significant decrease in the value of my life.Staying home is therefore the smart thing to do. But all the same, a friend in trouble is a friend in trouble, and no one but me seems to care what’s going on...

You know that sickly feeling in the pit of your stomach when things have not just gone wrong, but very, very wrong?Yeah, that feeling.Like when you find yourself alone, facing off against an angry pontianak, a type of Asian vampire, who on top of being powerful, magical, and deadly, hates your guts.At the time the risk seemed worth it to find out more about my magic.Now? I wish I’d just stuck to barbering the supernatural. Given my weak magic,I’m go...

Revolution in the streets.A deadly weapon stolen.A wardrobe too wide to fit up the stairs.All is most definitely not well back in Damsport…Cruikshank has created a deadly new weapon, but someone breaks into her workshop, steals the design, and leaves her for dead.Time for Rory and Longinus to roll up their sleeves again.But it doesn’t take long for them to be completely out o...

If I tell you that I have magic, you’re probably going to expect all kinds of fancy things, like fire balls or maybe some kind of badass demon slaying assassin.Yeah, that’s not me. I’m a barber to the supernatural because my magic is too weak and weird to do anything else.So why have the fae asked me to look after one of their eggs—the most precious thing in the world to a fae—when I’m so vastly under qualified? Either they’ve taken leave of their senses, or they’re serious...

The problems begin when Rory and Longinus are summoned to the Assassins' Guild.Longinus wants Rory to change into something more elegant - not going to happen.Rory can't make Longinus stop calling her his assistant.Their problems get worse when the Guildmaster asks them both to investigate an attack against her and find out who is behind it. If they fail, the consequences will be....unpleasant. And it looks like the attempted assassination is mixed up in dangerous G...