Matthew was born a prisoner of an extraordinary mind. A brilliant neurodivergent, his personality is made whole by an experimental cure that was as dangerous as it was miraculous. Having since forged a more normal life from a void-less childhood, with a loving wife and a beautiful child. But the fragile peace he has so carefully constructed is about to shatter. The shadows from a life he tried to bury are returning, whispering his name and threatening to claim more than just his past....

Building on the successful Habits series, Scott Rush and his team have created a practical guide to all aspects of the middle school band program, including:Recruiting for beginners Mouthpiece testing and instrumentation Running an effective middle school rehearsal Teaching strategies for middle school Repertoire suggestions Warm-ups for beginner, intermediate, and advanced middle school playersAdditional sections address musicianship, classroom management, working...

Join everybody’s favourite flat boy for another magical adventure – It’s Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley.Stanley, Flat AgainStanley is back, and he's flat – again! Even his brother Arthur can't come up with a plan to re-inflate Stanley this time. But there's fun to be had being flat. Stanley helps win a boat race and rescues a girl from a dangerous building. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes!Jeff Brown’s world-famous character Flat Stanley continues to ...

Freedom from addiction is available in the one place that’s the most difficult for an addict to be—the present moment. In Natural Rest for Addiction, non-duality teacher and addiction specialist Scott Kiloby offers his Natural Rest program for finding recovery from substance abuse—and addictions of all kinds—through the mindful practice of Resting Presence.If you struggle with alcoholism, drug dependency, or some other form of addiction, you know all too well the urges and...

An introduction to dynamical systems theory, a detailed mathematical analysis of pairs of Braitenberg vehicles, and a look at how these results apply to the study of physical and biological organisms.Powering the concept of a Braitenberg vehicle, developed in 1984 by the Italian-Austrian cyberneticist Valentino Braitenberg, is the idea that simple systems can produce complex behaviors. A pair of interacting Braitenberg vehicles is simple, but they can meander, wind...

If everyone wants to live happy and successful lives, then why do so few achieve it? This simple question launched an exhaustive study into the commonalities of the world's happiest and most successful people. We spent thousands of hours analyzing research and conducting our own. We tracked down and interviewed over 400 highly successful people. We combed through over 200 biographies and best-selling success stories. We left no stone unturned. So, what do the happiest and most successful p...

The teacher, Mr. Slink, assigns an environmental project, and Halo Nightly pairs up with Flora, the school's resident treehugger. Their team has the assignment in the bag (reusable, of course). But when the evil Doozie Hiss ruins their chances for a good grade, Flora changes from happy hippie to eco-terror. With her superpowered candies, Halo faces off against the Green Queen of Mean!

With the evil Echo around, Halo Nightly faces her strongest villain yet — herself. Echo is a sneaky shape shifter that morphs into Halo and causes her all sorts of problems. When Echo steals Halo's candy, Halo is forced to battle someone who is every bit as powerful as she is.

Coles Phillips (1880–1927) was among the most in-demand illustrators in his field during the 1910s and 20s. A dynamic and highly skilled watercolor artist and draftsman, Phillips created dozens of covers for mainstream American magazines, including Good Housekeeping, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. In 1908 he created a style in which the figure in the foreground blended seamlessly into the background, rendering some amount of the clothing invisible save for the edges...

It was supposed to be a simple proof of concept. The physics were sound. Over one hundred teleportation experiments had already been successfully performed...Debate rages over whether the Reidier Test’s disastrous outcome resulted from human error, government conspiracy, or sabotage. No one has actual knowledge of the truth. But hidden from the public eye, there exists a government report commissioned from criminal psychologist Dr. Hilary Kahn, chronicling the events that took plac...

The remarkable new novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which leaps across centuries past and future as if different eras were separated by only a door.Why did people, who lived so briefly in this universe, contain so much time?Lina and her ailing father have taken refuge at an enclave called the Sea, a staging post between migrations, with only a few possessions, among them three volumes from The G...

Haunting stories that will linger long after the lights are turned out. This collection of spine-chilling short stories includes a mix of seasoned authors with emerging talent. You'll enjoy creepy tales set in underground rail stations, holiday travellers making fateful mistakes, lingering spirits from long ago, poltergeist possessions, horror homes, history revisting, beautiful memories, terrifying realisations and even a haunted pot plant. With the theme of book woven through each story,...