Fourteen-year-old Jessie Barstow has the rare ability to travel to other locations and other worlds at will, and she's being hunted for it. While on the run from the power hungry and mysterious forces, Jessie stumbles into Martin, a young man who helps her hide from the strange beings chasing her. Unbeknownst to Jessie, Martin has a magical talent of his own, one he himself has denied since childhood. As her pursuers close in, Jessie pulls Martin with her to a world robbed of magic...

THE WILLOW BEND POND ADVENTURESA gentle, funny, heart‑warming bedtime series for young readersWelcome to Willow Bend Pond — a peaceful little world full of brave frogs, excitable toads, nervous ducks, busy beetles, grumpy fish, and one very wise heron. Every day brings a new adventure, and every adventure brings laughter, friendship, and just a tiny bit of chaos.Join Samantha Frog, the calm and clever leader;

The most expensive AI model in the world is the one you do not need, and this book exists to show you why most people are paying 5 to 25 times more than they should for the work they actually do. The industry has spent years telling you to always want the biggest, smartest, most expensive model, and that story is convenient for the companies that sell the models and deeply wrong for most of the people who buy them. Every major provider offers the same family of models at several price tier...

Rejection is inevitable. And yes, it sucks. But why are some men able to shake it off and go on to land the woman of their dreams… while others just get stuck?Matt Artisan brings lessons from 16 years of expert coaching to Authentic Attraction. In this eagerly anticipated "bootcamp in a book," he shows you how to unleash your most confident, honest, and desirable self.Through timeless principles, real-life examples, and practical instructions, you will learn:W...

Get ALL SIX books in the groundbreaking, terrifying and international bestselling Six Stories series.Elusive online journalist Scott King reopens notorious cold-case crimes through his Six Stories podcast, questioning six witnesses whose accounts challenge the official version of events. Six witnesses. Six stories. Which one is true? ALL SIX books in the international bestselling, award-winning, genre-defying crime series in one ebook!'Matt...

Angels are everywhere in popular culture - often reduced to vague 'guardian' figures filtered through crystals, tarot cards, and folklore. But what does the Catholic Church actually teach about them?With a foreword by international Catholic speaker, teacher, and author David Wells, Fr Matt Anscombe cuts through the misconceptions to offer a rich, grounded exploration of the theology of angels. Drawing on Scripture, the teaching of the Church, and his lived experience as a parish pr...

This book brings together Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Lacan, two thinkers widely considered to be incommensurable, in order to reconcile two positions also often considered to be incommensurable: sexual difference theory and gender theory.Sexual difference theory, represented here by Luce Irigaray, maintains that sexual difference has ontological primacy; gender theory, represented by Judith Butler, argues that sexual difference is merely an effect of discursive power. After explain...

Technical terminology in eye care and vision sciences can be challenging to navigate, particularly in busy clinical and academic contexts. Matt J. Dunn’s Dictionary of Eye Care and Vision Science is a concise quick-reference glossary covering topics including ocular anatomy and physiology, optics, clinical techniques, pathology, low vision, orthoptics, perception, and psychophysics, as well as contemporary clinical and research terminology. Focusing on specialised terminology, thi...

From two experts on leadership, a no-nonsense guide for ambitious leaders to build great teams by embracing toughness—without sacrificing humanitySome of today’s most successful companies are also infamous for their domineering leaders and toxic working environments. But you don’t have to compromise yourself or your people to drive your team to greatness.In Tough Enough, leadership coaches John Baird and Matt Hunter argue that building a high-perfo...

Our struggles with sleep impact every area of life, from physical and spiritual health to emotional well-being and thinking clearly. When Sleep Won't Come approaches sleep from both physiological and biblical angles to help us understand our bodies' physical rhythms and needs and to show how God uses sleep and sleeplessness to reveal his grace and care. Sleep is not just a complex biological rhythm of the body but a spiritual rhythm of the soul and a divine gift that reveals our h...

Unearth the wonders of world history and ancient civilisations with this captivating visual treasury of history’s most incredible discoveries.On an autumn day in 1940, four boys chased their dog into a tunnel and accidentally stumbled upon the Lascaux Caves, revealing a network of chambers covered in vibrant Stone Age cave art from 17,000 years ago. This is just one of the many gripping tales of archaeology found within this immersive history encyclopedia for kids ...

‘Takes both old and new leadership tactics and transforms them into strategies to use in crises’ – Eric Yuan, CEO and founder of Zoom'If you believe you have to choose between being respectful and being effective, Tough Enough will change your mind' – John Mackey, cofounder and former CEO of Whole Foods and New York Times bestselling author of Conscious CapitalismFrom two of Silicon Valley's premier execut...