Australia lost the war. Now Tess must face spirits from the past, the new boy in town - and The Wall.Life couldn't get much worse for sixteen-year-old Tess Jones. Her parents are dead. Her best friend hates her. She's stuck living with her horrible Aunty Jo. She's starving. And to top it off, there's a strange new guy in town who brings bad news.But Tess's problems didn't start today. They started more than eighty years ago when Australia was split in two. The Axis control ...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

This book has given us topics that are relevant to believers to help them grow in their faith. Those who have not professed faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior are encouraged to do so as well. What if Adam had asked God what He meant when He told him that if he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there be negative consequences for people born in the future? Would they be born eternally separated from God? Does "surely die" mean that people would die physically and spiritually?...

The muse is not ordinary and neither is the poetry. Placing the everyday Scottish urban life in a cinematic context and where they meet is a sweet spot indeed.Ian has come back to his hometown, he has changed and so has the town. These intersections inform the narrative, supported by gorgeous images and backstories that still leave plenty for the reader's imagination.You don't have to know the Vale of Leven to appreciate these works, since the themes are universal and the s...

Meet Jack. He’s an attorney during working hours, but before and after? Jack is a very fun boy. He’s into some light bondage and, oh yeah, a threesome. Debra’s never done anything like that before, but when Jack brings an old buddy of his, all wrapped up in a bow tie and nothing else, to their bed, she’s more than willing to accept this gift.Oh, and Jack isn’t all about work and no play during office hours. After all, that would make Jack a dull boy, and he’s defi...

“I love Sophie’s message, helping families navigate today’s food system” – Joe Wicks“What a contribution Sophie has made to our lives” - Darina Allen“A brilliant guide to eating more real, and less ultra-processed foods. Sophie’s work is so important” – The Happy Pear–––––––––Spend less, choose better, and make lasting changes with family-friendly recipes from the No.1 Irish best...

Your roadmap to success as an early-career professionalBeing a professional at the start of your career often feels limiting and discouraging. With a job market that is growing more crowded and competitive, hirers are increasingly (and unnecessarily) casting time and experience as the “golden ticket” to career advancement, rather than investing in passion and potential. When organizations fall into the pattern of prioritizing experience, they amplify the bias our s...

She’d forgotten what it was like…Dana Jenkin’s job as author of erotic romance has her penning hot stories for the pleasure of others. But the forty-nine-year-old’s ugly divorce and busy life as the mother of teenagers means her real life isn’t anywhere near as steamy as the stories she writes. In a wine-fueled pity party, she sets up an online dating profile, never expecting the breath-stealing response from a hunky-but-much-younger man.He always had a thing for the babysi...

Protection was supposed to keep her safe, not cost her the right to choose.Cassidy Brennan’s murdered brother left behind evidence powerful enough to destroy a dangerous motorcycle club. He also left her one name.Grimm.Cassidy teaches women that survival starts with choices, boundaries, and the right to say no without explanation. So when the Iron Beasts begin watching her apartment, searching Danny’s belongings, and circling the c...

Peter Ritchie is just an ordinary solicitor, with an ordinary (if slightly shambolic) life, until the day his client, a male prostitute called Bobby Black dies suddenly when a kinky trick goes wrong. Bobby has been brutally murdered, and someone had tried to cover it up. But who, and why?Peter cannot rest until he knows the truth. And so begins a rollercoaster ride for him and his on-off girlfriend Naomi, that will see him pitted against some powerful enemies, and everyone he ever ...

A luminous picture book that celebrates little-known American legacy, familial love, tradition, and the cherished ancestors who paved the way.Tonight is a big night. It’s Watch Night!This year, Eve-Lynn gets to lead the celebration just like her ancestor Lil’ Eve did on December 31, 1862—the night they called their Freedom’s Eve. And while Eve-Lynn is excited, worry wraps ’round her.Eve-Lynn holds her family quilt close to calm her nerves, ...

by Morris M. Faierstein