We have been paying for a system that is not designed to fix the problem it was built to solve.Every year, the United States spends over $4.9 trillion on healthcare. More than $42 billion flows through addiction treatment.Relapse rates still approach seventy percent within months of discharge.Families who have spent everything are still watching someone they love cycle through the same admissions, the same discharges, the same quiet unraveling.And still, it ...

Anyone who has been through Sunday school can tell you that Jesus walked on water, fed the 5,000 and told a parable about a sower. Is there really much more to it than that? Aren't the Gospels supposed to be the "easy" bits of the Bible?Using Mark as a worked example, Andrew and Tim follow the most important things that have ever happened in the history of the world. They help us see a diagnosis of the human condition more perceptive than that offered by any physic...

Having just graduated and obtained her law degree, Susan has the world at her feet. A position with a law firm is waiting for her when she returns from her honeymoon after marrying Ashley.It never happens.Totally unexpectedly, a cloth soaked in chloroform is forced under her nose and she wakes up in a cellar in Slovenia, only to be drugged again and flown by helicopter to the alps, to a renovated old monastery named Spa Shangrila.The spa is run by a criminal cartel ...

From the New York Times #1 bestselling author, Ilona Andrews, comes a fun and action-packed new adventure in the Innkeeper Chronicles! We invite you to relax, enjoy yourself, and above all, remember the one rule all visitors must obey: the humans must never know.Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper, Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it's about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic sp...

The third title in the bestselling and highly illustrated children's books series, soon to be hitting screens everywhere as an animated film and TV show with Nickelodeon and produced by James Corden.A super-accessible and highly-illustrated chapter book series, perfect for readers aged 6+ and fans of Pamela Butchart, DogMan, the Naughtiest Unicorn and Hotel Flamingo.Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing ...

Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill a million and you're a statesman. Dirk should have killed more people.Dirriken Friedel used his aristocratic connections to rescue his troops. He didn't plan on starting a war or killing them himself. Now he spends his days in jail, waiting for an assassin sent by his dead officers families to end his misery.When he's broken out by off-duty marines he has a chance to start over, if he's worthy. During his ramshackle es...

"An honest, sophisticated look at the myriad emotions surrounding chronic illness and growing up 'not straight' in a religious Georgia town." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Relatable, real, and utterly engrossing." —School Library Journal (starred review)***After dedicated soccer player Will is sidelined from the season—and his friend group—due to complications from his newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease, he finds himself figuring out who he really is on the insid...

The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of Italian movie soundtrack music in his eighth adventure that is sure to delight those who love whimsical British cosy crime. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more.Some of the greatest (and grooviest) music ever committed to vinyl has come out of Italy in the form of soundtracks—especially for that variety of lurid thriller known as a giallo. The maest...

Brought to you by Penguin.George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (WEH Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of England's most disastrous kings' (JH Plumb, twentieth century) and as the pompous, camp and sinister monarch of the musical 'Hamilton' (twent...

The adventure continues in The Wingfeather Saga! A brand new recording, narrated by the author.Janner, Tink and Leeli thought they were normal children, but now they know they're really the lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them. In order to survive they must flee to the safety of the Ice Prairies. First, however, they have to escape the monsters of Glipwood Forest, the thieving Stranders of the East Be...

The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series.For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is considered a rogue province by the PRC. Previous governments have tried to conquer the island using economic force and diplomatic pressure, but new Chinese President Li Jian Jun is done fooling around...

Though Scotland was never successfully conquered by the Roman Empire, the lands north of Hadrian's Wall nonetheless include many Roman sites that bear witness to Rome's attempts to impose her will over the whole of Britain. Beyond the Empire offers a complete listing of all 330 known Roman sites in Scotland, including location maps, details of notable archaeological finds, what is visible on the ground, and how to visit them.A complete guide to the hidden remains of the Roman Empire in Sco...