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 ...

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...

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?...

“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...

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...

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, ...

When the moon rises, desire follows.Some lovers are chosen.Some are destined.And some are the kind you should run from, but where would be the fun in that?Lunar Seductions brings together ten steamy tales of supernatural desire, dangerous attraction, and romance that refuses to play by mortal rules.Lose yourself among shifters, monsters, psychics, goddesses, and other creatures of the night. Meet lovers bound by fate, trappe...

The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. HolderThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, which nearly a century before had granted Black Americans the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act was the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, which had battled for years against v...

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...

Jasmine and the 8th Fire is a story of hope and reconciliation, inspired by themes of Indigenous prophecy and the enduring search for healing. Beginning in 1955, the novel follows Jasmine, a young Indigenous girl whose life is irrevocably changed when she is taken from her home and placed in residential school. What unfolds is a deeply human journey through loss, survival, and the quiet strength required to hold onto identity in the face of systemic harm. Set against the backdrop of the An...

After a devastating loss leaves Hannah Gibson questioning everything she once believed, the last place she expects to find hope is stranded in a Kentucky snowstorm. Rescued by a quiet, reclusive stranger, John Douglas, Hannah finds shelter in his remote cabin tucked deep in the winter woods. As the storm rages outside, long conversations and small acts of kindness begin to thaw wounds neither of them can fully hide. What starts as a chance encounter slowly becomes something far more life-c...

Pete Morris chronicles a soldier’s brutal journey from training to liberation across Europe, revealing maturity forged through companionship and horror.Pete Morris was twenty years of age when he enlisted in the Royal Signals in 1939. He was, he says, pitchforked into adulthood without the luxury of being allowed a mistake or two. And yet he had a very good war. Promoted to Lance Corporal almost immediately because of his previously gained expertise in Morse, Pete ...