Life terrifyingly ends up imitating art when Sip & Read Cafe owner Victoria Matheson hosts a book reading at her establishment. An event which features "Power, Wealth & Murder"... the latest mystery novel from one of her favorite authors Harrison Bell. But the very next day the body of the book store’s assistant manager is discovered. Apparently murdered in a similar fashion to characters in Bell's book! Carriage Cove police chief Susan Miles apprehends Bell in Lee's death, placing him beh...

""The Romance of Modern Chemistry" is a fascinating glimpse into the state of chemistry a century ago. Written by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Imperial College of Science and Technology, Kensington, this book provides a non-technical description of the diverse and wonderful ways in which chemical forces were at work and their manifold applications in modern life back in 191012. Imagine the scientific discoveries, the alchemical transformations, and the i...

The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century is a work by Thomas Henry Huxley, published in 1889. In this book, Huxley provides a summary of major developments in physics, chemistry, and biology during the period from 1839 to 1889. He explores their impact on society within the historical context of philosophical thought and scientific inquiry dating back to Aristotle12. The remarkable increase in industrial production through machinery, improvements in technical processes, and inventio...

Six years ago, meningitis stripped away Samuel Spry's sight. Now, at twelve years old, an accidental bump on his head restores it. Well, nearly. Suddenly, his world is full of colour. He can see rainbows of Auras around people. He can see into them, he can sense how they're feeling, and he has the potential to save lives!Not wanting to alarm his parents, he keeps it a secret, sharing it only with his sister, Amber.However, he's being watched by the cunning and ruthless Mr S...

Winner of the 2024 Lesfic Bard Award for Best New Author Is love finally coming into focus?Ava Garcia-Greene, a Fortune 5 CEO, has it all–power, prestige, and a swanky office in Silicon Beach. But beneath her icy exterior lies a heart yearning for something money can't buy.Jo Fisher, a GLAAD-card-carrying, carabiner-clipping, out-and-proud lesbian, is barely keeping her late father’s photo truck afloat...

This book examines the growing trend for housing models that shrink private living space and seeks to understand the implications of these shrinking domestic worlds. Small spaces have become big business. Reducing the size of our homes, and the amount of stuff within them, is increasingly sold as a catch-all solution to the stresses of modern life and the need to reduce our carbon footprint. Shrinking living space is being repackaged in a neoliberal capitalist context as a lifestyle choice...

Over the past decade, Tiny Housing has become something of a viral sensation in the US. From instagrammable enclaves for young professionals to vast municipality-supported schemes seeking to address homelessness, tiny house sites are proliferating across the country.This book takes a look at life inside the ‘Tiny House Nation’, shining an intimate light on a phenomenon widely celebrated in the mainstream media. The book presents textured narrative accounts from and striking images ...

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Southern Pasta Shop Mysteries comes a new series that proves blood can be thicker than water...As a young single parent, Mackenzie Elizabeth Taylor has struggled to provide for her teenage daughter. She finally catches a break when she inherits half of an apartment building in Boston from her uncle Al...along with his P.I. business. So what if she doesn't know the first thing about investigation or if their hot-but-crabby downstairs tena...

Antique pickers Sherri Green and her bff, lovable town gossip Carol O’Brien, search for treasure amid the trash in their small midwestern town of Paradise.What they find is more than they bargained for.When they score a box of antique vases at a local auction in nearby Round Bottom, it sets off a chain of events that makes a competing picker see red. But that’s not the worst of it. Someone in the tight-knit picking community ends up dead.Can Sherri and Carol discove...

From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a holiday treat, Tahoe style...Tessie King thought she knew all there was to know about tracking down bad guys after helping to find her casino owner father's killer. But when she's locked out of the Royal Palace Casino in South Lake Tahoe during an ice storm, she's suddenly faced with the task of tracking her own would-be assassin.It's Christmas Eve, the town is encased in ice, and it's impossible to ge...

Do you enjoy paranormal mysteries?Boxed set of all four books from the best-selling Misty Sales series.Fun, light-hearted cozy mystery, paranormal suspense series.A Motive for MurderA Reason for MurderA Basis for MurderA Plot for MurderBoxed set of all four books from the best-selling Misty Sales series.Fun light-hearted cozy mystery, paranormal suspense series

USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In the debut of a delightful cozy mystery series, Sarah Fox introduces a charming new heroine who finds herself in a sticky situation: stacking pancakes, pouring coffee, and investigating murder.Bonus content: includes original recipes inspired by the Flip Side Pancake House menu!When Marley McKinney’s aging cousin, Jimmy, is hospitalized with pneumonia, she agrees to help run his pancake house while he recov...