Louisa Collins was hung in New South Wales in 1889. She was tried four times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. In three of those trials the juries could not agree that she was guilty. At her fourth trial the testimony of Louisa's young daughter, May, contributed to Louisa's conviction. Intimately reimagined from Louisa's perspective, with a story that just might fit the historical facts, this clever and compelling novel visits Louisa in her prison cell as she reflects on her lif...

Fifteen-year-old Lucas’s parents are completely unlike those of his friends. Whilst most mums and dads are into gardening or baking, Lucas’s parents like listening to rock music - at full volume. Lucas’s mates all enjoy spending time in his unconventional household, especially when Lucas brings home his dog, Cuch, from the rescue centre. When Grace, one of Lucas’s friends comes round to meet Cuch, she is surprised to discover the dog apparently headbanging in time to ‘The Final Countdown’....

She can't fall for a guy like him…With kick-ass-and-take-names flair, hardworking Lena Reyes has everything a successful woman could want. Well…almost. She's still single, which means her family is practically auditioning guys for Hispanic Bachelor. But none of these guys compare to her newest client: a sexy trust-fund artist who's making Lena crazy in every way possible.Born into wealth and privilege, Charles "Matt" Beaumont Matthews V is everythi...

In this biography of spiritualist medium, Lorraine Butler, lies a remarkable example of how someone with little hope or direction can be struck down in a most cruel way with a series of horrendous personal traumas and loss and yet come out of the other side a stronger person with a true purpose in life and a positive and thankful outlook. Charting her rocky pathway from her strange childhood visions, through three marriages and several family deaths to her recognition, acceptance and pract...

A stirring memoir of exile and self-discovery by a central figure in ethno-psychiatry.In To Sit on the Earth, pioneering ethno-psychiatrist Tobie Nathan charts his intellectual and emotional journey, from his youthful infatuation with Freud and Wilhelm Reich to his mature adoption of anthropologist Georges Devereux’s ethnographic approach to psychoanalysis.Expelled from Egypt as a Jew in 1956 when he was just a boy, Nathan spent his formative years...

Ingo Swann -- renowned psi researcher -- reveals a long-held secret series of experiences with a "deep black" agency whose apparent charter was simple: UFOs and extraterrestrials on the moon and worries about ET telepathic/mind control powers. The agency was so secret that it had no paper trail, and hence no written secrecy agreements. Only the verbal ones, which in Ingo's case expired several years ago. Now, in this era of burgeoning UFO "glasnost," he tells a story of meetings held in a ...

Luxury is not what is shown. It is what is felt.Luxury is rarely built by following trends. It is built through clarity, consistency, and the discipline to make the right decisions—especially when no one is watching.This concise guide distills nearly a decade of experience in luxury brand strategy, marketing, communications, and client experience into five practical principles for building brands that are remembered, trusted, and desired.Wh...

Amanda Forrester has been fighting the attraction she feels for her good friend and next-door neighbor, Josh Randall, ever since he helped her light her grill right after she moved into the condo next to his.Unknown to her, Josh has been fighting those same feelings and both are afraid to mess up the great friendship they already have. But when her matchmaking family insists she comes home for Christmas and Josh finds out they have several 'someones' they want her to meet, he offers...

Always Ask for Help tells the inspirational true story of Arnie Stewart in his own words. His story highlights the real life effects of never learning to read and write. Follow the story from Arnie's humble beginnings as an extremely impoverished child growing up with 11 siblings in the small mining town of Cobalt, Ontario Canada to his journey through fatherhood and eventually his work with teacher and friend, Janet Lee. Always Ask for Help is a powerful testament to the enduring legacy o...

Nearly half of Americans use supplements—and many more are curious about them—yet questions abound. Will feverfew help my migraines? Are there any vitamins that will keep my skin clear? Does lysine really prevent cold sores? Are there herbs I can take to boost my mood? Are any of these things safe?Mark Moyad, MD, MPH is the only physician in the United States who has an endowed position to study vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other supplements. For the past 25 years, he's ...

**In this rich medieval fantasy novel, a young healer of mixed blood—half Euit, half English—inherits an impossible task and turns to her only possible ally, the king’s nephew, for help.“The author’s world-building is detailed and fascinating, and Uma is a strong, admirable heroine.”—School Library Journal**Beware the dark moon time when love and murder intertwine . . .Uma Quarteney lives far from the mighty Pendragon castle, on the southernmost tip of Wild...

In a continuation of the Boardinghouse Betrothal series, now to be known as Heaton House, is book 7, Julia's story:Julia Olsen was the first boarder at Heaton House, on her own for the first time, and a bit too independent. She didn't much like Mrs. Heaton's rules--no going out by herself after dark unless accompanied by a man. She understood it all now, but not before nearly ruining her life by sneaking out to meet her beau. He'd ...