It's true, life is wonderful. Every day there is a multitude of fantastic, magical moments. Unfortunately, they can easily slip beneath your radar and go unnoticed in hectic modern life. Tune in to these ever-present treasures and appreciate them in their full color and beauty. This book is a charming collection filled with the daily sights, sounds, and sensations that will make you pause, smile, and recognize that life is a daily delight. Instead of becoming buried in interminable paper...

Laughing at the Devil is an invitation to see the world with a medieval visionary now known as Julian of Norwich, believed to be the first woman to have written a book in English. (We do not know her given name, because she became known by the name of a church that became her home.) Julian “saw our Lord scorn [the Devil's] wickedness” and noted that “he wants us to do the same.” In this impassioned, analytic, and irreverent book, Amy Laura Hall emphasizes Julian's call to scorn th...

An " engaging" study of Machu Picchu's transformation from ruin to World Heritage site, and the role a National Geographic photo feature played ( Latin American Research Review).When Hiram Bingham, a historian from Yale University, first saw Machu Picchu in 1911, it was a ruin obscured by overgrowth whose terraces were farmed by a few families. A century later, Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage site visited by more than a mi...

Bloomsbury presents Erecting the Pulpit: Muscular Christianity from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Amy Laura Hall, read by Jennifer WoodwardExamines a powerful yet overlooked form of Christian Nationalism—one that fuses faith, masculinity, capitalism, and political power under the guise of moral leadership. Beginning with Theodore Roosevelt’s “Muscular Christianity” and tracing the conceit of faithful and fit male lead...

Brandon had it rough growing up, and he acted out, becoming known as the town's bad boy.But becoming a single father changed his entire life around, yet his reputation still keeps him dragged through the mud despite him doing everything he can to prove that he's a changed man.But when Amy pops up in his way - quite literally - can things finally begin looking up for him?

On the island of Eshol, a ruling council gifts magic to all its citizens—whether they want it or not.Eighteen-year-old Rayna Drey should be excited for her Branding, when the island's Good Council will infuse her blood with one of five sanctioned magics: the ability to wield elements, summon objects, shift forms, talk to wildlife, or manipulate minds. And the institution she must attend afterward, to learn how to control her new gift, is only a little dangerous.

Five years, three months, and twelve days.That’s how long Wren’s mother has been missing.In dreams, Wren can see her again: her eyes, her hair, her smile. She can even hear her laugh. Her mother, one of hundreds of Native Americans considered missing or murdered in Oklahoma. Sometimes it seems like Wren and her grandmother are the only people still looking. Even more frustrating, Wren's overprotective father won't talk about it.Wren refuses to give u...

Hallie Scott expected the hangover from her thirtieth birthday. She did not expect to find her calm, orderly life as Swan Cove's head librarian to completely change overnight when her best friend added Hallie to the mayoral ballot because of one little remark. One. Now she's going head-to-head with the small coastal town's prominent "prince," Fitz Montgomery . . . whose charm is about to get seriously checked.All Fitz wants is to prove himself, beyond being the latest in the unbrok...

Magic and mayhem and ghost dogs, oh my…I’m the plus-size witch who just wants to putter around my magical-plant nursery in peace, but nooo. The universe is conspiring against me, I swear.The newbie witch down the street just went missing—five minutes before she was gonna give me a ride to our book club. Something magical is stalking through my mundane neighborhood, attacking my neighbors, and I’ve got everybody and their ghost dogs trying to “help” me out.

**“For readers eagerly awaiting the return of Yellowjackets, this novel from McKinnon blends the musical highs of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six with the darkness of The Girls by Emma Cline in a twisty thriller that is hard to resist.” —Library Journal"Rock’n’roll with a dash or two of murder." —Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author**Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead…

"Look at me," he says. "Look at me when I touch you."It's near impossible to ignore my vampire neighbor, Bran Duval, when he has a habit of shucking off his clothes while the blinds are up. He's playing games with me, but I don't mind a challenge.Only problem is, I'm supposed to pledge myself to a rival vampire family and now all I can think about is Bran Duval, black sheep of the Duval vampire family, and the wicked things he's promising to do to me in the...

@devils_sovereign : Marfa, but call me Mar.I’m just your favorite devilish cam girl looking to showcase my assets to my loyal demons. I was encouraged to take on this new persona as a cam girl by one of my clients at my former place of employment, “Sins: In Sin City,” and here I am thriving. Sins is the biggest and most reputable sex club in Vegas, and well, I just got fired yesterday. Not for anything I did, but because my father is the leader of the Russian Mafia. Now I’m stuck, ...