"A vividly imagined world, teeming with magic, merriment, and mayhem." - BookLife"A story you'll want to read over and over again, no matter what time of year it is." -Readers' FavoriteIn the heart of the North Pole, a white-calf mystery is born to the ancient elder of the Reindeer Council. On the same December eve, on the west side of Philadelphia, jingle writer Felicity Nichols experiences an epiphany that will change her life—and the calf’s—forever....

When the Skyline Changes by James B. Fitzgerald is a gripping, character-driven thriller that follows Willem "Will" Kelly, a disillusioned loan officer trapped in a failing marriage and a soul-crushing corporate job. The story opens in his Manhattan office, where an ominous email from his company's Financial Investigation Officer threatens to unravel a scheme he has been carefully orchestrating-embezzling funds to finance his complete disa...

"He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist."Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins.In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is ...

Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.

Ardita Farnam, flapper and demimondaine, has a feisty will and a fiery tongue. But when 7 hulking musicians seize her yacht while her rich uncle goes ashore, she soon discovers the limits of her persuasive powers, and a battle of wits begins.

Bernice has rare beauty and wealth, but is undeniably socially awkward. Her cousin Marjorie does her best to make Bernice into a social vampire. Being a socialite in America in the 1920s, it seems to her that some of the more archaic feminine ideals need to go. Bernice's long, luxurious hair may need to go, too.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment is increasingly a standard part of the management of patients with depression supported by a rapidly expanding research base. This new expanded and amended concise clinical guide will serve as a reference and practical tool for clinicians working with or learning about this treatment technique. The opening chapters provide basic information on the history and development of rTMS treatment and its mechanism of action. Use of the ...

Written by a former Traffic Homicide Investigator and a Retired District Attorney, Crash Course is the definitive guide to defensive driving. With over 50 years of combined experience at crash scenes and in courtrooms, the authors deliver a gripping, eye-opening look into the true cost of reckless, distracted, and impaired driving.Packed with unforgettable real-life cases and fifteen essential defensive driving tips, this book equips readers with the tools to make safer, s...

Sooner or later, most people want to make a difference. Even little things count. Sometimes, though, we get the message that theres more we could be doing. Jim is living a good lifehe doesnt have too much work, has time to enjoy the outdoors, has a great group of friends, terrific parents, and a girlfriend in the wings. But the year he turns thirty, when one friend is killed working for a charity in Afghanistan and another friend joins Doctors Without Borders, he starts wanting to do more ...

Bryan Dalyrimple returns to his hometown as a war hero after World War I. But after the ticker tape parades and back-slapping handshakes, and he finds himself stuck in a dead-end job with little room for advancement, frustration begins to mount. He decides to turn to the only option left for him – crime.Originally published in the 1920 short story collection Flappers and Philosophers, Fitzgerald shines a light on the sentiment toward the returning doughboys of World War I, and the ...

#DarkAcademia Classics Collection gathers fiction, essays, fantasy, social satire, psychological study, and modernist experiment around the dark-academic preoccupations of learning, ambition, secrecy, beauty, moral compromise, and intellectual unrest. Its range moves from late-Victorian romance and realism through Edwardian wit to the fractured sensibilities of modernism. Particularly arresting are the collection's treatments of cloistered aspiration, aesthetic obsession, and the unsettlin...

"I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."When Benjamin Button is born he looks oddly like an old man. He's not interested in playing with other kids and he's too low on energy to participate anyway. When Benjamin turns 20 it dawns on his family that he is aging backwards. The younger he grows, the mor...