In Roots & the Remittance Man, a captivating historical fiction, we follow a diverse family tree as its branches converge in the Carrot River Valley of the Northwest Territories in 1902. From Sweden, Muskoka, and Iowa, these intrepid settlers make their way to homestead near Melfort, Saskatchewan.A Scottish family, burdened by loss from an epidemic, travels by wagon train, finding salvation in a Cree chief. In Sweden, tragedy strikes, and a widowed wife and her daughters b...

Daler is a coming-of-age story that follows a young man navigating life and relationships from his teenage years into early adulthood. Over the course of the nonlinear narrative, Daler experiences friendship and heartbreak, lust and love, wisdom and betrayal. He tries to make sense of a confusing world as he grows into his own. Though introspective and reserved, Daler has a kind heart and forms meaningful connections. The story provides a window into universal questions around purpose, int...

Ever wonder what life is like on a touring ice-skating show? How many people travel with the show, how do you pack two fifty-pound suitcases with a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, and supplies? Do you pay your own hotel and transportation? Speaking of pay, what do they pay? How do you cook in a hotel room? And who is hooking up with whom? This semi autobiography is a humorous look into the world of a traveling show about how to live this type of life on the road. It is a coming-of-age stor...

Embark on a delightful journey with a curious little girl, as she unfolds the wonders of her world! Top Leaf invites you to see the magic of everyday through her wide-eyed wonder. Her joy is infectious as she revels in the beauty of trees, cherishes the waves lapping at the beach, and finds excitement in all the little adventures that lie in between. With each page, her enthusiasm for the simple joys around her will surely brighten your day and remind you of the endless magic that...

Have you ever found yourself confronting life and its many important decisions and find yourself living life due to your past decisions? Do you earnestly seek and need a change in your life’s direction? As you come from your vicissitude of despair, suddenly enlightenment dawns upon you. Your pathway becomes clearer and you begin the process of change. As you continue, the change you seek does not appear; but then, you come to your final crossing point, that is, either to descend into darkn...

Hold on to your hats… here comes a roller-coaster, magical, mystical, and hilarious adventure for children of all ages. Little Odd lives happily on Cloud Ninety-Nine-a-Hundred, until one day, an accidental roll sends Little Odd tumbling to Earth.Completely clueless and lost, Little Odd soon gathers a motley crew of misfits and outcasts. Together, they embark on a madcap journey through The Dump, The Land of Wonder, the Pits of Despair, the Underworld, and finally, a grand finale of...

A sexy, daring and darkly comic odyssey: a young woman rails against conformity to create a life outside the social order by Prix Goncourt winning poet Laura Vazquez'Unique, poetic, and radical – witty and so beautiful it brings tears to your eyes.' Édouard Louis‘Her prose has a marked propulsive power… There is a dreamlike quality to her writing, reminiscent of Kafka, Beckett and Dostoevsky’ TLS

Part odyssey, part existential enquiry, The Forces tell the story of a girl at odds with the social order, from one of the most exciting young writers in France today.In this wild, incandescent novel from one of France's most important writers, a young woman takes on the hardships of the world with poetic clarity and shows us how much strength, courage, and hope can be found in a single life.Setting off on a journey through her childhood, a young w...

A sexy, daring and darkly comic odyssey: a young woman rails against conformity to create a life outside the social order by Prix Goncourt winning poet Laura VazquezWinner of the Prix DécembreThe Forces follows an unnamed narrator on an intoxicating journey through an unnamed French city from scenes of childhood to city streets, an underground cult, a lesbian bar, a drug den, through screens and memories, and into the wilderness un...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.This is an audio adaptation of the ⁠OpenStax Principles of Management textbook⁠. The audiobook is produced by ⁠Audileo⁠.Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course...

The third in a series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories appeared in magazines from the Edinburgh Review to Granta, in anthologies from various publishers, and in authors' own short story collections. They appeared online at 3:AM Magazine, Fleeting and elsewhere.This new anthology includes stories by: Charles Boyle, Reg...

A gripping collection of eight dramas and readings featuring elaborate thefts, confidence tricks and impossible missions, including the infamous Hatton Garden heistMountain of Light by Simon Bovey: It’s 1851 and London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition. To housebreaker John Rayverne, it's harvest time as fine houses stand empty while the occupants attend the spectacle. But his activities have come to the notice of a Governor of the Ba...