Nimbus and Celestial are the first divine on the Ethereal Realm since time unremembered. Still, even fledgling angels must prove themselves to earn a place in Seraph training with the revered Archangels. And so far, Nimbus is an unmitigated disaster: his arrows go awry, he's addicted to human food and the Nymphs run if there's the vaguest hint he'll attempt a spell. When all the Gods and Archangels on the Ethereal Realm abruptly disappear, it's up to Celestial, their irresponsible Ambrosia...

Demonic Hordes. Biblical Plagues. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse smothering the human world in pestilence. And a girl caught smack in the middle.When Xanthe's stepfather, Bull, is executed in the most hideous way, her troubles are only beginning. For his loss rallies vengeful enemies – both mortal and unearthly – foiled for decades by Bull. But he didn't do the job alone. Now, Xan has inherited his supernatural contract and a bossy, homicidal parasite. With wings.As Hell's...

When seventeen-year-old over-achiever, Nic Lawson, discovers a mysterious girl with a tracker-bracelet on her ankle hiding in his barn, he has no inkling of the trouble about to invade his ordered existence. Until her toxic family infiltrate his town and begin to interfere in every aspect of his life. Stalked by the persistent Arkady clan: murderous cousin, persuasive father, calculating mother and captivating Mira, the girl in the hay, Nic risks everything to get rid of them. But they bel...

The most respected, all-in-one global STD reference - now in full-colorWith a level of detail and scientific rigor that no other text can match, Sexually Transmitted Diseases takes you through all aspects of STDs, from epidemiology to diagnosis and public health measures. Featuring an exciting new full-color format, the fourth edition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases delivers the most encyclopedic overview of the clinical, microbiological, and public healt...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the latest techniques in female genitourinary and pelvic floor disorders. It features detailed insight into these conditions along with detailed descriptions of how treatment has changed in recent times for these disorders. The latest methodologies for pharmacological treatment, conservative therapy, surgical techniques, and how to avoid potential complications are discussed. Topics including relevant neurophysiology, measurement of urinary sympt...

Fancy a trip to Pluto? Or how about a fearful drive along a stretch of country road, or a long, hot, dusty walk to Nairobi? Unless you prefer to go to church with a strange woman in green tights, her hair alive with electricity. Here you have 34 stories, each one a journey, whether planned or unexpected, funny or frightening, real or figurative, shared or dreadfully alone. ‘They had a long journey ahead of them’ was the prompt: the writers here, from award-winning authors to exciting new t...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...

She can already see the dead . . . but is she starting to see the future?Spurred by the injustices that nearly destroyed their family, Jess and Hannah Ballard are preparing to win back a seat on the powerful Durupinen Council. The odds are stacked against them, but that's never stopped them before. But as Hannah faces the harsh realities of political intrigue, Jess must face a frightening new reality of her own.Jess made a promise months before, a promise t...

Join us on a pumpkin spiced, ghost-riddled, spooky journey amongst the imaginations of fifteen horrifyingly excellent indie authors. Let them take you on a candle-lit journey through the minds of the depraved, departed and desperate as they treat you to their haunting tales. Lock the doors, close the curtains and don’t turn off the light!

Deep in the heart of old London town, spirits are drawn to the tempting lure of a lie . . .As Jess Ballard is struggling to adjust to her new life in London without Finn Carey to watch over her, she has thrown herself into her role as a Tracker, using her gift to communicate with and help as many spirits as she can. But just as she begins to settle into a new city, the city reveals a mystery too intriguing—and dangerous—to ignore.Something sinister is drawi...

A battle looms, and she could lose everything . . .Again and again, the same dreadful prediction . . . a remote prison fortress, a fierce battle, an unthinkable outcome.For Jess Ballard, the signs could not be clearer; if the Durupinen want to maintain their control over the Gateways to the spirit world, they will have to battle for them at the ancient Skye Príosún, where even now a rebellion is brewing, ready to burst the barriers of the ancient stronghold...

From E. E. Holmes, author of the award-winning Gateway Trilogy, comes the first in the highly anticipated companion series The Gateway Trackers.It's been several years since Jess and Hannah Ballard foiled a cataclysmic prophecy that could have destroyed their fellow Durupinen, an ancient clan of women who allow spirits to cross between the worlds of the living and the dead. The girls swore, after the devastation and chaos they endured, they would never get caught u...