When her parents die, Elizabeth is left with nothing but bills to pay. Debtors come knocking aggressively on her door, making threats, and all she can do is pray that God sends help—fast! Help comes in the guise of a mail-order bride ad and soon Elizabeth is sailing to America, on her way to marry Edmund Williams in San Diego, California. But danger follows her across the ocean and into the arms of Edmund, who has also lost everything and stands to lose even more as he and his frie...

*The brand new novel in The San Diego Case Files series from Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose*'High wire suspense that keeps you riveted' Lisa Gardner*When homicide Detective Kit McKittrick and psychologist Sam Reeves discover a mutilated body in the desert outside San Diego, any number of people could be on their suspect list. The murder victim, local Councillor Brooks Munro, was a hated figure.Following the kill...

A fugitive can't run from her feelings for a lawman in this heartwarming holiday historical romance set in Southern California's gold country.Clear Springs' new schoolteacher, Gemma Starling, feels as if she's been given a fresh start. So long as no one discovers her dark secret—she once shot a man in self-defense!Sheriff Craig Parker has forsworn love, but delightful Miss Starling intrigues him. And when events at the school turn dangerous, Craig won't let...

You have the idea. You have had it for years. What you do not have is the money, so you are waiting.Here is what the research actually says.A Harvard professor went to the five hundred fastest growing companies in America and asked them how they had started. The median was around ten thousand dollars, most of it personal savings. Five per cent had venture capital. Two thirds began with no business plan at all.Since 1980, about two companies in every thousand have raise...

Mark Waid's (Daredevil) superhero epic asks the question, "What if the world's greatest superhero decided to become the world's greatest supervillain?" Collects issues #24-31.

Nineteen-year-old refugee Alephonsion Deng, from war-ravaged Sudan, had great expectations when he arrived in America three weeks before two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers. Money, he’d been told, was given to you in pillows. Machines did all the work. Education was free.Suburban mom Judy Bernstein had her own assumptions. The teenaged “Lost Boys of Sudan”—who’d traveled barefoot and starving for a thousand miles—needed a little mothering and a change of scenery: a trip ...

Collects issues #16-23 of Mark Waid's (Kingdom Come) superhero epic that asks the question, "What if the world's greatest superhero decided to become the world's greatest supervillain?"

"Orbit: RAP Icons" dives into the lives and legacies of four of hip-hop’s most influential figures: Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, and Eminem. This graphic novel biography explores their rise to fame, from Tupac and Biggie's tragic rivalry to Jay-Z’s empire-building career and Eminem's groundbreaking artistry. Each chapter highlights their personal struggles, musical achievements, and enduring impact on rap culture. Illustrated in vivid detail, "Orbit: RAP Icons" captures the e...

Humans have returned to Pandora—with an armada of starships—but Jake Sully and the Na’vi are ready for them!Knowing this day would come, Jake has trained his Na’vi warriors with a plan that should make it too costly for the humans to try again . . . if the plan works.But, any chain of events is only as strong as the weakest link, and in this case the weak link is human nature. As the plan unravels, Jake and Neytiri must race against time to return to Pandor...

Summer 2014. Diego Costa has arrived for his first day as a Chelsea player and he has something he wants to say to his new team-mates. He's been practising a single, short sentence. Actually, a mission statement. "I go to war - you come with me." In The Art of War, Fran Guillen retraces every step of Costa's brutal, exhilarating journey: from street footballer in his home city of Lagarto, north-east Brazil, to La Liga winner at Atletico Madrid, through loan spells at Celta Vigo, Albacete, ...

With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, t****his is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows.Supported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN PromotesVeering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentr...

Imagine a world where the past, present and future have collided. A world that is timeless. This is the world Diego was born into…For fans of Rick Riordan and Brian Selznick, author-artist Armand Baltazar introduces the first book in a new fantasy adventure series.Over 150 full-colour illustrations bring this cinematic story to life!You’ve never seen Earth like this before: continents reshaped, oceans re-formed, cities rebuilt. Dinosaurs roam the pl...