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An island in the Mediterranean, a traveler's dream destination, and a nightmare for those involved in a deep-rooted crime. Philine, interpreter, single mother, and bankrupt, is forced to sell her one asset, her beloved cottage on Ibiza, when she runs into even more problems: her best friend has disappeared, a fire breaks out-and, on top of all, she is confronted with Adam, a man she, for good reason, never wanted to see again. He'd flown in from Texas to bury his sister, who supposedly committed suicide on the island, though he suspects she was murdered. When a connection between her death, Phil's disappeared friend, and more fatalities are revealed, the two ex-lovers reluctantly collaborate. "e;Verena Mahlow's Island of Dead Gods combines a meticulously constructed international thriller with her extensive personal exploration of Ibiza, long a magnet for bohemians, speculators and sybarites of all nationalities. Mahlow's intelligently devised, twisting plot includes much local color-cuisine, ancient sites, modern ambience-and diverse characters, an arcane coterie of goddess-worshipping proto-feminists and men treating themselves to easy, sleazy sex. Mahlow deftly moves these players toward an unexpected, explosive climax."e; ~ Barbara Bamberger Scott, A Woman's Write

One thing connects all cultures and people-we all want great stories that entertain.In Something Went Cold, you'll read five such stories. Short stories that will seduce and entertain while taking you on a jolting journey of surprise and enchantment. In "e;#MeToo,"e; you'll relish how an abused young woman gets her revenge. When you read "e;On the Serengeti, Nothing is Wasted,"e; your heart will beat faster as you accompany our heroes in a survival tale unlike any other. In "e;The Afterlife of Adolf Hitler,"e; you'll find death is just the beginning for Der Fuhrer.In Glenn Reschke's Something Went Cold, you'll read stories that will transport you to another world where you will be changed. And moved.

Solo invites the reader to embark on a journey into the solitary self, exploring one's evolving relationship with the surrounding environment. This stirring and thoughtful work articulates the rewards of self-reflection, and of silence, deep listening, and meditation.---Solo: Venturing Alone in the Northern Wilds takes us to a place that nearly all of us are afraid to venture-a place where there are no lifelines or emergency exits. Finding himself face to face with challenging waters, grizzlies and extreme weather, Dick Anderson nonetheless discovers an unexpected inner peace and strength that allows him to persevere and survive. As much as it is a journey through the rugged wilds of the north, this is also a powerful journey of the soul. -Barton Rubenstein, Public Artist, Mother Earth Project cofounder and avid canoeist

Shapeshifting-a Blessing or a Curse?Crystia is not a typical teenager-she's a Cloaker. She spends her time perfecting her shapeshifting abilities under the watchful eyes of the Black Coats, who use her powers to maintain order. The good news is, she's not alone. She's trapped in The Port with other shapeshifters who were taken from their parents at birth. Under the guidance of the mysteriously tempting Pike, she and her friends realize it's time to end their involuntary imprisonment. Little do they know, Simone is leading an insurgency from the outside. With her quick-witted and fiery nature she won't tolerate Cloaker exploitation, so she teams up with them to end the tyranny once and for all.Alexandra Lapointe's Cloakers is a story of vengeance amidst a world where genetically modified teenagers are considered the greatest evil. In this action-packed novel, their shapeshifting abilities will be put to the test, and, unfortunately, not everyone will survive.

In Granddaughter of Dust, brilliant debut poet Laura Williams presents a compelling collection of poems whose perspective demonstrates an original outlook and heartfelt emotions. Williams has crafted a deeply moving collection that addresses themes of religion, culture, and a personal journey of growth. Bringing a unique voice to familiar characters from our collective experience, Williams provides the reader with an unexpected view, and her readers will connect to the raw emotion and depth of feeling found in these verses. Williams' free form style and use of rhythmic repetition evoke a lyrical feeling which lingers long after the page is turned.

Ariana Moulton''s Tracing the Curve draws on the poet''s deep connection to the spaces in and around her-Chicago, Vermont, the shores of Lake Michigan-and her natural anxieties as a woman, mother, and teacher. The essential voice in each poem ranges from truly heartbreaking to simply joyous. Tracing the Curve, Moulton''s debut collection, will take you under damp viaducts, above a single ruby maple leaf, and into the questions that COVID-19 has created in all of us. Her words aim to open windows of the heart while begging questions of our world that need to be asked. 

Have you ever shuddered at the thought of retirement? Considered it a fearful, even inconceivable proposition? "e;Retire? Why in the world would you want to do that? In Gaining Altitude, Rebecca Milliken tells the saga of her odyssey into retirement after turning 60, an odyssey that included changing much more than she had anticipated. She invites the audience to accompany her in this memoir as she recounts the highs and lows of laying the groundwork for retirement, making the leap, and finding her way to what lay beyond. The journey she describes is one without a playbook: the ambivalence and second-guessing, the leap and the limbo that followed - opening the way for the surprising and even exhilarating experience of free fall and freedom, then a "e;rewirement"e; - the discovery of an entirely new avocation - writing. This memoir invites the reader to think differently about retirement. It beckons those with long careers to imagine what might come next: the cultivation of unimagined possibilities in retirement.

Madeline Farber''s "less on that later" gives us more on everything, right now.Through an exploration of dichotomy-north versus south, child versus adult, love versus loss- "less on that later" invites us to deepen relationship (with ourselves and others), question belonging, and wonder how much space a person is allowed. Farber reflects on these themes through her experiences in love, childhood, queer/femme experience, and her own rude and relentless subconscious. Her thrilling and often hilarious words provide a raw, visceral roadmap through love and lust, desire and deterioration, and remind us that, sometimes unfortunately, relationships are the point.In "less on that later" by Madeline Farber, we experience an ode to vulnerability, authenticity, and connection in spite of the inherent pain they bring. In doing so, we are tasked with asking ourselves the collection''s central question: where is home and how do you know?

The Jesus Nut tells the parallel stories of three unlikely pilgrims--a reviled professor, a delusional homeless veteran, and a priest who loves strip clubs--searching for the greatest religious relic of the 21st century. Thrown together after a raucous showdown with evangelists, they decide to ignore their differences and work as a team in pursuit of their holy purpose. Their journey to New York City leads to a fateful encounter with a former advertising executive, whose mad ramblings suggest he might be the very oracle to help them fulfill their destiny.A quirky, subversive novel that addresses timely issues and lampoons evangelical hypocrisy, The Jesus Nut ultimately reveals itself to be a story of second chances and agape love. Along the way, you'll meet self-righteous academics, a curious and ambitious stripper, a farmer with a remarkable peanut, a trucker fascinated by the constellations, a profane church maintenance crew, and more. Prepare for an irreverent quest which will remind you of the value of friends and the miraculous power of faith.

Harold is just a regular beaver. He has a mom, he has a dad, and he has lots of friends. Harold goes to school, he does his homework, he finishes his chores, and he plays outside. But Harold wants to do more. He wants to be more. Harold wants to be an Easter Beaver. And with the help of his mom, he will be. 

How could a 130-year-old painting in a Paris museum galvanize a hunt for a Nazi war criminal?In June of 1938, Sasha Wolf falls in love with a painting and a man. But in August Sasha discovers that her father has been murdered by a Nazi at Camp Siegfried in America. She vows to bring this Nazi to justice, even though this means she won''t be able to return to France to be with her soulmate. Twenty-five years later her son Peter, who inherits his mother''s obsession, becomes a Nazi hunter in Italy. This culminates in a Nazi War Crimes Tribunal, with real-life characters - Simon Wiesenthal, Dr. Hannah Arendt, Dr. Hans Munch, and Mengele Twins, all playing an important role. But when a mysterious figure appears in the courtroom, Sasha realizes that she might not have everything figured out after all.WHEN I AM ASHES by Amber Rose braids love and suspense, good and evil, and life and death to unravel family secrets and expose two monasteries (part of the Nazi ratlines) which hid Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele after World War II. This drama will appeal to all concerned with the rise of anti-Semitism and White Supremacy in today''s landscape.

Why do you try, when you never know?Welcome to Newborn Kingdom, the urban-fantasy world behind the mirrors.Kilian and Jegor Lancaster are the royal case investigators of Icon, the world capital city of New Born Kingdom - the land of monster, mystery and magic. Their newest case of 19 dead Trickster magicians lets the first domino fall in a series of events that neither of them had seen coming. A dark journey between magic, love and lies begins.Melancholy Vision - A Revolution Series by L. C. Hamilton is an urban-fantasy path that lets the reader dive into a world full of magic, horror and diverse LGBTQAI+ characters. The opening story to a deeper layer of magic between creatures, conflict and a corrupt system. Are you ready to join?

"e;I couldn't put down The Embers of Tradition. Just regrettably finished it and still expecting more pages of this treasure of tradition. But who's best to write about the fate of twins and other brutal conflicts in old Igbo Land than the one who perilously came close to suffering the cruelty of our ancient tradition? Chukwudum Okeke has weaved a tapestry of intrigue and joy that sustained our people even as crude as such lifestyle seems to us now."e;Bertram Okpokwasili BS. Eng Yale; D Eng.Sci Columbia University Igbo Traditional Chief, Ichie Onyeogadilinma Professor of Business and Digital Media Georgian Court University --What is birthed from a dead, despised or abandoned culture? What leads to the death of tradition in a society? These are the questions The Embers of Tradition explores with a wide-sweeping look at the effects of colonization on the culture of the Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria through the events that transpired in one family. Through Nweke, a respected, hot-tempered and stubborn man, his relationship with his Ikenga, his family, his best friend, and his town, we see the many far-reaching consequences, some good, others devastating, of what rose from the embers of an interrupted cultural system.The Embers of Tradition illuminates the beauty and gore of foundational Igbo culture, and the changes through the ages, leaving one with a faint nostalgia for an uncolonized evolution. To remain relevant in a changing world, will Nweke do the unthinkable?

The worst day of Laura Greenwood's life began when she learned that her brother had been arrested on suspicion of murder. It only went downhill from there. Within hours, Laura finds herself swept up in a bloody vendetta, framed for a crime she didn't commit, with no way of proving her innocence. Enlisting the help of homicide detective Zachary Zimmerman, Laura sets out to track down the real culprit, following the only lead she has: rumors of an enigmatic assassin who wields a power that defies logic and reason. A man of legendary status in the criminal underworld. And now he is after Laura. It's kill or be killed, and Laura is in no mood for mercy. Laura's quest for retribution takes her to far darker places than she could ever have imagined. But sometimes, the deepest darkness is that which we create ourselves. Deep within her heart, beneath the rage and lust for revenge, something more sinister is starting to grow...

Behind every light switch is a coal miner. Inside every car engine is a roustabout and mud logger. Our smartphones charge on coal, our vehicles drink gas and oil given up by our prehistoric ancestors and pumped from the ground by people we never meet. Meanwhile, there are Dani and Cap Pellegrin, Mr. John, Robert Brooks, Allen and Mora and Jacob. They are just as human in their feelings, just as American, yet somehow hidden, forgotten if we ever knew them. They have their own expectations of life, their love, their children, their craft. Just like us. If we could just take a peek in those lives, to see what they're like, we could start to appreciate each other.Well #9 is just a small attempt to peel back those layers, so we can see their faces and see ourselves.

Damaged is a compelling collection of poetry, the story of death, grief, and the will to survive. Birthing hope in the darkest of nights, these melancholy lines follow a lost girl learning to understand her power, using her wings to fly far away, and to find the home inside her own wounded heart.Crystal Well''s Damaged is a riveting collection about finding yourself and paying all the costs, even when tending to the dead during a beginning that feels like the end.

Will you be allowed to pass through to the Second World? Could you escape the terrors of Agenesis? There's only one way to find out...Skye, your slightly above average teenager, has never left the boring little farm town of Alfaro. Her senior year at Black Pine High School ends up taking a stark turn of events as she meets Olli, who she thought was the school's handsome yet mysterious foreign exchange student. While juggling the challenges of high school, dating, and graveyard golf she starts to realize something is very wrong. Skye begins to see glimpses of an impossible future.What was believed to be a simple head injury turns out to be much more. As she is taken into the magical Second World, surrounded by royalty, milkweed pixies, and even sorcerers, she is left questioning everything about the life she thought she had in the First World. Skye tries to embrace her new powers, but is also terrified by her discoveries. Can she even trust her own parents anymore? Who or what was the real Skye Hope, and could she live up to the truth?

In this gripping and poignant tale, Catherine Finley leaves her dream job and the heartbreak of a failed relationship to take a new position closer to her ailing father, Douglas. As the undergraduate dean at Franklin College, she quickly discovers the history of her boss's sexual abuse. When she becomes his latest victim, she finds herself in conflict with the college's female president who will do anything to protect its secrets. Catherine seeks refuge in visits to her father's shore home, but powerful memories unsettle her. A web of memories reveals Douglas's meaningful romance in the 1960s with Grace, a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement, and his disappointment that social justice promised during that turbulent time was never fully realized. Catherine's professional and personal worlds collide as she discovers the College's secrets are woven into her father's story.Nancy Allen's Grace is a stirring investigation of sexual politics and women's tenuous relationship with power. The novel's lyric prose conveys the power of memory to shape and redefine struggles with faith, self-doubt, and love lost.

Ignite your imagination as you are introduced to Sadie, a wise and caring raccoon.Growing up for Charley is quite a daunting task, especially after a sudden tragedy upends her current existence. A serendipitous encounter with Sadie propels Charley into a new and enlightening reality. Walk with her as she begins a transformation that will send her down a path never before imagined.The story of Sadie and Charley will speak to readers young and old, and we''ll all remember that life can be changed in an instant: sometimes by sadness, and sometimes by the unexpected arrival of something magical.

"My tango covers the whole cemetery. It sings its joy and its pain, its melody haunts every passage of this labyrinth, and its words find homes in the most unusual mausoleums..." The Recoleta Stories reveals the intertwined histories and post-life realities of residents at the world-famous Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These tales go from present to past, and grasp the future. Magically realized, they entwine with an exciting and often violent Argentine history. Throughout, the city of Buenos Aires infuses its presence onto the page.In The Recoleta Stories, Bryon Esmond Butler gives us insight into another world, at once exotic and familiar, at once dead and very, very alive.

Leo is a young lion. He has some sad moments during his day. He wonders: Do lions cry?In "Do Lions Cry" Erina White, PhD lets kids know that expression of sadness is a strength. Watch Leo grow through his sadness and become bigger and stronger through his tears. 

In the wake of a horrific and unimaginable tragedy, Bambi M├╝ller and her younger brother, Joseph, set out on a quest for justice. After they''ve lost everything, they''re determined to find their new selves and what it means to have a home, again.Their parents, prominent winemakers in Walla Walla, Wash., are murdered in cold blood by a U.S. Military Police Officer. With nothing left but the foreign idea of revenge, they embark on a monumental journey through a world that is falling apart, a nightmarish world stranger than anything they''ve ever experienced before.Sprawling across time and geography, and featuring hundreds of characters-spies and drunk delegates representing the League of Nations, murderous twin brothers, winemakers and potheads, anarchists and assassins, faux-patriots, Nihilists, philosophers, pimps, cowboys and Native Americans, veterans and pacifists, many finding out that the American Dream was a Lie-they are all connected by the shared paranoia of the United States entering World War II.In Brian Nisun''s It Was Called a Home we confront the realization that the greatest evil can reside within those who swear to protect the innocent, and that there is no place like home.

In this collection of twelve personal essays, Elizabeth Templeman peers into the rear-view mirror, reflecting back over two decades of family life. Her stories pull forth the joy and mystery, the hopes and fears, the antics and expeditions, of those years when the kids are coming of age and the nest is emptying. They conjure up a family coming to know themselves-who they are as individuals, and also the volatile mosaic they form stuffed in a rental van on their way across the country, crowded within a nylon tent on a windy beach, or crammed in a creepy motel room in an unfamiliar landscape.Out and Back celebrates the ordinary and captures what it means to be a family, even as that family hurtles across the expanse of seasons, space, and every conceivable mood. There are those magical moments when family-a constellation of five-all seem to be gliding in the same direction, leaning into one another. But more typical are those times when individuals careen into one another, colliding, or at the last minute, clutching that safety net. Spinning from the slapstick to the subdued, the pages tell of storm clouds and squabbles, of teenage angst and hard-won amnesty, of hockey rinks and icebergs and everything in between.

Long before there were books, there were spirits, demons, djinns. Many were of no consequence, idle beings with no interest in humanity, some, kindly, eager to help, visiting anxious souls in their final sleep to provide reassurance.A few were different from any of these. A few were angry and full of hate.At some point, one of these deadly fragments of consciousness passed into a book. This Book had been one of the very earliest books, and was for this reason, an important Book. However, it was also an ordinary Book, tribune of the everyday, diary of earth, a Book of interest only to our museums and historians.Now there are new stories in the old Book, stories written by the spirit.In David Ellis's A Book of Life, the stories come alive in the pages for the story is the Book itself, and the words within are solely for the eyes of the chosen. The privileged reader then has a choice...to ignore, or to believe...to walk on through life, alone, or to follow the old laws, to follow the Book...