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Join Rose, a devoted botanist, as she tends to her garden throughout the different seasons. As she tills the soil, plants the seeds, harvests the bounty and prunes the flowers, she reflects on nature’s quiet wonders and the lessons her garden has taught her.

In rugged Calabria, historian Carmen Nero is drawn into a perilous hunt for the lost tomb of Alaric I, the Visigoth king who looted ancient Rome. As Carmen teams up with Cesco Rossi, a charismatic conman with a fierce thirst for revenge against the same Mafia, their search draws the attention of Israeli archaeologist Zara Gold, determined to recover the fabled Menorah, rumoured to be hidden alongside Alaric's treasures. Soon, Carmen, Cesco, and Zara are swept into a dangerous web of organised crime, international intrigue, and ancient mysteries.

Robin Wildwood might know the reason she was chosen as Head Witch, but is she ready to rise to the challenge? Her grandmother’s cranky ghost thinks not - and so do Robin’s *living* family members - but at least she has the support of her squirrel familiar Tansy, her friends, and her new boyfriend, Harvey. Demons aside, life is good.

New members of the galactic council, the Callametan’s, have a problem. An astronaut visiting a strange moon in a far corner of their system has disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Edward Virr and his crew agree to take their sentient starship, Gabriel to this distant arm of the Milky Way and investigate what happened. What they find not only exposes a threat to the Callametan’s continued survival, but uncovers a plot that endangers the entire galactic council–and the destruction of Earth itself.

What if a small glass dragon could change your world? Nine-year-old Carter Jamyson never expected that a quick stop at a thrift store would unlock the most magical adventure of his life. But when he discovers a mysterious glass dragon tucked behind a dusty shelf, everything changes. One wish. One moonlit night. And suddenly, Carter is flying into a world where imagination takes wing. From soaring above a midnight zoo to racing dragons at a celestial carnival, Carter’s journey is filled with wonder, heart, and unexpected lessons.

Rory and her magical family are deep in preparing for the holiday celebrations, but the local Grim Reaper throws a spanner—or scythe—in the works when the town of Ivory Beach is chosen to host the Reapers’ annual summit. Not only is the town swarming with angels of death instead of Santa’s elves, but the situation gets even less cheery when a Reaper apprentice is found to have been murdered. Now Rory and Xavier must unmask a killer among a group of people who reap the souls of the dead for a living — not to mention capture someone without a physical body to put behind bars.

Ever since our ancestors first discovered fire, we have used it to sit around and scare one another silly with creepy tales of ghosts, ghouls, bloodthirsty creatures, maniac killers, and everything in between. But, what if those stories, related in the dark of night with trembling voices, flashlight held resolutely beneath the chin, are more than just horrifying tales meant to send shivers down the spine and cause a few sleepless nights?

Being with Crew is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Even better than getting called up to the majors. We may have started as a fling, but he's my end game, the part of everything I want beyond baseball. There's another guy in his life now, though, and he's making up for lost time with his son Grady. I've been trying to find my place with them, and most days I think I have. Other days, it's hard to ignore how Crew might want something easier for him and his son, a future without hotel rooms, stadium lights, and road games.

London's Maxwell Towers have long been under the control of Max—an all-seeing AI intent on punishing wrongdoers and wicked tenants by sending them to the Thirteenth Floor, where unspeakable horrors come to life. Now, Max's coding has been embedded in computer systems all over the world, and there is no escape from his nightmarish reign.

When a competitive rower’s losing streak threatens her Olympic dreams, she must train for the summer with a hometown coach to win it all back in this irresistible opposites-attract romance. “Such a fun, romantic read! I highly recommend this debut romance.”—New York Times bestselling...

From the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a story of two friends who embark on an ill-fated caving expedition—and the dark truth of what happens deep underground. Narrated by Sophie Amoss! After years of excuses, Tess has finally agreed to go caving with her best...

I'm Ivy Lane, and lately, my life has been suspiciously free of faerie-related drama. But there's a storm coming. Now, the lords of Faerie know I have their magic. What they don't know is that I killed a powerful faerie, and might just have doomed both our worlds in the process. With hellhounds camping out in my garden and a dark uprising amongst the half-faeries, something bad is on the move in Faerie. The evil that rose to destroy our world twenty years ago is back. After all, in the place where the faerie realm meets the spirit world, nothing truly dies...

To protect your family’s secrets, how many people would you murder? Planet Earth’s first maximum security jail break involving a cloaked spacecraft necessitates Edward Virr and the crew of the sentient starship Gabriel to give chase. Emboldened by the addition of Andrew’s father, a retired FBI investigator, they pursue their quarry over 250 million light years through a recently discovered galactic gateway – and find themselves immediately fighting for survival.

“You can’t make this stuff up. It’s a wonder anyone bothers writing fiction.” Join our narrator in encounters ranging from poignant to absurd, many laugh-out-loud funny, as he wrestles with self-identity on a journey towards acceptance and gratitude.

The realm whispers of ruin. Mythical creatures choose humans to bond to, warriors and powers that intrigue them. Dragons, unicorns, gryphons, and more. Cursed bloodlines fight to right wrongs. Prophecies and danger. Into this chaos rises a girl who already died once and refuses to die again. Phoenix fire blazes in her veins, carrying her back to the moment everything changed. This time, she will not be a pawn. This time, she will not kneel. This time, she rises.

He rides a dawnling, a steed of light and glory, destined to restore. Jakim Ha’Nor will save his people, or so says the prophecy that upended his life and drove his brothers to betray him. Now, he has returned as the dawnrider to fulfill his purpose and reconcile with his brothers—only to find himself embroiled in a war. Captured in the fallout of a deadly attack, Rafi grapples with the ghosts of the past. His brother is alive but no longer himself, and Rafi will stop at nothing to save him.

Emmy wakes in a strange place, no memories of how she got there or where she is, and is thrust into an arena to fight for her life against... zombies. Confused and determined, she fights her way out into the world with help from a stranger that claims to know her, and keeps fighting to find her place in this strange world. Contains mature content that may not be suitable for persons under 18 years of age. She meets new people and forms friendships as she travels, making her way to a reported safe haven.

Scott Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Donald Trump’s election. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a lucky clown, but Adams—best known as “the guy who created Dilbert”—recognized a level of persuasion you only see once in a generation. We’re hardwired to respond to emotion, not reason, and Trump knew exactly which emotional buttons to push.

For centuries England has always had a leading and admired reputation for its poets and poetry. In this volume we explore those born in the East of England who created such revered, enduring and respected verse.

After learning he has only months to live, Gemini Fowler is granted one shot to cheat death when a billionaire game-developer offers to transfer his consciousness into a virtual realm using a technology that could end death as we know it. The catch: The only current VR with the capability to receive him is the unreleased video game, Enora Online, and Gemini must survive until level ten or be completely wiped from the servers… and existence.