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Galanta is only one step away from successfully releasing Santanas. The faeries must either stop her or hope that their allies stand strong in the coming storm. While they seek her out, they are forced to cement old allegiances and create new ones. With this in mind, Orion offers himself as a groom to the treacherous night faeries, asking only that Aethan go in his stead to choose his bride. Meanwhile, Galanta's spell means that while Izzy now remembers Aethan, he has no memory of her.

It's been thirteen years since the Dark Years ended. Thirteen years since the mad War Faery responsible was imprisoned in stone. Now, with goblin attacks on the rise, it seems Galanta, the Goblin Queen, is intent on returning the land to chaos and terror. Isadora Scrumpleton is trying not to think about the Dark Years. She's just been chosen by her "familiar", found out she's half faery, and discovered she's dating the second-in-line to the Faery Throne. That's enough for one teenage witch to handle. But when goblins attack her village, Izzy is forced into action....

In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child. A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher, compèred by Richard Cordery, and with speeches read by a variety of narrators. SPEECHES OF NOTE: seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else’s shoes. From Shaun Usher, the author of the international...

Chaz Scalise controls a vast crime organization. He's vicious and calculating. His whims decide who lives, who dies and who gets sold. Getting an agent of the law close to him is next to impossible. Little does he know that a reluctant bride will serve him his downfall with a cup of gourmet coffee.

At long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist—written by the ancients themselves. How to Travel gathers classic texts from Greek and Roman writers to explore what today’s audiences can learn from ancient encounters with unfamiliar peoples, places, and customs.

A place that was once the site of the United States of America’s greatest shame. A man who worships the dollar as an all mighty god. A building that should not have been built standing on land that should not have been sold. A family looking for a home. The ghosts of those who never went home. An investigator who finds more than he bargained for. A Shinto priest tasked to find a way to make peace between the past and the present.

What happens when a dysfunctional family gets all mixed up with a crime family? The lines between what is business and what is personal get blurred to the point of being nearly completely erased. Personalities clash and family ties of both types get stretched to their limits. Money can justify just so much when family loyalties are at odds with good business practices. Family ties can only justify so much bad behavior. When family and ‘family’ clash, something has got to give and deals for family members’ lives have got to be made.

Firewing Investigations follows dragon shifter PJ Norris as he searches the land newly freed from an evil queen for more of his kind. Along with his best friend Grant, and a brand new amulet that unleashes the dragon in his mind, PJ sets off on a magical, cozy adventure – solving a few magical mysteries along the way.

Hi. My name is Linda Johnson. I’m a foodie. I’m also a vampire. What? Don’t you think a vampire can be excited about eating? There is a multitude of tastes in the world to be enjoyed. Just because I drink blood it doesn’t mean I can’t have an appreciation for the finer culinary palates from around the world. Haven’t you ever heard of ‘season to taste’?

If you die in your nightmare, will you die in real life? What if there was some kind of entity, not of this world, who could enter your nightmare and take your life? Imagine that your nightmare is an intrusion into another dimension and your presence causes physical harm to that dimension’s natural resident. If that entity fought back to defend its home from the intruders, would you say it was wrong? Everyone has the right to defend their home. Using the intruders’ nightmares as weapons against them is smart and effective. Sometimes killing is the only way to protect yourself and your home.

Little has been known about the Oompa Loompas who work in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Until now! This is the story of the Oompa Loompas, how they lived before they met Willy Wonka, and how they convinced him to take them to his factory.

For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.

Whether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted by this cornucopia of writings about living and working on the land, harvested from the fertile fields of ancient Greek and Roman literature. An inspiring antidote to the digital age, How to Be a Farmer evokes the beauty and bounty of nature with a rich mixture of philosophy, practical advice, history, and humor.  

Tara Babcock awakes the morning after her 30th birthday with a hangover that could kill an elephant - and the knowledge she is still no closer to achieving closure on her marriage breakup. Things go from bad to worse when she discovers that, not only is her ex-husband engaged to her cousin -...

Did you know everyone who is a disciple is saved, but not everyone who is saved is a disciple? What does it mean to be a Kingdom Disciple, and how does one become a Kingdom Disciple? “7 Keys to Kingdom Discipleship” is a step-by-step guide designed to encourage and challenge you to go deeper into the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Jesus Christ. Many people, once they become saved, use salvation as the end game. So, they never get around to becoming mature Kingdom Disciples.

PJ Norris continues his trek around Kingscountry in search of more dragon shifters. He and his best friend Grant arrive in the town of Cheshireville, which had a nearby secret magical enclave that safely hid creatures during the reign of the evil queen. But all is not well in the small town: a monstrous creature has been frightening the citizenry at night, and Firewing Investigations is hired to get to the bottom of things. PJ hopes this is the dragon shifter he's been searching for, but as he's learned, anything is possible in a magical town.

A killer who strikes every year during the holidays. A new hot shot detective on his tail. Five women at the mercy of a mad man. But he has made a mistake this year and he has taken more than he is prepared to deal with. It’s a race to cross a finish line of blood. Who will win; the killer, the cop or the memory come back as a haunting ghost.

This book was brilliant in written form and it’s even better in audio, with a cast of famous voices elevating hilarious, horrifying and moving historical epistles – Guardian, Audiobook of the Week Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant...

In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the worlds beyond our own and celebrations of the human ingenuity that has...