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Growing up on modern day Earth, I had no idea I’d been selected from birth to help a dying race save their population. So when a starship abducts me for a royal wedding with galactic consequences, my only option is to help its crew of beautiful officers complete their mission. The catch? I have to protect my gorgeous bride and new allies from an alluring enemy who wants my immunity to a fertility-killing plague for herself, even if it means I have to take command.

Hundreds of years ago, she was known as La Malinche: a Nahua woman who translated for the conquistador Cortés. In the centuries since, her name has gone down in infamy as a traitor. But no one ever found out what happened to La Malinche after Cortés destroyed her people. In the ashes of the empire, she was reborn as Malinalli, an immortal vampire. And she has become an avenger of conquered peoples, traveling the world to reclaim their stolen artifacts and return them to their homelands. But she has also been in search of something more.

Kim Slade is at work when there's a knock at her office door. Someone is waiting for her in reception. A woman claiming to be her mother. The mother who abandoned her thirty years ago. Monica Slade has been working as a live-in housekeeper for a judge and his wife, she says. But now Judge Hawkes is dead. The last thing Monica says before the police take her in for questioning is: "There are things you should know. About the past."

Der Fluch der Finsternis. Noch immer kann Sóley nicht glauben, dass Layla fort ist. Am liebsten würde sie sofort nach Nŏsfera reisen, um ihre Freundin aus den Fängen des Herrschers der Verdammnis zu befreien. Vor ihrer vollständigen Wandlung darf sie die gefährliche Dämonenwelt allerdings nicht betreten. Gemeinsam mit Chester reist sie durch das Land der Magielosen, um in den Besitz der Insignien, geschmiedet aus der Macht der dreizehn Dämonenherrscher, zu gelangen. Nur so können sie den Fluch der Verlorenen Familie, der auf Chester lastet, endlich lösen und ihm zu alter Stärke verhelfen.

There's a land rush on exploiting alien tech. Pirates, claim-jumpers, cyborgs, and bureaucrats all must be defeated to keep Borag flying. Corporal Devin Starn is working his way up through the ranks of Red Company. Aboard Borag, a mining ship based out of Mars City, Starn discovers more about the aliens who preceded us. Their ruins and strange technologies deepen the mystery of their ancient downfall.

After the death of Mori Gladius, the champion of the human lands, humankind is still reeling. Belzu is on the run, and Levithus has the Sword of Alexander. With Salvos finally reunited with her companions, perhaps... this is the perfect chance to deal with one of her problems once and for all.

Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the immense wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. He knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of how to find happiness and peace when surrounded by misery and turmoil, and how to make the right choices—even if they are more difficult—without regard for self-interest. Meditations brings Marcus Aurelius's inspiring words to life and shows his wisdom to be as relevant today as it was in the second century.

In her compelling narrative, Jenny blossoms from a dreamy girl into a resolute woman and a doting mother, balancing motherhood's joys and a flourishing real estate career. Beyond living her dreams, she emerges as a beacon of inspiration, enchanting the world with her heartwarming children's books and mesmerizing artworks. This memoir isn't just her life story—it's a tribute to resilience and dreaming audaciously, inspiring all dreamers to reach for the stars. A heartfelt gift from Jenny to you, Jenny's Dream is a celebration of dreams and their magic.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. An Old Hat is a story about judging others. When Bru finds an old hat, he jumps to conclusions about the person who lost the hat. He has the gang convinced he is right until the owner of the hat shows up.

The AmeriCAN-do spirit is what propelled our prosperity and success for more than 200 years. It is our responsibility to perpetuate this gift for future generations of AmeriCAN freedom and advancement.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to six. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning To Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. In Who Will Help Kitty, the gang learns they can accomplish more by helping each other.

Modern thought tends to divide life into categories, but in the process of living, all the currents mix and mingle, and worthwhile answers only come from finding a harmonious relation to the whole. Seeking holistic understanding, this book ranges through psychology, art, science, religion, relationships, culture, mythology, philosophy, and the world’s wisdom traditions. Although no one can be expert in all these areas, the living of life does not offer the choice of avoiding any of them.

Lacey and Alex, roommates in San Francisco, are a barista and a cook by day. By night though, Lacey is a part-time private investigator and Alex talks to plants. And they talk back. In this book, they get dragged into hunting for a lost dagger. Of course, it winds up being so much more than simply a lost dagger. The pair spend a couple of action-filled weeks travelling from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Barstow to Vegas, and all parts between in their hunt for the elusive artifact.

For over a year, Brezlin has waited for the mysterious Veil to fall and release the Sumaset. This unsuspecting clan had been trapped within the confines of a portal-type Veil forged by the powerful dragon known as Amerrest and transported 400 years into the future. Though this was their best hope for survival, Ammerest could not stop the inevitable. Armed with the knowledge of a civil war that has yet to happen, Brezlin, a young inexperienced leader, and his small clan of Ol'Sackay warriors are tasked with the training of these new Borrion-I to fight.

How different would your life be if you knew how to better navigate the season you are in? Dr. D'Ann V. Johnson initiates an intimate conversation by explaining the difference between stages and seasons that women experience. Written with the wisdom of a mother and the compassion of a friend, each chapter explores the significance and beauty of every season.

Vaccines have been used to safely introduce people's bodies to diseases for centuries, and they save millions of lives each year. By giving people a weakened or dead version of a disease, a vaccine allows the body to develop antibodies which recognize and fight the disease later on. Early vaccinations used dry scabs from smallpox to promote smallpox immunity. Doctors and scientists across nations took and improved the method, developing vaccines for health crises from whooping cough to polio to COVID-19. This history features famous cases and current challenges.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. The Magic Lamp is a story about Greed. Bru is convinced an old lamp that McWhiskers bought is magic and makes a bad decision based on greed.

Daemus, a low Keeper of the Cathedral of the Watchful Eye, isn’t the only one having visions. His nightmares speak of the ageless sorcerer Vorodin, who may be able to help. But the answers he seeks may bring him—and the realm—to the brink of war. Elven princess Addilyn Elspeth must discover why she’s receiving visitations from a mysterious creature that shouldn’t exist. She combines forces with Daemus on their harrowing journey to the scholar city of Abacus, where Vorodin’s Lair awaits.

Haben wir uns nicht alle eine Auszeit verdient? Alles, was Alice will, ist ein geruhsamer Urlaub auf einer vom Meer umrauschten Insel – als plötzlich die Jugendliche aus dem Nebenzimmer verschwindet. Alice forscht nach, doch niemand will das Mädchen kennen. Weder die Gäste noch das übereifrige Personal, ja, nicht einmal die Eltern des Kindes. Stimmt etwas nicht mit Alice' Erinnerungen? Der Einzige, der Alice nicht für verrückt erklärt, ist der mürrische Kellner Aron, der Geheimnisse über das Hotel zu wahren scheint... Alice versucht, den Kellner auf ihre Seite zu ziehen.

Everyone has a bad day once in a while, but Bru is having a real bad day. In Bru’s Bad Day, Bru almost loses a good friend and learns an important lesson about anger. Peter Pan Learning to Be Good books are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults.