Collection: Adult

Edited by Sharon Darrow and including nearly ninety poets from across the United States and Canada, The Country in the Mirror: Poems of Protest & Witness is an urgent anthology of poems written in response to the troubles of our times. It is comprised of a variety of voices, from new writers to well-seasoned poets who are widely published and celebrated, such as Martín Espada, Nikki Grimes, Rachel Hadas, Gregory Maguire, Bianca Stone, among others, writing about a myriad of issues related to immigration, detention, loss of voice, civil rights, climate change, rising fascism, global wars, genocide, abortion, LGBTQIA+ experiences and more.

The Country in the Mirror holds a mirror to our diversity, our freedom of expression, and our collective humanity to remind us of the liberties we have as Americans, and to caution of their loss.

Are you overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information available and unsure of what steps to take? Do you want to turn your entrepreneurial dream into a successful reality? If you answered yes, then "Dummies Guide to Starting a Business is the book you need.

This comprehensive guide is designed to provide a clear and concise roadmap for aspiring entrepreneurs. It simplifies the process of starting a business, making it accessible to anyone, regardless of their background or experience.

The book begins by identifying the one thing you need to succeed in business. This crucial element is often overlooked, yet it is the foundation upon which all successful businesses are built. The book then guides you through the process of generating business concepts, helping you to identify a viable idea that aligns with your skills, passions, and market demand.

Next, you'll learn about the best business model criteria. This section provides a detailed analysis of various business models, helping you to choose the one that best fits your business concept and personal goals. Once you've chosen your business model, the book guides you through the process of initiating your business, providing practical advice on everything from registering your business to setting up your office.

One of the unique aspects of this book is its focus on starting a business with no money down. It offers innovative strategies for financing your business without going into debt, including crowd funding, partnerships, and bootstrapping. This section is particularly valuable for those with limited resources but a burning desire to start their own business.

The book also provides practical advice on gaining new clients to expand your customer base. It offers proven strategies for attracting and retaining customers, including social media marketing, networking, and customer service.

The final section of the book, "Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast," provides a blueprint for growth. It guides you through the process of scaling your business, providing practical tips and strategies for managing growth effectively.

Experience the immortal horror manga as it was originally meant to be read! For the first time in more than a decade, the Parasyte Paperback Collection pairs Hitoshi Iwaaki's original, black-and-white art with a revised translation and updated interior and cover design.

Change is the only sure thing. Shinichi has recovered from near death, but at the cost of more of his original, human body, which Migi had to replace. The two have also learned that they can work together, destroying the parasite that killed Shinichi's mother. But so much remains unknown. What are the limitations of Migi and Shinichi's shared body? Why can the fully-human girl Kana detect Shinichi's presence, as a prey animal detects a predator? And finally, most importantly, what is the ultimate goal of the cunning and ruthless parasite Ryoko?

Complete in eight volumes, Parasyte Paperback Collection features the translation, lettering, and size of the recent, acclaimed hardcover Parasyte Full Color Collection. This timeless manga inspired the global smash hit anime Parasyte -the maxim- and the live-action TV drama from the director of Train to Busan, Parasyte: The Grey.

A buried secret in Harmony Springs could cost a pastor and a teacher their careers-and their second chance at love.

Lydia Jefferson buried her dreams long before the death of her husband. Now she's locked her heart to men for good. In Harmony Springs, she's finally found freedom from the shameful failure and loss of her past-until her childhood sweetheart arrives to be the new pastor.

Samuel Allen never thought he'd love again, not after his fiancée walked out of his life. But when his first church assignment sends him to Harmony Springs, he finds himself face to face with the woman who disappeared from his life seven years before. Could this be a second chance at love? Unfortunately, she wants nothing to do with him.

When an orphaned child brings Lydia and Samuel together again, can they face the pain of their past and learn to trust each other enough to build a home?

Find Your Perfect Match Through the Planets and Houses

Your birth chart is a tool for recognizing how you love, who you tend to attract, and where love might be waiting for you. Going beyond Sun sign compatibility lists, Tracy Quinlan helps you create a personalized map to where love is most likely to be found.

Tracy teaches you how to evaluate your birth chart with special emphasis on the 5th house (romance and creativity), 7th house (partnership and marriage), and 8th house (intimacy and transformation). She also explains the roles of Mars and Venus and how their placements influence the way you express and experience love.

With Tracy's straightforward instruction, you can stop wasting time on relationships that don't align with your potential. Whether you've been swiping left and right with no luck or just feeling unsure about where to direct your energy, this book will guide you toward opportunities that fit with your distinct path.

Cultivate a deeply personal tarot practice with engaging guided practices for growth, insight, and self-understanding.

Explore tarot not just as a divinatory practice, but as a communion with your inner self. Dawn Michelle encourages you to view your deck as a gateway to becoming who you are meant to be rather than a simple tool for answering questions. Using twelve extensive guided practices, plus five bonus practices, you can cultivate more authenticity and self-awareness.

Each guided practice includes spreads, exercises, and journal prompts to help you go deeper with your cards. These practices cover a variety of themes from self-care to shadow work, and each one can be used over a month, culminating in a full year of guided development. This book shows you how to converse with your Higher Self, who already has all the wisdom you need.

There comes a point in every woman's life when silence is no longer an option, a point where the floodgates give way to years of suppressed resentment, a point at which she finds herself marooned on an island with no sign of help in sight. For Brenda L. Tress, this moment came after enduring years of family conflicts, abuse, and intergenerational dysfunction. Her book Ugly Truth Needs to Be Told is a vulnerable and impactful memoir that exposes the unseen struggles faced by many mothers, wives, and daughters in private.

Brenda, a Deaf woman, mother of three Deaf children, grandmother, and holder of four college degrees, has faced challenges that most people cannot imagine. After thirty years of marriage, she made the difficult choice to divorce, understanding firsthand what it means to fight for dignity, boundaries, and self-respect.

I realized silence only enables the cycle.

This straightforward yet impactful truth lies at the core of Brenda's story. For many years, she sought peace by remaining silent to avoid conflict, suppressing her pain to shield others. However, she eventually realized that silence doesn't heal wounds; it allows them to worsen.

When Samaiya Mushtaq's husband considers joining a medical mission in Gaza, she must face the quiet terror of what it might cost them. As a physician, she understands his calling-but as a mother of two young children, she fears the unthinkable. What if he doesn't come back? In the face of uncertainty, they choose faith over fear: Mahmoud will go to Gaza; Samaiya will hold their lives together at home.

In Gaza, Mahmoud removes shrapnel, helps amputate limbs, and finds a colony of maggots in a wound that isn't healing properly. In Texas, Samaiya nurses their infant at night and spends her mornings wrangling their toddler before signing in to work, only to do it all again in the evening. Each night, Samaiya and Mahmoud connect through messages and calls. While he tells her about his patients and asks about the kids, she can hear air strikes in the background.

At once devastating and inspiring, A Beautiful Patience is a poignant memoir that explores our responsibility to our families and fellow humans, the power of trusting in God, and different ways to persist and resist against all odds.

A century has passed since the Phoenix Reborn, prophesied hero of the holy Oracle, defeated the Dark Lord and his dragonriders. The Book of Blank Pages chronicles how Emperor Artorus Erabos I shattered the spellforged blackhorns of the Dark Lord's pyromancers. Since that day, the heirs of the Phoenix Reborn have ruled the Third Empire of Aurelia in peace and harmony.And yet...Rumors have spread of late that old Artorus III-grandson of the Phoenix Reborn-has begun to lose his mind. Some say he consults with soothsayers and blind prophets rather than heeding the Oracle's holy wisdom; and though none would dare say it openly, the word "heretic" has passed through more than a few lips inside the royal halls of Aurora's Acropolis. What's worse with no son still living and Artorus yet to proclaim an heir, the dynasty of the Phoenix Reborn is plagued by uncertainty. Even the emperor's allies tire of his secrecy, concerned that the empire will crumble around them before they can face the darkness that Artorus swears is yet to come. But the emperor knows a horrible secret, something that could topple the very foundations upon which his throne rests. In the deep recesses of his empire, the blackhorns of the Dark Lord still sound...

IMPROVE... An Invitation to Personal and Professional Growth

In the ever-evolving landscape of personal and professional development, the concept of "IMPROVE" serves as a powerful framework to guide individuals toward continuous growth and success. This acronym encapsulates seven essential positive qualities of life, that when cultivated and nurtured, can transform your approach to life and leadership. TOGETHER let's delve into each component of IMPROVE and explore how embracing these qualities can lead to a more fulfilling and impactful journey in your never-ending quest for personal and professional growth.

"Fuel your inner fire to IMPROVE...an invitation to depart from the ordinary!"

"This book bridges the gap between self-improvement and directional relationship management. Concepts are explained flawlessly with definitions, quotes and real-life story examples providing a clear path to personal life improvement. Reading this book will start your personal improvement journey. Personal benefits from reading this book will be a life changing experience when put into practice."

- Dr. Larry A Bauman, PhD

- Retired CEO of PBC. Inc.

"With his latest book, IMPROVE, Mike Barnes has managed to inspire, teach, and guide readers by creating the perfect blend of concepts, anecdotes, reflections, and profiles. This book will be wonderfully transformational for readers who fully engage with its powerful message." - Marge Herrera Lewis - Author of When the Men Were Gone

"What do you actually want to do with your life, and are you in touch with your own reality taking root in your own present and future limitless potential, while also encouraging the limitless potential of others?" MB

Ava McGuire should be dealing with moving on after her devastating breakup. Instead, she's been thrust into the world of paranormal. As if learning that your best friend is mated to a serial killer vampire wasn't bad enough, she learns she has her own vampire mate.

Valen has been held prisoner for longer than he can fathom. The human world is vastly different than the one he was taken from centuries ago. For starters, there are tall buildings and places that claim to make your lunch in under five minutes. He's having to relearn the world around him while navigating the complicated urge to claim his mate while also being wary of touch after being held captive.

Ava and Valen, with the help of their friends, are trying to get to the bottom of what's really going on in Chicago. All the rain, all the paranormals showing up, and what was the true reason Valen was taken all those years ago?

Ava herself just might be the key to it all. Turns out, she's not some simple human, she's the last of the line of one of the most powerful witch families to ever exist.

How to rediscover happiness and reboot your life.

We are taught that the "right" career, the "right" marriage, and the "right" faith are the blueprints for a joyful life. Yet, for many, the reality is a persistent and gnawing sense that even after we've checked most of the proverbial boxes, something is still missing. So why do we keep doubling down on the scripts that fail to deliver on the promise of happiness?

In this provocative and conversational interrogation of modern life, C-suite executive, professor, and advisor Craig Robinson identifies three structural "pundits" that often hold our happiness hostage: career, faith, and relationships. Drawing on his research, years of professional coaching, and leadership experience, The Happiness Reboot explores how societal pressures and subconscious scripts keep us from feeling true fulfillment. Rather than offering a "get happy quick" formula, this book provides simple yet effective frameworks to replace your deepest-held convictions with a spirit of curiosity. It takes you on a self-guided journey through difficult introspective questions to help you discover your authentic truth.

For those who have tried to do everything "right" but still feel happiness eluding them, this book is the first step on your new path. Open it up, dismantle the status quo that's holding you back, and replant your roots in an authentic, sustainable, and fulfilling truth.

RENACER EN RESILIENCIA Y GRATITUD es más

que un libro, es un viaje emocional y transformador.

Amelia invita al lector a caminar junto con ella mientras explora el poder del amor, la resiliencia, la gratitud y la determinación para superar cualquier adversidad.

Este libro no solo cuenta su historia, sino también brinda herramientas practicas para que tú, lector, encuentres tu propia fuerza interior y transformes tus retos y victorias.

Prepárate para inspirarte, emocionarte y redescubrir el inmenso poder que tienes para renacer.

¿Estas listo para alzar el vuelo?

В търсене на белите пеперуди поканва читателите на изключително пътуване на самооткритие и трансформация. Написана от Ники Лазаро, тази дълбоко лична и духовно вдъхновяваща история сплита собствените борби на автора с дълбоки прозорци за изцеление, любов и вътрешен растеж. Чрез символиката на белите пеперуди, пратеници на промяната, историята изследва мистериите на човешкото съществуване, като ни призовава да прегърнем деликатния танц на ставането.

Мощните размисли на Лазаро насърчават читателите да погледнат навътре в себе си и да се доверят на процеса на живота, като научават да се предадат на естествения поток на трансформация. Книгата предлага мъдрост за автентичния живот, освобождаване от страха и откриване на истинската цел на човека. Тя навлиза в сложността на скръбта, радостта и всичко между тях, разкривайки красотата, която може да възникне дори от най-трудните преживявания.

Това е докосващо свидетелство за устойчивостта на човешкия дух, а В търсене на белите пеперуди е призив да живеем с намерение, да отворим сърцата си за любов и да се доверим на непрекъснатото пътуване на ставането на това, което сме предназначени да бъдем. Пригответе се да бъдете вдъхновени, да разсъждавате и да видите света през очите на човек, който наистина е жив за неговите по-дълбоки възможности.

Sharmila Basu has curated the perfect life.He is the one variable she never planned for.

As an Indian American political journalist, Sharmila appears to be living the ultimate American Dream: a high-powered career, vintage wardrobe and a swanky home in the power corridors of Washington, DC. She lives with her boyfriend, America's reigning heartthrob and favourite TV news anchor Lionel Stern. Even Lionel's notoriously icy mother has welcomed her into the fold.

But for the daughter of an Indian Foreign Service attaché, who spent her childhood traversing the globe before finally settling in the US, predictable is a dangerous word and stability an illusion.

At a high-profile awards gala, Sharmila's orderly world is upended by a chance encounter with a group of vibrant Indian Americans - specifically, Jake Thacker. A math savant turned tech mogul, Jake possesses a gravitational pull that Sharmila can't ignore. Sparks fly. Lines blur. And suddenly, everything she has felt certain about feels negotiable.

As kismet begins to unravel her carefully constructed reality, a darker threat looms. Beneath Sharmila's poised exterior lies a secret from her past, one that no longer intends to stay buried. When her past threatens to become national headlines, Sharmila must decide if she is willing to let her world implode to finally find her own truth.

From the gala circuits of DC and the quiet porches of Iowa City to the sun-drenched streets of San Sebastian in Spain, this is a love triangle unlike any other.

One Life. One Mission. One Faithful Walk with God.

In the military, a roadmarch requires endurance, discipline, and unwavering commitment to the mission. The Christian life is no different.

In One Life Under God - Back to Faith: A Daily Roadmarch, retired United States Army Colonel Chels Chae invites readers to develop a disciplined and resilient walk with God through a structured daily devotional journey. Drawing from more than 30 years of military leadership and decades of ministry mentorship, Chae presents faith not as a momentary inspiration but as a daily commitment to trust, obedience, and spiritual growth.

Designed especially for active duty service members, veterans, and leaders, this 365-day devotional equips readers to build a consistent spiritual rhythm that strengthens faith and character.

Each daily "roadmarch" includes:

• Scripture - a guided reading plan that leads readers through the entire Bible in one year
• Observation - thoughtful insights drawn from Scripture and decades of leadership experience
• Application - practical steps for living out God's Word in everyday life
• Prayer - focused prompts to help develop a deeper and more consistent prayer life

Using the proven S.O.A.P. framework (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer), this devotional helps believers move beyond simply reading the Bible to actively living its truth.

Whether you are serving in uniform, leading in your community, or seeking a stronger and more disciplined faith, One Life Under God provides the structure and encouragement needed to stay faithful for the long march of life.

This devotional will help you:

• Develop a consistent daily devotional habit
• Grow in spiritual discipline and biblical understanding
• Strengthen your prayer life
• Apply Scripture to real-life leadership challenges
• Build perseverance, resilience, and godly character

Endorsed by respected leaders including Tony Dungy and retired U.S. Army generals Stephen Townsend, Benjamin Mixon, and Davis Valcourt, and featuring a foreword by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, this devotional calls readers to a deeper commitment to Christ.

Faith is not built in moments of comfort. It is forged through daily obedience.

Take the next step in your journey.

Begin the roadmarch.