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An international bestseller this novel follows an unforgettable journey from the demure gentility of turn-of-the-twentieth-century England into the heart of darkness. In 1904, the young lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. His young wife Sophie is unprepared for his emaciated state and, even worse, his inability - or unwillingness - to speak. Sophie's genteel and demure life in Edwardian England contrasts starkly with the decadence of Brazil's rubber boom, as we are taken back to Thomas's arrival in the Amazon and his search for a mythical butterfly. Up the river, via the opulent city of Manaus - where the inhabitants feed their horses champagne and aspire to all things European - Thomas's extraordinary, and increasingly obsessed, journey carries him through the exotic and the erotic to some terrible truths. Back home, unable to break through Thomas's silence, Sophie is forced to take increasingly drastic measures to discover what has happened. But as she scavenges what she can from Thomas's diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies, she learns as much about herself as about her husband.

Selkie mythology meets Wellington's rugged, windswept south coast in this spine-tingling adventure novel, which won the 2013 Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction. Now a Sky New Zealand Originals TV series. Jessie stared at him, hard. ‘It is not a story. It is real. Jake, if you have stolen a sealskin, then whoever it belongs to will be stuck in human form.’ Jake was surprised to see tears form in her eyes. ‘You must put it back.’ ‘But that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!’ said Jake. ‘Jake!’ Jessie shouted. ‘You must put it back.’ Jake has taken a sealskin from Red Rocks and hidden it under his bed, unlocking an ancient spell that threatens to destroy his family. Can he put things right, before it’s too late? In Secrets at Red Rocks, the mysterious Celtic myth of the selkies - seal people - meets Aotearoa New Zealand's wild southern landscape and an ordinary boy is thrown into a terrifying adventure tinged with ancient magic. With its beautiful writing and eerie atmosphere, middle-grade readers will be thrilled and moved by this captivating story by the author of The Grimmelings. Previously published as Red Rocks.

A girl must unravel the mystery behind disappearances in her community and the arrival of a strange boy and a wild horse in this spellbinding middle grade fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and The Whisperwicks. Thirteen-year-old Ella lives a lonely life near a remote lake where the horses that make up her family’s business are also her only friends. Ever since her father went missing years before, the family household has been made up entirely of women, something that’s viewed with suspicion by their neighbors, who sometimes call them witches. Ella doesn’t believe in magic, but she does know words have power. She really should have known better than to utter a wish and a joking “curse” on the same day—a wish for a true friend and a curse on the boy bullying her little sister. Before long, the bully goes missing the same strange way her father did, and a strange boy and a beautiful black horse seemingly appear in his place. At first, the new boy seems to be the friend Ella wished for, but he’s pushy, quick to anger, and knows more than he should about her family. As Ella digs deeper into the mysterious occurrences, she discovers her family is living in the shadow of a vengeful kelpie, and she must break its curse to save not just her family but her entire community.

A gripping and powerful novel from the author of best-selling The Sound of Butterflies. "There were two rumours surrounding my great-great-grandfather Henry Summers: one, that his cabinet of curiosities drove him mad; and, two, that he murdered his first wife." Rosemary Summers is an amateur taxidermist and a passionate collector of tattoos. To her, both activities honour the deceased and keep their memory alive. After the death of her beloved grandfather, and while struggling to finish her thesis on gothic Victorian novels, she returns alone to Magpie Hall to claim her inheritance: Grandpa's own taxidermy collection, started more than 100 years ago by their ancestor Henry Summers. As Rosemary sorts through Henry's legacy, the ghosts of her family's past begin to make their presence known.

Violet Grumble, twelve-year-old rock star in the making, forms a band with a ragtag group of friends. Against all odds, can they win a chance to compete at BandChamps? Meet Violet Grumble: a music-loving, guitar-toting tween whose dream is to compete at BandChamps. The problem is that none of her friends can play an instrument. Violet won't let that stop her! But things get tougher when the band's gear starts to go missing - what's going on? Can Violet solve the mystery and harness her ADHD powers? Can she help the Velvets overcome stage fright AND beat The Alphas at the final showdown? After all, you only need three chords to play a song ... how hard can it be?

Ultimately, Writing to the World is a sophisticated look at the intersection of print and the public sphere.

This book does what it 'says on the tin' - stating the corpus of tort law as a body of principles. Undertaken for the first time in English tort law, this book describes the law of tort concisely, accessibly, and accurately, and with both depth and detail.

Read almost any book. Watch almost any program on television. Sit in almost any movie theater. Listen to ninety percent of the songs played on the radio. In one way or another, they almost all talk about love and, more specifically, romantic love. Falling in love. Falling out of love. Longing for love. Happiness from love. Hurt from love Keywords: relationship, health, dating, hashtag, millennials, design, God, struggle identity, character, spiritual development, love Read almost any book. Watch almost any program on television. Sit in almost any movie theater. Listen to ninety percent of the songs played on the radio. In one way or another, they almost all talk about love and, more specifically, romantic love. Falling in love. Falling out of love. Longing for love. Happiness from love. Hurt from love. Love. It seems everyone is looking for the perfect soul mate, the person that God would have them spend their lives – and affections – with. We look for love. We pray for love. We cry bitter tears when love seems to have let us down. The desire to love and to be loved fills our waking and sleeping hours. But more often than not, we don’t find what we’re looking for. We enter into a relationship that we’re convinced is “the one” only to leave it sometime later, depressed and despairing. We promise ourselves we will “never do that” again only to repeat our behavior again and again. In many of our lives, we find ourselves in haste for a romantic relationship. Sometimes we focus on G-d then love turns our head another way. Other times, we are willing to leave the comfort of G-d to gratify different barriers and lustful strongholds in our lives. Yet, the outcome is the same, we find ourselves spiritually, emotionally, or physically bound in a relationship, looking up to find that it has replaced G-d. The book also depicts how we as women sometimes use our fantasies to reshape men in our lives. We use the standards that the world has fooled us into believing are the ultimate being of a mate. And when the men don’t measure up, (and they never will,) we are devastated. It is a game of the subconscious mind, we long for the man of our dreams to sweep us into oblivion and satisfy our every desire. rate of parents dialoguing and communicating with each other. In other words, a stimulus approach is based on principle. Follow updates: Facebook: The Cognitive Institute of Dallas TikTok: @the.cognitive.ins IG: @healthyfamiliesfirst Twitter: @nonprofitCID Casting Call WHFF: https://watch.whff.tv/casting-call-4-dfps/videos/casting-call-dfps **For more with Dr. Robertson follow her podcast at amazon music and podcast community https://whff.radio and https://supercast.whff.radio. Homepage https://drrachaelrobertson.com. For informationo about Gen-Thirty go to https://generation30publishing.com

Lady Idra, reserved as she is, cannot seem to adjust to life at High Castle where making friends among the courtiers proves nearly impossible, and she longs for the familiarity of Taisce. The only bright spot is the kindhearted and chivalrous Sir Ahmad, the high prince’s most trusted guardsmen. Yet, just as she begins to untangle the complexities of growing feelings for him, the past resurfaces, ushering in a mercenary’s revenge. And when Idra waltzes into his trap, not even a knight like Sir Ahmad will be able stop him. Driven by desperation and a love that defies the stormy seas, Ahmad plunges into a wild race against all odds to rescue Idra from her captors. While on the high seas, Idra encounters an enigmatic pirate whose soul craves redemption. As they forge an unlikely bond born of desperation and hope, the pirate battles his sense of unworthiness and an unattainable desire for Idra, blurring the lines of loyalty and the self-preservation that have kept him alive. In a tale woven of revenge, danger, and unspoken vows, each must discover their limits and where their true hope lies. Will Ahmad’s unyielding determination, a pirate’s desperate bid for absolution, and the hope Idra carries for them all be enough to secure freedom, or will a mercenary’s blinding lust for retribution destroy them all?

Darkness lurks on the edge of the Kingdom of Limerick. A queen thirsty for blood and hungry for power is searching for a magical scepter. The scepter will give her what she longs for, the throne of Limerick and the death of the High King. A handmaiden with a quest sown into the legends of Limerick is the kingdom's only hope. Things aren't always what they seem, and the hand of friendship hides the face of evil. Lachlan, a knight in the High King's guard is tasked with recovering the scepter before the queen and her murderous horde gain its advantage. Deception and mistrust pit Lachlan against the woman he loves, and when the High King disappears, all seems lost. Will those chosen be victorious? Or will the king and his kingdom fall forever in darkness?