Written by C. Austin Lee and illustrated by Quinn Feeney Lee, this story illustrates that life is not always fair. We are all born with different God-given skills, gifts and talents. We don't always get the skills and talents we wish we had, but the secret to life is discovering what our gifts are and learning how to use them to help ourselves and those around us. The Little Lion Declan is frustrated that he can't dunk a basketball like Joey the giraffe but comes to realize that he has many other talents that he can grow and develop to help him throughout his life.

Written by C. Austin Lee and illustrated by Quinn Feeney Lee, this story illustrates the point that in everything we do and seek to do well there are always things we can do better. Whether in school, sports, art, dance, student government, theater, chorus, band or anything your children choose to do there are always things that can be improved whether they “win” or “lose” that will help them perfect their talents so they can “win” more often. The Little Lion Declan has a bad soccer game and is ready to quit the team when wise words from his coach inspire him to work hard and practice. The lessons Declan learns on the soccer field will help him build principles that will allow him to “win” throughout his life.

Written by C. Austin Lee and illustrated by Quinn Feeney Lee, this story illustrates that life is not always fair. We are all born with different God-given skills, gifts and talents. We don't always get the skills and talents we wish we had, but the secret to life is discovering what our gifts are and learning how to use them to help ourselves and those around us. The Little Lion Declan is frustrated that he can't dunk a basketball like Joey the giraffe but comes to realize that he has many other talents that he can grow and develop to help him throughout his life.

To build a future together They must both let go of the past… Returning home after a bad breakup, Jordan Wood is eager to prove she can run her family’s store. Setting up a partnership with Declan Porter’s struggling adventure business might do the trick. But the handsome single dad is set in his ways—in business and in love. Can winning his—and his son’s—heart help them all heal? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

From the bestselling author of The Tavern on Maple Street, comes a novel of romance and regret—and the winding paths to love. Johnny Hogan was born and bred on Hollywood movies. He loved the ice-cool matinee idols, the swooning dames, and the possibility that it could all come true. That’s why he opened the ballroom on Magnolia Street. To bring that weekend fantasy to life—for himself, for devoted romantics like his dear grandparents, for the sake of Johnny’s never-forgotten, long-lost lover, and for women like Kate and Shirley Winters, two sisters both looking for fulfill their own passionate fantasies. For everyone in town who still believes in impossible dreams. Come Saturday night, the ballroom on Magnolia Street could be just the place for it all to come true amid the twinkling lights and soft music—a special crossroads for friendships, for family, for people in love.

Epic limited edition Ultimate Football Heroes Book with bonus activities! In this epic special edition book, live the journeys of six ultimate football heroes as they begin their journey to World Cup glory. Discover how superstar players Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kevin de Bruyne and Declan Rice all stepped up for their national sides and helped secure qualification for their national teams to the Qatar World Cup. They're all set for one more surge towards the ultimate footballing prize! This World Cup Special book will ALSO feature a load of FIFA World Cup related fun facts, quizzes and activities to help you catch that World Cup fever! Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

She’s not interested in Mr. Right, but she wouldn’t mind Mr. Right now… Joanna has seen first-hand with her parents’ marriage how a relationship can go sour. She isn’t interested in a relationship, but she would like to know what all the fuss in the bedroom is about. No romance, just sex. That’s not too much to ask, is it? So when her friend Micah figures out what she’s planning and offers himself—she should say “hell no.” He’s exactly what she isn’t looking for. He has “complicated” written on every delicious inch of him. … but when he kisses her, “no” evaporates from her vocabulary. All she wants is more, more, more. It only takes one night for Joanna to realize she’s miles out of her depth. If she’s not careful, she’s going to lose more than just her virginity to Micah. She’s going to lose her heart. And that’s something she promised she’d always keep safe. He offers her one night, but one kiss tells him one night won’t be enough… Micah is satisfied with his life. He’s got great friends. He loves his job as a park ranger. But everything he thought he knew goes flying off the rails when he overhears Joanna’s plan to lose her virginity. He can’t let her climb into some stranger’s bed. But once won’t be enough. Micah is already thinking about all the other firsts they could have. Joanna is everything he wants in a woman. She’s clever and funny and she drives him wild. She makes him dream of a whole lot more than just a satisfactory life. But when Micah’s investigation into a poaching ring on the national park puts both their lives in danger, he pushes her away. Once he realizes his mistake, will he be able to convince her to give him another chance? Can he overcome her reservations and capture her guarded heart? This book is the ninth book in the MAGNOLIA VALLEY series. It can be read as a standalone or as part of a larger story line. · Dreaming of You (Josie & Calvin) · Destined for You (Ethan & Astrid) · Fascinated by You (Nora & Alek) · He was Playing for Keeps (Caine & Quinn) · Catching Her Wild Heart (Wyatt & Penny) · Risking it all for Love (Augustus & Freya) · It was Always You (Simon & Margot) · They Started with a Kiss (Sebastian & Amelia) · Winning Her Guarded Heart (Micah & Joanna)

Dublin girl Emma Carey has just embarked on another fresh start—the job of her dreams at Ireland Place, a quirky Irish arts center in a picturesque Victorian mansion near Seattle. At thirty-one, sweet, plucky Emma is finally poised for career success. That is, if she can only avoid her fatal flaw, the one that’s ruined every other job: falling for her boss. A dedicated family man, Declan O’Donoghue is an Irish dad devoted to his children, the lights of his life—so as the new manager at Ireland Place, he could never have guessed his earnest, endearing colleague could take his breath away. Yet Declan knows he and Emma can never be more than friends... Hazel Carey has always been protective of her elder sister—at twenty, she’s the practical one, while Emma is a dreamer. But seeing her sister’s heart-melting fancy for her new boss, Hazel wonders: how to keep Emma from real heartbreak this time? With humor and tenderness, Becoming Emma continues Emma’s journey from America back to Ireland, toward her own happily-ever-after. This heartfelt, charming page-turner, the sequel to The Little Irish Gift Shop, is part of Susan Colleen Browne’s Village of Ballydara series, set in a quaint little community in the West of Ireland... Emma and Declan’s love story continues in the next Ballydara novel, The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara!