Ten-year-old Jose is in a dilemma. His older brother has a severe mental illness, and keeps acting strangely. On top of that, Jose's best friend keeps teasing him about his brother's serious condition. When they come across an animal in grave danger, Jose and Sebastian don't know what to do! Will Jose's brother save the day? www.pleasestopsmiling.com Richard Carlson Jr. has paranoid schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Wanting to educate youngsters about his widely misunderstood and wrongfully feared illness, Richard wrote Please Stop Smiling, which helps erase the stigma associated with severe mental illness. He likes to make others happy and hopes to do so by making people feel more comfortable around the mentally ill by fostering greater understanding. www.richardcarlsonjr.com Kevin Carlson is a talented artist who has autism, which is a serious brain disorder. Kevin loves art and works at a crafts store that employs mentally handicapped individuals. www.kevincarlson.info

There is a world beyond the world It figures. Just when Bradfordian bookshop clerk, Toby Dexter, finally works up the nerve to talk to his secret crush, she darts into an open door. Toby follows, and in that second, everything changes. Though it still looks like Bradford-on-Avon, the town’s suddenly chatty ATM and river mermaids are the first clues that something is quite out of place—namely, Toby. The moment he stepped through that door, Toby entered the magical parallel world of Mysterie. Our ordinary dimension—the one Toby knew as Bradford-on-Avon—is actually Veritie, a mere shadow of its alter ego, Mysterie, where magic and myth, gods and monsters, living legends and walking nightmares reign. And Toby isn’t the only recent arrival. A cunning and vicious demon—The Serpent’s Son—has returned to Mysterie, accompanied by a malevolent new ally, intent on bringing down both dimensions. Toby can remain mortal, return to Veritie, and try to convince himself that he had a bad pint of bitter that night. Or he can stay in Mysterie, join forces with his new friends Leo Morn and his Brother Under The Hill, and try to stop The Serpent’s Son. The choices Toby makes will have dramatic consequences for both worlds. It may not be the first time Mysterie’s wars have spilled over into our reality, but if Toby fails, it could be the last. Simon R. Green, New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker series and the Nightside series, brings his trademark wit and inventiveness to his beloved hometown of Bradford-on-Avon, in this charming standalone urban fantasy novel.

THESE TWO COWBOYS BELONG ON THE RANCH--WITH THESE WOMEN! A COWBOY COMES HOME An unexpected inheritance finally brings Caleb Terrell home. But this cowboy-turned-CEO doesn't plan to settle down on the Colorado ranch. He'll sell then get out...until he's reunited with the sexy girl next door, Mandy Jacobs. There's no room in Caleb's agenda for distraction. Because once he gives in to temptation, he may not be able to walk away. KIDS ON THE DOORSTEP John Murphy is shocked to find three abandoned girls on his doorstep. They bring out his protective instincts, so he's ready to do battle with their mother. Except Renee Dolling isn't what he expects. She clearly loves her girls and wants to make up for past mistakes. Could she be the mother they deserve...and the woman he needs?

A brand-new collection of original audition pieces written by and for actors of colour, commissioned by Tamasha Theatre Company and edited by Titilola Dawudu, with a foreword by Noma Dumezweni. Hear Me Now is a unique collection of over eighty original audition monologues, expressly created by a range of award-winning writers brought together by producer Titilola Dawudu and Tamasha Theatre Company. They're ideal for actors of colour searching for speeches for auditions or training, writers, teachers, and theatre-makers who are passionate about improving diversity. The book provides varied, nuanced stories that expand beyond the range of existing material available – from a cross-dressing Imam, to the first Black Prime Minister, the British Indian girl with dreams of becoming a country music star, or the young Black boy who loves baking as much as football – Hear Me Now is an essential tool for actors of colour to showcase their range, and seeks to inspire, empower, and create a legacy for generations to come.

Seventy-four years after the suspicious death of an unidentified man at a South African beach, the police open a cold-case investigation into the crime. The only clue to his identity – an undeciphered coded message written in an 1817 translated book of verse. Sixteen thousand kilometers away, Rachel Burton begins a search for her biological family. Armed with only an incomplete Canadian birth certificate, she enlists the help of her former lover, investigative journalist and undercover CSIS agent, Hayden Jones. When a public database DNA match connects the police investigation to Rachel’s search, it triggers an alert at the British spy agency, MI6. Unwavering for decades in their efforts to preserve the dead man’s anonymity, the agency nonetheless remains anxious to find those responsible for his death. As the various protagonists attempt to advance their respective agendas, their paths continue to intersect until, ultimately, all collide in a surprising and unexpected conclusion. Inspired by real events, The Blood Labyrinth is a captivating international mystery by Canadian author B.R. Bentley.

KRISHNA VERMA is a Software Engineer who works with prominent IT company Wipro Technologies in India. He was born and bought up I district Jalandhar at Punjab. Apart from reading and writing the author loves to analyze human behavior and Relationships. He has deep interest in Acting, Dancing, and Sketching and loves t play guitar. Acting as his passion he has worked in short films, commercial and print ad.

The blood ties that have kept Jo and her brother Dave together are challenged when an unexpected inheritance fans the flames of underlying tensions. Upon discovering her mother's diary, the details of their family's troubled past are brought into sharp relief and painful memories are reawakened. Narrated with moments of light and dark, J. M. Monaco weaves together past and present, creating a complex family portrait of pain and denial in this remarkable debut novel. Perfect for fans of Anne Tyler and Sylvia Brownrigg, this is a novel that will stay with you long after you stop turning the pages.

Significant Food is a collaborative work of textual analysis and criticism that chews on the role and prominence of food in American literature. The volume offers close readings of many well-known, and some less well-known, examples of American writing, as studied through the food culture sensibilities of a well-stocked cupboard of contributors who offer their analyses for public consumption. Editors Jeff Birkenstein and Robert C. Hauhart find that literary criticism has focused on the role food plays in literary production to a greater extent than recognized at first glance and that its role has become increasingly common only in the last two decades. Still, while there is critical commentary regarding authors’ use of food across the expanse of American literature, there has been a lack of a unifying critical theory to guide these analyses. Birkenstein and Hauhart offer the theory of “significant food”—a method that asks literary critics to evaluate and assess the extent, nature, and role that food plays in literary production. When food and “food moments” are used intensively and “significantly” within the drama, memoir, poem, novel, short story, or other writing, then one can say that it has achieved a status that makes it indispensable to the work at hand.

In a novel full of courage and hope, friends and family come together and embrace not only the gift of life, but the unfortunate death of loved ones. This story captures one woman's heroic journey as she falls victim to the demons associated with not only losing her precious son, but her beloved husband as well, only to find herself searching desperately for a way out of the darkness and hopefully a new beginning

A golden age doesn’t last forever... Owen Deathstalker sacrificed everything to topple a corrupt empire and usher humanity into an age of peace and prosperity. Now Lewis Deathstalker, Owen’s descendant, carries on the family name and honor as a Paragon, warriors famed for their skill and heroism who dispense the king’s justice throughout the galaxy. However, two hundred years have passed since Owen and his gang of heroes disappeared into legend, and the peace that the Deathstalker bought with his life is quickly coming to an end. Amidst political uncertainty, Lewis’s oldest friend, Douglas, ascends the throne and names Lewis to the archaic, and largely symbolic, role of King’s Champion. But Lewis quickly finds that he has all the bad luck of his famous ancestor and that his old allies have become his enemies. Surrounded on all sides by plots and treason with the political situation spiralling out of control, Lewis is exiled from court in disgrace. Now it’s the new Deathstalker’s turn to save the empire with only a ragged band of allies as chaos spreads throughout the empire and threatens to end the golden age.