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      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        July 2019

        Buchstabendschungel

        by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine

        Help the animals to find their letters ... easy as ABC!• By best-selling author Ursula Poznanski• Get a first feeling for letters and words!• Humorously illustrated, with funny details!After a big storm in the jungle, the little monkey collects many funny-looking things. “That are letters,” knows the smart parrot. “Somebody must have lost them”. And indeed, monkey and parrot come across strange animals that seem like something is missing. A "iger", a "nake", a "at" …   An exciting letter story for reading aloud and early reading, guessing and poetizing by yourself!

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA

        Changeling

        by Kotryna Zylė

        Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.

      • Children's & YA
        April 2020

        NINA SONI, SISTER FIXER

        by Kashmira Sheth, illustrated by Jenn Kocsmiersky

        A long rainy stretch over spring break has Nina Soni restless and hungry for a new project, especially since she and Jay are still struggling to get their friendship back to normal. A fresh pile of dirt, just delivered to the neighbor’s house for a landscaping project, is too hard to resist. With little sister Kavita helping, Nina launches a grand engineering project—with unexpected consequences.

      • Historical fiction
        June 2012

        To The Fair Land

        by Lucienne Boyce

        In 1789 struggling writer Ben Dearlove rescues a woman from a furious Covent Garden mob. The woman is ill and in her delirium cries out the name "Miranda". Weeks later an anonymous novel about the voyage of the Miranda to the fabled Great Southern Continent causes a sensation. Ben decides to find the author everyone is talking about. He is sure the woman can help him - but she has disappeared. It is soon clear that Ben is involved in something more than the search for a reclusive writer. Who is the woman and what is she running from? Who is following Ben? And what is the Admiralty trying to hide? Before he can discover the shocking truth Ben has to get out of prison, catch a thief, and bring a murderer to justice.

      • Peace studies & conflict resolution
        April 2011

        The Need to Pursue Mutual Interests in U.S.-PRC Relations

        by Thomas J. Christensen

        Recent turbulence in U.S.-Chinese relations stems from China’s umbrage at what it perceives to be the United States’ attempts to harm China’s core interests. Strident rhetoric from within China has prescribed retaliatory targeting of alleged U.S. core interests. However, U.S. efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation and stabilize the international financial environment are also in China’s own national security interests. A sustainable relationship should be based on the pursuit of mutual interests in building cooperation between the two countries. In addressing these topics, Professor Thomas Christensen presents a distinct perspective on U.S.-China relations that emphasizes the dangers in interacting in an environment of mistrust and polarization.

      • December 2021

        A Time to Be Brave (Owly #4)

        by Andy Runton, Andy Runton

        For Owly and Wormy, nothing beats the power of friendship! But fear can be a powerful force, too. There's a new visitor to the forest, an opossum who's misunderstood because of the way he looks. Wormy is afraid of him, and when Owly tries to untangle him from a fence, Possey begins hissing and bares his sharp teeth! He's scared and hurt, and now everyone is afraid! Can the trio be brave and face their fears with just a little courage and a lot of friendship? Through a unique blend of words and symbols, Owly can be read by the youngest readers, and is a great introduction to graphic novels!

      • Political activism
        July 2015

        Decolonizing Solidarity

        Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles

        by Clare Land

        In this highly original and much-needed book, Clare Land interrogates the often fraught endeavours of activists from colonial backgrounds seeking to be politically supportive of Indigenous struggles. Blending key theoretical and practical questions, Land argues that the predominant impulses which drive middle-class settler activists to support Indigenous people cannot lead to successful alliances and meaningful social change unless they are significantly transformed through a process of both public political action and critical self-reflection. Based on a wealth of in-depth, original research, and focussing in particular on Australia, where - despite strident challenges - the vestiges of British law and cultural power have restrained the nation's emergence out of colonizing dynamics, Decolonizing Solidarity provides a vital resource for those involved in Indigenous activism and scholarship.

      • The Weight of a Human Heart

        by Daniel Mallen

        Spring 1944. Injured German soldier Max Jessen returns from the Eastern Front to find that his Roma wife has died of TB, and his son Manfred has been transported to Auschwitz. A desperate Max decides he has no option but to volunteer for camp duty as an officer in the SS, hoping he can find and rescue his son. THE WEIGHT OF A HUMAN HEART is an emotionally charged historical adventure that asks what lengths people will go to in order to protect their loved ones.

      • August 2008

        Man of Mystery

        Out of Print

        by Madeleine Urban

        All Alan wants is a little escape from his daily life as a house husband and father, and his favorite mystery novels provide it. But after a vicious showdown over the books with his strident and controlling wife, his headlong flight takes him into the path of an oncoming car. But it's not Alan who wakes up in the hospital—it's Terrence Whitehead: Man of Mystery, a drifter who makes his way by taking advantage of the kindness of others.His escape takes him from Los Angeles to New York with the help of a handsome meal ticket, Jared. Terrence and Jared’s deal to exchange sex for transport moves them along from the tables in Vegas to relaxing spas and fancy hotels, and while Jared finds himself falling in love, Terrence knows somehow that it has to end... and when it does, who will survive the clash of his two worlds? The brave, outgoing Terrence? Or quiet, withdrawn Alan? ;

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        August 2014

        True Calling

        True Calling Book 1

        by Siobhan Davis (Author) Kelly Hartigan (Editor)

        TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. ONE SHARED DREAM  Welcome to Novo: Your new home in Space For Ariana Skyee, Planet Novo was everything it promised to be until the authorities introduced "The Calling" as their response to repopulation. Now, all seventeen-year-olds are to participate in thisBachelor-style pageant to find their perfect match, marry, and have children. But that's not Ariana's only concern. Thanks to the government-sanctioned memory erase, Ariana has no recollection of Zane, the mystery boy who haunts her dreams. Things are further complicated when the pageant commences and her feelings for fellow Cadet Cal Remus intensify. Together, they start to realize not everything about their new home is not as it seems. Entangled in a dangerous web of deceit, Ariana sets out to identify the truth. Conflicted over warnings that Cal isn't trustworthy and alarmed at the government's increasing interest in her, she doesn't know where to turn. But her search for the truth comes at a high personal price. When her world implodes, discovering the past shapes her future with devastating consequences.

      • August 2021

        Barbarians of the Beyond

        by Matthew Hughes

        Twenty years ago, five master criminals known as the Demon Princes raided Mount Pleasant to enslave thousands of inhabitants in the lawless Beyond. Now Morwen Sabine, a daughter of captives, has escaped her cruel master and returns to Mount Pleasant to recover the hidden treasure she hopes will buy her parents’ freedom.   But Mount Pleasant has changed. Morwen must cope with mystic cultists, murderous drug-smugglers, undercover “weasels” of the Interplanetary Police Coordinating Company, and the henchmen of the vicious pirate lord who owns her parents and wants Morwen returned. So he can kill her slowly…   Barbarians of the Beyond is a return to “Jack Vance Space” and space-opera derring-do that follows in the science fiction Grand­master’s footsteps.    On the Paladins of Vance label, Spatterlight publishes original works by authors who have given their own imagination free rein in the many wonderful worlds of the Grandmaster of fantasy & sci-fi.

      • Fantasy

        Dire Straits

        by Helen Harper

        Bo Blackman is a rookie private investigator working for the London based firm of Dire Straits. She doesn't often get triber-based assignments, which is just as well. Vampires and daemons don't interest her as much as humans do. However, when she has to serve a summons on a dodgy daemon called Devlin O'Shea and she ends up saving his life instead of being framed for his murder, her life takes a shocking turn for the worse. And when the vampire Families start involving themselves too, Bo no longer knows where to turn...

      • Fiction
        November 2014

        Just Two Weeks

        A Psychological Thriller

        by Amanda Sington-Williams

        After being made redundant from a seemingly secure job Jolene Carr takes a two week break in the sun. On the first day she meets Raquel, another hotel guest. Little does she realise how this apparently innocent acquaintance will lead to terrible and lasting consequences. After a frightening incident she hits a conspiracy of silence from the locals and over the rest of the holiday she feels herself slipping into a vortex of fear. Back home, the nightmare continues and she realises that Raquel is stalking her. Her hippie mother and her partner Mark tell her she is imagining it all. All certainties, even about relationships, become fluid and treacherous as her past begins to unravel. If it wasn't for Rob, her ex-lover who Jolene thinks has his own agenda, she would be left to cope on her own. How much fear and betrayal can one person take?

      • Art treatments & subjects
        March 2012

        The Maritime Paintings of Simon Fisher

        by Simon Fisher

        Coffee table book featuring the ship paintings of Simon Fisher. Contains a short biography and sections dealing with many of the famous Ocean Liners and Warships painted by the artist. Full-page illustrations throughout in full colour and many black-and-white sketches in accompaniment. A large section on Titanic begins the book  There is a guide at the end of the book showing how the paintings are created. Each description of the ships depicted is made more interesting by many stories and anecdotes from people associated withthem.

      • Children's & YA
        April 2016

        Saven Disclosure

        The Saven Series #2

        by Siobhan Davis (Author) Kelly Hartigan (Editor)

        THE TRUTH WON'T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and where once they were abhorred, they are now championed as our greatest ally and our only possible savior. Logan and Sadie have been separated, and the longer he is gone, the more their love is tested by duty, doubts, and deception. Sadie and Jarod have infiltrated the highest levels of government, but they are playing a dangerous game. Surrounded by people with conflicting agendas—hell-bent on using her for their own aim—Sadie is confused when the lines between good and evil are blurred. It’s impossible to tell friend from foe, and no one can be trusted. When the full extent of the experiments taking place in Sector Twenty is disclosed, Sadie can no longer sit back and watch as the lower classes face a horrific fate. Racing to save her loved ones and mankind, she risks her own safety and the love she’s waited a lifetime for to do the right thing. But no one thought to save her from herself.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2014

        Posie Pixie and the Christmas Tree

        Book 5 in the Whimsy Wood Series

        by Sarah Hill

        WINNER of the READER’S FAVORITE “5 STAR BOOK AWARD” Welcome to Whimsy Wood! "According to Santa's elves, 'Posie Pixie And The Christmas Tree' is likely to be the most magical literary addition to a Christmas stocking this festive season!" In 'Posie Pixie And The Christmas Tree', book 5 from the delightful 'Whimsy Wood' series, we find loveable Posie Pixie and quirky Wibble Woodlouse, entertaining the Whimsy Wood carol-singers in Posie's copper kettle home. They talk about the 'fan-fizzle-tastic fireworks party', which Posie had held outside her house the month before (see book 4, 'Posie Pixie And The Fireworks Party'). Then the conversation turns towards Christmas . . . . suddenly, Posie realises that she's forgotten something jolly important, in preparation for the festive season! What could this possibly be I wonder??!! Find out in this fabulously festive next instalment and meet more of the adorable 'Whimsy Wood' characters! REVIEWS "If you haven't read these adorable stories yet, you don't know what you're missing!" – the_homeschool_mom_blog "I loved Florence Fox because it is an alliteration and I learnt about that at school." - Grace Farrell aged 6½ yrs "The 'Rudolph the red robin song' was brilliant! It was just so funny!" - Max Farrell aged 5 yrs

      • Fantasy
        November 2014

        Virtual Arcana: The Fool

        by Karen Amanda Hooper

        The Matrix meets The Notebook (with a sprinkle of The Giver). In a faraway future, Kelsey Zellar is starting her senior year at yet another school thanks to her twin sister’s troublesome obsession with outlawed virtual reality games. Every school they’ve ever attended is pretty much the same: lunchroom drama, rich kids binging on enhancement candies, and classmates rallying for or against the government’s strict control over everything from entertainment privileges to caffeine consumption. Unlike her sister, Kelsey follows the rules and keeps her nose out of trouble and politics while sniffing out her next flavored latte and favorite novel. But when Kelsey meets a charming book connoisseur, and accepts his offering of a tarot card, she takes the first step toward two new addictions: the guy of her dreams, and his illegal dealing of virtual escapes into her beloved storybooks. Kelsey straddles the worlds of fiction and reality, but is she a fool for believing in her own happy ending? **This series will be serial style with short episodes(15-20k) releasing frequently. A collection of the first 7 episodes, VIRTUAL ARCANA, Season 1, will be available once episode 7 has released.**SEASON 1 EPISODE LIST: The Fool ~ Virtual Arcana #0The Magician ~ Virtual Arcana #1The High Priestess~ Virtual Arcana #2The Empress ~ Virtual Arcana #3The Emperor ~ Virtual Arcana #4The Hierophant ~ Virtual Arcana #5 The Lovers ~ Virtual Arcana #6

      • American Civil War

        Broken Glass

        Caleb Cushing and the Shattering of the Union

        by John Belohlavek (author)

        One of the most colorful, controversial, and misunderstood public figures of the 19th century“The most hated man in New England,”as critics dubbed him on the eve of the Civil War, Caleb Cushing, brash and controversial, was perhaps the last of 19th-century America’s renaissance figures. Poet and politician, essayist and diplomat, general and lawyer, this multidimensional scion of a Newburyport, Massachusetts, mercantile family moved in and out of positions of power and influence for more than fifty years.First as a spokesman for the Whig and then the Democratic Parties, Cushing served in Congress, as the minister to China, as a general in the Mexican War, as U.S. attorney general, and as a legal adviser and diplomatic operative for Presidents Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant. With an unharnessed mind and probing intellect, Cushing inspired and infuriated contemporaries with his strident views on such topics as race relations and gender roles, national expansion and the legitimacy of secession. While his positions generated arguments and garnered enemies, his views often mirrored those of many Americans. His abilities and talents sustained him in public service and made him one of the most outstanding and fascinating figures of the era.Biographer John Belohlavek delivers a work of importance and originality to specialists in the areas of mid-nineteenth-century political, legal, and diplomatic history as well as to those interested in New England history, antebellum gender relations, civil-military relations, and Mexican War studies.

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