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13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky.Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare.Join the award-winning Marie ORegan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fictions bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz.Featuring stories by Simon R. Green Caitin Rozakis Louise Carey Adrian Tchaikovsky Ian Whates M. R. Carey Paul Magrs Delilah S. Dawson Robert Shearman Stark Holborn Christina Henry Una McCormack Jonathan Maberry

The past is rarely so easily cleaned up...Max Lee has seen all the ways criminals screw up. As the decade-long owner of an under-staffed crime scene cleaning company, she knows - theoretically - the best way to erase a murder.Nate Wilder has had too many jobs to count in his life, and as Maxs newest trainee, he displays an unusual attention to detail and a lack of squeamishness.When Max needs Wilders help to clean up the biggest mess from her childhood - one shes kept secret her whole life - he brings a surprising set of skills to the task. With a history like Wilders, whats a little more dirty work?

When the Pipers Play is a fascinating account of the bagpipe as an instrument of war, packed full of remarkable stories. Based on the author Patrick Kings award-winning films, the book combines historical research with exclusive interviews and traces the crucial role of the military piper from the Highlander at Culloden to the carnage of Waterloo and from the trenches of the Great War to the beaches of Normandy. The author reveals how the use of music in war, including drums, bugles and pipes, has for centuries controlled the battlefield. His analysis of the pipes ranges from regulating the soldiers day in camp to a role in wartime propaganda films and how the instrument remains the one primal element in the sophistication of modern warfare. The regimental piper is the real hero of this book. A must read for anyone who enjoys stories of courage and adventure.

Often, they appeared just once, tucked away in the corner of a lavish stand at one of the big international motor shows; some were never shown in public, confined to technical conferences and seminars. Not flashy dream cars, rather, these are the real concept cars, produced less for show and eye-catching magazine covers, and more to demonstrate technological prowess of their makers. Ray Hutton delves into the archives to remember forty of these fascinating one-offs created through the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, a time of rapid development for everyday cars and growth in sales for the premium brands. Between them, they predicted almost all of the features of todays production cars. And, just as important, are the ambitious failures and the purposely provocative that led nowhere. Most of these cars are long forgotten. They are, in a sense, the cars that never were, and they represent milestones in that development as well as being fascinating in their own right. This book brings them briefly back to life.

We cant look out for the land unless we love the land, and we cant love the land unless we know its stories.Taffy Thomas MBEThis book is the third in a trilogy of nature-inspired volumes of folk tales by well-loved storyteller Taffy Thomas. Collected over many years spent travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles in his work as a professional storyteller, and told in his well-honed style, these traditional tales are engaging, entertaining, humorous and powerful. With captivating illustrations and a centre section of illustrated trails by the talented illustrator and animator Dotty Kultys, this collection will reconnect readers to the land through story.

The Pacific Theatre was the setting for some of World War IIs bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in Europe was winding down, fierce Japanese resistance and mounting casualties slowed the US advance toward Japan. The terrible death toll of doctors, medics and corpsmen forced the United States Navy to deploy combat nurses to contested airfields, where they triaged desperately wounded men and evacuated them to safety.In The Flight Nurses War, award-winning historian Leah Garrett traces the lives of eight nurses from their small-town origins to the devastation of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. They risked their lives on rickety, unpressurized aircraft and braved constant enemy assaults. As the battles intensified, Army nurses were also deployed to hospital ships and the infantry front-line, where they endured disease, snipers, and Kamikazes. Successfully evacuating thousands of wounded men from danger, the combat nurses freed up troops to secure both islands and help win the war.Uncovering an extraordinary story of Second World War heroism, The Flight Nurses War powerfully brings to life the remarkable women who risked everything to save lives and assure Allied victory.

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemarys Baby and the urban horror of Salems Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building.Best Adult Books 2023New York Public LibraryNPR Books We Love 2023 Best Horror of 2023Esquire, Den of Geek Best Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)PasteAna and Reid needed a lucky break.The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. Thats about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hearaffordable housing lottery.Theyve won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattans most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture.Reid dismisses disturbing events and Anas deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New Yorkpeople are oddbut he cant explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby.

A reclusive young woman moves into what seems like the perfect apartment and is obsessively drawn to her mysterious neighbour, who keeps a lush garden and is hiding a deadly secret Eat the Ones You Love meets Wilder Girls in this sensual, sapphic, botanical horror novella from the New York Times-bestselling author of Bloom and House of Idyll.When Lucy McClintock moves into a dreamy Victorian in downtown Savannah after years of suffering under the rule of her overbearing grandfather, she feels like shes won the lotterywell, outside of the creepy landlord. She soon notices a glorious green haven in the backyard and meets her downstairs neighbor, Saskia, a weightlifter who lives in a magical apartment overflowing with plant life and beautiful artwork. Naive and lonely Lucy is drawn to strong and secretive Saskia, and as the two women grow closer, they discover they share more than just an apartment buildingA seductive, heady, sinister read: breathless romance and bone-chilling suspense collide in this sweet and deadly tale.

How Christian Liberal Arts Education Shapes Effective Leaders A flourishing society depends on effective leadership, and a quality education is the key to forming leaders. Yet our modern understanding of what it means to be educated often lacks unifying values and purpose. This is where the rich, centuries-old tradition of Christian liberal arts education remains more crucial than ever.In Leadership and the Liberal Arts, Gayle Beebe, president of Westmont College, brings together a diverse group of experienced educators from disciplines including theology, history, biblical studies, and philosophy to mathematics, chemistry, politics, economics, and more.These experts explore the essential role of Christian liberal arts today and show that in this centuries-old tradition study is never just for knowledge itself, but always a means to something more: moral education, vocational aptitude, and knowledge of God.Leadership and the Liberal Arts offers: a powerful vision for how a Christian liberal arts education is the ideal preparation for lifelong leadership and flourishing; insights and examples from a diverse group of professors and administrators; chapters on disciplines such as theology, natural sciences, creative arts, business, and technology; and thoughtful engagement with current challenges facing Christian higher education and a hopeful vision for its future. This insightful volume demonstrates how a liberal arts education in the Christian intellectual tradition invites us to see the interrelationship of all knowledge and discover how to reach into every area of human learning to find new solutions to vexing problems. Leadership and the Liberal Arts offers inspiring wisdom for educators, students, and everyone invested in higher education.

A Small Town. A Big Secret. One Chance to Heal. In the small Pacific Northwest town of Port Lawrence, five people search for a way forward in the wake of broken trust and lost hope. Molly McIntyre spends her days teaching fourth grade and her evenings and weekends caring for her grandmother Eleanor, a woman of deep faith who lives with chronic pain. The rest of Mollys time is spent volunteering at the community theater. Though she loves the magic of a good play, she doesnt trust actorstheyre too good at what they do.Tristan Stuart always wanted to be a movie star. But he put that dream aside when he decided to leave Hollywood to care for his sick mother, Diana. She longs for her other son, whom she hasnt seen in years, to come home, too. But Tristans father wants no such thing; he hopes his second son will stay gone forever.After nine months away from the hustle of Hollywood, Tristans lifelong dream has turned to dust and ashes, and he has no idea what to dountil he meets Molly.As Tristan presses forward into a new life, Molly retreats in fear. But in slow fits and starts, their relationship begins to blossomuntil Tristans past collides with his present and shatters Mollys fragile faith in him, forcing them and their families to confront a heartbreaking truth.A Journey of Love, Grace, and Following the Light With This Shore of Light, immerse yourself in a story where the tides of life reveal beauty in the midst of trialswhere love, family, and faith guide each step toward a brighter shore.

Cultivate Communities that Discern the Will of God Many Christian communities long for deeper spiritual growth but find themselves stuck, not knowing how to move forward together. If you are a leader seeking to guide your community toward genuine, God-centered transformation, this book provides the vision and tools you need.In Leading a Transforming Community, spiritual formation expert Ruth Haley Barton shares insights from over twenty-five years of guiding leaders through the Transforming Center. She casts a compelling vision for what is possible when a community gathers around the presence of Christ with the shared goal of spiritual transformation.This seminal work is an essential resource for pastors, small group leaders, and leaders of all Christian communities who believe that change and transformation should be the norm, not the exception.Leading a Transforming Community will equip you and your team with Biblical and theological foundations for spiritual transformation in community; Shared attitudes, practices, and experiences to do together as a group; Real-life examples and stories from fellow leaders; and Practical, intentional strategies for opening to God as a community. This book shows how spiritual transformation is central to the message of the gospel and the mission of the church. With Leading a Transforming Community, learn to cultivate a community of spiritual transformation that discerns and does the will of God together, and in turn empowers others to do the same.

Meg, or Megaera, is one of the Furies you probably read about in Greek Mythology. Shes also been sitting on one of Sam Quinns stools in The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore & Bar since it opened, glaring into silence anyone who tries to strike up a conversation with her. Sam, being Sam, eventually broke through Megs walls and a tentative friendship grewnot a warm one, certainly. Meg doesnt do warm. She has, though, in a crisis situation, shown up to fight alongside Sam. Until recently, that is. Sams getting more and more concerned about Megs strange absences and then she and Clive receive a text that turns their lives upside down. Meg tells Sam and Clive its their turn to help herin Greecein the Underworld. Sam badgers her friend Stheno into coming with them. I mean, if you have to descend into Hades realm, a Gorgon can be pretty handy. Keep your fingers crossed. Things are about to get downright mythological around here.

Detach from Chaos, Attach to Christ, and Break Free from the Worlds Demands Our world offers endless prescriptions for wholenessa sense of fullness through achievement, a perfect work-life balance, the ideal Instagram feed, or the pursuit of well-being and leisure. Yet these cultural visions of fulfillment often leave us more restless than before.There is a more satisfying path. God invites us not simply to take a day off, but to be transformed to be like him through the joy, delight, and holiness of sabbath all seven days of the week.In The Sabbath We Need, John and Jena Starke guide you away from the worlds anxious systems and into participation with God in his rest. This is not another book about relaxation or self-care. The biblical emphasis on sabbath rest isnt necessarily about recovering from the week but to be set apart like the God who rested on the seventh day.Based on their own practices as a family of six living in Manhattan, the Starkes offer a path for detachment from the world for a deeper attachment to Christ, providing hope for a culture exhausted in its search for rest. True sabbath is formation toward divine holiness and counterformation away from worldliness.With The Sabbath We Need, you will discover The difference between counterfeit fulfillment and the true divine fullness of sabbath keeping; Practical ways to make the sabbath the center of gravity for your week, reshaping your rhythms of life; How to practice sabbath in different stages of life and in seasons of pain, success, struggle, and loss; and How to receive the gift of sabbath as God intended and practice it in a way that leads to joy, delight, and interior rest. Choose the way of holy rest. The Sabbath We Need leads you out of worldliness and into holiness, out of anxious systems and into the heart of rest.

1904: Naive booksellers assistant Henry Canning arrives at Hareswood Lodge to catalogue the library of its late owner. But hes unprepared for the horrors that lurk within Matthew Hobbes collection and something even more terrible that still lingers in the room itself.The present day, and a young council officer is tasked with finding the story behind an unassuming brick building that is all that stands in the way of a vast new housing development. But to the concern of his colleagues, Ben finds himself growing more and more obsessed with the secret of Hobbes Folly. Why does it have no doors or windows? Is it to keep people out to keep something too awful to imagine trapped inside?Adam Macqueens Haunted Tales were a collection of short stories whose chills lingered long in the imagination. Now, in his first full-length ghost story, he channels the masters of the genre both old and new in two intertwined narratives that build into a horrifying whole and will ensure readers never look at the view beyond their windows in quite the same way ever again.

As a young colt Black Beauty is handsome and carefree and lives an idyllic life under the gentle guidance of his mother, Duchess. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty.Moving from owner to owner, he meets fellow horses - such as the spirited Ginger and the kind-hearted Merrylegs - whose fates expose the terrible ways in which humans can treat animals. Despite enduring agonizing neglect and hardship, Beauty bravely works as hard as he can, for he has an unbreakable spirit and is determined to survive.

A genre-defying feminist gothic novel blending Indonesian folklore, Islamic mysticism, horror, and political reckoningInternational literary sensation Intan Paramaditha returns with her most ambitious and haunting work to date. The novel opens with a devastating act: the youngest of three sisters becomes a suicide bomber. In the aftermath, her surviving siblings are forced to confront the violent, buried truths of their family history. Their search leads them to long-concealed secrets, and to the prophecies of their grandmother, whose shadowy wisdom has shaped their fates. Set across Indonesia, the United States, and Australia, the novel explores class divides, sisterhood, migration, shame, abandonment, and the politics of careall through a ghostly, atmospheric lens that draws on Asian folktales and occult traditions.With its blend of political urgency, mythic resonance, and psychological depth, Night of a Thousand Hells is a singular contribution to global feminist literature.

Tippy Chan, Uncle Pike and Devon are determined not to reform their secret detective club, The Nancys, but when an explosion kills three people and the investigation turns chaotic, dangerous and deeply personal, the club is back in business, in another riotous instalment of the award-winning series.Wonderful A book of great heart, humour and originality. I loved itChris HammerA wonderfully smart, funny, intriguing and joyously camp mystery. I loved it!William Hussey__________The Nancys are backIts four months after Christmas, and Tippy Chan, Uncle Pike and Devon are reunited in Riverstone for the first anniversary of Tippys fathers death. This time, the plan is simple: no mysteries, no crimes, and definitely no secret detective clubs.Riverstone has other ideasWhen an early-morning explosion destroys the town hall and kills three people, the town is thrown into chaos. An arrest is made and Riverstone decides the case is closed ... except for Tippy and the Nancys, who immediately know something is wrong.Their search draws them towards Tulip Farm and raises more questions than answers. Is the accused bomber really guilty? Was he working alone? And is asparagus even a colour?And when everyone else is convinced theyre right, does that make you wrong?Once again, its up to the Nancys to go against the flow and police advice. With rumours spreading, tempers flaring and the threat of another attack hanging over the town, they must work out who to trust, who to ignore, and how to stop a killer before he strikes again.Funny, fearless and fizzing with heart, The Nancys and the Secret of Tulip Farm is a joyful, nerve-jangling mystery about belonging, loyalty and asking awkward questions, with a dark and dangerous secret at its core and characters you wont forget__________

Set in wartime London and based on a true story, Everest Macdonald investigates the murder of her uncle, the actor William Terriss. A riveting, dark historical mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author A.J. West.1915, Surrey. As the Great War rages on the continent, Everest Macdonald, wife and mother, is summoned to her fathers deathbed and entrusted with a final urgent request: she must uncover the truth behind the murder of her uncle, the celebrated Victorian actor William Terriss, a crime that has haunted her family for decades.In 1897, Terriss was stabbed to death outside Londons Adelphi Theatre, a killing that shocked Victorian society. The murderer was swiftly arrested and confined to Broadmoor, the case declared closed. Yet years later, a sealed package of evidence passed to Everest by her dying father casts doubt on the official verdict and the haste with which it was reached.Drawn back to wartime London, with her husband and children left behind, Everest begins her investigation, following a trail that leads her into the world of late-Victorian theatre, where fame and fortune mask obsession, envy and cruelty. With time running out and her fathers strength failing, Everest must uncover what really happened on the night Terriss died, and shed light on the unsettling legacy he left behind.Based on an extraordinary true story, The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald is a dark, atmospheric historical mystery and a compelling adventure, as an unlikely investigator risks everything to pursue one of the most notorious killings of the Victorian stage.

History, they say, is written by the winners, but what dark deeds underlie that success? This book dives beneath the surface to reveal the mysterious and unexpected stories that lurk in the depths. Featuring accounts of rogues and reprobates, bloody battles and dank dungeons, this little history is an entertaining and informative sweep through Yorkshires historical dark side.

When couturiere-turned-sleuth Jemima Flowerday accepts a last-minute invitation to a Murder Weekend at Firebrace Court, a crumbling Devon mansion perched on a storm-lashed headland, she expects nothing more than champagne, theatrics, and the fun of playing the daughter of a fictitious duchess. The whole thing is meant to be an absolute hoot.But the hoot turns to horror within hours. The arrival of Hal and Daisy Merriweather fabulously wealthy Texans lured to Firebrace by hints of Hals ancestral claim to the estate is as spectacular as their motorcar: a gleaming Bentley that skids on the rain-soaked drive and crashes into the ancient bridge. The structure collapses into the swollen stream below, revealing a mans skeleton tangled among the wreckage. And the discovery of a fresh murder turns the screw. The killer must be one of those within the house. Family member, staff or guest. This murder weekend is only too real...