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For parents seeking practical strategies to build healthy relationships with their teenage and young adult children, Bang Head Here: You in the Equation sets out to challenge your current mindset and beliefs surrounding your parenting style and family culture. Youth trainers and crises intervention coaches Josh and Hollie have spent over 15 years helping teenagers and parents grappling with suicide, addictions, eating disorders, behavior disorders, depression, and anxiety.

Jack Kelly remembers everything about his wife and children. The wonderful smell of his wife’s hair, the way she whispers to him at night. His three children running through the house, the sound of their laughter. That was his life before the accident. His near-death experience left him in the in-between space, somewhere between this world and whatever comes next. But he recovered and woke up as his 13-year-old self. The doctors tell him it is a false memory, a result of his fall and the insult to his brain from his injuries.

It all started one drunken night when she was a sweet and innocent freshman and I was a cocky, overconfident sophomore. I've never forgotten the time we spent together, but life is complicated and I let it get in the way. But the universe has thrown us back together and now that I'm newly single, I can't stop thinking about her. So it's a damn shame my dream girl wants absolutely nothing to do with me.

Sixteen-year-old Dylan's life sucks. A careless driver cost him his leg, and as if that wasn't bad enough, he's being bullied at his new school. But a viral video and a life-changing encounter with a one-armed MMA fighter is about to change his life in ways he never could have imagined. Could Dylan's biggest weakness turn out to be his greatest strength?

The Book of Demons, the much-anticipated sequel to The Book of Souls, finds Jack Kelly in the fight of his life. This time, he's not battling ghosts. His nemesis is the shape-shifting necromancer Mr. Philips, who inhabits both the world of the living and the world of the dead. When Mr. Philips discovers a powerful, cursed painting whose magic he can use for personal gain, he will stop at nothing to acquire it…including murder.

Two friends think they've found the perfect summer job on top of a mountain. What they've really found is death and destruction.

Harper Daniels is on the fast track to success. As one of Vancouver’s top PR professionals, she’s masterminding a high-profile political campaign that doesn’t leave room for distractions. But when a PR disaster strikes the Vancouver Sea Wolves hockey team, she’s abruptly reassigned to clean up their image. And babysit their newest player, Chance Brooks.

First love, second chances, and secrets that could destroy it all. When Ethan Bennett returns to Hadley Cove after twenty- two years, Kara Walker is forced to confront the past she thought she'd left behind. With his rescue dog, Hero, at his side, Ethan is stirring up more than just old memories.

Inspired by the explosive events of our polarized political climate, Burner is an all-too plausible contemporary thriller that examines the social and personal consequences of the lost sense of identity, trust, and truth itself that characterizes our technology-obsessed culture.

Explore a medley of poetic beats, unique insights, and creative therapies in the author's first work of creative nonfiction. Tony Martello is an author like no other who combines sound and sanity to balance scholarly research with an enriched experiential existence. Creativity is king here and is grounded by peer reviewed studies on chronic pain both physical and emotional in nature.

As Wayne Scott faces the final moments of his life, he wonders about the contribution he made and what he managed to achieve in the years God granted him on Earth. Along with his grandson, the two explore some of the greatest questions any man can ask as he faces the end but mainly if he accomplished what God intended for him and how those he was leaving behind would cope.

"The Jurassic Blanket: A Cozy Dino Tale Kids Bedtime Stories" is a captivating journey into a world where imagination knows no bounds. In this enchanting storybook, listeners are invited to join Toby, a curious and adventurous boy, as he embarks on a magical adventure with his extraordinary blanket. Each chapter of the book offers a rich sensory experience, filled with vivid descriptions that transport listeners to the heart of the Dino Kingdom.

Despite the awkwardness of adolescence, Jay settles into his new environment on Moss Hill Road, hanging out with new pals at their makeshift ball field. He forms a brotherly bond with the group’s ringleader, Paul, in particular, and vows allegiance to all things Boston…especially the surging Red Sox. Soon, however, life throws Jay one curveball after another--his first crush, peer pressure, family secrets, and loss. Instead of being sustained by the cornerstones of family and faith, Jay becomes cynical as he witnesses the darker side of human nature time and again.

On a cold Sunday night in Manhattan, the corrupt corporate board of Wrentham Industries are called to an emergency session—but it turns out to be a setup, created by a mysterious sniper across the street, watching them through his night-sight scope. The office is booby-trapped, the door is locked, and the board are held hostage, forced to play his games for the next 90 minutes.

Wandering Spark is a gripping, emotional, self-reflecting pause-resister that explores the depths of our human spirit, demonstrating our past struggles can be a catalyst to bring out the best in ourselves. At only four years old, Kyle Robinson’s life changes dramatically—a man he calls Big Bad Ben, or Triple B becomes his stepfather. Over the next decade, Kyle and his siblings live in terror daily, trying anything to escape his physical and emotional abuse.

It's 2255 and times are good for the human race. We have peace and prosperity under the reign of the Order. This is the story of the end of that golden age. It's the story of how Katreen Roper's discovery pushed her brilliant son across the threshold of good and evil, drove her mate to the edge of sanity, and stripped a just man of his family, nation, and identity.

Soul Meets Body: Six Degrees of You is a touching and unforgettable novel that reminds us to never give up on love. There is a recipe for writing about love. There is a dream in someone's heart. There is a tragedy, and sometimes, separation. There is a determination to make it work. There is a spiritual connection that brings it all together. This book shares moments that touch the reader's heart and moments that bring up anger and frustration. We are always going through a season. If you keep love in your heart, you will always find what you need.

If you like poetry but read one poem and continue on, this is not the poetry book for you. These poems are meant to keep you thinking throughout the day. Have you been through something similar? Are you going through something but don't know how to express it? This book will take you on a journey from life to death. It takes you from shallow to deep from one poem to the next.

It's about our impact on the planet as a human species. Are we amazing? Or are we...really...

Triads and Turbulence: Once Upon a Time in Northeastern China is an epic tale of conflict, royalties, and love set against the backdrop of an industrial wasteland populated by gangsters and outlaws in Northeastern China. This highly acclaimed novel is a tetralogy inspired by true events, from bloody gangster conflicts to industrial city outcasts, amid Communist China’s rapid development following Deng Xiao Ping’s economic reforms in the 1980s. It is also a story of marginalized individuals entangled in the changing fabrics of the society they live in.