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Respell Your Reality
This is where creativity meets personal transformation. Where moon rituals meet self-expression. Where feminine frequency becomes a tool for conscious creation. Whether you’re dreaming up your next creative project, seeking spiritual growth, or simply want a more magical way to move through life, this beautifully practical guide blends lunar wisdom, creativity and quantum principles to help you to create and manifest with rhythm, ritual, and radical self-trust. Inside, you'll find:A complete 8 part lunar-led, rhythm-rich, creativity-first Re-spell Your Reality programme with creative practices and rituals for each moon phase. Feminine tools for intentional living, manifestation, and intuitive alignment. Moon Mavens - real creative women from history who'll walk with you through each phase, activating archetypes and awakening creative power. Journaling prompts and rituals to help you decode your own rhythms, desires and creative cycles. Perfect for fans of spiritual self-help, moon magic, creativity journals, and manifesting books for women, Respell Your Reality is a beautifully designed guide to being your own magic-making, creative muse.
Rooted in Wonder
Trees are symbols of growth, strength and endurance. Most countries have chosen a national tree that represents their resources, history and culture . . . and this nature book for kids celebrates 12 of them! From the animals and birds that live among them, to their folklore, legends and history, discover:India's BANYAN: its thick aerial roots create a respite for multigenerational communities. Chile's PEHUEN: an ancient tree considered a bridge between this world and the spirit world. Canada's SUGAR MAPLE: a tree renowned for its brightly colored fall foliage (and the poems that have been written about it!). USA + England's OAK: a tree frequently struck by lightning, which is why it's associated with Zeus, hurler of thunderbolts. South Africa's Real YELLOWWOOD: a tree that became endangered when so much of its wood was used to make railroads and coffins. The Philippines' NARRA: a tree that shows resilience and strength, symbolizing the Filipino people's struggle for independence. Other featured trees include Australia's GOLDEN WATTLE, Angola's BAOBAB, Peru and Ecuador's QUINA, Albania's OLIVE, Cuba's ROYAL PALM and China's Ginkgo. With additional informative spreads at the back of the book and mapped endpapers showing the global reach of the trees, this book will teach young people and their families just how uniquely iconic, fabulous and beloved their national trees are to so many cultures around the world.
The Witch who Trades with Death
A young witch forced to play concubine for her imperial captor, finally breaks free to find a life of her own, but even those with the power to call Death cannot outrun their past…All witches must serve the cruel and immortal Emperor Yamueto. But after four years of terror and abuse, Khana not only kills one of his favorite courtiers with her magic, but also discovers the secret of his power and immortality: he’s been making deals with Death. And now, so is she. Armed with magic that she doesn’t fully understand, Khana flees the empire and stumbles into a small mountain town filled with fierce warriors that ostracize her for being a witch, despite using her abilities to heal their sick and injured. There, her magic and courage are put to the test as she is forced to stop running and fight back against the emperor that wants her dead. But every deal she makes with Death takes another piece of her soul. And there’s only so much Khana can give before she turns into the very monster she’s trying to destroy.
Breakfall
One wrong decision. One missing person. One dark secret. Mina Banksy has enough on her plate. Between surviving a tumultuous divorce, managing her writing career, and raising a difficult toddler, the last thing she needs is for the police to show up at her door, looking for a missing person from her former Jiu Jitsu gym. Dylan, an ex-addict and convicted felon, has tried to move on from his criminal life, finding a home and friends in the close-knit gym. His disappearance triggers a series of events that turns all the gym-goers into either a suspect or a potential victim. Meanwhile, Dylan’s disappearance forces Mina to confront her past. She’s tried to outrun the demons that haunt her, but now it’s time to face the real reason she left the gym in the first place …Part unconventional romance and part murder mystery, set inside the eclectic subculture of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Breakfall will have you up all night turning the pages until the electric end.
The Dead Man's Empire
An innovative grimdark fantasy, with expansive world-building, powerful female characters and political intrigue, for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Scott Lynch. The follow up to the award winning The Last Blade Priest. Growing tensions between the Mirolene Empire and the League threaten the stability of the world, spreading fear and mistrust across the land. Their rivalries threaten the religion that worships Craithe, the God Mountain, and the resurgence of the fabled, and utterly insane, elven race, it's not a good time to be a reluctant bride about to be married off to seal an alliance between ancient rivals. Princess Syzenne's attitude is famed across the kingdom, but she's hiding a secret. She's a Scourge - a powerful being armed with terrifying abilities at her fingertips. And as political tensions come to a head, it turns out she may not be the only one with the potential to change the world... The Dead Man's Empire revisits the characters and the trials of The Last Blade Priest, adding powerful new characters and plot twists into the growing crisis that is sweeping the world.
Posture Power
Listen to your body. Move freely. Live pain-free. Posture isn’t just about sitting up straight – it’s about moving freely, living pain-free and improving function in stiff muscles. In this empowering book, posture therapist Eleanor Dalton (Posture Ellie) shows you how to listen to your body to restore your natural alignment. Rather than chasing symptoms, Posture Ellie’s methods uncover the root causes of tension, release chronic discomfort and help you to move comfortably again. With step-by-step exercises you can do from home, day-to-day advice and client case studies, you will learn to create a body that truly supports you. Discover how to:Move without pain: Prevent recurring sports injuries and unlock your body’s full range of motion. Boost energy: Feel calm, powerful and re-energized. Improve all-round health: Posture affects everything from respiration and digestion to circulation. When you learn to move in harmony with your body, you don’t just change your posture – you change how you feel, think and live.
Shake Out the Ghosts
A brutal assault nine months ago left eccentric portrait artist Micah with facial scars and PTSD. He’s struggled to leave his apartment ever since, and he can’t let anyone in. Then his only sanctuary is disrupted by signs of a haunting. Between the 80s synth pop and motivation messages scrawled on his bathroom mirror, Micah finds himself more charmed than frightened by who he believes to be Cosmo, the deceased previous resident of his apartment. But when Cosmo’s ghostly visits suddenly stop, Micah is determined to lure him back. Meanwhile, sculpture artist Cosmo – dramatic, unconventional, and very much alive – is mourning his old self. His boyfriend’s a serial cheater, he’s continually passed over for a promotion at work, and he’s lost contact with his best friend. To make matters worse, his apartment is being haunted by the ghost of a bespectacled man with an eye socket of scars. It’s his last straw, and seeking a new start, Cosmo moves out. In a chance meeting, Cosmo and Micah’s paths cross again, and tentative sparks fly. But the phantoms of their pasts still linger. In order to find a future where they can both be happy together, Micah and Cosmo need to confront their trauma once and for all. File Under: Songs For You| Kisses on the Mirror | Monstera Time Constellation | All that Glitters
The Drowned Siren
She was driven by success. Now, she’s driven by obsession. After years of being viewed as plain and boring, university student Eleanor is thrilled when the beautiful Cheyenne notices her and starts showering her with attention. Soon, the lines between friendship and love become blurred, at least for Eleanor. Until she realises that Cheyenne’s love isn’t unconditional …Years later, Eleanor’s life has changed completely. After moving to LA to pursue her dreams, she now lives mostly in isolation. Her days are spent locked up in her hotel suite, dreaming up revenge fantasies. As her past and present collide, Eleanor is forced to ask the question she dreads most: what happens when your darkest fantasies become reality?
A Working Title I Want to Change
In the labyrinth of Tesco’s flagship supermarket, precariously employed workers search for dignity at the margins of late-capitalist London, while a nameless narrator cycles through the discarded nametags of sacked colleagues. Gradually absorbing their stories, he drifts from shifts at the superstore to temporary accommodation, as imminent homelessness threatens his intellectual hopes. Petty triumphs, quiet humiliations, and fleeting acts of kindness become markers of resistance to the wider collapse beyond the store’s walls. A Working Title I Want to Change explores the dizzyingly over-lit world of austerity Britain, revealing consumerism’s rituals and illusions in all their comedy and menace.
Sentient
The survivors of the South Pole massacre will find that getting off the Antarctic continent may cost them their lives…Months after the events of Symbiote, sunrise has come to the ice continent, bringing with it the beginning of the annual tourist season. where 1,500 summer visitors will soon call the coastal McMurdo Station home. With them are the architects of the classified CIA program that unleashed the deadly microbes, who are determined to uncover what happened with their experiment and harvest samples of the mutation to turn into a biological weapon. However, when Ben Jacobs returns from an impossible journey to the Pole and is reunited with Penny - an asymptomatic carrier of the symbiotic microbes - all hell breaks loose. When the sea ice surrounding the station becomes a fertile breeding ground for a new and more dangerous infestation, Rajan Chariya and his friends will have to join forces with the CIA to fight the onslaught of infected "sea people" roving the streets. With tensions high and stakes even higher, the question becomes when will the group stop being useful, and start becoming targets who know too muc? orse, there may be more than one asymptomatic carrier…. With a heart-stopping pace and twists that will leave readers breathless, Sentient is a thrilling sequel that brilliantly combines all the best horror tropes with real world scenarios.
Zen and the Samurai Sword
This unique book combines Japanese warrior techniques with ancient Zen practices for mental clarity and physical agility, giving readers a Samurai edge that will carry them through life. Embark on a warrior's quest to achieve the Zen-like state of a samuraiSharpen your mind, hone your senses, gain physical agility and reach peace through 100 key lessons in this unique book, as leading expert on Japanese military arts Antony Cummins brings ancient wisdom into the modern world. Combining esteemed philosophy, practical sword skills and traditional calligraphic practices - with a dash of the science behind Zen - this book will arm you with the spiritual weapons to engage in the fight to come: the conflict within your own mind. Explore what Zen is and who the samurai were before establishing your form and learning to travel through life without conflict, all based on historic scrolls. Discover teachings such as:Do not wait to create your masterpieceHeed your sixth senseDefeat the enemy before the warUnderstand that Zen is nowBy the end of this book, you will be a Zen warrior. Face life and its harsh lessons with a clear head, hold a truer understanding of the world and engage with problems - all with a unique samurai edge. "An insightful analysis of the synergies between the training methods of Zen Buddhist meditation ... and the advanced techniques used by Japanese samurai"- Steven Heine, professor of religious studies and history at Florida International University
A Day of Breath
She has guarded her kingdom at the edge of the world for ten years. Now she has one day left to save it. Oly is Niawa’s longest-serving Champion—a warrior bound to the Edge, where demons claw their way through a rift between realms. Gifted with supernatural strength and cursed with eternal vigilance, she has stood alone against the darkness while her kingdom slept safely behind her. But her power is failing. With the rift growing restless and her strength draining away, Oly faces a terrifying truth: when the demons return, she may no longer be strong enough to stop them. Her only hope lies in the Day of Breath—the single sacred day each year when the rift is sealed. For the first time in a decade, Oly leaves her post to beg for her power to be renewed. She never expects the impossible to happen. On the one day demons should be powerless, a new horror spreads through Niawa—parasitic creatures moving through streets, homes, and temples. As panic grips the kingdom and her strength continues to fade, Oly must uncover how the breach occurred and stop the carnage before midnight. If she fails, the rift will awaken again—and there will be no Champion left to stand against it. Dark, relentless, and emotionally charged, A Day of Breath is a gripping fantasy of sacrifice, duty, and survival, where a single woman must decide how much of herself she’s willing to give to save the world she’s already bled for. Perfect for readers who love the rich worldbuilding of Naomi Novik and the moral intensity of N.K. Jemisin, this is a story about power slipping away—and the courage it takes to fight anywayFILE UNDER: A Torn Sky | Growing Pains | Duty is Given | Follow the Leader |
First Date
Deciding to end years of loneliness, Amandine takes a leap of faith and enters the dating pool. After seemingly endless disappointments, it seems her luck has changed when she meets Connor, another lonely heart. What starts as a dinner date ends in a night that will change their lives forever. For neither of them knows that they are being watched by a killer whose primary target is happy couples. Soon, Amandine and Connor will find themselves fighting for their lives. Their only chance of survival lies in each other, but can they work as a team to escape before their time runs ou? nd even if they do, will they ever be able to escape each other?
Infinite Edge
TRUE HAPPINESS IS FOUND IN BECOMING WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF. Performance is for everyone. When you unlock your potential, life gets easier, because you get better. Now, for the first time, James Vincent shares the timeless principles once reserved for Olympic athletes and world-class leaders. These principles are available to anyone who wants to think clearer, feel stronger, and live calmer – not sometimes, but consistently. Imagine a life where you …Control your mind instead of battling itTurn self-doubt into unstoppable beliefWake up driven – fuelled by purpose, not pressureBuild the mindset that changes everything: your outcomes, your resilience, your lifeMaster the habits and skills that elevate you to world classStay calm, clear and composed when pressure breaks everyone elseWhen you master the six forces, you discover your edge – and once you do, you’ll never go back. Infinite Edge will Inspire You, Move You and Change You.
The Korean Art of Living Well
How do we find clarity living in a world that never slows down? Most forms of meditation ask us to step away from life, but the Korean practice of Living Meditation encourages the opposite. Taoist longevity expert Dr Jenelle Kim teaches us how to cultivate calm within our busy lives, all while working, pursuing passions and connecting with others. Discover the eight keys of Living Meditation – passed down to Dr Kim through nine generations of Taoist masters – that will help you transform stress into strength, conflict into clarity and challenges into opportunities. Through inspiring stories and centuries-old wisdom, Dr Kim invites you to:Be like bamboo: be firm yet flexible when facing life’s demands. Avoid being drunk on thoughts: expand your perspective for clarity. Follow Chung Doe: be deep like the sea, so challenges wash over you. This practical guide will inspire you to live fully, love deeply and rise with resilience in every season of life.
Head Cleaner
The last Blockbuster video store in the United States is hanging on by a thread. And after a crazy night attempting to track down a lost VCR rental to collect the record-setting and internet-famous late fee, three employees, idealistic Eva, cinephile Jerry, and their tyrannical manager Randy, discover that this machine may actually havethe power to change the endings of popular films, which, depending on the historical basis of the film, might also be changing the real world around them. Or could this just be an elaborate, increasingly deadly prank? When they begin receiving videotapes and voicemails seemingly depicting their deaths, Eva, Jerry, and Randy scramble to keep the VCR from falling into the wrong hands. And as one action-packed evening begins to seemingly repeat itself (or does it?), scores are settled and unwanted confessions begin to fly, until a Final Girl finallyunravels a grand psychological experiment orchestrated at the highest levels of a crumbling social media empire.















