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Muriel has just been summoned to walk a tightrope at the Queen's big birthday party. But when Muriel arrives at the party, all the pretty paper lanterns have been stolen, and the Queen expects Muriel to solve the mystery.

From Scout Media comes A Matter of Words--the first volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world. In this first installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to lead the reader to destinations unknown. From the outer limits of the galaxy to the darkest depths of the ocean, A Matter of Words conquers the struggles of everyday life before revealing the dramatic loss of innocence and disturbing the reader with things that go bump in the night. Whether to be enlightened, entertained, or momentarily caught up in another world, these selections convey the true spirit of the short story. Our list of contributors include Steven Hartov: NY Times best-selling author and military journalist Randy Blazak: expert hate-crime sociologist correspondent and novelist Chuck Mosley: musician and original Faith No More vocalist Brian Paone: musician and critically acclaimed novelist Kim Loraine: award winning romance novelist Douglas Esper: musician, children's book author, and novelist Jacob Prytherch: author of the #1 ranked cyberpunk novel on Amazon UK Michelle Jillian Bailey Faith Cooper Stephanie Rogish Dan Golden Travis West Leah Lederman Stephen Rhodes A. Lee Ajang Alfred Balcon Cynthia Paone Alex Lonchiadis Lee Diogeneia Richard Lopez Salgado S.M.

In James and the Children, Eli Siegel talks about Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, and good and evil in children and in people who lie - which means most of us. He is humorous, learned, penetrating; a critic with gusto. He also says new things about the nature of art and the human self.

When Flora Elhayani is twelve years old, God appears to her through the television and suddenly, after being mute for two months, she can speak again. Flora changes her name to Ori, and acquires a new, fantastical vantage point of her life in the desert town of Netivot. Trying to decipher what the revelation holds for her, Ori comes across a rare series of young adult novels about a strange wonderland whose heroine plays special part in Ori's own coming of age. Twenty years later, we meet Ori again. She now lives in Tel Aviv, where she is married to a successful man and the mother of a little girl. She has become a writer for young adults, focusing her work on various Wonderland themes. Life is good until a second revelation, very different from the first, rattles the very foundations of her life and puts all in doubt. Sunburnt Faces examines the nature of revelation in a world in which the fantastical takes place only in situations of error and misunderstanding. But will the social and political nature of this world allow Ori to find the certainty without which she cannot live?

As big-hearted patriarch David clings to a deal that could save both his ailing catering firm and his cherished standing in the Edgware Jewish community, his children are at loggerheads. "You must have heard him banging on about the long line of Rosenbergs, stretching back to the Bible. He reckons some ancient relative catered the Last Supper." While eldest son Danny fights for the Israelis in Gaza, his sister investigates war crimes in the same conflict. Their brother drinks and brawls and refuses to join their father's business. But when tragedy strikes, each family member is forced to confont head-on the clash between individual identity and the demands and expectations of community. The Holy Rosenbergs explores tribal loyalties, the culpability of family and the consequences of standing up for what you believe to be right.

Restore the foundations of moral order in America! Homosexual activists want their sexual lifestyles to be a civil right, but did you know that they seek to silence the truth about homosexuality and abolish moral judgment in any form? The Agenda takes you inside the culture war, exposing the shocking methods of the "gay" campaign and the strategies homosexual activists are employing to transform American society radically. Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, a prominent voice exposing the homosexual rights movement for thirty-three years, reveals their agenda and how it impacts Christianity, the business community, public schools, the church, and the media. Discover the powerful answers to these thought-provoking questions: *How and when did the homosexual movement get started? *How did militant homosexual activists force the American Psychiatric Association to abandon its official policy that classified same-sex attraction as a mental disorder? *How have the resources of the public health system and funds designated for AIDS research been co-opted by homosexual activists to promote their lifestyle to America's children? *Why is same-sex marriage a bad idea?You can help restore the moral fabric of the nation. This timely book will inform and motivate you to get involved in stopping the radical transformation of American culture and protecting future generations from the destructive forces of the homosexual agenda.

An adult novel about the world of children. In McCarthy-era New York City, fourth graders find a forgotten room in the foundations of a building, where they struggle to live their dreams. As the cold war of 1950s America envelops their school, they become radicalized. “Novels such as John Curl’s The Outlaws of Maroon, which capture a child’s point of view and examine the intersection of history and social justice, hold an important place in American literature. Think of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Books such as these both illuminate moments in history and remind us to pay attention to children: we can learn from them, for they are paying attention to the world.” — Lucille Lang Day

A novel based on a television soap opera for children of 10-14 years that explores the lives of children that use The Grove, a centre for young people in Byker Park, an area of Newcastle. The book accompanies a six episode series shown on BBC1 Children's TV.

Excerpt from The Second Man; Biography; Rain From Heaven; End of Summer Storey I swear I only stayed on so long because I thought it would amuse you to hear about the great English novelist. I kept saying to myself: This will amuse Kendall - l kendall Don't talk like that to me. It's all right for Monica Grey. It's transparent to me. She just telephoned you, by the way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Here to Stay: A Collection of Jewish Short Stories This book appears at a great moment in jewish his tory, at a time when we are thrilled by the establishment of the State'of Israel. It is clear to everyone that the very great majority of American jews will remain to live as American citizens in this generation and in generations to come. These stories are glimpses into the minds and lives of those who are Here To Stay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Four-year-old Belle Grape discovers she can make walls out of squashed air: so she builds one of her famous worm and fly zoos, with air walls, for Maisie the Wise.

"These seven amusing playlets, varying from three to five pages in length, are written for just two characters and cetner around holiday themes. Alexander includes no only the usual favorites--Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July, --but also features an April Fool's gorilla, a March lamb and lion, and a Valentine's Day giant and ogre. Props are household itmes, dialogue is short and snappy, roles are conveniently interchangeable for either boys or girls, and the author suggests that the offerings be springboards ot children's own dramatic creativity." --ALA Booklist

"Granny Yaga follows the switchback adventures of a boy called Danny, growing up in North London where the local she-dragons are notorious fighters, and any alert passer-by can spot Granny herself flying low over the British Museum. Danny becomes Granny's aide-de-camp in a life-or-death duel with the demon Koschei, fought out in the London underground, in disused stations, boarded-up houses and the enchanted skies over Crouch End, with back-up from the relatively orthodox magic of Yesterdayland (huts on chicken legs, talking cats, self-catering tablecloths) and the realpolitik of its neighbouring Soviet satellite, a land of cruel edicts and capricious tsars where the workers and permanently drunk, and the loo seats belonging to each family in a communal flat hang side by side on the wall 'like luckless horseshoes'. A gripping read for all ages, from Danny's to Granny's." Hilary Spurling"Delightfully inventive. Wickedly funny." Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian