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They called it justice. It was fear in disguise. For centuries, people across Europe and the New World believed witches walked among them — casting curses, flying at night, and serving dark forces. But behind the flames and confessions was something older, deeper, and far more human: fear. The Witch Trials explores how ordinary people — driven by faith, panic, and suspicion — turned on their neighbors in one of history’s most haunting chapters. From ancient magic and medieval superstition to the infamous Salem hysteria, this book reveals how belief became law… and how thousands paid the price.

Welcome to Wisconsin, where beer is practically a food group and winter is a personality test. Cheese, Chill, and Chaos is a hilarious deep dive into the people, politics, and peculiarities that shaped the state. With a mix of sharp storytelling and biting humor, Jordan Blake Carter explores everything from indigenous roots and immigrant grit to bratwurst traditions and football obsessions. Whether you are a lifelong Cheesehead or just passing through, this book will make you laugh, groan, and maybe even crave a plate of squeaky curds.

If America is one big dysfunctional family, Idaho is the cousin you forget about until something bizarre drags it back into the spotlight. Potatoes? Sure. But also Ruby Ridge, Nazi compounds, hippies in hot springs, and a six-ton spud on wheels. This isn’t the glossy brochure. Irreverent Idaho tells the state’s story with sharp wit and a wink: Indigenous ingenuity, gold-rush chaos, vigilante “justice,” Mormon pioneers, mining strikes, and Boise’s eternal identity crisis. Idaho is where contradictions thrive — prophets and paranoids, farmers and miners, militia bunkers and music festivals.

In modern-day Vienna, Elias Vogel, a struggling violinist, is captivated by a haunting vibration in a concert hall—a composition born from silence. Its creator, Lena Schwarz, is a deaf composer whose music pulses with raw, unspoken truth, crafted through touch and memory. Drawn to her enigmatic brilliance, Elias enters her world, where vibrations become their shared language and love blossoms in the quiet spaces between notes. But as they pour their souls into Lena’s ambitious Crescendo Silens, a symphony meant to bridge sound and silence, their dreams collide with Vienna’s ruthless ambition.

This novel is about a young New York Times reporter who, in 1981, takes a leave of absence to travel to Central America and investigate the locations of revolutionary movements as exemplified in the iconic punk rock band The Clash's album "Sandinista!"

Forever Reunited is a fictional romance novel that takes place in the 1960s in a small town named Greensville. The story is told through the main character Karen Jones, who still struggles with life after the death of her husband and daughter, some five years ago. The two died in a boating accident while out at sea. Karen, now in her 30s, makes the decision to start living again in search of true love and happiness.

Overwhelmed? Discover the power of small wins to transform your life — without adding more to your plate. Do you feel like you’re constantly battling stress and negative thoughts, even with the best intentions? What if you didn’t need a massive overhaul to create real change? What if tough moments could become opportunities for growth — without sacrificing your peace of mind? If stress and negativity feel like a trap, know this: real change is possible. Ripple Reactions: How Tiny Actions Reshape Your World shows how small, consistent actions create powerful, lasting transformation.

He was Rome’s golden boy — beautiful, brilliant, beloved. A poet, a singer, a dreamer on the throne. But behind the lyre and the laurel, there was rot. This is not the story of an emperor. It’s the story of a boy raised to perform, handed absolute power, and slowly, irrevocably swallowed by his own illusion. Nero Caesar didn’t rule an empire. He directed one — turning politics into theater, cruelty into ritual, and Rome itself into a stage built to burn.

Alaska’s history is as wild as its wilderness, and just as unwilling to be tamed. Before the Russians showed up for fur and trouble, Indigenous peoples had been thriving here for thousands of years, navigating ice, sea, and politics with skill that would make modern survival shows blush. Then came the explorers who “discovered” places already mapped in someone else’s memory, the gold rush stampedes, the salmon wars, the Japanese invasion in WWII, the oil-fueled pipeline boom, and the endless political battles over land, resources, and who gets to decide Alaska’s future.

In Nourish Your Thyroid, wellness expert Seren Elwoods explores the critical relationship between diet and thyroid health. Drawing on both emerging science and nutritional wisdom, this practical, empowering guide spotlights 10 healing foods and food groups that provide the essential nutrients your thyroid needs to thrive—iodine, selenium, zinc, iron, vitamin D, and more.

After a devastating breakup, Claire Monroe rents a cheap apartment hoping for quiet and healing. But every night, she hears it—footsteps above her head, crying, whispers through the vents. There’s just one problem: there is no apartment upstairs. It was sealed off years ago after a fire. No one lives there. No one should be moving around. Claire leaves notes beneath the door. Pleading. Begging. The presence never answers. Until it does.

Ryan Carter, an overworked paramedic, stumbles into Hart & Bloom, a flower shop, in search of a last-minute birthday gift for his sister. There, he meets Holly Hart, a florist with a quiet strength and a warm sense of humor. Despite his exhaustion, something about Holly—and her massive dog, Tank—grounds him in a way he hasn’t felt in years. After their first meeting, Ryan keeps finding reasons to return, convincing himself it’s just for the flowers. But as their easy banter turns into something more, he finally asks Holly out.

He came to Maplewood to escape the flames. She’s spent her life holding everything together. When sparks fly, will they fight each other, or fight for something more? Leah Brooks has spent years keeping her late father’s beloved grocery store running, her community close, and her heart firmly guarded. She doesn’t have time for feelings, or for the quiet, steady firefighter who keeps showing up with polite smiles and a dangerously charming orange tabby named Val.