"Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle's farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She'll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so she can plan a better future. But what awaits her at the ancestral farm is a past she barely knows. Among her late grandmother's belongings, Nikki finds an old notebook filled with handwritten...

An organizations competitive advantage hinges on its ability to adapt rapidly and continuously to market change, and every business must develop the essential skills for capturing narrow windows of opportunity. Successful technology-based firms like Google, Apple, and Amazon have all mastered agility within their core business practices, and Amanda Setili shows how these companies and others spot new market opportunities and make the right choices...

A new, science fiction adventure based on Treasure Island! Jane Hawkins lives on a floating space port where she tries to help her mothers run a failing inn. Every day she watches starships land from far-off places, bound for exotic adventures. But a new occupant under their roof is about to change everything. His name is Villem Osteonides. More machine than man, he's crewed aboard ships that sail through the universe faster than light. And he has...

When a group of Kansas women start a Frauenverein—a benevolent society devoted to aiding widows and orphans—life changes for more than just the hurting people they seek to help. With classes paused for the planting season, Alexandertol's schoolteacher Augusta Dyck is glad for some meaningful work to occupy her time. She even knows exactly whom their town's benevolence society should help first: quiet, reserved widower Konrad Rempel and his young...