Do you believe that angels are sent to intervene in the lives of humans? What about a spider that has a fly as a best friend. Gilbert the spider is a story about humans and insects that lose sight of their purpose. The whole balance of nature is depended upon spiders being spiders and flies being flies. The humans are caught in a web of confusion, entangled in selfishness and self-centeredness. It takes a fly to befriend a spider and an angel to intervene in the lives of the humans to set things in order. Gilbert the spider along with Judas Robinsons worlds will become paralleled in this story about redemption and faith. It will not be easy, but somehow Gadson the fly and Gabriel the angel must convince them that their lives are more important than the poison that they are putting into their bodies.

Bestselling author Gilbert Morris has created an epic story of war, regret, love, and forgiveness set in the post-Civil War South.

Here it is: the long awaited sequel to the cult-classic Bodies. Travel with the motleyest crew of reluctant companions the fictional world described by this book has ever seen. There's Gilbert, a bigoted former knight and idiot savant of swordplay, Carmelita, the sultry, seductive elf wench, Zappa, the world's most effeminate male dragon, and many, many more. They must save the world from destruction at the hands of a raging mega-demon by reassembling the Ring of Serpentium, the one item capable to stopping the demon's rampage across the known world.Death Wears a Big Hat picks up where Bodies left off and is nothing less than a full-throttle sleigh ride to the summit of Mount Excitement!

He's spent years as a hunter, but now he's the one ensnared in a creature's trap. Ketahn did not want a mate. Fate has a different plan for him. When the queen he despises declares her intention to claim him, he retreats into the jungle. What he finds there changes his world. Small, delicate, and pale skinned, Ivy Foster is nothing like the females Ketahn has known. She's not of his kind at all. Yet the moment he sees her, he knows the truth in his soul-she is his heartsthread. And now that he has her, he won't let anything take her away. Not the jungle, not the gods, not the queen and her warriors. Whether Ivy agrees or not, their webs are entangled. No one will ever sever those threads. ----- Book 1 of 3 in The Spider's Mate Trilogy. Warning: Contains darker themes and there is also a cliffhanger. Check the author's website for more detailed content warnings.

Do you like multicolored cactus flowers, fluorescent scorpions or solpugids? See photographs of all of them in "Gilbert's Adventure", a new children's book by Max and Steven Oscherwitz, which is set in the beautiful Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona extends west into California and south into Mexico. It is a "green" desert, not just an empty expanse of sand as you might think. Some of the most spectacular desert vegetation in the world grows on its mountains and in its valleys, and many unusual and beautiful animals inhabit the blue sky and granite rock of the area. Temperatures sometimes greater than one hundred twenty degrees and few clouds mean that the desert animals must wait patiently for the next rain. Recently, more people have moved into the Sonoran Desert to enjoy the beauty there, and their presence is affecting its creatures and plants. Gilbert, a real desert Glossy Snake, actually was flooded out of his home by neighbors. He was relocated to the desert with Max's help. "Gilbert's Adventure" is the imaginary tale of a young snake's good deeds after he is evicted from his desert home. In the story, Gilbert's escape to the mountains only makes him realize how much he misses the desert. Before returning, however, Gilbert shows compassion for a drowning beetle and receives three wishes for his trouble. Children and adults will enjoy the fantastic pictures in this book, many showing rare or unusual flora and fauna of our southwestern desert. The book is fun to read and encourages every person to show empathy for others, maintain a positive attitude in the face of adversity and to protect the environment. Author Max Oscherwitz is eleven years old and loves photography and animals. He lives in a beautiful desert house at the foot of a mountain with his mom, dad and dog Pez, where he can see coyotes and other elusive desert creatures. He collects interesting rocks and minerals, and keeps tropical fish in his own tank. His dad, Steven, is an Infectious Disease doctor, spending much of his time treating patients with unusual and interesting diseases from all over the globe. He has helped to eradicate parasites in China and served as the expedition physician for a team of archaeologists in the jungles of Guatemala. Max and Steven both share a love of science and nature, along with a sense of duty to the disadvantaged and impoverished of the world. They enjoy living in the Sonoran desert and photographing its plants and animals. Always on the lookout for nature's wonders, they love to explore wild places from desert floor to mountain top.

A beautiful woman. A savage betrayal. The perfect payback but is revenge enough? Ollie is about to come face-to-face with the power of true, unconditional love. It could change Ollie's life or end it.