Asaro returns to the interstellar Skolian Empire in Catch the Lightning to tell a tale of politics, love, and war, the story of a young girl from Earth taken into the future and made the focus of a murderous plot to bring down the empire.

Few phenomena inspire more awe than lightning. Streaking across the sky, it daunts us with its power and amazes us with its beauty. In Lightning, Derek M. Elsom explores this natural phenomenon and traces the long history of our study of it. From early civilizations’ assumptions that it was the work of gods, through eighteenth-century scientific analyses (and, yes, Ben Franklin’s kite), Elsom tells about our efforts to understand and explain lightning. He explores the many surprising folklore beliefs about lightning protection and contrasts these with today's scientific approaches. Alongside scientific explorations, he also tracks the path of lightning through our culture, from myths and legends to art and design. In addition, Elsom offers handy tips for avoiding getting struck by lightning. Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs and artistic renderings, this striking book will appeal equally to weather buffs and folklorists, scientists and artists.

Enchanted Parapet is the tale of a wedding planner’s journey to the truth when she sees startling visions of her clients’ past life together that she must decipher before disaster strikes. Bryn is co-owner of Anything Goes, a wedding planning company like no other. After seeing an ad for a romantic castle in the Shetland Islands, she snaps it up for her engaged clients without a second thought. But Bryn arrives to find the castle in disrepair, leaving her and her younger business partner, Jamie, only a week to transform the crumbling structure into an idyllic wedding venue. Unfortunately, planning the wedding is not their only challenge. Bryn has been having visions of the couple’s past life together that are slowly revealing unfinished karma that must be resolved before a catastrophe unfolds. She follows these startling revelations back in time to weave together clues as she unravels the history threatening the couple’s future. Plagued with visions of a Viking battle and a love triangle, Bryn must now piece together the couple’s former life in ninth century Scotland. All the while, Bryn and Jamie are battling their own trials trying to deliver a storybook wedding.

Best-selling author, DiAnn Mills, has created a compelling, historical romance set in Texas during the late 1800s. In this second book of the Texas Legacy series, heroine Jenny Martin believes the one thing that will guarantee her happiness is to remove her deceased sister’s daughter from the home of Dr. Grant Andrews. But she is caught off-guard when she discovers the doctor is single and attractive. Then when danger stalks Jenny and those around her, she wonders if she is doing more harm than good by staying in Kahlerville.

Julia Roberts does it. Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hilary Swank do it. It's knitting, the "new yoga." With patterns using stitches from the simple knit and purl to the more complicated lace and cables, this reference guide is a valuable resource for novices to master knitters.