Don’t Break The Glass

For lovers of Nicholas Sparks, a heartwarming romance about a young woman whose dreams seem too big to let love into her life, until she receives an unexpected package from an old flame a decade after circumstances tore them apart.

Who says you can’t rewrite the stars?

It’s 1962 when Tennessee-native Jack Bennett meets out-of-towner Ellie Spencer. He quickly falls head-over-heels for the young woman whose greatest love has always been the stars… until Jack. As their summer romance blooms, so does their determination to be together despite the circumstances that threaten to keep them apart. But just when Jack thinks their future is certain, their romance is cut short by forces beyond their control.

Twelve years later, Dr. Elizabeth Spencer, now a renowned professor of astronomy, receives a mysterious package. Inside is a novel about a young man and woman who meet at the water’s edge and fall madly in love over one magical summer. As she immerses herself in the pages, Ellie realizes this is no ordinary story — it’s their story. And hidden among the tales of star-gazing and stolen kisses is a detail that has her questioning everything. Seeking the truth, Ellie returns to the water’s edge. But is it too late, or can the love story Jack penned bring them back together in time to rewrite the stars?

The Federation is on the brink of war… with everyone.

Corinthe, the minister of security, has been granted emergency powers in response to an external military threat and has initiated a campaign to strengthen the Federation by annexing independent worlds along its borders.

The only problem is there is no such threat. The members of the Frontier resistance movement know it, the commander of the Federation’s navy knows it and so does the crew of the Lady Hawk.

Meanwhile, independent worlds along the Frontier are being swallowed up under Corinthe’s policy of aggressive expansion and things are about to reach a boiling point…
Fast-paced, smart and fun, Star Frontier is an exhilarating interstellar adventure you’ll want to read again and again!

My Brilliant Career is a spirited and unforgettable coming-of-age novel that follows a young woman determined to shape her own future in a society that expects her to conform to traditional roles. Intelligent, ambitious, and fiercely independent, the protagonist struggles to reconcile her dreams and aspirations with the expectations placed upon her by family and society.

Set against the backdrop of rural Australia, the story explores themes of identity, ambition, love, and self-determination. As opportunities and challenges arise, the heroine must decide what sacrifices she is willing to make and what kind of life she truly wishes to lead.

Written with wit, honesty, and remarkable insight, Miles Franklin’s classic novel captures the voice of a young woman striving for independence and creative fulfillment. Celebrated for its vivid characterization and enduring relevance, My Brilliant Career remains a beloved work of literary fiction and an inspiring story of resilience, individuality, and the pursuit of personal freedom.

Christmas Eve, 1914. The Carpathian Mountains.

A Russian prisoner and a German guard spend one night in a storage cabin on the Eastern Front. By morning, something between them has changed — and neither one can undo it.

Sergei is a musician. Before the war, he played in orchards and grand ballrooms. Now he survives on memories of a woman named Anya and the life he lost. His rain-soaked journal is the only proof that life existed at all.

Hans is the guard in the tower. A seminary student who never imagined he’d hold a rifle pointed at other men. When he finds Sergei’s journal thrown into a fire, he reads it cover to cover — peaches, peach trees, the small human moments that make a life worth living.

On Christmas Eve, in firelight, they share schnapps and soup. For a few hours, they stop being prisoner and guard. They become two men who recognize each other across a divide that was supposed to keep them worlds apart.

Sergei and Hans is the first book in the Prayers in the Air series — literary World War I fiction about the quiet, impossible moments of connection that survive when everything else burns away. Each book stands alone.

From hostels to hotels. Backpacks to suitcases. Hitchhiking to guided tours. Through 20 years, and countries such as North Korea, Australia, France, Jordan, Rwanda, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Antarctica, The Backpacker Lifecycle shares hilarious (and sometimes highly personal) experiences of travelling through different countries and different states of mind as the years go by. Simultaneously following the younger and older stages of a travel career, exploration is seen through the eyes of both a nervous twenty-year-old on his first trips after college, and a thirty-year-old backpacker trying to rekindle his jaded love of travel.