International award–winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary declineIn Planet Earth, Nicholas Ruddock moves nimbly through a range of styles—from conventional to flash-fiction to his unique mastery of the long sentence—in stories exploring themes of love and passion, all with an awareness of our species-specific carelessness burning up the world.This collection showcases a gifted writer at the top of his game, each story fresh and unexpected: the time Mario Vargas Llosa sucker-punched Gabriel García Márquez at a theatre in Mexico City inspires a young Marxist couple's violent act of revenge in Toronto years later; an anxious young man finds solace in the employ of Prince, the musician; we get a haunting glimpse of Toronto's polio epidemic at its peak in 1953; a young Canadian student bears witness to the Algerian protests and police violence in 1961 Paris; a pair of naive young women find themselves involved...

In this nineteenth Henry Heckelbeck adventure, Henry uses magic to bring some reality into a game of make-believe!Henry and Dudley are building the pillow fort of their dreams! But Max doesn't want to join in—she thinks she's too old for pillow forts. Can a little bit of magic help Henry convince his friend that you're never too old for imagination or playing pretend? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

A few months after his surgery, June 'Chevy' Calloway is discovering what life is like on the other side. Newly married with a baby on the way, Chevy has found himself caught in a war with the Prince of the Cove. While trying to manage the crew and take care of his own family, he's entangled in the midst of the Merciers.Although he has declared that he won't give his grandparents a second chance, he can't escape them. As Chevy navigates through the Cove, things begin to unravel not just in truth and secrets but also in his own identity. When his world gets flipped upside down, Chevy's crash becomes bigger than him as it starts to affect his relationship.Bishop, known as the Prince of the Cove, thought the smoke had cleared after Khas's death; however, after discovering that his mother was murdered, he's now on a revenge mission. With a sense of closure within reach, his conflict with Chevy has intensified. Bishop attempts to regain control after losing the woman he believed was the love of his life, Indigo. Now, with a war raging, the death of his mother, and his ex-girlfriend gone, Bishop struggles to regain control.When two worlds collide, which alpha male will emerge victorious? Or will they call a truce for the sake of their sanity?