A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life. Fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures will especially enjoy this new novel.--Library Journal

A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.

Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I'll take excellent care of it.

Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he'd return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is, at age eighty-two, there's nobody left in Fred's life to borrow from, and he's broke and on the brink of eviction. But Fred's luck changes when he's mistaken for Bernard Greer, a missing resident at the local nursing home, and takes his place. Now Fred has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head--as long as his look-alike Bernard never turns up.

Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again and again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard's facility, her crumbling marriage and daughter's health concerns are suffocating her joy for life. Wounded by her two-faced husband, she vows never to let a man deceive her again.

As Fred walks in Bernard's shoes, he leaves a trail of kindness behind him, fueling Denise's suspicions about his true identity. When unexpected truths are revealed, Fred and Denise rediscover their sense of purpose and learn how to return a broken life to mint condition.

Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a hilarious, feel-good, clever novel about grief, forgiveness, redemption, and finding family.

A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life. Fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures will especially enjoy this new novel.--Library Journal

A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.

Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I'll take excellent care of it.

Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he'd return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is, at age eighty-two, there's nobody left in Fred's life to borrow from, and he's broke and on the brink of eviction. But Fred's luck changes when he's mistaken for Bernard Greer, a missing resident at the local nursing home, and takes his place. Now Fred has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head--as long as his look-alike Bernard never turns up.

Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again and again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard's facility, her crumbling marriage and daughter's health concerns are suffocating her joy for life. Wounded by her two-faced husband, she vows never to let a man deceive her again.

As Fred walks in Bernard's shoes, he leaves a trail of kindness behind him, fueling Denise's suspicions about his true identity. When unexpected truths are revealed, Fred and Denise rediscover their sense of purpose and learn how to return a broken life to mint condition.

Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a hilarious, feel-good, clever novel about grief, forgiveness, redemption, and finding family.

Chris just wants people to like him for his personality, not his money. And love? It's a fiery match that's left him burned before. Being a billionaire isn't easy.

When Rachel bumps into her brother's new roommate, sparks fly. He looks like a freaking god, with shaggy hair, tattoos, killer abs, and nice-fitting jeans. She's a cheerleader, with a perfect little body and sassy personality. But can the heat of the moment turn into the flames of love when there are hidden secrets?

The more Chris hides the truth about himself, the more determined Rachel is to find it out. But you can't run from who you are. As they fall for each other, Chris must conquer his fear and learn to trust again. Will being honest about his wealth and family drive her away? Will hiding the truth cost him the girl of his dreams?

My Brother's Roommate is the first book in the Falling in Love with a Billionaire Series.

Chris just wants people to like him for his personality, not his money. And love? It's a fiery match that's left him burned before. Being a billionaire isn't easy.

When Rachel bumps into her brother's new roommate, sparks fly. He looks like a freaking god, with shaggy hair, tattoos, killer abs, and nice-fitting jeans. She's a cheerleader, with a perfect little body and sassy personality. But can the heat of the moment turn into the flames of love when there are hidden secrets?

The more Chris hides the truth about himself, the more determined Rachel is to find it out. But you can't run from who you are. As they fall for each other, Chris must conquer his fear and learn to trust again. Will being honest about his wealth and family drive her away? Will hiding the truth cost him the girl of his dreams?

My Brother's Roommate is the first book in the Falling in Love with a Billionaire Series.

Alice and the Garden is a beautifully illustrated children's book that shares the importance and foundations of a plant-based diet through the whimsical story of a little girl named Alice.

Alice does not like to eat her vegetables. She feeds every single one on her plate to her trusty puppy sidekick, Ash, who is always happy to have extra snacks

But Ash can't eat ALL the vegetables in the house. So Alice makes a plan to get rid of them. After being caught trying to sneak the rest of them out in her red wagon, Alice is brought on a visit to her neighbor's garden to learn all about where fresh produce comes from. There, she learns the incredible powers of plants and sees firsthand the beauty of the garden. She is entranced by all the colors and shapes and sizes of every fruit and vegetable. Once she sees how magical a garden truly is, Alice learns to accept the fruits and vegetables that reach her plate, and of course how they can help her grow big and strong

This story is intended for all ages, with the hope to encourage mindful, nutritious eating practices in every household. Once you read this book with your little ones, you can be sure that they will want to create a rainbow of colors on their plate for their next meal

Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caught between imperial and religious interests through an examination of texts published by the largest and most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are also examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relationship to gender, colonialism, and race.

Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796-1880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and became almost immediately notorious for her poem The Aboriginal Mother, written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre. She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies.

This stimulating collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her poetry.

In 1814, the London Missionary Society accepted Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld as one of its missionaries. Threlkeld eventually travelled to Australia to set up the Lake Macquarie mission in colonial New South Wales. Once the mission was established, controversies, arguments, tempers, and acrimonious debates abounded, resulting in a very public 'paper war' - a phrase Threlkeld used to describe the proliferation of writing around him, usually in relation to some local controversy, often of his own creation. This engaging book delves into the diverse and voluminous body of texts produced by and about Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld from 1825-1841. The Paper War analyzes Threlkeld and his mission as a symptomatic case study of colonial discourses concerning the morality of colonization. It reads these textual traces of Australia's past as central to the formation of the modern colonial state, and it looks at key institutions in colonial New South Wales in the 1820s and 1830s, such as the newspapers and the courts. It re-examines the politics, Aboriginal relations, language, law, and the media in colonial New South Wales. The Paper War also identifies an influential network of men who were as crucial to the production and circulation of humanitarian debates as they were to the destruction of Rev. Threlkeld's mission. As a web of colonial intrigue, corruption, slander, whistle blowing, and backstabbing, this book is an eye-opener to colonial Australia.

This reprint - originally published by Quintus Publishing - brings together essays by leading Australian and international historians in an analysis of the monumental Friendly Mission: The Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829-1834, edited by N.J.B. Plomley and republished in 2008. Until this book, Friendly Mission has rarely been considered in a context beyond the immediacy of Van Diemen's Land (the original European name for Tasmania). Yet, George Augustus Robinson's diverse writings constitute a body of work that typically has one set of meanings for local readers, and another for those outside its sphere of production. Robinson's texts are exemplary of the ways in which colonial texts circulated around what Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex, has called 'imperial networks.' Reading Robinson, while remaining cognizant of local resonances, extends Friendly Mission from parochial particularity and situates it within international contexts, both in terms of contemporary accounts of colonial/settler contact, conflict with indigenes, and current scholarship analyzing this material.

Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caught between imperial and religious interests through an examination of texts published by the largest and most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are also examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relationship to gender, colonialism, and race.