Books with author Mark Mansfield

Emily is an innocent 15-year-old who knows little of the harsh world around her. Protected by her best friend, she has a unique ability to switch off from the world around her. After an arson attack on her school, she is betrayed, even by her best friend. Despite her ability, she is unable to deny the events unfolding before her and must take an emotional journey of betrayal, perseverance and trust. Emily discovers that she can trust no-one, including those in authority, and learns that the aim of this cruel world is to take advantage of her vulnerability. Her innocence shatters, she hits rock bottom and faces a decision that no-one should have to make on their own. Ultimately she can cope no more and asking for help seems her only option. Carried by her strength of character and an unseen guiding hand, Emily is destined for more than the world would want for her. This moving and often sad story of injustice, hurt and betrayal will rekindle the hope within us all. (Mark Mansfield)

Now that’s a stripe of a different color! Push, pull, lift, turn, fold, slide . . . This clever book is a 3-D invitation to puzzle lovers of all ages.Looking for a blue stripe? Just spin around that square with a window in it. Searching for a purple stripe? Open four simple flaps and you’re done. Too easy? See if placing that yellow transparent stripe over a blue one will give you the green stripe you need. But just when you think you’ve got it down, the sliders, accordion folds, and elaborate pop-ups in this ingenious book start channeling a Rubik’s Cube — and promise big satisfaction to readers who meet the challenge. Eye-catching and bold, here’s a book with appeal to young and old alike.

The Sea Side Strangler is on the loose in Beach Point, where fifteen-year-old Cathy Banks is spending the summer with her aunt (who happens to be mystery writer Roberta McCabe.) Although thrilled to be away from her psychotic, divorcing parents, with no cell phone or internet access, Cathy is positive that her summer is going to be wretched. Just when she begins to make friends, and even finds a crush to drool over, her new friend Lauren vanishes. When a body surfaces in Beach Point Bay, Cathy is forced to face the question: has the Sea Side Strangler struck again?

Open this elegant pop-up book and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas! Lyrical words describe how the Star of Bethlehem lit the sky over the first Christmas, and how it shines still today: as families gather, as gifts are given, as we celebrate our love for one another, and as we wish for peace and joy for the world. The beautiful diorama-style format invites the reader to follow the star that shines every year during this special season, all over the world, in our homes and hearts.

"Shaman is an entertaining and thought-provoking start to a new series." - indiereader.com review.Five kids, each one crippled by severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), finally get a break. A bleeding-edge, experimental cure is available, and they're the guinea pigs.The cure seems to work, but an unexpected side-effect gives each patient a different type of magical power. Shaman...Enchanter...Sorcerer...Healer...BattlemageNow they need to figure out how to use their magic, and fast, to fight against the folks who want to use them and their new abilities.It's time to get obsessed with magic.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ray was passed from foster home to foster home until a bribe landed him at Nanobright, a biomedical/nanotechnology company. The oldest of the five kids receiving the cure, the others look to him for leadership. But he's spent most of his life trying to stay away from the spotlight because it shined too brightly on his OCD.Leading a team, planning an escape, learning how to be a shaman - nothing had prepared him for this.

An exciting tale of adventure, danger, kindness and friendship. The Flyball 5 is an ideal read for anyone who loves dogs.On a frosty night just before Christmas, a heavily-built man drags a bulging black bin bag out of a battered old van and throws it down a steep incline towards a large moonlit pond.Just as the bag is about to plunge into the pond, it bursts open and 5 frightened little puppies tumble out.When the bin bag, weighed down by two house bricks, sinks below the surface of the pond, without its intended live cargo, the man curses before jumping back into his van and driving off into the night leaving the puppies to face their fate.The Flyball 5 follows the adventures of the five puppies as they struggle to survive the ordeal of being dumped.Gradually the puppies become separated during that first terrifying night and their adventures and the people they encounter after they are parted are radically different.However, more than a year after they were abandoned the five dogs are reunited due to the fact each of them has an exceptional talent for the hugely popular sport of Flyball and that's when their story takes an unexpected and dramatic twist.Set in present times, The Flyball 5 is not a cartoon style story with talking animals.The characters in the book and the dogs' adventures are perfectly possible.The Flyball 5 is exciting and entertaining and can be read and enjoyed by everyone.

It was fitting that Alabama and Clemson put on one of college’s football’s greatest ever championship games on a magical January night in Glendale, Arizona, with a dazzling display of athleticism, power and heart. When it was done, the Crimson Tide emerged with a jaw-dropping 45-40 victory and secured an almost unprecedented fourth national college football title in seven years. Only Notre Dame, which topped the Associated Press college football polls four times in seven seasons during the 1940s, has come close to the same feat. But that was in an era when the Irish didn’t play in bowl games, college teams had shorter schedules, and there were no scholarship limits. Even the powerhouses of Miami in the 1980s, Nebraska in the 1990s, and Southern Cal in the early-to-mid 2000s, never won as many championships in as short a period of time.More astonishing, Nick Saban, who will enter his 10th season at Alabama this fall, is now being seriously compared to the most legendary coach in college football history, Paul “Bear” Bryant, who won six national championships with the Crimson Tide. Those titles, however, were spread over Bryant’s 25-year tenure at Alabama. As great as Bryant was, Saban has now emerged out of his shadow and into a vaunted spot in college football history.Saban’s latest team, the 2015 edition, will be remembered for a dominating front seven on defense, a remarkable resurgence after a turnover-filled early season loss, and a running back—Derrick Henry—who shattered the Southeastern Conference’s 35-year-old single-season rushing record held by Herschel Walker. In the process, Henry became Alabama’s second-ever Heisman Trophy winner, and finished with 2,219 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns—SEC records not likely to be broken anytime soon. Back on Top! takes an in-depth look back at the Crimson Tide’s challenging 2015 season, beginning with the first game against Wisconsin on a neutral field in Dallas, and ending with the College Football Playoff’s national championship game in the Arizona desert. It wall also pitch forward to examine what Alabama fans can expect during Nick Saban’s 10th season in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide reloads for another championship run.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Since when did falling in love get you put on Satan’s hit list? That’s the question that Reighlyn Anderson wants answered. It’s bad enough she fell in love with Bane Thomas, the lying, egotistical, jackass who tried to manipulate her into selling her father’s land, but now she has demons trying to kill her? It would have been nice if Bane had told her the truth up front about his heritage, that he’s a cursed descendant of the Watchers, but no, she had to learn that after she kicked a fallen angel’s ass and almost got shot by her sister’s possessed husband.Now, with a cursed angelic boyfriend, Reighlyn must decide if having a demon lurking around every corner is the life for her. She’s willing to give it a try as long as Bane can figure out why Satan’s targeting her and put a stop to it. But one kidnapped Reighlyn later, Bane is in a battle against evil to rescue his soul mate regardless of what it could mean for him in the end.

It was fitting that Alabama and Clemson put on one of college’s football’s greatest ever championship games on a magical January night in Glendale, Arizona, with a dazzling display of athleticism, power and heart. When it was done, the Crimson Tide emerged with a jaw-dropping 45-40 victory and secured an almost unprecedented fourth national college football title in seven years. Only Notre Dame, which topped the Associated Press college football polls four times in seven seasons during the 1940s, has come close to the same feat. But that was in an era when the Irish didn’t play in bowl games, college teams had shorter schedules, and there were no scholarship limits. Even the powerhouses of Miami in the 1980s, Nebraska in the 1990s, and Southern Cal in the early-to-mid 2000s, never won as many championships in as short a period of time.More astonishing, Nick Saban, who will enter his 10th season at Alabama this fall, is now being seriously compared to the most legendary coach in college football history, Paul “Bear” Bryant, who won six national championships with the Crimson Tide. Those titles, however, were spread over Bryant’s 25-year tenure at Alabama. As great as Bryant was, Saban has now emerged out of his shadow and into a vaunted spot in college football history.Saban’s latest team, the 2015 edition, will be remembered for a dominating front seven on defense, a remarkable resurgence after a turnover-filled early season loss, and a running back—Derrick Henry—who shattered the Southeastern Conference’s 35-year-old single-season rushing record held by Herschel Walker. In the process, Henry became Alabama’s second-ever Heisman Trophy winner, and finished with 2,219 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns—SEC records not likely to be broken anytime soon. Back on Top! takes an in-depth look back at the Crimson Tide’s challenging 2015 season, beginning with the first game against Wisconsin on a neutral field in Dallas, and ending with the College Football Playoff’s national championship game in the Arizona desert. It wall also pitch forward to examine what Alabama fans can expect during Nick Saban’s 10th season in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide reloads for another championship run.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

An exciting tale of adventure, danger, joy, kindness and friendship. The Flyball 5 is sure to delight young readers and everyone who loves dogs.On a frosty night just before Christmas, a heavily built man drags a bulging black bin bag out of the back of a battered old van and throws it down a steep incline towards a large moonlit pond.Just as the bag is about to plunge into the pond, it bursts open and 5 frightened little puppies tumble out.When the bag, weighed down by two house bricks, sinks below the surface of the pond, the man curses, jumps back into his van and drives off into the night leaving the puppies to their fate.The Flyball 5 is the story of what happened to those puppies after being so cruelly dumped.

Twins Millie and Charlie Andersen have absolutely no clue about how exciting their summer is about to become. In fact, it looks like it's going to be a very boring summer at Grandma's what with all the dull chores she assigns. An odd neighbor, a very small visitor and a mysterious dark stranger will change all that. Danger is lurking just outside their front door ready to hurl them into a series of challenging events that will make their hearts race and their heads spin. But will they be able to handle it? And what the heck is a honey possum?