Books published by publisher Castalia Publishing Company

Published in 1859, “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin is a significant piece of scientific literature that has established the foundations of modern evolutionary biology. Flying in the face of the mainstream religious doctrine of the time, Darwin argued natural evolutionary processes cause the adaptation of living organisms. This book establishes a primary understanding of natural selection and the evolutionary processes that have helped shape all species. Due to its ground-breaking contributions, “On the Origin of Species” has been deemed one of the influential books ever written.

Werewolves and other shifters aren't real. Right?Wolf's ManWhen a gorgeous woman attempts to car-jack Detective Nate Rollins to escape the two men hunting her, his life changes. Forever.After he gets her away from the gun-toting men chasing her, he considers arresting her. First, he wants answers. Answers she's forbidden to give him.Now, creatures he never knew existed are after them both.But Nate has a secret even he doesn’t know. A secret that throws them both into more danger.His old life is over. Can he survive his new one?Is he ready for the truth?Wolf's ClaimWhen human-raised Nate mates with Janelle and becomes Alpha to the Texas Ranch Wolf Pack, he knows his life will change. He just doesn't know how much...Then the Were Council decrees death to an entire panther shifter clowder for crimes their dead Queen committed. As a cop, Nate defended helpless people.When the new Queen asks Nate for sanctuary, he can't turn her away.It isn't easy combining a pack of wolves and a clowder of panthers when both sides fear the other. Especially when Lycos, ancient King of Were appears...Wolf's MissionThe president's life depends on the rescue of a werewolf...Huntsmen capture a werewolf's daughter to force him to commit treason.To prevent the president's assassination, and war, Nate, a powerful Alpha, and his foster-brother Eli, a human changeling werewolf, must save her. With just two days to rescue her and stop the Huntsmen's dire plan, the two werewolves, rush to rescue her. For two centuries, the Huntsmen are only stories that frighten young werewolves. But the Huntsmen are real...And if they succeed, a human/shifter war may erupt. Eli and Nate strive to prevent the war the Huntsmen are attempting to start. If not, the future may be drenched in the blood of innocents.Wolf's HuntsmanHuntsmen intend to take over the U.S. government. Nate and Eli, both elite soldiers and Royal Alpha werewolves, strive to assert their dominance over all shifters to safeguard them from this hidden foe.Events culminate in the discovery of a plot so insidious, so catastrophic that it will poise all shifters on the brink of annihilation and thrust humankind into perpetual servitude.Wolf's TrustEvil must be contained. Compromised Huntsmen must die...When a Huntsman is captured by werewolves, the Huntsman Triumvirate sends Zoe to kill the compromised hunter and destroy the pack.But Zoe learns the Huntsmen aren't the saviors of humankind she believes them to be. Will she follow her heart to help the pack in their efforts to stop the Triumvirate?Or will she blindly follow orders to destroy the pack?Wolf's ReignNate never wanted to be king.But not even kings get everything they want.Duty prevails.Rogue vampires have built an army of Huntsmen to destroy the shifters, leaving humanity vulnerable to enslavement. Nate’s first royal duty is to save the were - and humanity - from this evil scourge. Nate is already struggling to control the half-wolf, half-human Lycos within him when it rejects his mate. Now Nate must protect his family from himself. If he can save his family from the Lycos... If he can get all the shifters to accept him as their king...If he can save humanity from the Huntsmen...Maybe, just maybe, he can be the king he was born to be.Werewolves, werepanthers, werelions, vampires, and more!The Texas Ranch Wolf Pack series is a clean paranormal romance."

Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife... But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her clients deserve no less. A woman who sleeps among rubbish she has not put out for forty years. A man who bled quietly to death in his loungeroom. A woman who lives with rats, random debris and terrified delusion. The still life of a home vacated by accidental overdose. Sarah Krasnostein has watched the extraordinary Sandra Pankhurst bring order and care to these, the living and the dead - and the book she has written is equally extraordinary. Not just the compelling story of a fascinating life among lives of desperation, but an affirmation that, as isolated as we may feel, we are all in this together.

One Marine's gripping story of the bloody battles, the Surge, and the Awakening of Sunni tribes that changed the tide in Iraq's Anbar province. Seven minutes into the first patrol a firefight erupts. Quickly, the Marines of Rage Company became acquainted with the nature of counterinsurgency. Every day, more IEDs were planted than the Marines could clear. They avoided taking the same route twice, they never walked out in the open, and they steered clear of roads that hadn't been "swept" in the last hour. They were in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province and one of the deadliest cities in Iraq. In November 2006, then First Lieutenant Thomas Daly arrived as part of the "surge" in Ramadi, to take part in Operation Squeeze Play, a division-size effort to remove al Qaeda from Anbar province. In this powerful memoir, he describes the successful clearing of southern Ramadi's Second Officer's district, the Qatana, and the uprising of local citizens against al Qaeda on the eastern edge of the city (the result of an unlikely alliance between Daly's company and Thawar al Anbar). From the first patrol to the last in the spring of 2007, he takes you inside the daily successes and struggles of the operation and the stressful challenge of trying to discern who was a terrorist and who was a civilian. He tells the powerful and very human story of a people who want to free their country, yet have no basis on which to trust the American forces in helping them succeed. A Marine's personal story of fighting an insurgency and overcoming a siege mentality to work with Iraqis to rout a common enemy, Al Qaeda Captain Daly's unique perception of the battlefield has been shaped while operating with units of the United States Army, Navy SEALs, ANGLICO (Air, Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Iraqi Army and Police Units, and anti-Al Qaeda guerrillas. Filled with on-the-ground details and insights on military operations and strategy, Rage Company cements the accurate history of the unlikely alliance that redirected the Iraq War and set the course for operations in the future.

Winner of the VegNews 2015 VEGGIE AWARDS for Cookbook of the Year. Why wait for a trip to your favorite Ethiopian restaurant? Import the delicious flavors of Ethiopia right to your own kitchen! Kittee Berns has demystified this cuisine so you can savor authentic Ethiopian food without ever leaving home. Discover how to source and use the tantalizing seasonings and savory ingredients that are the foundation of these unique dishes.Kittee introduces the holy trinity of Ethiopian cooking: a berbere spice blend, injera (the fermented sourdough staple), and ye qimem zeyet, a veganized clarified butter. Armed with these basics, you'll be ready to dazzle your family and friends with many of the popular dishes found on veggie combo platters in restaurants all over North America. From saucy wots, spicy stews, and succulent stir-fries to traditional injera-based dishes and fusion foods that blend these unique seasonings into a range of family favorites, fans of this cuisine will be thrilled. Recipes are almost entirely gluten- and soy-free, or can be made so with easy adaptions.You'll also find tips on tools and equipment to time-saving techniques and menu suggestions. Just pull up a mesob (a traditional woven stand or basket), perch your platter on top, and get ready to party Ethiopian style!

"A celebration of family life in the context of the thousand natural shocks that it is heir to in modern times." ―Book WorldAthena and Dexter Fox lead a contended family life. Dexter is gregarious and opinionated. Athena runs an ordered household. They live in Bunker Street with their sons, Arthur and Billy. Billy's autism is a focus for their attention and efforts, yet life is fairly peaceful.But the arrival of Dexter's old friend Elizabeth, with her three charismatic companions, reveals the existence of a different world. One in which contingency and choice play a far greater role. The collision between these worlds will test everything that has held the Fox family together.In this powerful story, painted on a small canvas and with a subtle musical backdrop, Helen Garner acknowledges the magnitude of everyday decisions and their consequences.The Children's Bach is Garner's second novel. It won the SA Premier's Literary Award. First published in 1984, to critical acclaim, it has never before been available in the United States.Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays, and non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature. In 2016 she won a prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize for her non-fiction. Her book of essays, Everywhere I Look, won the 2017 Indie Book Award.Ben Lerner is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and is currently a MacArthur Fellow.

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar dramatizes the events leading up to and immediately after the public assassination of the great Roman general and politician, Julius Caesar. The fate of the Republic is thrown into the balance as the legions of Brutus and his fellow liberators face off against the legions of Marc Antony and Octavius.This work is one of the three Roman tragedies written by William Shakespeare alongside Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra.

This a handpicked collection of some of the greatest Christian stories ever written. Many were written by the most celebrated authors of all time - such as Leo Tolstoy, Mary Twain, and Johanna Spyri. When we speak of these works as Christian stories, we mean that each story has a powerful Christian message based on Jesus' teachings. Three of the stories are from Jesus himself. Others were written by devout believers like Henry Van Dyke and Johanna Spyri. Yet, one of the authors, Mark Twain, was not a Christian himself. Leo Tolstoy radically embraced the teachings of Jesus, but he struggled most of his life with orthodox Christian doctrines. Yet, the stories included herein from both Twain and Tolstoy reveal profound insights into the teachings of Christ. Among the unabridged works contained in this compilation are: "The Other Wise Man" by Henry Van Dyke "Moni, the Goat Boy" by Johanna Spyri "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy "The Silver Mine" by Selma Lagerlof "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain "Where Love Is, God Is" by Leo Tolstoy "The Little Hero of Holland" by Mary Mapes Dodge "Androcles and the Lion" (Traditional) "A Spark Neglected Burns the House" by Leo Tolstoy

Written sometime around 441 BC, “Antigone” by Sophocles is a famous Greek tragedy and classic drama. The story’s heroine, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, defies Creon, the King of Thebes, despite the inevitable consequences. Antigone insists she must bury her brother Polynices, though Creon threatens any man who dares defy him with death. The tragedy deals with the theme of legality versus moralism. In a regime that rules by supreme state authority, though a decree may be law, it does not mean it is right. Antigone feels she is bound by a force much stronger than loyalty to the state, loyalty to her family. In the end, few characters leave unscathed by the wrath of a tyrannical ruler.

The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than 30 Top 10 hits, 26 Grammy Awards, and a place in both the Rock and Roll and Songwriter Halls of Fame - and he's not finished yet. On the verge of turning 60, he is still composing, still touring, and still attracting dedicated fans around the world. For the first time, Signed, Sealed, and Delivered takes an in-depth look at Stevie Wonder's life and his evolution from kid-soul pop star into a mature artist whose music helped lay the groundwork for the evolution of hip hop and rap. Explores the life, achievements, and influence of one of America's biggest musical icons, set against the history of Motown and the last 50 years of popular music. Based on extensive interviews with Motown producers, music executives, songwriters, and musicians, including founding Temptation Otis Williams, Mickey Stevenson, surviving Funk Brother Eddie Willis, synthesizer genius Malcolm Cecil, guitar legend Michael Sembello, and many others. Traces Stevie's personal and musical development through the decades, from the early 1960s R&B of "Fingertips" to the social and political themes of "Living for the City" and other 1970s classics, through periods of musical and personal confusion, uncertainty, and, later, renewal. Listen to Signed, Sealed, and Delivered to explore the life and work of one of pop music's most compelling masters of invention.