Books published by publisher Crystal Publishers

Perfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments and Wicked Lovely. The Three Immortal Blades is an urban action-packed series that you won't be able to put down! Awarded 'Best New Author of 2015' by AusRomToday and as seen in UK Glamour Magazine. Discover why readers can't put this action-packed series down. Karla Gray is an ordinary seventeen year old. At least, that’s what she thought until she met Lucas. When her body starts reacting in weird ways and shutting down to the point of death, she quickly learns that her kidnapper might be her only fighting chance to stay alive. Karla is a Shielder; an exceptional fighter born with the rare ability to project a Shield for protection. Without her family and surrounded by an unknown institute, Karla must learn to fight and defend herself against the Starkorfs who are hunting her. The war has been raging for centuries but Karla might be their last hope to end it all. Only if she can unravel the purpose of her curse and battle an unknown presence manipulating her thoughts; a mysterious woman who may be dormant for now, but has every intention of possessing Karla- mind, body, and soul.Within this new reality that Karla faces the search for the Three Immortal Blades begins.

A deeply moving recasting of one of the most controversial characters in American literature, Huckleberry Finn’s JimWritten in the great literary tradition of novels of American slavery, My Jim is told in the incantatory voice of Sadie Watson, an ex-slave who schools her granddaughter with lessons of love she learned in bondage. To help her granddaughter confront the decisions she needs to make, Sadie mines her memory for the tale of the unquenchable love of her life, Jim. Sadie’s Jim was an ambitious young slave and seer who, when faced with the prospect of being sold, escaped down the Mississippi with a white boy named Huck. Sadie is suddenly left alone. Worried about her children, convinced her husband is dead, reviled as a witch, and punished for Jim’s escape, Sadie’s will and her love for Jim, even in absentia, animate her life and see her through.Told with spare eloquence and mirroring the true stories of countless slave women, My Jim re-creates one of the most controversial characters in American literature. A nuanced critique of the great American novel, My Jim stands on its own as a haunting and inspiring story about freedom, longing, and the remarkable endurance of love.

This is a beautifully conceived, non-sectarian tool for developing a childs inner, spiritual lifeideal for parents, teachers, youth group leaders, and religious educators. Written for childrenages 5-11, but adaptable for all ages, I Came From Joy! offers fun and uplifting exercises thatteach children 26 important values including kindness, love, concentration, happiness, sharing,security, and how to be a success.

From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He is an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite the early false myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was a supreme narcissist, and everything--every interaction with family and his politician brother Bill Bulger, with underworld cohorts, with law enforcement, with his South Boston neighbors, and with his victims--was always about him. In an Irish-American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty to oneself. Whitey deconstructs Bulger's insatiable hunger for power and control. Building on their years of reporting and uncovering new Bulger family records, letters and prison files, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. It's a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in the 1970s and, finally, to Santa Monica, California where for fifteen years he was hiding in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.

After the great fight between Tyran and Misfeata, Karla is recovering. Misfeata has manipulated and possessed her body leaving it in carnage -- now, she lies dormant. But for how long?As Karla tries to avoid the war, she inevitably drags Paul into a dangerous adventure in search of her parents and a cure to keep her alive. For an unknown reason a rare Elemental Breather, Taskatae who calls herself ‘Mother’ has a target on Karla’s and Lucas back which draws the two back together. After Lucas’s betrayal Karla can’t stand to see him resurface in front of her. She must learn to trust him again so both her and Paul can come out of this hunt alive. Can Karla survive the battle from not only the physical world but from within? As she battles to take claim of her body and soul, she soon comes to realise who may truly possess her heart.

In Nutcracker, the premier children's book illustrator of our time adds his own magic to a story that has long enchanted children and grown-ups alike. Maurice Sendak created this illustrated version of Hoffmann's wonderful tale, basing his illustrations on the sets and costumes he designed for a dance production staged by the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Illustrations.

The time to fight is now. With loved ones lives on the line, Karla must continue to fight the war that beckons. With limited control of Misfeata and what she might do next, Karla begins to discover the truth about the Elders and their past.Her group find themselves amongst a bunch of travelling Shielders who are willing to fight alongside Karla against Eden and in search of Sebastian's grave.With mixed emotions, Karla finds her love for both Paul and Lucas to conflict her beliefs, and the world of which she should be a part of. The human world or the Shielder world.Paul continues to protect Karla's sanity against her internal fight and Misfeata. Lucas is in turmoil as he tries to find ways where he can contact Karla without the Elder, Tyran within trying to kill her.Both friends and allies, true identities will be revealed. So, who is really fighting by Karla's side and when will this war end?