Books published by publisher NL Books LLC

Curiosity often leads to trouble...Thirteen powerful voices in young adult fiction invite you to journey into startling new Wonderlands in this nod to the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s timeless character, ALICE. Mystery. Madness. Mayhem. Each story in this collection will intrigue, bewitch, and enchant. Through rich historicals, castles and keeps, wild wormholes, secret workshops, deadly plagues, and gritty urban explorations, we present new tales of Alice and her white rabbit. Whether an intrepid reporter, a would-be car thief, or the last human in a world ruled by machines, at the heart of each story Alice is a girl discovering who she really is in worlds that never fail to surprise.What wonders await, oh curious reader? Leap down the rabbit hole and discover the truth...___Contributing authors: Charlotte Bennardo, C. Lee McKenzie, David Turnbull, Christine Norris, Jacqueline Horsfall, Medeia Sharif, Laura Lascarso, Tom Luke, Jessica Bayliss, Crystal Schubert, Holly Odell, Jennifer Moore, and Liam Hogan

What would you do if your family moved away and left you behind? If you were a horse, could you learn to trust?What would you do if strange noises were everywhere, but you had to stand perfectly still. If you were a horses, could you do it?Based on the true story about a rescue horse, read about his adoption, training, and the moment he learned to trust the human who loved him.Together they accomplished great things.

Five fun cozy mystery books with pet-sitter Polly Parrett. Doggone Christmas: “Control that dog or I’ll shoot him.” Those are the words that spur Polly Parrett to action in this riveting and hilarious cozy mystery. A cute Christmas murder mystery about pets and a special dog, you’ll instantly be drawn into the story. The Christmas Kitten: Polly Parrett finds herself in the midst of another cozy murder mystery. This time it involves two little girls, a wicked stepmother, and a missing father. Oh, and Christmas is almost here. Bird Brain: Polly Parrett meets Polly parrot. Together, can they solve a murder mystery? Polly finds herself having to cope with a moody macaw, a volatile new resident at her mother’s halfway house for veterans, and oh yeah, a dead body. Seeing Red: Why did the dog get so angry? And just who is Heather Haggerty? Mallowapple’s most famous pet-sitter is in the thick of it again. She can’t seem to get away from dead bodies. It’s as if murder – or murderers – follow her around. The Christmas Puppy: What do bulldog puppies and garden gnomes have to do with a dead Santa Claus? Once again intrepid pet-sitter, Polly Parrett, finds herself in the thick of a murder investigation in this fun cozy mystery.

"[A]n outstanding and beautiful compendium of landscape photography that borders on fine art....A visual joy to browse through page by page...this superbly crafted and assembled volume of geological photography by Joel Simpson is a very highly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Contemporary Photography collections and the supplemental curriculum lists of student geologists.-MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW. "Simpson flirts with chaos repeatedly, complicating the easy sensual analogies and undercutting the all-too-familiar 'surprises' of high-end nature photography."-LYLE REXER, author; critic, curator; columnist for PHOTOGRAPH magazine. "Simpson has an eye for naturally occurring patterns and structures, and he presents vivid mineral deposits and eye-catching rock formations."-KIRKUS REVIEWS. Award-winning International photographer Joel Simpson distills the best of 15 years of world-wide geological photography into a boldly original book that... FRAMES rock formations as compelling abstract art, expanding the approach to landscape photography; EXPLORES settings such as honeycomb-like tafoni, dried desert mud, littoral reefs, rare cave formations, and shore granites as powerful compositions; VISITS wide-ranging locales, including Mongolia, Madagascar, Ireland, Wales, Vietnam, Iceland, Sardinia, Newfoundland, Turkey, and Jordan, in addition to remote locations in the US and Canada; INCLUDES essays by Daniel P. Sheehan and Chase Iron Eyes that tell the dramatic story of the Lakota Water Protectors and their courageous fight against the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline; and OFFERS extensive field notes in the back of the book that describe geological settings and cultural references. Not a conventional landscape book.

Meet Einstein. He is a scientist who loves to study light and gravity. Einstein helps to introduce your kids to science, and show them that they are already great scientists! Light and gravity are concepts that preschoolers are ready to learn. Help them make the connections in everything they see and do, and teach them that science is all around them. RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 2-5

Here’s some samples of Doc’s Clean “Groaner” JokesWhat do you call a bear with no teeth?A gummy bear.What is the most patriotic fish in the USA?Uncle Salmon.Why did the turtle cross the road?He was going to the Shell station.What did Mama Buffalo say to her son when he left to go to college?Bison.I asked my third grade teacher why I had the biggest feet in our third grade class.She informed me it was because I was 19 years old.A patient told me his memory was no good.So I advised him, "Just forget it."How many Pharmacists does it take to change a light bulb?It just takes one, but then they make you change it 3 times a day for 10 days.

Lightning Never Strikes Twice, Does It?Luke Riley is lost. His mother's recent death has set Luke and his family adrift. Even though his father, twin brothers, and their three Bloodhounds are search and rescue volunteers, they have been unable to rescue themselves and become a family again. The summer after sixth grade looms in Luke's mind as a long, lonely three months where the only thing he can look forward to is watching The Weather Channel. Luke is fascinated with the weather, but since his mother's death in a storm, he is also terrified. Even the promised 13th birthday present of a Bloodhound puppy fails to lift Luke's spirits. He would rather have a different breed - a petite Papillon, but his father insists he get a Bloodhound. When Luke decides to get the Bloodhound from Willajean, a dog breeder who owns Storm Watcher Kennel, he works out a deal to help at her kennel in exchange for the expensive dog. Thrilled to have a summer with a purpose, Luke befriends Willajean's daughter, Megan and together they plan how Luke can get a Papillon puppy instead of a Bloodhound. But nothing seems to work as they struggle with stubborn fathers, summer storms, unhelpful siblings, and hidden guilt. Can one little white dog really save both families?

It's the most wonderful time of year...or is it? Christmas Eve is a night of mystery and magic, but not always in ways we expect. Things lurk in the shadows and they're not the least bit jolly or merry. Let's just say some presents are better left unopened.‘Tis the season to be screaming along with our thirteen tales of holiday horrors. Ghosts. Monsters. Demons. And more! This Christmas, be careful what you wish for...___Edited by Shannon Delany and Kelly Hashway. Contributing authors include: Richard Ankers, Jessica Bayliss, Ty Drago, Judith Graves, Patrick Hueller, Ally Mathews, Laura Pauling, Boyd Reynolds, Medeia Sharif, Andrea Stanet, Lea Storry, Dax Varley, and Jacqueline Horsfall.

This is a memoir of the lost Jewish world of interwar Warsaw of the 1920s and 1930s, which was published in Polish more than twenty years ago and translated into several languages. Timothy Snyder, Yale University, wrote, "This is to be savored and treasured and preserved." Michael Krutikov wrote in The Yiddish Forward, "In his memoir, with great diligence [Hen] brings back from the dead the theatre of Jewish life in its smallest details." Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University, wrote, "Highly recommended."