Books published by publisher Kimbeck Publications

Sherry always knew there was something out there. She's eighteen, works for a tabloid newspaper in Chicago and has a brother, Danny who is a lazy mooch. They live a pretty normal dull life with hippie parents and a normal existence. Then the moon disappears and people start to go missing only to reappear later, but different. Sherry has an abusive ex-boyfriend who shows up and claims to be one of these beings that have been showing up around the world. He's no longer the same person in that body. He tells her he has come to protect her and her brother and takes her underground, against her will to save her, where they meet others like them. She begins to unravel the truth about Merrick, about what he's really doing here, about the way he looks at her, about the crazy dangerous world they live in. Can he convince her that he's here to help? Will she like what she finds when she opens up to the truth? Will he be the one to love her when everyone else has failed? Will he be able to protect her?

A story by NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Shelly Crane.Maggie is a seventeen year old girl who's had a bad year. Her mom left, her dad is depressed, she's graduating, barely, and her boyfriend of almost three years dumped her for a college football scholarship. Lately she thinks life is all about hanging on by a thread and is gripping tight with everything she has. Then she meets Caleb. She saves his life and instantly feels a need to know more about this blue eyed boy. But she was supposed to be on her way to a date with his cousin, however, things change when they touch, sparks ignite. Literally. They imprint with each other and she sees their future life together flash before her eyes. She learns that not only is she his soul mate, and can feel his heartbeat in her chest, but there is a whole other world of people with gifts and abilities that she never knew existed. She herself is experiencing supernatural changes unlike anything she's ever felt before and she needs the touch of his skin to survive. Now, not only has her dad come out of his depression to be a father again, and a pain as well, but Caleb's enemies know he's imprinted and are after Maggie to stop them both from gaining their abilities and take her from him. Can Caleb save her or will they be forced to live without each other after just finding one another?

The newest installment in the Significance series from NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Shelly Crane.Ava has watched her parents, Caleb and Maggie, live the perfect fairy tale, the perfect love story, played out in front of her eyes her entire life. Her family is love, life, and happiness. The Jacobsons are everything a family should be and Ava is loved and well taken care of. But the one thing that’s missing from her life is the one thing she’s waited for every day, the one thing her kind knows will make them complete, the one thing they thought was gone and lost forever.Her significant.Seth has lived with the Watsons his entire life. They’re the only family he knows, but he knows that there are things they keep from him. He knows that they lie and they do unspeakable evil, things from when he was a child that he can barely remember that cling to the edges of his memory. He barely remembers his real mother and all he knows is what he’s told. He doesn’t know what to trust. He wants to believe that the Watsons love and care for him, have his best interest at heart, but isn’t so sure of that anymore when he finally—after a lifetime of waiting for her—meets his soulmate, and the Watson’s first act is to try to take her away from him.The Virtuoso worlds collide, hearts are exposed, humans are endangered, and the lives of Seth and Ava are changed forever. They’ll have to love without judgment or reservation, they’ll have to be wise and accepting beyond their years, they’ll have to forgive for things before they’ve even happened, they’ll have to trust without seeing, have faith without knowing, and they’ll have to light their own way in the dark when everyone else is blind to show them the way. And more than anything else…they’ll fight like hell to keep each other.

Bren wondered, but not for long, why his normally cheerful, easy-going life had suddenly begun to seem hopelessly complicated. He was learning to run the lights for his school’s production of Macbeth, but that was fun, and so was almost everything about his first serious relationship—everything except the fact that he couldn’t bring his girl friend home. Bren had never really minded living with three witches, but now he did. How could he explain that his beautiful mother spent hours casting spells in her bat-haunted tower room while his grandmother told fortunes to paying customers in the living room and their housekeeper raised black chickens in the garden apartment for uses it was best not to contemplate? His father, after getting up in the morning to find a baby bat in his shoe and a python in his shirt drawer—the culmination of a long series of such events—had exchanged the spacious old house for a simple, brick box on the East side.To make matters worse, Bren learned that Erika, his girl, had been cast as First Witch in Macbeth, so now he felt himself to be wallowing in witches. She was also not one to take no for an answer and soon bent an agile mind to unraveling the mystery of Bren’s family. When on opening night only Erika saw three figures outlined in blue fire at the balcony rail, the amazing technical effects that followed were explained, if only to her.“One of the most intelligently funny young-adult fantasies to come out in years…”—2/LOCUS May 1991“The combination of first romance and magic is a dynamic one, and Gilmore nimbly carries off the blend with wit and grace.”—Booklist, starred review

From NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author, Shelly Crane, comes a stand-alone story about mystery, redemption, and survival. Jude has spent the whole twenty one years of his life running. From what, he wasn't quite sure. His mother tried to keep him safe; a low profile, a constant move on the horizon, a week's pay always stashed away. She tried to instill in him that he was special somehow, though would never elaborate. He never felt different. He was so completely normal and vanilla that he wondered if it had all been in her head. But then she was murdered and all he saw was a running silhouette of a man as his mother said three final words to him. Three words that changed his whole being. Never stop running…Now he's semi-settled into a big town. The college is huge and easy to blend into. It's been three months since he had to move because 'Biloxi', as he calls the man who killed his mother, found him once more. Then Marley, an eighteen year old girl who is as infuriating as she is blissfully ignorant of her gorgeousness, smashes into his car with hers. Then smashes into his life as he realizes that whatever it is he has that Biloxi wants, she has it, too. And now, they're after them both.

In this enchanting YA spin on While You Were Sleeping, Christen Krumm delivers laughter and Christmas sparkle through a swoon-worthy story of first love and belonging. Life at Iverson Preparatory Boarding School isn’t easy when you’re basically the maid. Murphy Cain spends her days cleaning up after her upper class peers in exchange for tuition while dodging their cutting remarks. All of that changes when she rescues her crush, the popular and hunky Tripp Harrington, after a near-fatal accident and is mistaken as his girlfriend. Murphy finds herself struggling with the choice to reveal the truth or play along. As Tripp’s girl, his wealthy family will offer Murphy something she's been craving her whole life—a chance to be one of the “in” crowd. A chance to belong. Without it, she’ll be right back where she started. It only gets worse as Tripp’s brother Hank enters the picture. He’s handsome, down to earth, and seems to understand Murphy better than anyone else. The only problem? She’s supposed to be dating his brother.As Christmas break draws to a close, Murphy must decide if telling the truth is worth losing it all or if the risk will bring a greater reward in the end.

The Over-40 Digital Nomad: A Practical Guide for Mature-age Global Adventurers is a blueprint for location-independent entrepreneurs – of any age. It outlines how to become a globe-trotting freelancer and provides firsthand advice from a number of over-40 nomads who are out there right now, living their dreams.They are online English teachers, Web developers, virtual assistants, SEO writers, translators, social media marketers, programmers, consultants, e-commerce experts and more.In The Over-40 Digital Nomad you’ll discover:The 7 location-independent myths you should know about before taking the plungeFinding your niche – the most common (and profitable) nomad-friendly professionsHow to manage your money like a pro – whatever country you’re living inThe experience factor - what are the advantages of being a mature-age freelancer?Legalities – how to navigate visas, taxes, insurance, foreign laws and red tapeCharging what you’re worth - the art of negotiating sustainable ‘living wage’ fees for your servicesInternational house sitting, caretaking and other nifty ways to travel longer on less moneyWorking smarter – no-nonsense productivity tips that can make you more profitable each dayHealth in a strange land – practical ways to stay on top of fitness and medical issues abroadHow active is your passive income strategy? Proven tips for generating extra income streamsTech talk - essential gear every seasoned nomad should take with themBest of the best – the cream of books and online resources for aspiring DNsPlus tips, advice and interviews with mature-age entrepreneurs like these:· The drone-packing film-maker and his writer wife who drove a van across Europe and Canada while slowly building their online businesses· An escapee from the corporate world who swapped her 14-year career in IT management for adventures in Antarctica, Nepal, Alaska and Mongolia· The country-hopping family of four who juggle three income-producing businesses (including writing children’s books) and cart Scuba gear wherever they go· The sixty-something travel writer and photographer who has visited 77 countries and owned a range of businesses, from a corporate PR firm to a snow-cone food kiosk in a Puerto Rico water park· The former commodities broker who now runs an eBay store, doing $30,000-$40,000 per month in sales from a small beach town in Thailand – in his board shorts

Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar, M. D., a Bakhtiyari from the village of Borujen in Chahar Mahal, Iran (Persia), was a man of great character who struggled to obtain knowledge, who loved science and poetry, a man solid as a rock, a spiritual warrior of high moral character. His life bore witness to one's ability to accept the farr, often seen as the divine right of kings to rule, and transform it into the divine right of each individual to rule over himself. While living all of his life under the rule of a monarch, he himself concentrated on transforming the concept of the farr into a personal democracy. He completed his medical training in the United States at the age of 55, returning to Iran in 1931, as the first Iranian to be an American trained physician. He returned to Iran with an American wife, Helen Jeffreys. Helen, 22, when she married Abol Ghassem, was the first American to marry an Iranian in the United States and move to Iran. Her story is told in Helen of Tus: Her Odyssey from Idaho to Iran. They had 7 children. They were later divorced and Abol Ghassem married again at the age of 70 and had 10 more children, marrying a Bakhtiyari, Bibi Turan Zargham. This book contains the family genealogy of the Bakhtiyari family, descendants of Jafar Qoli Khan (d. 1836) printed here for the first time. Abol Ghassem died at the age of 99 and is buried in Tus, Iran because of a dream he had that one day his earth would mix with the earth of Ferdowsi, the great epic poet of Iran, and a hero would be born to save Iran. Abol Ghassem came into the world with nothing of material value, inheriting a Sufi cloak and a dervish bowl from his father. A century passed as Abol Ghassem evolved from a peddler, to a shopkeeper, to a tutor, to a student, to a doctor, to a hospital director, to Dean of the Medical School of Tehran University, to Chief Surgeon for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. After a century of struggle, hard work and education, Abol Ghassem left this world with nothing of material value. His legacy for one and all is to educate yourself, to persevere through difficult times, to be good to others, to love and be loved, and to live life to the fullest, with plenty of fresh air, daily exercises, a clean body and mind stimulated with mythical and mystical poetry.

Look and Find: Disney Fairies invites children to journey to the enchanted world of Pixie Hollow, home of the Never fairies and the setting of eight magical look-and-find adventures. Prilla, Never Land s newest fairy, is trying to discover her special talent. Will she find it? Children ages 4 to 7 can search colorful, captivating scenes for dozens of hidden characters and objects, having fun and developing their powers of observation with this beautifully illustrated picture book. Children will delight in seeking out cleverly hidden fairies and magical Pixie Hollow items such as flowers, treats, and animals, and animals in each vividly drawn scene. Look and Find: Disney Fairies prompts children to: Locate gifts from the fairies in the Home Tree. Spot fairies frolicking in Never Land. Track down the treats in Dulcie s kitchen. Hunt for tools in Tinker Bell s workshop. Find the flowers Lily has planted in her beautiful fairy garden. Spot the water plants and animals in Havendish Stream. Look for chipmunks in the Never forest. Search the night sky for fireflies.A section at the back of the book challenges children to find dozens of additional items, providing hours of additional look-and-find fun. The pictures on the 10-inch x 12-inch pages are big, bold, and filled with detail. The sturdy hard-cover binding stands up to repeated use, so children can enjoy searching these look-and-find pictures again and again.

Through Muslim ’maps’ of the modern ’intellectual’ landscape, the author challenges two fronts: young Muslims to become familiar with their religion and cultural roots and to gain an understanding of the modern world from the Islamic point of view. This guide for the Muslim to the modern world—the first of its kind in any language—presents the eternal truths of Islam as well as Western religious and intellectual tradition as they confront each other in today’s world. The Islamic perspective is so unique that NPR (National Public Radio)’s Robert Siegel discussed the work with the author on the “All Things Considered” program.