Books published by publisher Michael A. Martin Publishing

What would you do if you found your late grandmother’s book of shadows – a witch’s spell book and journal – and learned that you’re a natural born witch? You’d try one of the spells, of course! And that’s exactly what 16-year-old Emma McGlinchey does. To her amazement, the candle lighting spell she picks actually works. Naturally, Emma has to recruit best friends Lia and Shar into starting a coven. Soon the girls cast a spell to make everyone like them at the religious high school they’re being forced to attend for the first time. Unfortunately, it fails to make an impression on a group of zealots who set about bullying Lia and Shar for being an openly lesbian couple. Meanwhile, a love spell they cast for Emma gets the boy of her dreams to ask her out, but the school guidance counselor comes onto her, too. The girls attempt to deal with these problems using other spells, but will they be able to set things right before something catastrophic ensues? Read Emma’s own Book of Shadows and find out in this suspenseful young adult, urban fantasy today!

2011 Reprint of 1963 Edition. This text has been carefully edited and prepared for publication, and not generated by OCR. DR. JOSEPH MURPHY wrote, taught, counseled and lectured to thousands all over the world for nearly fifty years. Born in 1898, he was educated in Ireland and England. In the preface of this title, Dr Joseph Murphy asserts that life events are actually the result of the workings of your conscious and subconscious minds. He suggests practical techniques through which one can change one's destiny, principally by focusing and redirecting this miraculous energy. Years of research studying the world's major religions convinced him that some great Power lay behind all spiritual life and that this power is within each of us. Dr. Murphy was Minister-Director of the Church of Divine Science in Los Angeles for 28 years, where his lectures were attended by 1300 to 1500 people every Sunday. His daily radio program during period was immensely popular. Murphy was influenced by Ernest Holmes and Emmet Fox, both well known writers on New Thought principles, but his academic background was in Eastern religion. He spent many years in India, and was an Andhra Research Fellow at the University of India. Dr Murphy spent a good part of his life studying Eastern religions, and was a scholar of the I-Ching, the Chinese book of divination whose origins are lost in history. He remains a beacon of enlightenment and inspiration for legions of loyal followers. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has been a bestseller since its first publication in 1963, selling many millions of copies since its original publication.

2011 Reprint of 1928 Edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Clare and Irene were two childhood friends. They lost touch when Clare's father died and she moved in with two white aunts. By hiding that Clare was part-black, they allowed her to 'pass' as a white woman and marry a white racist. Irene lives in Harlem, commits herself to racial uplift, and marries a black doctor. The novel centers on the meeting of the two childhood friends later in life, and the unfolding of events as each woman is fascinated and seduced by the other's daring lifestyle. The end of the novel is famous for its ambiguity. Many see this novel as an example of the plot of the tragic mulatto, a common figure in early African-American literature. Recently, Passing has received renewed attention because of its close examination of racial and sexual ambiguities and liminal spaces. It has achieved canonical status in many American universities.

2012 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Anthem" is a dystopian fiction novella that takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age characterized by irrationality, collectivism, and socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the use of the word "I" or "Ego" is punishable by death). The hero of the story is named "Equality 7-2521" and is described as a "six feet tall, 21 year old male". Equality 7-2521 experiments with electricity to become a literal and figurative bringer of light, similar to Prometheus. He is named the "The Unconquered" by Liberty 5-3000, and also named himself Prometheus.

16-year-old witches Emma, Lia and Shar have barely survived a life-threatening assault by zealot bullies who targeted Lia and Shar for being an interracial lesbian couple. The attack might never have happened had Emma’s boyfriend Tim not gotten involved. The girls’ wounds aren’t even done healing when police detectives start interrogating them. All they did was fight for their lives, but the bullies’ parents are hellbent on having them arrested. Some even want the girls dead, as Emma is warned when she has an otherworldly visit with her late, great grandmother. As it turns out, witch hunters have been hired to kill them.The girls may not be able to shake the detectives, largely because they can’t fully explain what happened. That’s because a new friend used powerful magick to help save them and the detectives would never believe that. Besides, they’re going to need their friend now more than ever with hunters after them.Can the girls use new spells to shake the detectives? When and how will the hunters strike? And will Emma be ever able to forgive Tim for triggering the assault? Read Book of Shadows 2: Rising now and find out!

Molly Webb is a fourteen-year-old girl living in a fast moving modern world with her mum, dad and annoying, smelly twelve-year-old brother Max. Preparing for adult life is hard enough without discovering a family secret. Like most teenagers she wants to be different but not that different! Navigating the changes adolescence brings as a young woman can be messy, frustrating and sometimes daunting but speaking to a family member who has been dead for over a hundred years trumps them all and is a whole new world of weird. A school project triggers a series of events and Molly finds herself an accidental traveler with more time on her hands than most. Lux Obscura follows Molly as she unpacks the family secret they didn't even know they had…which technically makes it not even a secret…yet.

Finally, Beefy's day for his first tennis lesson has come! He has been counting down the days to this event. A fun introduction to the sport of tennis. The story revolves around Beefy, a young boy, and his big day on the tennis court. Beefy's First Lesson teaches young children the basic learning tools of tennis and the importance of practicing and being positive. Beefy's First Lesson is an enjoyable story that allows beginning readers to practice their own reading skills. This is the first book in a series focused on motivating young readers to work hard and believe in themselves.

The dryer isn’t stealing your socks, snakes are. At least, they are stealing Jeremy’s. In Snakes Wear Socks, Kyle & Katy Chandler-Isacksen tell a delightful story of a little boy on a quest to find his missing socks. We meet little Jeremy just as the leaves are changing and autumn is sending a crisp chill through the land. Pumpkins are being picked. Soccer balls are flying. And Jeremy wants to play outside. He reaches into his drawer for his favorite pair of socks (the ones with the stars on them) but can only find one of them. He asks his Grandpa for advice. “But Pop!” Jeremy protests. “Snakes don’t wear socks!” Follow along in Snakes Wear Socks and be surprised by the curious mystery that unfolds. It is beautifully illustrated by long-time children’s book artist CD Hullinger, and perfect for bedtime or a blustery autumn afternoon. Snakes Wear Socks will delight young ones with its color, playfulness and silliness.Review:“Beautiful illustrations let young readers in on Jeremy and his grandfather’s fanciful solution to the mysterious disappearance of some of Jeremy’s favorite socks…Lively literature model of strong verbs and descriptive details” Marcia S. Freeman, author, educator, and creator of CraftPlus