With a bit of magical guidance from her small tourist town’s Mrs. Claus, a bookstore owner named Sydney must make a decision about an unplanned pregnancy before Christmas. A mysterious gift from Mrs. Claus grants her insight in the form of vivid dreams about the most important women in her life, and she attempts to get insight and answers from the dreams as well as meaningful, long overdue conversations. Holding Sydney back is her increasingly distant husband, who was never quite adjusted to his new life two years after an accident that took away his sight, and her 18-year-old shop assistant who is determined to save her from making the wrong decisions, even if it's against her will. The Cardinal Rule is a Christmas Carol-esque telling of a woman who must discover for herself what in her life is worth doing and risk losing the people closest to her in the process.

Collects Avengers (1963) #203-216, Annual (1967) #10, material from Marvel Super Action (1977) #35-37. It’s a new era for the Avengers! The order changeth and a host of creative luminaries, including Jim Shooter, force Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to contend with their most harrowing challenges ever! Skrulls, the Yellow Claw and the ancient Berserker are just the warm-up. The Avengers will also face a Ghost Rider bereft of any humanity — and the near-infinite power of the Molecule Man in a character-defining story! A whole new lineup, including surprise inductee Tigra, will emerge (but not without Moondragon’s meddling), before the Avengers must put one of their own on trial after Hank Pym suffers a tragic breakdown. Also featuring Chris Claremont and Michael Golden’s classic Annual co-starring Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman and the X-Men — and introducing Rogue!

This book provides a cutting-edge research overview on the latest developments in the field of Optics and Photonics. All chapters are authored by the pioneers in their field and will cover the developments in Quantum Photonics, Optical properties of 2D Materials, Optical Sensors, Organic Opto-electronics, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, Plasmonics, Quantum Cascade lasers, LEDs, Biophotonics and biomedical photonics and spectroscopy.

Bridgerton meets The Ex Hex this witchy season with this oh so spicy romantasy Regency romcom!