Böcker av Michelle Franklin

This is a compendium about a battle with depression, anxiety, hot weather, and militant introversion. It is also about plumbers, spiders, loud neighbours, video games, books, and cats. This book is not a therapy book for those who suffer with depression or anxiety, nor is this book intended as a disparagement or a glorification of my mental and social difficulties; it is a record of how I have learned to cope with them, and is intended as a comedy not a tragedy. I invite everyone to laugh along with me through one of the worst years of my life, and hope that by reading about my tribulations, you will come to understand why I hate summer.

A book about seasongs, assassins, and tea-drinking pirates. It is also a book about grammar, breakfast, and science. Join Captain Danaco, Bartleby, and Rannig aboard the Myrellenos, where games are played into the late evening, limbs are lost over cards, and experiments are done on slightly fungal midshipmen. The conclusion to the Marridon novellas.

My Time in Quarantine is one woman's hilarious and thoughtful account of how the pandemic has changed her life and her neighbourhood forever.

Life is a series of disappointments, dotted by occasional lowness, followed up with a tender apostrophe of false hope. Sometimes there is rapture. This is usually accompanied by cake. This is a book about Fibromyalgia, PCOS, abuse, bad weather, and wayward mailmen. It is also about doctors, role-playing games, conventions, public coughing, and glorious metal music. A continuation about my war with the world, highlighting my trials with chronic pain, adamant clergymen, and neighbourhood nuisances.

A story about Gods and children, love and friendship. Every child in Frewyn is taught that they were created by the Gods, and every Frewyn is given the same consideration as everyone else. This is somewhat untrue. Aoidhe Dreen is a Gods' Son, a child thought to have a Frewyn God as a parent. While the birth of such a child is not common in the kingdom, it often goes unproven-- until the divine parentage of Aoidhe Dreen is accidentally discovered by Cgnita, a young cleric at the Kileen monastery who suddenly finds himself the victim of Aoidhe, the god of passion and justice, making him very sorry to ever have received the Favour of the Gods.

This is a book about how one introvert tries to understand humanity.It is also about chronic illness, biscuits, tea, strangers, metal, and death.While the previous book in this series was about my war with the seasons, this book is about my trials in trying to relate to people and how I brook the nonsense of humankind more than it deserves. The world has become a cacophony of complaints, a morbid symphony with too many untuned tones, and though I might not understand why the orchestra plays the way it does, I still listen, trying to decipher some sort of purpose in the upper notes. "Brilliant, hilarious, mordant, lean and mean writing. A master of colorful and witty storytelling, recounting her daily experiences with hysterical attitude and convincing detail... So wonderfully smart and peculiar and uniquely funny."--Martin Olson, author of Encyclopaedia of Hell "Crackling misanthropy. A brutal but principled perspective that dares to bring literary elegance to that ever-encroaching horror show called existence."--J. Burrello, author and illustrator of Blinky & Sal

Loveable giants, curmudgeonly scientists, and elf pirate captains abound-- "Have not I told you we're not pirates?""We're not, boss?""No, Rannig. Let the writer finish." In the city of Sesterna, where gang bosses reign and pilfering is legal, a Lucentian pirate king and his eclectic crew are the only decent men about. A mission to save an emissary's effects becomes a quest to dismantle the entire underground, and by the power of Rannig's musical prowess, Captain Danaco's cunning, and Bartleby's famous rants, the eastern coast of the continents will never be the same. At least everyone will be entertained. This book features wholesome monsters, geriatric protagonists, and LGBTQ+ characters.

Captain Danaco has been away from Lucentia for fifteen years. Exiled from his home by King Reneldin, he decided to make the most of his time by stealing a royal frigate and sailing the northern seas, making his way in the world as a mercenary, whilst awaiting any news that might be able to bring him home. The Baracan, a network of agents loyal to the true king of Lucentia, is planning a rebellion that will end Reneldin's tyranny and put Prince Lamir on the throne, but to succeed, they will need to locate Danaco and restore him to his rightful place as leader of their organization.

When it comes to being a Healthy Leader, it's not about avoiding mistakes or the things that make you emotional, but learning how to navigate through your imperfections and relationships. That means being aware of your weaknesses, aware of the unhealthy triggers, and being mature enough to fix them so that you can love people properly. Unhealthy leaders are leaders who overindulge in things that are not beneficial to their growth and development..

Creatures from Fairy-Tale and Myth catalogs the most iconic creatures from European fairy-tales and mythology- with original stories, researched lore and evocative artwork.