Owens: 598 books

A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers Everybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the antidote to...

From a creepypasta horror farm to a bullish love tale and from the bloody metal deck of the ESS Arclight to superhero octopus food trucks, you can transform your shortest stolen moments into utter delights with this diverse collection of 33 flash fiction stories. Commuting to work? Grabbing...

The award-winning author returns to her “wonderfully imaginative”* world of Heart Fire and Heart Fortune for an all-new Celta novel about a young woman’s destiny, and the one man whose love could be her downfall.   After the death of GrandLord Yew years ago, the Yews withdrew to their self-sustaining...

From the bestselling author of the Celta novels and the Ghost Seer novels... Something wicked this way comes…  When her aunt died, level-headed accountant Clare Cermak inherited a fortune—as well as a phantom dog and the power to help ghosts move on. Her new gift led her to Zach Slade,...

Smart Cats know what they want.  And on the world of Celta, they are very smart . . . and magical.  The cleverest cats can be Familiar Animal companions, bonded with a person. Each of these six never-before published Celta Cat stories is told from the cat’s point of view.  They feature...

The Little Wire Hanger in the Closet takes you on a historic journey, teaching the children a little about how wire hangers evolved.  The storyline also brings the spotlight to the little scrawny one that is less pleasing to the eye than most of those around him.  Yet, he learns that it’s okay...

Depression is a very real and serious problem among young adults, and can be fatal if the warning signs are ignored and the condition is left untreated. This impressive volume serves as an approachable resource for teens seeking answers to questions about depression. What is it? What can I do about...

Here I am. I never thought Id see myself in one of these rooms. The room is quiet; you could hear a pin drop. Its small, and chairs are arranged in one complete circle. I see unfamiliar facessome sullen, some hiding their face from shame, and others sitting with newly found friends and support system....

The black middle class—saviors of the American way. Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps documents the role of the 21 white, self-avowed socialist, atheist and  Marxist founders of the NAACP and their impact on the Black community’s present status at the...

On the planet of Celta, where psychic talents thrive and desires flourish, Straif Blackthorne is the last of his kind. After his family dies due to a genetic disorder, Straif is determined to find a cure and rebuild his heritage. Nothing else matters--until he meets Mitchella Clover. But Straif cannot...

All his life, Rand T’Ash has looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family. Once a street tough, now a respected nobleman and artisan, he has crafted the perfect HeartGift, which, in the custom of the psychically gifted population of the planet Celta, is the way a man...

On the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell—until someone discovers your Heart Secret… When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories...

Tim gets bullied and picked on the very first day he attends his new school. A few of his new classmates immediately decide they dont like him because of the way he dresses. They think its funny to laugh and pick on him. He wishes he had never come to the new school and is embarrassed by the way he is treated by the other students.

You just got a new job as a band director. The principal just shook your hand, and gave you the keys to the bandroom. What do you do now? Practical Techniques for Building the High School Marching Band is for band directors that are new to the profession, are going into a band program that is new...