Michelle Brown

Walking into my lab and disturbing armed looters, turned into a nightmare. "Where are the drugs?" they scream. I tried to run but they caught me. I fought and they carried me out to a car ...

In the world of literature and storytelling, there is a magical quality about Christmas that has captured the hearts of generations. The holiday season unfolds with an enchanting aura, entwining the scent of evergreen with the melodies of carolers and the warmth of shared moments. It's a time when the world seems a little kinder, a bit more hopeful, and love is wrapped in twinkling lights and ribbons of goodwill. But what is it about Christmas that...

Michelle Brown's second book of poetry, Swans, begins as a night out between three best friends at an eponymous watering hole before becoming a phantasmagorical coming-of-age fable by closing time. In between, memory shifts and poems shuffle like songs on a jukebox, detailing fraught female friendship, sexual awakening, alcohol abuse and abandon in the dying days of a decade of decadence. Swans is a whip-smart collection from one of Canada's catchiest...

From a student's confrontation with a teenage streaker, to a company man's complete undoing at his summer party, Michelle Brown's Safe Words finds rich darkness in happy partnerships. A maiden name is "handed down / like a sweater", a taxi ride "ends... at someone else's life". Played against a backdrop of pop culture, late-night swagger and vivid imaginary landscapes, Safe Words is the rare poetic debut that delivers passion and control, wielding...

An in-depth exploration of midcentury residential architecture in America, with extensive photos and design tips included.
Post-World War II ranches (1946–1970) range from the decidedly modern gable-roofed Joseph Eichler tracts in the San Francisco Bay area and butterfly wing houses in Palm Springs, Florida, to the unassuming brick or stucco L-shaped ranches and split-levels so common throughout the United States. In this book Michelle...

"Carmen is a 12-year-old star striker for the Blue Dragons A Team, but when her best friend Destiny abandons the team to try theater, the Dragons need a new goalkeeper, stat. Carmen quickly learns her new position as keeper, but she struggles to deal with the changes in her friendship with Destiny. Plus, there's one shot she just can't seem to stop. Now, the league championship has gone to a shootout, and of course the other team's best striker has...

Kangaroo helps Sugar Glider by encouraging her to eat her nutritious yet unappealing dinner of worms and spiders.

When Kangaroo accidentally destroys Wombat's roof, she tries her best to make things right.

Get all three Reconciled and Redeemed novels in one book. For Holly, Lauren and Renee, only one thing stands in the way of their future - their past. Journey with the women of the Reconciled and Redeemed series as they seek redemption from their choices and reconciliation with the men from their past.Rehearsals & RegretsA knock on the door brings Lauren Ballard news of her husband's death and his adultery. All at once, Lauren finds herself alone,...

Holly and Hunter Harrison might appear to be the perfect couple – but looks can be deceiving.The horrific death of Holly's parents left her feeling tainted and unworthy. As she longs to come out from under the stain of their sin, she is held back by the constant whisperings in her mind that never fail to remind her of who she is and where she comes from.Hunter cannot forgive his mother's adultery and vows never to be like his father - blindly accepted...