A man-child deals with the loss of his father, an absent mother, and the bitterness from the hand dealt to him. Raised by his grandmother, Jayson King feels that they are worlds apart and turns to the open arms of the streets for guidance. When he gets caught up in the Los Angeles County jail system, he is forced to stand face to face with racism, humiliation, and other elements when his freedom is taken away. It is then that he learns about t...
Blood Revelation Series, Book One: When Aria Michaels sets out to find the vampire who took her mother's life, she's stunned when she finds Rialto Renaldi, the vampire who has been haunting her dreams, instead. She hadn't believed he was real, and she knows she should run from Rialto as fast as she can. But who better to help her find her mother's killer? Rialto is reluctant to help the mortal woman who has invaded his dreams, even though he's...
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When her mother leaves her family suddenly to take a new job, fourteen-year-old Phoebe tries to deal with her own confused feelings and, in the process, learns some things about love and the complicated ties that bind families together.
Seeking to discover the truth of her beginnings, she sets off in search of herself in the isolated kingdom of her nativity. But some truths are best left unknown.
Thirty-three Oregon stories ranging from a Nez Perce tale to stories by many contemporary writers including Ursula Le Guin, Craig Lesley, Barry Lopez, and Ken Kesey.
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The 69 romance tips will change your relationship back into a hot love affair maintaining a strong relationship with your man. Using one of these tips daily brings new joy and insight transforming a trouble relationship into a happy one.
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The 69 romance tips will change your relationship back into a hot love affair maintaining a strong relationship with your man. Using one of these tips daily brings new joy and insight transforming a trouble relationship into a happy one.
A tranquil pond becomes a frightening place for a loon chick that is separated from his parents by a menacing snapping turtle. But the brave little bird remains in his hiding place and also survives encounters with a huge moose, a hungry raccoon, and a speedy otter. In the end, he is reunited with his mother and father just as night falls.
The most authoritative, detailed and nuanced study to date of the vexed question of the novel's holism, or the relation between its historical "essays" and the fictional text. Love analyzes the complex philosophical provenance of Tolstoy's ideas with utmost care and clarity and shows their simultaneous commitment to both skepticism and affirmation, the finite and the infinite. Love also demonstrates convincingly how Tolstoy's ideas inform the ...