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Arone, an ordinary eighth grader, is just coming to terms with her parents' death. Popular, handsome Josh is battling his own insecurities. A strange explosion at the school, a mysterious stranger and a shadowy organization-and before they know it, nothing is as it seems. Arone and Josh must use their new-found powers against forces that are determined to annihilate everything and everybody they hold dear.

Hello Chattanooga! Famous People Who Have Visited the Tennessee Valley features photos, stories, and complete listings of the entertainers, athletes, political leaders, and others who have visited the area since 1900. Chattanooga has attracted some of the best-known celebrities in the world, thanks to the city's historic venues, beautiful scenery, and powerful people. Take a trip back in time, enjoy great memories, and maybe even settle an arg...

As USS Teuthis Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mac McDowell leads his submarine team laying SOSUS arrays under the Arctic ice, they capture an abandoned fully automated Alfa-class Soviet sub. Piloting their prize through the ice pack to the U.S. East Coast, they must evade or confront other Soviet subs trying to recover the sub-or sink it. Breathtaking deep-sea clashes erupt, including hand-to-hand combat with Soviet Morskoy Spets...

Young "Sassy" has always been proud to be AME, a member of her African Methodist Episcopal church, but why? Sassy enjoys learning during the Children's Church group, but that new boy knows more about AME than she does! With the help of her grandmother, "Big Momma, " she discovers the real story behind the founding of AME. Along the way, she and her friends and her brother, Franklin, deal with bullying, kindness, death, grief, pride, forgivenes...

Inspiring and unforgettable, Letting Go into Perfect Loveis a riveting account of a journey through the terror of domestic violence to a faith that transforms all. As a college administrator, Gwendolyn M. Plano lived her professional life in a highly visible and accountable space--but as a wife and mother, behind closed doors, she and her family experienced unpredictable threat. Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or ...

Inspiring and unforgettable, Letting Go into Perfect Love is a riveting account of a journey through the terror of domestic violence to a faith that transforms all. As a college administrator, Gwendolyn M. Plano lived her professional life in a highly visible and accountable space--but as a wife and mother, behind closed doors, she and her family experienced unpredictable threat. Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or...

While he walked through the rubble, he stumbled on a mound and heard a moan. Unknowingly, he'd stepped onto my arm and broke it. I was barely conscious and had made my peace. I assumed I would meet the Lord that day. But my anguish got your dad's attention. He turned around, searched through the debris, and found me buried in mud. My being dark-skinned and all, I was well concealed. Your dad pulled me out of that grave and said, 'Soldier, you ...

Prepare to think as you explore these wildly disparate literary short stories by author, composer, and producer Stephen Geez. Avoiding any single genre, this collection showcases Geez's storytelling from southern gothic to contemporary drama to coming-of-age, humor, sci-fi, and fantasy-all finessed to say something about who we are and what we seek. Some of these have been passed around enough to need a shot of penicillin, others so virgin the...

While he walked through the rubble, he stumbled on a mound and heard a moan. Unknowingly, he'd stepped onto my arm and broke it. I was barely conscious and had made my peace. I assumed I would meet the Lord that day. But my anguish got your dad's attention. He turned around, searched through the debris, and found me buried in mud. My being dark-skinned and all, I was well concealed. Your dad pulled me out of that grave and said, 'Soldier, you ...

USS Teuthis Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mac McDowell is leading his submarine team on a mission to lay SOSUS arrays under the ice in the Arctic when they clash with a new Alfa-class highly automated Soviet submarine. Overwhelmed by mechanical problems, the Soviet crew abandons their sub near Pt. Barrow, Alaska. The Teuthis skipper launches DSRV-1 Mystic, so Mac and his crew can board the empty sub and gather intelligence. The ...

En los inicios, todos los animales nacían en libertad. Sin embargo, Ollie, nació en una jaula y ha pasado toda su vida en un zoológico. Todo lo que sabe lo ha aprendido de su madre y a través de los barrotes de su encierro. Su vida dependía por completo de los humanos. Siempre había tenido alimento suficiente y se divertía mirando a los humanos que lo visitaban a diario, en especial a los más pequeños. La vida era cómoda y Ollie creció sin sob...

En los inicios, todos los animales nacían en libertad. Sin embargo, Ollie, nació en una jaula y ha pasado toda su vida en un zoológico. Todo lo que sabe lo ha aprendido de su madre y a través de los barrotes de su encierro. Su vida dependía por completo de los humanos. Siempre había tenido alimento suficiente y se divertía mirando a los humanos que lo visitaban a diario, en especial a los más pequeños. La vida era cómoda y Ollie creció sin sob...

A grand epic saga by Robert McKenzie, The Chair spans centuries, touching the lives of 22 related mothers and daughters, their stories witnessed by a simple pine chair. Resolute, strong, loving, and fiercely protective, these women must strive to pass their values to new generations in a world of racism and sexism, politics, scandal, fashion-even the rise and dominance of baseball. They live in privilege and poverty, with faith and despair, re...

A grand epic saga by Robert McKenzie, The Chair spans centuries, touching the lives of 22 related mothers and daughters, their stories witnessed by a simple pine chair. Resolute, strong, loving, and fiercely protective, these women must strive to pass their values to new generations in a world of racism and sexism, politics, scandal, fashion-even the rise and dominance of baseball. They live in privilege and poverty, with faith and despair, re...

Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mac McDowell faces his greatest challenge yet, leading the team into a critical Cold War mission. With a security clearance above Top Secret, Mac and his off-the-books deep-water espionage group must gather Russian intel to avert world war. Join nuclear-submariner Mac as he extreme-dives to a thousand feet, battles giant squids, and proves what brave men can achieve under real pressure, the kind tha...

USS Teuthis Saturation Dive Team Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Mac McDowell is leading his submarine team on a mission to lay SOSUS arrays under the ice in the Arctic when they clash with a new Alfa-class highly automated Soviet submarine. Overwhelmed by mechanical problems, the Soviet crew abandons their sub near Pt. Barrow, Alaska. The Teuthis skipper launches DSRV-1 Mystic, so Mac and his crew can board the empty sub and gather intelligence. The ...

The life as a baker had been his dream since college, but a deep void surfaced every morning when he looked at himself in the mirror. How come, at 29, had he not been able to find the woman of his dreams? Not only did his boss, Chloe Livingston, owner of Camden Bake Shop irritate him about dating, he received a plane ticket in the mail to London from an old fling. From bad to worse, Ben's next few days are filled with turmoil when he had to tr...

The life as a baker had been his dream since college, but a deep void surfaced every morning when he looked at himself in the mirror. How come, at 29, had he not been able to find the woman of his dreams? Not only did his boss, Chloe Livingston, owner of Camden Bake Shop irritate him about dating, he received a plane ticket in the mail to London from an old fling. From bad to worse, Ben's next few days are filled with turmoil when he had to tr...

North Korea will be the biggest challenge to your presidency, warned the outgoing commander-in-chief, but to imprisoned journalist Geon Jae-sun, surviving each day in the prison camp proves the greatest challenge of his life. Protecting beautiful young prisoner Ji-su has grown increasingly difficult, too, for this slight man, otherwise powerless but for his prowess at deceiving their captors.Navy SEAL Andrew Gunnar Jackson is tasked by the pre...

In Daedalus, Navy SEAL Derek "Tiger" Baily, irreverent member of the SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC), makes a harrowing first base jump in the experimental Gryphon-7 hardshell wingsuit from the edge of Space. He test-flies the armor-plated Gryphon-10 in Daedalus LEO, catapulting into space by Slingshot and dropping from a record-obliterating 160 klicks. Testing the enhanced Gryphon-10 MK 4in Daedalus Squad, Baily's 6-man team believes it...