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Paul Andrews is a man who isn't careful what he wishes for. The results are a spouse whose loyalty has been worn to a thread, an adoptive daughter who adores him too much, a therapist who looks the other way while he cheats with his wife, and friends who will do anything for him, including all the wrong things. Experiencing disturbing hallucinations and dreams, Paul is about to lead all of them and others straight into an existential abyss. Th...

The Gateway to a Dream is about family relationships. More often than enough, a thought of truth can waver an imagination, often given to where a decision is greater than the means of importance in honor to an accomplishment. "When a dream falls beyond the stages of stability, identity, expressions and recognition in silence, what are we to do? Being there'll be no memories, will the effectiveness of the fallen dream be favorable or not? How ...

In the tradition of Dan Brown, expect a wild ride from start to finish, as John B. Macurdy's The Masada Scroll mixes history, exotic locations, arcane religion, ancient texts, and plenty of modern action adventure. When former CIA assassin Nick Strahan undertakes a mission to help an old friend in trouble, archaeologist Dr. Jones, Strahan must evade danger or be assassinated himself. A shadow network of disparate and unlikely bedfellows helps ...

A delightful book in the line of National Velvet. A girl and a special horse. If you love horses, you will love this book." -Henry Muire "...a touching and well told story of human and equine relationships. The characters are well developed and the story moves smoothly. Be warned...you may shed a tear here and there! I look forward to the sequel."-Susan Kuroski " is an extraordinary book about horses, family relationships, friends, faith, trus...

Confidence in Adversity: A Biography of Guy Macpherson tells the compelling story of a quintessential New Zealander born to English parents and raised in rural poverty between the world wars by his father and Maori stepmother. With only a minimal education, he devoted many decades of his life to political reforms, biculturalism, rural education, and adult literacy. Guy Macpherson's finishing school was the 27th Machine Gun Battalion, fighting ...

Inspired by the teachings of I Corinthians 13, the poetry in Definitions of Love tells how important it is for everyone to demonstrate love. If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump, " and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm noth...

On a remote ranch near the Ozarks, a young girl sits glued to an ancient TV set, as the Belmont, the third leg of the Triple Crown, unfolds. Thrilled beyond belief, she witnesses history in the making as Ann Collins pilots her beautiful black colt, Stormy Lightning, to victory. But Janie Bailey experiences more than a fan's worship of horse racing.The previous winter, during a severe snowstorm, a black colt mysteriously appeared in their back ...

Part of the continuing series of Stormy Hill novels, Stormy Hill's Challenge is set in the 1960s on the Stormy Hill horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Young Ann has had her moments of glory with her horse, Lightning, more than fulfilling her lifelong dreams. Now her friend Ted has dreams of his own, to do something to make his horse, Si'ad, famous in his own right. Si'ad is already well known as Lightning's sire, but Ted wants more. When a you...

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Ma was a crafty lady who had been taught well by her father and mother, Elias Samuel Totten and Nancy Jane Bradford Totten. She learned to cook, sew, plow, hoe, pick cotton, do housework, and dry apples and peaches for fried pies. She worked like a man. She could plow behind a mule as well as most men. She could also pull her weight in using a crosscut saw for cutting logs and firewood for the fireplace, kitchen cook stove, and the big iron po...

Where There's a Will, There's a Way Ma was a crafty lady who had been taught well by her father and mother, Elias Samuel Totten and Nancy Jane Bradford Totten. She learned to cook, sew, plow, hoe, pick cotton, do housework, and dry apples and peaches for fried pies. She worked like a man. She could plow behind a mule as well as most men. She could also pull her weight in using a crosscut saw for cutting logs and firewood for the fireplace, ki...

In Hidden Battlefields, the sequel to The Iranian Scorpion, Robert Dawson goes undercover in Peru. There he follows a huge cocaine shipment by the Maoist guerrilla organisation Shining Path to the dreaded 'Ndrangheta mafia in southern Italy. We follow the action down the Amazon, across the Atlantic, and from northwest Africa to Italy. Robert's father, David, a retired U.S. army general, is involved once again in the undercover operation. Mary ...

Ancient Wisdom and the Measure of Our Days is a treasure. Brancato provides his readers with the opportunity to reflect on the universal process of aging while in the company of sages from around the world. It is a loving and gentle text that all will find comfort in." -Melinda Plastas, Ph.D., Bates College "This gem is long overdue and we thank Dr. Brancato for his gift." -Rabbi Harry Sky, author of My Journey and Give me 2 Minutes of Your Ti...

Captain Jacob Clarke is promoted to major in the final years of the American Revolution. Along with General Francis Marion, their story, The Wolf and the Fox, continues the quest to liberate South Carolina from the British. Some of the bloodiest fighting in the war is about to occur, spanning from Shubrick's Plantation to the last major battle in Eutaw Springs. Beginning in 1780, this historical tale concludes on Victory Day, December 16, 17...

I am number 13 in a family of 17 children. We grew up on a farm where everyone did everything. No one was excluded from contributing to getting the chores done. It was hard work and we never lacked for anything that was important. There was sibling rivalry and a lot of laughter. We played as hard as we worked.Mom was the glue and the disciplinarian. The lesson ingrained was: Family is always important. Be true to yourself. Mom and Dad had thei...

Jimmie the blue crab wakes up hungry. In his search for food, he encounters a toadfish that might eat him and a crab pot that could carry him up and away. Jimmie survives these perils because the toadfish is full of oysters, and he is small enough that he falls through and escapes the crab pot. He meets a diamond back terrapin turtle named Terrie and they become fast friends while searching for food together. Jimmie and Terrie find a dead fish...

Une passion incompatible raconte l'histoire dramatisée des derniers trois mois dans la vie du poète activiste, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Au printemps 1822, Percy et sa deuxième épouse, Mary Woolstonecroft, l'auteur du roman célèbre FRANKENSTEIN, accompagné par sa demi-soeur, Claire, ont loué une villa sur la côte toscane. Ils furent rejoints par Jane et Edward Williams et plus tard par l'aventurier cornouaillais Edward Trelawny. Les rapports entre...

Two human siblings, Alexis and Varren, sixteen and seventeen years old, live in a mythical land called Ithaca, where six groups dominate the world: elves, dwarves, gnomes, were-creatures, dragons, and humans. The siblings lead a normal life until it is revealed to them that a rebellion exists against the humans' tyrannical ruler, the Queen, and they are handed a book that can transport anything through time, making it the most powerful object ...

Travel writer Veronica is engaged to Darren, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the UK. When an MI6 spy is killed, an international conspiracy is uncovered. Darren recruits Veronica for a dangerous mission to America to deliver a flash drive to Sean Deveron, a friend in the CIA. The two become targeted by a rogue element of the CIA and are now on the run. Their only hope lies in Moscow with Mikhail, a friend of Sean's in the KGB. They flee to...

Suzette felt incredibly lonely. Although she was a stunningly beautiful part time model and perfume sales assistant, her life felt empty. Ten years in the same job had left her jaded and exhausted with her work. One day, in a flash of inspiration, Suzette decides to visit a fortune-teller. Learning that her destiny lies in Paris, Suzette throws caution to the winds and abandons all that is familiar to her, determined to get to France. Full of ...