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The Creaks of Trees, is the second story of nature and love. Through trees, High above The Moon sky was filled with stars What would they bring?In trees , up high In joy of green, In the running, The Creaks were heard, never seen, Watching starry sky Matthew. B

Lord Simon Baldevar knew that vampires would walk in daylight once the offspring of two vampires was born. A child whose intermingled blood excised of the weaknesses that kept the immortals ensnared in darkness. Determined to see sunlight again and heedless of the consequences, Simon forced his unwilling consort, Meghann O'Neill, to conceive his progeny. Now, Meghann lies completely at Lord Baldevar's mercy trapped in a coma brought on by pre...

Lord Simon Baldevar knew that vampires would walk in daylight once the offspring of two vampires was born. A child whose intermingled blood excised of the weaknesses that kept the immortals ensnared in darkness. Determined to see sunlight again and heedless of the consequences, Simon forced his unwilling consort, Meghann O'Neill, to conceive his progeny. Now, Meghann lies completely at Lord Baldevar's mercy trapped in a coma brought on by pre...

In a land of subtle magics, a woman of peace must face the violence within her, and a man of war must learn that weapons will not give him the victory he desires. Years ago, the Kel Nira gave up her name and all attachments to devote herself to her people. As Chief of the Healers' Order, she has grounded her life in service, peace, and compassion. But now war has come to her country, and everything is changing. When the invading army's Lord ...

In a land of subtle magics, a woman of peace must face the violence within her, and a man of war must learn that weapons will not give him the victory he desires. Years ago, the Kel Nira gave up her name and all attachments to devote herself to her people. As Chief of the Healers' Order, she has grounded her life in service, peace, and compassion. But now war has come to her country, and everything is changing. When the invading army's Lord ...

A spy sabotages the demonstration of an experimental magical airship. The explosion kills nearly a hundred people. Among the dead are an imperial princess, a bishop, and most of the family of the wizard Lord Harlow Tammadore, cousin to the airship's designer and himself an arcane consultant on the ship's ground breaking propulsion artifice. Teaming with the Imperial Knight, Zorrah Pestle, and charged with bringing the perpetrator of the deat...

A spy sabotages the demonstration of an experimental magical airship. The explosion kills nearly a hundred people. Among the dead are an imperial princess, a bishop, and most of the family of the wizard Lord Harlow Tammadore, cousin to the airship's designer and himself an arcane consultant on the ship's ground breaking propulsion artifice. Teaming with the Imperial Knight, Zorrah Pestle, and charged with bringing the perpetrator of the death...

A body turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train in Paris. A murder investigation follows.

The first book in the Treasures of the Nile series Anippe has grown up in the shadows of Egypt's good god Pharaoh, aware that Anubis, god of the afterlife, may take her--or her siblings--at any moment. She watched him snatch her mother and infant brother during childbirth, a moment which awakens in her a terrible dread of ever bearing a child. When she learns that she is to be become the bride of Sebak, a kind but quick-tempered Captain of Pha...

As they travel from cage to bars to glass, over all the fake landscapes of the zoo, Jonah wonders about his mom and dad, what they've done and haven't for him, and what he has and hasn't done in return. He realizes, as he goes, the complexities of growing up.

Port Beaufort, North Carolina - May 1765 Seventeen-year-old Adam Fletcher is no stranger to fist fights, but when he bloodies the nose of the obnoxious son of Port Beaufort's customs agent, the local magistrate offers Adam two choices: jail or an apprenticeship. Choosing the latter, he soon finds himself bound apprentice to a reclusive old man with a secret, colorful past. Although Adam is less than thrilled about his new situation, wh...

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pThe Little House books, which chronicled the pioneer adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are among the most beloved books in the American literary canon. Lesser known is the secret, concealed for decades, of how they came to be. Now, bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert reimagines the fascinating story of Lauras daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, an intrepid world traveler and writer who returned to her parents Ozark farm, Rocky Ridge, in 1928. Th...

Arthur Ransome's account of his maiden voyage in his beloved Racundra, which took him from Latvia, via Estonia, to Finland and back in 1922.

Book Two of the Blessed Epoch Despite their disparate natures, Yarrow, Duncan, and Sasha united against overwhelming odds to save Prince Garith's life. Now Garith is king and the three friends may be facing their undoing. Distraught over Yarrow's departure to find the cure to his magical affliction, Duncan struggles with his new role as Bairn of Windwake, a realm left bankrupt and in turmoil by his predecessor. Many of Duncan's vassals conspir...

Banished for a foolish mistake, sixteen-year-old Grit scorns the loss of her home, her honor, and her only ally. Only the weak worry about such things. But war is brewing all across Chasmaria, and as a group of rebels pull Grit into their ranks, she begins to question what strength, courage, and honor really look like. When faced with a horrible truth about herself, Grit must either fight her way back to Thresh or live with the blood of the in...

Zoe Logan has always believed that those she loves will always leave her. It's why she fights so hard against anyone getting close, but when sexy defensemen Gavin Ferrara zeroes in on her, she finds herself falling hard and exploring the hidden parts of herself that he brings out in her.Gavin's always trusted that playing hockey is the most important thing to him. But when a strange encounter from months ago leads to more between him and the l...

After avoiding Sugar Falls for three years, Navy SEAL Jesse Richter is sent home for rest and relaxation, but he knows R&R, is the last thing he'll get there. His hometown was the scene for the worst day of his life, and now he's got no choice but to confront that memory and finally attempt to move on. As the daughter of a con man, Charlie Morgan knew better than to put down roots. Now she's adjusted to a new life with her adoptive family, an...

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Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies? Is their ability to do so less now than it was before the advent of globalization? In Comparing Quebec and Ontario, Rodney Haddow brings these questions and the tools of comparative political economy to bear on the growing public policy divide between Ontario and Quebec.Combining narrative c...