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With England under a new king, faithful warriors and commanders are being titled as new barons and are being granted new lands. But some of these titles and lands come with a price. As the son of a former slave turned warrior, Adrian DeLyon is the Shadow of Death, and King William's head commander. And now he has been given the mission of securing the Kildenry Earldom, but he will need two things. A marriage and an heir.

The Journey Home is the story of an extraordinary butterfly and his search for the meaning of life. Little Jack Butterfly has been born into a barren world. Every living thing has been killed off by a plague known as the Brown Silence. Who he is and why he has been brought here are what he must discover, or his world is doomed to a bleak eternity. Will the clues left behind by his mother and her loyal friend, Freddy Hummingbird, be of any help to him in his quest?

This unique book is a blend of personal testimony and teaching, highlighting the awesome truth that God is concerned about every aspect of our lives from the mundane day-to-day affairs, to the big issues that we face. Our challenge is to recognize and accept his concern so his will is done in us, as it is in heaven.

This is a never-ending story about Christmas. It is riveting and extraordinary that children and adults alike around the world will be able to see themselves in the story. The twists in this storybook are incredible and defy the gravity of storytelling. Ordinarily, Santa Claus and his reindeer deliver Christmas' gifts, but, no, no, not in this story! Guess who is coming this Christmastime to deliver those gifts? They travel faster than sound!

Julie Anderson feels a need to find the man she fell deeply in love with during her youth. When Julie went off to college to become a lawyer, she lost contact with her high school sweetheart. She now wants to know what became of Joey, and why he stopped writing to her. This is an assignment that intrigues Amelia. The thought of finding a long-lost love seems quite romantic.

Beth Crandall has known trauma. Kidnapped from her birth family when she was three, abandoned at a mall by her kidnapper a few months later, traumatic amnesia has prevented memories from plaguing her as she was adopted and ushered into a "normal" life. But a twist of fate reunited her with her birth family recently and now she's attempting to move forward in a way she couldn't before. As a teenager, Beth's face was scarred in an attack at a group home where her best friend lived.

If you are burdened down by life, have lost all motivation and hardly ever feel good about yourself anymore, this book has the wisdom you need to overcome being unhappy. The insight that Rober Rain, the author, shares in this book was gained over a 45-year period of interacting with people from all walks of life. His ideas have helped tens of thousands of people all over the world learn how to live happy, joyous, and free in the midst of seemingly hopeless situations.

When Psycho Cat alerts Beth to her step-niece Adrianna's disappearance, the klutzy landlady careens into action. She and her no-nonsense sister question Adrianna's associates. They discover that the police suspect the young woman of embezzling a huge sum of money from the Kansas City construction company where she works.

Have you ever had a moment when you didn't know exactly how you ended up where you were in your life? Have you taken a look back and wondered where you went wrong? Do you see it and find yourself confused? I don't have this problem. I look back on my life, and I know exactly when it changed. I know exactly when everything flipped for me. It was the day that my husband told me that he was leaving. Actually it was the day that he left.

Amelia Moore, the founder of the Moore Detective Agency, specializes in missing persons. With the help of her partner, Rick Bonito, the business is flourishing. Dell Murphy has passed on and left a fortune to his nephew. He wants his nephew to continue his work at the orphanage in Mexico, but there is one problem. Neal Woods is missing! If Amelia and Rick can't find him soon, the fortune will be turned over to Dell's brother and sister who intend to close down Uncle Dell's Orphanage.

In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio host speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from Parkinson’s) of her husband of fifty-four years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him. With John gone, Diane was indeed “on her own,” coping with the...

Love and danger collide on idyllic Sardinia. Martina has retired from the ballet after a career ending injury. Kane is volunteering at a free medical clinic deep in the island's poverty ravaged interior. They meet, and together they try to resolve her pain, and his. Hers, over the loss of her career, her husband, and her twin girls. His, over the loss of his long-suffering wife.

This volume represents more than 25 years of writing about female icons and biography. Rollyson provides the bits and pieces that resulted not only in his biography of Marilyn Monroe but also in much of the work he has subsequently done on Lillian Hellman, Martha Gellhorn, Rebecca West, Susan Sontag, and on the nature of biography itself.

Have you been looking for a new job, city, or house to make you happier and still feel the same a few months after you get it? If so, then maybe it's time to try a new approach. Author and Career Happiness Coach, Vicki Morris, is here to show us that we have the power to be happy now within ourselves in the present moment. All we have to do is change our mindset and a few daily habits.

In The Fence My Father Built, when legally separated Muri Pond, a librarian, hauls her kids, teenage Nova and 11-year-old Truman, out to the tiny town of Murkee, Oregon, where her father, Joe Pond, lived and died, she’s confronted by a neighbor’s harassment over water rights and Joe’s legacy: a fence made from old oven doors.The fence and accompanying house trailer horrify rebellious Nova, who runs away to the drug-infested streets of Seattle.

Before the United States of America even existed, the first American celebrity was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). In his career, Franklin was an author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. After having his hand in all kinds of community service in Philadelphia, and inventing important devices like lightning rods, Franklin used his unique status as an international celebrity to become the colonies' best diplomat.

Gigi Dumont never forgot how she walked away from the only man she ever loved. She's a teacher who has led her students to the finals of an international French competition to be held in Paris. The night before the trip, the principal tries to cancel the trip before he, in turn, loses his job to her high school boyfriend, Sean Collins.

Jefferson was instrumental in authoring the Declaration of Independence, laying out the ideological groundwork of the notion of states' rights, leading one of the first political parties, and overseeing the expansion of the United States during his presidency.

Betsy Ross is one of the few women in American history whose name is known to every American, but that is not the only reason she's such a unique figure. Indeed, Betsy Ross is a true rarity in that she has been turned into a mythological heroine. Every country has legends, and tales that grow out of its founding, but given that the United States is a relatively young country, there is ample historical information on the lives and exploits of its Founders.

"I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us." - Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was one of the best authors of her day, but even though she's remembered primarily for being a late 19th century novelist, she was also a progressive Transcendentalist.