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Bill Collins raised his son Kenny to work hard in the logging trade and keep his whining to himself. But when Kenny becomes a meth addict, Bill must face the bitter truth that he may have failed at his most important job. Jonah Price moved to Humboldt County to save the redwoods. Yet, guilt over his father's death leads him to get high so often that he walks through life like a zombie, half-dead to his surviving family and floundering as an environmental activist.

Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: 14-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law. But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror.

It's Christmastime in the little Yorkshire village of Welford, and the first snowflakes are just starting to fall. As far as Susan Collins is concerned, this Christmas is all about quality time with her family, especially her son, Jack. After a string of terrible dates she's given up on love, and Susan's certainly got plenty to keep her busy. That is until she meets handsome children's author Douglas Macleod. Dishevelled in appearance, with bright red hair, he is the opposite of Susan's usual type, but an undeniable spark soon lights up between them.

Brooklyn, New York. Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends her deep into her own family history. Kilmore Quay, Ireland. Years earlier, Lucy Mernagh leaves her much-loved home and family in search of the New York dream. The Big Apple is a world away from the quiet village she grew up in, and the longing for home aches within her.

For every moment in your life there is a poem. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, we have a remarkable collection of over 250 best-loved poems in the English-speaking world. Allow Gyles Brandreth to be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life.

The long-awaited wedding date has finally been set, but when a young Cheyenne woman shows up in the loft of her family's barn, life as Charity McCutcheon knew it is thrust into chaos. Secrets her parents and brother Luke have held now explode, with the power to shake her foundations.

Edinburgh, January 1744: Scotland stands on the brink of armed and bloody conflict. Travelling secretly across Europe from Rome, Prince Charles Edward Stuart is determined to claim his birthright. His fervour is matched by homegrown Jacobites who long to see the House of Stuart restored to the British throne.

Gemcie and her Irish Hunter, Marshal, are about to capture the World Cup when a nasty fall dashes their chances. While she is mending, her arch rival seizes this opportunity to catch a ride on Marshal, and to seduce her young husband. Confused and dazed by her new circumstances, Gemcie heads for the high Sierras hoping the majestic spires that captured the heart of the father she never met will provide the answers she seeks. She finds strength and solace riding solo on the John Muir Trail, but a bear attack ends her time of introspection.

في هذه الرواية مارس محمد المنسي قنديل فى روايتة السرد بطريقة ساحرة وبسط أمامنا جغرافيا التاريخ أو تاريخ الجغرافيا، لا يهم، المهم هو الرحلة فائقة السحر في المكان والزمان وفي قيعان النفس.

Eccentric Sleep Stories for Eccentric People! Strangely relaxing sleep stories that take you to dreamy fantastical places that only exist somewhere Over The Marshmallow Moon. The combination of soft female narration mixed with sleep sounds, soft music and some subtle asmr will send you floating off into slumberland! #sleepstory #relaxation #chill #sleepsounds #relax #dreamy #deepsleep #sleephypnosis #sleep #asmr #sleepmeditation #meditation

Once, they were the happiest family under the sun, crabbing and fishing and painting on beautiful Edisto Island in South Carolina’s lowcountry. Then everything went wrong, and 20 years later the Bennett family is still in pieces. Mary Ellen still struggles to understand why her picture-perfect marriage came apart. Daughter Meg keeps a death grip on her own family, controlling her relationships at a distance. And Julia thought she left it all behind.

In his Gallic Wars, one of the few women Caesar mentions is Odelia, sole heir of Orgetorix, the most feared of the Helvetian (Swiss) chieftains Orgetorix has the secret ambition of leading the Helvetians across the river into the rich lands of Gaul (France), insisting he has no fear of the Roman retaliation. To achieve his aim, he pledges his daughter in marriage to the Gaul Dumnorix, King of the wealthy Aeduans, who had ousted his older brother Divitiacus for allying with Rome and replaced him with the younger brother.

A historical romance from medieval Spain when Christian kingdoms vied with Muslim caliphates in war and intrigue. Lucia grew up within the convent walls of an order of nuns who, with the exception of her tutor and the Mother Superior, have taken a vow of silence. She was unaware that she even had a father until the day he came to retrieve her. The same day a beautiful young woman, screaming and resisting, is brought to the convent and Lucia is taken away by her father to his castle.

Catherine Avalon is bright, confident, inquisitive, and ready for adventure. On a visit to Applewood Court in the year 1790, she encounters intrigue, ancient love stories, witches, and anti-government plots. Cathy is determined to discover the mystery of the missing document that holds state secrets. Her brother wants her to marry his oldest friend, but Cathy is determined not to have an arranged marriage. She meets the handsome rake Charles Varney and instantly falls for his charms.

In the 10th century before the conquering Viking Sitric settled in Ireland as King of Dublin, the entire north was a welter of warlords, Brit, Celt and Viking, vying for power and land through alliances and wars. Bergith came to the Celt castle of Kolaren as the only surviving Viking captive of a raid on her Viking village, and to protect her from a harsh, cruel castle the warlord's Lady Nelda dressed her in boy's clothing, called her Einar and gave her a small harp which she learned to play well.

Hadley Vanderveer and her twin brother Harry, born and raised in Amsterdam, never expected to live in South Africa, but the sudden death of their father and their Dutch grandfather's reprisals for his son's having married an English woman force them, with their mother, to sail off to the British colony of Natal to live with their "mythical" English grandfather who, not approving of his daughter's choice of husband, had long since sailed off to seek his fortune in South Africa.

The Gravediggers and friends thought that Ushaville had sucked all the horror out of their lives, but it looks like they find themselves in another hairy situation. They decide to buy a punk bar and go into business, but the customers look just a bit too furry. Well, that bites! As the people of New Orleans experience a change of attitude during the full moon, the Gravediggers must find an ancient, evil swamp witch, and convince her to give them the antidote.

A dreamy full moon hangs over Madeline Island, yet things are anything but quiet on what the locals call, The Rock. Get ready for Eve and Ruby's wildest ride yet! With the help of friends and family, no matter what (or who) is thrown into their path-they always manage to find their way back to-the dock. Eve's sewing crew is churning out aprons, filling orders from all over the place as fast as lightning. When Eve's estranged father suddenly dies, it throws her into an emotional storm she can't escape.

For artist Francis Bacon, life with David grows more dangerous by the day. When sober, he is charming, but when he drinks, he is violent, slashing Francis's paintings and threatening to gut the painter, too. When David leaves London for Morocco, Francis cannot help but follow this man whom he loves, but can no longer trust. In Tangier, they find a thriving community of expats who guzzle champagne while revolutionaries gather in the desert. But in Morocco's International Zone, death does not wait for rebellion.

The 26 episodes follow an expedition led by Professor Anton Edwards as they search for the missing city of Atlantis. They follow the directions of a shrunken head which speaks the ancient language of the people of Atlantis and run into many strange dangers in the African jungle.