Time Tree

Ellis feels the pull of the Tower of Time; it holds the key to his ending the god of Chaos’ hold on the world. But the Tower lies deep in the Lands of the Dead, a place where nothing moves except roaming bands of berserk, spectral warriors who fight a never-ending war. On the outskirts of the Lands of the Dead, Chaos and its evil ways have bewitched, Daylin, Ellis’ best friend. She is enthralled by the Chaos priest Betal, who has entwined her in the political undercurrents of his fellow priests in the Citadel, where only the strong and wicked survive.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. With a lifetime of work in forestry and genetics to guide him, Reinhard Stettler celebrates both what has been learned and what still remains a mystery as he examines not only cottonwoods but also trees more generally, their evolution, and their relationship to society.

That clock can’t be right. When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8. Elise doesn’t understand. How could she have woken up six months later?

This is a primer on raising children and the duties all Christian parents have toward those whom God has entrusted to them.

Many, oh! so many of God's dear children are living on the wrong side of Pentecost, living on the same plane as that on which the disciples were living before they were filled with the Holy Ghost; and thus by their lives practically making the sad confession, 'We did not so much as hear whether the Holy Ghost was given, or whether there be any Holy Ghost.' The object of this little work is to call their attention to their Birthright, to the fact that the Fullness of the Spirit is the Birthright of every believer.

Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival in the English countryside. But her initial excitement is rapidly followed by a mounting sense of panic when reality sinks in and she realises just how much work is involved - especially when an innocent mistake leads the festival committee to mistakenly believe that Laura is a personal friend of the author at the top of their wish-list. Determined to rise to the challenge, she sets off to meet her literary hero.

In this charming anthology of stories by Alicia Klepeis listeners will be guided into forests to meet the amazing animals that live there. In one story a squirrel hunts for an elusive acorn it buried earlier in the year, while another looks at an Alaskan wood frog as it freezes itself alive to survive a harsh winter. Children will be thrilled by the tale of a reindeer that gets separated from its herd in the snowy woods of Scandinavia, and marvel at a chameleon changing color in the forests of Madagascar.

Tanya keeps having bad dreams about the old stone house around the corner from Coal Hill School - and a girl trapped there, screaming and terrified. When Tanya and her friends go to investigate the strange house covered in cobwebs, they stumble onto their own worst nightmares come to life. But there is a presence haunting the house that is even more powerful than their individual horrors - a presence that may not want to let them go....

Awaking to a warm morning in the forest, Turnip and Brie are two hungry cubs who venture out of their snug cave in search of the fruits of summer. This story of independence and neighborly care depicts the delight that comes from discovering new places, while finding companionship and community. Join these two cubs on an adventurous romp through the woods as they stumble upon a secret garden and make connections both old and new.

A young boy who has been bullied all his life becomes lost as a result of a cruel practical joke. Stranded in the rugged wilderness of New York's Adirondack Mountains, he rescues an old Indian who convinces him to join him on a journey to a place the old man calls Medicine Tree. As they travel, the boy learns and grows, and many obstacles are overcome. Eventually the boy learns that the Lord has a plan for his life, and he not only survives his ordeal, he emerges as a hero as well.

Jayce's 20-year-old daughter, Emory, is missing, lost in a dark, dangerous realm called Shadow that exists alongside our own reality. An enigmatic woman named Nicola guides Jayce through this bizarre world, and together, they search for Emory, facing deadly dog-eaters, crazed killers, homicidal sex toys, and - worst of all - a monstrous being known as the Harvest Man. But no matter what Shadow throws at him, Jayce won’t stop. He'll do whatever it takes to find his daughter, even if it means becoming a worse monster than the things that are trying to stop him.