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Elle is a scavenger. Her life consists of dodging into damaged libraries to rescue books that were not destroyed so that the readers in them are not trapped. But Elle has a secret. She is looking for one book. The book of Firstfall. A book so dangerous that it got her parents condemned to a prison. Damon is the former Controller of Chemmon. Bent and twisted by the book world he was trapped in as a child, he was locked away in the book Firstfall to keep him from destroying everything

At 8,000 words, this collection of humorous essays explores such quirky topics as: disastrous home repairs, ("A Trip to the Hardware Store"), an unfortunate dinner party ("Dinner is Served"), the truth about lazy people ("Lazy Bones"), the weird life of a debt collector ("Your Account is Past Due") and obsessions with gadgets ("Gadget Girl"). Other essays examine how surreal the aging process is ("Where Did the Time Go?")

Minnie leaves boarding school to spend the summer at The Big House, her cherished Grandpa's home. She enjoys adventure, but she also learns of the dangers posed by the land and a river that can seduce the unwary. The arrival of Minnie's great-grandmother provides her with a fearless female role model as well as tales of the elderly woman's antebellum past and how she survived the Civil War.

Joletta Caresse's beloved grandmother dies, taking with her the secret to the formula of a legendary perfume that is now the most sought-after perfume on the market. Joletta tries to track down the formula through journals written by her ancestress, Violet Fossier, who in 1854 made a grand tour of Europe. As Joletta follows Violet's itinerary across the continent, the story goes back in time, to 19th-century Europe and a scandalous love affair that is intimately bound up in the mystery of the perfume.

With half the team left behind or assumed dead, Lucy, Jamie and Foss sail to Fossegrim, a land where Foss is one of the four most powerful men, and Lucy is blonde chum for slave-traders, thieves and the like. Keeping her head down is the least of Lucy’s concerns when she gets thrown with other abductees and put up for auction.

This classic 1962 guide to the King James Bible collects the most famous passages from the Old and New Testaments and arranges them with intervening synopses of all 66 biblical books. Under editor Frances Hazlitt's masterful direction, listeners will quickly become fully acquainted with the broad sweep of the Bible and will come to a new, intimate understanding of oft-quoted verses.

In this audiobook, we will go over how to step out of your shell and overcome social anxiety the right way. There are many ways out there on the Internet that may make social anxiety worsen. We will only talk about methods that will help you. Many websites say that shyness is a negative trait and is one that people should strive to get over. This book absolutely does not stand by that. Shyness is a trait that many of us possess, and it is okay to be shy!

Nothing is more frustrating than trying to find the right guy to be in a relationship, only to stumble over and over on guys who are nothing like him. Why do women have to endure the endless cycle of wrong guys before they even come close to meeting the right person? Dating can be daunting and discouraging, and many give up in the process in hope that love will come knocking on their door someday. Being willing to go after love is essential, but you have to have the right strategies without turning it into a game.

This is not a book about a disease itself, nor does it have any woe is me or forced epiphanies on the meaning of life and health. It's a book about sobbing student nurses wielding sharp needles, falling hospital elevators, having to be surgically removed from your own sweater for an X-ray, and support group brawls. It's about getting my whole family pulled off into a cement bunker at British customs for being more radioactive than a truck full of Russian nails.

Kelsey Callahan is smart, tough and fiercely loyal to her friends. She wants nothing more than to follow in her father's footsteps and become a detective just like her hero, Sherlock Holmes. A natural leader, problem-solver and lover of mysteries, Kelsey finally gets the chance to solve a mystery of her own when Ethan, a cute but enigmatic loner, appears in her class.

Sage dreams of playing with the grasshoppers, crickets, butterflies, and bees. But most of all, she wants to hug a ladybug. Tag along with Sage, and discover the true power of imagination.

The Paleo Miracle is a compilation of 59 stories of real people like you who have either eliminated all symptoms of, or dramatically improved, the diseases they had. Their bodies have also transformed dramatically - from the inside out.

Books 1-3 of the Jamie Quinn Mystery Series, including Death by Didgeridoo, The Case of the Killer Divorce, and Peril in the Park.

Does your family talk about money? Do your kids understand your money values? Do you and your mate agree on how you spend and invest your money? Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and her father, Charles Schwab, collaborate to break through the traditional taboos surrounding money and to bring solid financial advice into the context of the family.

Struggling to keep up with the Merry Band of Thieves is hard enough without factoring in all the different ways things could go wrong when Lucy attempts to unearth her long lost brother. Lucy Kincaid is about to find out how low Undraland can drag her as she tries to break the laplanding bond with Jamie. Through the Darklands and back into Fossegrim, Lucy stands with her husband as she risks it all to break Foss and his people free of the Depravity of Man curse.

If you are serious about losing fat, gaining muscle, feeling younger and more energetic, sleeping better, playing harder, and improving your overall quality of life, this book is for you. It is a comprehensive guide to eating, playing, sleeping, and exercising in the way that humans were meant to do. It includes an easy-to-follow 12-week meal plan, an exercise program, 36 delicious recipes, a shopping list, and all the resources you'll need to start your paleo journey.

Something stirs beneath the ice-locked tundra of Snowdonia National Park. An ancient force of unspeakable evil scrabbles at the boundaries between worlds. Its servants creep from sunless caverns and crave the taste of warm human flesh. Ithaqua summons his children home. A new age approaches. Gibbering monsters and nameless horrors await, and a blend of man and beast is needed to show the Great Old Ones the way. Dwellers in the deep. Fields of quivering flesh.

There's big trouble in the park system. Someone is making life difficult for Jamie Quinn's boyfriend, Kip Simons, the new director of Broward County parks. Was it the angry supervisor passed over for promotion? The disgruntled employee Kip recently fired? Or someone with a bigger ax to grind? If Jamie can't figure it out soon, she may be looking for a new boyfriend because there's a dead guy in the park and Kip has gone missing!

In Ann Harleman's remarkable debut collection, men and women of extraordinary passions look for and sometimes find the hidden heart of ordinary life. Testing themselves and each other, they search for ways to connect. Harleman combines a clear eye with a generous heart, revealing her characters - misguided, selfish, loving, brave - through a compassionate, often humorous probing of their inner and outer worlds.

The relationship that forms between these unlikeliest of friends will put them both on a path of self-discovery; a dangerous path that will teach them both the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, and love...a relationship that will change not only their lives forever but the complexion of the entire school.