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Returning home, Ilan finds nothing is as she left it. After a year of peace, Skeltai raiders are once again threatening the province, even as the Dimmingwood thieves find themselves betrayed by the praetor. From within the castle in Selbius, Ilan must guard against an unknown enemy plotting her assassination, while uncovering a mage's secret that could help her protect the province. When old friends turn against her, will a new alliance prove powerful enough to defend against the dark magic of the enemy?

When Jade is given a scholarship to an elite private college in Connecticut, she sees it as a chance to finally escape her painful past and get a fresh start. She’s determined to succeed and that means keeping her focus on school and not guys. But that plan falls apart her first day on campus when Garret, a wealthy prep school boy with swimmer abs and a perfect smile, offers to help her move in. Jade tries to push him away but she can’t deny her attraction to him and Garret won’t let her.

Growing up in a small town in North Carolina coined "L Dub" by young hip locals, Missy is a very beautiful and intelligent young woman, but her life is about to go through some crazy changes. Being a teenager is hard enough but when you're faced with social and personal issues, everything seems even more confusing for you. Missy's home life is pretty typical in the environment she is forced to grow up in.

Criminals want her mind. Her protector wants her love. Special agent Vincent Fitzgerald's mission is to find missing naval scientist Dr. Skylar Baang. The brilliant Filipino American beauty has been kidnapped for her knowledge and research on top secret projects. But even after Vin rescues her from a dangerous group, he knows they'll be back.

Compelled to join forces with her life-long enemy, the Praetor, Ilan sets out to defend her friends in Dimmingwood from the murderous raiders across the border. But when Ilan, Terrac, and the Fists in their command enter Skeltai territory through a magic portal, they find themselves in more danger than they bargained for. Their only hope of returning home alive may lie in sacrificing the thing Ilan values most - her enchanted bow.

Eighteen-year-old companion trainee Ciardis Weathervane has won the friendship of the royal heir and saved his claim to the throne. Yet her interference in the inheritance rights leaves more harm done than good. The Ameles Forest lies unprotected and it's inhabitants are dying. As humans begin to die in gruesome deaths, the Emperor dispatches the royal heir to the forests with the solution to the kith concerns.

Three stories. Three heroines. Three choices. ”The Maze”: Cadet Eppie Langtry navigates the cold and endless maze as part of the Academy's final training exercise. Her exploration leads her to a fellow cadet, and their combined curiosity triggers something no one expects - least of all the cadre running the maze.

Nivea, a lone astronaut, is forced to make hard choices and has to accept things she would have never imagined to be possible as reality. Meg, a lost space traveler from another planet trying to get home. The two happen to cross paths as their ships drift by each other.

Natalie Jones is the lucky survivor of an elusive killer who preys on young women and then disappears from view. And since her harrowing ordeal, the once gutsy photojournalist has remained isolated in her home, paralyzed by fear and her failing vision. Special Agent Liam "Mac" McKenzie has scars of his own. But despite his efforts to ignore the attraction that simmers between him and Natalie, he needs her help to catch a predator. Soon, they will forge a tentative alliance - charged with desire.

School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a 15-year-old daydreamer with a crush on her teacher, John T. Scopes, summer vacation promises tennis and Coca-Colas from her father's drug store. But when Frances' father, the school board chairman, has Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, the sleepiest place on earth becomes a hotbed for famous thinkers, including H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan.

Starting with Lucy Terry of the early 18th century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology edited by Catherine Clinton captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets. Powerful and diverse, I, Too, Sing America is a forum for voices baring their souls, speaking their minds, tracing their roots, and proclaiming their dreams.

Have you always dreamed of being a writer, but found yourself frustrated by one rejection letter after another? Well, maybe they're trying to tell you something. In this definitively awful guide, Daniel Selikowitz guides you through the process of crafting and publishing your terrible book. From selecting an appropriately inappropriate topic, to alienating your friends with an intense marketing blitz, this book covers all the bases and still leaves time for a healthy breakfast.

The Hunter River is the lifeblood of the Hunter Valley. But since early settlement it hasn't been treated like a life blood; it has been exploited, turned into a dumping ground and over-run by weeds. In 2001, ABC Newcastle's Phil Ashley-Brown interviewed people along the 470km Hunter River between Barrington Tops and Newcastle Harbour. In 2003 the series highlighted the poor state of the waterway and tapped into a passion that many people have for the Hunter River. In 2011 Phil went back to the river to see how much change there has been over the last 10 years.

Step into a new world of learning, in which the journey itself is actually fun and exciting! The Gringa has taken a somewhat "non-traditional" approach toward teaching the Spanish language to English speakers. In doing so, she pioneered a system, The Gringa Way, which allows learners to translate their English thoughts into Spanish thoughts and sentences. This totally "new approach" not only makes the language much easier to learn and understand. With The Gringa Way method and the help of this book, you will be speaking Spanish easier than you ever thought.

It's funny the things that go through your mind when you realize your future - or at least what you thought was your future - is at stake. And everything that you've worked your whole life believing in isn't really what you want after all. This is the story of me - a little girl from Santa Anna, Texas; Maggie, short for Mary Margaret Malone. I'm the one who thought I could have it all. I just didn't know at the time what that meant. This is my story. It's a love story, although I never really believed in all that fairy-tale, love-at-first sight kind of stuff until I met Jackson Riley.

Jacob recalls a solo sailing trip around the coast of Massachusetts when he was looking for something in his life. He met Sandra on that voyage and his world changed. Now he must decide the future.

In July 1945, MI6 agent Paul Dark took part in a top-secret mission to hunt down and execute Nazi war criminals. Now it’s 1969, and a KGB colonel called Slavin has walked into the High Commission with information indicating there is a double agent within the service. Dark has been largely above suspicion during MI6’s years of self-recrimination, but this time he’s in the frame. His options are fight or flight - whatever the consequences.

After defecting from the Star Union 11 years ago, Starship Captain Lara Soto is now the leader of the free Chimerans. Her only regret is the intense young officer she left behind. When Terra's S.U.S. Interlace goes missing with her brother Rafael on board, she has to push aside the pain of her betrayal and team up with her old love once again.

Two teenagers travel to Santa Monica for different reasons, but both are intent on committing suicide. Drusilla prepared all her life to battle the mysterious creature lurking under Santa Monica Pier. Paul can see no other way to escape the misery of losing everyone he's ever loved. Fate brought them together for a reason. Will their destinies tear them apart?

Upon leaving Dimmingwood, Ilan thinks she has finally escaped the influence of her old enemy, the Praetor. But the secrets of her past catch up to her when she and her friends are trailed across the provinces by a mysterious assassin with a haunting connection to her childhood.