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Under the soil, under the surface, there lived a lowly worm called Wallace. One day, he cried: "My world is dark and my life is no good. I've never seen the sun and all I eat is mud!" Wallace cried and Wallace sighed until from the dark a wise voice replied.... That voice would change Wallace's perspective forever!

Lucy's favorite place in the world is her grandfather's farm that is full of animals, trees, and exciting places to explore.When her grandpa falls ill and mysterious people dressed in suits show up at the farm, Lucy enlists the help of Nature itself to protect her favorite tree. Will Lucy and her farm animal companions be enough?

I’d do anything to free my wolf and finally take my place in my father’s pack, even steal a creepy-as-hell chalice from a secret treasure hoard. Too bad this goblet’s hot guardian is a homicidal psychopath who’s vowed to murder me. To complicate matters further, my team’s been sent to hunt down another sketchy artifact. My father is acting weird, my best friend just kissed me, and I’m pretty sure a dragon is on our tail. As deadly secrets begin to unfold, will the promise of freeing my wolf be worth risking the lives of my team?

In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed, with momentous implications for social and economic life. Legal reforms gradually brought an end to traditions of local self-government and associative citizenship, replacing them with positive statecraft: governmental activism intended to change how Americans lived and worked. William J. Novak shows how Americans translated new conceptions of citizenship, social welfare, and economic democracy into demands for law and policy that delivered public services and vindicated people's rights.

A dragon shifter stirs and wakens deep in the Scottish Highlands. His cave is the same and his hoard intact, yet something’s badly amiss. Lachlan ventures above ground—and wishes he hadn’t. His castle is gone, replaced by ungainly row houses. Men aren’t wearing plaids, and women scarcely wear anything at all, particularly the woman who accosts him with unseemly banter. In Inverness for a year on a psychiatry fellowship, Dr. Maggie Hibbins watches an oddly dressed man pick his way out of a thicket. He looks so lost—and so gorgeous—she takes a chance and stands him a meal.

Who killed Tim Whalen? And why? Was it because he was a "helicopter parent" who micromanaged his short-tempered basketball star son? Perhaps he was murdered because he got on the wrong side of the shadow network of hangers-on brokering big-money deals to deliver young stars. Ernie Creekmore, a real estate agent looking to ease back into coaching, is asked to assist when the investigation turns cold. Ernie's plate is full. He's scouting hoop prospects while attempting to cultivate sales prospects at work - and keep his irascible boss off his back.

Cold Wonderland is the latest Coach Ernie Creekmore mystery from T.R. Kelly, a sure shot for fans of Harlan Coben's books and other sports-themed mysteries.

This book offers logical and historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Some of this evidence is from Jewish sources....

He was “Ben-Hur", “Moses” in The Ten Commandments, and he did battle with the Planet of the Apes. During his long career, Charlton Heston projected an unequaled image of strength and authority, tempered with compassion and wisdom. Charlton Heston, Michael B. Druxman’s one-person stage play, finds the Oscar-winning actor in his final years, shortly after it has been discovered that he suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. Struggling to hold onto his memories, he thinks back on his life; its many successes, as well as its disappointments. One actor; one set.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Amelia Island. Greater Than a Tourist - Amelia Island Florida USA by author Lauren Goldenberg offers the inside scoop on a First Coast treasure. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Dr. Steven Collins has devoted his life to one cause: finding a way to prevent a catastrophic collision between Earth and an asteroid, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs millions of years ago. Collins spends years developing a shield - a device that uses the Earth’s own magnetic field - and finally reaches the point where he is ready to test it.

Christina is a young woman whose life has been turned upside down by three unnerving events: First, her father is uprooting the family to take the perilous journey west; second, she's being blackmailed by an unscrupulous snake; and third, she's having premonitions of a danger to a people of whom she has no knowledge. When faced with unspeakable odds, can she find the will to survive?

The Stories About Stuff series is a collection of 12 fables I had been telling my three sons when they were growing up. Unlike most stories for kids, Stories About Stuff take on serious topics, such as evanescence, alienation, disaffection, estrangement, and make them accessible, educational, and fun for a young audience.

Stories About Stuff is a collection of 12 fables I had been telling my sons when they were growing up. The Stories About Stuff series is unique since it tells stories about objects of everyday use (a fork, a pen, a kettle, a candle) or object of nature (a stone, a leaf). Also, unlike most stories for kids, Stories About Stuff take on serious topics: evanescence, alienation, disaffection, estrangement; and make them accessible, educational, and engaging.

In the summer of 1984, four best friends become hip-hop outcasts and learn about the power of friendship, life, death, and how hard it is to be unique in a town that doesn't always welcome those who are brave enough to be different.

For centuries, there has been peace in the Desert Realm, where animals of every shape and size live together in harmony. However, when a menacing force known as the “Venomous Ones” kidnap the unborn son of King Aridin and Queen Sparra, that peace comes to an end. With war and conflict on the horizon, three brave young hares are entrusted with the task of finding and rescuing the kidnapped prince and bringing order to the Realm.

When pressed, Jonathan Shea admits magic runs through his blood, but he’s always been ambivalent about it - until a dragon and her mage show up in the Scottish Highlands, and then all bets are off. Jonathan’s charmed and captivated by the dragon - a creature fresh out of myth and legend - but the woman bonded to the dragon is incredible.

A dragon shifter stirs and wakens deep in the Scottish Highlands. His cave is the same and his hoard intact, yet something’s badly amiss. Lachlan ventures above ground-and wishes he hadn’t. His castle is gone, replaced by ungainly row houses. Men aren’t wearing plaids, and women scarcely wear anything at all, particularly the woman who accosts him with unseemly banter. What manner of wench is she to dress so provocatively?

Bloated on chaos, the Morrigan gathers power. A trip through Hell yields quite the assortment of allies. Fell creatures straight out of myth and nightmare that haven’t darkened Earth’s boundaries for centuries heed her call. Heartily sick of the Morrigan’s maneuvering, the dragons are close to shutting their world off from everywhere, Earth included. If they do, every dragon shifter bond will be broken. Horrified, Lachlan and Britta launch a desperate campaign to hang onto their dragons.

Furious and weary, Angus Shea wants out, but he can’t stop the magic powering his visions. The Celts kidnapped him when he wasn’t much more than a boy. He’s sick of them and their endless assignments, but they wiped his memories, and he has no idea where he came from. Arianrhod prefers to work alone and guards her privacy for the best of reasons. She’s not exactly a virgin, and she’d be laughed out of the Pantheon if the truth surfaced. Despite the complications of leading a double life, she’s never found a lover who tempted her to walk away from the Celtic gods.