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This is a story from the Tales of Irish Myths collection.

This is a story from the Tales of Irish Myths collection.

Brooke Chapman-Powell takes her position as the Earl of Englefield’s personal secretary very seriously. This job is what keeps her sister in the university for the deaf and the town from completely shutting down. But the earl is dying, and they have only one hope: an American, from some place called Salvation, Virginia. Now she will have to teach the in-all-likelihood-uncouth-and-lazy half American how to be a proper earl if they hope to save the village. God help them all.

Short in size, Two Bit Higgins beats up the much bigger Dandy Barker in a bar fight in an southern Arizona gold-mining town. He is then named a deputy sheriff, also showing how dangerous he is with a gun. Then Barker comes back for revenge. How long will it be before Barker and his gang come looking for Two Bit and the show down?

This mob did not want explanations. They wanted a hanging and a quick one. Summoned by a mysterious letter, Howdy McFee and his amazing horse Pink ride to save his uncle's ranch. There's big trouble waiting for them - a crooked lawyer, a pack of hired killers, a crazy prospector, and a fiery, beautiful woman. What do they all want? When will the disasters stop? Can Howdy sort it out before he's shot or hanged?

¿Las personas pueden volar? ¡Sólo si son gimnastas! Aprenda sobre el gran deporte de la gimnasia. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico hacen de este título una excelente introducción a la no ficción para niños.

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about the basics of the sport of soccer. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about the basics of the sport of football. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about the basics of the sport of baseball. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

In the early years of the 21st century, humans have advanced step by slow step into space. Constantly monitoring the heavens, they have discovered that certain asteroids have changed their orbits - and are on a collision course with Earth. Urgent action is required, but politics and a worldwide financial crash are getting in the way. To save humanity from disaster, two of Earth’s prominent families, a host of political movers and shakers, and dedicated pilots and space travelers of all stripes must band together.

Three astronauts are headed out beyond Mars on the first human trip to the asteroid belt. In orbit around Earth, a construction crew is building the first permanent space station, owned by van Huyten’s consortium. Meanwhile, the president of the United States is trying to force her into making a secret deal to put weapons in orbit so he can intervene in the ongoing wars.

Starting with Captain Amos January, who quickly loses it, and then the others who fought, schemed, and killed to get it, we travel around the complex, decadent, brawling, mongrelized, interstellar human civilization that the artifact might save or destroy. Collectors want the Dancer, pirates take it, rulers crave it, and all will kill, if necessary, to get it. This is a thrilling yarn of love, revolution, music, and mystery, and it ends, as all great stories do, with shock and a beginning.

In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and was never resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical-physicist girlfriend, Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't. Why? What was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?

With a raw authenticity stripped of self-pity and a powerful narrative voice unlike any other, Being Flynn illuminates the hidden story of fathers and sons in America. Nick Flynn has written a remarkable testament to the enduring strength of one boy’s struggle for survival.

Voices of the Valley is a podcast of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, a human services, education, arts & events center situated in a small rural community twenty miles north of San Francisco. Voices of the Valley is about the power, diversity and mysteries of community. What does truly living in community mean to you? Twice a month we interview a dynamic and diverse cast of extraordinary ordinaries—people being people having a quietly profound impact on their local community. Along the way we learn what community can mean in 21st century America. From calloused-hand ranchers and ...

On the first day of the Wimbledon Championships, a beloved double Grand Slam winner is found dead on court 18. The world's cameras are trained on the All England Club, and behind the scenes, newly promoted Detective Inspector Angela Costello is on the case. From exclusive Surrey tennis clubs to leafy Richmond and the packed streets of Wimbledon village, Costello tracks a web of secrets, rivalries and lies. Everyone connected to the victim has something to hide – the glamorous girlfriend, the estranged wife, the ambitious British number one hoping to make Wimbledon history.

Senior marketers and growth leads on the campaigns and experiments that actually moved numbers.

'Every serious investor – established or aspiring – should read this' – Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets and Quit 'For anyone striving to win in today’s complex global capital markets' – Brian Portnoy, author of The Geometry of Wealth What if investment success isn’t about...

Her identity is hidden … He’s determined to uncover it Charleston, South Carolina shipping heiress, MIRANDA MERRICK, discovers one of her family’s cargo ships, the Elle Merrick, has suffered multiple attacks by a saboteur. The devious actions have put the company at risk for bankruptcy...

If you have a child who struggles with anxiety, you need fast-acting solutions you can easily use right away to help you and your child face fears and worries and find calm. Written by a psychologist and expert in childhood anxiety, this easy-to-use guide offers proven-effective cognitive...