SynopsisEight-year-old Jonathan who is intrigued on Christmas morning when he spots his neighbour, Agnes Sweetwater, trudging off into the forest, pulling a sledge loaded with sacks.Agnes will not divulge the secret of where she goes. Jonathan develops a close relationship with the Ojibway woman over the following year. They collect items for her Christmas journey.As Christmas approaches, he once again asks if he might join her. She refuses stating he is not ready f...

Charles Parker awoke in a cold sweat. He knew it was all a dream, but he swore it was real. He knew the Sergeant in this dream was his father. But Charles felt like it was him, like he was taking his father's place, in his skin. seeing, touching, feeling everything his dad had experienced, on that fateful day in 1944. It was crazy, his dad had never told him about what happened in the war. Only a vague reference, to how a corporal had, "saved his butt".The dreams had started when he...

The feathers and skin in birds are the first line of defence, but are also important in helping the bird to maintain a stable internal temperature, facilitate integral mobility and ensure successful mating in some species. For poultry, the physical conditions of feathers and skin are important barometers to assess the impact of management and ensure health and welfare. Based on the proceedings of a recent symposium, this book documents the significant developments that have been made in ou...

It's just a roadside cross. We've all seen them. Lonnie didn't even intend to stop there. Now doing so will cause an encounter that will change his life. Pollyanna is a pretty special truck. In fact, more special, than he ever could have imagined.

A collection of fifty-word stories written by "The Wellies" a group of writers from Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada. Short bites of literature that touch on humorous, dark, twists and turns, life lessons and life's like that. And a bonus section of member's favourite recipes.

The second novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now.With a bit of last summer’s sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood who wears them—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—embark on their second summer together.Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.**“Light and romantic." —Th...

#1 New York Times Best Seller!"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book."-John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says.So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.I'm not kidding, he says.You should be, she says,

The third novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now.It’s the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It’s the time when Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen need their Pants the most.Pants = love. Love your pals. Lov...

**The New York Times bestselling Sisterhood novels—The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, and Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood—all available together in one ebook omni edition.The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsOnce there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling ...

Bridie Farrell and Shaun Broderick come from opposite sides of the tracks. But unlike Bridie's family, who are perennial strugglers, the Brodericks are the wealthy owners of Jinjulu - one of the most prestigious properties in their local district.All her life Bridie has longed to leave the small town she grew up in. But time afer time family responsibilites have kept her anchored there. Meanwhile, Shaun's dream of taking over the management of Jinjulu is dashed by his dictatorial f...

The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series..TAKEN BY LOVE is a USA TODAY BESTSELLER."You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak"Melissa Foster is synonymou...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winner: the second installment, following Some Luck, of her widely acclaimed, best-selling American trilogy, which brings the journey of a remarkable family with roots in the Iowa heartland into mid-century AmericaEarly Warning opens in 1953 with the Langdon family at a crossroads. Their stalwart patriarch, Walter, who with his wife, Rosanna, sustained their farm for three decades, has suddenly died, leaving their five chil...