Rocky is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary friend ... and a secret! When it all comes out during a chaotic school trip, Rocky and her invisible sidekick Bunf have to show everyone what they're really made of.

It was going to be the beginning of a long year, and it was only the first night rolling out on a deployment in Iraq. I sat in the back of the lead High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). There were three vehicles out on patrol that night. We were pulled off the side of the road for less than 10 minutes when a black sedan passed our convoy and pulled directly off the road in front of our lead vehicle with about a distance of 20 feet. The reaction to the black sedan speeding by ...

In "Clear the Track! A Story of To-day," E. Werner presents a vivid exploration of social dynamics in the burgeoning industrial landscape of the early 20th century. This gripping narrative intertwines various characters from diverse backgrounds, inviting readers into their struggles and aspirations amid the rapid changes brought by modernization. Werner's prose is characterized by a keenly observant style, rich in detail yet accessible, reflecting the zeitgeist of an era marked by both opp...

Rocky, her sidekick Bunf and their friend Harry meet a time-travelling taxi driver who takes them on an incredible journey ... and shows them just how much Rocky can achieve!

In "The Youth of the Great Elector," L. Mühlbach artfully weaves a historical narrative set in 17th-century Prussia, focusing on the formative years of Frederick William, known as the Great Elector. The novel combines meticulous historical research with vivid, lyrical prose, capturing the political intrigues and social dynamics of the era. Mühlbach's work illuminates the intersection of personal and political life, showcasing the evolution of a leader who would substantially shape the fu...

Suspense, intrigue and a classic love triangle set against the brooding atmosphere of a remote tarn in the Lake District, from the author of STILL WATER.Adam Turner is an investigative journalist plagued by the memory of a girl who vanished from the town where he grew up. When he is asked to look into a suspicious car accident in which three students were killed, he sees a chance to exorcise the demons that have haunted him since his youth.Past and present rapidly collide a...

A novel of romantic suspense, set on the beautiful Greek island of Ithaca, from the author of STILL WATER and THE SNOW FALCON.When Robert French travels to the Greek island of Ithaca after his archaeologist father goes missing, he meets Alex, a young woman in search of her roots and the truth about her grandmother's exile from the island sixty years earlier. Gradually it seems possible that there is a link between an ancient treasure that Robert's father spent many years searching ...

It was not my intention to have written any Preface to this book, but to have allowed it simply to speak for itself. As it is very likely, however, that both it and the motives of its author may be misrepresented by bigoted or venal pens, I think it necessary to introduce it to the reader by a few brief observations. In the first place, then, I beg to say, that the work presents phases of Irish life and manners that have never been given to the public before by any other writer upon the sa...

Excerpt: "One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth century—as nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720—some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher O'Rorke, or Strong-handed O'Eorke, was proceeding from his father's house, with a stout oaken cudgel in his hand, towards an orchard that stood at the skirt of a country town, in a part of the kingdom which, for the present, shall be nameless. Though known by the epithet of Lamh Laudher, his Christia...