Ne'er do well Jake, after a mediocre military service is just trying to get by in the galaxy. A string of odd jobs and bad luck have left him stranded and broke on the mining planet of Kerella V. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Shelain, an alien from a race called Meridian's, drags him into a plot by blood thirsty aliens known as the Basnigh, to overthrow the Consortium; a benevolent government created by the Aswari, an advanced alien race who have taken the role of protect...

Threatened by a beating if he hits against Roy's pitching, Johnny almost loses a ballgame for his team.

This collection in celebration of Canada150 was written by eight authors:Bonnie Rose: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bugsy27C.G. Mann: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cgmannNancy Larsen: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nangralar62Carolyn MacIsaac: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/MacicarHeather MacKenzie: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/globalgoddessRay Burns: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LukeWarm...

Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw a swarm of flying and crawling creatures. Here, you'll find dozens of insects and spiders, such as the housefly, firefly, black widow, ladybug, caterpillar, butterfly, and others. There are even snails, fleas, and centipedes! Ames's illustration style and renowned drawing method has made him a leader in the step-by-step d...

In 1971, D.B. Cooper hijacked an airliner and parachuted into the November night with $200,000 in ransom. He evaded an intense FBI manhunt and numerous investigators for decades, becoming a legend in the process. Many people were identified as being Cooper over the years, and many others claimed he was dead. Neither was the truth. Cooper, now in his 80s and living a humble life in Florida, couldn't elude one reporter who finally pried the truth out of him. This is his story in his words. I...

"How are you today, Thelma?" asked Linda."Good dear, good," she answered. "How's yourselfs?""We're good too," answered Linda. "Isn't it a beautiful day!""They're all good days if we're here to see them," answered the older woman with a smile.Like the tides that have washed her shores forever, the story of Cape Breton has always been one of comings and goings. Native peoples came here while Europeans were still living in caves. In 1820, the fiery Presbyterian mi...

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life, from the author of Honour.Meryl Davenport - A mother who tells the story of her non-stop day in a rapid-fire internal monologue;Tiggy Entwhistle - A cactus lover bravely attempting to rise above her relationship crisis; Mary O'Donnell - A feisty teenage schoolgirl competing in a talent quest;Theresa McTerry - An increasingly disillusioned bride on her wedding day; Winsome Webster - ...

Eveline sits in her room thinking about the people she has lost—her mother and her brother. Her other brother is traveling for work and she is afraid that her alcoholic father will beat her with no one else to turn on. She plans to run away with a sailor with whom she has fallen in love, but will a promise made to her mother keep her at home?Critically acclaimed author James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the ear...

In this delicious companion volume to If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, thirty-seven poems and miniplays celebrate elementary school life and the funny, poignant, wondrous, and telling moments that can happen only in a classroom.

This collection of light verse, written by Iowa native Beth LaBuff, will delight anyone who has lived on, visited, or even seen a picture of a farm. You'll laugh as you read about a corn crib that was repurposed by fowl society in "Barred Plymouth Rock Band," and learn what made a catfish sweat in "Catfish on a Hot Tin Roof." Perfect for family reading, each poem gives a nod to a Bible phrase.

Gravy Bones Johnson is one of the most important and greatest bluesmen who ever lived. Found on the side of railroad tracks by a blind sharecropper who raised him as his own, Gravy Bones embodies the Mississippi Delta Blues in a way no one ever did before or since.With an astonishing song catalog numbering in the thousands, he is also one of the most prolific songwriters in history.Leadbelly referred to Gravy Bones as "the fertilizer on which the Blues fed".Now, for...

I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe, over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help. Thanks. Wow.'Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott's funny and perceptive writing about faith and prayer. And in Help, Thanks, Wow she has coalesced everything she's learned about prayer into these simple, transformative truths. These three simple prayers will get you through tough t...