Hot-tempered and outspoken Rae Starr came home to the Oklahoma prairie, bought a ranch, and started a riding school with her partner who subsequently left her for another woman. Rae has a history of the things she loves leaving her, so she’s not very trusting.Meanwhile, the ranch next door just changed hands for the fifth time, and the new owner, Jane Barrow, is a world famous cutting horse champion and industry legend who, rumor has it, won the ranch in a poker game. Jane is all g...

The short reign of Edward VI was a turbulent one, even by Tudor standards. The kingdom was threatened by widespread unrest, riots, and rebellions among the common people. In this study, Beer looks at these dramatic events from the viewpoint of the rebellious commoners. Above the clamor of the streets and countryside runs the intricate story of the interaction and often confusing relations among the commoners, the gentry, and the king’s councillors in London.

The biopsies of my life growing up fast and hard and being disabled in the real world is one that did not come easy. It took me over forty years to overcome it and a lot of the reason I was able to be because of my prayer life. Just like people in war come back with post-traumatic stress syndrome, people that are disabled that are abused by their peers also shut down their emotions, believing that they will not get hurt again. And this takes a long time to get over and to be willing to tru...

Anyone who has been through Sunday school can tell you that Jesus walked on water, fed the 5,000 and told a parable about a sower. Is there really much more to it than that? Aren't the Gospels supposed to be the "easy" bits of the Bible?Using Mark as a worked example, Andrew and Tim follow the most important things that have ever happened in the history of the world. They help us see a diagnosis of the human condition more perceptive than that offered by any physic...

Every pub in the world is a repository for a rich tapestry of yarns, some true, others fictitious. "Easy Does It" is the second collection of quirky tales from the King's Head in Newtown, narrated by the pub's resident bookie, Egils, who doubles up as a chook-raffler to deflect police attention. Egils, who is known in the Aussie vernacular as "Eggo", is an engaging and rambunctious character — a WW2 German army deserter turned Polish partisan, and now an Australian citizen acting out his c...

Born the son of a coal miner, Alfred Todd soon learns from his father that "honesty is best policy" fits only the poor, the weak and the stupid."Everybody cheats," he tells his son, "the milkman when he waters down your milk before he delivers it. The grocer when he puts his thumb on the scale as he weighs out your sugar. The government which lies to you and the courts who grant you only as much justice as you can afford to pay for."Young Alfred or Freddy as he is generally k...

Having just graduated and obtained her law degree, Susan has the world at her feet. A position with a law firm is waiting for her when she returns from her honeymoon after marrying Ashley.It never happens.Totally unexpectedly, a cloth soaked in chloroform is forced under her nose and she wakes up in a cellar in Slovenia, only to be drugged again and flown by helicopter to the alps, to a renovated old monastery named Spa Shangrila.The spa is run by a criminal cartel ...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews comes a novella featuring Roman, our favorite Volhv wizard in the always intriguing, colorful, volatile Kate Daniels world.It's not easy serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you're out of eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten your last cookie.Roman would like nothing more than to be left a...

ECPA BESTSELLER • This convenient ebook bundle features all four novels in the beloved, bestselling Wingfeather Saga, with more than one million copies sold!NOW AN ANIMATED SERIES • Based on Andrew Peterson’s epic fantasy novels—starring Jody Benson, Henry Ian Cusick, and Kevin McNally. Executive Producer J. Chris Wall with Shining Isle Productions, and distributed by Angel Studios.This collection of Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga inclu...

The third title in the bestselling and highly illustrated children's books series, soon to be hitting screens everywhere as an animated film and TV show with Nickelodeon and produced by James Corden.A super-accessible and highly-illustrated chapter book series, perfect for readers aged 6+ and fans of Pamela Butchart, DogMan, the Naughtiest Unicorn and Hotel Flamingo.Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing ...

The feathery crime-fighters are FLAPPING OUT in their eleventh adventure in this hilarious blockbuster series! Can the Real Pigeons stick together through the chaos, or will someone fly away for good? One thing is for sure: the squad will never be the same again ...★ 2024 CBCA Younger Readers Book of the Year Honour Book!The REAL PIGEONS love solving mysteries. But when lunches start DISAPPEARING from tummies, a LOOKALIKE pigeon makes evil ...

Revised and updated fourth editionThe world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change and natural disasters, the world's danger zones once again draw their battle lines across our hyperconnected, yet fragmented, globe.Join veteran Economist journalist John Andrews as he analyses the old enmities and loomin...