A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga.Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family—a position that grates on Char, especially when everyone insists on telling her exactly what to do and how to do it. But Char is certain that her headstrong, impulsive behavior, the quality her family sees as her ...

Have you ever experienced something so intense that it plays like a never-ending loop in your mind? Maybe it was shocking, terrifying, or left an emotional and physical mark. Or perhaps someone you care about has gone through something similar.If this resonates with you, you're not alone. Author Catherine Brooks invites you on a journey of healing and growth. In this book, she shares personal stories and insights from others, diving deep into the trauma experience and offering prac...

Pearl Harbor bombed! At war! Ships torpedoed in the Atlantic survivor's stories. Rationing salvaging blackouts hardships and waiting at home. Diaries love letters and news recall emotional events.

With so many superb trails in the New York City area, planning a hike can be a frustrating endeavor. Which one for an all-day outing? Where can I take my dog? Which are suitable for young children? With this newly revised and updated edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: New York City all of those questions will be answered. From secluded woods and sun-struck seashores, to lowland swamps and rock-strewn mountain tops, these hikes showcase Paleolithic rock shelters, ruins from the R...

This book is a manifesto for change that showcases new policy ideas for an incoming Labour government.Organised by the Society of Labour Lawyers, the Labour Party’s legal think tank, the contributors inspire debate about Britain’s future, exploring a wide range of issues from access to justice to family law reform, housing, employment, EU and trade law, asylum and refugee law, immigration and citizenship, international law and constitutional reform.This book is a must-have ...

The November 2012 issue of Hugo Award-winning magazine, Clarkesworld.This issue features the following stories: "(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky" by E. Catherine Tobler, "Aquatica" by Maggie Clark and "Everything Must Go" by Brooke Wonders. Non-fiction includes an interview with Mark Lawrence, an article on Asimov's Psychohistory by Mark Cole, an Another Word column by Lev AC Rosen and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

She thought she knew her husband. She thought she knew herself. She was mistaken on both counts....When Katherine Fraser's husband vanishes, she discovers that he has hidden his past from her...but when his wealthy family finds her and sweeps her into a world of power and luxury, the fearful, dependent wife is gradually transformed into a vibrant, glamorous woman. From San Francisco to Paris to the Côte d'Azur, Katherine tastes the romance and elegance of a world she never...

A Small boy huddled in the dark. His mother had promised she would never leave him... not in this awful house... not in this terrivle town. But she was dead. Gone. And he was alone. Trapped. With no one to answere his desperate call or hear his final agonized cry... and now...

With a heart full of dreams, Sallie Coleman leaves Texas and heads west determined to get as far from the squalor of her dirt poor beginnings. With its shifting sands, smoky saloons and bingo palaces, Las Vegas seems like a paradise. A paradise where an extraordinary twist of fate makes Sallie the most powerful businesswoman in Nevada.Suddenly she is rich. With the help of Philip Thornton, the handsome Bostonian, Sallie is transformed into Vegas's most elegant first lady. Philip gi...

Fanny Thornton, the proud matriarch of the Thornton dynasty, will do anything for her family. Her four children, now grown, mean everything to her, as does Babylon, the most dazzling casino in Las Vegas and the Thorntons' crowning achievement. But her children have dispersed across the globe, and so she chooses Jeff, the illegitimate son of her deceased husband, to run the casino.But Jeff has plans of his own, and soon devises a scheme to turn Fanny's four children against her. As ...

Wherever there's money and glamour, trouble can't be too far behind—in Hollywood Kids Jackie Collins takes her readers back to the Hollywood Hills for another absorbing page-turner of sex, ambition, and deadly revenge.At the novel's core is the Hollywood Five, a clique of jaded twenty-somethings whose parents (all major players) thought that child-rearing ended with naming their offspring after themselves. Jordanna Levitt is the wildly beautiful daughter o...

On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield. In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife.On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after...