Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the libr...

Ireland, 1014 AD, was a turbulent time; but wing walkers Kate Phillips and Jen Fillmore discover that the fate of the island is tied to an island in another worldGudsrika Isle in the world of Bigna. Caught in a world between medieval mercenaries and twenty-first century cell phones, Kate and Jen find their lives hurled into a sinister domain of deceit, treachery and tomblike dungeons. Brought to Gudsrika Isle to prevent the magic of the BOK, the sacred writings of Gudsrika, falling into th...

One Dragon Egg Holds the Key to the Future.When Kale, a slave girl, finds a dragon egg, she is given the unexpected opportunity to become a servant to Paladin. But on her way to The Hall, where she was to be trained, Kale runs into danger. Rescued by a small band of Paladin’s servants, Kale is turned from her destination.Feeling afraid and unprepared, Kale embarks on a perilous quest to find the meech dragon egg stolen by the foul Wizard Risto. But their jo...

A New Quest Begins in the sequel to DragonSpellA dragonkeeper of Paladin, Kale is summoned from the Hall to The Bogs by the Wizard Fenworth to serve as his apprentice and tend his newly hatched meech dragon, Regidor. But Kale isn’t going alone. The Hall is sending a student to monitor her performance and report back to the scholars. Worst of all, it’s Bardon– an older boy Kale finds irritating, but who at least can hold his own in a sword fight.

Return to the land of dragons and magic you discovered in Dragonspell and DragonQuest, in this finely crafted and memorable work of fantasy fiction with a core of eternal truth.Trapped in an evil spell… can the knights of Paladin be rescued?Before vowing his allegiance to Wulder as a knight, Bardon heads to the mountains for solitude. His life is suddenly complicated by a woman and her granddaughter, N’Rae, who are on a mission to rescue t...

Before the War of the Lance, magic faced and fought its own demise.The Journeyman is charged to use the ancient Anvil of Time to travel back along the river of time and find the lost stories that fell between the pages of the history books.He finds Tythonnia, a young red robe learning magic in company with Ladonna of the black robes and Par-Salian of the white. The three are sent on an easy quest to find the leader of the renegade wizards, a man named Berthal, but if it was...

If Brydon can fulfill his quest to bring the fabled Gauntlet of Ven-Kerrick back to his homeland of Falara, he will marry the princess and be crowned the next king. He had known the journey would be difficult, but he had not counted on becoming friends with the assassin whose original goal had been to murder him before his quest had begun, nor had he suspected he would fall in love with a girl along the way. And he definitely had not planned on becoming involved in the political intrigue o...

To save his village from Zombies, a boy must journey in search of diamonds to craft a powerful weapon in this unofficial Minecraft adventure.Steve lives on a wheat farm. He has everything he needs to live in the Minecraft world: a bed, a house, and food. Steve likes to spend his mornings in the NPC village and trade his wheat for emeralds, armor, books, swords, and food. One morning, he finds that Zombies have attacked the villagers. The Zombies have also turned th...

A reluctant young hero must chase down an evil serpent king in "this satisfying middle-grade adventure . . . in colonial British West Africa" ( Kirkus Reviews).Nate Fludd is back in the camel saddle in pursuit of a missing, deadly basilisk—the mythical King of Serpents. As if saving a Dhughani village from the beast isn't hard enough, Nate and Aunt Phil must begin to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance and protect The Fludd Book of Beasts

In this sequel to Imago Chronicles: Book Five: Destiny's End, Markus' coronation as the new King of Carcross unites the surviving members of the Order for a grand celebration. When a prisoner escapes from the dungeons of Darross Castle during the ascent of the Hunter's Moon, it brings the festivities to an abrupt end. Not only is a madman on the loose, but a young prince is taken hostage and the evil Book of Spells has mysteriously disappeared.In a race against time to unravel this...

Esche is in peril. A mighty demon has been released and is preparing to destroy or enslave all who stand in his way. For the twins Kylea and Dev, the discovery of a letter unlocks the secrets of their past and sets them on a journey neither one is prepared for. Only their courage will keep them alive, and only their trust in each other will allow them to wield the power that will save their world.

With his newly acquired team of rare and powerful golems, Steve must attempt to fulfill the prophecy and defeat the Master once and for all. Little does he know that the Master of all Creepers is waiting for him, and he has a surprise for Steve and his golems that will change the very foundations of the entire world!This is the second book in The Mastercreeper Plan Series. The other books are Golem Attack and Last Stand of the Master.More books based on Minecraft from Canto...