Tapestry: A Medieval Tale of Curses, Crowns, and Courage introduces a wonderful world of dragons, knights, and powerful wizards. They wind their way through a maze of lies, jealousy, and madness in search of truth, justice, and honor. As imagined by author Jerry Smith, this world comes alive through a poetic narrative that follows the story of a gentle princess and her reluctant hero. Fortified with courage and stealth, they find the strength and perseverance to o...

For as long as people have kept records, the region we now call the Middle East has been the stage on which the world's most consequential dramas have unfolded. The same deserts, rivers, and crossroads have drawn the gaze of rulers and merchants, prophets and soldiers, for thousands of years, and the region has never once faded into the background of world affairs. This book follows the single continuous story that connects the first cities with the present moment, and it shows you why thi...

Go Figure! Exploring Figurative Language highlights a variety of common idioms for learners in grades 24. Students will deepen their skills in writing, understanding word meanings, and using context clues with this engaging classroom resource. Based on today's standards, this resource includes 20 content-based lessons in the areas of science, social studies, and mathematics. Teacher overview pages, student activities, and digital resources are included.

"Grandparenting can be one of the most fulfilling experiences of YOUR life. And you can provide your grandkids with one of the most important experiences of THEIR lives."-Jerry Witkovsky (MSW)A longtime social-work professional, grandparenting activist and passionate Grandpa guides you toward The Grandest Love of all, with fresh approaches to age-old questions:HOW CAN I...help my family stay connect...

Blue Popcorn means sadness and loss and love. In the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, it also means very weird and entertaining sadness and loss and love.The ten stories in this volume range from a dweeby guy trying to win the affection of a beautiful woman, to a tale of a solo man in a future world looking for companionship, to a story about art and the crime it reveals.Running the gamut from science fiction to fantasy to psychological drama, these tales evoke strong e...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high quality fiction equals Pulphouse.“This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading.”—Tangent Online on...

A former contract operative for the U.S. government is recalled to service for a hostage-rescue operation. The hostage, a long-lost friend of the former operative, has been taken captive in a Central American country and transported to a remote jungle encampment in South America. The guerrillas, allied with a small narcotrafficking cartel, use the hostage to bargain for release of bank accounts seized as part of a counter money-laundering program. The search-and-rescue operation brings tog...

Tapestry: A Medieval Tale of Curses, Crowns, and Courage introduces awonderful world of dragons, knights, and powerful wizards. As imaginedby author Jerry Smith, this world comes alive through a poetic narrative thatfollows the story of a gentle princess and her reluctant hero. They wind their way through a maze of lies, jealousy, and madness in search of truth, justice, and honor. Fortified with courage and stealth, they find the strength and perseverance to overcome ...

Marines are unquestionably the most respected, feared, revered, and admired human beings on the face of this planet. They train harder, fight harder, and love stronger than any other members of the armed forces. They are not just patriots. They are not just service members. They embody all the things that an honorable man aspires to be. This book touches on the morals and ethics of all United States marines as well as their sense of loyalty and faith to their country, their families, and t...

In April 1997, United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen declared that there are terrorists at work who “... are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves...“ Weather modification in the form of cloud seeding to increase snow packs in the Sierras or suppress hail over Kansas is now an everyday affair. Hundreds of environmental and weather modifying technologies have been...

With the insecure or perhaps, suspicious nature many females tend to have when it comes to an intimate partner or spouse and often times, with good reason, they want to know, How to Bust a Player.On screen, this fictional story would be described as a spin-off of the movie, How to Be a Player. The daily lives of women dating unfaithful men makes the difference in the path my story takes. Exposing the cheater is still the plot, but with successful results and a dynamite outcome....

Go Figure! Exploring Figurative Language highlights a variety of common idioms and proverbs for students in grades 58. Students will deepen their skills in writing, understanding word meanings, and using context clues with this engaging classroom resource. Based on today's standards, this resource includes 20 content-based lessons in the areas of science, social studies, and mathematics. Teacher overview pages, student activities, and digital resources are included.