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Nathaniel Hawthorne masterfully grabs the imagination of children with these timeless tales of adventure based on the incomparable Greek mythological heroes' escapades. Children will enter a world of magic and intrigue as they face ferocious beasts, clever enchantresses, and tricky gods, alongside the greatest heroes of all time.

The story opens in the country parsonage of Dr. Primrose, a kindly man who has a good heart, a good family, and a good income. Suddenly, his idyllic life is cruelly devastated by a series of misfortunes, and he ends up in prison. Yet, despite all this calamity and injustice, the vicar never loses sight of Christian morality, a conviction which lends him genuine nobility and, in the end, also brings justice and the restoration of his family and fortune.

Son visage est humanoïde, mais entre ses jambes, se cache une merveille technologique. Kimi, une botaniste accomplie aux courbes voluptueuses, est fière de contribuer à la prospérité de la colonie humaine installée sur la planète Vénora. Pour elle, la seule ombre au tableau est l'obligation de collaborer avec les cyborgs insensibles, tels que Lee 5, responsables de la sécurité des citoyens de Vénora.

There was only one problem with Abby's good life. It was slowly killing her. Tired of mundane roles at work and exhausting routines at home, uninspired by the corporate BS, and desperate to do something anything to feel alive, Abby Lou Walker was determined to keep living the good parts of her life and satisfy her desire for something more. Armed with a bit of curiosity, some courage, and a love of high heels, she strapped on a pair and set out on her quest. What transpired was a hero's journey of epic proportions full of inspired steps and chance encounters that empowered her to launch her own company, trample internal demons, find joyful balance as a wife, mom, and entrepreneur, and ultimately hit her stride with the help of numerous allies who showed up along the way.

When 8-year-old Lou Del Bianco finds out that his Grandpa Luigi was the Chief Carver on Mount Rushmore, his young life is instantly changed. Follow Lou's journey as he and his Uncle Caesar make the painful discovery that Luigi is not even mentioned in the most definitive book on Rushmore. Cheer them on as you hear the historic documents they unearth from the Library of Congress that not only tell Luigi's story but also prove his great importance. Finally, ride the roller-coaster of the 25 year journey to get Luigi the recognition he deserves. Out of Rushmore's Shadow is the dramatic and touching story of Luigi's legacy and the immigrant's struggle.

Imagine a world covered in darkness with black flakes falling with no sun. Where vampiers and minions have control of life in a time of redemption.This is my short story book called "Redemtion Beckons" and it will make you think of what yet is to come for mankind.

Are you a student who is ready for a teacher? If so, then welcome to A Teacher Appears. As a twenty-two-year old sales rep in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, Lori Toye had never even thought about meditation, let alone asking spirit teachers for help.

What if the Frankenstein creature didn't die in a fire, on a crumbling castle, or on a glacier? What if he never died at all? Adam Frankenstein, a product of science and magic. A creature of horror, come to life. In this re-imagining of Mary Shelley's famous creature, Adam is still alive and his stories are that of legend. A lonely and reluctant hero looking for redemption and salvation through the ages.

Thibodaux James Renwalt, or Tibby as he was called by his friends, was just your typical Earthman. Recently discharged from his service in the United Stated Navy and working as an engineer for the city of New Orleans, maintaining the pumps that kept the city dry. Tibby decides to spend some time at a fishing hole in the swamp shown to him by his grandfather when he was a small boy.

The long-held mystery of Cortés's stashed bounty is at the center of this latest adventure of retired Special Forces Colonel Ryan Gavin, world-renowned investigator, and his girlfriend Alexis, a trained CIA field agent. When Col. Gavin receives a call from his friend Capt. Bartlett, one of the Texas Rangers' crack men in crime detection, he agrees to go to Texas and help figure out what is behind a string of unsolved murders and whether the latest victim, Cactus Digger Pete, had stumbled on the secret cache of gold.

Late one night, a teenaged witch witnesses her uncle perform a forbidden ritual to summon a demon. His carelessness results in the demon breaking free and being released into the world. Drawn to the young witch's powers like a shark, the demon is only temporarily thwarted when she manages to escape.

Dakota Landry just got out of prison after 12 years. If anyone can understand how that feels, it's his new friend, Sage, who is determined to help him get used to life on the outside - and believes Dakota didn't commit the crime he was in for. Jayden Wilson is a former prosecutor who agrees to look into the case at the request of Sage's lover, Adam. He sets out to prove Dakota is just another "innocent" ex-con, but once they meet, Jayden is more and more convinced Dakota just didn't do what everyone thinks he did.

When Luke's family has an exchange student from France move in with them, he thinks he's hit the jackpot. What he doesn't know is she has a long history of feminizing guys and she's just decided to add him to her list. With the help of his step-sister and a few of his classmates, she soon has his life turned upside down as he spends his first semester of college going from humiliation to humiliation.

A Death in Manhattan -a glistening feather lies near the body. A Native American rights activist arrives in San Diego-a gleaming feather waits on the hotel bureau. A brutal murder discovered in Las Vegas-a brilliant feather is found at the scene. Chato Del-Klinne, drifting ex-professor, cannot let the Las Vegas murder go unsolved: the victim is a good friend. The shining feather will lead Chato and his beautiful girlfriend Sunny into unimaginable horror - horror that may encompass the entire world....

Text is a common fabric of society, yet it is still challenging for our technology to make sense of text. This is where taxonomies can help. In this book, Bill Inmon will introduce you to the concept of taxonomies and how they are used to simplify and understand text. We emphasize the practical aspects of taxonomies, and the subsequent usage of taxonomies as a basis for textual analytics.

Marshall Allen Johnson was a lawman the day the Edwards gang robbed the bank and took his pregnant wife hostage. He was a lawman when he found her ravaged and savaged body in a desert culvert, get the book to see what and how justice is served and how William Harry Grant Davis one of the outlaws sufferers a grisly fate.

Cole finds a desperate message asking for help from Ellie, one that got away. The one that has continually haunted his life. Cole drops everything and flies to California. He must find what would make her so desperate, she would call him after so many years. Cole finds her terminally ill, and abandoned by her husband. He discovers while Ellie was heavily medicated, she mistakenly signed a power of attorney. Now her estranged daughter Erin's inheritance won't go to her, but her abusive step-father.

Mary Lou Falcone takes listeners on a cathartic journey of caregiving that is filled with hope, laughter, and tears. At the age of ten, Mary Lou's life was forever changed when her father had a severe stroke that took away his ability to speak. While her mother worked three jobs, Mary Lou cared for not only her father but two younger siblings. Echoes of her childhood challenge return when she later faces the biggest test of her life: her soulmate of forty-seven years, the artist Nicky Zann, is diagnosed with the little-known disease Lewy body dementia, which ultimately claims his life.

Clémentine est la fille aînée d'une famille qui n'arrive plus à nourrir ses enfants. Contrainte de se sacrifier pour aider sa famille, elle accepte d'épouser un homme vivant à des milliers de kilomètres. C'est l'un de ces cow-boys qui commandent une fiancée par correspondance par le biais de l'église.

The Treasure was originally taken from the Second Temple in 69 AD, just before the Romans sacked Jerusalem and the Temple. The Treasure was split up and hidden in 64 different places in and around Jerusalem. Those locations were documented on the Copper Scroll found with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first of these scrolls were found by Bedouins in caves at Qumran in 1947. The Copper Scroll was later found in cave number 3 by professionals in 1952.