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Way down yonder, at the mouth of the Mississippi River sits a land like no other on this continent. A land occupied by man but belonging to a force greater than he. A force who fights daily to prove that no man's barriers or diversions will stop it from plowing its own path. Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish (County) is the Mississippi River. It was the great 'father of waters' who built it and it is the 'Ominous Lady' who over the years has fought to...
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Welcome to the year 2185 where aging has been conquered and people can live forever thanks to the miracle of Gerasone! Take a dose every day and never age again. This story showcases Gramps Ford, At 182 the head of the large Ford family who are all crammed into one apartment and subject to the constant badgering and irrational demands of the oldest Ford. He controls what will happen when he dies and so controls them. Every one of the many members...
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Sometimes, the road to forgiveness is away over-yonder.Alex MacDonald will use charm, hard work, or whatever else it takes to get his skittish Clydesdales working again so he can prove to his cantankerous father that he has what it takes to run the family business. When he goes in search of the best horse whisperer available, he finds Breanna Ellers, the sweetest little Scottish lass this side of Inverness. There's only one problem. For reasons unknown...
7) Eerie Arias
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Eerie Arias is a gathering of facts and fiction sired by some events that could have, should have or would have happened… mishaps perhaps… in any case for the better of for worse…Eerie Arias comes as a concert collection of echoes ricocheting from beyond… stories where facts meet fiction… words on the wind… that worm their way inwards… stories where fact buds bloom into fiction… people's life tracks venture on the jagged edge of yonder…We...
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REWRITE THE BARD'S WORDS FOR IRREVERENT FUN AND LITERARY LAUGHS
Do you want to have some fun with Shakespeare?
Rip the quill from the Bard's immortal hands and pen hilarious versions of the most-beloved scenes from:
Hamlet
To STRIP, or not to STRIP, that is the question.
Romeo and Juliet
What FART through yonder window breaks?
Macbeth
Is this a JOINT which I see before me?
Much Ado About Nothing
If thou dost BOFF, my VIBRATOR shall incite thee
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Who knew poetry could be a matter of life and death? After months of grinding to level up their elemental magic, Nate and Wes can't wait to finally embark on their first mission with a real guild. Yet when they discover the key to an ancient ruin, they end up trapped inside a dungeon inexplicably based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Conqueror Worm.Now, their only hope of escape is to outwit and outblast a challenging procession of trials…or die trying.This...
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The first book in a brand new series… Modern Living Legend, a modern-day twist on the tales of myths and legends of yonder years.
Suedette Greenwood unexpectedly became Lady of Greenwood Manor fresh out of university three years ago. Up until recently, Suede had nestled into her responsibilities without fault, opened a tea shop in the village and signed a publishing deal, writing and illustrating children's books. Life wasn't quite how Suede had...
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Excerpt: "A one-room log cabin, with an indolently smoking chimney, squatted in sullen destitution a hundred yards away. Before the door a ramshackle wagon stood waiting for nothing with its load of snow. Down yonder in the brushy draw an all-but-roofless shed stared listlessly upon the dull February sky. With a man-denying look, the empty reservation landscape round about lay hushed and bluing in the cold. Raising the flap of the tepee, with its...
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Stirring tales of heroism at sea have been ingrained in the annals of maritime history since time immemorial. Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World, Queen Elizabeth Is defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Horatio Nelsons victory at Trafalgar are just some of Britains most memorable naval triumphs. But what about the lesser-known tales from our seafaring past? The Victorian who invented a swimming machine in order to cross the English Channel;...
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There were no mission limits for a pilot in the Pacific during World War II; unlike in Europe, you flew until it was time to go home. So it was for James "Jug" Curran, all the way from New Guinea to the Philippines with the 348th Fighter Group, the first P-47 Thunderbolt outfit in the Pacific.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Curran volunteered to try flying in the blue yonder and trained as an Army fighter pilot. He got his wish to fly the P-47...
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"Imagines the lives of queer teens throughout different time periods, often playing with genre (retellings, fairy tales, magical realism, fantasy) as well." -Vulture
Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens.
From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier . . . to two girls...
15) Four For A Boy
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John the Eunuch mysteries volume 4
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Barnes & Noble pick for "20 Favorite Indie Books of 2018"
"Casey expertly nails the extended Tucker family-some 20 people-and combines these convincing characters, a superb sense of time and place, and a solid plot in this marvelously atmospheric historical." -Publishers Weekly STARRED review
Some people who have experienced a shocking, dangerous, or terrifying event develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is recognized today as a debilitating...
16) Little Clouds
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Little Clouds – Ann Orthur: Containing, but not limited to: Flic-Flac:A couple transported to a strange land, unaware the world around them is on the cusp of unraveling. They spend their days oblivious to the storm that is building. Their lives, if they manage to keep them, will never be the same. Their future changes with just one sentence. Soon after, their fate is sealed. Alien Invasion:Following a mistake a man travelled to start a new life....
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"Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite...
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Learn how to create beautiful ceramic vessels at home without a potter's wheel. California ceramicist and designer Linda Fahey shows you every step of setting up a studio at home, and then demonstrates three methods for hand-building pottery. Along the way, she covers creating and attaching handles and even provides an introduction to glazing and firing. This three-part course covers all of the essential information you need to know to play with clay...
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