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People of the Sun follows Guy Thornton’s adventure-packed horseback journey across Arizona’s Mogollon Rim to his claim his young son, Trick, who he’s never met, at a school near Prescott. The life and stories of Trick’s Yavapai mother interweave with the present-time narrative of Trick’s rebellion, and recounts how Star, a Sedona-based life coach and healer, helps Guy reconcile with a suddenly altered future. Book Five of The Arizona Series – novels intertwining Native American mythologies with western/adventure/romances set in the modern American West.

It's June - winter in South Africa, and Martine and her grandmother are enjoying a cold but beautiful walk along the beach when they find a stranded, dying dolphin.

In an alternate reality, 5,000 years in the future, the evil Dragon of Death has become ruler of Dragon City. Humans now live to serve the dragon population, and it’s no different for Billy Chan and his friends. After losing contact with their own dragons, they’re determined to track them down in this new city, even if it means putting their own lives at risk. But one dragon has turned to the dark side and has no plans to return.

Con una población de alrededor de 7,59 millones de habitantes, la mayoría de los cuales son judíos, Israel es el único Estado judío del mundo. Desde su fundación en 1948, las fronteras de Israel e incluso el derecho a existir del propio Estado, han estado sujeto a controversias, especialmente entre sus vecinos árabes.

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvelous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, tiny, silver donkey.

The plot has been enacted, but there's been a problem. Now dire consequences await the would-be assassins.

Welcome to Affinity, the hottest battle royale video game around! Since winning the first-ever Affinity tournament, The Weird Ones are supposed to be on top of the world. Josh, Hannah, Larkin, and Wheatley have formed their own professional team and launched a popular streaming channel, and they’re set to take eSports by storm. But the kids have an awful secret: Wheatley is missing.

Sacred Arrow finds Guy Thornton resurrecting the old Rawlings cattle ranch near Winslow, Arizona into a profitable bison operation and guiding tourists and researchers to the ranch’s trove of ancient petroglyphs when Bane, a White Mountain Apache, abducts the ranch owner’s five-year-old son, Jack. Accounts of Guy’s friendship with Old Trick during their rodeo years and his relationship with a Yavapai woman named Sally are woven through the story of the family’s desperate efforts to rescue young Jack.

On the day of his birth, Prince Alexos is revealed to be the long-awaited champion of Athene. He grows up lonely, conscious of all that is expected of him. But Alexos discovers that being a champion isn't about fame and glory - it's about sacrifice and courage.

Welcome aboard, young explorers, on another expedition with Discoveropolis. Strap on your safari hat and fasten your seatbelts! This immersive audiobook is a gateway to ignite your imagination and curiosity as you explore the captivating wonders of the African continent.

"A surprisingly witty, sardonic and insightful prognosis of our mortality via ultra-short fiction...unearthing the humanity and humility of us all." —Mark Savage, Director/Screenwriter "It is in Colt's writing, sometimes with a zeal just this side of the erotic...that his traveler’s soul truly soars—and ours with it." —September Williams MD, Author/Filmmaker This little book invites readers to take a few minutes from their busy day…to jump into lands they’d never visit, meet characters they’d never know, and peek into the mysteries of forbidden behaviors. Throughout, Colt's ...

“I got and read this book on recommendation from a friend, and I have to admit that I'm thoroughly impressed with it. It's a deep dive into some local Greek mythology, told in a story-with-a-plot kind-of-way. It probably helps if you are already interested in this particular material, because there's a lot. The book's pacing is overall easy, and sometimes it just drops a bomb on you. Event happened, plot shifts, no questions asked or answers given! While reading it I thought of Game of Thrones and even in Blood Meridian the way characters can be just written off without a second thought. ...

Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles. To cross the US border, he must become a “beast rider” - someone who hops on a train. The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him. When he tries again, he is attacked by a Mexican gang and left for dead. Just when Manuel is ready to turn back, he finds new hope.

Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them? Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving and a band of neo-Nazis, experiences his own murder during 'past-life regression' hypnosis, takes part in a mass homeopathic overdose, and investigates a new disease affecting tens of thousands of people - a disease that doesn't actually exist.

This thoughtful examination of a century of travel writing about the American West overturns a variety of popular and academic stereotypes. Looking at both European and American travelers' accounts of the West, from de Tocqueville's Democracy in America to William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways, David Wrobel offers a counternarrative to the nation's romantic entanglement with its Western past and suggests the importance of some long-overlooked authors, lively and perceptive witnesses to our history who deserve new attention.

Journey through the breathtaking landscapes of one of nature's most dynamic treasures with "Seasons of the Gorge." This captivating eBook unveils the Columbia River Gorge in all its nuanced beauty, as it morphs through the rhythm of the seasons. From spring’s vibrant wildflowers and chirping birds to summer’s exhilarating outdoor adventures, the Gorge is a year-round spectacle waiting to be explored. Unearth the Gorge’s rich history and geographical significance, providing a perfect backdrop to the incredible seasonal stories that unfold. Wander along spring trails lined with blooming...

Jewel’s new husband wants her to be a properly low-key and obedient Armenite wife. Her brother-in-law wants to humiliate her and steal her fortune to further his own ambitions. Her old crewmates want her to rescue them from their sentence of servitude. And worst of all, the microscopic menites swarming inside of Jewel want to transform her into something her husband’s enemies believe is an abomination against The Unity while his allies hope they are fashioning her into its salvation. With no one to truly depend upon but herself, the Cartelite princess must withstand these competing ...

Jewel’s days as a fugitive are over. She wakes from cold sleep, captive on an Armenite warship with her past rapidly catching up to her. Her parents are arriving soon to force her to marry Kole Delling, the Armenite man she fled into the Fringe to escape. And if that fate isn’t bad enough, some of the Armenites want to execute her and her surviving crew members for their legitimate salvage operations in the Valkyrie system. The walls are closing in, but Jewel isn’t ready to give up. It’s time for the galaxy to learn just how difficult it is to keep a Cartelite Princess prisoner.

Saturna has less than a day to save everyone. She's running everything smooth, her Princes are organising their people for the evacuation, but one group of armed dissenters is refusing to listen. Will she manage to get them out of their hole in time, when the ground they're stepping on is falling into a gas giant, when their leader puts up an armed resistance and when killing them means she's killing members of her new family? This is book 4 of the Saturna series. Warning: Contains explicit content.

This step-by-step guide to explore Montenegro. You'll learn: how to get to Montenegro, where the Eagle meets the mountain, what is Wild Beauty, where is the sunniest city, why is Budva the pearl of Mediterranean, how to explore the most beautiful fjord in Europe, which city is Lonely Planet’s number one destination, where is Balkan Ibiza, why is Cetinje a city-museum, where is a Lake city of rock and blues, how to explore the modern capital, how to experience a mountain life, how to explore marvelous nature, and much more.