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Fleeing the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 and fueled by a burning desire for a better life, Apple embarks on a daring journey to pursue her doctoral education in America. With no backup plan, Apple has to make this journey work. But she has no idea that her starting place, Las Cruces, NM, is a quiet desert town—a far cry from the bustling metropolis she envisioned. Anxious, ignorant, broken, lost, and homesick, Apple is also excited, curious, and open-minded. Will she simply survive the fish-out-of-the-water situation many immigrants experience, or will she thrive?

Book 4 in the Johnny Apocalypse series. After the battle for New Sanctuary, Johnny and his friends set out on a quest to see what wonders—and what horrors—have risen since the Great War. Their journey takes them north as they cross paths with dangerous and terrifying enemies and monsters alike. Will new allies be as plentiful? The King of New York, a greedy dictator, is definitely not an ally but if Johnny has any hope of restoring democracy to America, the King must fall. Join Johnny Apocalypse on his new, thrilling adventure.

Zombies: Survival: The New World, Book 1 is a look into the lives of Tom Boyd and his sister, Kelly Boyd, and their escape from the zombie outbreak in St. Charles County, MO. The Boyds make the choice to travel to their farm in Rolla, MO, in an attempt to survive being consumed by zombies. Along their travels the Boyd family meets uncertainty around every corner. Their lives will never be the same now that the zombies are overrunning their communities and the world. New friendships are formed as the Boyds' paths meet others in their quest to survive.

COVID-19 has transformed the lifestyles and day-to-day routines of everyone in society, and some of the more extreme changes, such as lockdowns and closures of businesses, have made it impossible for people to maintain the lifestyle they were living prior to the virus. We are all on a journey of change. To bounce back from the damage that COVID-19 has done, everyone will have to evaluate their current lifestyle to identify what changes can be done to get them back on the right track.

They call me criminal. Monster. Cursed. But the truth? I’m just a girl with powers I never asked for and a sister they stole. Now I’m on the run, hunted by a city that would rather see me dead than free. My only shot at survival lies with a rebel group determined to expose the government’s twisted experiments on people like me. And Jameson—the infuriatingly charming operative with secrets carved into every smile. I want to trust him. I want to believe he’s on my side. But in a world where betrayal comes easy, falling for him might be the most dangerous move of all. The clock’s ...

With that terrifying message, Jo and her family learned the truth: They are trapped forever on Tau Ceti e. But the planet’s current occupants - the Sorrow - are not interested in sharing. The fragile peace Jo negotiated abruptly shatters, and soon a bloody battle is raging between the Sorrow and the Pioneers. As tensions rise, the survival of everyone Jo cares for seems less likely by the second.

A race to survive, a hidden enemy. Who can they really trust? Meet Dr. Jaimie Lyndhurst, an ER doc in Chicago, and Roman Chen, a pilot for the National Guard. Caught in the crossfire, they must go on the run. Forced into a fake marriage to stay together in Witness Protection, they must hide from danger, in all its forms. Which is harder, learning to love one another, or staying alive? USA Today Best Selling Author, Allison LaFleur, brings you explosive sex, passion, and peril in Soldiers and Sangria, the second installment in Last Chance Security, her action packed new series. One-Click it ...

Percy Jackson meets Aliens! Join this action-packed, heart-racing journey across the galaxy! In the sequel to Starbound Orphans, Ivo, Silas, Penelope, and Elias uncover more shocking secrets aboard the Tower. While training to hone their unique abilities, the young heroes stumble upon a trove of images, revealing the existence of key political prisoners from across the galaxy— including the deposed king of Midros, Ivo's presumed father. As Ivo tries to come to terms with his lost memories and heritage, Silas discovers an unexpected lineage of his own. Torn between their growing powers, ...

Survival demands perseverance and forgiveness. Joining the enemy of my enemy may be the first step in achieving it. When 17-year-old Milla Solara sets out with her parents to claim a land grant promised to them, she dreams of building a new life on fertile soil. Those dreams turn to dust when she returns from a failed hunt to find their camp in ruins and splattered with blood. The unforgiving desert stretches before her, with nothing but a canteen of water, a few meager supplies, and the weight of grief pressing down on her. Searing heat and scarcity of resources are nothing compared to the...

I starten af 1800-tallet tog den unge dansker Hans Falk afsked fra sit fædreland og stak til søs for at opleve verden. Han levede i mange år et hårdt og dramatisk liv som hvalfanger, før han slog sig ned i New Zealand, hvor han levede blandt de menneskeædende maorier og giftede sig tre gange med maorikvinder. Den danske journalist Preben Dich er selv draget til New Zealand for at lære Hans Falks historie at kende gennem hans efterkommere, der er stolte over deres danske ophav.

Secondary school can seem scary. Corridors are wide, older students look terrifying and there's homework, messy friendships and stressful exams to deal with. But, whether you're about to land at secondary school or you're still settling in, Mr Burton is here to guide you through your journey - worry-free. From your first day to your final exams, this handbook will have you achieving, succeeding and being the best you can be!

I'm Becky. The new girl. Again. Dad's work keeps us moving a lot, so I'm sort of used to it. Still, being the new girl in middle school for the umpteenth time isn't exactly easy. And to make things worse, the mean girls AKA Thing One and Thing Two, already have it out for me on day one. Good thing I have a plan to beat them. I've been tweaking it for years in every school I've been to. Time to test it, and myself, out for real.

Edwin really doesn't want to be a big brother. Forced to move house, start a new school and make way for this unwelcome interloper in his parents' affections, he feels like everything is chaos. But things might not be as bad as he fears, as Edwin makes an unusual pen-pal, Lanthorne, who introduces him to a strange world filled with dark secrets and thrilling adventures. This excitement seems safe until those secrets and adventures start to intrude on Edwin's life and, more worryingly, on the life of his baby sister.

It’s summertime on Chicago’s South Side, and Caleb has it made. He’s about to start high school, his mom got him and his sister out of government housing, and his best friend, D, has their future all planned. But when a dead dog turns up in a dumpster, the summer takes a sick turn. Rumors of dog fighting begin to swirl, a big-bellied cop starts poking around the block, and Sway, a small-time gang banger with something to prove, starts pressuring the boys to join his operation. If Caleb wants to make it through the summer, he’ll need to find a voice of his own.

A century in the future, the human population on Earth is dwindling. The Trushons have taken over what is left of Earth after an epic battle. The human resistance tries to fight for equality when there is none. Rai is a headstrong teenager trying to become a Guard, the elite security force that protects one of the new founding families of Earth. Humans rarely make it to the Guard, but Rai knows she is qualified. She is paired to train with Marsen, who will one day be a ruler of the Raynol royal family.

Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is more to winning a war than courage. The Gallipoli campaign has been lost. Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued drowning, freezing men when the blizzard snow melted. He is one of the few trusted with the secret kept from even most of the officers: how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.

Samuel de Champlain est le véritable père de la Nouvelle-France. Navigateur, cartographe, écrivain, ethnographe, il avait une vision : celle d’installer une colonie française sur les bords du Saint-Laurent. Il a toujours manifesté un grand respect pour les nations amérindiennes qu’il a côtoyées. Malgré tous les obstacles rencontrés sur sa route et les multiples voyages qu’il a dû effectuer entre la France et le Nouveau-Monde, il n’a jamais cédé, jamais fait de compromis.

Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is more to winning a war than courage. The Gallipoli campaign has been lost. Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued drowning, freezing men when the blizzard snow melted. He is one of the few trusted with the secret kept from even most of the officers: how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.

History colliding with the now. These are just some of the stories and personalities featured in the Grave Tales series. Grave Tales: Sydney visits cemeteries to feature people who willingly, or unwillingly, were participants in events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses as exist now, or unexpectantly came to rest, in Sydney, Australia.

This story tells of my pioneer colonist forebears and their arrival and settlement in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1838 after many difficult months at sea. They landed only a year after the proclamation of the city of Adelaide. At this time houses were made from reeds from the banks of Adelaide's Torrens River, the port of Adelaide was surrounded by swamp with the area referred to in those early days as "Mudholia" or "Dustholia".