Author : Kristen Stieffel
Publisher : Love2readlove2write Publishing, LLC
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781943788194
Alara is assigned abroad, but the prime minister jeopardizes her safety by coercing her into a diplomatic mission. It's a ruse. The trip will end with her marriage to the crown prince of a foreign nation, where women are oppressed. All for a trade agreement. Alara escapes, but soldiers are under orders to capture Alara by any means necessary.
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Publisher : Eternal Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
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ISBN : 0980426391
Author : Kami Garcia
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 031621020X
2013 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL. I never believed in ghosts.Until one tried to kill me. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, she doesn't realize that paranormal forces are responsible--not until mysterious identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into her room and destroy a deadly spirit sent to kill her. Kennedy learns that her mother's death was no accident, and now she has to take her place in the Legion of the Black Dove--a secret society formed to protect the world from a vengeful demon. A society left in the hands of a misfit group of teens with unique skills: Jared, combat trained, with a temper to match; Lukas, rogue hacker and code breaker; Alara, whose attitude is as powerful as her voodoo protections; and Priest, an engineer capable of making a weapon out of a soda can. As the teens use their individual talents to battle paranormal entities, they earn their rightful places in the Legion--except for Kennedy, who is left wondering if she is truly one of them. Can she stay alive long enough to find out--without losing her heart in the process? Protect Yourself.What you can't see CAN hurt you.
Author : Tim Adams
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1462004512
For as long as she can remember, Alara Martin has had strange dreams about a beautiful, faraway world. They increase with intensity as she approaches her fifteenth birthday, and Alara has a hard time distinguishing them from reality. She thinks about them constantlyand wonders why no one else in her family experiences them. After suffering from a particularly traumatic and vivid nightmare, Alara learns an astonishing truth from her parents: she is not their real daughter! Alara is devastated by the news and riddled with more questions than answers. Who are her real parents? Where does she belong? And why do these strange dreams plague her every night? Alaras daily routine is interrupted by extraordinary landscapes, unbelievable creatures, and strange waking visions. Her search for answers will thrust her into the middle of a conflict for which she is completely unprepared. Can Alaras destiny really lie in the world of Malent? And how can Alara leave all that she loves in her current world for her true heritage? Desperate for help from anyone who will listen, Alara fights to uncover her real identity before its too late.
Author : Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1412003407
While Allan Ogot's circuits of influence have been very wide, and while he has participated in conferences and forums around the world, he has never yielded his intellectual and personal anchorage in Kenya - though he has had numerous opportunities to accept distinguished chairs overseas. Extraordinarily, Allan Ogot has sustained his incredible level of service and scholarship through shifting and challenging conditions within Kenya and within Africa, navigating changing economic and political circumstances. His steady hand and persistent commitment to the highest ideals of scholarly engagement and community provide remarkable model for all who are dedicating themselves and will dedicate themselves to Africanist scholarship. This autobiography provides a commentary on the history of Kenya as seen through Allan Ogot's life experiences.
Author : Jaysyn NyCole
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1645364178
"...does he know who I am?" "He knows nothing of you, my lord. He believes my cousin, Master Chuonn, is the head of the snake about to strike." The assassin laughed without mirth. "But in truth, we are just its eyes." "And its fangs," the cloaked figure added. "Yes, and its fangs," he agreed before bowing. Without another word, the shadowed assassin disappeared back into the blackness from whence he came. The cloaked figure remained for another ten minutes, then he too turned and vanished from the Emerileen Forest. A Traitor's Heart Although peace has remained within the Kingdom of Baevar during the Dragos' reign, there are some that want a change. As the Shadows--an elite guild of deadly assassins--rise from the darkness, the opportunity for chaos and strife begins. Led by a mysterious cloaked figure, trouble spreads throughout the kingdom. Doubts and distrust surface. Friendships are strained. Loyalties are tested. In the end, the most dangerous of enemies are those closest to the heart.
Author : Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101552344
4 girls creating 1 voice . . . will anyone be heard? Paulina, Miko, Tally, and Ivy are four extraordinarily different seventh-graders. Paulina is 100% Type A. Miko is a fashionista. Tally is a theater queen. And Ivy - well, Ivy's the new girl at school. The four girls get tossed together to create a school magazine - by girls, for girls - in a competition to get funding for a new school program. But it seems like they'll never agree on anything. And just when they begin to make headway, their biggest rival - the athletes - threatens their progress. As the four girls try to complete the first issue of their magazine, and create a corresponding blog, they start to wonder if they can get past their labels and give all the girls in school a way to speak up.
Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Nuclear energy
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Author : Georgia March
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 42,41 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1426930569
As the reader experiences Georgia March's magical The Cat, the Belly Dancer, & the Cello set at the beginning of twentieth-century Turkey, they will discover not everything is as it seems. Each chapter is a frozen snapshot covering another, waiting to be torn away. Unexpected danger ensnares two belly dancers from Istanbul who tackle it with lighthearted ease until their efforts are met with sinister results. Forced under someone else's microscope, the women come up against aspects of their own characters that bear examination. At the same time, a Canadian woman and her British boyfriend living in Spain venture through the centre of Turkey experiencing calamity and chaos in a country where both the language and customs bring new insight to the word foreign. Their personal backgrounds are also contrary to each other, meaning nothing is straight forward. This winding road leads them to Kas, a spellbinding place that captures their hearts and pocket books. Their lives become intricately intertwined with local Turks and they have the choice of learning to laugh at themselves or others will do it for them. At the same time, enjoy the anecdote of two cats with their own history, ideas on justice, and view of the world.
Author : Doug Beyer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Magic: The Gathering (Game)
ISBN : 9780786951246
This lavishly illustrated field guide brings the planeswalkers--five unique mini-planes--to life and give fans a look behind the scenes with concept art and information that few have seen before.
