Kate and Nate Are Running Late!


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Being on time is an art—an art most of families have yet to master. From spilling coffee to misplacing keys, we've all dealt with the many things that can derail our morning routines. This humorous depiction of chaotic mornings is oh, so true. Kate and her two children, Nate, and his older sister, Maddie, have all overslept. How will they EVER make it to school and work on time dressed, fed, and organized?




Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang


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Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test. Now one of her most famous novels returns to print, the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, through a perilous experiment in cloning. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Later the Sweet Birds Sang is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and "hard" SF, and won SF's Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication. It is as compelling today as it was then. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is the winner of the 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novel. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Kate Be Late


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At the Good Day Orphanage for Girls, Miss Plum tries to convince Kate to be more punctual, but when she is late for dinner again, Miss Plum confiscates her treasure box.







Kate's Legacy


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In 1942, Kate Denis drowned herself in a stinking pond of run-off from a leather tannery in Rushden, England. Or so her daughter Marie was told. According to the story, Kate found herself pregnant by an American GI while her husband was fighting in Africa. In despair, she killed herself. All through her childhood, merciless schoolmates taunted Marie as the daughter of a whore. But Marie could never quite believe the stories. The details didn't make sense. Who would drown herself in such a place, leaving her other baby unprotected in a pram all alone? Marie hated the story, and hated that her mother had been buried in a pauper's grave. It was Marie's dying wish that a headstone be laid on her mother's grave-and that the truth of her death be discovered. Fifty years after Kate's death, Marie's husband Phil returns to England to discover the truth. Kate's Legacy is a war story, a love story, and a story of redemption.




Kate's Secret


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Kate’s Secret (Bluegrass Spirits, Book Two)




A Slice of Vice


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This is a no-nonsense down to earth account of a hooker’s journey is inspired by true life events spanning the author's thirty five years in the sex-for-sale business.




Touch


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Sid Corrick is having a bad day. Waking up after a one-night stand he finds himself filled with an unusual sensation that might well be called guilt. Then, on the way to see his girlfriend to placate that feeling, he loses his memory and is taken in by an agoraphobic woman who convinces him she is his girlfriend.Meanwhile, a diverse group of individuals find their lives weaving together. Richard Mills, a struggling artist, is in desperate need of money before his highly-strung girlfriend finds out about the unpaid rent. Billy Morgan, a shop worker, is fed up with the erratic behaviour of his alcoholic boss. And Nola Clarke receives a devastating phone call.An emotional climax leaves lives changed forever.Touch unfolds over the course of 24 hours and is a fast-paced, intertwined story about love, loss, friendship, mistaken identity and, perhaps, fate.What a difference a day makes...




A Girl's Worth


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Kate Johnson was starting junior high with feelings of excitement and trepidation. But she quickly learned that an intelligent, overweight Black girl did not fit the criteria for being one of the popular kids. Thinking that changing herself would make her popular, Kate tried dieting and dummying down. In the end, she returned to doing the things she did best, and found her own happiness and success.




A Simple Choice


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Kate Baxter is a happy, young professional woman whose life is torn apart when David, her husband, becomes physically abusive. For the first few years, they had what Kate often called a "too normal" marriage. Two years ago, all that mysteriously changed. An unexplained moodiness has now turned to anger and rage. When Kate threatens to leave with their son if the abuse doesn't stop, David promises to kill her if she does and then whispers a shocking secret that she's not sure she even believes. Discouraged by ineffective legal remedies, Kate flees with their son to another city and takes on a new identity. While David searches for clues to their whereabouts, he is questioned by a police detective who has new leads in a baffling homicide investigation. David and the detective both race against time in their respective pursuits. A Simple Choice is a gripping story of how the human spirit can be paralyzed by fear and doubt, yet set free by a simple choice. It touches the place within each of us that cries out for hope, courage, and freedom.