Scorching Ground


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The Sky People have been the protectors of the sacred mountains known as Yellowstone for as long as anyone can remember. They are the keepers of an ancient vessel that can send anyone through time . . . Finding out he is the last elder of the Sky People is a great responsibility, but one that Elk Runner takes on with pride. There hasn’t been enough time to learn all he needs to know, however. Mastery of the vessel that controls time travel, for starters. His best intentions often end up creating more trouble than he can handle. When he loses actual people somewhere in time, he must figure out how to bring them back before their presence in the past alters things the future . . . Nothing is more important to Austin Hornsby than being the best. Nothing. His research and surprise discovery will certainly earn him worldwide accolades and success beyond his wildest dreams. Maybe he’ll even make his father proud. The ends definitely justify the means, even if it involves the potential destruction of the national park. Shelby Osborne has grown up in a national park, surrounded by things that most people would not believe existed unless they saw for themselves. Her parents taught her to be thankful that this land was protected long ago from those who would have exploited it. At a crossroads in her life about what to do in her own future, she must decide if she wants to follow in her father’s footsteps, or go a different direction. Being forced to work together as lab partners is one thing, but when Austin and Shelby find themselves together in a survival situation, they must put aside their differences and work as a team. With no one else around, will they let down their guard enough to open their hearts and see each other from a completely new perspective before it’s too late? Legends of the Sky People is spin-off to the Yellowstone Romance Series.




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Scorch the Earth


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The Burning Ground


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Shattered


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The Middle East has become a flash point for extremism and intrareligious violence, as well as a cultural debacle of women's rights. From the current derelict state of women's rights in the Arab world to the current sectarian divide in Iraq and the ongoing hatred between Shia and Sunni Muslims, this book demonstrates the genesis of the collapse of the original Islam of Mohammad and the core of the split of these two sects of Islam while also looking deep within one of the most powerful struggles for women's rights the struggle led by Fatima, the daughter of Mohammad, that took place in the early days of the religion Shattered explores what took place during and after these events. It presents a unique history of the Muslim world, touching on the ramifications of Fatima's stand for Women's rights and the seeds of dissension planted at the death of Mohammad, while touching on all of the crucial events from past to present that have turned horribly violent as a result of simple misinterpretations of the Quran and traditions by extremist groups, such as those responsible for the horrible terrorist actions that took place on 9/11. This book will provide an in-depth analysis of some crucial movements within Islam that have nurtured the hate drawn from hundreds of years of history as well as provide forward-looking analysis on the concepts of freedom in Islam, human rights, women's rights, and modernist views, as well as reformist views and their place in Islam.




Outlander 8-Book Bundle


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Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander series blends rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story. Now, with this convenient eight-volume eBook bundle, discover the novels that have won Gabaldon millions of fans and introduced readers to the brilliant Claire Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser. “Great fun . . . marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle, on Outlander The year is 1946. Claire Randall is a British ex-combat nurse on a postwar second honeymoon with her husband in the Scottish Highlands. Walking alone one afternoon, she passes through a circle of standing stones and is hurled back in time to a Scotland simmering with war in the year of our Lord 1743. Catapulted into an intrigue of rival clans and rising armies that threatens her life, she’s obliged to wed James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, as the only way to survive. Thus begins a series of unrivaled storytelling that has become a modern classic. This bundle includes: OUTLANDER DRAGONFLY IN AMBER VOYAGER DRUMS OF AUTUMN THE FIERY CROSS A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES AN ECHO IN THE BONE THE CUSTOM OF THE ARMY (E-NOVELLA) “Diana Gabaldon is a born storyteller . . . the pages practically turn themselves.” —The Arizona Republic, on Dragonfly in Amber “A feast for ravenous readers of eighteenth-century Scottish history, heroism, and romance.” —Kirkus Reviews, on Outlander




The Divine Comedy


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Dante's classic is presented in the original Italian as well as in a new prose translation, and is accompanied by commentary on the poem's background and allegory.




The Burning Ground


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In these eight stories, an English writer focuses his gaze on America's West Coast, moving from fractured lives in remote, sun-scorched towns to the charged hum of Venice Beach.A man visits his long-distance lover in Los Angeles and forges an unexpected bond with a fellow traveller on the way; a teenager interviews a businessman for his school newspaper and their paths continue to cross, throughout life; the foreman of a desert building project embarks on a journey down the Pacific Coast Highway and into California's underworld when his employer's daughter goes missing; a lonely widower reflects on the past and confronts a disturbing and long suppressed memory; a divorced father tries to reconnect with his son on a hunting trip; an artist finds peace in exile after the disintegration of an affair; and itinerant Brits discuss love and acting in downtown LA.Written with an outsider's keen eye, this collection of stories paints an intimate portrait of diverse lives, in a work of remarkable beauty and poignancy.