Wood's Tempest


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Mac Travis thought it was easy to disappear in the Florida Keys. Living on an island; fishing, diving, and some salvage work kept him busy-until his past catches up to him. When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac is handed his research of a hundred lost wrecks, but to save a friends family from a crazed competitor he must find the right one-and find it first, before people dear to him start to die.The latest in the Mac Travis Adventure Series from best-selling author, Steven Becker, is set against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring Florida Keys. If you enjoy boating, fishing, scuba diving, and the counter-culture of the Keys, you will love this new stand-alone adventure.




Wooden Os


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Wooden Os is a study of the presence of trees and wood in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries – in plays set within forests, in character dialogue, and in props and theatre constructions. Vin Nardizzi connects these themes to the dependence, and surprising ecological impact, of London’s commercial theatre industry on England’s woodlands, the primary resource required to build all structures in early modern England. Wooden Os situates the theatre within an environmental history that witnessed a perceived scarcity of wood and timber that drove up prices, as well as statute law prohibiting the devastation of English woodlands and urgent calls for the remedying of a resource shortage that was feared would result in eco-political collapse. By considering works including Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, the revised Spanish Tragedy, and The Tempest, Nardizzi demonstrates how the “trees” within them were used in imaginative ways to mediate England’s resource crisis.




The Whispering Woods


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In the heart of a dense, ancient forest, there stood a cabin shrouded in darkness, an abyss of secrets waiting to be unraveled. It was a place of serenity, a haven away from the chaos of the world, or so Daniel thought. He and his wife, Sarah, decided to escape their mundane lives for a vacation in this rustic cabin, hoping to rekindle their dwindling connection. Daniel, a brilliant songwriter known for his haunting melodies, longed for inspiration, and this remote retreat seemed like the perfect place to find it. Yet, the cabin's eerie silence only intensified the unease he carried with him. From the moment they arrived, an overwhelming feeling of dread began to creep upon him, his soul whispering that the dark had always been his greatest adversary. On the first night, they cozied up by the roaring fireplace, the flames casting flickering shadows that seemed to dance to the rhythm of the howling wind outside. Daniel strummed his guitar, seeking refuge in his music. But as the melody flowed from his fingers, it carried with it an eerie resonance, as if the forest itself was singing along, an audience of unseen spirits. The second night brought with it a tempestuous storm, the thunderclaps shaking the cabin to its very foundation. Daniel awoke to find Sarah missing. Panic gripped his heart, and he called out her name, his voice echoing through the cabin's empty chambers, but there was no response. Outside, the relentless rain blurred the world into obscurity, and the dark forest seemed to devour all sound. The oppressive darkness became Daniel's only companion, pressing down on him like a heavy cloak, its suffocating presence making it impossible to think clearly. He stumbled through the cabin, every shadow morphing into a nightmarish specter, each creaking floorboard a tormenting whisper. The oppressive stillness was broken only by the sound of his heartbeat, which reverberated through the cabin like a relentless drumbeat. Desperation led him into the forest, rain-soaked and trembling, but the dense canopy seemed to absorb any trace of his surroundings. Time itself became a nebulous concept, and the cabin, a distant memory. Daniel was a lost soul wandering in a surreal nightmare, where the dark was both his tormentor and his muse. As the days turned into weeks, he struggled to distinguish reality from the hallucinations that plagued his every step. The cabin became a prison of nightmares, and the forest, a labyrinth of despair. His songs became unhinged, a chaotic symphony of madness, and the shadows clung to him like a curse. The story of Daniel and Sarah, the songwriter and his lost wife, faded into the annals of legend, a chilling tale told to those who dared venture into the heart of that ancient forest. For in that cabin, the boundaries between reality and nightmare blurred, and the dark devoured not only the light but the very essence of those who dared to enter its realm.










The Lake of the Woods


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Fresh Leaves from Western Woods


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The Wild Man of the Woods


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Elie Berthet (1818-1891) was a 19th century French novelist. His works include L'enfant des bois (1865) (as The Wild Man of the Woods, 1868), and The Pre-Historic World (1876; translated into English by Mary J. Safford in 1879) and La Bete du Gevaudan (1858), a novel about a famous feral child. He is viewed as an influence on the development of the genre of "ape-man" fiction that ultimately led to the creation of Tarzan.







Tempest's Fury


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Jane's not happy. She's been packed off to England to fight in a war when she'd much rather be snogging Anyan. Unfortunately, Jane's enemies have been busy stirring up some major trouble -- the kind that attracts a lot of attention. In other words, they're not making it easy for Jane to get any alone time with the barghest, or to indulge in her penchant for stinky cheese. Praying she can pull of a Joan of Arc without the whole martyrdom thing, Jane must lead Alfar and halflings alike in a desperate battle to combat an ancient evil. Catapulted into the role of Most Unlikely Hero Ever, Jane also has to fight her own insecurities as well as the doubts of those who don't think she can live up to her new role as Champion. Along the way, Jane learns that some heroes are born. Some are made. And some are bribed with promises of food and sex.