Paraguay - the name conjures up everything most exotic and extreme in South America. It's a place of hellish jungles, dictators, fraudsters and Nazis, utopian experiments, missionaries and lurid coups. It's not a place for the timid tourist. It doesn't even have its own guidebook. But Paraguay, as revealed in this outstanding new travel book, is among the most beautiful and captivating countries in the world. The beguiling Paraguayans, despised and feared by their neighbours, are unfathomable. They adore Diana, Princess of Wales, as if she were still alive and hundreds volunteered to fight for Britain in the Falklands War. Their politics are Byzantine but when the Vice-President is murdered, they call in Scotland Yard. Discover more about the unique traditions of South American culture through this fascinating piece of travel journalism. Views: 65
A sorcerer posing as a Hollywood bad boy actor uses three ancient amulets to leverage his way out of the club of dark sorcerers to which he belongs. He quickly learns there are some clubs from which one can't simply charm their way out. Views: 65
An omnibus of novels Adopted Baby, Convenient Wife by Rebecca Winters Catherine Arnold will do anything to keep precious baby Bonnie in her life – even marry the little girl's gorgeous, rugged uncle, Cole Farraday. As their union grows near Catherine is almost breathless with nerves.and secret excitement! Playboy's Surprise Son by Lucy Gordon Five years ago, racing star Jared held Kaye in his arms, only to leave after discovering how innocent she was. But their one night had lasting consequences… Now an older, wiser Jared will discover that the child he longs for exists, and the mother is the one woman he's never forgotten! Views: 65
Colonel Charles Goodnight believed that cattle could be driven to the railroad in Kansas and sold for high prices to supply people in the East with beef.Not everybody approved of Goodnight's idea. The owners of hide and tallow factories could buy all the cattle they wanted at between one and four dollars. If he should succeed, their vast profits would be brought to an end.Austin Viridian went to Fort Worth with the intention of preventing Goodnight's ideas from being circulated. Soon after his arrival, he came upon a small, blond cowhand who was talking of driving herds to Kansas. Viridian had two hard cases with him when he went to silence the cowhand.The hide and tallow man was about to make a serious mistake—his 'victim's' name was Dusty Fog! Views: 65
Commitment Hour is a science fiction novel by James Alan Gardner, published in 1998. The novel is set in Gardner's "League of Peoples's" futuristic universe, and plays out in the small, isolated village of Tober Cove. Set on post-apocalyptic Earth, Tober Cove most resembles a rural, seventeenth century fishing village, with one exception: every year, everyone below the age of 21 changes gender. At the age of twenty-one, the people of the village must "commit" to being male, female or both in the form of a Hermaphrodite (a 'Neut'), forever. Commitment Hour follows the day leading up to the main character's hour of commitment (Wikipedia). Views: 65
Amanda Stevens is an average uni student, living with her mother. She never imagines that coming home early from a celebration over her last tutorial will turn her world upside down. The moment she steps into the tattered remnants of what used to be her family lounge room, life as Amanda knows it is about to change forever. The people who did this are looking for something—that's worth killing for—and she has the key to finding it.She has the secrets of a demon.Jason Tyner has enough on his plate after an exam scandal threatens his position at university and rocks the shaky foundation of trust he has with his father. When he finds beautiful, shivering Amanda hiding in his family treehouse during a storm, he knows he has to help her, no matter the cost.He has the eyes of an angel.With her mother missing and danger lurking around every corner, Amanda and Jason must dig deeper into the truth of Amanda's key. A whirlwind of attraction and promises pulls... Views: 65
Captain Awesome and his superhero pals must foil dastardly distractions at the zoo in this animal adventure.Sunnyview Elementary School is off to the zoo! Meanie Meredith is head over heels for the pink flamingos (even though they are the most evil color ever), and Eugene can't wait to see the elephants. Unfortunately, they seem to be missing. Once again, it's up to Captain Awesome and his superhero pals to fight evil (MI-TEE!) and see past the diversionary tactics of their tour guide in order to find and rescue the most awesome animal in the park. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. Views: 65
From television's most popular science fiction series! Complete in this volume The Terratin Incident While investigating a mysterious transmission, the Enterprise crew members suddenly begin to shrink. In a matter of minutes, they will be too small to control the ship! The Time Trap The Enterprise pursues an enemy Klingon ship into the Delta Triangle—suddenly both ships disappear! More Tribbles, More Troubles Presenting: intergalactic trader and general nuisance Cyrano Jones, who smuggles hundreds of furry tribbles aboard the Enterprise - and they grow larger and LARGER... Views: 65
The Guru of Garbage Lyle Lavellette was known to some as Detroit's maverick genius, and to others as the biggest gasbag the auto city had ever seen. But now this golden-tongued tycoon had proved his critics wrong by producing a car that could free Americans from the oily grip of OPEC. His new car would run on compressed garbage and consign all other carmakers to the refuse heap. When a deadly assassin is sent to throw a bloody monkey wrench into Lavellette's odiferous enterprise, the Destroyer and his Oriental mentor Chiun are sent in to stop the slaying-only to find out that the name of the mysterious hit man was Remo Williams. Remo Williams? The one man the Destroyer could not destroy! Views: 65
Boom town, modern marvel, commercial hub, where middle-east meets wealthy west, playground for tourists, crawling with ex-pats, built by Indians, owned by Arabs, Dubai has risen from next to nothing to an awful lot in little more than thirty years. How? And can it go on? Has it sold itself to the corporate dollar? Is it anything more than a mall in the desert? Will the sands return? Joe Bennett goes to find out. Views: 65
