Devon Brown won't eat in the school caf (a germ swamp). He covers his hands before opening doors, eats things in groups of four (his lucky number), and hangs up his shirts (with all their buttons buttoned) by color. Some kids say Devon's crazy, but he knows better—these are the tricks that keep bad things from happening, and he can't imagine giving them up. Devon calls it controlling things." His doctor calls it obsessive-compulsive disorder. When Devon starts at a new school, his compulsions start to get him in trouble, and before long he realizes that his only choice is to confront his behaviors and the events that trigger them. In a compelling story of growing up different, George Harrar introduces us to a boy who just might change the way we think about crazy." Views: 20
Emma Rutherford was engaged to Lord Kane at her father's house. But when they got to London she recognized that he was involved with Raine, Lady Purbeck. Though Lord Kane gave her his diamond Keepsake, he was wary of Lord Avenley, his enemy, who wished to cause trouble. Emma struggled with her brother's debt to Lord Avenley and the loss of the Keepsake... Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet Views: 20
The Dark Necromancer, the first installment of Tales of the Amulet - A Legends of Kalda�� story by authors D. J. Zangari & R. J. Zangari. Views: 20
For a hundred years the peaceful Kingdom of Valaar has teetered on the brink of civil war. The Golden Throne lies empty as the King's Council strives to preserve peace throughout the land. Unfortunately in the shadow of the Golden Throne wicked men are conspiring. Will a hero arise to save the burgeoning island? Or will the once peaceful kingdom sink beneath the waves of war? Views: 19
Fifteenth Century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He’s really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome – temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn’t mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men – from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula – and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople. Views: 19
"Only boring people get bored…Interesting people can always find something to be interested in." That's what Tom Trelawney's father says, anyway. Tom shouldn't have been interested in playing with matches but he was...bored. Now the shed is in ashes and strange Uncle Harvey is the only one willing to have him stay while his parents vacation. Tom soon discovers Harvey is going to South America on a treasure hunt and though nephews aren't invited, he manages to tag along. Before it's over he'll drive a car, fire a gun and run for his life. Tom realizes that life may be about following the rules, but survival may be about breaking them. Views: 19
In the late 1580s a new kind of entertainment flowered in London: professional theatre, with its custom built playhouses, professional companies, incredible staging and, last but not least, the new writers, poets, playwrights - the roaring boys. To ambitious young writers, London was a magnet offering the possibility of fame, excitement, wealth and opportunity beyond their wildest dreams. Arriving in London from quite ordinary backgrounds - Marlowe was the son of a shoemaker, Shakespeare's family were leather workers, Jonson's stepfather a bricklayer - they suddenly found themselves feted, offered large sums of money, the darlings of audiences - and they created drama off stage as well as on. Like footballer and media celebrtities of today, they behaved like the stars they thought themselves to be - drinking with wild abandon, partying, courting publicity - their reputations growing in the telling. Some set out to shock; some drank too much; some, like Christopher Marlowe, became... Views: 19
