"Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!"Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins thousands of fellow prospectors attempting the difficult journey to the Klondike. The Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkott Pass, and a five-hundred-mile trip by canoe down the Yukon River lie ahead. With help from a young writer named Jack London, Jason and his dog face moose, bears, and the terrors of a subartic winter in this bone-chilling survival story.00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6), 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 6-8), 01-02 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist, and 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit FinalistNotable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book... Views: 45
Why is life so unfair? Charlie’s question permeates the Denver Cereal. Through their individual losses, the friends and family embrace the wealth and power available within their circle. In the end, Charlie’s pursuit of life’s fairness carries the Denver Cereal back into the grace and bounty of present life. Come along for the sweet and crunchy ride that is Denver Cereal! Views: 45
New Orleans Attorney Tubby Dubonnet is getting tired of his slow-moving, indolent city—with all its dirt and dancing, its colorful characters and corruption. For Tubby, a change of scenery might be in order, until a moralistic crusading prosecutor tries to destroy the career and reputation of Tubby's favorite judge.Suddenly Tubby has a good reason to get out of bed in the morning—because a little matter of office sex has turned into a nasty mystery of murder, rape, and suicide, real and imagined. And with more than a fair share of femmes fatales around him and some dangerous criminals masquerading as reputable businessmen, Tubby suddenly has a lot more to do than avoid his next bottle and plot his next meal: he needs a lucky break—just to stay alive. Views: 45
Three-time Newbery Honor winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder combines a cast of quirky characters with an eerie old mansion to create a spellbinding tale of mystery and magic. Harleigh J. Weatherby IV feels misunderstood. At age twelve he is about as tall as a six-year-old, and no one lets him forget it. At school the bullies nicknamed him Hardly. Now he is homeschooled at the Weatherby mansion, where strict Aunt Adelaide is always on his case about something. Then Harleigh meets Allegra. When she literally flies over the walls of Weatherby and into Harleighs life, the two form an unlikely friendship. Allegra is fascinated by the enormous Weatherby mansion, and against Harleighs orders, sneaks inside. Together they discover that someone is trying to findand stealthe long-lost Weatherby treasure. Will Harleigh and Allegra be able to foil the villain and save Weatherby House? Views: 45
First published in France 1996, Dolorosa Soror [Sad Sister], a novel Le Monde called "luminously savage in its beauty," turned its author, Florence Dugas, into an overnight sensation and focused popular attention on the rebirth of French erotica. The semi- autobiographical story of a sado-masochistic love triangle (between two university students, Florence and Nathalie, and a professor, J.P.) gone awry, Dolorosa Soror is the most significant book since Story of O. Compelling descriptions of explicit sex are integrated into a narrative that is smart, meditative, and uncompromising. Views: 45
From AE Publications comes 8 filthy tales, featuring hardcore graphic sex, anal, alpha males, femdom, lesbians, threesomes, romance, bdsm, rough sex and more. Adults only. 18+ Views: 45
Life is good for the four humans in Cleveland who know that mice have evolved into possibly the smartest species on earth. Eleven-year-old Megan and her cousin Joey have great summer jobs at the mouse-powered factory that makes Thumbtops—the tiny computers mice use to spread the word about climate change. But suddenly, the Big Cheese, leader of the Mouse Nation, needs their help. There''s trouble at his Headquarters in California. The four humans rush to the rescue, only to find themselves on a crazy road-trip—with way too many mice. Their journey takes them clear across the country, always just one step ahead of the mysterious enemy. Will the humans save the Mouse Nation, so mice can continue their fight for the health of the planet? Get ready for the exhilarating sequel to Mousenet! This updated take on the classic mouse tale is charmingly illustrated and filled with friendship, humor and heart. Views: 45
Cass Malloy is a businesswoman visiting Dallas. Adam Pierce is a college student out on the town. A hook-up is imminent. Will Cass teach Adam a new trick or two, or will Adam show her he is the big man on campus? Views: 45
This three volume set presents for the first time the genre-defining Slammers series in a uniform hardcover set. This volume features the first four Hammer Novels: At Any Price (1985), Counting the Cost (1987), Rolling Hot (1989) and The Warrior (1991), as well as new artwork, and new interstitial material. Volume 2 will also feature an introduction by David Hartwell, and cover art by John Berkey. Also included is an original Slammers story, "A Day of Glory" Views: 45
