The thrilling conclusion to Keelie Heartwood’s tree shepherd adventures. Returning to the High Mountain Renaissance Faire in Colorado, Keelie Heartwood is looking forward to spending the summer with her two favorite elves: her dad and her boyfriend Sean. But nobody is crazy about her new, harmless (so far) pet goblin; and when word surfaces of a nearby goblin army, the elven high counsel unfairly points the finger at Keelie. Not even Sean believes she’s innocent. Someone is using dark magic, it seems, to weave false rumors and set dangerous fires. Could there be an old enemy in their midst? Views: 17
"I was eight years old when I saw my first elf." And for unlikely hero Michael it was his last. Cruella, Michael's unfortunately named girlfriend, doesn't approve of his obsession with the little people. But the problem is that they won't leave him alone. And who can blame them when it's Michael's own stepfather who's responsible for causing them so much misery? Oh yes. Daddy George knows that elves can do so much more than gardening. Views: 17
"It is a great beauty of a book, and I am so proud of you for standing with and for the disappeared. A sister, a lover, a witness."--Alice WalkerMary is nineteen and living alone in Albuquerque. Adrift in the wake of her mother's death, she longs for something meaningful to take her over. Then José Luis enters her life. A refugee from El Salvador and its bloody civil war, José has been smuggled to the United States as part of the sanctuary movement.Mary cannot help but fall in love with the movement and the man. And little by little, she begins to reveal to José Luis the part of herself she has never known. . . ."A book that becomes more timely every day, in our present political climate, and deserves the widest possible audience for its beautiful prose and humanitarian heart."--Barbara Kingsolver"Demetria Martínez has pulled out all the stops: here is truth to arouse any hardened heart; here is the 'insanity' of a... Views: 17
If stealing a few incriminating letters would keep Alexander alive, Alessandra Cole knew no one better at thievery than Captain Slade Donovan. She would protect her twin at all costs - even if it meant shooting the hangman's noose from the neck of a well-known pirate mere seconds before he fell to his death. She needed those letters to save her brother......but she never dreamed the dark pirate would also steal her heart. Views: 17
A dazzling novel about friendship, betrayal and secrets from internationally acclaimed author Kirsten Tranter. they were originally five. Elliot. Brian. tallis. Cameron. And Dylan - charismatic Dylan - the mediator, the leader, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas. this year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan's tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he is even worthy of their grief. A COMMON LOSS is Kirsten tranter's follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, tHE LEGACY. Yet again, tranter's weave of watertight prose and literary sensibilities show her to be a born writer with a precocious control of storytelling and style. Views: 17
It was a double mission this time. Firstly, to terminate a top-notch enemy agent. Secondly, to locate the missing fiancée of a Texas oil millionaire, lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Somehow these two cases were connected, but it wasn't clear how until more high-profile types disappeared. They weren't dead, just part of a deadly little game... Views: 17
Amidst the annual scarecrow display at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Bob White finds the dead body of Sonny Delite, a birding colleague well-known in the state for his conservation advocacy. Dismissed by the police as a suspect in the case, Bob turns his attention to unmasking the former celebrity wrestler who has joined the Savage High School faculty, but quickly regroups when the murder investigation comes home to roost at the high school. Determined to discover the identity of Sonny’s killer, Bob’s chase takes him to the proposed site of a wind farm, into the crosshairs of a World War II ordnance expert who shoots vegetables from his bazooka, to Alberta Marsh and its trove of rare birds, and into the girls’ locker room at Savage High School to round up some egg-laying students.
Praise for the Bob White Birder Murder Series
“Who says birding is boring? Certainly not Jan Dunlap . . . it’s fun. The plot [of The Boreal Owl Murder] may sound serious, but Dunlap keeps it from becoming grim. I kept thinking that it reminded me of something Dave Barry would have conjured up. This novel is a good, light read.”
—Birder’s Library
“Birding details and spring warbler migration are woven together with a complex mystery plot, political intrigue, and human compassion for a fine story for birders and non-birders alike . . . Murder on Warbler Weekend is an enjoyable book that can be a fun and relaxing diversion for birders, provided they aren’t used to finding bodies themselves when they’re out in the field”
—About.com Birding Guide
“EVERYTHING A COZY MYSTERY SHOULD BE. A wonderful new series here!”
—Amazon.com Top 100 Reviewer Views: 17
In Radical, Michelle Rhee, a fearless and pioneering advocate for education reform, draws on her own life story and delivers her plan for better American schools.Rhee's goal is to ensure that laws, leaders, and policies are making students--not adults--our top priority, and she outlines concrete steps that will put us on a dramatically different course. Informing her critique are her extraordinary experiences in education: her years of teaching in inner-city Baltimore; her turbulent tenure as chancellor of the Washington, DC public schools; and her current role as CEO of the education nonprofit StudentsFirst. Rhee draws on dozens of compelling examples from schools she's worked in and studied, from students who've left behind unspeakable home lives and thrived in the classroom to teachers whose groundbreaking methods have produced unprecedented leaps in student achievement.An incisive and intensely personal call-to-arms, Michelle Rhee's... Views: 17
They prey only on human flesh, and as the virus spreads and the horde of man eaters grows, firefighter, Dallas Barkley struggles hourly to keep her little band of survivors from the grasp of killers who never tire, never sleep, and never quit longing to make a meal out of them. As martial law sweeps through the country, Dallas’s new family must fight off not only voracious man eaters and a deadly military containment procedure, but rogue survivors who obey no law of the land as they wantonly take from those they perceive as weaker.But Dallas and her people are far from weak. With a cowgirl named Roper and a medic called Butcher, these three women must brave the darkest hours of the bloodiest days as they work together to create a safe haven in a world destroyed by a man made plague ravaging the country and threatening their lives. Only by placing their faith, loyalty, and love in each other’s hands can they hope to survive. Only by forging bonds stronger than death can they hope to beat back the hordes of undead. Views: 17
Lost in the watery backwoods of an Illinois
swamp, a frightened young runaway meets a lonely stranger...two wounded
souls hiding from the world. Together, in a treetop sanctuary, they
would learn the importance of trust, and forgiveness--and moonlight...
Noah LeCroix, half-French and half-Cherokee is convinced he's the oldest
living male virgin in southern Illinois and certain he's destined to be
alone forever...until one fateful night when he hears a bone chilling
scream from the depths of the swamp.
Olivia Bond is on the run from a terrible year as a captive in a
whorehouse in New Orleans. Hopelessly lost, Olivia is unconscious by the
time Noah finds her, a disgraced heroine who finds freedom in
forgiveness and the love of a reclusive hero who dares to stay and give
his heart when running would be easier. Views: 17
