Tom and his friends are trapped in a quarantine lockdown in this third novel in Tom Swift Inventors' Academy—perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider. Tom has always tried to play down his pseudo celebrity status at the academy. So, the last thing he wants is for a reporter's son to follow him around for an article on the school. When this extends to one of the biggest field trips of the year—an overnight lock-in at Swift Enterprises—Tom couldn't be less pleased. With his new shadow in tow, Tom expects the night to be uneventful at best. But when the facility suddenly goes into quarantine mode, the overnight lock-in turns into a building-wide lockdown. Tom and his friends are left trapped in their respective rooms, with no way to communicate the outside world. As they make their way through the facility using methods that are a little more...creative...than normal, Tom and his friends start realizing that there is more to this... Views: 551
Sarah Jane dreams of her husband's return from war. His return is nothing like her dreams.Troubles and trials leave Sarah Jane stressed and fatigued ... and then her husband returns to find their son scarred for life.The joyful reunion with her husband is marred by heartache and haunted by the horror of war.But through it all, family and friends encourage and support her ... until one friend's darkest secrets are uncovered and threaten to consume all.Sarah Jane must choose to rebuild trust or to lose more than she can bear.As the thunder slowly fades and the skies begin to clear, Sarah Jane discovers the truth and love where it has always been ... in the shadow of the cedar.In the Shadow of the Cedar shares the struggles, passions, and trials of America's greatest generation. Let this compelling historical romance sweep you away! Views: 550
Includes the classic anthologies originally published as * The Celestial Omnibus and * The Eternal Moment, as well as three important stories published after Forster's death: "Dr. Woolacott," "The Life to Come," and "The Other Boat." Views: 550
We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.
I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter--for whom this book was written--from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers.
Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself. Views: 550
This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. Views: 550
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, was an American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill, the first professor of zoology at Yale University. Views: 550
Stevenson's brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme-the elemental struggle between good and evil-as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically divided. Views: 550
