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Illyad is a time-travelling despot who is intent on conquering three eras of the planet Valleria. However, those who oppose him strive to find a way to put an end to his terror.

"I'VE BEEN A HAPPY wanderer all my life and if Mom took her eyes off me for even a moment, I was out of there. Even potty training posed a challenge. Who has time for that? If I faced a "big load," I just shook it out one pant leg and kept going. I was just coming on two years of age when she started tethering me to the clothesline. I learned quickly how to slip out of my little overalls and take off..." You'll laugh and you'll cry as T.D.Roth shares the stories of his father's childhood and coming of age. It's tales of horses and dogs, cats and frogs. And of course, there's girls and cars, travel and bars. Journey with Gary as a child of the 1930s and a young teen of the 1940s. You'll meet his dog, Andy, and a little mustang named Midge. Join him on a flat car taking a "joy" ride from eastern Oregon to California. Experience the delight of a fifteen-year-old joining the Navy, only to be given a ticket home after five weeks of boot camp. At age seventeen, Gary marries Betty Allen, a little fourteen-year-old from Texas and the stories continue. Set in the context of a different America at a different time, you'll share the joys and the hard lessons of a young man with a life-long love of life and adventure.

Mercenary. Vampire Hunter. All around supernatural herder. That's me. You find yourself on my capture list and it's as good as done.Consider that a personal guarantee from Jet Black.The current job is to find the witch who was supposed to save the world and end The Dark War. Unfortunately, she's on Vampire Island, a notorious prison for supernaturals...one I've helped fill.Once there, I'm forced to team up with some other inmates...in particular a certain lynx shifter, Jason, to whom I owe my life. Can't seem to keep my hands off him either.So here's the problem...I've got a spell to get me and the witch off the island-a one way ticket for two. It's a death sentence for Jason if I leave him behind. But it's a death sentence for all of us if I don't. I have to choose between my heart and the fate of everyone. All because some sketchy little witch couldn't do the one thing she was born to do.Saving the world can't be that hard, can it?I guess that's for me to decide.

"As if being born Diasporan wasn't enough, Technician Nash Korpes had the bad luck to resemble his Tyran ancestors almost identically in both form, and manner. These traits, though highly prized by the special projects division at the shadowy Korlune Military Research and Development, mark him as a specter from their warlike past. With only his intellect holding his sanity in place, he wages a private war against the entire socioeconomic status quo and begins to uncover the truth that threatens them all."--- The Korpes File contains coarse language, adult situations, and controversial themes such as, but not limited to racism, xenophobia, arranged marriage, genocide, and genetic experimentation. Set against a dystopian sci-fi backdrop, and told from multiple point-of-views, the story centers around the main character's experiences as a genetic anomaly. ---

"Free or Force?" is the second book in a children's series that advocates for all animals and instills compassion through living peacefully. This volume helps youth distinguish between an animal's natural environment versus being used for entertainment. The book contains vibrant illustrations, engaging text, and characters which were named by children from around the world. This series is an excellent starter into fundamental animal rights education. BONUS COLOURING PAGE!

"It will always be dark before light. But we must focus on the light, or it may never come." As Robert Rainey disappears into the darkness of the Third Reich, his children, Jeremy and Jillian fear he has become a Nazi. Following their father's words, they both embark on paths to find the light. Jeremy becomes a high-level spy, keeping tabs on the Nazi nuclear program. Jillian takes up nursing in the army and is posted to the Philippines on the eve of the Japanese invasion. As the war grinds on, their lives become ever more precarious. Jeremy discovers the truth behind Nazi nuclear experiments with the Gestapo hot on his tail. Jillian, in a bid to remain free, follows a hereditary sword exactly like her father's into the heart of Japan. Through the many shades of good and evil, the siblings persevere with the help of old friends and ties to the 650-year-old origins of the hereditary sword of the Raineys.

Dogen taught Fukan Zazengi, "To practice the Way single-heartedly is, in itself, awakening."There is no gap between practice and awakening or zazen and daily life. I do not struggle and sweat to come to awakening. I struggle to let go of the illusion that I am not awakened, the illusion that, to be fulfilled, I need something in experience. But I do not even know of this illusion until I practice.

An assortment of real Canadian mysteries published on MysteriesOfCanada.com throughout the year 2018. Includes tales of clairvoyance, ghosts, poltergeists, lost treasure, superstitions, haunted hotels, and monsters.

ANTONIO I've always been the dutiful best friend to Braxton De Luca, the Don of the Italian Mafia. But being associated with the Famiglia comes with certain... understandings. I've been hiding, never acting on my deepest desires for fear that once the Famiglia find out my secret, it'll be my blood being spilled next. But when the chance to get away for a couple of weeks presents itself, I jump on it, figuring time spent on the beach soaking up some rays is exactly what I need to recharge. That is until a chance encounter with a stranger my first day in Caye Caulker, Belize, threatens twenty years of buried secrets. Will I finally admit to myself and the Famiglia what I want? How will the Famiglia react when their illusion of me is shattered? KAI Falling in love again was never part of the plan, and certainly not with someone who was supposed to be a vacation fling. Definitely not with someone who turns out to be my new boss. But the more he pulls me in, the more I find myself falling for him. Our love is forbidden by those he calls family, but neither one of us can stop whatever is growing between us. He has secrets, but so do I. He hides from those he holds dear. I hide from a nightmare.

STARBEAR is the most incredible LOSH adventure yet! This junior novel details the rise of the most stellar LOSH bear ever, Starbear! When an external force threatens LOSH, Autumn and her brother Sam are caught in the middle of a dangerous series of tragic events. It is the young heroine Calista who steps up to the challenge to save LOSH from imminent danger. Calista's rise to prominence and her transformation into the magical Starbear proves to all that you should always be 'true to yourself' and goodness will prevail.

West of the Rockies an ancient legend exists. The Coast Salish aboriginals call it See'atco. Campfire stories and reports of sightings make the skin crawl. The forests of British Columbia are supernatural, but Park Ranger Rachel Crossing and a team of Canadian JTF2 SpecForce operators, discover the legend is not only real-but deadly.

A THIEF IN THE DYING EARTHIn an age of wizards and walled cities, Raffalon is a journeyman member of the Ancient and Honorable Guild of Purloiners and Purveyors. In other words, a thief.His skills allow him to scale walls, tickle locks, defeat magical wards. He lifts treasures and trinkets, and spends the proceeds on ale and sausages in taverns where a wise thief sits with his back to the wall.But somehow things often go the way they shouldn't and then Raffalon has to rely upon his wits and a well calibrated sense of daring.Here are nine tales that take our enterprising thief into the Underworld and Overworld, and pit him against prideful thaumaturges, grasping magnates, crooked guild masters, ghosts, spies, ogres, and a talented amateur assassin.Includes "Inn of the Seven Blessings," from the bestselling anthology, ROGUES, and "Sternutative Sortilege," which appears only in this collection.* * *Hughes has made a name for himself as heir apparent to Jack Vance -- Booklist A tremendous amount of fun -- George R.R. Martin"If you like vivid adventure science fiction and fantasy, of the sort written by Jack Vance, Poul Anderson, and Roger Zelazny, you'll like Matthew Hughes too." Gardner Dozois

As the crown prince of Fath, it is Selif's duty to understand the hearts of the people. He has sworn an oath to protect his subjects, but having never left the castle, he has been blind to the chaos that inhabits his kingdom. Despite his honourable upbringing, it is Selif's pride and vindictiveness that drives him to confront his destiny as the harbinger of death and calamity. With his Knights of Harab, he alone will decide whether Fath deserves to be saved, or to be put out of its misery. Knights of Harab is the first installment of an ongoing trilogy.It is intended for young adults, since it contains harsh language, adult themes, and graphic violence.This book does not contain any explicit sexual content.