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When spirited farm girl Esther Abercrombie accepts a job as assistant to the infamous cryptozoologist Dr. Thaddeus Dwell, she has no idea she's about to be swept into a perilous hunt for one of the world’s most elusive legends—the Loch Ness Monster. Dr. Dwell is determined to claim the creature, dead or alive, driven by science, notoriety, and greed. With his eccentric dwarf assistant, Cassius Ironblood, and ruthless big-game hunter, Charles Warrington, he's prepared to stop at nothing. But Esther has other plans. Teaming up with the enigmatic and charming Duncan, Esther vows to protect...

A raucous and raw tale awaits in Shawn D. Nelson's part-memoir/part-business book, Let Me Save You 25 Years. As the Founder and CEO of Lovesac, Nelson unveils a magnificent and unvarnished account of his entrepreneurial journey spanning a quarter-century. With unapologetic honesty, he shares both triumphant victories and humbling defeats, painting a vivid and authentic picture of the entrepreneurial rollercoaster.

A deadly extraction. Ruthless enemies. Will the cold-blooded skills of this knighted war criminal be enough to evade a brutal demise? Box Set: Over 800 pages of gritty, breakneck action alongside the ultimate spymaster. Renault isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Tasked with rescuing a captive aboard a train, the fearless member of the Brotherhood of Merlin schemes to take out the hundreds of soldiers guarding the target. But when his own men betray him and critically compromise the mission, this servant of the Round Table finds himself alone and on the run. Barely escaping capture with ...

From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life, creating a friction-free existence for those with money on one side and a Darwinian struggle for the middle class on the other side.

Keeping hens in your backyard is a rewarding hobby for a variety of reasons. The eggs are a delectable temptation, they are tastier and more fresh than any eggs that can be purchased in a supermarket, and they are also superior for use in baking. Even though keeping chickens may sound like a delightful hobby, the majority of individuals who are interested in beginning their own flock simply do not know how to get started.

To Bring peace to the land, a cruel tyrant must fall. And a legend must Rise. The emergence of a new Merlin in Gilleon promises to usher in a time of peace and prosperity. But becoming one is next to Impossible. Is Perronius up to the challenge? Before Merlin attained his title and became the greatest knight in Round Table history, he was Perronius, lead knight in Gilleon, and on his way to completing three impossible missions in order to prove himself worthy of his claim. Will his final mission be his undoing? With only a handful of his most elite knights, Perronius embarks on his final ...

Malachai has protected his community and family from vicious warlords, marauders and even the merciless and corrupt Governor that rules his captive territory. But beyond Proximus and the might of the Terra-Gaulian Empire lies an even more insidious and deadly threat, the invincible Ezekiel, a man with preternatural abilities who wreaks havoc and revels in bloodshed and torment. And he's coming for Malachai to exact a long-awaited vengeance. Can Malachai assemble his gallant brethren to defeat this evil and save his family and community from his most deadly adversary yet? Renault, aka The ...

He may have won the battle, but the war is far from over. Can this besieged commander finally put an end to the carnage? Malachai burns to destroy his cruel foe’s reign. But with an Incommunicado order foiling his plans, the impatient leader tortures a powerful religious figure in hopes of contacting the legendary Merlin to guide his vengeful troops. Yet after the Pope confesses that the mighty wizard has up and disappeared, the determined fighter shoulders the burden of launching a bloody crusade. With Malachai’s enemy seizing control of a mighty troll army, the quick-witted hero ...

Two tormentors in a battle of rage-filled retribution. As his people fall in the crossfire, can one protector prevent a total massacre? Malachai never bows to a threat. So after blowing the face off his former mentee, he’s prepared for a promised retaliation against his beloved community. But when his superhuman foe returns with a horde of shifter soldiers, the dedicated defender fears everyone will perish under a devastating wrath. Escaping to what he hopes is safer territory, Malachai crafts a devilishly dangerous ploy to play off his formidable enemy against his despised boss. But with...

Dante, the prophesied heir to the Merlin has risen through the ranks of recruits in Knight School. In fact, he has excelled. Having successfully moved through the test of Ostra, Dante now finds himself as lead. And he has finally won the affections of his childhood sweetheart, Sylvia. Things couldn't be any better. Or so they would seem. Herod plots relentlessly. And his machinations don't stop just stop at eliminating the Brotherhood. Herod has plans for driving a wedge between the people of Gilleon , the recruits in Knight Academy as well as Merlin and the knights themselves. With a deep-...

p>He’s just finished off an immortal vampire. When this wily fighter draws the wrath of one of the most powerful men in the land, can he survive? Malachai’s cunning mind never rests. So the celebrated general isn’t shocked when his celebrations over the defeat of the troll army are rudely interrupted by an old enemy’s threats. And after he’s thrown out of his hometown, the ruthless warrior is keenly aware that the revenge-obsessed Pope will have laid plans to rip out his guts. Helped by Knights of the Round Table, Malachai slaughters everyone who tries to take advantage of his ...

Merlin returns to Lycenea a hero, victorious over the Visi-Gauls in a gruesome and exhaustive campaign that claimed the life of one of his men and saw the annihilation of the Visi-Gauls’ Southern Army. Merlin’s peaceful reprieve is cut short however, as he must now find and expose the corrupt Senator who initiated the war in the first place and plots to subvert the Empire for himself. He is aided by the powerful sorceress, Morgana and Felinius, a former disgraced and condemned knight who knows the inner workings of the Brotherhood. Merlin must also protect two of the captives he rescued...

Driven by different motives, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman had the same vision: to display Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, in the Vatican's pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.

In early March 1861, civil war loomed. By late April, Americans had begun to kill their fellow citizens. Cry Havoc! recounts the events that divided the states and reveals how quirks of timing, character, and place all conspired to transform the nation into a battlefield. Nelson Lankford chronicles the eight critical weeks that began with Lincoln's inauguration through the explosion at Fort Sumpter and the president's fateful response to it.

OSS Against the Reich presents the previously unpublished World War II diaries of Colonel David K.E. Bruce, London branch chief of America's first secret intelligence agency, as he observed the war against Hitler. The entries include eyewitness accounts of D-Day, the rocket attacks on England, and the liberation of Paris....

Now that Clara is almost in third grade, she’s finally old enough to spend her first summer away from home visiting her grandma, Unci, and her cousin at their home in Standing Rock Reservation. To welcome her visit, Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck: the tipi that’s been passed down through their family for generations. The girls learn how to stack the poles and wrap the canvas covering around them, how to paint spirit pictures on its walls, and how the circle of the tipi tells its own story, reminding us to how to live in the great Circle of Life.

Would you put your life as you knew it on the line for a loved one, or leave them to face their own judgment for a wrong they committed? You pulled it off. But just when you thought it was all over and you were the savior of the day, all hell broke loose as the tables turned, and you were now on the run and being hunted in the worst possible way.

Have you ever been in that "chapter of your life", where everything that could possibly go wrong does, so you just wanted to curse God and die, or questioned if God even really exists? What would you do if you simply wanted to live the blessed life of a devoted Christian, to excel in school, make your family proud, find true love and live happily ever after, yet everything comes crashing down when evil interrupts.

He serves the Round Table in cruel and sadistic ways. But can this knighted spymaster survive when the tables turn? Renault has pledged his deadly skills and mortal life to the Brotherhood. Even centuries after King Arthur’s demise, when the Merlin orders him to lead a rescue mission, he armors up without hesitation. Yet this cunning warrior did not predict his assignment would be a vicious fight to the death. Aboard a speeding train with his men by his side, a shocking betrayal throws Renault off guard and jeopardizes the entire crusade. And with an old foe intent on claiming his head, ...

Tales about riddles that first have to be solved before someone's heart's desire can be fulfilled are found the world over. In this Malay-Indian story, recorded in the Malay quarter of Cape Town and retold by Dr. I. D. Du Plessis, the chief protagonist must also solve three riddles before he gets his reward.