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Brooklyn Italian: Remembering Williamsburg will take you on a journey back in time. From the beginning of its existence in 1638 to present day, through the rise of industry, two world wars, the Depression of the late 1920s, the rise of the mafia and the immigrants who settled there in search for a better life. In their own words, long-time residents tell their stories of a time when on summer evenings, family and friends gathered on stoops to talk about the happenings of the day or just to share a cup of coffee, when children played stick ball, jacks, and hopscotch till the street lamps came on....

The demographics of family structure have come a long way. The typical mother and father figures can now be two mothers, two fathers, single parents, or mother and father. We come from all cultures and continents, and family is more than Mom and Dad. In many cultures the immediate family consists of the mother, father, and grandparents, with other extended family members. The Colors of Family needed to be written to show children that family is more about the people who love and care for you than what society teaches us it "should" be. There's no right or wrong here...there's just love.

Twinkle and friends are at it again in a very patriotic story without the politics. Red, White & Binky features Binky and his dilemma to save the nation and the world from human cruelty and war, pointing out how unique and valuable we all are - two-legged and four - and honoring those who sacrifice their lives for all of us.

Magisch. Gefährlich. Geheimnisvoll. Ein Flammenmeer droht die Stadt in den Baumkronen zu vernichten. Wer kann es aufhalten? Gemeinsam mit Nik vom Stamm des Lichts versucht Mari, ihr Volk zu retten. Aber ein Verräter trachtet ihnen nach dem Leben und nimmt in Kauf, dafür alles zu zerstören. Um ihn zu überlisten, müssen Mari und Nik sich ins Herz der Finsternis begeben. Teil 2 der großartigen neuen Fantasy-Trilogie von P. C. Cast.

Percival Christopher Wren (1875 - 1941) was an English writer of adventure fiction mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. 'Presentiments' is the story of a legionnaire who knows he will be killed the following day but does not want to die without telling somebody about a set of terrible events which occurred in his childhood and which have overshadowed his life.

In einer zerstörten Welt voller Naturgewalt kämpfen drei verfeindete Stämme ums Überleben. In Höhlen, auf Waldlichtungen, in einer Siedlung auf Plattformen hoch in den Baumkronen. Geplagt von blutrünstigen Gegnern, todbringenden Insekten und unheilbaren Krankheiten. Eine junge Frau ist auserwählt, alles zu verändern: Mari vom Stamm der Erdwanderer, Tochter der Mondfrau.

Another unique children's book from author PC Marotta. This time Twinkle and the gang are back trying to put an end to rudeness because being polite and having manners is very, very cool! Join Twinkle, Izzy, Binky, Teddy, Squeak, Prince, Sammy, and Wendy as they follow around a very rude dude!

When Meg asks her best friend if life is just about divorce and death, she knows she's almost hit bottom. But before she drowns in her beer, an idea leaps onto the bar, attaching itself to Meg and Sally, throwing them in a van with their grown daughters. Route 66, from start to end, awaits them. In this fiction travel book, visit Buddy Guy's Legends nightclub, Springfield, Illinois, St. Louis and more as Route 66 history and magical realism touch the lives of these four women.

Charley Rabbit is a mentally disabled young man who lives quietly with his widowed mother Mitzi in the American Midwest - but not for long! Charley develops a rapid intellectual growth spurt after being bitten by a vampire. Fressenda and her fraternal twin brothers Cass (Castor) and Lux (Pollux) take an interest in Charley and Mitzi and become part of their extended family, but Mitzi is wary and senses that the changes in Charley may be part of something mysterious, dark and sinister.

When a bomb is left on reporter Kelly Sands' desk, she's determined to find out who wants her to stop reporting on corporate growth in rural Florida. The open threat thrusts Kelly back into the arms of her editor, Bart Stanley. Together, the two unravel the master plan of major developers who want to destroy the last vestiges of Florida's natural beauty. A sometimes humorous, often harrowing Florida suspense novel, Tortoise Stew contains characters who leave dead armadillos as calling cards and dynamite ponds to fish.

There once was a little Shih Tzu dog named Twinkle, who loved his little red ball more than anything in the whole wide world. This special little red ball went everywhere with him. But one day, it was gone! Will he ever see his little red ball again? Who will help him find his ball? Will you? Let's help Twinkle and his friends find his ball!

Native Lands is a novel rich in intrigue and history as a tribe of Native Americans, thought to be extinct, fight to save their beloved heritage. They join with others willing to sacrifice everything to save further destruction of the Everglades and St. Augustine. Forbidden loves, deceptions, and murder threaten to destroy nature and families in a saga stretching from the 1760s to the present day.

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers: 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton; 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard; 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; and many more.

One Shoe...Two Shoes...What's Ted to Do? introduces everyone to Teddy. Teddy loves shoes. Teddy loves to take shoes. How many shoes can Teddy take before he realizes that taking from others is not nice? See what happens with his friends and neighbors in this adorable story about a little Shih Tzu that learns a valuable lesson in life. After you finish listening to Teddy's story, get creative with some extra coloring pages in the back. Because, creativity unlocks imagination.

Every city has one. That place, neighborhood, or borough where the forgotten live, where the once great land when they fall, where the tarnished and corrupt shine, and where justice and fairness caught the last train out of town. Welcome to the Ninth Circle. The 9th Precinct is known as "The Ninth Circle" or "The Dante Precinct". This part of town is where all the losers end up. If you work for a company or the city government, and they want to get rid of you, they put you in their office or working over on Last Chance Lane.

Caroline Carlisle loved Simon from the moment she first laid eyes on him when she was nine years old. Unfortunately, he married her older sister, and thus set a southern family on a collision course with its past. After the death of her sister that makes Simon a widower, the two finally marry and attempt to make a family with Simon's daughter, Jodi. Jodi has other ideas, and they don't include welcoming a new stepmother who also happens to be her aunt.

Veteran Police Sergeant Clarke is gunned down by hoodlums, shot in the back of the head. As he lay dying, a rush of blood to his face formed a macabre mask - a crimson mask. When his son, Doctor Robert "Bob" Clarke, saw that strange stigmata, he interpreted it as a sign, inspiring him to become his father's avenger, the Crimson Mask!

Evreux, Frankreich, 1788: Lange bevor Lenobia im House of Night die mächtige "Reitlehrerin mit den allerhöchsten Standards und der niedrigsten Toleranzschwelle" wird - war sie ein ganz normales Mädchen mit ganz alltäglichen Problemen. Als uneheliche Tochter eines französischen Barons wird sie zwar geduldet, jedoch nicht geliebt. Als das Schicksal sie auf ein Schiff nach New Orleans verschlägt, hofft sie, dass das Leben es von nun an besser mit ihr meint.

Lange bevor Zoey gezeichnet wurde - bevor sie ins House Of Night eintrat - bevor sie den Kampf gegen das Böse aufnahm - gab es schon einen, der dort seit langem lebte: Dragon Lankford, Schwertmeister und Krieger. Dies ist seine Geschichte. Vom eigenen Vater verstoßen, der ihn im Jahre 1830 auf ein Schiff nach Amerika verbannt, wird Dragon Lankford noch im Hafen von London als Jungvampyr gezeichnet. Doch das Leben als Vampyr im Amerika des 19. Jahrhunderts ist gefährlich.

Neferet ist nicht mehr länger Hohepriesterin im House of Night in Tulsa. Nachdem sie sich ganz dem Bösen verschrieben hat, muss sie die Schule verlassen. Doch sie geht nicht, ohne eine Schneise der Verwüstung zu hinterlassen. Zoey und ihre Freunde wissen, dass die Schule nur dann weiterbestehen kann, wenn jetzt alle zusammenhalten. Denn Neferet wird mit allen Mitteln ihr Ziel weiter verfolgen: Sie will Zoey töten.