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As the Blitz hits London, two sisters from Bermondsey find their lives changed beyond all recognition. May is known to her family as the homing pigeon because of her uncanny sense of direction. She will need it when a bombing raid destroys nearly everything she holds dear. With her home in ruins, she joins the ATS and becomes a gunner girl. Here she finds dangerous work, new friends and rivals – and painful choices in love.

In Washington D.C., during the bloody onslaught of world war, various insect rebels team up to combat the Queen's Ninth Army, commanded by the villainous General Pino. The leader of the rebels, Princess Ayala befriends a deserter bee Salvador, who is destined to free Lincoln Park from the Empire of the Queen.

The complete guide for anyone who faces sudden change at work, in technology, and in the world around them In Changing Directions Without Losing Your Way, the authors who helped pioneer the "working from home" revolution identify the six stages of change in business and in life. For each of...

Yanda, abducted from her world, her life as a surgeon, returns home only to find nothing is as she expected. Forced into an underground movement to try to trace her daughter’s movements, Yanda will go to any length—even dropping into dark waters with nothing but her sight and her will to save her family—Yanda seeks the help of sea elves.

Kay has been drawn into a vortex of intrigue in the ancient world, of magic-wielding Wanderers, mesmerizing sylphs, powerful Nordic shamans, crafty mages. And now she cannot deny that her children are involved. Her son is channeling stories of abductions by threatening pirates. Her daughter’s mysterious lover sounds uncannily like a tenth-century Welsh musician. She tries to pull away from the medieval world but finds herself increasingly enamored with her spirit-travel.

Kay aims to stop Thorgisl from obtaining Esch. Meanwhile Galfride has discovered the twenty-first century and wants his boyhood friend Ian back. Kay's son and daughter seem to him a barrier which puts them in danger. Between keeping the power stone she saved from greedy mages of medieval Earth and protecting her kids, Kay is again pulled between times, but she has a new ally, a witch of ancient Cornwall who slipped through the portal into her neighborhood.

All these short stories are about the vulnerable in society and unfortunately that means most of them are women. In some cases, society has created rules that make them weaker and consequently more at risk. In other cases something external happens to generate misfortune. In the case of the heroine of If…she is unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

What happens when an abused choirboy grows into a violent playboy killer, is imprisoned, offered a release deal, joins a covert crime unit, and becomes a lead witness in closing a powerful international trafficking ring? Then what happens when the unit is unknowingly helped by invisible entities who walk among them?

"Ich kann sie sehen! Wirklich sehen! Geister, Dämonen, Gespenster. Sie lauern in dunklen Nischen und Ecken, treiben ihr Unwesen... überall. Doch ich stelle mich ihnen entgegen und mache dem Spuk ein Ende. Ich bin Johnny. Johnny Sinclair. Ich bin Geisterjäger." Einmal Urlaub machen von der Geisterjägerei! Aber da haben Johnny, Russell und Millie die Rechnung ohne den Geist der Gräfin Violante von Tattenberg gemacht. Sie hat die Bewohner von Schloss Tattenberg mit einem Kältefluch belegt.

The magical series Braided Dimensions soars to new heights with Strange Alliances. At the start of the series, Kay, a Berkeley professor of ancient languages, falls under the spell of a charming bard who takes her to medieval time. Back home, she is determined to return to that ancient dimension where spirit-walking and mind-speak are practiced by healers and mages. With no knowledge of magic - only curiosity and a passion for old languages - Kay acquires talents only to become enmeshed in threatening plots as she crosses back and forth from present to past.