Peggy Owen at Yorktown

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William MacLeod Raine was an American author who wrote classic adventure novels about the Wild West.

A typical short story on two young souls who found each other written in an unconventional writing style. (submitted this short story for my university's short story writing competition and got 1st place)The Story of Him and Her chronicles the journey of two young souls from how they met, fell in love and what comes after.

The Cruise of the Thetis - A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Harry Collingwood is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Harry Collingwood then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

This short story follows a boy obsessed with a velvet recliner in his house.This short story follows the life of Danton, a boy who grew up with a velvet recliner always near him, but never able to touch, and the experiences he went through being so close to his obsession yet always kept away from it, and the results of his obsession as he grows older.

Four poets meet regularly in an old tavern, at the dark of the moon, to answer odd questions .Four poets meet regularly, at the dark of the moon in an old tavern, to answer odd questions in poetic form. Some of the questions are frivolous, some are funny, and some will make you cry. "An epic work from a legendary poet."

George's new friends take him snipe hunting. Despite the late hour and the older boys harassment, George sticks with the journey, A journey that isn't what any of them expect.The dance performed by The Princess at a party given in the embassy of an African diplomat has a surprising and shocking ending.

Captain Mugford - Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by William Henry Giles Kingston is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of William Henry Giles Kingston then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Edward L. Wheeler was a 19th century American author whose best known works were about the West and the frontier. This is one of his more popular Westerns.

The Voyage is an innovative new anthology of writing by staff and postgraduates from both Monash in Australia and Warwick in England. It includes, poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, drama and most other forms of creativity you might imagine. We were happy for our contributors to write on any theme but we think that the core of the book is what it means to journey.Welcome to The Voyage, an innovative new anthology of writing by staff and postgraduates from both Monash in Australia and Warwick in England. We believe all writing, at its best, is creative writing. To that end we have drawn our distinguished contributors not only from English and Creative Writing but also from other departments in Humanities, from our Faculties of Science and Social Science, and from our Administration. What's more, we invited writers and scholars who have some practical connection with Warwick and Monash from both within and outside the academy.We were open to all forms and genres: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction including scholarship and biography, drama and most other forms of creativity you might imagine. We were happy for our contributors to write on any theme but we think that the core of the book is what it means to journey. These might be imagined or remembered journeys, physical or metaphorical journeys, or journeys into knowledge or across time.

The Farrells are a middle-class family living in a small New England town. Ivan Farrell is an astronomer, wife Polly a photographer, eight-year-old Charlie a budding biologist and 11-year-old Amanda a talented gymnast. And then one day, unimaginable tragedy strikes.

(New Adult Paranormal Romance - A Succubus Kiss Prequel Novella)Cryptic messages, a hot tour guide, some Halloween fun, and a sudden new ability Kenna can't seem to explain are just the beginning of this weekend-trip and the start of her life being forever altered.(New Adult Paranormal Romance - A Succubus Kiss Prequel Novella)With one kiss, everything will change...When a mysterious letter arrives from her estranged mother, twenty-one year old Kenna Blake and her best friend, Bree, are prompted to take a trip to New Orleans at her mother’s expense. Cryptic messages, a hot tour guide, some Halloween fun, and a sudden new ability Kenna can't seem to explain are just the beginning of this weekend-trip and the start of her life being forever altered. Will the new world Kenna’s eyes have unwillingly been opened to in the mystifying Crescent City crumble her reality?

Sonnet Banks was what some would consider to be hood royalty, everything from her 3,000 sq foot condo to her massive Hermes collection spelled luxury. She was also the ultimate backstabbing bitch and didn’t apologize for it. She will do whatever it takes to come up in the game, even if it means hurting those closest to her.Sonnet Banks was what some would consider to be hood royalty, everything from her 3,000 sq foot condo to her massive Hermes collection spelled luxury. She was also the ultimate backstabbing bitch and didn’t apologize for it. She will do whatever it takes to come up in the game, even if it means hurting those closest to her. Despite having the gold digging game on lock, Sonnet’s selfish ways soon get the best of her. Find out what happens when this ghetto princess goes from hood rich to a lowly street urchin fighting to survive on Skid Row. The question is does she deserve a come up? You decide.

Milo Regis is the newest assistant manager at Buccaneer Bob’s Raw Bar, so it’s his job to interview the nervous applicant who’s so clearly desperate for a job. But when it’s also clear that Elliot Avery just isn’t right for the open waitress job, Milo decides to create a job for her in this romantic holiday story. This 4,605-word short story is 24 pages long.Constantly moving as she grew up, Taylor had learned the hard way how to blend in wherever she went. But when she moves to VanCamp University for her freshman year of college, she immediately finds herself at the center of attention of nearly everyone she encounters. From the charismatic and mysterious Evans twins, to her quirky, clingy roommate Hannah, it seems that the people in Taylor's new college life have no intention of letting her be the wallflower.It's not just blending in that Taylor has to worry about, though. At VanCamp University, there is more to the staff and students than meets the eye. While trying to adjust to her new life on campus, she finds herself in a world where fairy tales and reality collide, where gargoyles and leprechauns mingle with humans and vampires, and where nothing is as it first appears.And as she discovers the truth of her own unusual heritage, Taylor learns that fairy tales are just the beginning.

A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad."

An Owen Tremaine Supernatural Mystery (Book One):Owen Tremaine is in more trouble than he ever imagined. The founder of a software company, he thought work-related burnout was a major crisis. But then a friend gets killed on Owen’s houseboat. Now he’s dealing with what used to be his own company, a police detective, and...a surprising discovery about local Native American history.An Owen Tremaine Supernatural Mystery (Book One):Owen Tremaine is in more trouble than he ever imagined. 28 years old, the founder of a software company in Corpus Christi, Texas, he thought work-related burnout was a major crisis. After walking away from his company, he’s spent a year trying to reinvent himself as a private investigator, living on a houseboat. Which he realizes is a fantasy that’s not really working out, but he doesn’t want to admit that to anybody…yet. Maybe a few more months will turn the tide.But then, on a lazy summer afternoon, a good friend gets killed on Owen’s houseboat, and Owen finds his body. The police think Owen’s girlfriend may be involved. She’s missing, and so is Owen’s former business partner. Who, judging from the blood left on his floor, may also be dead. Then there’s the kidnapping of a local child. And…it turns out that not everybody involved is, strictly speaking, human. Which Owen also never saw coming. Magic? Really?Owen’s new skills get a workout. Now he’s dealing with what used to be his own cutting-edge software development company, a police detective who takes a personal interest, some downsides of recent anti-terror legislation, and…a surprising discovery about local Native American history. You know, the magic thing. Turns out extinction is more complicated than it first appears.But hey. Owen’s still got friends. Too bad he doesn’t know as much about them as he thinks he does….

Mary Anne wants to learn about her mother, who died when Mary Anne was a baby, so she goes into the attic and searches through her father's box of photos and papers. There she finds a deep secret. . . .

The Spider Lady was supposed to be just an urban legend. A spooky story to explain away the occasional missing pet or child. But when Charlie Berger and his friends attempt to contact the spirits of her alleged victims with a Ouija board, their harmless dabbling in the occult turns into a full-blown nightmare of death, destruction and angry zombies.The Spider Lady was supposed to be just an urban legend. A spooky story to explain away the occasional missing pet or child. But when Charlie Berger and his friends attempt to contact the spirits of her alleged victims with a Ouija board, their harmless dabbling in the occult turns into a full-blown nightmare of death, destruction and angry zombies. Too late do they realize they’ve fallen into the Spider Lady’s web—a web in which the girl Charlie cares about the most could be changed forever into a monstrous arachnid. To set her free, Charlie’s going to have to wrestle with his own dark past, uncover sinister family secrets, consort with paranoid witches and quite possibly sell his soul. Sure, he can save the day—if he can keep his undead friends from killing him first.

For most children, the monster under the bed or in the closet is just a fantasy, something to grow out of. But Ben Downs’ monster is real. Now locked away in a mental institution, a young reporter turns to him for answers about his troubled past, but what she hears may be too much for her to bear.The beginning and end of love, Sands and Jade are pulled apart by circumstance, to be united again only when it's too late.Written while dealing with her father's illness, this first book reflects Ophelia's struggles faced with her father's disease and the threat of his death through her childhood and teen years.

Eric and Zing are two young Carthaginian soldiers captured during the second Punic War. How long can they hang on as the strength of their friendship is tested again and again in the Roman Coliseum?Oliver Ma's first work of fiction, written when he was 11. Partly inspired by a trip in Italy he took in 2001, (during which he visited the mighty Colosseum), A Gladiator's Dilemma was first published in print in 2010. Most of the research for this fiction was done in Deerfield Elementary School's library, with the bulk of the info coming from the children's book You Wouldn't Want to be a Gladiator.