Jack the Young CanoemanAn Eastern Boy's Voyage in a Chinook Canoe

1920. The novel begins: In the living-room of the Dreamerie, his home on Tyee Head, Hector McKaye, owner of the Tyee Lumber Company and familiarly known as The Laird, was wont to sit in his hours of leisure, smoking and building castles in Spain-for his son Donald. Here he planned the acquisition of more timber and the installation of an electric-light plant to furnish light, heat, and power to his own town of Port Agnew; ever and anon he would gaze through the plate-glass windows out to sea and watch for is ships to come home. Whenever The Laird put his dreams behind him, he always looked seaward. In the course of time, his home-bound skippers, sighting the white house on the headland and knowing that The Laird was apt to be up there watching, formed the habit of doing something that pleased their owner mightily. When the northwest trades held steady and true, and while the tide was still at the flood, they would scorn the services of the tug that went out to meet them and come ramping into the bight, all their white sails set and the glory of the sun upon them; as they swept past, far below The Laird, they would dip his house-flag-a burgee, scarlet-edged, with a fir tree embroidered in green on a field of white-the symbol to the world that here was a McKaye ship. And when the house-flag fluttered half-way to the deck and climbed again to the masthead, the soul of Hector McKaye would thrill. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty or faded. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. His most famous work is the occult classic The King in Yellow.

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Ridgwell Cullum enjoyed over three decades of popularity writing action and adventure stories, often set along the frontier and Wild West, and readers have been enjoying his works ever since.

La ville de Bleiberg est en pleine agitation. La population est sur le point de se retourner contre son roi, Léopold, petit roitelet sans envergure, placé sur le trône par l'Autriche, spoliant ainsi la couronne au Duc d'Auersperg. Grâce à l'amitié de Lord Fitzgerald, le Roi et sa fille, la jeune Alexia, demeurent sur le trône, mais pour combien de temps encore ? Dix années se sont écoulées. La Cour ne compte aujourd'hui que traîtres et courtisans, prêt à rallier la bannière de la Duchesse d'Auersperg, fille du Duc et héritière légitime du trône, qui intrigue pour reprendre ce qui lui est dû. Apparaît alors, à la Cour, Maurice Carewe, jeune et beau diplomate, secrètement amoureux d'Alexia, devenue une belle jeune fille, et ami du fils de Lord Fitzgerald, devenu, depuis la mort de son père, le garant de la paix dans le royaume. Tandis que Carewe se battra pour l'amour d'Alexia, John succombera aux charmes de la Duchesse vengeresse. Pris au piège de multiples jeux d'intrigues et de ruses, l'amitié des deux hommes l'emportera-t-il sur l'amour que chacun ressent pour sa belle ?

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The author's intention is to treat, in a series of four or five romances, that part of the war for independence which particularly affected the great landed families of northern New York: the Johnsons, represented by Sir William, Sir John, Guy Johnson, and Colonel Claus; the notorious Butlers, father and son; the Schuylers, Van Rensselaers, and others. The first romance of the series, Cardigan, was followed by the second, The Maid-at-Arms. The third in order is not completed. The fourth is the present volume.

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The great equalizer: How one man can control 100 people with one gun and nine bullets.A hotel manager is a voyeur. He spends his days watching people go in and out of his hotel to try and live his life through what he sees. Then one day, he sees more than he has bargained for.

Morning was breaking on the high road to San Jose. The long lines of dusty, level track were beginning to extend their vanishing point in the growing light; on either side the awakening fields of wheat and oats were stretching out and broadening to the sky. In the east and south the stars were receding before the coming day; in the west a few still glimmered, caught among the bosky hills of the canada del Raimundo, where night seemed to linger. Thither some obscure, low-flying birds were slowly winging; thither a gray coyote, overtaken by the morning, was awkwardly limping. And thither a tramping wayfarer turned, plowing through the dust of the highway still unslaked by the dewless night, to climb the fence and likewise seek the distant cover. For some moments man and beast kept an equal pace and gait with a strange similarity of appearance and expression; the coyote bearing that resemblance to his more civilized and harmless congener, the dog, which the tramp bore to the ordinary pedestrians, but both exhibiting the same characteristics of lazy vagabondage and semi-lawlessness; the coyote's slouching amble and uneasy stealthiness being repeated in the tramp's shuffling step and sidelong glances. Both were young, and physically vigorous, but both displayed the same vacillating and awkward disinclination to direct effort. They continued thus half a mile apart unconscious of each other, until the superior faculties of the brute warned him of the contiguity of aggressive civilization, and he cantered off suddenly to the right, fully five minutes before the barking of dogs caused the man to make a detour to the left to avoid entrance upon a cultivated domain that lay before him.

Angels battle Shadows in this epic journey through the Timeless series. Follow Gabriella, a supernatural specialist, as romance blooms, escape plans are made, an assassin tries to kill her, and death lingers in her future. Will she be the one to save them all, or will she doom them instead?Gabriella's past is a mystery, but that never stopped her from achieving her goals. As a supernatural specialist, and far more intelligent than anyone her age, she has always been ignored by her peers. Because of the isolation she has always felt, she put her life and soul into her job. Being a supernatural specialist hasn't given her the divine intervention she always longed for, until one day a shipment arrives from Italy containing three dead bodies with an uncanny ability to regenerate. Gabriella is frightened and intrigued, but not as scared as she becomes when a dark creature attacks her.As the bodies come back to life, the plot takes an unexpected twist that you won't see coming. The supernatural world only begins to unfold before her as angels appear, her dreams start to haunt her, and the very past she has forgotten comes back with startling clarity. Romance blooms, escape plans are made, an assassin is out to kill her, and death is only around the corner. But what is more terrifying than all of it is the fact she is the chosen one, the Illuminator, the one who will save them all.

This letter will divide the weighty task, and consequently make it sit lighter on the memory, be pleasanter to the reader, and make my progress the more regular: I shall therefore take in Hampton Court and Windsor in this journey; the first at my setting out, and the last at my return, and the rest as their situation demands.

In a world of ice and fury where only the Castle radiates light, Tal, a Chosen who has been banished from the Castle, and Milla, an Icecarl warrior on a quest to bring a sunstone to her people, band together to find what they seek.

After some pestering from his daughter, Caleb goes to pay Evie a visit. He finds her without her memory and at the mercy of the latest threat in her life. With no other clear choice, he takes her home where he’ll protect her with every claw and fang in his possession. Third in the series following Anticipations, this is told in Caleb’s point of view. It's time to find out what HE feels about Evie.After some pestering from his daughter, Caleb goes to pay Evie a visit. He finds her without her memory and at the mercy of the latest threat in her life. With no other clear choice, he takes her home where he’ll protect her with every claw and fang in his possession. It isn’t easy to ignore the complicated history he shares with our favorite witch. Answering her questions about the past forces him to face his feelings on the same subject, the forbidden desires he isn’t too sure he can keep hiding. Third in the series following Anticipations, this is a short story told in Caleb’s point of view. Book 2.5 in the series, book 3 coming soon.

After eight long years of bouncing from different foster homes, Beanie, an unassuming orphan girl found herself in a mysterious orphanage, the Laketuh House. While the children there were unfriendly and rude, she noticed that there was something more to them, something unique. Then one day they took her to a place called Laketuh Lake where they entered a magical gate into another world.When you feel lonely, do you look up at the sky and wonder if there is someone out there in the universe looking at the same sky? Do you believe there is somewhere in the universe where all the different planets are connected? And if you were able to go there can you imagine all the fantastic creatures and beings you will meet? Each of our lives is filled with adventures, whether we notice them or not. And every journey, no matter how daunting must have a beginning. So it is with this in mind we begin our story… After eight long years of bouncing from different foster homes, Beanie, an unassuming orphan girl found herself in a mysterious orphanage, the Laketuh House. While the children there were unfriendly and rude, she noticed that there was something more to them, something unique. Then one day they took her to a place called Laketuh Lake where they entered a magical gate into another world. But what is behind that gate? This is where Beanie’s journey begins. She is about to embark on a grand adventure to discover the meaning of TUH, and in the process face her fears to discover just how extraordinary she and the universe truly are.