In 1755 France controlled most of the North American continent. What if they still did? This novel explores the French period from two perspectives – an historically accurate description of Jolliet’s discovery of the Mississippi, coupled with a hypothetical contemporary view of “Canada.” Based in Green Bay, this Canada struggles between the Catholic north and Huguenot Louisiana.In 1755 France controlled most of the North American continent. Starting with Quebec and Montreal on the St Lawrence, they controlled the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley, and the Mississippi down to New Orleans. What if they still did? This novel explores the French period from two perspectives – an historically accurate description of Jolliet’s discovery of the Mississippi and the enormous agricultural lands that opens to the French, coupled with a hypothetical contemporary view of a “Canada” extending across the continent. Based in its capital of Green Bay, this nation struggles between a Catholic north and a Huguenot Louisiana. Told by an American historian resident in Green Bay, the novel gives credit to the French history of the region often slighted in our textbooks.

Over a hundred formal poems: sonnets, ballades, triolets and others.INSIDE — Nadia Bjorlin Exclusive: Is She Back on DAYS or Not? Find Out! Exclusive Interview with B&B’s Katherine Kelly Lang: Her Myriad Emmy Snubs; Bill Bell And His Legacy; Brooke’s Scandalous Sexual Past; And Why She’s Look For A New TV Gig! Deets: Another ABC UpFront Fan Rally! May Sweeps Fearless Predictions! Rumour: Is Y&R’s Cane Tucker’s son? Is Y&R’s Julia Pace Mitchell Out? Ewww-Alert: Part Two of Y&R’s Sharon and Victor! Blind Item: Another Major Star Bolting? Did GH fire Brandon Barash? Every Week: Fearless Predictions! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!

Princess Rydah was a very fun loving fairy. She zipped and zapped and flew around Fairyland, finding friends and fun around every tree and toadstool. She laughed and sang happily in her fairy island home. Life was wonderful. Until the nasty trog arrived.Princess Rydah was a very fun loving fairy. She zipped and zapped and flew around Fairyland, finding friends and fun around every tree and toadstool. She laughed and sang happily in her fairy island home. Life was wonderful. Rydah was so fun loving that her parents worried that she would never be sensible to rule Fairyland in their place. Then a nasty trog arrived on the island and changed everything.

A book of poems which reflect a troubled life and a person's strength to overcome those troubles.Rejection is a book of poems written by William Nathan while receiving treatment for his illness. It covers a vast array of feelings and insight into the recovery process a person must go through to become accepted into society.As William states it "Rejection only brought anger and hurt, to my recovery. There uncaring hearts gave me a rivalry to my angry heart..."

‘Every Cloud’s a Dream’ is a collection of poetry that reflects the writer's varied moods, ranging from nostalgic romanticism to childhood innocence and even pensive contemplations. The poems hope to stir the readers to dwell on the reflections evoked by these emotions.This book bundles the three previous stories of the godling Nate Lee, with the final, never before published tale: "Love's End". Nate Lee once loved a mortal woman, a young shaman born in the age of mammoths. A godling new born from chaos, he made a lover's promise to give her daughter and each of her daughters' daughters her heart's desire. The promise has become his curse as he fulfills each woman's wish and watches her destroy herself. The curse of his love goes on for generation after generation until, at last, on a distant world, millennia in the future, Nate Lee finds the very last of his beloved's far daughters. His one hope for freedom is to bestow his deadly gift and end the promise made to a lover long dust. But in Silk, he finds a woman as strong, as brave, and as fierce as her ancestor. It's as if his lost love is reborn. He cannot break his vow, but will granting Silk's heart's desire destroy her as so many have been destroyed before?This book also includes the bonus story, "Death and His Daughter."

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is NOT the FOUNDER of Ghana. It is evidential and clear that Ghana as we presently have it, did not just bolt from the blues. so, Ghana is not the direct result of any man’s work; herein, Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana was borne out through the collective effort and sheer determination of J. B. Danquah and Co.Journey into a world of dark fantasy and adventure.... When Charlie James begins his junior year at East River High, he discovers a mysterious old book of dark magic, complete with images of monsters, demons, dragons, and creatures of other sorts.... The Book of the Underground. After a few strange occurrences, he soon enters a world that takes him on a dark journey beyond his wildest imagination as he desperately looks for a way home, unraveling many surprises along the way. Meanwhile his father, who holds a deep secret to Charlie's past, has a plan of his own.... With the help of his heroic friends, Charlie battles through it all in this fun, compelling, fast-paced and action-packed ride for mature teen readers and adults alike by new author Cody Hyde.

Character driven short stories dealing with an undocumented immigrant, a runaway slave, coming of age experiences, a love story and end of life.A collection of short stories including one following the burdens of a young undocumented Mexican immigrant and another chronicling some of the adventures of a runaway slave during the early years of the Civil War. Follow the modern era activities of two young men in their coming of age experiences. See how a couple’s love story finds them reunited after an interval of forty years. Observe how a relative aids in a end of life situation.

“Learn easy ways to control anger” is all about helping you deal with anger and stress related issues. Different chapters talk about different subjects like tips for managing stress and anger, causes of anger and stress etc. Here, Author Majid Mireskandari has put together some amazing stress busting tips for you.A manipulated photographic image with a psychological calming effect is investigated secretly for possible therapeutic applications, but an incidental problem causes abandonment of the project. A leak however arouses the unwelcome interest of the suspicious local Press which is then tricked into discrediting itself by blowing up a bubble of alarmist sensation that is promptly burst, but the frank editorial admission of being hoaxed leads to a promise of the true story in due course. The failure of the technical investigation threatens the future of the laboratory which then finds through the reporter a commercial application for the techniques developed.

"Detailing" concerns a man going to visit his mother in a nursing home for the first time. He uses many measures to divert his mind from the situation and the guilt that hounds him. He revisits the past throughout his time with his uncommunicative mother.A professional baseball coach, disillusioned and discouraged, receives new hope in an unexpected form.

Did you like Catcher in the Rye? If so, you will like this. Halcyon Daze is a series of short stories about growing up in Canada in the latter half of the 20th Century. The book can be read from front to back and even better, from back to front.Tall Chambers leads a secretive agency which tracks terrorist groups. If a group has definite plans to harm innocent people, the agency steps in and stops them by whatever means are necessary. Tall and his agency first appeared in the novel Justified Action. In this Mini Novel, Tall gets an assignment from the White House. The President wants him to rescue hostages held by a terrorist group for ransom. Tall knows it will be nearly impossible to free the hostages, but he's the only hope they have.

Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Damage Control, the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series. The only thing more dangerous than a dark secret is a damaged heart… Shane Brandon has been pushed to the brink, torn between his corrupt family and his explosive, all-consuming desire for Emily Stevens, who he now knows is not who, and what, she seems. Has he trusted the wrong person? Will she, not his brother Derek, be the ultimate destruction of his family Empire? Emily tries to run from Shane, but he will stop her, confront her, force her to reveal all — one hot touch and kiss at a time, under every intimate detail of who this woman is, and what she wants, is exposed. But as he tears away the dangers of the unknowns with the woman in his bed, and in his heart, The Martina Cartel has set their sights on his company, his family, and the one piece of leverage they believe he won’t gamble with: Emily. This is book TWO of FOUR in Shane and Emily's story.