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Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II

Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II

by Susan Holloway Scott

London, 1660: Ready to throw off a generation of Puritan rule, all England rejoices when Charles Stuart returns to reclaim the throne. Among those welcoming him is young Barbara Villiers Palmer, a breathtaking Royalist beauty whose sensuality and clever wit instantly captivate the handsome, jaded king. Though each is promised to another, Barbara soon becomes Charles's mistress and closest friend, and the uncrowned... (more)

Araminta Spookie: Book 1

My Haunted House

by Angie Sage

Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house&#8212Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!

Frozen Fire

by Tim Bowler

A paranormal thriller from Carnegie MedalÂ–winner Tim Bowler! It starts with a phone call. Â“IÂ’m dying,Â” a voice tells Dusty. Who is he and how has he gotten her cell number? Dusty wants no part of this strange boy . . . until he begins saying things that only someone who knows her intimately could sayÂ—things that lead her to think he knows the whereabouts of her brother, who disappeared over a year ago.... (more)

SHIVERS GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (#11)M.D. Spenser

SHIVERS GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (#11)

by M.D. Spenser

Secrets of the Tsil Café

by Thomas Fox Averill

A bittersweet and often funny coming-of-age story set in a cross- cultural and extended family that lives between two kitchens-one traditional, the other New World. Weston Hingler's crib was in the kitchen of BuenAppeTito, his mother's catering service. There, he learned to read while tasting all the flavors of his mother's culinary alphabet. But before he was allowed to enter the Tsil CafŽ, he had to pass his... (more)

Dirt Farmer Wisdom

by Jojo Jensen

You won't be remembered for your fleet of tractors," JoJo Jensen's grandpa used to say - especially not on his farm. A dirt farmer in Nebraska in the 1930s, he farmed without machinery or irrigation. The farm weakened during the Depression, but Grandpa Jensen's legacy is rich. He instilled in his family a way of looking at life and making it better by just tweaking the small parts. With timeless tidbits of... (more)

Unknown Destination

by Maya Rasker

In the realization that my language is powerless to describe what has happened in the seven years since I first met her, I am compelled to recount the story of my wife, the beautiful Raya Mira Salomon, who disappeared on the night of August 31, 1997, our daughter’s sixth birthday, at the age of thirty-seven. . . . It was a hot, rainy summer evening when Gideon’s enigmatic wife, Raya Mira, with painted lips and... (more)

Where Dragons Rule (Signet)

by R. A. V. Salsitz

I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story

I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story

by Michael Hastings

At age twenty-five, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for Newsweek . He had at his disposal a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a twenty-first-century reporter -- cell phones, high-speed Internet access, digital video cameras, fixers, drivers, guards, translators. In startling detail, he describes the chaos, the violence, the never-ending threats of bomb and mortar... (more)

100 Years of Major League Baseball: American and National Leagues, 1901-2000

100 Years of Major League Baseball: American and National Leagues, 1901-2000

by David Nemec

This comprehensive, historical tribute to America’s favorite pastime highlights baseball’s compelling dramas, legendary heroes, its cultural impact throughout the years, and more. The game is chronicled decade-by-decade, with over 500 pages packed with: - Full-color photographs - At-a-glance, important facts on each playing season - Detailed information about legendary players, important records, and... (more)

How to be a Yogi

by Swâmi Abhedânanda

A yogi is a term for a person who practices various forms of the path of Yoga, maintaining a steadfast mind, the process of transcending the lower self. These designations are mostly reserved for advanced or daily practitioners. The Shiva-Samhita text defines the yogi as someone who knows that the entire cosmos is situated within his own body.

God a Logs On Living and Dying

by Sam Oliver

When I wrote these daily moments with God, I felt myself paying more attention to whatever it was that I was focusing on that day. For me, the insights took me to a place where judgments cease and the desire to understand became more prevalent. Such a view of living makes a person begin to seek first to understand, instead of, act on what a person understands to be life s point of view in any given moment. Life is... (more)

The Forbidden Daughter

by Shobhan Bantwal

Set in the sensual richness of India, Shobhan Bantwal's gripping new novel asks: Where can a woman turn when her life's greatest blessing is seen as a curse? It's a girl! For most young couples, news of their unborn child's gender brings joyful anticipation. Not so for Isha Tilak and her husband, Nikhil. They already have a beloved daughter, but Nikhil's parents, hard-wired to favor male children above all,... (more)

Wicked Game

by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

Twenty years ago, wild child Jessie Brentwood vanished from St. Elizabeth's high school. Most in Jessie's tight circle of friends believed she simply ran away. Few suspected that Jessie was hiding a shocking secret - one that brought her into the crosshairs of a vicious killer...Two decades pass before a body is unearthed on school grounds and Jessie's old friends reunite to talk. Most are sure that the body is... (more)

Symbols of Islam

by Tanja Alhariri-Wendel

A fresh introduction to Islamic culture uses the visual arts to explain the religion’s unique way of living life and viewing reality. Careful, clear analysis of these images accompany illuminations of the Koran, details of prayer rugs, domestic objects, and architecture of mosques and pilgrimage sites, showing the diversity and profundity of Islam in a timely new light.

Book of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonies (2nd edition)Om Lata Bahadur

Book of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonies (2nd edition)

by Om Lata Bahadur

Intended mainly for the young housewife. Describes certain ways of celebration.

A Fish Named Ed

by Sam Oliver

This is a story about grief and loss. It is about how a fish named Ed awakens into soul. A Fish Named Ed is a book for children ages 6 and up. Many adults get a great deal of insight from reading such a simple and profound work as well. As you read this book, you will find the themes of life: Life, Death/Separation, Disorientation, Isolation, Lonliness, Emptiness, and Reorientation. This book is for any child or... (more)

Divine Art (Asia Colour Guides)

by S?as?iba?la?

From the worship of sacred mountains, stones, trees, and tools, divine art brought under its sway forms as diverse as music, dance, painting, sculpture, and architecture. These photos and text are brilliant records of the history and evolution of divine art.

The Path into Healing

by Sam Oliver

The Path into Healing is a model for healing through the feminine side of the soul. The purpose of this book is to outline a process whereby a person can understand and acquaint him or herself with an aspect of our awareness often neglected in our world today. Much of the emphasis in our world is on what a person can achieve without regard to how these achievements affect the world and the people living in these... (more)

Only in SavannahThomas F. Jr. Coffey

Only in Savannah

by Thomas F. Jr. Coffey

Black cover with white and red lettering, Small picture of author on cover.

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by Susan Holloway Scott

by Angie Sage

by Tim Bowler

by M.D. Spenser

by Thomas Fox Averill

by Jojo Jensen

by Maya Rasker

by R. A. V. Salsitz

by Michael Hastings

by David Nemec

by Swâmi Abhedânanda

by Sam Oliver

by Shobhan Bantwal

by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

by Tanja Alhariri-Wendel

by Om Lata Bahadur

by Sam Oliver

by S?as?iba?la?

by Sam Oliver

by Thomas F. Jr. Coffey