Author: Mark Wandrey
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2004-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 141848556X

From a lonely observatory in the North of England an astronomer watches a meteor unaccountably change course. Some time later, in the dead of night, fourteen "Portals" are delivered within large population centers. Accompanying this arrival are sporadic reports of alien beings. The portals instantly become the best kept secrets in history. From her boring job in Portland Oregon, ex-radio astronomer Mindy Patoy learns that the once harmless meteor is now on a course leading it straight towards Earth. She embarks on a desperate quest and will become embroiled in a conspiracy that rises to the highest level of government, and beyond. The portals are the only escape from a doomed world, who will survive? Who will be chosen?

Hope's End

Hope's End
Author: Stephen Chambers
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429971800

On a planet decimated by plague and political upheaval, young Vel has survived by living on his wits. A seasoned con man who has learned to think only of himself, Vel is forced to choose sides in a civil war. But the choice is made more complicated when Vel learns the truth about a mysterious alien race that predated the settlers of Hera. It turns out that Vel may not be who he thinks he is. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Spells for the Dead

Spells for the Dead
Author: Faith Hunter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0399587977

Nell Ingram faces a dark magic with no known origin in the newest pulse-pounding paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series. Nell is a rookie PsyLED agent, using the powers she can channel from deep within the earth to solve paranormal crimes. Together with her team, she's taken on the direst magic and the most twisted foes. But she'll need to tap into every ounce of power she has for her newest case. Nell is called to the Tennessee mansion of a country music star and finds a disturbing scene—dead bodies rapidly decaying before everyone's eyes. The witch on her team, T. Laine, has never seen magic that can steal life forces like this. PsyLED needs to find this lethal killer fast. But when a paranormal-hating FBI agent tries to derail the investigation, and the dark magics begin to spiral out of control, they find themselves under attack from all sides.

The New Night

The New Night
Author: Mya Duong
Publisher: Arborville House
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2023-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0999334654

In the explosive conclusion to the Mindful Things series, Lauren and her allies face their greatest challenge in a literal race to save humanity. In book two, Lauren was taken by Raefield’s accomplices and sent to the past. She is held captive at Raefield’s grand estate, where secrets are overheard and half-truths are spoken regarding her former life. With her memory still blocked, Lauren struggles to trust anyone, making her escape more challenging. Yet nagging questions prevail: Did she and her birth parents do the right thing to prevent Raefield from becoming too powerful? Raefield continues his war to suppress humanity and bring back the rule of witches. Lauren is resolved to defeat Raefield at all costs. Back in the present day, Quinn, with her family and friends, work tirelessly to bring her home. A confrontation erupts and their escape is not without loss. Chicago remains the epicenter of imminent threats and a great battle is unavoidable. Will Lauren and her allies uncover Raefield’s weaknesses and avert his destruction on humankind? Their fate hangs in the balance of a new time.

Living in the Eighth Day

Living in the Eighth Day
Author: John-Brian Paprock
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2006-10-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1847283152

Pastoral reflections and spiritual guidance from Eastern Oriental Orthodox Christian mission in contemporary America. Written by American priest, Father John-Brian Paprock, the reflections follow the year of holy seasons according to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church calendar.

Decolonizing Literacies

Decolonizing Literacies
Author: Towani Duchscher
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2023-09-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000958612

This volume examines the ways in literacy has been used as a weapon and a means for settler colonialism, challenging colonized definitions of literacy and centring relationships as key to broadening understandings. It begins by confronting the multiple ways that settler colonialism has used literacy and definitions of literacy as a gatekeeper to participation in society. In response to settler colonialism’s violent acts of extraction, displacement, and replacement enacted upon the land, the resources, the people, and understandings of literacy, the editors propose a unique approach to decolonizing understandings of literacy through a triangulation of disruption, reclamation, and remembering relationships. This is enacted and explored through a range of diverse chapter contributions, written in the form of stories, poems, artworks, theatres, and essays, allowing the authentic voices of the authors to shine through, and opening up the English Language Arts as a space for engagement and interpretation with diverse, racialized understandings of literacy. Disrupting Eurocentric, colonized understandings that narrowly define literacy as reading and writing the colonial word, and advancing the movement to decolonize education, it will be of key interest to scholars, researchers, and educators with interest in literacy education, decolonizing education, anti-racist education, inclusive education, land-based literacy, and arts-based literacy.

The Lost

The Lost
Author: Jennifer St. Clair
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1922233099

Almost sixty years ago, Darkbrook, the only school of magic in the United States, opened its doors to students of decidedly different natures, sending out letters of invitation to the elves, the dragons, and the vampires. The three who responded to the invitation banded together despite their differences but vanished only weeks later along with an entire classroom full of students and their teacher after a field trip gone horribly wrong. The Wild Hunt has healed and the Hounds have grown closer together, keeping Darkbrook's forest safe and secure for those who live there. Malachi, one of the eldest members of the Wild Hunt, has adapted to Josiah's spell to help him see, but when a demon boy trapped in the body of a human body for sixty years inside the school disrupts the newfound calm, the Hunt--and those they protect--are thrust into a struggle that should have ended long ago when a vampire, an elf, and a dragon vanished into the Mists.

The Matarese Circle

The Matarese Circle
Author: Robert Ludlum
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345539249

An international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage and a life of explosive terror and violence. But though these sworn enemies once vowed to terminate each other, they must now become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to their mission: destroy the Matarese. Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Matarese Circle “A blockbuster . . . Ludlum’s best.”—The Wall Street Journal “A spellbinder.”—The Dallas Morning News “Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times “Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Winning Lacrosse for Girls

Winning Lacrosse for Girls
Author: Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2009
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1438125879

A guide for teaching lacrosse to girls, including the history and rules of the game, basic skills, strategies, and practice drills.

The Circle Way

The Circle Way
Author: Christina Baldwin
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1605092584

Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action. This book lays out the structure of circle conversation, based on the original work of the authors who have standardized the essential elements that constitute circle practice.