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Those who dream do so in defiance of a practical world. In beautifully painted verse, author and poet Erin Walker describes the longing and determination of those with vision. These encouraging, and sometimes harrowing, poems speak to the soul of every dreamer.
The pain of dreams delayed or lost. The hope that ambitions will soon be reached. The heart-wrenching tug-of-war between a distracting imagination and the suffocating grind that holds us...
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The Okanagan summer stretches out in front of twelve-year-old Nikki like a sparkling rainbow, with lots of time to spend at the beach and with her horse, Ginger. When her cousin Trevor arrives in his wheelchair, spoiling all her plans, they take an instant dislike to one another. But a vision in the clouds will change both her and Trevor's feelings about a lot of things and, in fact, will help make a dream come true as Trevor competes in the B.C....
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Burial in the Clouds is the first English language translation of Hiroyuki Agawa's classic novel of World War II, Kumo No Bohyo. A powerful novel, it takes the form of the war-time diary of a young Japanese college student inducted into the Imperial Navy at the height of World War II. Trained as a combat pilot, he is transferred to one of the new "special attack" or "kamikaze" units when the tide of the war turns against Japan. Like many young men...
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Rafael Patino has a great life in Rain Valley. He's a teacher at the high school, has a great group of friends, and enjoys the occasional baseball game. Other than the sporadic call from his drunken mother, he's pretty content. He's also been in love with his best friend Dustin for nearly a decade. Years of keeping those feelings under control are put to the test when they begin a summer project together. Dustin Vance builds furniture for a living,...
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After his fifteenth birthday, Blythe Midwinter finds himself in a bit of a pickle. It's high time for him to be a productive member of his family, taking up work he detests in order for his older sister, Molly, to follow her dreams of success as a talented baker. Though the three orphaned Midwinter siblings - Molly, Bertie, and Blythe - are lucky enough to work, they still earn only enough to keep themselves clothed and fed. Blythe desperately wishes...
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Truth is stranger than fiction in this epic fantasy drama that will leave you hanging on the edge of your seat.
Windy Breeze is your ordinary Fairy. She has brown skin and blue hair and loves to spend time in the Junkyard with her pet Dragon, Puff-Puff. She enjoys crafting unique inventions and testing her creations on her father, Edward.
Unexpectedly, Windy is whisked away from her Junkyard haven by Matriarch Xenobia to be presented to Prince Nigel...
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"Daddy, where does lightning come from?"
An epic adventure that takes place during a time period when Dragons were alive and freely roamed the land. The people during this time were getting eaten by a vicious species of Dragons. The ruling King finally orders the total annihilation of all living dragons. A powerful wizard, named Merlinius, who is a friend to the king, does not agree with the King's order, for Merlinius knows that all Dragons are not...
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Stray cat Nin drifts from house to house until he meets a meteorologist named Mark. Then Nin begins his greatest journey yet--to the top of Mount Washington. Follow Nin to a land where the wind howls, snow swirls and wild bears roam. At the Mount Washington Observatory, Nin learns that the best friends--and a wonderful home--can be found anywhere, even high above the clouds.
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Jack Colby, car detective, is plunged into a dangerous investigation when he agrees to track down a classic car that's been missing for over a decade. When car detective Jack Colby is asked by the 'Mad Major' to find one of the original five cars that took place in the original Peking to Paris rally of 1907, he accepts the challenge, but is soon plunged into a far more dangerous investigation. Was the recent death of car restorer Alfred King the accident...
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Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen.
So, when the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young Chandra...
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Although Chandra's father Professor Barnard Wardell is the world's most distinguished Sanskrit scholar, his earnings are barely, enough to support him, his daughter and their faithful servant Ellen. So when, the dashing Lord Damon Frome invites him on a highly paid expedition to Nepal it is a Godsend. But, having spent much of his advance, the Professor is struck down by a heart attack. So, to the fury of the woman-hating Lord Frome, demure young...
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Love is blind. It isnt something you findit finds you, even in the most unlikely of places. Two souls, searching for humanity and hope amid the unspeakable horrors of war and the devastating authority of hatred, find themselves cast together in the Sachsenhausen work camp during the Second World War and the murderous Holocaust that came swiftly with it. One is in the Nazi labor camp by force, the other by one choice or another. Ingrid Hoffman, a gifted...
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Power grid collapses. He has the key to stop his enemy. His nemesis waits. Major's life on the farm abruptly changes after a cyberattack causes the collapse of the US power grid and the economy crashes. His autistic granddaughter's uncanny ability to see danger draws the attention of the power-hungry criminal who intends to control the US government. The attacks on the farm fuel Major's drive to stop the traitor even though others tried and tragically...
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Native American Ray heads home after graduating from college to help run his family's shabby ski resort. Believing that Tina, a beautiful lodge guest, is an incognito travel guide critic, he decides to improve the quality of the family business. In reality, Tina is at the lodge in search of romance and, in a twist of fate, ends up falling for Ray. When Stu, an actual critic, shows up, he is greeted with the staff's typical disorganization.
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In many parts of the world, within a few hundred miles of the equator, there exists a mysterious environment called the rain forest. High up in the mountains of these areas lies an even more mysterious environment--the tropical cloud forest. The Forest in the Clouds explores the enchanting world of the Monte Verde cloud forest in Costa Rica. Discover the splendor and fragile beauty of a precarious ecosystem that receives up to 10 feet of rain and...
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Sunny Albright always sees happy pictures of animals, flowers, and faces in puffy clouds. But she loses her joyful outlook when the COVID-19 pandemic changes her life. Some amazing new friends help her return to her positive self. This uplifting family story is about coping with loss and grief, mixing in fantasy and some simple science to reveal...The Secret In The Clouds.
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"Nail-biting suspense!" -Publishers Weekly
In this "edge-of-the-chair thriller" (San Francisco Chronicle), six people are trapped in an avalanche of horror-and one of them is an armed psychopath gone berserk.
An isolated cabin high on a stormy Colorado mountain that becomes snowbound in a raging blizzard. A homicidal maniac with superb mountaineering skills and sharpshooting aim with a rifle. Two local forest rangers unaware of what they're...
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