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Avast, ye! For anyone who has dreamed of hitting the high seas, manning a crew, brandishing a cutlass, or burying treasure, here's The Pirate Handbook. Part how-to, part illustrated history, this detailed manual gives insight into every aspect of the pirating life: learn how to make a seaworthy raft,...

The chilling sequel to the critically acclaimed CROWFIELD CURSE. In THE CROWFIELD CURSE, young monks' apprentice Will learned he was gifted with the Sight: able to see beyond this mortal coil into the spirit realms of Old Magic. Protected by the warrior fay Shadlok -- and befriended by the wry, wary...

A young girl, orphaned by the death of her grandmother, is uprooted from her Charleston, S.C., home and relocated in a new town where she knows no one and must begin her life anew.

For all of us, there is something that touches our hearts. It may be a lover, a child, a sunset, a place, or a pet. It may be our spouse, a life, a death, or a new baby. It may be a phrase read in a novel, or a line in a favorite poem. But, there is always something- something that reaches our most important center. HEART POEMS explores these things.

The award-winning author of the Joe Grey mystery series teams up with her husband to conjure a charming adventure involving the devil, a thief, a bet, and a phantom cat. Bringing to life an old legend about a ghost cat who helps his pal outsmart the devil himself—introduced in Cat Bearing Gifts—The...

Glasgow 1492. Gil Cunningham remarked later that if he had known he would find a corpse in the university coalhouse, he would never have gone to the Arts Faculty feast. In this mysterious adventure Gil Cunningham returns to his old university for the Nicholas Feast, where he and his colleagues...

Few Americans know the history-changing story of the USS Mason, a World War II warship manned by an African-American crew that served as a role model for the integration of U.S. Navy ships. At a time when most blacks in the Navy were relegated to mess duties, the crew of the USS Mason escorted six convoys...

A Foothills Pride Story Everything about thirty-five-year-old Stone Acres hardware store owner Frank McCord is old-fashioned—from his bow tie and overalls to the way he happily makes house calls to his dreams of lasting romance, true love, and marriage. Frank’s predecessors have run the...

WELCOME TO TYLER - COLD ENOUGH FOR YOU? It's winter carnival time in Tyler. Button up your parka and take a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the deceptively quiet streets of America's favorite hometown. HER HUSBAND LED A SECRET LIFE Janice Eber is shattered by her husband's sudden death....

Speculative fiction is a thing unto itself, full of wonder and wisdom, creativity and imagination, Here is the first anthology of the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop. In these pages, you'll find a mix of fantasy, science fiction, and horror with stories like growing up in the space age, a...

In an Alabama town in the early 1950s during the last polio summer before the Salk vaccine, ten-year-old Tabitha "Tab" Rutland is about to have the time of her life. Although movie theaters and pools have been closed to stem the epidemic, Tab, a tomboy with a passion for Roy Rogers, still...

She was a woman in search of a child… And rugged P.I. Jack Henderson was her last resort—the only man who could help her find her sister's missing baby. But Rachel Montgomery never expected the rush of feelings the long, lean loner would arouse. Then Jack vowed to lay his life on the line...

Todd and Jenny are enjoying married life. They have to wonder where God is when a fly in the ointment suddenly changes everything. Kathleen Reynolds finds a man she thinks she can love, but she is hesitant and doesnt know why. Blanche just wants to be left alone, but that isnt enough...

'The waves, why are they breaking so suddenly?' asked Alex. 'It's going from deep to shallow water real quick. It's called closing out. If you get caught under it pins you down.'One minute Alex is a kid, the next he's searching for deep water. Searching to become a man, to know how to treat the girl...