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Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn are in Arkansas when they learn of a local legend-a mythical wild pig that's the size of a calf known as "Haggard Hoofs." Tom brashly claims he and Huck can catch this legendary swine and makes a large bet with a local townsman. But Huck knows it's a bad bet-because he knows "Haggard Hoofs" doesn't actually exist! Has Tom Sawyer finally bet off more than he can chew?This exciting adventure also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section! Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.

Follow a little girl named Jisel in this heartfelt true story as she discovers there are children less fortunate than she is and embarks on a mission to do something about it. (Multicultural)

Bill and Fiona, the lovable anti-heroes of the "Love & Bullets" trilogy, find themselves in the toughest of tough spots: badly wounded, hunted by assorted cops and goons, and desperately in need of a drink (or five).After a round-the-world tour of spectacular criminality, Bill and Fiona find themselves back in New York. But it's not exactly home-sweet-home: Locked in a panic room on the top floor of a skyscraper, surrounded by pretty much everyone in three zip codes who wants to kill them, they'll need to figure out how to stay upright and breathing... and maybe deal out a little payback in the process.Can they survive?Even better, can they make a profit off all this?Main Bad Guy caps a series described as "a Tarantino movie in prose" (Sons of Spade) and "deliciously deranged" (Raven Crime Reads).Praise for MAIN BAD GUY: "It's no surprise that Nick Kolakowski brought the heat with his latest novel Main Bad Guy. The surprise is that you won't know which landed harder: His stripped-down, hard-boiled prose, the explosive dialogue, or the wickedly insane and diabolical humor. Grab hold of this one with both hands and hold on tight." -Eryk Pruitt, author of Townies and What We Reckon

They say you can never go back...'Course, I never wanted to return. It took me years to age out. Once I made it, I took off and never turned around.Trust me, there were only three reasons I managed to survive there as long as I did and they abandoned me as soon as they were able. I'd like to say I didn't blame them, but that would be a lie.I had zero desire to return. Yet here I was, on the road to Northland chasing a story cause my editor told me kids were disappearing... again.It doesn't matter what I want, I'm taking the fastest route to the darkest part of my past.And then I'll be home... *Please note this is a reverse harem and the authors suggest you always read the foreword in their books. Contains some dark elements, mature situations, and is definitely intended for 18+. This is a standalone and if you're very good, the elves might even bring it sooner than Christmas.

Bill is a hustler's hustler with a taste for the high life. He pulls off big scores for one of New York City's more vicious gangs...until he suddenly grows a conscience. However, living the clean life takes a whole lot of money, and so Bill decides to steal a fortune from his employer before skipping town.With a bag of cash in the trunk of his car, Bill heads west, ready for a new life. But all that money makes him a tempting target for some bad people he meets on the road-and if that wasn't dangerous enough, some old friends are close behind him, and they intend to make a trophy of his head.Pursued by crooked cops, dimwitted bouncers, and a wisecracking assassin in the midst of a midlife crisis, Bill will need to be a quick study in the way of the gun if he wants to survive his own getaway. Who knew that an honest attempt at redemption could rack up a body count like this?A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps is a gonzo noir journey into obsession, violence, and the power of love.

Looking for a compelling Amish cozy mystery with a surprise ending? Try the first three books in The Amish Lantern Mystery Series!Thick as Thieves - Book 1The small-town Amish community has always been peaceful and quiet. But everything turns to chaos when the sheriff is found dead, and Moses Schrock is accused of his murder.Amish twin sisters, well known as the wise women in their community, step up to do their own investigation alongside a brash big city detective. Whether he likes it or not, the women are determined to help solve the complicated crime and clear their family name.But, the two amateur investigators soon question whether they are in over their heads and begin to doubt if they can solve the mystery in front of them.Secrets in Little Valley - Book 2With the bishop's daughter suddenly missing and a new sheriff in town, Anna and Beth find themselves roped into solving another mystery in their small town.Levi expects to meet Ruby at their secret spot in the woods, but she is nowhere to be found. Due to a disagreement earlier that day at the breakfast table, Ruby's father is faced with a battle of pride as the bishop of the Amish community. But when Ruby doesn't come home for dinner, he and his wife begin to worry that Ruby's disappearance might be more than just a teenage temper tantrum.The new sheriff of Little Valley works hard to uncover all the secrets surrounding Ruby's disappearance and rebuild the community's confidence in the law. But he realizes he can't do it alone. He reaches out to the trusted wise women and amateur investigators, Anna and Beth, for help.Everywhere the twin sisters turn, another secret is revealed, but the biggest secret of all is about to be uncovered.Saving Grace - Book 3The Amish community in Little Valley is facing big changes and big threats with tourism booming. It becomes clear that some of the new businesses want control of the market, and it looks like they are willing to go to great lengths to get it.With one barn after another set on fire in the middle of the night, it becomes personal, and the community is scared for the well-being of their families and their future in the small town.Anna Miller and Beth Troyer are considered the wise women in the community and are equipped with a couple solved murder mysteries under their belt. The sisters are ready to untangle the clues and find the real story behind the fires. But will they be able to solve the mystery and convince the community to stay?If you enjoy a cozy mystery filled with wonderful and intriguing characters, you'll love The Amish Lantern Mystery Series. Start reading now!

23 tales of crime collected in the 4th volume of the Shotgun Honey Presents anthology series. Featuring Brom Stoker nominated short story "The Thing I found Along a Dirt Patch Road" by Cindy O'Quinn. Including stories from Rusty Barnes, Susan Benson, Sarah M. Chen, Kristie Claxton, Jen Conley, Brandon Daily, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Hector Duarte Jr., Danny Gardner, Carmen Jaramillo, Nick Kolakowski, JJ Landry, Bethany Maines, Tess Makavesky, Alexander Nachej, Brandon Sears, Johnny Shaw, Kieran Shea, Gigi Vernon, and Patrick Whitehurst.Originally published in 2020, re-issued with cover by Ray Dillon. Edited by series editor Ron Earl Phillips.

Sue the ladybug loved watching the clouds, smelling flowers, reading books, and watching TV... but didn't like to exercise. Follow along as Sue learns the value of exercise and how it lets her continue to do the things she loves.

Slaughterhouse Blues catches up with Bill and Fiona, the chattery and gun-happy anti-heroes of A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps, soon after they've escaped the Rockaway Mob, the criminal enterprise from which Bill "borrowed" several million dollars.Holed up in Havana, Bill and Fiona know the Mob is coming for them-it's just a question of time. But they're not prepared for who the Mob sends: a pair of assassins so utterly amoral and demented, their behavior pushes the boundaries of sanity. Seriously, what kind of killers pause in mid-hunt to discuss the finer points of thread count and luxury automobiles?Forced on the run (again), Bill and Fiona will venture from the crumbling streets of Cuba to the steaming jungles of Nicaragua, and finally back to the mean streets of New York City. If they want to survive, our fine young criminals can't retreat anymore: they'll need to pull off a massive (and massively weird) heist-and the loot has some very dark history...

The Raven and the Wolf, emerge into the open light; who will win when the secrets and blood clear? Caught. The Raven lies crushed beneath the FFs headquarters. Out of time, out of schemes, out of gadgets... Alone and helpless in the midst of his worst enemies. But Joe has friends now, family bound to him by Christ's blood. Nehi holds a trump card, waiting out in the wastelands watching the FFs. But does he understand what he holds? With the Bible returned, the Raven crushed and helpless, conspiracies and secrets thickening, and the Wolf still rampaging amongst the flock, can the Hillsons finally resurrect the Sojourner kingdom? Will all be lost at the end?

Unlock the power of intentional living and see how a year can change you with "A Monthly Guide to... BECOMING INTENTIONAL." Your path to an empowered life starts here-pen in hand, heart open, ready for the days ahead.

En abril de 1980, una familia es despertada abruptamente por fuertes golpes y gritos en su puerta. Los militares han venido por ellos. Es la época del éxodo del Mariel en La Habana, Cuba. No toda la familia podrá emprender este viaje rumbo a la tierra de la libertad. Dos hermanas, que han sido inseparables y compartido la misma casa en la calle Zapote, son separadas repentinamente. Una de ellas, Laura, se irá junto con sus tres hijos para reunirse con su esposo tras doce años de separación forzosa. La otra, Berta, se ha quedado junto a Antonio, su esposo, y sus hijas, puesto que no se les ha permitido partir. Como por arte de magia, tras el éxodo de Laura, Berta y su núcleo familiar se convierten en enemigos del estado. Muchos de sus vecinos, y hasta miembros de la familia, les dan la espalda. Enfrentan el terror constante de que turbas violentas, alentadas por el gobierno de Castro, los saquen de su casa para golpearlos, injuriarlos y hasta ajusticiarlos por su "traición". La familia teme por sus vidas. La familia ha enfrentado una constante y cruel lucha por mantenerse unida y por sobrevivir. Esta lucha, además de quitarles el sueño, la salud y las energías, les amenaza con destruir lo poco que les queda. Deben hacer todo lo posible para salir de la isla, juntos, y salvar sus vidas.

The Beatitudes Revisited is a thought-provoking dive into a very familiar section of scripture called the Sermon on theMount. Readers will find themselves both challenged and inspired by a deeper understanding and a new appreciationof Jesus' message to His disciples in every generation.

The Types of Water for Purification from the Purification and Prayer series by Green Fig is an educational tool to teach children the seven types of pure and purifying water that one can use for wudu' in accordance with authentic fiqh texts such as The Text of Abu Shuja'. Children will enjoy the bright and lively description of rain, snow, hail, spring, the well, river, and the sea. It also teaches children, in its fun and engaging format, facts about water, a ubiquitous element in their everyday life in addition to many other religious benefits.

This little girl knows she's much more than a peasant. She's excited to prove her royal status to the world, and to herself. But the path to the castle is filled with distracting side roads and it's not quite as glamorous as she'd thought. Does she have what it takes to be a True Princess? This adorable and touching story is told in rhyme with gorgeous, flowing meter. It's a joy to read aloud to your strong, independent girls. Bonus Paper Doll cutout section in the back of the book! Kids can even color their own paper doll to match their hair and features. This story has a religious undertone in its suggestion that the girl is a princess because she's the daughter of the King.

Spacefaring explorer Rod Gallowglass discovers a lost colony planet with a bizarre pseudo-medieval culture, witches and warlocks, and monsters out of myth and legend. How can a place like this even exist?

Raphael Roberts is back in this final installment of the Good Cop, Bad Cop series.Raphael dodges yet another bullet when he's recruited by the feds. He's unleashed on the city of Atlanta's booming drug market.He's so deep undercover the lines begin to blur. He soon loses track and can't recall if he's an undercover cop pretending to be a dope boy or dope boy pretending to be a cop.His old comrade from the police force joins him but officer Johnson has secrets of her own.Not even Superman can does all bullets and unlike Superman Raphael isn't bulletproof. Turn the page and see if he'll be remembered as a Good Cop or Bad Cop...

Penelope Standing walks dogs, delivers mail, and never lets her age keep her from getting into trouble. There's always something interesting happening nearby.Then their small town's artist-in-residence turns up dead. Though nobody had a motive to poison the French painter, Penelope can't help but wonder if it really was an accident.Turns out Jean-Philippe had secrets. And the killer isn't finished yet.

Danger comes from many anglesAnd hits you when you least expect itOn the galactic fringe, there are no second chances.With the investigation into the corruption on Las Brazzas expanding, Fugitive Recovery Specialist Travis Hurts is called into action. He'll have to use all his resources to get past a team of security experts and captured one of the main culprits from Las Brazzas. And while his focus is on one fugitive, others are conspiring against him. If he isn't careful, everything he's worked so hard for will be swept away in the blink of an eye.Travis Hurts isn't the only person on the hunt. Sanada Soto is the silent assassin, an unstoppable avenger who deals out justice on his own terms. But he has someone in his sights that is just as dangerous as Soto is, and the stakes are life and death.Evolving Threat is the third book in the Travis Hurts series. From master storyteller Toby Neighbors comes a novel of high adventure across the galaxy. Evolving Threat is a fast paced, high stakes, novel you won't be able to put down. If you love Star Wars, and The Mandalorian, you'll love Evolving Threat and the entire Travis Hurts series.

Kit Morgan has always hated change-he's as steady as they come.At least, that's what his friends think. Feeling trapped by a routine he never wanted but everyone expects, Kit is almost glad when his life suddenly falls apart-especially when it leads to him running into his middle school girlfriend, Skyler, who happens to need a fake fiancé for a family reunion.The two pick up where they left off seventeen years prior, and Kit reverts back to the friendly and fun-loving person she knew for the semester they were together-someone completely different from the role he's been playing his entire life. Desperate to cling to his chance to change his life for the better and finally live the life he's always wanted, Kit is ready to tell Skyler he's in it for real. The problem? She has no intention of settling down anytime soon. Or ever.Torn between the reliable life he's always known and a sweeter one without guarantees, Kit has to convince Skyler-and himself-that past patterns can be broken and relationships are worth fighting for.Otherwise, he might lose the only person who's ever known the real him.

Allie has sworn off dating.Which is unfortunate, because the cute guy at the grocery store has finally struck up a conversation, and shy and sweet Ben is even more adorable than he looks. When an ex shows up trying to rekindle the flame at the same time her mother tries to set her up with a neighbor, Allie ropes Ben into being her fake boyfriend to get everyone off her back.Ben has been in love with the stranger at the grocery store for months despite never speaking to her. When he finally works up the courage to say hi, he's suddenly thrown into a fake relationship with no chance of things becoming real. Not unless he helps Allie on her journey of self-discovery.A weekend of pretending to be a couple turns into weeks of hanging out and discovering together the people they want to be. But despite Allie's growing feelings for practically perfect Ben, she isn't sure she can risk the best friendship she's ever had when all of her past relationships have failed.Or maybe a little risk is worth a chance at real love.

They're sworn enemies. They also happen to be incredibly attracted to one another.After bonding at a half-marathon, rival gym owners Cam and Kailani discover the person they thought could be their soulmate turns out to be the reason their respective businesses are failing. When a heat-of-the-moment kiss leads to the pair becoming viral sensations, they pretend to be a couple to keep up interest despite the hatred they feel toward each other.But new clients are not the only thing drawn in by the star-crossed lovers' fake relationship. They also grab the attention of a famous fitness mogul who tells them he wants to sponsor one of their gyms. The catch? One of them has to beat the other in a televised competition.With undeniable attraction pulling the two together for real, Cam and Kailani agree to set their differences aside and enjoy the time they get to spend together while competing. Each new challenge becomes a chance for the two of them to get to know each other better, but their pasts keep getting in the way.Unless they can learn to truly trust each other, not even a miracle can save a relationship that was doomed from the start.

John Martin Finlay was born on January 24, 1941 in Ozark, Alabama. He died on February 17, 1991, in Dothan, Alabama. Finlay received his Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1980, the same year he converted to Roman Catholicism. This Wiseblood Books edition of Finlay's poetry and related writings is the most comprehensive edition to date, including many previously uncollected and unpublished materials.John Finlay's poems are almost all in traditional literary forms. He mainly wrote plain-style lyrics of direct statement, short narratives, and post-symbolist poems whose sensuous details exhibit controlled associationism in which definite ideas and feelings are indirectly yet logically presented. Whether plain-style, narrative, or post-symbolist, Finlay's poems are serious, simple, deep, direct, and often traumatically revealing of the human condition. The best of them are truly unforgettable.Finlay addresses such subjects as the origin of the mind, the relation of mind and matter, the mind and the irrational, the mind and God, the nature of evil, Thomistic theology, philosophical subjectivism, the inscrutability and beauty of the natural world, primitive religious rituals, and, especially in the later poems, family life in the South since the early nineteenth century, Indian life in the South, the nature of modern war, and the isolation of the serious thinker and the artist in the contemporary world.Particularly impressive are poems in which these themes are confronted by one or another of Finlay's heroes of the mind, including Odysseus, Oedipus, Solon, the exiled Ovid, a Benedictine monk, Samuel Johnson, Audubon, Henry James, or Sherlock Holmes and poems in which characters such as Narcissus, Spanish gold-hunters, Descartes, and Rimbaud suffer various forms of self-delusion which warp or destroy their moral nature. Among Finlay's most poignant and tragic figures are those who, through madness or disease, allow us to see beyond their suffering and unawareness the divinely ordained, objective moral grounding of the world. Examples of such characters are the mad women in "The Locked Wards," the shattered Confederate veteran in "The Blood of Shiloh," and the hate-filled, natural-law-denying novelist in "A Portrait of a Modern Artist."Readers who want serious poems that vividly present sensuous experience as understood by a mature mind steeped in classical and Christian tradition, yet fully aware of the problems of the contemporary world and of the perpetual threat of the primitive and the irrational, should find much here to contemplate. In their severe and uncompromising grandeur John Finlay's best poems are surely permanent additions to American literature.

John Martin Finlay (1941-1991) was born in Ozark, Alabama. Finlay received his Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1980, the same year he converted to Roman Catholicism.Following the line of argument in the essay "Mere Literature and the Lost Traveller" by Allen Tate (1899-1979)-fellow southerner, poet-critic, and convert to Roman Catholicism-Finlay searched for, detected, and then subjected to an analysis both passionate and dispassionate certain Gnostic beliefs concerning the relationship between God (as the detached and absent Deus absconditus), the human mind, and the natural world. Finlay discovered this sometimes-hidden presence of Gnosticism not only in self-consciously modern writers such as Flaubert, Valéry, Nietzsche, Freud, and Kafka but even in some of the theological writings of Cardinal John Henry Newman and in the poetry of the poet-priest Gerard Manley Hopkins. At the same time, Finlay, as he well knew, was confronting such Gnostic demons in his own life and mind. Finlay described his analysis of the Gnostic spirit in modern writers as a "journey through hell."This Wiseblood Books edition of Finlay's prose writings is the most comprehensive edition to date, bringing together for the first time all of Finlay's essays and book reviews, his one known short story, statements about poetics, and other prose writings including selections from Finlay's letters and diaries. Two of the four appendices-one by Lewis P. Simpson and one by David Middleton-put into historical context, and the context of Finlay's own life, the essays that make up his posthumously published book on Gnosticism and Modernity. For this Wiseblood Books edition, these essays have been re-edited and the original title of the book has been restored: Flaubert in Egypt and Other Essays. An updated bibliography of works by and about Finlay is included at the end of the volume.

Air Force Combat Controller Derek Bollinger knows what it is to feel that every breath might be his last. Enduring hell in an enemy prison for five weeks taught him that. The only thing that got him through it was the thought of his family, his hometown of Oak Creek, Wyoming, and especially of Becky Mackay. He survived, but with blood on his hands. His own. His friends' who died beside him. His enemies'. And then...Becky's. A night that should've been perfect for them both turned into a nightmare Derek can never wake up from, leaving him with only one option: staying the hell away. But Becky has almost lost the man she loves too many times-first to that prison camp, then to his own demons. She's not going to lose him again. Yes, that night between them changed everything. Changed her. But change isn't always a bad thing. And it's time for them to stand together to face his PTSD and their future. Especially when an unexpected danger comes after them both. Together will be the only way to survive.

It's been a year since he returned from the mystical land of Dragon Village, and he's had no word from his dragon father, Zmey. Was the promise to teach Theo about his powers a lie? Has his father abandoned him?

Theo is not only in a race against time to save his father, but the Golden Apple has ripened. The fruit holds the key to immortality. When the apple disappears, accusations fly.

Twelve-year-old Theo discovers that dragons are real when Lamia, a three-headed monster, kidnaps his sister. Now he has to find a way to get her back.

An Elite Journey II: The First Task of Leadership is a sequel continuing the main character, CJ Harding's journey of becoming his best self. While continuing to read from his late father's leadership manual, CJ expands his leadership through new teammates, coaches, and mentors. CJ also finds himself in the middle of a tragedy, which has caught the nation's attention. Ultimately, this is a story of a young man who, while striving to become an elite athlete, discovers just what is - the first task of leadership.

The final battle with Lamia is looming. Detailed plans have to be made. But Theo can't let Diva die. Two things can cure her: the Golden Apple, which Lamia has, or his mother's magical robe, which his other aunt, Magda, has stolen.