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When 24-year-old twins Laurie and Joseph Ercolani inherit a bundle upon the death of their estranged father, they learn their sailing-enthusiast father also left each an identical sailing yacht. The twins have different ideas about what to do with their inheritance. Laurie sees it as an opportunity to fulfill her dream of making a movie. Joe sees it as seed-money for a get-rich-quick scheme.

The Memory Keeper is the story of Tomas Romero, a native of the Acjachemen band, whom the Spanish rename Juaneno. Born in 1820 in San Juan Capistrano, Tomas attends the mission school where, in addition to the catechism, he learns to read, write, and cipher - uncommon for the Indians in San Juan at the time. Because Tomas assists the padres, he becomes aware of the world outside the small religious community.

In a divided nation, a sharpshooter with nothing to lose can change the course of history. Missouri, 1862. Rob Finn has a lot of Confederate blood on his hands. From his humble origins as an Irish immigrant farmer, Rob rose through the ranks to become a special operations sniper with the nickname "Longshot". But even he was powerless to stop the war from stealing the lives of his wife and children....

The gold is not making it to the governments of the USA and the CSA. Why? Ambitious politicians point fingers with one hand while stealing from the till with the other. There is violence in the streets and folks are unsure and upset. Can a few good men sort this out? And can anyone tell the good guys from the bad guys? Pinkerton agent Rob Finn and his sidekick Lonnie Walters return to Bannack to get the gold supply flowing to the Union again.

"Wake up, Matt, wake up", an insistent voice repeats in my head. From that moment, Matt McGregor's life will never be the same. Upon awaking from cold sleep, Matt, co-captain of the space freighter, HC7 McGregor-15, discovers the ship has been abandoned and life support is failing. Once he gets the systems started, he finds out his brother and co-captain, Mike, has been captured by space pirates. Matt immediately sets out to rescue Mike, aided by the disembodied voices.

Rob Finn is joined by William Cody and Lonnie Walters as they begin their journey into the gold country of the west in 1862. Rob meets desperate and unscrupulous men such as Henry Plummer, as well as gentle and generous natives who heal and help the strangers in their land. We learn that the treasures of the earth are sought by greedy men on both sides of the Civil War, while lasting friendships are the goal of and reward for precious few hearty souls.

1862 was the year that the US Civil War underwent a major ramping up. People on both sides of the fight were confused, angry, and hesitant. Most believed the 'war' would have already been over. Very few people realized to what extent the citizenry was being manipulated to participate in the country's most dividing event in its history. In Longshot in Missouri, we meet Rob Finn - an Irish immigrant farmer living in Wisconsin - and follow him through his introduction to the grueling realities of war within a nation.

Lakeview Park is a collection of O. Henry-like slice-of-life stories about the people who frequent a fictitious park. These tales reveal folks of all ages, from a small child to the elderly.

On Earth in the year 2148, the utopian city-state known as the New Republic is fractured and focused on maintaining an iron grip on its citizens as a growing resistance movement threatens to topple the old regime. Logan Yarbrough struggles with his loyalties. In his heart, he knows the cause of the resistance is righteous but he’s no longer willing to help their leaders train for the great uprising. The urge to fight in simpler times overwhelms Logan and he flees the conflict of the present to experience the challenges represented in the ancient past.

Most people would give anything to have a chance to relive their youth. But not Randall Turner. Randall happened to be reliving his youth every single day, trapped in a never-ending, Groundhog Day-style time loop. At least, that's what he told his classmate, Jack Robertson. Randall bumped into Jack one fateful night, seemingly by happenstance, then vanished without a trace.

This is the place where the harrowed ghosts of a dozen generations whisper in the shadows of their ancestral home, where one family’s dreams of a new beginning turned into a nightmare that ended in tragedy.

Clinging to life underground after a cataclysmic nuclear war, the remains of the human race are desperate for a way to change the past. Harnessing the power of an artificial wormhole, their only hope to avert global annihilation is to travel back in time and alter the discovery of nuclear fission. Humanity's future rests on the unlikely shoulders of Proteus. Born with a unique genetic mutation, scientists discover that he is the only one capable of surviving the ravages of time-travel. Proteus is sent backward to early 20th-century London...but Time doesn't want the past to change.

I’d do anything to free my wolf and finally take my place in my father’s pack, even steal a creepy-as-hell chalice from a secret treasure hoard. Too bad this goblet’s hot guardian is a homicidal psychopath who’s vowed to murder me. To complicate matters further, my team’s been sent to hunt down another sketchy artifact. My father is acting weird, my best friend just kissed me, and I’m pretty sure a dragon is on our tail. As deadly secrets begin to unfold, will the promise of freeing my wolf be worth risking the lives of my team?

In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed, with momentous implications for social and economic life. Legal reforms gradually brought an end to traditions of local self-government and associative citizenship, replacing them with positive statecraft: governmental activism intended to change how Americans lived and worked. William J. Novak shows how Americans translated new conceptions of citizenship, social welfare, and economic democracy into demands for law and policy that delivered public services and vindicated people's rights.

Cazlandt, the first of the archmages, seeks atonement. He travels to the corrupted realm of Urbus to discover a spell capable of reaching beyond the final curtain to undo his murder of a friend seven centuries ago. Guided by a swordsman with his own haunted past and a talking, flying cat, Cazlandt travels across a realm of wraiths and shadow. Battling fragments of banished dark gods, daemons from the space between worlds, and the poisonous energy seeping into his mortal shell, he forges toward the world tree for a single, selfless act.

On Earth in the year 2143, the New Republic struggles with a new epidemic: suicide. A managed world without challenges to the human spirit has turned utopian life into one not worth living. To deal with this problem, the New Republic grants TimeMap Inc. access to time-travel technology, and soon time tourism flourishes.

Under the soil, under the surface, there lived a lowly worm called Wallace. One day, he cried: "My world is dark and my life is no good. I've never seen the sun and all I eat is mud!" Wallace cried and Wallace sighed until from the dark a wise voice replied.... That voice would change Wallace's perspective forever!

Lucy's favorite place in the world is her grandfather's farm that is full of animals, trees, and exciting places to explore.When her grandpa falls ill and mysterious people dressed in suits show up at the farm, Lucy enlists the help of Nature itself to protect her favorite tree. Will Lucy and her farm animal companions be enough?

For Kale Goodwin it’s love at first sight when he sees Annie working at the county fair. Darkly beautiful, she’s unlike anyone he’s ever met. There’s an electricity to her-something dangerous and magnetic. Their love is fast and passionate. Kale is quickly swept away.

Escape the dungeon of an enchanted castle, race back to the den before my psycho dragon stalker snatches me up, convince my father to change his artifact-stealing ways before he gets his pack killed…. I’ve totally got this.