A desert realm gives up its greatest mystery in the final novel of the epic fantasy adventure series by the author of the Lord Darcy books.After a meteor explosion, Rikardon wakes in a new body and in a strange desert land named Gandalara, where he must uncover his purpose—and survive to outwit his enemies . . .Tarani is the new High Lord of Eddarta, and she intends to end its tradition of slavery and corruption. But before Tarani's rule begins in earnest, sh...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, imagine a picture that stretches for thousands of miles, a picture built from millions upon millions of stones, a picture that has witnessed the ebb and flow of empires, the rise and fall of dynasties, the relentless march of time itself. That, my friends, is me. I am the Great Wall of China. And I'm about to tell you my story. Don't expect a dry recitation of dates and facts. Oh no, my dear reader, I have a few centuries' worth of observ...

Stalin's terror did not only arrest individuals — it dismembered families. When the NKVD came for a father, the machinery of the Soviet state followed with calculated precision: wives were sentenced to five to eight years in forced labor camps, and children as young as eighteen months were seized and placed in state orphanages, ordered to be monitored for "anti-Soviet sentiments." In less than one year of the Great Terror alone, over 15,000 children were sent to orphanages when their paren...

Author reveals a powerful and moving story of one man's journey of transformation and redemption. At a young age of 20, he makes a wrong turn in life and finds himself in lock-up. While in prison, he wakes up to his own consciousness awareness and learns that he was the one standing in his own way to freedom. Discover how he managed to cope with anxiety, stress, social injustice and ultimately turned his life around. His story is inspiring and emotional; yet a true narrative of hope and li...

La crónica de cómo la humanidad se enfrentó a la peor amenaza jamás vista.El final estaba cerca, muy pocos vivieron para contarlo...Sobrevivimos al apocalipsis zombi, sin embargo ¿cuántos de nosotros todavía viven atormentados por los recuerdos de estos tiempos terribles? Hemos derrotado a los muertos vivientes, pero ¿a qué precio? ¿Es solo una victoria temporal? ¿Sigue la especie en peligro de extinción?Contada a través de las voce...

George Garrett, Merchant Seaman, writer, playwright and founder member of Liverpool’s Unity Theatre, was a radical activist who travelled the world and wrote a series of short stories, stage plays and documentary reports about poverty and struggle in the 1920’s and 30’s.This introduction to his work has been published to celebrate the launch of the George Garrett Archive, a Heritage Lottery funded project by Writing on the Wall, designed to preserve, protect and celebrate his legacy...

Murder in the Walls is the story of a murdered prostitute and a cop determined to find the killer. Flora Hobbs owned one of New Mexico's oldest Spanish-style houses, and shared it with a bevy of beautiful working girls. When one of them turned up dead -- in a locked room -- Detective Johnny Ortiz followed a scent that went straight beneath Santo Cristo's respectable facade into a world of hustlers, profiteers -- and at least one killer. Welcome to the first Johnny Ortiz mystery, which was ...