The Engine of Creation, a machine of tremendous power at the heart of the albiz people's rebuilt mountain-city, lies dormant. Should the last reserves of its power expire, the city will become uninhabitable. Meanwhile, rumors abound that the ogres to the north and the humans to the southwest are preparing for war against the very place they helped defend two years earlier—the dragon city of Olkelban.Only the undead Finton, possessed of powerful magic as a byproduct of his resurrect...

Finton saw the destruction of his village, watched the murder of his loved ones, and felt the cold embrace of death itself--heralding the beginning of a new life far more bizarre than he could have imagined.Revived by the mysterious Work of Alour-Tan, Finton finds himself carrying knowledge of immense value in an unfamiliar world that regards him as an abominable creature of evil. As he comes to grips with his situation, he befriends a cannon-wielding elf scout and a philosophical ...

100 recipes for teen and family favorites that prove eating gluten-free doesn't meant sacrificing foods, flavor, or convenience.Sarah Berghoff McClure practically grew up in the kitchens of Chicago's historic Berghoff Restaurant, where wheat-filled German-American favorites such as schnitzels, spaetzles, strudels, and rye bread are staples. When Sarah was diagnosed with Celiac disease, she thought her days of eating her favorite pizzas, pastas, and pastries with her...

Reconsiders the centrality of a remarkable American writer of the ante- and postbellum periodsElizabeth Stoddard was a gifted writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism; successfully published within her own lifetime; esteemed by such writers as William Dean Howells and Nathaniel Hawthorne; and situated at the epicenter of New York’s literary world. Nonetheless, she has been almost excluded from literary memory and importance. This book seeks to understand ...