This story is historical fiction. In this timeline, the Merrie Monarch was known for his love to celebrate as he brought back the luau and the hula. However, King David was forced to deal with several serious issues. The technology of the Industrial Revolution was changing Hawaii drastically. Every Hawaiian was faced with new inventions while trying to hold on to their centuries old traditions. King David was faced with growing tensions from American businessmen and farmers as a coup d'eta...

In this fictional history timeline, Queen Maili (pronounced My Lee) takes over the hawaiian throne after the passing of Queen Lydia. Maili will struggle to keep her island kingdom independent as she negotiates with the United states over the importsnce of Pearl Harbor. Maili realizes that her twin daughters will be the heirs to the throne and must address the challenges of her rocky marriage to the British Prince Austen to protect Hawaii from coup d'etats from the facists and the communist...

This story is historical fiction. In this timeline, Queen Lydia loses both her brother, King David, and her best friend Grace Keilani. To add to her ruling the fragile kingdom, Lydia must rasie the next heir to the Hawaiian throne, baby Maili. Lydia's leadership skills helps her rebuild her relationship with the American businessmen and the United States. However, she is unaware of the growing desire of Japan to dominate the Pacific. Lydia must also face her her feelings of her closest bod...

A starry-eyed boy. A cryptic map. A mythical treasure. What perils await in the chasing of dreams?A famed pirate relic—the Star of Atlantis—lies forgotten someplace along the rugged Welsh coast, where waves and stone clash and where creatures of legend are said to hold sway. When thirteen-year-old Swift finds a map to the treasure, he sets out to claim it and prove his worth to his skeptical brothers who seem determined to thwart his every step. To tease out the se...

A seafarer driven to conquest. A dash to the shore’s bitter end. What hope might arise from the ruin of wrecked dreams?Fourteen-year-old Swift loves the study of medicine. His interest is almost a match to his fascination for sea myths—particularly for the Star of Atlantis, a lost relic from Welsh pirate history.In struggling to “grow up,” Swift sets his sights on competing for a seat in a highly selective internship, for young student...

Former British Prime Minister who will always be remembered for his appeasement policy towards Hitler.

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICC. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standar dization in cancer therapy is needed on a worldwide basis. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment designs available 'to practising oncologists all over the world. Current Treatment of Cancer discusses all the equipment and methods now in use in cancer therapy. It covers all types of cancer, th...

Sea legends and pirate adventures charm eight-year-old Swift, until an encounter with the deadly power of the ocean shocks him into reality. Swift struggles to hang on to his childhood fantasies, but his new grasp of the fragile nature of life and of friendship threatens to swamp his hope. Under the guidance of his older brother, Swift must learn to brave the rough waters of change without losing himself to their destruction.

Missing treasure, murder, possible treason...Emperor Justinian's former Lord Chamberlain, John, gets a letter from his longtime comrade, Felix, and, placing loyalty to a friend above his own safety, risks defying imperial edict by leaving his exile in Greece for Rome where Felix is in some kind of trouble.For years a Captain of the Excubitors at the court in Constantinople, Felix has achieved his ambition to become a General when Justinian sends him to serv...

548 CE, Constantinople. Emperor Justinian, distraught from the death of his wife, Empress Theodora, has exiled his longtime aide, John, the Lord Chamberlain. At the Church of the Holy Apostles, an Egyptian magician tries to raise the empress from the dead. As the unholy ceremony explodes into chaos, supposed demons vanish into the darkness with one of the city's holiest relics. Felix, Captain of the Palace Guard, is selected as John's successor and charged with finding the missing relic.

In January 532, mobs ruled Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire. Against a backdrop lit by raging fires, John, Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, must find those who would use the Nika Riots to dethrone the emperor. But are the ringleaders still in the city—or even alive?Porphyrius, the famous charioteer, may know more than he tells about the disappearance of two men under imperial guard. What of the brothers with a distant claim on the throne? Or the headstrong young girl? W...

'Gripping subjects, brilliantly drawn characters and a twisty turny journey from beginning to end. A tense, thrilling read and definitely 5 humongous stars from me' Angela Marsons.Someone stole a baby...One sunny day in July, someone took three-month-old Alicia Owen from her pram outside a supermarket. Her mother, Marie, was inside. No one saw who took Alicia. And no one could find her.They silenced her cry...