"The premise [of Anchored] is not only the right blend of imagination, mystery, and hold-your-breath action, but is entirely unique and leaves the reader wanting more. This is a 10 out of 10." --Publisher's Weekly.Two worlds, one fate …Alora’s life has been anything but magical. Since her parents died, she and her brother have been on the run from a creepy, doggedly determined social worker. In a few more months she turns eighteen, but until then, ...

This is the story of a quest I began three decades ago the search for my Chinese identity. The path I travelled was not linear, and the years brought pain as well as joy. But, while this is a narrative about being Chinese and also a New Zealander, I know that the search for purpose and meaning in life is universal. I hope that others in our culturally diverse society will find their own ways to embark on that same journey.'Helene Wong was born in New Zealand in 1949, to parents whose famil...

"A fast moving, engaging tale in what promises to be an epic fantasy romance series," Kirkus Reviews.The first time Chancery’s twin sister tried to kill her was on their ninth birthday. In the intervening years, nothing improved. In fact, Judica stabbed her hand with a fork just this morning so she could take the last pancake.Then Judica threw it to her dog.But Chancery has a secret.She’s been watching their people’s finest warrior for years...

For fifteen years, Darla has been stranded alone on a deserted island. When three strange men crash-land there, she watches from the trees, terrified they'll be just as cruel as the last men who came.But these men are different. They laugh, they share, they're kind to the wildlife. And despite every instinct telling her to stay hidden, Darla finds herself drawn to them. She begins helping in secret, leaving food and small gifts, until the line between fear and curi...

It’s the honor of an Amplifier to bear an Alpha’s heir, to provide him a son worthy of his name and the land’s magic.This has been Addison’s expectation—among others—from birth, taught that it’s the noble thing for her to do without power of her own. So when an unexpected raid murders her mate and his entire pack, she flees to a remote town where she lives her days bereft and pregnant as the sole survivor.Until the impossible finds her two years later.Three...

Tragedy strikes Minnie Ward's beloved Variety Palace Theatre when a man is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Along with private detective Albert Easterbrook, she investigates. The trail leads them from the streets of London to a grand country house in the Suffolk countryside, home of the shadowy Spirit Sisterhood, who promise their clients an audience with the deceased.Minnie isn't buying it. She goes undercover within the Sisterhood and enters an eerie world of seances and m...

Not everything wicked is bad. . .Bevin Bahar has spent her entire life trying to be good. That sounds pretty boring until you learn she’s demonspawn, and her very nature cries out for evil. Most demonspawn plunge headfirst into darkness, eager to claim the power from embracing their birthright. Bevin’s twin sister certainly did.But Bevin has fought her descent tooth and claw. Lately that’s been a little too literal for her, but at least she hasn’t been figh...

Since its publication in 1987, Claudia Orange’s book has become the standard guide to one of the key documents in New Zealand history, selling over 40,000 copies.The complexities of the Treaty, which have done so much to shape New Zealand history for nearly 200 years, are thoughtfully explored as Orange examines the meanings the document has held for Māori and Pākehā.A new introduction brings it up to date with all that has happened since, complementing the book’s lucid and well-researched...

I knew nothing about mates...until the alpha rejected me.Growing up in one of the biggest packs in the world, my life from the second I turn 18 is planned out for me: Find my true mate in the moon ceremony, giving me the power to share the shifter energy that is given to the males of the pack by the moon goddess herself; the power to shift into a wolf.But for the first time in the history of our pack, the new alpha is mated with a nobody. A foster kid livin...

She’s a prim and proper mafia princess.He’s a dirty-talking Bratva boss.To seal their union, he tattoos her ring finger: Property of Dimitri Kozlov.Dimitri KozlovHer family broke their promise, now I’ll take what’s owed: Her.No one makes me look weak.I’ll show everyone there are consequences for crossing my family.Arianna Pontrelli is mine.I forge her signature on the marriage contract.And stake my claim on this cold, ...

Dominant. Dangerous. Obsessed.After Dad cut me off, it was time to start over, far away from my past. New city. New university. New life. A whole new me.Too bad they seem hellbent on ruining my plans. The Kings of Kilborn have set their sights on me, threatening to ruin everything I've built for myself.Kaleb is the broken prince, drowning himself in booze and women to fill the dark void within. Hardin is his quietly menacing older brother, ...

Linux Kernel Development details the design and implementation of the Linux kernel, presenting the content in a manner that is beneficial to those writing and developing kernel code, as well as to programmers seeking to better understand the operating system and become more efficient and productive in their coding.The book details the major subsystems and features of the Linux kernel, including its design, implementation, and interfaces. It covers the Linux kernel with bot...