Bill is out of options. Unemployed, alone and returning to the raucous seas of Northern California, the only home he knows, he takes a loan out at the bank and pours his last cent into his final chance for redemption: a tired old boat without a name. Although "pitted with rust" with "the cancer of salt corrosion gnawing at the copper engine parts" Bill purchases the WWII craft, warts and all, hoping he can eventually turn her into a solid charter. After encountering his old friend Ike, an ...

Todos nós queremos ter uma vida mais feliz e sem estresse; no entanto, a maioria das pessoas não sabe como fazer isso.Pensa-se que para viver uma vida mais feliz, é necessário possuir bens materiais em grandes quantidades. Isso é compreensível porque, como seres humanos, cometemos o erro de pensar que para sermos felizes, termos uma vida pacífica e livre de estresse, precisamos de todos os bens materiais que queremos. No entanto, isso está completamente equivocado....

Este divertido y súper fácil libro de meditación te permite comenzar inmediatamente a aprender los conceptos básicos de la meditación en la respiración.Puedes comenzar donde estás: en el trabajo, vacaciones, en cualquier lado. La meditación no necesita ser complicada. Es un proceso muy simple, pero muchos maestros lo complican con vocabulario nuevo, docenas de reglas para seguir, muchos libros para leer, etc.¿Alguna vez has pensado intentar meditar pero no ...

A collection of three science fiction novels by Scott Michael Decker, now in one volume!Edifice Abandoned: Studying ancient sites on a backwater planet, Archaeologist Nosuma Okande finds more of them than The Institute has on record. On her first day, she digs up an odd statuette. After receiving death threats, the Institute sends Nosuma to another excavation site. Later the same night, she stumbles upon a strange ceremony in the village square. Undeterred, Nosuma ...

Seeking Sword looks to the south for only one thing: The Northern Imperial Sword, which now lies dormant in the vaults of the Eastern Empire.Without it, Seeking Sword will always be a bandit. And to get it, he'll have to defeat the Heir.Abandoned to bandits as an infant, Seeking Sword has known adversity, but nothing has prepared him to lead a campaign against such an adversary. It isn't the Heir's formidable fighting skills nor his tactical acumen that so dismays the bandi...

La hija adulta del primer ministro comienza a comportarse con una total ausencia de medios y perspicacia. El hijo del soñador de un almirante se involucra en cinco años de comportamiento despilfarrador después de su excelente graduación de la Academia.Un médico llamado para examinar ambos vástagos determina que son mutaclones. Su esposa secuestrada y su clínica bombardeada, el médico huye a través de la galaxia, hacia la fortaleza de sus antagonistas.

One by one, three ancient and heavily-guarded talismans disappear.Columba Riverford has just been inducted into the Hall of Swords. But during his swearing-in ceremony, the sacred sword Genesyx is stolen, and Columba accused of its theft.Meanwhile, Aridisia Myric is about to be granted membership to the Crypt of Scrolls when the One Scroll Canodex vanishes. Soon after, the One Stone Luxullian disappears and Baron Marl Gneiss is denied induction into the Vault of Stones....

Life has not been easy for Amber, Kathy and Theresa. After growing up scorned by their respective peoples, the three half-breed women find out they share one thing in common — their human father.Summoned to Earth, their journeys take them far afield as someone or something tries to stop them from arriving safely.After crash landing to different planets, the three attempt to complete their journey to Earth while learning more about their true heritage... and the one thing th...

Studying ancient sites on a backwater planet, Archaeologist Nosuma Okande finds more of them than The Institute has on record.On her first day, she digs up an odd statuette. After receiving death threats, the Institute sends Nosuma to another excavation site. Later the same night, she stumbles upon a strange ceremony in the village square.Undeterred, Nosuma decides to unearth the mysteries the planet holds. But can she untangle the enigmatic past of an Edifice Aband...

All four books in 'Fall Of The Swords', a series of fantasy novels by Scott Michael Decker, now in one volume!The Peasant: Following a civil war, an empire grapples with the devastating fallout. His conscience heavy, Peasant General Guarding Bear wants to usurp the tyrannical emperor’s throne. But the general’s rivals continue to play games, seeking to avenge their name and reclaim the Northern Imperial Sword. With his reign threatened and no progeny to his name, t...

Tired of lying in wait, the exiled Noble Bandit seizes his chance at revenge. Meanwhile, as the birth of the Royal Twins nears, Peasant General Guarding Bear is repatriated by the Emperor.Fearing for the safety of his heirs, the emperor orders the general to lay siege to his enemy’s fortress. In preparation, the general recruits the aid of a powerful wizard and a skilled young healer – but none of them suspects a traitor in their midst.As loyalties are tested and new allian...

The Federation is on the verge of collapse. After three people disappear into the mysterious portals that hold the empire together, Culann Penrose is called in to investigate.After he discovers that the ancient gate system is crumbling, he orders them to be shut down. The druids oppose Penrose's plans, and soon, Culann discovers that something is out to destroy him, and plunge the Empire into an age of darkness.Can Culann's Science save Magic before it destroys him, or will...