Will Hamelin be summoned again?Hamelin suspects that his friend Layla is the lost princess from the Land of Gloaming. As he describes his daring adventures to trusted friends at the children’s home, an intricate tapestry of stories emerges. Layla admits that she has had dreams—or are they memories?—of another world with faded light. The orphan boy is not alone in his struggle to learn the truth, search for family, and question the Ancient One’s purposes.

Eleven year old Earnest wants the summer of 1952 to be adventurous. So he cons his friend, Nicholas, into believing a saint directs them to save the world from Commie spies. Earnest learns much from, Guys and Dolls, a book he finds in the garbage. Applying what he learns, Earnest cons Lucky Luigi, a bully, out of a dollar. But then their lives become complexicated.After receiving a sign that the Commies are infilterating their Brooklyn neighborhood, Operation Top Secret is born. Wh...

Hamelin is only a few weeks old as he and his parents, Johnnie and Simon, flee from trackers. Certain of their eventual capture and desperate for their son’s survival, Johnnie and Simon devise a plan that lands Hamelin in a nearby orphanage. As Hamelin grows up in this nontraditional home, people begin to notice that he is “always looking for something or someone else.”After their inevitable capture, Hamelin’s parents are imprisoned in a nearby world under the control of the ruthle...

Hamelin’s story began when he was found as a newborn in a tomato crate on the stoop of an orphanage in west Texas. Hamelin’s first adventures with the Great Eagle led him through the mysterious cave and finally, across the footbridge. He has learned that his quest to find his parents and learn his true identity will not be quickly done or easy to fulfill. The Great Eagle leads him through the dangerous Waters of Death and Life and into the Land of Gloaming, where Hamelin is thrown into the...

We werken allemaal. En we houden allemaal van lachen. Dit boek laat zien hoe je deze twee kunt combineren – en waarom dat zo krachtig en waardevol is. Je leert hoe je van je werkplek een plek maakt waar jij en je collega's samen van humor kunnen genieten. Want humor op het werk is niet alleen leuker voor jou, je team en je bedrijf, het verbetert ook de kwaliteit van jullie werk. Humor verbindt mensen, zelfs als ze in eerste instantie niet zo goed met elkaar overweg kunnen. Het maakt commun...