To live, they must fight through the inferno.To love again, they must outlast it.Set against the deadliest fire in American history, Conflagration is a sweeping historical romance of survival, devotion, and community on the edge of annihilation.Jennie Lenerville leaves her family's bustling Wisconsin farm after marrying Big John Mulligan, a Civil War veteran and prize fighter, determined to build a life far from the battleg...

Tragically, relatively little of this flourishing nation and its rich culture has survived. Its stories, however, live on today. In this priceless and engaging collection, native Cherokee and professional storyteller Lloyd Arneach recounts tales such as how the bear lost his long bushy tail and how the first strawberry came to be.

Sick jokes, yucky jokes, crazy jokes, cool jokes – more than 400 hilarious gags and riddles collected from children all across Australia.

Under the shadow of gray clouds, three children venture into the woods, where they spot the corpse of an old man on a scaffold. Suddenly a wild figure emerges, with long fingernails and tangled hair. It is the Hattak fullih nipi foni, the bone picker, who comes to tear off rotting flesh with his fingernails. Only the Choctaws who adhere to the old ways will speak of him.The frightening bone picker is just one of many entities, scary and mysterious, who lurk behind...

The countdown has started for the Grand Spell Contest and the Witch's cat has run off to be a cat-food tester! Then the Dog appears on her doorstep. He can't scratch, but he can dig big holes. He can't hiss and spit, but he can growl, dribble and cover everthing in muddy pawprints. Will the Witch let the Dog help her at the Grand Spell Contest? And, most importantaly, can they both fit on her brooomstick?

A headstrong young woman seeks her destiny on the American frontier—and soon discovers that the man she swore she would never love is the man she needs.Beautiful Emmalee Alden escapes an orphanage when a black-eyed rogue spirits her aboard a Missouri-bound riverboat. Blind to Garn Landar's true nature and fearing for her life, Emmalee makes a fateful choice—she sells herself into servitude to a wagon train heading West.Obsessed with attaining independence a...

Jacob Payne, bounty hunter, is on the heels of another dangerous outlaw.Tracking a bank robber through the Arizona desert, Jacob has to contend with snakes, falling rocks, and other dangers like running out of water. Will his back east survival skills keep him safe from everything the desert--and the outlaw--has to throw at him?This fast-paced traditional western is 12,000 words and can be read in one sitting!

Sam Archer and her mystery-solving friends have to crack a case at Yellowstone National Park.

All About Drawing Farm & Forest Animals is an adventurous addition to Walter Foster's All About Drawing Series. Children will enjoy immersing themselves in the animal kingdom, while learning to draw a range of farm and forest animals that run the range from cute to majestic, peaceful to ferocious. This fun and educational instructional drawing book opens with a quick look at the materials young artists need to get started, as well as warm-up drawing exercises and art tips. Then, s...

Intrigue, mystery, murder, 1905, Pearce, Arizona Territory.Micah Rogers is summoned to the gold rush boomtown of Pearce by a friend in desperate need of help. Indeed, the situation is one of life or death and involves a mysterious object men have killed to possess. This object found its way from Cuba to Arizona Territory among the belongings of a former member of the United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War, and by possessing it, the soldier has placed a bull...

When Froelich disappears from his permanent perch atop a giant ladder, his nephew embarks on a madcap quest to find him in this nineteenth century adventure novel, set in a reimagined Pacific Northwest landscape inhabited by resolute young women who outwit their guardians, skittish Civil War veterans, hungry clouds, and a few murderers, all seeking their own versions of the American dream.

She didn't respond right away but only continued to stroke Ank, who's stony texture seemed to fascinate her endlessly. At length she said, "Okay," and turned one of its dials, and the room was immediately filled with the slightly raspy voice of a woman, who continued, "… if you're heading our way through Shadow Canyon, following that beautiful river, perhaps, be advised there's a pair of allosaurs operating in that area we call Lenny and Squiggy, and stay alert. And while we'd prefer you d...