Bear is a guide dog for the blind, and he would do anything for his best friend and owner, Patrick. But when Bear suddenly loses his own vision, he worries that he has lost his purpose! Determined to protect Patrick at all costs, Bear sets out on a quest to regain his eyesight. Along the way Bear will learn to tap into his other senses and begin to see the world from a new perspective that is at times more rich and colorful than the world he’s always known. Writer Ben Queen (Disney/Pixar’s...

An updated edition of Ben Pimlott’s classic biography of the Queen: ‘There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.’ PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday‘A magisterial biography and the only one that seriously deals with her constitutional and political role' Tim Shipman, Sunday TimesThe royal family have been through a tumultuous decade, but with the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton, Prince Philip’s 90th birthday and the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee cele...

Moments ago, Ellie and Jen Aston were in their small midwestern town of Groverton, but now, they find themselves on a parallel Earth, in the magical land of Kiamada. Accompanied by Alistair Doyle, his twin sister Kira, Kira's husband Jerry, and the giant Wiler, Theonus, Ellie and Jen have to adapt to their new lives in this similar, yet still different, world. Weird plants and strange animals aren't that surprising, but Bar Truga, the sentient island that is home to the Tayamu, is unlike a...

La favola di Cappuccetto Rosso non è mai stata così oscura.Witch.A Darkmourn, Rhory Coleman è sposato con il capo della Guardia Cremisi, ma in realtà suo marito non è altro che un mostro. Da quando sua madre è stata brutalmente assassinata da alcuni vampiri ribelli e suo padre è morto con la mente distrutta, Rhory è stato affidato alle cure di qualcuno che avrebbe dovuto amarlo. Qualcuno che aveva giurato di proteggerlo, ma che in ...

It's a children story about happy little girl's love for her family, other children, nature, animals, etc. It's an imaginative story that helps children develop joy and love for others.

"Quite simply one of the best books of the year." —Michael Dirda, The Washington PostBen Downing's Queen Bee of Tuscany brings an extraordinary Victorian back to life. Born into a distinguished intellectual family and raised among luminaries such as Dickens and Thackeray, Janet Ross married at eighteen and went to live in Egypt. There, for the next six years, she wrote for the London Times, hobnobbed with the developer of the Suez Canal, ...

This is a short story of a woman named Carlita who is the captain of a ship named the Sea Demon. She is blessed to have her hand maiden Anna whom she has freed from indentured servitude. The story takes place back in the late 1700's when merchant sailing ships were used for trade and is over is over 20,000 words.Carlita witnesses a situation the night before her ship sets sail in the morning. She can't seem to get the vision out of her mind or understand why it affects her the way ...

Queen Miranda is challenged by her mate, Archduke Portus, on the rule of Odonar, as he seeks to establish a new royal house. But Portus has become privy to the queen's secret for the political future of the realm, setting him on a course to remove Miranda from power, instigating a battle that potentially has a devastating impact on the stability of the Kuboran Galaxy, eventually destroying the balance between order and chaos.

Arlo Gray farebbe di tutto per mantenere la promessa fatta ai suoi genitori: restare in vita e proteggere la sorella dal mondo e dai suoi pericoli. Soprattutto se i pericoli arrivano da un altro regno, quello degli elfi.Faenir Evelina è disprezzato per l'omicidio della sua famiglia. Costretto dalla sua regina a prendere parte alla Scelta, scopre che soltanto una persona riesce a resistere alla grazia mortale del suo tocco. E lui ne ha un disperato bisogno.Quando viene rapit...

For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne – longer than any dynasty in English history – and yet its origins were in Anjou in France, French remained the mother tongue of England’s monarchs for 300 years, and only in its family’s final decades did English rather than French become the language the king used in official correspondence.Furthermore, although the family managed to remain in power for so long, this was not without kings being deposed, ransomed a...

The Making of the Movie SheenaTo some, she was the female Tarzan. To others, she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenage years. She was Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. The making of the 1984 movie Sheena was an adventure worthy of a behind-the-scenes book, and that's what the film's executive producer, Yoram Ben-Ami, has written in My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.Completed days before actress Tanya Roberts's tragic death, My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Ju...