A warlord orders raiding parties to find and destroy the faithful followers of a goddess. A priest and followers flee and hide in a cave for safety, but the attackers approach their location. A young woman who has just discovered her true identity joins forces with others determined to rescue the trapped group and escort them to another world and safety. A peaceful king joins them after one of his subjects is kidnapped and tortured at the direction of the warlord. Together they plan to com...

A Poetical Cook-Book, authored by Maria J. Moss and first published in 1864, is a unique and charming blend of culinary instruction and poetic expression. This delightful volume stands out among 19th-century cookbooks for its creative approach, presenting recipes and household advice in the form of witty, rhyming verse. Moss’s work captures the spirit of Victorian domesticity, offering readers not only practical guidance for preparing a wide array of dishes—from soups, meats, and vegetable...

A dark priestess, intent on escaping through an enchanted door into another world, invokes a dragon from his prison, The Void, into the human body of a pirate so he can locate and capture a young but powerful light goddess to assist her in gaining her freedom.However, the longer the dragon stays in the pirate's body, the more human he becomes, and as he frantically searches for the young goddess, she is also searching for him to break the priestess's enchantment and send him back t...

Scott is a blue-collar worker who is in charge of street illumination. One day he is up in the cherry picker and a semi-truck driver has a fatal heart attack and hits the back of his truck while he's 30 feet up in the air. He is thrown from the basket and is critically injured from the fall. Scott dies and is revived several times in the ambulance and the emergency room. He has an out-of-body experience that makes him believe that he is dead. When his grandfather appears and tells him it's...

Clementine Brodeur must untangle her dead mother’s legacy before the clock runs out.My name is Clementine and my magic is making me lose sleep.My two sisters and I have forty-eight hours to find someone our talented mother could not. If we don’t succeed, someone will die.My magic allows me to see memories the dead leave behind--which forces me to relive the moment my mother was attacked by fae.I must tell my si...

An epic wartime novel from the No.1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE CITY OF TEARS1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right.And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other.But in ...

A gripping tale of mystery and adventure from the bestselling author of THE CITY OF LIES and LABYRINTH.Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood.Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade to res...

The number one bestselling phenomenonJULY 1209, Carcassonne. Seventeen-year-old Alaïs Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe.JULY 2005. Archaeologist Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cav...

Perfect for fans of INDIANA JONES and PERCY JACKSON, this third exciting installment in Helen Moss' SECRETS OF THE TOMBS series follows Ryan and Cleo on another death-defying mission.Can Ryan and Cleo uncover the secrets of the tombs and solve the mystery before it's too late?

26 easy to print short comprehension passages! The text is a great resource for teachers, tutors and parents looking for comprehension resources. Included are tried and tested Literal, Vocabulary and Inference questions designed to get your learner imaging, exploring and responding.Get started with simple comprehension, suitable for all ages 7 and up!Included:- 26 reading passages matched with 5, 6, 7 or 8 Questions.- Introduction to Simple Comprehension and t...

Ever since Abby and her friends set up the Girls Can Vlog YouTube channel, Abby has been busier than ever. Not only is she vlogging at least once a week, but she also has a role in the school musical production of Grease. While Abby's always found keeping up with her schoolwork tough, now it's virtually impossible, and to make things even worse, she's developing a major crush . . . on two different boys!If Abby's parents find out about her slipping grades, will it mean the...

Rex Bright enjoys drawing in notebooks and dreaming. He's thirteen, and his life is ordinary.Until he sees a face in a cloud which changes everything.Rex glimpses the girl from an airplane window while travelling to his aunt and uncle's farm for the summer. Her features are so perfect, Rex can't believe she's only vapor.But Cloud Girl is real.A week later, Skyclyffe, a mysterious airship cloaked in a cumulus, abducts Rex and his family. The captors expect th...