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Agnes sat with tears rolling down her cheeks, cradling her grandmother’s bloody head in her lap. She had managed to stem the flow of blood, but she could barely feel Astrid’s pulse. Beside her lay Knox, brother of the Emir of Thulisia’s late wife. The old mariner was unconscious, but breathing steadily. A dim red light pulsed in the otherwise darkened chamber, fluctuating in brightness as if the thing emitting it was alive. And as it flashed, two formless beings could be glimpsed by the door. They appeared amorphous and seemed to be covered in week-old ash.

The stench of death in the interrogation cave no longer disturbs the High Priest. Nor do the horrific screams of the demons within.

Forty years ago, the plague wiped out England’s working class. Using a time portal, bi-dimensional creatures are imported from another dimension, to be used as labor for 19th century enterprises. Now, in 1886, Aspen and Lori Wolfe are determined to end the slave trade. But, their schemes are soon exposed to their new guardian and playboy, Keagan Myrack.

A famous 18-year-old fiddle player, Beau, is abducted from her parents’ huge Sierra home at a birthday folk jam in her honor one summer in the early part of the 21st century. As a fire burns up the mountain while she is buried on the land under a pile of brush, she is found just in time. A month later, much to her horror, she is abducted again, this time from a Berkeley music jam.

The autobiography looks back at the first 27 years of the author's life. Born in Jamaica, he migrated to the UK, along with his family, as one of the earliest of the Windrush generation. It recounts his return to Jamaica growing up to adulthood and attending college in the United States, overcoming all manner of hardships. It is a story of determination and triumph over adversity interwoven with amusing anecdotes on a wide range of subjects, from mento ska and reggae music to Jamaican food and family life.

Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy with a relatively small cast by Shakespeare's standards. It is possibly one of Shakespeare's first plays, and some regard it as a relatively immature work written between 1587 and 1593. It may even be Shakespeare's first play. This production is abridged in plain English, producing a condensed version of the play without the complexity of Shakespeare's sometimes obtuse language. Though a comedy, the play focuses on the themes of love and friendship and the conflict between them.

Pyralis’ boy is nine years old. A simple fact only in contention if you ask him. His actions today seem a little unstable. Not knowing what day it is, claiming conversations that have never happened, asking Hadriel if he's going to the forest again. Hadriel has no intention of going to the forest. He just wants to try cooking a damn fish.

As reality gives way to dark forces, the realms of Barth begin to collide. Kings, queens, soldiers, and commoners alike are thrust together through battle, while magical forces are unleashed upon the world at an alarming rate. A stoic soothersayer, intentions unknown, enters the world of men. A prince's mettle is tested. A princess' plans come to fruition. A king's choices unleash chaos upon the world.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Macbeth by William Shakespeare includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as ambition and corruption, violence begetting violence, and masculinity and femininity. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Thousands of years ago, high in the Malta caves lived the Okefiya birds, which are ancestors of the firefly. These beautiful, majestic birds ruled the night sky with their radiantly shining tails. Young Quajuuh has an abundance of energy and is anxious for the tremendous responsibility of leading the flock to the Tahab lands. Is he truly ready to lead the flock? Or does disaster strike when he's given an opportunity?

Maintaining the family winter tradition, Pastor Haugen, his wife Helen, and their three teenage children whisk away to South Lake Tahoe after Christmas and stay until the New Year. Upon reaching their destination, they notice a Range Rover has stalled in front of their property. Two gentlemen are waiting for roadside assistance. As a kind gesture, Pastor Haugen and Helen offer the comfort of their home until help arrives.

This happy little audiobook is filled with lots of inspirational poetry! There are 21 poems included in this book, and each poem is significant in its very own form. It is created to give you either peace, happiness, or hope. Buy this audiobook today and absorb the purity of the earth.

Five kingdoms. Two continents. It was only a matter of time before the peace was to be disturbed by greed and unrest. The myths and histories of the past would come to haunt the present. Swords would clash. Men would fall.The course of the world hinged on the actions of an ambitious princess, a mad king, the Sandstone Scrolls, and the battle of two armies on the banks of the river Aschalon.