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pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. It was certainly not strange that Prince Vance was so stupefied with astonishment that he sat for a full half-hour foolishly staring before him, without an effort to move a muscle or to stir from his seat. Indeed, it is probable that any other...

Marnie desperately needs an assistant. As the proprietress of For the Love of Fruitcake, her successful little home bakery, her Christmas orders are piling up. She's had bad luck in the past with assistants, and vows this year will be different, especially now that she will be entering a Christmas...

The horror and the humanity of war come too close, when a little fishing boat, the Breadwinner, rescues a pilot shot down in the Channel during a dogfight. The only trouble is, the pilot is German. As the young fisherman tends his wounds, he comes to realize that war is not exciting, and the enemy...

The Day of the Tortoise, a novella published in 1961, is a touching tale of a brief interlude of pleasure in the stale existence of Fred Tomlinson, a man nearing his sixties. A bachelor, Fred shops, cleans, cooks, and otherwise indulges the eccentric demands of his three spinster sisters until...

Johnstown, New York, 1823: It is a time when a wife’s dowry, even children, automatically becomes her husband’s property. Slavery is an economic advantage entrenched in America but rumblings of abolition abound. For Elizabeth Cady to confront this culture is unheard of, yet that is exactly...

Strange tale of the last man on the face of the earth, who is a librarian and museum curator.

New to town, all that bridal consultant Maisey Gates wants is to meet a few new friends at Christmas time. When they introduce her to The Love List as a way to find that special Christmas date, Maisey wants no parts of it, but she doesn’t want to disappoint her new friends. Love finds Maisey before...

FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE A touching novel set in the heart of the beautiful Amish country. . . . HER AMISH MAN Because Leah McKenzie’s mother was “shunned” for marrying an outsider, Leah has never known her Amish relatives. Then she is framed for a murder she didn’t commit,...

Artists throughout the ages, from Dali to Proust, have taken their talents to exposing time; here is theNewerYork’s attempt. The stories in this collection of experimental short-fiction, in one way or another, deal with loss, youth, death, joy, tradition, technology, and the generally evasive enigma...

Ron Greens family is broken, just like him. He isnt able to live with his mum or dad, or step-mother. Hes nobodys boy. Now he's being fostered by his aunt who has three sons of her own. Its a chaotic, angry environment, and young Ron isnt at all happy. When strangers, Rosie and Bob, offer to care for...

"Fans of Meg Cabot will find Marni's voice equally charming and endearing." --Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author It's prom season at Smith High School and love is in the air. . .for some people. Melanie Morris knows she shouldn't keep flirting with her best friend's...

It's not easy being best friends with a celebrity. . . I'm invisible at my high school and I'm fine with it. It's kind of inevitable with a name like Jane Smith. But when the school newspaper staff insisted that I write a cover story, I decided to find out just how much scandal one geeky girl...

Jake and his younger brother Tommy are visiting family at a beach house on the coast. Having already lost a race to his cousin Lexie, Jake can't resist a second chance at victory when she challenges him again. Only this time it's a boat race-to the legendary Smuggler's Cave and back. The ocean is...