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She had the perfect life until the accident. Now science offers an opportunity to replace what she has lost--but at what cost? Diana and Steve Sheldon had it all--successful careers, nice home, a lovely teenage daughter, an adorable five-year-old son. But when a freak accident ravages their...

Claudia is stunned by the mysterious man's story. Who is he? A fanatic? A lunatic? Or could he be what he claims to be-a 2,000-year-old man cursed with immortality? The mystery only deepens as she searches for answers, attempting to untangle myth from history, legend from lore. Everything he...

To a casual visitor, the island of Heavenly Daze is just like a dozen others off the coast of Maine. It is decorated with graceful Victorian mansions, carpeted with gray cobblestones and bright wild flowers, and populated by sturdy, hard-working folks-most of whom are unaware that the island of Heavenly...

The sight of two black-eyed children chills the Harbingers team to their bones in this exciting new adventure. Deprived of the rest and relaxation they were seeking, the four friends must instead find answers to the arrival and mission of the mysterious children.

Andi, Professor McKinney's brilliant-but-geeky assistant, begins to have troubling dreams of thousands of animals around the world mysteriously dying. What could it mean? When her dreams become a reality, Andi discovers a pattern in the mass deaths. But her theory doesn't bode well for humankind--and the team could soon face an even greater disaster.

After the events of Infestation, the Harbingers are wounded and barely holding together. Forced to split up, the team investigates the Gate while Andi experiments on a mystical orb. When she suffers odd side effects, Andi visits a psychiatrist for help--and learns, beyond a doubt, that the team's investigations have led them into dangerous waters once more.

Ever since her father walked into the ocean eleven years ago, a young woman waits for him to return. Life in her coastal town is decidedly bleak. Her mother spends her time quietly monitoring the ocean for her missing husband. Her grandfather passes the days typesetting dictionaries that will never be...

New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined...

Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries_each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of authors shows how, in different nations, identity...

Sharply critical of the United States government's cruelty toward Native Americans, this monumental study describes the maltreatment of Indians as far back as the American Revolution. Focusing on the Delaware and the Cheyenne, the text goes on to document and deplore the sufferings of the Sioux, Nez...

Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal—part Fantômas, part James Bond—and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subverting...

The Caucasus has an extremely rich folk literature, almost unknown among English speakers, which includes myths, legends, magical tales, anecdotes and proverbs. The one hundred and one legends included in this book reflect the cultures of fourteen different ethnic groups - their dynamism and the matters...

THE HEIRS OF CAHIRA O’CONNOR SERIES - BOOK THREE It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O’Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow…breaking forth from the courses to which they are...

This is a story about the relationship between two dogs that are like brothers. Their real names are Otis (Mr. Snuggles) and Ralphie (Mr. Tails.) The story came to mind from watching the two interact with each other as they each have very distinct personalities much like siblings do. At the same time,...