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Madison Andrews can’t face her reflection in the mirror. All she sees is a big, fat nobody. Yet, deep inside she longs for something more, something that’s not skin deep. Along comes Zach, the new guy in school. He’s smoking hot and totally out of her league. She somehow catches his...

Determined to escape her abusive father and drunken mother, Lexi Johnson turns to the blade to numb her pain, but it isn’t enough to end her misery. She’s convinced that not even God could save her now. Roxy Taylor is the new girl in town, and Lexi doesn’t trust her, especially when she...

The story of potjiekos is about a popular South African speciality food usually cooked in a cast iron pot over an open fire. The book provides a simple introduction to potjiekos, including what it is, a little about its history and how to make it. It also provides a recipe and step-by step instructions...

The story of biltong is about a type of spiced, dried meat produced in South Africa. The book provides a simple introduction to the product, including what it is, some details of its history in South Africa, and how it is made. It also describes why people made biltong in the past and how they did...

The story of feather dusters is a simple introduction to feather dusters and how they are made using ostrich feathers. South Africa is one of the only places in the world where there are ostrich farms that produce feathers specially for making feather dusters. The book’s short, simple chapters give...

The story of wine provides an introduction to wine in South Africa, including what wine is, a little about its history, different types of wine and how they are made. Short, simple chapters take readers through the process of wine making, from growing the grapes to bottling and labelling the final...

**A New York Times betseller! A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Crown.** The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that...

The dead are coming alive on an island in the North Atlantic Ocean. A bullet isn’t going to stop them. They feel no pain. Flesh-eating walkers have been taking sheep and cattle from the fields. A minor inconvenience until someone, or something, starts to organize them. A force of pure evil, building...

An anthology of twenty-one crime, mystery, suspense and romance stories from nineteen authors, including Emmy-nominated John Goldsmith and Booker-nominated Jim Williams. This global collection of short stories from 400 to 7000 words covers everything from crime fiction to romantic suspense...

Long forgotten but dramatic events from history have inspired fourteen short stories in this collection of new fiction from Irish writers. Drawn by the authors' imagination, these compelling stories reignite familiar historical themes once told through the satire of popular verse. Reinterpreted...

The Dragon Under My House, a children’s fantasy novel, tells us the story of Ellie Brown who one day finds herself in a book. There she meets a cat with many secrets who appears to be a human in his free time, and a mysterious sorcerer who is somehow connected with the cat.Ellie Brown is...

DELIGHTFULLY TWISTED. LIKE HITCHCOCK MEETS WES CRAVEN. You hate your horrible boss. You're not alone. And for good reason. Your boss is a complete jerk and everybody knows it. If you have ever imagined what it would be like to send your horrible boss to his or her early demise,...

They all, President Truman, the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the Marine Corps feared the Central Intelligence Agency, yet the president tasked it with doing something that the Air Force would not do. That was to develop a manned overhead reconnaissance program to spy on Russia. Despite many technological...

Selecting a place called Area 51 in Nevada and beneath a shroud of secrecy, the Central Intelligence Agency first flew the U-2, the Angel knowing at the time that the Russians would most likely shoot it down within 18 months. To replace the U-2, the CIA designed America’s first stealth plane, using...