Alexander: 871 books

In a world where beauty equates with wealth and power, Mary, a disadvantaged but intelligent, young student attending an elite college filled with beautiful, rich peers, must accept the reality that she will never be equal to her classmates because of her family’s economic station. Unable to enhance...

Jeff Griggs wants nothing more than to win his Homeowner's Association Holiday Decorating contest and provide an amazing Christmas for his wife Joan and his boys Matt and Marcus. Getting suspended from his job causes a chain of events which threaten his financial ability to meet that obligation. It's...

Winner of the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel -- Nominee for the 2017 Anthony Awards for Best Children's/YA Novel in Mystery Writing In this "whole 'nother nightmare before Christmas," teen genius and skeptic Charity Jones discovers she should not only...

The invading Kierdan fleet had been vanquished, and were now in full retreat back across the sea. Despite the victory, many questions remain unanswered. Where did they get such devastating weapons? What were they after? Who put them up to this? Why did they risk so much to apparently gain...

The Running Girl "Wonderful escapism. 5 stars!" "Outstanding debut novel and a great new series. Five out of five stars." "Great series...wonderfully developed story and characters. 5 stars." Ally of Eldisle, sword-thegn and sometime mage,...

Secure in the company of her new companions, Ally is drawn into the majesty and mysteries of the ancient realm of the dwarves. From the fires and forges of the foundry towns to the incomparable wonders of Ædeldelf, greatest of the cities of the Deeprealm, she follows her destiny, seeking ever to...

Princesses are not exactly known for having a great sense of humour. Especially if they've been waiting patiently up in a tower for their knight in shining armour to rescue them ... only to find the result completely unacceptable.Knights are not exactly known for delicacy and tact. Especially...

This collection of tests for pre-intermediate level students is a new step in learning English. The main principle on which the tests are based is the combination of grammatical and lexical control with the development of one’s speaking skills. These tests are designed to expose students to English...

Based on the Speech Plasma Method, this book is designed to help students of English speak on a variety of topics at a very early stage. All the topics contain the same elementary English grammar structures, so that the students could use them again and again. The stories are based on 600 words and are told in a simple way.

As a sinologist, I have been asked many questions by people wanting to know time and again what Zen ('Chan' in Chinese) actually is. The problem is that it is not an easy task to describe this term. It is something that cannot be talked about nor expressed in written words. The moment language...

If you want to live a happy and stress-free life; this book is definitely for you.From shots fired in a speeding police car, facing death in the middle of the wilderness, to watching his company suddenly collapse in front of his eyes, leaving him homeless in the middle of a foreign country...

Washed up and a failed TV journalist – at the tender age of 23 – Alex didn't know what was next. Lucky him, after desperate and uncertain months of looking for a job with no results he landed the career of a lifetime. With four years of university behind him and degree in hand, he was now...

This study examines the changes implemented in the course of NATO’s self-imposed process of transformation during the 1990s in order to determine whether they improved NATO’s ability to respond to the types of crises the Allies expected to face in the post-Cold War security environment. Years...

Know what you want and you CAN have it! •    Are you tired of working extremely hard at your job only to always end up with more month at the end of your money? •    Does it break your heart to let someone else raise your children because you can't afford or don't have the freedom to take...