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This story takes place in a small town in Arkansas. It is aimed at Late Middle Graders.

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Despite how bad things appear, there is always help available if you look hard enough.

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Old World Evil vs New Age Passion ... A centuries old djinni betrayed...A modern career woman and wife bereft...Can this thoroughly mismatched couple find comfort and vindication in each other's arms? More importantly, can Kane and Therese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinni? Find out that anything is possible when a devout mystical being from the old world joins forces with an urban-reared spitfire from the new? (http://www.graciecmckeever.com)...

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...Fantasy/Romance By Gracie C. McKeever Desert Dreams Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 2 Fictionwis... ...ie C. McKeever 2 Fictionwise www.Fictionwise.com Copyright ©2001 by Gracie C. McKeever NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. ... ...ecycled electrons. Distributed by Fictionwise.com Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 3 PROLOGUE Bedouin Encampment Arabian Peninsula, Rub al-Khali—1... ...d him. "You realize your mistake too late, Kane." Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 4 She uttered the words with such smooth elegance, his name rol... ... understand why I do this but perhaps in time..." Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 5 "There will never come a time when I will understand." Kane f... ... jug trembled between her legs, vibrating against Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 6 her palms and she did chuckle. As richly decorated a piece as... ...d he been able to submit. But even if he had said Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 7 he would, Sahir could not trust him to be true to his word. H... ...path of the approaching sandstorm ... and Ifreet. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 8 CHAPTER 1 Present Day America Mount Vernon, New York Therese ... ...u mean why do I keep doing it to you, don't you?" Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 9 He cursed, bolted upright, threw back the comforter and slapp...

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A young black man is shot down in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the questions surrounding his death? What will happen to Amire, the woman he loved in his previous life? And, most important, can he resolve his marriage?now that he's a woman named Dagny?to another man? (http://www.graciecmckeever.com)...

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...Fantasy/Romance By Gracie C. McKeever New Life Incognita New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 2 ... ...ie C. McKeever 2 Fictionwise www.Fictionwise.com Copyright ©1998 by Gracie C. McKeever NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. ... ...ed electrons. Distributed by Fictionwise.com New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 3 PROLOGUE Current Day—Spring Break Ends Reece University—New Y... ...lfill; An' it harm none, do what ye will.... New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 4 Words to live by, Kelly thought and wished he had as he now w... ... too? Who'd done it? A rival crew? His boys? New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 5 One of the toy cops lifted each of his eyelids in turn, touch... ...elly thought. "I know, Amire. I understand." New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 6 And so now did Kelly. In a sudden flash of realization, befor... ...hen Ben had appeared at the top of the steps New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 7 carrying an armload of books and looking ready to jump Kelly ... ...hind and surrounding the campus police cars. New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 8 Two attendants jumped from the back of an ambulance and loade... ...your parents and older siblings, for they're New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 9 always right. Believe in the birth of Christ. Believe that ti...

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A vivid and descriptive novel in search of a feature-length, animated film, Fire and Fur might more properly be called "Smart Dragons, Dumb Choices.? It is set in the pre-human Gobi desert and draws on Chinese mythology. Its major characters are dragons and cats. Of course, the cats do speak (often caustically) since a few dragons are interesting enough (cats can still speak but no one is interesting enough to talk to anymore). Fire and Fur?s plot concerns the dragons' terraforming the Gobi from sea to land (historically accurate) in a desire for power and amid excessive pride. In doing so, they release an ancient enemy and their bane, the Azghun Demons, that had driven them into the sea in the first place. The problem is that the dragons have grown lazy and dumb, and while they once had a cadre of sorcerers to call upon, they now only have one. The last sorcerer dragon, Ao Rue, is something of a misfit, and his efforts for dragonkind are, perhaps, either very generous or very foolish....

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...Fire and Fur The Last Sorcerer Dragon By Roger C. Schlobin FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR:... ...ERER DRAGON THE LAST SORCERER DRAGON THE LAST SORCERER DRAGON by Roger C. Schlobin Readers’ Praise for Fire and Fur: “…best dragons I’ve ever... ... chapter 26 was published as "Of Age and Wisdom," copyright 1991 by Roger C. Schlobin, in Catfantastique II (DAW Books). I am indebted to Cathy ... ...a vain and young female dragon, Nü- kua. AUTOBIOGRAPHY Roger C. Schlobin is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina ... ...round in those mines since we got here. That's all. Good luck, Yolbas. C'mon, Mei-chou, let's get out of here before I change my mind." Ao Rue ... ... step out. There are just a few of them. And they are so easy to kill. C'mon, Bane of Demons, let's see what you can do!" He didn't move or spea...

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This report of research on concepts and problems of "Libraries of the Future" records the result of a two-year inquiry into the applicability of some of the newer techniques for handling information to what goes at present by the name of library work— i.e., the operations connected with assembling information in recorded form and of organizing and making it available for use....

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Ronnie is a young man barely out of his teens experiencing the appalling conditions of the average Bomber Command Gunner on missions over Nazi Germany in 1944. Battling to survive in a surreal world of death and fire Ronnie is however tormented by an even greater evil - a ghastly secret of a crime so vile he is sure his life is in even greater danger. Fast forward to the present day and we meet Mark. Also barely out of his teens Mark has made the bold decision to leave his homeland of Australia and venture across the seas to rural England to meet his long time no see Father. His quest leads to a life far removed and different from his own. In the lush fields of Lincolnshire Mark discovers the derelict remains of RAF East Wigram, a bomber command base long since abandoned to the elements. Out of misguided curiosity he ventures into a strange and dark building where the ghosts of the past are ready to engulf his mind and unleash the hideous secrets of the past upon his soul. This Building is - The Chamber....

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Amy's deceased father wanders aimlessly in her dreams. She is determined to catch a magical catfish she believes will help her Daddy. This book is set in rural Arkansas in the mid 1960s. It is intended for late Middle Grade readers....

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Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was written in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. The novel is a fictionalized account of the legendary pilgrimage to India of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, and loosely based its source from the historic text Great Tang Records on the Western Regions and traditional folk tales. The monk travelled to the "Western Regions" during the Tang Dynasty, to obtain sacred texts (sūtras). The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin), on instruction from the Buddha, gives this task to the monk and his three protectors in the form of disciples — namely Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing — together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuanzang's steed, a white horse. These four characters have agreed to help Xuanzang as an atonement for past sins. Journey to the West has a strong background in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology and value systems; the pantheon of Taoist immortals and Buddhist bodhisattvas is still reflective of Chinese religious beliefs today. Enduringly popular, the tale is at once an adventure story, a...

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Christine Metcalf's quiet life as a doctor's wife is not so quiet lately. Since her husband threw himself into his career, after learning he couldn't father children, Christine has been left alone. Christine buys a motorcycle, and begins to look at her neighbor Tom in a new way. Just as Christine begins to connect with Tom, a sudden revelation raises important questions. Will Christine be able to see Tom? Will their relationship survive? Don't forget "The Boy Next Door: Intrigue" (Book 2), and "The Boy Next Door: Resolution" (Book 3). If you'd like all three books at once, see "The Boy Next Door."...

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It was hot that late-August evening, the kind of hot that makes you wonder if you really could fry an egg on the sidewalk. I decided to check on my motorcycle, the one thing I can count on lately, and maybe go for a ride. I walked into the garage and, sure enough, there it was, just beckoning to me. Sleek, black, and decidedly not girly. Some, like Sandy, my checkout lady at Kroger’s, “just ain’t sure,” but frankly I wasn’t sure what they weren’t sure of. As I wheeled the three-wheeled motorcycle out of the garage, I smelled new mown grass. That’s one of the things about the dog days that I actually enjoy – that smell. As I look up, I spot Tom, the next door neighbor’s son and one other thing that I enjoyed about the dog days, or any other day, for that matter. His back glistened as he pushed the mower up a small hill. I paused to watch. There wasn’t much pleasure in my life lately. Glen, my husband, has thrown himself into his medical career, volunteering for extra rounds at the hospital. Things had been this way since they – well, he, actually – decided to try to have a family. I always wanted a family, but I just...

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They conquered the universe and proclaimed themselves gods. The endless span of worlds was theirs to command. At the height of their power they realized they had but one foe left - death. They saw it as a limit to their power, a gap they could not cross. They named it the Void and in their arrogance they even believed they could defeat it - though in order to do so they had to become one with it. And so the Plague was born. The universe conquered anew. But there were other gods - those who accepted death and the natural order of things. They believed in evolution. For them, immortality was in the life of a child. It was the true path, paved by a power higher than even they; to perpetually evolve for the better. An infinite universe with endless evolutionary possibilities. The immortality of the Dead Gods faced off against the evolution of the Elders. With His birth, the end begins....

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CHAPTER 1 -- THE BLACK DOOR OPENS In centuries there had been none like him. A Black Mage, a true Gatekeeper. Possibly even a god. Was there no limit to his power and potential? He certainly thought not, and meant to test that belief. What better way to do so than a journey through the Black Door? He had already confirmed his ability to control the Rift, and now with fifty of his most loyal soldiers he would enter it – to the dead with the Keeper and his archaic laws. If the Plague was real, he would send it running back through the Black Door and return home a hero. The Keeper himself would have no choice but to bow before him. Until then, secrecy was a must. The Council would condemn him to death for the mere ability to open the Rift. But for daring to enter it, the entire Seventh World would rise against him. His troops gathered in formation near the stairway of stacked circular stones leading up to the Rift – a haze of blue flames muffled the crunch of steel boots on dry bones, and clattering plate mail. The cover of night and the shadow of Lock Core did the rest, hiding them from prying eyes. Though typical...

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Chapter 1 The Black Door Opens Chapter 2 The Midnight Sun Chapter 3 The Destroyer Chapter 4 Awakenings Chapter 5 The Council Chapter 6 The Drunk and The Dreamer Chapter 7 The One Elf Chapter 8 The Elven Death Chapter 9 A Dark Seed Grows Chapter 10 The Archenon Chapter 11 The Dwarves Chapter 12 A Feast Chapter 13 The Halfling Chapter 14 Days at the Timber Wall Tavern Chapter 15 A Lesson Learned Chapter 16 Beyond Limits ...

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Illustrations by Barb Fenner. A priest with a dark past wrestles personal demons. The priest is called upon to prevent a divorce and comfort grieving widows as he attempts to unravel the mystery of Masada with its deep connections to a unique vision heritage. The priest must confront the truth about his own connections to an ancient race when the responsibility falls to him to take up the torch as the next keeper of the Light....

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"I have the ability to see things. I have visions. Mostly, my visions are about things that happened in the past. The women in my father's family have a long history of this ability, which they call the 'sight'. And recently, I have started having these visions. My father's family views these abilities as a gift, something that I should try to explore and use to do some good. My mother calls it all hocus-pocus; she thinks it is evil. She doesn't want me to use it. She doesn't really believe I have it." ...

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Shared Visions Vision Lesson Unshared Vision New Ears, Old Vision Passing the Torch New Life Protection Trenchancy New Vision Soldier, Priest, Counselor A Perfect Silence Counseling Revelation A Brush with Vision Through Things, Other Things Depression Past and Future The Past Eyes and Ears Acceptance ...

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a historical novel set amidst the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, starting in 169 CE and ending with the reunification of the land in 280 CE. The story (part historical, part legend, and part myth) romanticizes and dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han Dynasty or restore it. While the novel actually follows literally hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han Dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and army battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years. This novel also gives readers a sense of how the Chinese view their history in a cyclical lens. The famous opening lines of the novel (as added by Mao Lun and his son Mao Zonggang) summarize this view: It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite...