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The Garden by Renee Angers
With their school friends residing miles away in neighboring Ponoka, two kids are seemingly trapped in the expansive isolation of rural Alberta, Canada to spend the summer vacation in each other's company. Thirteen-year-old Cameron Keller finds welcome relief from his boozing father's physical beatings in classmate Ani Sauvé's presence. The summer heat spreading across the acres of prairies and grasslands only feed the curiosities, heartbeats, fireflies and unexplained feelings that blossom between the two. As they grow into adults, a dark cloud of ill luck follows Cam around mercilessly, as does his unconditional love for Ani. Unable to shake the first and not willing to shake the latter, he fights to survive. Alcoholism, abandonment, abuse, betrayal, and murder cannot keep Ani and Cam apart. The Garden is their refuge, and its memory pushes them past whatever penance they must endure to find each other again.
Category:RomanceReads:184Uploaded:12 / 08 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThe Havilfar Cycle II by Alan Burt Akers
The Dray Prescot Saga, omnibus edition by Alan Burt Akers, containing books 9 to 11 in the epic series. For the first time ever, the books in the Saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen are being brought together in omnibus editions. In the first Havilfar Cycle omnibus, Dray Prescot was launched headlong into a brand-new series of adventures upon the planet of Kregen, that marvelous and beautiful, mystical and terrible world four hundred light-years away beneath the Suns of Scorpio. Now Hamal, the greatest power in Havilfar, is bent on conquest, and Prescot hates the Hamalese because he slaved in their diabolical Heavenly Mines. His mission is to discover the secrets of the Hamalese airboats for his own people. This book contains... Bladesman of Antares Avenger of Antares Armada of Antares
Category:Science Fiction & FantasyReads:108Uploaded:11 / 28 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThe Havilfar Cycle I by Alan Burt Akers
The Dray Prescot Saga, omnibus edition, containing books 6 to 8 in the epic series. Together, the three books in this volume make up the first part of the Havilfar Cycle of the Saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen. Dray Prescot is launched headlong into a brand-new series of adventures upon the planet of Kregen, that marvelous and beautiful, mystical and terrible world four hundred light-years away beneath the Suns of Scorpio. A new life opens for Dray, but that new life is cruelly different from all he expected and dreamed, hurling him into fresh adventure and danger among peoples and places far removed from those he knows and loves. This book contains... Manhounds of Antares Arena of Antares Fliers of Antares
Category:Science Fiction & FantasyReads:72Uploaded:11 / 26 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThe Keep by Roger Taylor
Isolated and deep in the mountains, the Keep is a disturbing place. Why would the New Order want it, and for what? But you didn’t ask questions the way things were. You kept your head down and did as you were told. Just do your job, Josyff kept reminding himself. Yet there were strange problems with his work... and dreams... and him... and the building itself -- massive, yet, somehow, changing. And when the authoritarian Adroyan arrived at the Keep, together with his nemesis, Esyal, things became even stranger, pushing Josyff to the edge of his sanity... Roger Taylor, the author of the acclaimed "Chronicles of Hawklan" series, returns with the most original novel you will have read in years.
Category:Science Fiction & FantasyReads:266Uploaded:11 / 25 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionLess Than a Full Deck- 100 Gambling Cartoons by Doug Pike and Harry Margulies
A uniquely humorous collection of 100 gambling cartoons that's just slightly more expensive than a complimentary cocktail! Gambling is a wonderfully engaging diversion thoroughly enjoyed by everyone - at least everyone that owns a wonderfully successful casino. For the rest of us, it is an occasionally maddening, sometimes exhilarating, and frequently humor-filled misuse of time. Craps, blackjack, poker, bingo, keno - roll these words slowly about your head for a bit. There's something funny about them, isn't there? Now try the phrase "slot machine", or better yet, "slot player"... The whole gaming experience is awash in chortles and titters, and that's where we come in. Less Than a Full Deck is a somewhat-twisted take on the quirky (let's face it, there's some pretty curious stuff going on here) world of gambling. Doug Pike and Harry Margulies have assembled 100 of their most comical wager-inspired doodles to keep you amused for hours - or at least to keep you well stocked on high quality E-toilet paper!
Category:ComicsReads:172Uploaded:11 / 02 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionPandahem Cycle 2 by Alan Burt Akers
The Dray Prescot Saga, omnibus edition, containing books 30 to 32 in the epic series, and the short story "Green Shadows". Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror batten on innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light. Called to be the Emperor of Vallia, Dray Prescot, with his comrades, has vanquished poor old mad Thyllis, Empress of Hamal, and now seeks to create a fresh and lasting unity among all the nations of Paz. They all face a common foe in the Shanks, the Fishheads who raid their coasts. And, there are worms within the bud, the followers of Lem the Silver Leem, who desire only to drag all down for their own selfish ends... The book contains... “Green Shadows” Talons of Scorpio Masks of Scorpio Seg the Bowman
Category:Science Fiction & FantasyReads:215Uploaded:08 / 02 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionPukka and Fremd by Doug Pike
Weird Words, Weirder Drawings. Ever had a tranq slipped into your twanky? Ever come across a pawky chouser that was adept at loo? Or (and I promise, this is the last one), have you ever swilled skookum saloop? If your answer to all of the above is a resounding no and you’re curious as to what those bizarre words mean, then Pukka & Fremd is the book for you. Pukka & Fremd is not, as you might guess, a popular comedic team from the 1950s, or a 60s folk music group. Pukka & Fremd (genuine & strange) is a collection of 100 unique cartoons by syndicated and award-winning cartoonist, Doug Pike. For years, Doug was an avid Scrabble player, as well as the cartoonist for the National Scrabble Association’s Scrabble News. As an aid to remembering obscure words and their parts of speech, he came up with these remarkable cartoons. As weird as the words are, the drawings are even stranger. Combined, they provide a useful mnemonic for those who enjoy word games and puzzles. For everyone else, they’re just plain fun!
Category:Puzzles/GamesReads:408Uploaded:07 / 21 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionPandahem Cycle 1 by Alan Burt Akers
The Dray Prescot Saga, omnibus edition, containing books 27 to 29 in the epic series, and the short story "Lallia the slave girl". Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror batten on innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light. Called to be the Emperor of Vallia, Dray Prescot, with his comrades, has vanquished poor old mad Thyllis, Empress of Hamal, and now seeks to create a fresh and lasting unity among all the nations of Paz. They all face a common foe in the Shanks, the Fishheads who raid their coasts. And, there are worms within the bud, secret enemies who desire only to drag all down for their own selfish ends... The book contains... Mazes of Scorpio “Lallia the Slave Girl” Delia of Vallia Fires of Scorpio
Category:Science Fiction & FantasyReads:354Uploaded:07 / 03 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionSplattered on the Road to Wealth by Doug Pike
Splattered on the Road to Wealth isn’t just a collection of one hundred truly funny financial cartoons. It’s also a set of one hundred reminders to be careful with your money and skeptical of everything apparently upbeat and positive on America’s most dangerous street -- Wall Street. Don’t get award-winning cartoonist Doug Pike wrong, he’s an unwavering capitalist, but after more than 25 years of personal investing, he’s developed a healthy suspicion of brokers, CEOs, financial analysts and business media personalities, all of which comes through in these hilariously biting cartoons. So take a break from all the financial noise, sit back, and flip through Splattered on the Road to Wealth. You may just laugh yourself to prosperity.
Category:Art & DesignReads:230Uploaded:04 / 19 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionThe Spikatur Cycle by Alan Burt Akers
<p>Together, the four books in this volume make up the Spikatur Cycle of the Saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen.</p> <p>Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror batten on innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light.</p> <p>The Spikatur Cycle brings Prescot closer to the realization of many of his dreams. He is determined to do what he feels is laid upon him; but he finds it is not so easy, particularly when the Empress Delia and his comrades are determined to keep him out of trouble. But, he is Dray Prescot, Lord of Strombor and Krozair of Zy, and that canny old leem hunter will not be prevented from buckling up the brave old scarlet breechclout and with a sword in his fist hurtling off beneath the Moons of Kregen into fresh headlong adventure.</p> <p>This book contains...</p> <p><em>Beasts of Antares</em><br /> <em>Rebel of Antares</em><br /> <em>Legions of Antares</em><br /> <em>Allies of Antares</em><br /></p>
Category:Books - FictionReads:342Uploaded:04 / 05 / 2011ShareAdd to collection
