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In the summer of 1870, Professor Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), and some of his students at the then brand-new University of California, went on a five-week camping trip on horseback to Yosemite and the High Sierra, including Mono Lake and Lake Tahoe. Along the way, LeConte and his students faced hardships of weather and terrain. They had difficulties with their horses and finding trails, and the weather made the men broil and freeze. But in spite all of the harsh conditions, LeConte was enraptured by the awesome beauty of Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra, and Lake Tahoe.

An ancient group intends to decimate the human population and convert the remainder to slaves. Their only internal disagreement was the method. Jaeger Kunstler was their monster, but would he remain loyal, or turn rebel agent? Deepak Advani created Aura and dedicated his life to her keeping. But Aura was doomed by a fatwa.

Shannon dreams of being a cinema verite type of reporter, but she needs an edge. With the help of a trust fund and a ham radio guru, she gets the help she needs, but at what price? Maxwell Burnham, known as Max Burner, is a rogue government operative, a monster who hunts "squawkers." He's also a runaway diabetic who uses his excess glucose to power his killer beam. Phi is an "Elmer," in the old tradition of ham radio. Can he help Shannon save more than 100,000 squawkers from a horrible death?

Stephen Curry was intent in showing the world that he was not just "lucky" - he wanted to show that he deserved to be playing in the Finals. He deserved to be the MVP. He deserved to win a championship. He deserved to be recognized as one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

In "Christmas Eve", a family prepares for some special visitors. "Surfin' Santa" is a poem set in the lovely island of Hawaii. "Christmas Means" is about the true meaning of the holiday spirit. And, in "Santa's Secret"...well, the Jolly Ole Elf is a little grumpy. Find out why!

Penelope the Pixie and Godfrey the Gnome are on the lookout for a safe place to rebuild their homes away from those troublesome Elfs, Orks and Trolls! Along the way they meet a young dragon, Esmerelda, and a new friendship is born!

Job security flew out the door decades ago - and now seems forever out of reach, thanks to the Great Recession. As much of our economy follows jobs to other countries, especially China, Americans must wonder what we will be left holding.

Nikolai, a bodyguard in the prestigious Centurion Personal Protection agency, is injured in the line of duty. While recovering from his injuries, he is assigned to a new client. An easy case, his boss tells him. Nikolai travels to a small quiet town north of Siberia to provide protection for a young woman, on her dad’s request. At first, both Nikolai and his boss see the assignment as a whim of a rich overprotective father.

A blast from the past: Five years ago Brian's sister gave a toast at his wedding... and he hasn't spoken to her since. She's returning home with something to share with everyone. As if that wasn't enough? How about a balloon bending street person who takes a liking to her? Add to that Mel's mother-in-law, and Brian's parents, and put them in a room for Thanksgiving Dinner... What could be more stressful than that? Well, maybe, a Jumbo jet crashing into a neighborhood in the Rockaways - but just barely.

Brian clings to life with his own style and attitude. The world keeps turning as he begins his recovery and the people who love him cope with the real possibility that he may not make it back. Along the way he meets some old and new friends who guide him. In the streets it's business as usual for the rest of the crew.

Prior to becoming a political appointee, Augustus Pena was an assassin for National Intelligence Covert Operations [NICO]. He believed his past was behind him. Yet, when he starts to write fiction that bears a resemblance to his experiences, his former director Milken elects to silence him. The decision to eliminate the Pena threat stems from Milken's paranoid perception that recent military intelligence tell-all books and video games have permanently damaged the clandestine community.

In 19th century New Brunswick - during a time when Catholics where shunned and struggled to survive - Alice, abused and corrupted by her father's bigotry, weaves a web of deceit that eventually affects the whole town. To achieve her ultimate goal of independence from her father, the town Pastor, she must stoop to unthinkable depths even she can't fathom.

Flagler Beach, Florida is quite the small town, eclectic and quirky...and filled with many unique characters. Flagler Fish Company offers not only great seafood but great characters as well! The fourth volume in the Flagler Beach Fiction series. Contemporary Fiction and a fun beach read! Includes 10 short stories and Author Notes!

In a land just beyond your mirror lies a realm few discover. It is a magical, dangerous dimension. There lurks your darkest nightmares and your fondest hopes. For nearly two thousand winters there, the seasons have flowed inevitably one into another. Life is as it always has been.

Nella Braddy (1894-1973), a pioneer among female editors, compiled this seven-story collection, and published Masterpieces of Adventure: Stories of Desert Places in 1922. It features seven authors: Edgerton Castle, Stephen Crane, Selma Lagerlöf, Bret Harte, Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, and W. H. Hudson. It’s a stellar group. Braddy went on to write and edit more articles and books, including two more in the Masterpieces of Adventure series; one focused on Helen Keller’s breakthrough teacher, Anna Sullivan Macy; and a biography of Rudyard Kipling.

Alias the Lone Wolf, published in 1921, is the third in the 8-book series about a reformed French jewel thief, Michael Lanyard--the Lone Wolf. This story is set in the years after the Great War (World War I), and Lanyard has ended his connection to the British Secret Service. He is enjoying some leisure time in the south of France near an area called the Cévennes. He's using the name Andre Duchemin, which he used in the previous story.

Stag Warren is the happiest cowpoke in Alpine as he rides into town for his wedding to Melody Hale. What he doesn't know is that the town bigwigs suspect he knows about their plot to make themselves the wealthiest men in the West. It's a scheme that will end up with the mass destruction of both settlers and local tribes of Apaches – and they suspect Stag Warren knows about it. So they've hired a gunman to ambush Stag on the edge of town and gun him down in cold blood.

Reaching for a curiously shaped stone in a southern California riverbed, Kurt, a motherless 13-year-old out on a father-son bonding camp trip, feels a pulsing tremor of energy. Confused, he shares this oddly colored rock with his two friends, both who touch it briefly and throw it away in cries of pain. Unsure what to do, the three boys agree to keep this strange phenomenon a secret.

The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The Railroad made it possible to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months, paved the way for new settlers to come out west, and helped speed America's entry onto the world stage as a modern nation that spanned a full continent. It also created vast wealth for its four owners, including the fortune with which Leland Stanford would found Stanford University some two decades later.

A lethal plague resurrected from the bones of the dead is stolen from a secret biological warfare lab hidden in the mountains of North Korea. There's no cure and it's one hundred percent fatal. If it gets loose, millions will die. The men who have it want to reduce the world's population and bring down the global economy as part of a plan to establish world dominance.