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Theo and her young, irresponsible mother seem trapped in their miserable, poverty-stricken life. Theo dreams of belonging to a “real” family, and her dream seems to come true when she is mysteriously adopted by the large, warm Kaldor family. But as time passes, the magic of Theo’s new...

As the mouse children watch the farmer cut down a big tree for Christmas, they ask their mother if they could have a tree to decorate, too. When Mother Mouse says that mice are too small to have Christmas trees, the little ones are disappointed. With the help from the farmer, a fox, a rabbit, and a blue bird, Mother Mouse surprises her children with the perfect-sized Christmas tree.

In the summer of 1812, as rumours of a looming war become a reality, Susanna, her mother and sister are surviving as best they can while the men are fighting. As news of various battles reaches them, Susanna becomes even more concerned for the safety and well-being of her beloved brother and father....

In this collection of 29 stories, you can visit a smoke-filled bar in a fantasy world, or experience a love affair with artificial intelligence. Maybe you'd prefer to go back in time and relive the experience of going to a baseball game with your dad, or go back even farther to live in a perilous...

Ugly Duckels tells the story of Veronica Dean's short unhappy life. An orphan distinguished by a birth-mark covering half her face, she has killed two men (justifiably in her view) before her nineteenth birthday. She contracts to kill a priest in Hawaii to see if God will let her do this thing. David...

When Rogue Ambulance Search and Rescue owners Rye and Claire Anderson are called to remove a body from a remote cliff face, they are drawn into a family quest fueled by hate and deceit that has festered for over eighty years. Now, faced with serial killings that threaten their small town and...

Tomboy Willie Thorne Had The Face Of An Angel Despite the fact that she could outdrink and outshoot most of the men in the Colorado Territory. And Sloan Devlin was damned if she wasn't the closest thing to Paradise he'd seen in a long time. Wilhelmina Thorne knew it was only a matter...

Starting with a father whose son has been asking questions about global dangers, A Is for Asteroids, Z Is for Zombies takes us inside our worst fears, laughing at some and taking others seriously. With macabre verse and fantastically gory illustrations, it provides gallows humor for our doom-haunted times.

In the bedroom of a spy. . . Ever since the horrible day her brother was accused of treason, Patience Mandeley hasn't recognized her own behavior. Under normal circumstances she would never be disguised as a maid, skulking around a earl's estate for secrets she isn't meant to find. But now...

This book is a great foundation for exploring functional-first programming and its role in the future of application development. The best-selling introduction to F#, now thoroughly updated to version 4.0, will help you learn the language and explore its new features. F# 4.0 is a mature, open...

An inspiration for a generation of chefs, James Beard set the standard through his cooking, teaching, consulting, writing, and media appearances. In honor of Beard's unrivaled legacy as the father of the gourmet movement, the James Beard Foundation established the annual James Beard Awards, which...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Las Vegas, the legendary Entertainment Capital of the World. With its giant mega-casinos and hotels, entertainment complexes and lavish stage shows it has an utterly unique fantasy-like atmosphere. Finding Internet access when...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Punta del Este, Uruguay the sun-kissed paradise of South America. Punta del Este (known as the St. Tropez of South America) has miles of beautiful, pristine beaches. It attracts the rich and famous of South America and far beyond and is the vacation...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Las Vegas, the legendary Entertainment Capital of the World. With its giant mega-casinos and hotels, entertainment complexes and lavish stage shows it has an utterly unique fantasy-like atmosphere. Compared with other cities in...