Baron of the Coast is about a small island town struggling to survive after World War 3. A young man watches his father obtain victory on the seas and suffer bitter defeat in the bottle. This story is about a town's fight to survive in a lawless post-war world. This is also the story of a young man's battle with his father's alcoholism. As the town turns to from fishing to piracy, the community changes from a lazy fishing village to a feudal warlord's stronghold. This book contains scenes of bitter combat on land, sea and across the table. Lanyard off your gear and get ready to turn to!
With its emphasis on light-infused interiors and fresh painted surfaces, Swedish interior design is easy to live with, traditional and yet contemporary in its appeal. Katrin Cargill distils the chief characteristics of a look that embraces the cool colo rs and modest proportions of Gustavian interiors and the unpretentious charm of country nostalgia. Five practical chapters – The Essence of Swedish Style, Color and Paint, Furniture, Fabric and Accessories – show how you can adapt and recreate this style in your own home. The photographs, many of little-known Swedish interiors, feature rooms where the look has been successfully recreated and some of the period houses that provide the inspiration.
Tales of Drake: Tale of the Lost Dog is a story of a boy dragon who looses his dog and his quest to find him in a dark and unfamiliar forest. Along the way, he meets several forest animals who aid him in his search for his pet dog. Tales of Drake is a smart, colorful, and well-designed adventure that encourages strength through unity and exploration!
From the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright comes another cutting-edge cosmic space adventure for anyone who's ever looked up at the stars and wondered about the universe. How amazing would it be to have a dad who's an astronaut? To see him go on rocket launches, live in zero gravity, and fly through space like a superhero? Jamie Drake knows. His dad is orbiting Earth in the International Space Station. Jamie thinks it's cool, and he's proud of his dad, but he also really misses him. Hanging out at the local observatory one day, Jamie is surprised when he picks up a strange signal on his phone. Could it be aliens? Are they closer to our planet than anyone realizes? With his dad in space, Jamie feels he has no choice but to investigate on his own. But when something goes wrong with his dad's mission, Jamie is reminded that space is a dangerous place. He decides it's time to prove that he's a hero too. The Jamie Drake Equation is about the wonders of space, the courage of astronauts, and the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love. "Thrilling, smart and surprisingly poignant . . . will leave young readers with a hunger to know more about the universe and our planet's place it it. --BookPage
The official novel of Naughty Dog’s award-winning videogame franchise! In the ancient world there was a myth about a king, a treasure, and a hellish labyrinth. Now the doors to that hell are open once again. Nathan Drake, treasure hunter and risk taker, has been called to New York City by the man who taught him everything about the “antiquities acquisition business.” Victor Sullivan needs Drake’s help. Sully’s old friend, a world-famous archaeologist, has just been found murdered in Manhattan. Dodging assassins, Drake, Sully, and the dead man’s daughter, Jada Hzujak, race from New York to underground excavations in Egypt and Greece. Their goal: to unravel an ancient myth of alchemy, look for three long-lost labyrinths, and find the astonishing discovery that got Jada’s father killed. It appears that a fourth labyrinth was built in another land and another culture—and within it lies a key to unmatched wealth and power. An army of terrifying lost warriors guards this underground maze. So does a monster. And what lies beyond—if Drake can live long enough to reach it—is both a treasure and a poison, a paradise and a hell. Welcome to The Fourth Labyrinth.
Couple Therapy for Depression' is an integrative 20-session couple therapy designed to treat depression in couples where there is also relationship distress. Following the recommendations of the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for a behaviourally based couple therapy treatment, it draws on randomised controlled trial studies of efficacy as well as 'best practice' in behavioural, cognitive, emotionally focused, systemic, and psychodynamic couple therapies.
The human race had settled more than a hundred worlds before it met the Emerging Planets Fairness Court¾six alien species who sit in judgment on all galactic newcomers. Humanity must now pass the EPFC test. Soon the human fleets find themselves under the eyes of stern overseers known as the Mromrosii. It seems the Mromrosii do not like humanitys freewheeling ways. Most of all, they have severe problems with that group of fleet troubleshooters, the Harriers, for whom breaking the rules is sometimes the only way to get the job done. Features novellas by David Drake, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Christopher Stasheff. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Greatness from small beginnings. Three young men climb from the garbage heaps of the under class to stand over the ashes of just about everyone. This is a story of growth in the face of death, creation in the fields of destruction. Cruel upbringings prepared the three for a time when all became heartless. Now in the face of unheard of genocide and total war, they improve themselves. While the rest of America huddles in refugee camps or is ground to dust on the front lines, Mitch, Wade or Timothy farm the killing fields and even plant a few new graves. This book is for anyone who has ever admired natural toughness in seemingly insignificant people. This one is for the survivors.
This book has two objectives--to provide a comprehensive reference on using XML with Python; and to illustrate the practical applications of these technologies in an enterprise environment with examples.
This text deals with the protection of minority shareholders from a practical and procedural perspective. It is intended as a first point of reference for all lawyers covering procedure and tactics as well as the law, with the text cross-referenced to accompanying precedents which are provided in both hard copy and on disk. In a highly complex area of law, this book offers an in-depth and up-to-date source of reference.
The story Love Saving Love is a Christian Short Romance Novel about a woman named Amanda who finds a man named Drake dead and resurrects him by a power of a miracle only to find out that he has no interest in Jesus Christ. It is up to her to get Drake interested in Jesus and accept him as his Lord and Savior?even if it mean saving her true love though the power of Jesus.
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