Download or read book Artifacts written by Mary Anna Evans and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a series of archaeological mysteries featuring Faye Longchamp, who uncovers more than artifacts from the past. "A haunting, atmospheric story." —P.J. Parrish, New York Times bestselling author Faye Longchamp has lost nearly everything except her determination to hang onto Joyeuse, a moldering plantation hidden along the Florida coast. No one knows how Faye's great-great-grandmother Cally, a newly freed slave barely out of her teens, came to own Joyeuse in the aftermath of the Civil War or how her descendants hung onto it through Reconstruction, world wars, the Depression, and Jim Crow. But Faye has inherited the family tenacity. When the property taxes rise beyond her means, she sets out to save Joyeuse by digging for artifacts on her property and selling them on the black market. But instead of pot shards and arrowheads, she uncovers a woman's shattered skull. If Faye reports the 40-year-old murder, she'll reveal her illegal livelihood, risk jail...and Joyeuse. So she probes into the dead woman's history, unaware that the past is rushing toward her like a hurricane across deceptively calm Gulf waters.... Winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin award in Mystery/Suspense

Download or read book Chaos Theory written by Susan Harris and published by Clean Teen Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you thought you knew about vampires is wrong… Chaos Theory brings vampires back in popular form. This new series pays homage to the classics, while breathing fresh and revitalized life back into the genre. “Finally, a new series for fans of Vampire Academy to sink their teeth into.” -Melanie’s Muses The vampire race is on the brink of extinction, and their fate now rests on the shoulders of an unlikely pair. Ryan Callan might be a badass seventeen-year-old with a mouth as sharp as her sai, but surviving the loss of her parents has come at the cost of isolating herself from everyone—even her best friend, Crowned Prince Nickolai. When Nickolai is sent to integrate with the humans, Ryan is tasked with watching over him and ensuring his safety. But when a rogue vampire threatens to reveal the existence of vampires to the world, Ryan and Nickolai must put aside their differences to keep their world a secret. Now, thousands of human lives are at stake… and so is the entirety of vampire kind. Perfect for fans of Vampire Academy by Richelle Meade and Slayer by Kiersten White, Susan Harris’s young adult vampire romance is here to prove that vampires are back, and they’re more enticing than ever. Future installments in The Sanguine Crown series by Susan Harris include: Chaos Theory (Book One—May 20, 2020) Butterfly Effect (Book Two—Fall 2020) Additional novels in the series to be announced soon.

Download or read book Krista S Summer Adventures written by Eva Zidek and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krista is about to finish grade three and looking forward to the holiday at her grandparents place, when her parents tell her that this year she will be going on her own. Krista will miss their parents but she is happy to be spending her holiday with grandma and grandpa. She always has a lot of fun at her grandparents place, unlike her everyday life during the school year. Every time Krista visits her grandparents, grandpa prepares different games and activities for her to do. This time, he invites her to try a game he played in his youth. The idea is to win a series of badges, each one being a reward for achieving different skills and disciplines. Krista is excited and begins the game, called a beaver hunt. For the first badges, Krista has to develop her physical strenght and agility by running, jumping and swimming. It is not always easy and she finds, she had to work hard to get the badges, but she enjoys it and wins three badges in first couple weeks. The hunts for the next badges are even more exciting. She would get one for bravery, another for her ability to spend a day alone in the outdoors, and so on. Kristas grandparents have prepared a further adventure for her. They will all go together for a week-long hiking trip through the foothills and mountains and they will have a horse to carry their stuff. Krista, who never slept in a tent, has to prepare herself for the trip. She is thrilled with the plans for her holidays! The hiking trip is beautiful and for Krista, her hunt for the badges makes it unforgettable. Before her holiday ends, she obtains still more badges after some remarkable hunts. Just before her departure, the seniors organize a big party with games, songs, and dancing. All kids as well as adults have lots of fun and happy memories to recall throughout the year. Krista is sad to leave her grandparents place, but they help her to make plans for more activities through the school year. Kristas parents agree to support her plans, and best of all, come to realize how much their help means to Krista.

Download or read book Positively Morbid written by Cara Johns and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parker came to the West Coast seeking peace—but the murders in her past are catching up with her. Now a meditation instructor, Parker wants two things: to run on the Oregon beaches with her dog Mouse, and to leave behind the murders that threw her life off track. She’s practicing a positive mindset when her new outlook is shaken by a voice from the past—a once-beloved man who betrayed her in a time of suspicion and murder. When she discovers a client’s body on the beach, she begins to understand—her tainted history is repeating itself, and the danger is only beginning.

Download or read book A Side of Murder written by Amy Pershing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is known for seafood, sand, surf, and, now…murder. Samantha Barnes was always a foodie. And when the CIA (that’s the Culinary Institute of America) came calling, she happily traded in Cape Cod for the Big Apple. But then the rising young chef’s clash with another chef (her ex!) boils over and goes viral. So when Sam inherits a house on the Cape and lands a job writing restaurant reviews, it seems like the perfect pairing. What could go wrong? Well, as it turns out, a lot. The dilapidated house comes with an enormous puppy. Her new boss is, well, bossy. And the town’s harbor master is none other than her first love. Nonetheless, Sam’s looking forward to reviewing the Bayview Grill—and indeed the seafood chowder is divine. But the body in the pond outside the eatery was not on the menu. Sam is certain this is murder. But as she begins to stir the pot, is she creating a recipe for her own untimely demise?

Download or read book Free Dive written by Emma Shelford and published by Emma Shelford. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea monsters have no place in modern science. Try telling them that. Corrie loves being a marine biologist, even if research money is a constant struggle. But studying sea anemones isn’t as ground-breaking as the mermaid she saw. She can’t tell anyone—one slip of her overactive tongue, and Corrie’s career would tank faster than a submarine. When mysterious free diver Zeballos offers her his ship to collect samples, cash-strapped Corrie eagerly sets sail. A bizarre fish jumps over the bow, hinting at answers to Corrie’s tantalizing questions, but she’s not the only hunter. A desperate drug dealer is hellbent on exploiting the rare sea creatures, and he’ll do anything to stop Corrie from stealing his product. Together, Corrie and Zeballos navigate dangerous waters, dodge ruthless fishermen, and dive into uncharted knowledge. Still, mysteries layer on mysteries. Why is secretive Zeballos so fascinated by the rare fish? And what disturbed nightmares will hunt them from the depths of the ocean?

Download or read book A Critique of Creativity and Complexity written by Don Ambrose and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an increasingly complex world the natural human inclination is to oversimplify issues and problems to make them seem more comprehensible and less threatening. This tendency usually generates forms of dogmatism that diminish our ability to think creatively and to develop worthy talents. Fortunately, complexity theory is giving us ways to make sense of intricate, evolving phenomena. This book represents a broad, interdisciplinary application of complexity theory to a wide variety of phenomena in general education, STEM education, learner diversity and special education, social-emotional development, organizational leadership, urban planning, and the history of philosophy. The contributors provide nuanced analyses of the structures and dynamics of complex adaptive systems in these academic and professional fields.

Download or read book IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT written by Janice Kay Johnson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was She Falling In Love With the Man? Or the Badge? A few weeks ago, Karen Lindberg wouldn't have had to ask herself that question. But she hadn't met Neal Rowland then. And in a small town torn apart by suspicion—by danger—the local police chief meant protection. Maybe Karen had always harbored a secret wish to find a man stronger than she was, a man who could take care of her. Nonsense! Karen was a born rebel who'd never wanted to depend on anyone. It was time she took matters into her own hands and stopped waiting passively for a man to protect her. And if Neal couldn't accept that—accept her right to choose her own risks—then he wasn't the man for her. Her decision made perfect sense. In the daylight. But in the dark of night, all that matters is love.

Download or read book Girls with Curls written by Krista Coyne and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you run the other way when someone tries to brush your hair? The girls in this house do! Come and join the fun in this world of curls. Although living with curls isn't always easy, these girls learn to embrace what they have and prove that there is never a dull moment: from Dad's 'stylish' unicorn ponytails to Crazy Hair Day at school.

Download or read book Surfacing written by Emma Shelford and published by Emma Shelford. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more marine biologist Corrie Duval learns about the mysterious sea creatures she discovered, the more questions she has. Where are the creatures coming from? How are they related? And what is Zeballos Artino hiding? Zeb wishes he had the answers to Corrie’s questions, but there is so much he can’t say, and even more that he doesn’t know himself. The glimpse of the woman in the water plagues him with riddles he can’t decipher, and his late father’s translated notebook provides frustrating clues. But when Zeb discovers someone attracting mysterious creatures with the same sonar device installed on his own boat, he and Corrie must race to uncover the truth before the world of the creatures is exposed.

Download or read book The Jade Notebook written by Laura Resau and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down-to-earth Zeeta and her flighty mom, Layla, have spent years traveling the globe and soaking up everything each new culture has to offer. Now they've settled in the beachside town of Mazunte, Mexico, where Zeeta's true love, Wendell, has an internship photographing rare sea turtles. At first glance, Zeeta feels sure that Mazunte is paradise—she envisions dips in jade waters, sunsets over sea cliffs, moonlit walks in the surf. And she is determined to make Mazunte her home . . . for good. But as she and Wendell dig deeper to unearth her elusive father's past, Zeeta finds that paradise has its dark side.

Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Mother Daughter Soul written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between a mother and daughter is one of the most profound bonds in life. A mother feels her daughter's first kick during pregnancy, labors to bring her daughter into the world and watches as she takes her first breath of life. Similarly, a daughter opens up a new world and range of emotions to her mother, allowing her to feel an unconditional love she didn't know she possessed.

Download or read book The Ruby Notebook written by Laura Resau and published by Ember. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Zeeta and her flighty English-teaching mom, Layla, have traveled the world together, settling in a different country every year, making a whole new set of friends and adopting new customs. This year, they’ve chosen to live in Aix-en-Provence, France, an enchanting city full of fountains, creamy yellow light, and a fascinating group of scarlet-clad street performers. Zeeta soon begins to receive mysterious notes and gifts from someone she calls her fantôme, or ghost, admirer. But she is expecting her boyfriend, Wendell—the love of her life, as her friends call him—to arrive in Aix for a summer program very soon. Zeeta brushes off her curiosity about her fantôme, and her simmering attraction to one of the street performers, Jean-Claude, until Wendell arrives and she begins to fear that her feelings for him have truly changed. Perhaps—like Layla—she’s simply not made for long-term romance. As Zeeta tries to draw away from Wendell, however, circumstances seem to force them together. Zeeta’s friendship with a local antiques dealer and his reclusive artist friend leads to a dangerous adventure. When Zeeta and Wendell join forces to find a secret underground spring whose water is rumored to bring immortality, they are forced to reconsider their own desires, and their beliefs about true love. Yet as soon as Zeeta decides that her mind has cleared, she’s confronted with the biggest shock of her life: the incredible true identity of her fantôme. Vibrant, warmhearted, and evocative, The Ruby Notebook is a remarkable novel about learning to accept love in all of its wondrous and imperfect forms.

Download or read book Throne of Death written by Veronica Shade and published by Evershade Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madison’s search for the Soule Grimoire could get her expelled...if it doesn’t get her killed, first. Madison enrolled at La Voisin hoping to get control of her magic abilities; she never expected that to lead her to series of murder mysteries in the supernatural community. One mystery, however, is even bigger and more ominous than all the rest: What happened to the Soule Coven? The secrets lie in a grimoire hidden in New Orleans, and it ends up being Madison’s best friend from the mundane world who helps her retrieve the books with the help of a Voodoo Priestess. But retrieving the grimoire is only half the battle. As Madison and her friends race to save the Soule Coven before those imprisoning them realize their plot has been uncovered, they soon learn the nefarious history of La Voisin runs deeper than they thought. As does Madison’s own history... Fans of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight and Bella Forrest’s Harley Merlin series will devour Crown of Blood, book three of Veronica Shade’s Academy of the Damned. Scroll up and one-click to continue reading this haunting, slow burn paranormal academy romance today.

Download or read book Language Arts Grade 6 written by McKenzie and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interactive Notebooks: Language Arts for grade 6 is a fun way to teach and reinforce effective note taking for students. Students become a part of the learning process with activities about making inferences, improving writing, pronouns, active and passive voice, Greek and Latin roots, and more! This book is an essential resource that will guide you through setting up, creating, and maintaining interactive notebooks for skill retention in the classroom. High-interest and hands-on, interactive notebooks effectively engage students in learning new concepts. Students are encouraged to personalize interactive notebooks to fit their specific learning needs by creating fun, colorful pages for each topic. With this note-taking process, students will learn organization, color coding, summarizing, and other important skills while creating personalized portfolios of their individual learning that they can reference throughout the year. Spanning grades kindergarten to grade 8, the Interactive Notebooks series focuses on grade-specific math, language arts, or science skills. Aligned to meet current state standards, every 96-page book in this series offers lesson plans to keep the process focused. Reproducibles are included to create notebook pages on a variety of topics, making this series a fun, one-of-a-kind learning experience.

Download or read book From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqualine Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it's hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot--they're about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she's gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren't hard enough for him to accept, her girlfriend is white. Melanin Sun is angry and scared. How can his mom do this to him--is this the end of their closeness? What will his friends think? And can he let her girlfriend be part of their family?

Download or read book The Insider s Guide to Technical Writing written by Krista Van Laan and published by XML Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every complex product needs to be explained to its users, and technical writers, also known as technical communicators, are the ones who do that job. A growing field, technical writing requires multiple skills, including an understanding of technology, writing ability, and great people skills. Whether you're thinking of becoming a technical writer, just starting out, or you've been working for a while and feel the need to take your skills to the next level, The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing can help you be a successful technical writer and build a satisfying career. Inside the Book Is This Job for Me? What does it take to be a technical writer? Building the Foundation: What skills and tools do you need to get started? The Best Laid Plans: How do you create a schedule that won’t make you go crazy? How do you manage different development processes, including Agile methodologies? On the Job: What does it take to walk into a job and be productive right away? The Tech Writer Toolkit: How do you create style guides, indexes, templates and layouts? How do you manage localization and translation and all the other non-writing parts of the job? I Love My Job: How do you handle the ups and downs of being a technical writer? Appendixes: References to websites, books, and other resources to keep you learning. Index