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Silver Blackthorn is on the run. She fled Windsor Castle with 11 other teenagers, taking with her something far more valuable than even she realizes: knowledge. With the entire country searching for the missing offerings, Silver must keep them all from the vicious clutches of King Victor and the Minister Prime. Until now, no one has escaped the king and lived to tell the tale. Or have they? With expectations weighing heavily on the girl with the silver streak in her hair, will she ever find her way home?

On April 18, 1906, the residents of the city of San Francisco were sound asleep when the ground started to shake around 5:15 a.m.The roar of the earthquake unquestionably woke up residents, at least those fortunate enough not to be immediately swallowed by the cracks opening up in the ground. The earthquake lasted about a minute, but it had enough destructive force to divert the course of entire rivers and level much of what was, at the time, the ninth largest city in America.

On the morning of April 18, 1906, most of the residents of the city of San Francisco were sound asleep when the ground started to shake. But what started as fairly soft tremors turned into a violent shaking in all directions. The roar of the earthquake unquestionably woke up residents, at least those fortunate enough not to be immediately swallowed by the cracks opening up in the ground.

The Method is a lifestyle guide to getting what you want and need out of life. There's no catch, no magic product that'll change your life. Just a simple method that will help you gain what you feel is missing from your life.

On October 17, 1989, millions of Americans tuning in to watch the Oakland Athletics face the San Francisco Giants in the World Series watched the cameras suddenly start to shake violently for several seconds. The national broadcast had just caught an earthquake registering a 6.9 on the Richter scale striking the Bay Area. By the time the earthquake and the resulting fires were over and dealt with, over 60 people were dead, making it San Francisco's deadliest earthquake since the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Every version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

You are about to enter a place where all things are possible, a place where dreams come true and fantasy becomes reality. Welcome to this magical place! Enjoy these six beautiful Sleepy Time Stories: Tales of talking bears, a pink polar bear who plays the violin, a beautiful princess, dragons, a mouse, and a wizard's daughter. Enter this magical place and be entertained by these magical, mystical, amazing heartwarming stories.

Mrs. Pennington's Easter Bunny School is in the center of the small village of Floppy Ear Hollow. Bunnies from all over the forest attend her school. They learn to make jellybeans, chocolate bunnies, marshmallow eggs, and they learn how to dye eggs. If they pass every class and do well in the hopping races, they have a chance to become the Easter Bunny for that year.

"Wow, siehst du toll aus!" oder auch "Entschuldige bitte, es tut mir schrecklich leid!" klingt doch richtig nett und friedlich, oder? Ist es aber nicht, meint der Konfliktforscher und Friedensvermittler Marshall Rosenberg. Er erkennt in diesen Sätzen sogar versteckte Gewalt und provoziert damit zunächst heftiges Kopfschütteln: Ein Lob und eine Entschuldigung sollen Gewalt verursachen? Unsinn! Bei näherem Hinsehen jedoch vermag Rosenberg selbst Skeptiker zu überzeugen...

Our story takes place in the small village of Dragon Point, Maine, population 3,283--which doesn't include Mr. Nichols' dog, Shakespeare, or Tati's black cat, Whisper. You are probably wondering where the name Dragon Point came from. Well, there is a beautiful rock formation that sits high above the town, which is unmistakably in the shape of a dragon, thus the name, Dragon Point.

Spektakl' "Nenuzhnaja pobeda" po odnoimennoj povest' russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova. Ideja napisanija povesti voznikla u avtora sovershenno sluchajno. Dvadcatidvuhletnij Anton Chehov sochinil ee na spor s redaktorom "Budil'nika" A.D.Kurepinym, kotoryj utverzhdal, chto russkie belletristy ne umejut pisat' dlja shirokoj publiki legko i zanimatel'no, a Chehov zajavil, chto beretsja napisat' roman iz inostrannoj zhizni ne huzhe perevodnyh romanov togo vremeni.

In the village of Martindale, hundreds of miles north of the new English capital of Windsor, sixteen-year-old Silver Blackthorn takes the Reckoning. This coming-of-age test not only decides her place in society, Elite, Member, Inter or Trog, but also determines that Silver is to become an Offering for King Victor. But these are uncertain times and no one really knows what happens to the teenagers who disappear into Windsor Castle.

This is a heartwarming story about Leigh McKenzie, a 12-year-old city girl whose parents have decided that she will spend her summer with her Grandma Kate on the island that her Grandma calls home. However, Leigh had her summer all planned. She was going to spend it with her girlfriends, not on some old island with her Grandma! You see, it's not that Leigh doesn't love her Grandma Kate; it's just that well.... for one thing - Grandma Kate doesn't even have a T.V. or a computer.

The six mischievous leprechauns are on pot of gold duty; moving the pot of gold from place to place. They were planning on landing in the wheat field near Robbie Anderson's house. However, due to a storm they landed right on top of Robbie Anderson's tree house. - rainbow and all! Normally, they would just readjust their rainbow trajectories, and be out of that tree house before they were discovered.

Nastassia is a young girl with a dream; a dream of being a prima ballerina. She wants to travel around the world performing, just like her grandmother and great grandmother did. Nastassia comes from a very talented family. Her mother and father play in the Lyric Orchestra, and music and dance have always been a part of her life. Her grandmother's stories have also been a part of her life, stories about the ballet, and stories about an angel that put magic in her steps as she danced.

An original unique collection of mystical stories, fables and verse to nurture the inner child in us.

Everything seemed to be normal at the North Pole that night before the night before Christmas - that is until Santa tried on his magical red suit. That's when everything changed - that's when everyone was afraid that there would be no Christmas that year - and that's when Patrick came up with a plan to save Christmas.

Deep in the forest of the small village of Moon Hallow, beneath the roots of an ancient oak tree lives a small band of leprechauns. The wee leprechauns are only five to six inches tall. But don't let their size fool you; they have magical powers greater than the great Wizard of Ballydehob. Oh, and for sure these lads just can't behave themselves. Creating mischief is always at the top of their list of things to do. Ah, the boys do love mischief. There's one thing that really gets them upset and that one thing is Halloween.

Sometimes love can heal you from your scarred past. But sometimes it's the love we don't expect that makes the biggest impact. Lexi Lord has dreamed of dating Bryce Evans for years. But now that her dream has become a reality, she is no longer sure that he is the man for her. When a death unveils a deep secret, Bryce and Lexi's world together is torn apart and they are both forced to question everything surrounding their relationship and very existence.

Benjamin is a little brown bear who loves to spell, and Bobear is a big black bear who knows the ways of the forest (berry picking, collecting honey, and fishing). Children will enjoy the adventurous, and fun-filled days that Benjamin and Bobear share together. The story provides opportunities for children to interact with Benjamin, who loves letters, loves to spell, and loves rhyming words.