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Ace and Chance Jensen usually spend Christmas at the Sugarloaf Ranch. But this year, the brothers are heading to Death Valley to claim Chance’s prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. Sure, the mine is probably dried up and worthless, but what they don’t realize is that half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx, a rich vein of silver hasn’t been tapped yet, and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition—by killing every miner in the valley.

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska.

It was in the early days in Fiji, when John Starhurst arose in the mission house at Rewa Village and announced his intention of carrying the gospel throughout all Viti Levu. Now Viti Levu means the "Great Land," it being the largest island in a group composed of many large islands, to say nothing of hundreds of small ones. Here and there on the coasts, living by most precarious tenure, was a sprinkling of missionaries, traders, beche-de-mer fishers, and whaleship deserters.

Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. His dream was to write a new kind of novel, which combined scientific fact with fiction. Verne eventually wrote 40 novels in his Voyages extraordinaires series. "What one man can imagine, another will someday be able to achieve." Is a quote from an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica that sums up Verne so well. In All Around the Moon three space travelers are conversing about science and mathematics. They decide to alter the course of their projectile, which leads to unanticipated results.

Some people believe that the easiest journey is the one with the fewest obstacles along the way. However, it’s the adversity that we experience throughout our lives that provides our greatest growth, development, and fulfillment. If we can muster the courage and persistence to “go thru” these obstacles while maintaining a positive mental attitude, we will find our unique expert power on the other side.

After the liberation of Front Royal from the Magus’ tyranny, Ryan Cawdor and his companions grieve the heart-wrenching loss of loved ones, but must carry on. Ryan and his surviving friends assume leadership roles in Front Royal, contributing to the rebuilding of the ville and the struggle to carve out a future for the beleaguered community. Ryan must learn how to be a good father for his unique baby daughter, and with the support of his larger family do his best to help her navigate the treacherous future that is her destiny. 

After the events of Deathlands 131: Freak Pharm and the overthrow of the corrupt pseudo-medical theocracy there, Ryan Cawdor, Krysty Wroth, and their fellow companions had decided that the recovering community of Bomville would likely be the safest place to prepare for the eventual birth of Krysty’s child, rather than venturing out yet again into the unknown. Otherworldly circumstances soon convince Ryan and Krysty that the opposite is true. 

Felicity, Debby, Fin, and Ronnie stumble upon a mysterious creature during their game of hide and seek in Coral Cove.

A heartwarming story about Felicity, a cheeky, cheerful fish who loves adventure. She loves playing hide and seek in the coral, synchronised swimming and playing the guitar but her favourite thing in the world is eating sweets! She, her little sister, Debby, and her friend Ronnie the octopus have lots of fun together, exploring, making music and often getting into trouble.

Felicity is fed up with her band's acoustic instruments. It's time to go electric! But when she places an ad in the paper asking for electric eels to help her out, she has no idea just how popular it will be. Soon, Coral Cove is completely overrun with electric eels and everyone is getting zapped left, right and centre! It's up to the gang to save the day.

A heartwarming story about Felicity, a cheeky, cheerful fish who loves adventure. She loves playing hide and seek in the coral, synchronised swimming and playing the guitar - but her favourite thing in the world is eating sweets! She, her little sister, Debby, and her friend Robbie the octopus have lots of fun together, exploring, making music and often getting into trouble.

Felicity and Debby have started synchronised swimming lessons at school, but they just can't get the hang of it. They need to find a way to swim THEIR way.

Bored after being stuck indoors during a sea storm, Felicity and Debby start making prank calls to people in the neighbourhood.

Felicity, Debby and Ronnie start a band with Felicity on the guitar, Debby on vocals and Ronnie on the drums! Just in time to enter the Mussel Beach talent contest.

While out scouting in southern Indiana, Alessa Duvalier comes across a Kurian Conference being attended by every major military sect the Kurians have in the Midwest. Taking advantage of the strategic opportunity to cripple their enemy, Alessa and her warriors strike and achieve victory—only to discover an even greater threat to humanity. Most of the world's resistance leaders and the Lifeweavers are gathering for a peace conference in Helsinki, Finland, and according to the intelligence materials Alessa recovered during her raid, the Kurians have already inserted an agent among the delegates.