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After escaping the laboratory where he was imprisoned by the scientific mega-corporation GenTech, Kata wants just one thing: to go back to his homeworld of Trandellia with his friend Tau and forget all about what happened. Forget about being imprisoned and mutated, forget about GenTech's attempts to break and sell him as a piece of livestock, and above all, forget the tortures he suffered at the hands of some of the scientists.

In the land of Utopia, the last remaining protector of the sacred birth stones lies on his deathbed surrounded by his two apprentices. The great wizard has reached the end of his journey and must pass on his responsibilities to someone who is worthy of them. Meanwhile on Earth, Lucas finds out his mother is killed in a car crash and he is taken to an orphanage where he meets four new friends of a similar age.

Worry and dessert. Always on the menu at Hazard Middle School. Rourke is hoping for a perfect seventh grade year. Or at least one where his gut isn’t twisted in worry. But with crazy neighbors, a mysterious girl he has a crush on, and an unpredictable brother, what’s the chance of that? Especially when tragedy strikes.

In Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry: Principles, Tasks, and Tools for Success, renowned auditing professional, valuator, and author Andreas Creutzmann delivers an essential guide for professionals seeking to upgrade and refine their soft skills. From public speaking to problem solving, digital literacy, and intercultural fluency, the author discusses concrete strategies and practical techniques for professionally trained and credentialed experts to expand their skillset, augment their leadership abilities, and even find more fulfillment in their work.

In The Customer Education Playbook: How Leading Companies Engage, Convert, and Retain Customers, customer learning experts Barry Kelly and Daniel Quick explain how teaching customers to best engage with your products and services is the key to converting them from prospects to loyal advocates of your brand. 

When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island's wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months.

Dip your toes into the exotic waters of Maradoum, exploring the realm through 11 stand-alone short stories set in the same world as the Convent Series. From the brutality of dust-blown Ogbun Nagali and the barbarism of high society in Zamphia to the rotten heart of civilized Justiqua and the treacheries secreted beneath the soothing tropics of Ishambria, this high fantasy anthology is stuffed to the gills with witches and wizards, gods and monsters, tales of love beyond death and familial vengeance, coming of age and reunification, and questing warriors and even noble foes.

Serving as a protector of humanity for over 200,000 years can get boring. So many take on a second job - in the case of the mighty Seraphim Manotia, as a Texas Ranger. As Ranger Manny Williams, Manotia is in the perfect place to keep an eye on the evil that lurks in the shadows and just around the corner.

Many men came to America to escape their old lives. Baron Karl Augustus Dietrich Wilhelm von Brandt was no different, though he fled his father's crimes and not his own. Easily swindled into buying a Nebraska ranch that's little more than a sand dune, the European tenderfoot is befriended by half-Pawnee Johnny Moon, a ne'er-do-well usually one step ahead of the marshal. Working together, the impoverished nobleman and the half-breed cowboy transform the ruin into a thriving ranch. Through tough times and good, Johnny Moon is there for Will, closer than a friend, trusted like a brother.

Barry Young is trapped in an alien prison for a crime he didn't commit, galaxies away from the woman he loves. Captain Bloxnor and the crew of the USG Seedman have been recruited to rescue the quirky photographer, unaware of the powerful time-altering gem being held inside the prison. How will a time-traveling gangster's escape attempt affect Barry's reunion with his beloved? What kind of world will Barry and the crew come back to? Who is really behind the theft of the Kronosite?

When a freak blizzard cancels trick-or-treating (based on a true event), a Halloween-obsessed nerd and his friends break the rules and go out, only to discover that a terrible curse has befallen their town. Cold Spell is a fun, fast-paced story of friendship and supernatural adventure that will appeal to fans of Hocus Pocus, Goosebumps, and anyone who believes there is magic just beyond the veil of red and orange veiled woods.

Kalin Taylor is on the path to success. He's just won a scholarship to the prestigious Sanderson College of Arts and Science to study medicine. He's also about to do something very, very stupid in the name of becoming one of the 'in' kids at college. It sounded simple at the time. Sneak into a branch of the top-secret, interstellar scientific company GenTech, take a photo of the genetically engineered creature Project Tau that's supposedly inside, and sneak back out again. Cue membership of the college frat house, cue popularity and an improved lifestyle, right?

Mrs. Willy Nilly the kindergarten teacher has her feelings hurt when she hears herself referred to as old school as well as old dog. She looks to her students for help as she tries to prove to herself and others that you are never too young or too old to learn new things.

The first three books in The Tattler series in one volume. Celebrity-chasing paparazzo Barry Young was abducted by aliens when he was five. Twenty years later, he finds himself in the crosshairs of these same aliens as they try to take over the planet. The only person he has to turn to is Nikki Graves, an award-winning journalist who is also Barry's ex. Will switching memories help Barry and Nikki learn to understand each other? Will they get back together? Will the power of the press save the planet?

When an outlaw gang plunder a small ranch, killing the owners and kidnapping members of the family, they unleash a fury against them and an unrelenting thirst for revenge by former Union soldier Burrell Swope when he discovers the foul acts perpetrated on his family and home. Burrell and his companion-in-arms, Jackson Barnhart, two battle-hardened ex-soldiers, set out on the trail of the gang. Despite many setbacks, at times it seems their quest is going nowhere; the pair track the gang to their lair in an abandoned monastery, where the bloody battle of Desierto de los Leones ensues.

Gus Grimey is a genius kid that can build anything. Also, he smells bad, behaves horribly, is not cool, and doesn't like being around people. Along with the clever ball of ear wax he keeps with him for conversation, Grimey believes the best way to solve any problem is to throw trash all over Fern Isle. Amelia Jane Green plays soccer, loves to dance - and is the recycling rockstar Green Girl! Using powers given to her from the magic Green Power Gem, she fights against the nasty Gus Grimey to keep Fern Isle clean from trash.

A mysterious time traveler has been helping President Lee Finn hunt down monsters, made from a mineral that can repair the alien invaders’ home world. Barry Young has quit TTLR News to pursue a career in artsy photography, leaving Nikki with unresolved feelings. Will Barry and Nikki get back together? Will the aliens go home? And what of seductive, snake-haired media mogul Lenee Medusa, who wants to add both TTLR and Barry to her list of conquests?

One point three million dollars. That's what 13-year-old Lucas Cage inherits from Mr. Casey, a neighbor Lucas thought had very little. According to the will, the money is to be put into a trust fund that Lucas will not be able to access until his 20th birthday. This is not a problem, until Lucas is kidnapped and finds himself in the unusual circumstance of being rich without a ransom. Using his cleverness and quick thinking, Lucas must figure out a way to outwit his captors.

Deep within Sebastian’s vivid imagination, international spy Foxfire is tasked with her most difficult mission yet: To find and capture the Devil himself. Outside Sebastian’s solitary comic book - drawing bouts, the mystery - loving 12-year-old helps his friends construct a secret tree fort using building supplies from an abandoned neighborhood shed while at home, he struggles to find common ground with his stepdad after his mom has left them following a car accident.

Detective Aileen Buckman has travelled back in time 600 years to prevent an assassination. Rupert Blix, the mob boss who has the Time Travel Police in his back pocket, is hot on her trail. How will Aileen stay hidden from her corrupt teammates without being erased from existence the way only a time traveler can do?