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In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.

Three time-traveling historians are visiting World War II England: Michael Davies, intent on observing heroism during the Miracle of Dunkirk; Merope Ward, studying children evacuated from London; and Polly Churchill, posing as a shopgirl in the middle of the Blitz. But when the three become unexpectedly trapped in 1940, they struggle not only to find their way home but to survive as Hitler's bombers attempt to pummel London into submission.

When Sunnie Burke returns home after her father’s sudden death, she finds only more questions—her mother’s disappearance, whispers that her father may still live, and a hidden portal that leads straight into Faery. There, an enchanted staff awakens a wild, uncontrollable magic inside her.

Aoife Burke never expected her return home to awaken magic tied to a world she was never meant to enter. After her father’s death and her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Aoife’s search for answers leads her to an antique trunk in the attic—and a hidden stairway into Faery.

15 Steps to Team Success is a must-listen for any contemporary business owner, team manager or group leader. Short, concise, and to-the-point, it is one of the most effective team building tools ever written. Features of this book include learning how to: improve teamwork, facilitate productivity, build trust, increase revenues and boost morale - no matter the size of your team or company. You will see results almost immediately.

A collection of short anecdotes about finding and keeping a job. Career comedy. Job search satire.

Princess Allanna has been promised to a ruthless Elven regent whose schemes threaten the Fae realm. But her heart belongs to Sir Drake, the knight she is forbidden to love. Determined to defy her fate, Allanna risks everything to be with him.

Garfield Abercrombie Reginald Fergusson, the elegant ginger tom with white bib and socks, has his home-from-home in the Paterson’s Superstore in Ely. Loved by the customers and full of mischief, Garfy is ready to campaign for equality, help the community, and support his friends. Whether he means to or not, he creates havoc wherever he goes and is always able to raise a smile.

Philip’s life is back on track, going well and he plans to improve it further. But his tendency to get involved with other peoples’ problems remains. A chance encounter in the library leads him towards a psychic incident, and sorting out the loose ends following the death of his neighbour sees him discover a mysterious break-in and make a new friend. Soon he finds that, far from just recommending suitable reading choices to those visiting his library, his influence stretches much further.

Henry Chase will do anything to find his missing daughter—even step through a stone circle and into the Otherworld. Glamoured as a Fae knight, he soon finds himself drawn to Queen Maeve, whose shattered kingdom lies vulnerable to her immortal enemy: the Goddess of War. When Maeve is captured, Henry offers his life in exchange for hers. But his sacrifice could cost them both everything—especially once she learns the knight who stole her heart is not Fae at all, but human.

Garfy, full name Garfield Abercrombie Reginald Fergusson, is an elegant ginger tom with white bib and socks who lives in in Ely. He loves to roam in the large meadow opposite his home. Then, one day, someone puts up fences and builds a Paterson’s Superstore on Garfy’s meadow. What is a cat to do? Garfy adopts the supermarket as his home from home and is their first customer. He rapidly becomes a celebrity cat, loved by the customers and full of mischief. This collection of short stories features the fictionalized adventures of the real Garfield, Ely’s most famous cat!

After saving her love from certain death, Princess Elyne returns to the Otherworld by order of her mother Queen Maeve. But it's not the homecoming she expects. The queen is furious she has been meddling with humans and imprisons her, stripping away her magic. The only way Elyne can get her powers back is to perform one selfless act.

A snarky faery princess, a Scottish knight with a gambling problem, and a murderous earl all add up to one thing: trouble. Maggie’s medieval education never prepared her for life in the Middle Ages! Do-gooder Maggie Chase throws her thesis out the window when she wakes up in the arms of a hot Scottish knight. When she realizes she’s somehow ended up back in time, she embraces the persona of Lady Margaret. But she may be in over her head when she realizes she has to keep the sexy knight alive during a jousting tournament in order to get back to her own time.

The greatest mage the world has ever known has touched an evil that left him with a dark passenger, a voice he can't shake, along with a bloodlust he cannot deny. He unleashes his powers on every clan and magic school, believing that to eradicate magic is the only way to save the world from the awakening of dragons. Enter a generation born with magic in their blood. An unstoppable villain must face a generation of mages born with arcane power in their veins and the collision of forces creates a pause-resister that will capture the imagination of anyone with a beating heart.

General Samuel Draden is revered for his work on the battlefield, but he is also a secret student of doctrine and scripture. The ancient tomes he holds give him the best insight into the future - not only for his soldiers but also for the entire human race. Draden and the rest of the world have been plunged into the end times depicted by so many world religions. As prophecy becomes reality, Draden will have to use his knowledge to predict the catastrophes to come.

By his own admission, Philip is living a humdrum life in the Essex coastal town of Maldon. His new boss at the town library is a pain in the neck, making even the job he loves difficult, and he longs for something to kick start him out of what he admits is a bit of a rut. Soon after a new and unexpected friendship begins he determines to make some changes. Then one day his routine walk to work has him finding a dead body, involved with the police and feeling he must help his new friend by investigating a mystery from years past.

Get a small understanding of the Inquisition; though not comprehensive, it should be reason enough to peak your interest.

As the king’s health falters, Prince Andahar takes the throne just as the Fomorians wage war on his realm. When Princess Laerwen of the Fire Elves arrives seeking aid for her dying people, he cannot refuse her plea—or deny the passion she awakens in him.