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1000 tulosta hakusanalla J D Riley
Comet Cove is a city where everyone gets their own special powers when they come of age. Everyone, that is, except for Samael Judd. Ordinary in a world of extraordinaries, Sam faces the possibility of exile, should his powerlessness be discovered. When a Fragment doesn't accept themselves, their Aura doesn't give them the powers they're promised, making them a Blank. But a solution exists: If Sam can confront the part of himself that he would rather stay buried, he just might be in the clear. That is, until he finds out he's revealed his secret to the wrong person.
This historical novel is based on the actual journal kept by Carl Lee Young while he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII abaord the escort vessel DE-416 USS Melvin R. Nawman. Karns has brilliantly woven Carl's journal entries together with fiction to create an entertaining, breathtaking, and highly factual account of the war from a sailor's point of view. Experience everything from th egreat typhoon of 1944 to Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and from the atom bomb to the signing of the treaty that ended the Second World War. It is an emotional roller coaster ride between the onboard action and the family back home. The realism of not only the war, but also the era has been captured with expertise.
The Revolutionary War was about to begin, and tensions ran high with all involved. David Rittenhouse was convinced to relocate to Philadelphia by Thomas Barton, and Dr. William Smith, Provost of the College of Philadelphia, to help promote his orrery. Philadelphia did not prove to be a happy time for David, as tragedy struck his family, but he was determined to not let it hold him back from all of his potential. Follow David, his family, and their roles during these historical events of the birth of America, and as possibly one of the most un-talked about families, in Volume II, "Saga of an American Family".
The Revolutionary War was about to begin, and tensions ran high with all involved. David Rittenhouse was convinced to relocate to Philadelphia by Thomas Barton, and Dr. William Smith, Provost of the College of Philadelphia, to help promote his orrery. Philadelphia did not prove to be a happy time for David, as tragedy struck his family, but he was determined to not let it hold him back from all of his potential. Follow David, his family, and their roles during these historical events of the birth of America, and as possibly one of the most un-talked about families, in Volume II, "Saga of an American Family".
A priestess on her first job of protecting a caravan suddenly gets her fate on an unknown quest. Though their paths were headed in a different direction they found themselves fighting alongside each other in a battle to protect the city from a demon invasion, during which turns out there are higher forces at work. A 3,000 year old threat is returning to the land of Fignis in an attempt to wreak vengeance upon man-kind. With their new partnership formed they set out to the city of Lucidium as they suspect the dark city to be the next target of the demon army. To their surprise they met a young man there whose light shone brightly even in the land of darkness. A young man who aims to be the strongest knight he could be so he could return to the girls he feels for. Though he faces obstacles that would be hard for anyone to face, the team gives him a way to become that which he seeks to become and in the process he discovers a power beyond his wildest thoughts. All this just in time for them to confront the darkness they were hoping to avoid directly for the darkland and thus they found themselves in the mits of another battle for the survival of the city.
A priestess on her first job of protecting a caravan suddenly gets her fate on an unknown quest. Though their paths were headed in a different direction they found themselves fighting alongside each other in a battle to protect the city from a demon invasion, during which turns out there are higher forces at work. A 3,000 year old threat is returning to the land of Fignis in an attempt to wreak vengeance upon man-kind. With their new partnership formed they set out to the city of Lucidium as they suspect the dark city to be the next target of the demon army. To their surprise they met a young man there whose light shone brightly even in the land of darkness. A young man who aims to be the strongest knight he could be so he could return to the girls he feels for. Though he faces obstacles that would be hard for anyone to face, the team gives him a way to become that which he seeks to become and in the process he discovers a power beyond his wildest thoughts. All this just in time for them to confront the darkness they were hoping to avoid directly for the darkland and thus they found themselves in the mits of another battle for the survival of the city.
What would you do if you were suddenly reminded of something you witnessed as a young child, but had only just realised the terrible significance of what you saw? Would you trust your own memories and do something about it, or just let sleeping dogs lie?
Based on extensive research, The Naval History of Wales tells a compelling story that spans nearly 2,000 years, from the Romans to the present.Many Welsh men and women have served in the Royal Navy and the navies of other countries. Welshmen played major parts in voyages of exploration, in the navy’s suppression of the slave trade, and in naval warfare from the Viking era to the Spanish Armada, in the American Civil War, both world wars and the Falklands War.Comprehensive, enlightening, and provocative, The Naval History of Wales also explodes many myths about Welsh history, naval historian J.D. Davies arguing that most Welshmen in the sailing navy were volunteers and that, relative to the size of national populations, proportionately more Welsh seamen than English fought at Trafalgar.Written in vivid detail, this volume is one that no maritime or Welsh historian can do without.
Superb storytelling and sound research offer a fun and fascinating glimpse into the Fruit of the Spirit described in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The timeless truths of Orthodoxy permeate our everyday lives each and every moment. The author submitted these twelve articles to The Word, the periodical of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and the magazine published five of the essays.
Superb storytelling and sound research offer a fun and fascinating glimpse into the Fruit of the Spirit described in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The timeless truths of Orthodoxy permeate our everyday lives each and every moment. The author submitted these twelve articles to The Word, the periodical of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and the magazine published five of the essays.
A gripping murder mystery set within the eerie atmosphere of Dartmoor. An independent sequel to the authorâ??s very successful first novel Iâ??m Going to Find You.
