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In the second book of the Mermaid's Revenge Series, Mandy is now a Mermaid and must learn to swim with the fish. She is beautiful, magical, but also monstrous. She believes she will never see her family again. Aboard the Bold Fortune, stowaway Adam is named Captain by the scheming first mate. Not everyone is on board with Adam's rise to power. Since his first order of business is to go to Mandy's mother and sisters, he'll need the support and the courage of the younger Lost Boys to challenge the remaining crew and keep power. Will the friends embarking on this new evolution end up on opposing sides?

Jane's plan to engage her husband in more romantic acts has numerous disastrous consequences. From the author of The Carley Patrol and Mother Confessor comes a story about the pitfalls of marital bliss. For 15 years, Charlie and Jane Hart have been mostly happily married. However, Jane believes her husband has become too comfortable in their marriage. She hopes that by marking her favorite romance novel passages with suggestive sticky notes, Charlie will be inspired to spice up their dull relationship. As it happens, Jane's dreams were better than Charlie's ability to carry them out -- even when he WANTED to try to be a better husband. Is happily ever after only true in fairy tales and romance novels? (#25 Reasons Why Charlie Should Never Read Jane's Books to Jane is Phyl Campbell's answer to a different very popular book whose title is a number, two words, and then a color. She didn't like the idea of that book -- two people that were basically strangers getting together to perform sex acts on each other and it works because the guy is filthy rich? C'mon Instead, take a couple in a committed relationship -- like couples in the TGIF sitcoms of the 90s -- and show the world the work involved in learning and appreciating your partner. #25 Reasons has saved marriages and convinced a lot of people that Phyl Campbell had hidden cameras in their homes. Phyl Campbell denies the latter of such allegations.) Chapters: A Night that Ends BadlyUnwanted AdvancesLove in the Great OutdoorsLumberjacks and WolvesAlarm Clock HellAdvice from the Peanut GalleryBaby it's on... BackwardsA Very Merry Unbirthday to JaneThe Gift of DanceSexual CongressEarly to Bed, Early to RiseAre You Coming With Me Or Not?Ignoring the ElephantHard for the MoneyUltra-Thin For Her PleasureDouble Painful Double DateDoggie StylePop Up PornTwenty Questions with a TeenagerAn Unwelcome VisitorAlong Came a SpiderMother's DayAbout the Ending(s)25 Reasons (1st Ending)25 Reasons (2nd Ending)About the Author Chapters may be read independently and out of order, though the published order should reflect vignettes of the school year, starting in the fall and ending in the late spring. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a skunk got into the church during a funeral?Ever had to deal with a wife who was afraid of spiders?Ever had to not strangle your spouse for getting the WRONG feminine hygiene products?Have you ever had your partner remember your birthday wrong?Have you ever had your offspring interrupt you during foreplay or sex?Have you ever planned a camping trip -- and then it rained?Have you ever tried to go shopping with your partner?Have you ever seen a pop-up ad on your partner's computer and mistaken it for something else?Have you ever wanted to smother someone with a pillow because they did not shut off their alarm in the room you shared?Has your partner ever gotten you funeral flowers for a holiday like Mother's Day or your birthday?Has your partner ever tried really hard -- and still gotten it so wrong you could cry?Has you partner ever tried so hard you cried for a different reason?

What if mermaids are women discovered on sailing ships? Superstitious sailors tied them up and threw them overboard. Bound legs became powerful tails. The women begin new lives underwater as mermaids.Mandy disguises herself as a boy on the Bold Fortune to find information leading to the rescue of her father. But when Captain Cutler tells Adam to befriend and betray her, can their friendship chart a different course? Or is Mandy doomed to join the mermaids overboard?

When Martha's husband dies, she sells her farm and puts her animals on board a ship. Her chickens, fearing for their lives, fly to a pirate ship to bring Martha food so she won't cook and eat them. But when the pirates lay a trap to catch the chickens, can Martha help everyone get what they really want?

An Oxford Childhood is a personal reminiscence of growing up in Cowley, Oxford in the 1920s. The author's detailed memories describe every aspect of life in the years following the Great War. The clothes she wore, the furnishings of her parents' house and the food they ate are graphically remembered. She describes the fun they had with a newly made rag rug, trying to identify the pieces of old clothing that it was made from and remembers that on bath nights, in front of the fire, mother covered the hearth with newspapers to prevent splashes staining the black leading. She describes schooldays, shopping, street games, the 'cat's whisker' crystal set and the arrival of Welsh miners who walked to Cowley from Wales to find work at the new Morris Motor Works. This charming book is illustrated with drawings by Max Surman and some delightful contemporary photographs.

Phyl Kerns is the author of the playCowboy of the Western World, and the poetry collections, Who in the World Am I?andEight Poems. She wrote the screenplay for the filmThe Travelers, whichwas produced in 2007. A fifth-generation Oregonian, she raised 5 children on her own in Eugene, Oregon, while sustaining her life as an artist. She is a reader intimately conversant with the works of Tolstoy, and other writers who have deepened her sense of craft, and her sensitivity to human yearning, struggle, and fulfillment. She has a Master's degree in American Studies from Yale University, and has filled her life with writing scripts, stories, and poems that present American stories with universal insig