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In 1806, orphaned eleven-year-old Abigail and her little brother Seth find a home with the young Widow Chase in the seaport of Wiscasset, Maine, and help her discover a way to support them all.
A young enslaved boy who dreams of sailing must choose whether to risk everything to fight for freedom in this historical middle grade novel. Sometimes a man has to risk everything to do what’s right. Doing it is what makes him a man. Thirteen-year-old Michael knows he is lucky. Few enslaved people in 1805 Charleston are where they want to be. But Michael works on the docks and ships in Charleston Harbor, close to the seas he longs to sail. Life seems good. But when Michael’s protective mistress dies, everything changes, and Michael’s friend Jim encourages him to run away. Michael is torn. Should he risk everything for a chance at freedom in some unknown place? Is staying safe worth staying enslaved?
Wanna date a dragon? How about defend yourself in court with an orc as your lawyer? Or maybe you want to just sit in your loft and have a couple beers with your imaginary friend, or follow Merlin on his final days as he fights to stay alive. No seriously, what if your girlfriend’s skin was stolen by a hag? Or if you found sheet music to a song to end the world… what would you do? Dragons, Droids & Doom: Year One is a collection of all the stories published online by Fantasy Scroll Magazine in its first year. It includes a wide range of speculative short stories from fantasy to science fiction to horror. Some stories deal with death, others will leave you laughing to death. It’s all here, and it’s fantastic. Take a look; you won’t be disappointed.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Evolution" by F. B. Jevons. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
These volumes contains a verbatim transcription of the Wilkes County Court minutes. Two individuals have abstracted the earliest Wilkes County court minutes, those for the period 1778 to 1797. First, in 1974-1975 by Mrs. W.O. Absher, and in 2014 as 2nd edition by James Alan Williams.
These volumes contains a verbatim transcription of the Wilkes County Court minutes. Two individuals have abstracted the earliest Wilkes County court minutes, those for the period 1778 to 1797. First, in 1974-1975 by Mrs. W.O. Absher, and in 2014 as 2nd edition by James Alan Williams.
This book lists all the Tiptree Award winners, Tiptree honor lists and Tiptree long lists since the founding of the award in 1990 through 2019, when the awards name was changed to the Otherwise Award. In addition, the Tiptree retrospective awards, presented in 1996 are listed. Also included are ceremony site, art prizes, and songs with which the winners were serenaded during the award ceremonies.
Living the College Life helps you overcome the Freshman Fear Factor! College will be one of the most exciting and intimidating times of your life, and you're going to have questions as you head into this new experience. Living the College Life gives you real answers to common questions--answers from students who have "been there, done that." More than 100 upperclassmen and recent graduates from colleges all over the country candidly discuss what worked--and what didn't work--for them. Topics include what to take with you (this book, for example), academics, social and campus life, relationships, and money. Questions cut to the chase: * How should I handle alcohol issues? * How can I deal wit...
This work contains abstracts of all marriage bonds issued in Wilkes County shortly after it was erected from Surry County, to 1868. The 5,000 marriage records abstracted here refer in total to some 15,000 persons, including bondsmen. As is the convention, the data are arranged throughout in alphabetical order by the surname of the groom, and each entry contains the name of the bride, the date of the bond, and the name of the bondsman.