45 results for 'life bastion'

Mankind stands at a most critical time. A deserted bell rings over a deserted field. It is a hollow sound, eerie, almost foreboding. It is the bell that one hears in the wake of death or at that very...

Although the evidence of the site has nearly vanished, Port Hudson, Louisiana, holds a distinct place in Civil War History. Located just north of Baton Rouge, the village was the last Confederate...

How frustrating it is when, as a seemingly successful person, you have achieved everything, yet life feels unfulfilling. When uncertainty sets in. When unhappiness prevails. When everything seems out...

Takilma, Oregon. Even in the 21st century, it remains one of the last bastions of the hippy sensibility. Once a nuclear free zone, it still houses families living in school buses and bathing nude...

The communities along the coastline of Ghana boast a long and vibrant maritime culture. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the region experienced creeping British imperialism and...

Bounty hunter Hel's life depends on staying below the radar and passing as human. But when the infuriating Lord of the City of Souls discovers her hidden power is the key to solving his problems, he...

The town of Little Compton, Rhode Island was founded by a band of explorers from Plymouth Colony. From its inception Little Compton has been a bastion of Mayflower ancestry, including that of the...

The town of Little Compton, Rhode Island was founded by a band of explorers from Plymouth Colony. From its inception Little Compton has been a bastion of Mayflower ancestry, including that of the...

From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a novella about the price of dreams in a ravaged near-future."A subtle and powerful tale of Mars, movies, and Mexico City which stands amongst the...

Crisis Management Challenges in Kaliningrad captures the evolving nature of the types of crises faced by a society as it transforms and evolves. Once the westernmost bastion of the Soviet Union and...

Thousands of years after the war of the ancients, a single bastion of human life survives - The Vale. And at its core the magnificent city of Troi. Here the mana flows from the great power station,...

The drums of war threaten the ringing hammers of construction...Hornblood Castle, nestled at the divergence of two rivers at the northern border of Chathem, is intended to be a bastion for the...

Grace Pendergast will one day be the greatest reporter the galaxy has ever known. But she still has a long way to go.Four millennia in the future, the news has become a glorious spectacle for an...

Imagine a realm that lays beyond the mists Avalon, where its people have no want and life is as rich as the forests and lakes within. A kingdom that has thwarted many enemies to retain peace and...

Journey through Triumph & Turmoil: An Unbreakable Bond of Family, Love, & Resilience.Meet Chloe, a woman who's faced more than her share of life's harshest battles. Health crises that would...

"The best compilation of work about the French and Indian War to date."--James Parker, coauthor of "Archaeology at Fort Mims" "Provides images of life on the expanding American frontier of the...

All for Love: Book Three "Are you surprised that strength is drawn to strength?" For the last six years, the gypsy healer Raúl...

Abigail Byler is a resolute pacifist. And a vampire. Believing she can never be with the guy she loves and knowing she doesn't fit in at the Crimson Court, Abbi has left the hills and caverns of...

When man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. But in the darkest reaches of space, neither is life.Diplomat.Rebel.Fugitive.Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, though...

Duino Elegiesare the ten magnificent poems that defined the Austrian poet, RainerMaria Rilke's artistic vision of life, death, eternity, and the humancondition. Marievon Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe...

Hex of the WitchIt's not paranoia when they are really out to get you...I'm Amber, potion and rune mistress and all round witch extraordinaire. I've spent half my life building my career and I...

The sequel series to The Iether ContinuumFor generations, the empire rescued and ruled by Wess and Wren stood strong. It became the center of admiration and instruction for all the races, the home of...

Clouds gather in the North; another storm is coming. Six months after the defeat of Molkekk's dwarf army, Senndra's life has returned to normal. Her dragon is nearly full-grown, her...

The Second American Revolutionary War for Independence is Book II of my Trilogy, The Indivisible Light. It tells the story of a resourceful and heroic American patriot, David, Angela, his wife, and...

Although the novel, V oyages el avantures de ] aques Masse, caused some­ thing of a stir during the first half of the eighteenth century, its author, Simon Tyssot de Patot (1655-1738), remained...

""Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder Of Our Liberties, First Settler Of Warwick, Rhode Island"" is a historical book written by Lewis George Janes and published in 1896. The book tells the story of...

As a deadly virus sweeps across the globe, Australia becomes one of the last bastions of hope-until the unthinkable happens. Once a paradise, the continent is quickly engulfed in a nightmare as the...

Suddenly-widowed Maisie sets out to clear her late husband's collection; wonky furniture and balding rugs, bolts of material for upholstery projects he never got round to, other people's trash...

If you thought you were too over the hill to have a go at a grueling sport, think again. Grant Maughan didn't even consider age when he dove headfirst into ultra-endurance events at the mature age of...

"The best compilation of work about the French and Indian War to date."--James Parker, coauthor of Archaeology at Fort Mims"Provides images of life on the expanding American frontier of the...

"32-Red" and "Berlin by Christmas"combine to become"The Enigmatic Mr Phelps" The sequel to the late 1990's set "32-Red", brings Oscar Phelps into the new century with a certain gusto and a very...

Generous EnemiesPatriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New YorkJudith L. Van Buskirk"An engrossing account of wartime New York."--William and Mary Quarterly"Well-written and engaging."--Choice"A...

The Voyage of the Beagle, a maritime odyssey that unfolded in the early 19th century, stands as an extraordinary chapter in the annals of exploration, forever etching the HMS Beagle into the fabric...

Princess Kumithra has lived a life of lies and awakens believing the day of her fairytale wedding has arrived. She is ready to marry her savior and hero Rarailmuir. Who saved her heroically in her...