Dangling on a burning rope while chained above a tank full of hungry sharks... theres only one hero who can beat those odds... COSENTINO, THE GRAND ILLUSIONIST! Join Cosentino and his friends on three daring adventures! Set Includes: The Missing Ace with BONUS CARD TRICK! Rabbit Rescue with BONUS FOAM BALLS TRICK! The Lost Treasure with BONUS ROPE TRICK!

She lost her memory, but not her fear. Evie Lynn is running from something. She just can’t remember what or why. Terrified, and with only an address to go on, Evie makes her way across the country, assisted by two strangers. Closing in are two men who once claimed to love her. But now they only want what she took from them, no matter the cost to Evie or to them. It’s a race against time. One where the pursued doesn’t even remember her name and the pursuers will stop at nothing. Waiting for Evie is a grandfather she never met, and the gifted people of Doveland. Will they be able to solve the mystery of what her pursuers are looking for and protect Evie, or will they be too late. If you love the idea of other dimensions, extraordinary powers in everyday life, and the power of community, you’ll love Beca Lewis’s next gripping magical realism, paranormal mystery. Missing: Never Lost is a standalone story in the Stories From Doveland series which includes. in order: Karass - Pragma - Jatismar - Stemma - Exousia - Paragnosis - In-Between - Missing - Out of Nowhere

"... Ahmad has created a novel that looks at race and culture and the changing face of America. It's a story that's easy to devour but hard to forget... " - Richmond Times-DispatchRanjit Singh, a former Indian Army Captain trying to escape a shameful past, lives with his family among the migrant workers of Martha's Vineyard, working as a caretaker of the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. Needing a place to stay, Ranjit moves his family into an empty Senator's home. Happily, but illegally ensconced in the house, he tries to forget his brief affair with Anna, the wife of an African-American senator, and focus on providing for his family. But one night, their idyll is shattered when mysterious armed men break into the house, looking for an antique porcelain doll. Forced to flee, Ranjit is pursued and hunted by unknown forces, and becomes drawn into the Senator's shadowy world. To save his family and solve the mystery of the doll, he must join forces with Anna, who has her own dark secrets. As the past and present collide, Ranjit must finally confront the hidden event that destroyed his Army career and forced him to leave India.Tightly plotted, action-packed, smart and surprisingly moving, The Caretaker takes us from the desperate world of migrant workers to the elite African-American community of Martha's Vineyard, and a secret high-altitude war between India and Pakistan.

This riveting novel in verse, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Toni Morrison, explores American history and race through the eyes of a teenage boy embracing his newfound identity Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter’s confession shakes their tight-knit Italian-American family: The man who raised Dad is not his birth father. But the only clues to this birth father’s identity are a class ring and a pair of pilot’s wings. And so Connor takes it upon himself to investigate—a pursuit that becomes even more pressing when Dad is hospitalized after a stroke. What Connor discovers will lead him and his father to a new, richer understanding of race, identity, and each other.

Ever since the middle of the Eighteenth Century, 'according to Hoyle' has been an expression of fair and rule-abiding play. In an age when more and more people are rejecting the inanities of electronic games and returning to the old, perennial favourites, the reissue of this great book will be welcomed by all games players of discernment. This edition of Hoyle's Games has been prepared by Lawrence Dawson, and covers more than fifty varieties of card game, as well as Backgammon, Draughts, Chess, Solitaire, Darts, Dominoes, Nine Men's Morris, Billiards, Pool, Snooker and many more.