The mighty white dragon, Nydeired, has chosen Chusi, a sapphire-blue female, as his lifemate. Years ago, Chusi was taken prisoner by outlaws and held captive, forced to compete in a brutal fighting ring. Unable to fly because of a wing deformity, Chusi escaped her captors, but her kidnappers remained unpunished. Now, Nydeired and Elias have learned the location of Blackgut, the notorious criminal who held Chusi captive. Side by side, Nydeired and Elias plan to settle the score, but will they be able to defeat the vicious Blackgut, or will they place themselves in mortal danger? This is the third book in Dragon Stone Adventures, a story set in the bestselling Dragon Stone universe. This book can be read on its own or as part of the series.

KATHIR'S REDEMPTION is the SIXTH book in Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. The orc plague has spread across the land, routing the dwarf clans from their ancestral home. The dwarves must turn to the dragon riders for help, hoping to reclaim Mount Velik and save the clans. Untold lives are at stake. Are the dragon riders strong enough to lift off the spirit of death from Mount Velik, and defeat the evil that lies within those ancient caverns, or will they all be destroyed?

Lyrics and guitar chords for traditional and modern folk songs.

Spring brings a renewed sense of hope to the desert… but a new danger threatens the dragons of Durn. Once on the verge of extinction, the dragons are now recovering with a new generation of hatchlings. The leader of the dragon riders, Sela Matu, waits anxiously for word from her dragon, Brinsop, who has retreated into the Death Sands to build her nest and lay her eggs. Weeks pass, and then one day, Sela hears the distant voice of her dear friend at last, delivering the joyful news; the dragon hatchlings have arrived! Elated, Sela ventures deep into the desert to reunite with Brinsop and meet her new brood.But a trap has been set. Lurking among the nomads is a mysterious stranger whose intentions are unknown. Sela must hurry to Brinsop’s side, or else the hatchlings may be lost forever. Can Sela stop this threat before it’s too late? This is the first book in Dragon Stone Adventures, a story set in the bestselling Dragon Stone universe. This book can be read on its own or as part of the series. The events in this story take place after Book 6: Kathir's Redemption.

The surprising story of the wine industry’s role in the rise of French Algeria and the fall of empire. “We owe to wine a blessing far more precious than gold: the peopling of Algeria with Frenchmen,” stated agriculturist Pierre Berthault in the early 1930s. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, Europeans had displaced Algerians from the colony’s best agricultural land and planted grapevines. Soon enough, wine was the primary export of a region whose mostly Muslim inhabitants didn’t drink alcohol. Settlers made fortunes while drawing large numbers of Algerians into salaried work for the first time. But the success of Algerian wine resulted in friction with French producers, challenging the traditional view that imperial possessions should complement, not compete with, the metropole. By the middle of the twentieth century, amid the fight for independence, Algerians had come to see the rows of vines as an especially hated symbol of French domination. After the war, Algerians had to decide how far they would go to undo the transformations the colonists had wrought—including the world’s fourth-biggest wine industry. Owen White examines Algeria’s experiment with nationalized wine production in worker-run vineyards, the pressures that resulted in the failure of that experiment, and the eventual uprooting of most of the country’s vines. With a special focus on individual experiences of empire, from the wealthiest Europeans to the poorest laborers in the fields, The Blood of the Colony shows the central role of wine in the economic life of French Algeria and in its settler culture. White makes clear that the industry left a long-term mark on the development of the nation.