What if you discovered you were a descendant of a vampire? What would you do? How would you feel? In 1995, Angie May Sears found out-the hard way. Angie inherited her late grandmother Angela's lakeside cabin. She had no idea it also came with its ghostly past. Alone and isolated in the cabin, far into the mountains, Angie unfurls the mysteries of her family by reading her late grandmother's journal. Instantaneously, she finds herself engulfed in the story of a vampire called Chalice, but only until she nears the end of the journal does she discover there is a connection between Chalice and her family. A RIVETING... ENTHRALLING VAMPIRE STORY ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE, CHALICE Handsome... Alluring...Cruel...A Vampire like no other. Strikingly handsome, cunning yet charming. Chalice creates his world, his way, taking only those who are worthy of his presence. Those who cross the 'master' Chalice suffer the wrath of his dark punishment. Love was a curious emotion to Chalice. An emotion felt only when he crosses paths with a lovely, mortal, Gabrielle. Something stirred deep within Chalice. A need for Gabrielle's exception over powered Chalice, striking an unfamiliar emotion. Those emotions turn to anger and rage when Gabrielle rejects Chalice as her master. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT. Gabrielle roamed the mountains in search of relief from her tortured existence as a vampire. Seeking aid in her plan to kill Chalice, Gabrielle, blinded by Chalice, finds her way to the cabin. Something strangely familiar within her helped guide her to the remote cabin. In the dark of night, during a thunderstorm, Gabrielle appears in the dim corner of the cabin. Gabrielle reaches out to Angie for help. Shocked at the repulsive figure before her, Angie finds difficulty in comprehending reality. It is only when Gabrielle speaks to Angie and explains her dilemma that Angie realizes she is standing before her great-grandmother.

It's a book of world records... of bones! Guess whose bones are the longest, shortest, heaviest, spikiest, and more. With touchable skeletons! An International Literacy Association Teachers' Choice Title (2018) A Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List Title (2019) Ten record-breaking animal bones are introduced through a series of superlatives set up as a guessing game with clues. Readers examine animals' skeletons and guess to whom they belong; the answers are revealed in vibrant, full-color scenic habitats, with easily understood — and humorous — explanations. This entertaining introduction to the connection between animal bones (anatomy) and behavior is playful, relatable, and includes touch-and-feel finishes that bring the bones to life!

A Flight in the Heavens is the first novel in an epic two tomes fantasy series from author, Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr. "I see you my little moppets." The king is dead, long live his murderer. After fifteen years of passive torment, Farrah and her implacable group of renegades endeavour to alter their fates by attempting to assassinate the man who stole everything from them, Daemon Daromas. Alas, he who wields the theurgy of the gods has no rivals in the lands of Iscar but those foolish enough to challenge their wrath. When confronted by this ancient and destructive force, the renegades have no choice but to flee the capital and embark on the airship of Iscar's most notorious sky corsair Captain Feras Sadahl, daughter of the late pirate sovereign. Their meeting with the corsair, however, might not have been as welcome as they would have hoped. As Farrah and her allies set out on a journey to find the means to challenge their oppressor, they soon discover that the price of power is steep and the road to get one's hands on it, perilous.

Join two curious kids as they explore their backyard, and contemplate their place within our vast universe in this adorable picture book that’s full of comparisons to help kids understand cosmic size. If Pluto was a pea… the Sun would be like a tent, Mercury would be a marble, and Earth would be a golf ball. Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system, but how small is small? As it turns out, it only takes the contents of a lunchbox and a backyard to find out.

From the time before the great pyramids were built, an ancient prophecy foretold that for the sake of humanity, when nature could no longer absorb the abuse of man, a newborn of unknown blood would walk among us. Led by the divinity of elders, he will change the world. Join Gabriel and his close companions on this journey of mystery, danger, and intrigue. As Gabriel must interpret riddles to find the path to the light, he must also learn on the way. As this journey will teach Gabriel about the altered genesis of man and his aggressive nature for self-fulfillment, it will also teach of man’s forced dominance of women and the abusive, unequal treatment inflicted upon them from the beginning to this day. Then the last but the most important lesson of all is the nature of this world and the destructive imbalance that has been caused by man. And within the imbalance of man and nature, Gabriel must learn how this balance can be restored. The ecological problems with the planet are at the heart of this imbalance. As Gabriel learns what’s needed to start the reversal of all the damages, he learns the secret of why this world is so special and the true meaning of God.

See the world through Georgia O'Keeffe's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of books to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can see what they saw, and be inspired to create your own artworks, too. In What the Artist Saw: Georgia O'Keeffe, meet famous American painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Step into her life and learn what led her to look closely at nature and paint her iconic paintings of flowers and bones. See the vast New Mexico landscapes that inspired her work. Have a go at producing your own close-up still-life artworks! Follow the artists' stories and find intriguing facts about their environments and key masterpieces. Then see what you can see and make your own art. Take a closer look at landscapes, or even yourself, with Vincent van Gogh. Try crafting a story in fabric like Faith Ringgold, or carve a woodblock print at home with Hokusai. Every book in this series is one to treasure and keep - perfect for budding young artists to explore exhibitions with, then continue their own artistic journeys. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

From New York Times bestselling author Sylvain Reynard comes the haunting trilogy of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening... The first three volumes in the story of Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved Julia, an unforgettable exploration of sin, seduction, forbidden love, and redemption. GABRIEL'S INFERNO GABRIEL'S RAPTURE GABRIEL'S REDEMPTION