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See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry. An 'imaginative and elegant trek through the landscape of the Brontës' Grazia In his journey to get closer to the Brontës, award-winning author Michael Stewart began walking the historic paths they trod while writing their most famous works....
2) Ill Will
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I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief.
But you will know me by another name.
Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of his past.
Along the way, he saves Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from a whipping, and the pair journey on together.
Roaming from graveyard to graveyard, making a living from Emily's apparent ability to commune with the dead, the pair lie,...
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When a gang of outlaws kill Deputy Jack Tanner's ma and pa, he hunts them down, one by one. The trail leads him deep into the mountains of Mexico, where he encounters the mysterious Queen of Meseta de Plata - boss of the notorious 'thieves' town' - and ultimately confronts the gang's leader, the evil Amos Payne.
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"Indulge in the JOY. This is a FIVE STAR read!" Motorcycle News review, April 22, 2021. Hang on! With an off-beat sensibility, this bike ride may be bumpy.
From the deserts of the Middle East to the U.S. and Canada, Michael Stewart has chased the allure of motorcycles for much of his life. Through them came a wealth of experience, and this question: what is the truth about motorcycling? Told with humor and wit, Scraping Pegs is a bold narrative,...
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Born of engineers and technicians, motorcycles exist in a state of mechanical bliss, forever coaxing, you know you want to ride me, unleash my MAGIC. Set my GPS for a distant land or explore a local trail. Give society's laws and norms the outlaw finger as we go. If you want me, I'll be here. From the author of Scraping Pegs, The Truth About Motorcycles comes the rest of the story. Is it possible to overcome the trauma of a stag bent on destruction...
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Horapollo Niliacus, who most likely never existed, wrote the original Hieroglyphica. It was a collection of some 189 interpretations of the Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were entirely, and unintentionally, fallacious. Using Horapollo's original chapter titles and order, as well as incorporating many of his sentences, Michael Stewart's The Hieroglyphics attempts to engage in a kind of conversation with this text, while also bringing in lines from the...
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Why ride the clutch through rambling descriptions, backstory, travelogs, trip reports, and musings? Lean hard, twist the throttle, and get to the point! Fuel up. Rev your engines. Straddle the magic and feel the power of lists between your legs. The motorcycle experience expressed in bullet form.
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Why jump berms? Step over them.Why lean into the wind? Drive a car.Why ride a motorcycle? Every revolution of the wheel is an opportunity when you read between the lines. Explore, join the author as he tunes up. It's a quick trip down the path of life. Nothing out of the ordinary, but perspective is everything. Don't settle for the mundane. Scrape your state of mind.
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At a given time, seven people on Earth have the mark. They are known as emulators, and they are hunted . . .
A.A. McCoy was lucky enough to discover a pattern in the trees. Now he is locked up. They will kill McCoy when they get it out of him. The location of the seventh key.
In Antarctica, the cold part, Belle Vail does not know she is an emulator. Not yet. Instead this callused deep core driller is too busy falling in love in the most romantic...
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Living with an enlarged prostate is not the end; it is just a new beginning. Learn how you can live a better and healthier lifestyle.
Life as we know it will take us though different stages; each stage I would call a new beginning. The outcome of each stage totally depends on the way we approach them at the beginning. Enlarged prostate is one of those stages, which a lot of men have to go through, and the outcome of it will be determined by the way...
12) Money train
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Danny Spence plans to stay only one night in Gila Creek. But he's mistaken for a snake named Zeke Tolan, and from then on it's just one damn thing after another. He falls foul of the evil Ma Cole, then gets on the wrong side of Hernando Oritz and his sadistic bodyguard Bracho. Somehow, this is all wrapped up with a train full of money that's rolling south of the border- right into the middle of the Mexican revolution.
13) Heart Sister
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After his twin sister, Minnie, dies in an accident, Emmitt's world goes sideways. He's lost his best friend and it feels like the family is falling apart without her. But Minnie was an organ donor and Emmitt soon receives an anonymous thank you letter from one of the transplant recipients. Inspiration strikes, and he decides to try and put his sister back together, in spirit. He's going to track down each organ recipient and film them to show his...
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This monograph examines the various ways martial virtues and images of the soldier's life shaped early Byzantine cultural ideals of masculinity. It contends that in many of the visual and literary sources from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE, conceptualizations of the soldier's life and the ideal manly life were often the same. By taking this stance, the book challenges the view found in many recent studies on Late Roman and early Byzantine...
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Some Kind of Blue Moon centers on 20-something college student and werewolf Bert, his best friend turned werewolf nanny Erin, and the deadly trouble they get into just trying to get through a normal couple of days. Mixing elements of classic horror, John Hughes movies, and 80s/90s comedies, Some Kind of Blue Moon goes for your heart as much as your jugular (it's funny, heartwarming, and scary).
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Barry Louis Polisar established a national reputation for his original and satirical songs about real kids and their concerns. From "I Don't Wanna Go To School" to the classic "Don't Put Your Finger up Your Nose", here are Barry's best-known songs printed in clear, bold type with accompanying sheet music and chords. Also included in this 30th anniversary edition are original line drawings by Michael G. Stewart taken from the original book. Newsweek...
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No paleontologist worth his pickax will want to miss out on this one. The New York Timesreported, "It's dinosaurs' best time in 70 million years." Some wonderfully witty and outrageous dinosaurs are included from the Rockadopolis Rex ("The King" pictured in an Elvis Presley stance and holding a rock-a-billy guitar) and the Brontesaurus Sisters (Emily, Charlotte and Anne) to the Orthodontosaurus (a very rich reptilian known for its perfect bite and...