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Thunder Falls chronicles the transformation of Leopold Wolf from a naive young man into an outspoken advocate for Native American rights during the late 1800s. Leo works for the Carlisle Indian School, an institution governed by the motto “kill the Indian, save the man”, and notorious for its harshness of its abuse, neglect, and victimization of the children under its care.

Because Thomas Bishop was born to a slave mother, he is condemned to a life of slavery even though he has a White father out there somewhere he has never met. But he has a dream - an impossible one. His dream to one day be free and prosperous enough to offer a secure future to the woman he loves seems unlikely.

Why would a normal citizen venture into the jungles of Ecuador to rescue kidnapped missionaries? Eli Brown, a widowed construction worker, learns of a husband and wife team from his community taken hostage by members of a drug cartel. Since he cannot see anyone going to their aid—including the United States government—he decides he will do it. Assisted by a feisty female friend, he makes a 2,000 mile journey, tangles with evil men, escapes danger, sets prisoners free, survives an ordeal in a raging river, and eventually has a showdown with the leader of the cartel.

Journey through an expansive tapestry of myths, legends, and histories with this definitive collection of five of the world's most enthralling mythologies. This bundle contains 5 different books, paired together at a greatly discounted price! Included are books detailing Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and Egyptian Mythologies.

When mystery/adventure novelist, Jonathan Tyler Springer tires from his routine of writing in the paradise of Key West, a surprise invitation presents him with the opportunity for travel to the Lesser Antilles. Feeling bound to return a favor to his mysterious landlord, Jon ventures to the island of Dominica. Accused of political espionage, he encounters colorful island characters while trying his best to evade the authorities. Making his way back home to Key West during a tropical storm proves to be a more difficult task than expected.

The late 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a new type of school, the behavior modification program. With few other options at their disposal, Jay Chaparral's parents turn to one such program to save their son: Crooked Timber Creek Academy (CTCA). The Chaparrals, in deciding to send their son "away" from the toxic small town of Waverly, Indiana, pull him out of a downward spiral and set him on a path that will forever alter his fate.

Trey Binyon, the only White reporter for a Black Chicago newspaper, is on his way to Tampa to cover a story. At the Suwanee River, he watches from hiding as a White mob hangs Joshua Bulow, a 15-year-old Black boy, from a rusting bridge—with his helpless father bound and watching. The metallic taste of fear prevents Trey from intervening, and that becomes for him an enduring shame.

Charlotte and Simone have an unusual friendship. Charlotte is the daughter of James Worthington, a wealthy tobacco plantation owner and enslaver. Simone, the daughter of a slave, was taken from her mother’s arms and sold to James. When Simone arrives at Huntington Manor Plantation at seven years old, she and Charlotte have an immediate bond. But as the girls mature, there is no denying their different positions on the plantation—Charlotte is privileged, and Simone is an enslaved servant.

Boston, Massachusetts, Autumn 1872. Edwin Morris Jr. barely ekes out a living as a boot cobbler in the tattered repair shop his father left for him. Fleeing an imploded love life and a string of bad luck, he enlists into a life at sea on a trade ship embarking west. Through punishing swells with harsh degenerates, Edwin's fresh start proves to only be the beginning of new troubles.

Will Robinson is tasked with the responsibility of rescuing several Mormon families from mobsters. Rachel Ramsey, the talented singer/actress daughter of an English lord, must choose between someone of her own nobility class and the tall, ruggedly handsome Will Robinson, a Mormon frontiersman.

Thomas and Othello Fraction are brothers and best friends who had heard, and let no one forget, that they were descendants of an African nobleman whose tribal scars looked like tiger stripes. But here they were in America, considered three-fifths of a person, and fighting two battles: one for the nation and one for themselves. Hear the story that leads up to a “guns drawn” standoff, and learn how the Fraction family came to America, contributed to the Civil War, survived murder attempts on their lives, and eventually settle outside of Blacksburg, Virginia, as Southern refugees.

Action and adventure that begins in the French Foreign Legion and ends on the shore of Houston Bay in Texas. A renegade general hatches a plot to sneak a military attack helicopter across the sea and unleash it on an American city to escalate a war between China and the USA. Carson Gold, a young man just out of the French Foreign Legion, and his new friend Christy Banks learn of the plot, take on massive odds, save countless lives, and discover love along the way.

After a month at home from his travels, Boone is ready for another trip. On his way to visit some friends he met on his last trip, Boone gets word that his sister Hannah is in trouble. He turns around, but without a job or a place to live he knows he can't be much help. On the way back he sees a small house for rent and decides to move into it, figuring there's nothing for him in his old home town anyway.

"Keeping Secrets" continues Boone's story begun in "Pushing Back" and continued in "Matching Scars." Boone and Frankie are settling into their new life when Boone glimpses someone he thinks might be Jerry.

What if Rome never fell? What if Christ never walked the Earth? Step into a world reimagined in The Seven Seeds: Shepherd of Souls, where history takes a daring turn, and the stakes are nothing less than the soul of civilization itself. Torn from the sanctity of the Vatican, Pope Gregory finds himself thrust into an alternate reality—a Rome that never fell, untouched by Christianity, where mythical gods of conquest and power reign supreme.

When the Chaparrals decide to relocate to the small town of Waverly, Indiana, they inadvertently sign their son up for a trial-by-fire. Coming of age at the dawn of the new millennium, Jay Chaparral must also come to terms with the strange sights and sounds that occur in Waverly. These odd occurrences have nothing to do with the unfulfilled Mayan or Christian prophecies hanging in the air at the time. Are they like rocks, thrown at random, into a solitary pond? Or are they like stepping stones across Waverly's stream, leading Jay toward something greater?

This is a story of a boy called Denny coming of age against all odds. It’s a story of hope for an unwanted child. And it’s a tale of setbacks, resilience, and how adults can positively influence wayward teens and gently guide them towards a more hopeful future. At 13 years old Denny hitchhiked from Detroit, Michigan to San Bernardino, California, where he took control of his own life.

It’s 1858. The Kansas-Missouri border seethes with racial hatred between antislavery and proslavery factions. Amid this unrest, Mia arrives in Kansas Territory from Indian Territory to visit her grandparents at the Shawnee Friends Mission. The pleasant trip she has planned turns into a terrifying ordeal as she finds herself in the clutches of slave traders. Coming from a Quaker upbringing, her antislavery convictions are tested when she escapes slavery and certain death through the quick wit and sharpshooting of David Taylor - a slave owner.

In the autumn of 1901, our protagonist, Percy Hope, ventures off to New York City’s Lower East Side in search for his six-month-old son Walter, and his mother, the fugitive Peggy Greenburg. Along the way, Percy stumbles upon a journal left behind by the late Magnus Vega chronicling his adventure into Alaska’s wilderness, along with a cryptic map that sends Percy and his friend Liam upon a quest, where they must track down a lost fortune of gold, outmaneuver gangsters, and decipher the mysteries of what happened to Magnus under North America’s tallest peak—Denali mountain.

It’s 1898, and one of history’s most abundant gold discoveries has shaken awake the desolate city of Cape Nome, Alaska. This monumental find by John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and Erik Lindblom earns them the moniker of the Three Lucky Swedes. News of their good fortune spreads swiftly, and by the summer of 1900, tens of thousands of dreamers trek over land and by sea to the mines surrounding Anvil Creek and upon the Bering Sea beaches, where gold deposits pepper the soft sands.