A young pirate with a chaotic home life learns how to express his emotions in a healthy way and with safe individuals.

New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller writes the kind of high-spirited, totally absorbing novels that captivate us right to the last line. Known for her fast-paced stories and delightful Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy blend of wit and sexual tension, she creates characters who "walk right off the pages and into your heart" (Rendezvous). Now Linda Lael Miller sweeps readers away -- and through time itself -- when a thoroughly modern woman encounters a dangerous, dashing eighteenth-century buccaneer. The result is a sensuous, joyous, utterly heartwarming tale of love.... Phoebe Turlow needs to get out of Seattle and forget about the man she just divorced, her dwindling finances, and the lonely nights that stretch ahead of her. But she can't foresee what awaits her on Paradise Island.... Duncan Rourke is known to historians as "the pirate patriot." He's been dead for two centuries -- or at least he's supposed to be, until Phoebe Turlow steps out of a van, into a run-down island hotel, and into his world. Neither Phoebe nor her pirate can envision the glorious adventure that is about to unfold. They understand only that they have found each other, and a grand passion, across the chasm of time...and they fear only the moment when it may vanish. Passionate, emotional, and completely entrancing, Pirates will steal your heart.

The 50 Greatest Players in San Francisco/New York Giants History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the National League’s most iconic and successful franchises. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Giant legacy of excellence, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Giants uniform, Cohen ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player’s greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements. All the great Giants are here, from Willie Mays to Juan Marichal to Bobby and Barry Bonds to Buster Posey. Robert W. Cohen ranks the best of the best in The 50 Greatest Players in San Francisco/New York Giants History.

In My Sideways Heart, with consummate poetic skill, Brown explores the nuances of human relationships, and he does so with a courage and emotional honesty rare in contemporary American poetry. Are the poems in this collection love poems ? Absolutely, but love poems skillfully absent the banal excesses of sentimentality. Brown writes with the confidence and directness of an experienced poet, and his seemingly simple diction belies the hard-earned wisdom stirring deep beneath the surface of his art. --Larry D. Thomas, 2008 Texas Poet Laureate"

Dictionary.com defines "advent" to be "a coming into place, view or being. What is advent here? It is an adult science fiction novel set in the somewhat near future in an alternate reality. It is the first book in a six part series. It starts with an ancient immortal soldier with the heart, mind, and body of a young adult who goes on a routine mission to squash some Space Pirate bugs. Unfortunately things do not go as planned. He and his squad are captured and are going to be experimented upon in a pirate bioweapons project. Fortunately for him, he manages to escape at the last second. Good, right? Wrong. It was too late for him. He's already been injected with a DNA changing virus. His internal medical nanites are losing the battle within him and he quickly looses all of his advanced equipment; basically everything that made him unique. What will happen to him? Alone on a strange world with no skills beyond his lax military background, he must find out what happened to his soldiers and find a way to get back with what little he's got. The alternative is to try to grow up and try to make a name for himself, or else he'll lose himself and never return. This is the beginning of a new arc. Zero is taken out of his comfort zone as the leader of the most powerful, yet questionably lax peacekeeping military power in the galaxy and is dumped into a new world, forced to adapt quickly while trying to hold onto his old principles. The only thing compelling him to live on is his current emergency objective, but how long would that really last? Under his stolid complexion, he is slowly losing purpose, losing all control to a demon... Until he finds someone worth fighting for, to bring him back anew—

Did you know that wrestlers have feelings? Knights do too. Even superheroes feel sad sometimes. In fact everyone has feelings, even dads who love their children!

The pirates aboard the Golden Duck have forgotten their manners. Without “please,” “thank you,” and basic courtesy, the captain is at his wit’s end. An enemy attack brings the pirates together and makes them realize the importance of politeness towards each other. The story is brought to life through colorful illustrations that will spark the imagination of young readers. This book is an enjoyable read that will help readers recognize how and why to be polite and appreciative.

After being jilted by her fiance and disowned by her parents, Millicent decides to reinvent herself as a "modern woman" and becomes involved with notorious rogue, Captain Alec Wolferton, who leads her on a merry adventure fraught with danger, betrayal, passion, and love. Original.

`This is a large, handsome, serious and worthy book from the US. It even has a foreword from that guru of "read aloud books", Jim Trelease' - Nursery World This book will provide caregivers and teachers with a simple, hands-on guide to the experience of reading to young children. The authors outline 42 of the best books for reading aloud and provide follow-up activities that clarify or expand the child's understanding of the story.