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Ultimate Seeds Handbook for Minecraft: The Best Minecraft Seeds That You Must Know! (Seeds for PC and Mac, Xbox 360, Pocket Edtion)


BlockBoy - 2014
    Now you can experience worlds that other people have discovered and they can experience yours!However, you might be having a hard time finding a seed that is right for you. As you might already know from experience, typing random seeds does’t really work. In this eBook you will find a wide variety of Minecraft seeds for every occasion. You will get Minecraft seeds for when you want to play survival, for when you feel like exploring new places, for when you want to go looting and much, much more. Scroll up, grab your copy and enjoy awesome Minecraft seeds!

Defender of Rome: A Tale of the Ancient Republic


Ken Farmer - 2016
    Ever hear of the term Pyrrhic victory? A young Roman soldier is a part of history in which the phrase was created.

Minecraft Diary of Skeleton Steve the Noob Years - FULL Season Three


Skeleton Steve - 2018
    That's SIX Minecraft Diary Books in ONE!!! --- Season 3 Episode 1 - The Glitch We are the Glitch... We are the Glitch... Waking up alone in the dark, at the bottom of the world, Skeleton Steve is confounded to still be alive. And where the heck is he?! But after finding a strange and dreadful red portal, covered with dirt blocks, our hero finds that he has a lot more to worry about than being lost far underground! The dark and narrow tunnels he finds himself trapped in are full of killer mobs infected with the Glitch virus--and Skeleton Steve is helpless and unarmed! Even if our hero manages to stay ahead of the afflicted monsters, how will he manage to get out of this dark and terrifying maze of stone corridors alive? And with murderous Glitch mobs of all sorts hot on his bony heels, without any tools or weapons, how can Skeleton Steve ever hope to get back to the surface and find his friends?? --- S3E2 The Sleeping City Skeleton Steve barely managed to escape the maze of dark and nightmarish tunnels full of Glitch mobs, only to find a mysterious and quiet city of stone, sitting silently in a vast underground cavern! How on Diamodia did this strange city get here? And who built it? And worse yet--the Sleeping City seems to be inhabited only by broken and confused iron golems intent on attacking our hero on sight! But when Skeleton Steve comes across a lone skeleton warrior named Skonathan, and the odd swordsman refers to our hero as the Skeleton King, the plot thickens! What strange things will Skeleton Steve find in the Sleeping City, and what will he learn about his past and his connection to the mysterious place? And will Skonathan help our hero find what he needs to get back to the surface of Diamodia? --- S3E3 Survival Island Skeleton Steve knows now that he'll need to find some wood to make a pick axe so that he can get back to the surface, but raiding the Sleeping City's fortress and storage compound with Skonathan didn't work out! Just when our hero is out of ideas, his skeleton warrior companion leads him to a great underground lake where a Minecraftian hermit has been living alone on an island ever since he was separated from his adventuring party--a fellow named UltimateSword5! The lonely Minecraftian, trapped underground for a long time and surviving on mushrooms with diminishing equipment is more than happy to help Skeleton Steve and Skonathan search for wood! But can the three of them together manage to take on the iron golems guarding the Sleeping City's storage compound? And even if they manage to defeat the maddened golems without being killed in the process, will Skeleton Steve and his new friends find the wood they need to escape the underworld?? --- S3E4 Clearing the Caves (Description inside) --- S3E5 Silverfish Problems (Description inside) --- S3E6 The Spider Mines - Season THREE Finale!! (Description inside) ---

Hearts Don't Break Even


Brix McQueen - 2019
    Love another man and give him all of me again. In fact, I was still dealing with the broken heart my ex-fiancé left me with. Time doesn’t heal all wounds… hardly any if you asked me. What time did do though, was give me a chance to find myself. I thought I was madly in love when really, I just loved the idea of it. I still do. I’m a hopeful romantic and loved knowing that one day I'd be a man’s everything, get married and start a family of our own. It was on my list of things to do before I was called home. With the abrupt death of my Aunt, the realization of time stopping for no one hit me. I didn’t have time to sulk in my sorrows anymore. And, Rashad wouldn’t let me. He wanted me… baggage and all. To fulfill every need that had gone unmet with what’s his name. He wanted me… smart mouth and all. Insecurities and all… Because his heart had been broken too. So, we connected even though I wasn’t ready for us too. Sometimes, men were just extra baggage, and Lord knows I didn’t need that but was Rashad worth it? Could he and I possibly seal our shattered hearts together and master loving again? I was ready to take that risk and find out.

2612 Cherryhill Lane - A Novel


Glenn Vo - 2020
    His little sister, Gabby, is in the car with him when he gets distracted and crashes into a tree at 2612 Cherryhill Lane. Gabby loses her life and Jonathan’s legs are amputated.After the accident, his father won’t speak to him, his girlfriend breaks up with him, he loses his scholarship, and all hope seems to be lost until, years later, he meets Samantha Reid. She accepts a job as his personal assistant and teaches him that God still loves him no matter his mistakes, that redemption can be found, and he needs to first forgive himself to find it.Thanks to Samantha, Jonathan turns from a despondent, dejected, and bitter man who no longer cares about football to someone capable of loving life, people, and football again. Much to their surprise, too, Jonathan and Samantha kindle a tasteful romance that takes them on a journey of triumph over tragedy.

Jungle Book


Pegasus - 2009
    Keeping in mind the age of the young readers, larger fonts have been used which only makes reading easier and enjoyable.

A VERY MODEL MURDER: An Inspector Rudolph Riley Mystery


Jack G. Hills - 2017
    But to add further angst to the growing list of gruesome killings is his boss’ decision to re-open the cold case involving the disappearance of a school boy in what has become an annual test of endurance… The Ten Tors Race. Unsure why a twenty year old case has suddenly come to the top of his in tray, his suspicions are aroused further when the murder victims all appear to have been school friends of the missing boy. Adamant that coincidences don’t exist in police work Riley sets about trying to find the link between Sam Haldane’s disappearance and the recent killings, other than the obvious connection of friendship. Added to his troubles, is the presence in the area of a fugitive, who has his own ideas about revenge and justice and an unscrupulous developer, who wants to buy the land surrounding his farm and turn it into a theme park, with scant regard for the history or the people who were thrown off their land prior to D Day. With the disappearance of the schoolboy and the final showdown all set around the infamous Fox Tor Mire, which was allegedly the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Grimpen Mire in the Hound of the Baskervilles, the murderer is finally revealed but not without one final twist of the plot. But in all the blackness and soul searching there is one ray of brightness for Riley, and its one that will bring him a little closer to his brother and shows a different side to the curmudgeonly detective.

Highland Rogues


Tarah Scott - 2016
    Both need him… neither wants him. Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him. No gentleman breaks into a lady’s bedchamber...but then, no lady sleeps with a pistol under her pillow. Miss Eve Crenshaw will marry for love or won’t marry at all. When London’s most notorious rakehell breaks into Eve’s bedroom in the dead of night and compromises her beyond repair, she plans a daring elopement that shocks even the earl. Blurb, reviews snippets – Claimed Talbot expects to find a hostile woman in the Scottish heiress Edward commands him to marry. Instead, he discovers a Highland beauty worthy of a man’s respect...and love. Talbot will do anything to win her acceptance—except the one thing she demands: betray his king and embrace his Scottish heritage. My Highland Lord London Heiress kidnapped by the Marquess of Ashlund, read the headlines. Yet no one tried to save her. Phoebe Wallington was seven years old when a mass assassination attempt rocked Regency England. Her father was the only accused traitor to elude capture. Now as a grown woman and a British spy, she is no closer to learning what really happened that day. Phoebe's quest for the truth takes a sudden turn when she's kidnapped by suspected traitor Kiernan MacGregor, the Marquess of Ashlund. However, Kiernan may not live long enough to stand trial. Someone wants him dead…and Phoebe stands in the killer's way. The only way to save her reputation and protect Kiernan is to marry him. Lord Grayson's Bride Nicholas Spencer, Earl of Grayson, won’t make the same mistake twice and let Josephine Knightly go. She loves him. He felt it in their one kiss before he left, and in the single kiss she allowed since his return. But she’s doing everything in her power to sabotage the marriage even before it’s begun. Nicholas doesn’t care. If Hell is where he must live to have her, then she must stand by his side in the fire. Lord Ruthven's Bride Love is always sweetest the first time around… A harmless attraction leads to a friendship that forces Lady Annabelle to choose between the two men who love her. One saved her from a killer. The other is her future husband. James Waterson, newly titled Viscount Ruthven, is hunting a killer. When Lady Annabelle steps into the killer’s sights, James will do everything in his power to protect her. Even if that means letting her go.

The Other Daughter


Sara Alexi - 2017
     More than a decade after leaving home Dawn finds herself stuck in a dead-end job, in a rundown flat, while her sister has it all - the husband, children and prestigious job in sunny Australia. Their mum’s favouritism is palpable, and even as she has a terrible fall leaving Dawn to pick up the pieces, nothing Dawn does can live up to her perfect, absent sister. But still Dawn persists with taking care of her aging and fragile mum, until one day it begins to feel like the only thing standing between Dawn and her happiness is her mother's continued, pitiful existence...

Kids Want To Know About Mysterious Places


J.W. Patterson - 2014
    Did you know that actors making the movie "Gettysburg" in 2003 had an incredible ghostly experience? Did you know that the Bigelow Ranch in Utah has been the scene of reported crop circles, UFO landings and ghosts?Kids will learn what is known and not known about many mysterious places. Are these places really where strange happenings occur? Kids can make their own minds up about them. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Discover In This Book Did you know that 5 military planes and 14 men were lost in the Bermuda Triangle in one flight exercise in 1945? Did you know that a search plane looking for the 5 missing planes also disappeared? How were statues weighing 82 tons moved miles on Easter Island 1,000 years ago? Did you know that Union troops swore that the ghost of George Washington appeared on the Gettysburg battlefield? Were the amazing Nazca lines created by aliens as a giant UFO landing area 1,500 years ago? 8,000 people every year search for the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains! Is it cursed? and much, much more

Ebook: Internet of Things (Innovation Trends Series)


BBVA Innovation Center - 2015
    BBVA Innovation Centers publishes this ebook on trends in Internet of Things.

A Merry Little Christmas


Marcella Swann - 2018
    You’re not joking. There’s a store in the center of town called The North Pole. I work there. I’m an elf.I gotta get out of this place!See the world. At least the lower 48. C’mon.But there’s this guy. This gorgeous guy.A Marine. Afghanistan veteran.He just walked into the store one day. He’s tall, dark, handsome. Did I say he’s super hot?OMG! Happy holidays to me.He’s amazing. But I gotta go. Really.He’s so gorgeous, though. Ugh.And now some funky things are going on in the store. It’s like I can see what kids want for Christmas. Whoa. Weird.It’s kind of like Dorothy, the owner, whose Christmas sweaters are horrendous and whose heart is pure gold. Everybody knows she’s totally got that kid whisperer thing going.So this gorgeous guy walks into my life and the Christmas shop starts going all Sixth Sense on me.Is Christmas trying to send me a message? Or Mr. Marine?I better figure things out fast because Christmas is coming and I got my one-way ticket out of Talkeetna.

Cammie Up!: Memoir of a Recon Marine in Vietnam, 1967-1968


Steven A. Johnson - 2011
    Only 17 when he enlisted in 1964, Johnson deployed to Vietnam with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and his tour included such now famous locations as Phu Bai, Khe Sanh, Nha Trang and Quang Tri, among others. With a sometimes humorous tone, Johnson describes a war of often terrified high school and college-aged youngsters faced with exotic plant and animal life, monsoon rains, harrowing reconnaissance missions and death. Details are plentiful about tactics, equipment, geography and, always, fellow Marines.

Beast Control (The Crossroads Series #5)


Stephen R. King - 2015
    King’s “Crossroads” series that will help keep you entertained late into the night. Discover the bright imagination, suspense, thrilling drama, picturesque visions, and a deeper look into the true landscape of the “Crossroads” series.WARNING: Not the famous Stephen King from Maine.

West of Hue: Down the Yellow Brick Road


James P. Brinker - 2010
    His infantry training eventually leads him to the elite Recon platoon in the 101st Airborne Division's 2/502 Infantry Regiment "Strike Force" Battalion. Soon he is involved in brutal combat that leaves many of his comrades dead or wounded. He faces bunkers and machine guns and ends up within touching distance of North Vietnamese soldiers. All eyes were on the Cambodian invasion and Kent State. The big battles were going on west of Hue in the area of operations of the Screaming Eagles. Thirty infantry grunts died taking hills 714 and 882 on the road to the A Shau valley. Nobody knew, and nobody cared about their heroism. They fought only for each other. He then finds out that going home was harder than going to Nam. Years later he finally had to confront the past. This is a story of a military veteran's reconciliation with life, and triumph over the painful memories from the hills west of Hue.