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All six episodes of the gloriously gritty comedy crime drama. Taggart meets A Touch of Cloth in this parody police procedural featuring DI Bob Boxer and his sidekick DC Shona Doberman. They're an unlikely couple of cops - he's grizzled, old-school and wears a cardigan; she's young, instinctive and wields a Blackberry. But together they tackle cases so tough, they'd make Frost flinch and Rebus run away....

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.

With a handful of murderous rogues, Captain Jed Foster has run off with four wagons containing new Springfield rifles, bayonets, and ammunition meant to resupply the troops at Fort Bowie in Arizona Territory. Foster plans to sell the weapons to the highest bidder — whether it’s Apaches, Mexican revolutionaries, or Confederate veterans who still dream of destroying the Union. But that’s the least of Foster’s problems.

Kidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war and famine. When a hostile tribe massacres her adopted family, White Ash is raped and left near death, but is miraculously saved by a brave shaman...and falls in love with him. Together they set out on a dangerous journey to steal a magical object - but they soon face a ruthless enemy who wants White Ash for his own.

In the not too distant future, the Earth finds itself under constant threat from Zelda, a blood-thirsty android who, along with her fiendish family and monstrous creations, has established a base on Mars. The only thing standing between this evil queen and her quest for the ultimate annihilation of mankind are the Terrahawks - an intrepid band of heroes led by the stern but fair clone, Doctor Tiger Ninestein. In this new series, the Terrahawks defence grows all the more desperate when a terrifying new enemy joins the androids on Mars.

The story of Michael and Andrew Lewis continues. Five years after the death of their father Mordecai at the hands of Spanish soldiers in Texas, Michael seeks revenge. He, in turn, is being hunted by the Blackwood family from Tennessee, who have declared a feud with the Lewises.

1964 — Life on the North Dakota farm hasn’t always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills — which have only gotten worse since the accident that left her husband, Hank, blind and paralyzed. When her nearest neighbors are murdered in their beds, though, Marjorie suddenly has to deal with new and terrifying problems.

It’s the 48th year of the Kurian Order. The alien, vampiric Kur and their avatars, the Reapers, control most of the Earth - their new feeding ground. Humanity is scattered and survives only at their new master’s whims. But the Resistance is attempting to reclaim Earth. David Valentine, member of the elite Cat spy force, is in enemy uniform aboard the aging gunboat Thunderbolt. Whispers have reached him of the discovery of a long-lost weapon in the Caribbean - the first glimmer of hope for humanity to finally defeat the Reapers.

Mordecai Lewis and his son Michael lead men from Tennessee into Spanish-ruled Texas, to hunt wild horses. The trip is fatal for Mordecai, leaving Michael and his family in danger, both from the soldiers of Spain and the evil Blackwood family back home in the Tennessee hills.

This is not your typical book on worship. It's fun, funny, and applicable, regardless of whether you can carry a tune in a bucket. iPods, Valentine's Day cards, and many other real-life examples will help you understand what God is looking for, and 10 easy tips will show you how to give it to him. The result will be a deep and rich experience you will savor all your life.

Week after week the postcards arrive, addressed to a name Ellie does not know, with no return address, each signed with an initial: A. With their bright skies, blue seas and alluring images of Greece, these cartes postales brighten her life. After six months, to her disappointment, they cease. But the montage she has created on the wall of her flat has cast a spell. She must see this country for herself.

The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start. This whirlwind adventure will take Milady to the highest and lowest parts of that great city—and cause her to question the very nature of reality itself.

Wendy McCloud is ordered into Anger Management Therapy. But it's not much help when pirates murder her father, Planetary President of Chromius. Now that Anne Manx has left, Chromius still needs someone else just as smart, relentless, incorruptible...and sexy.

It’s a place that we all want to go. The islands of Puget Sound and specifically Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. It’s a peaceful beautiful place with a small population of unique and interesting characters. A fishing industry that is always busy and yet there are also causal fishermen that are always fishing but never catching anything. Characters that we can all understand and identify. A new deputy sheriff, Vince Murphy, has moved here with his kids. He’s been raising them on his own since his wife left him while they were still infants.

If you have ever asked, "How do we reach the young people?", then this book is for you. And if you've asked, "How do were reach the old people?", this book is also for you. Being a multigenerational church isn't easy, but it's possible. Most ministries only have segmented ministries, such as children's church, youth group, young adults, main services, and senior outings, but in this book, we examine how to effectively minister to the generations within the same service with tried and tested methods that have proven to work in diverse locations and cultures.

Growing up, I loved being big, but after spending the first 18 years of my life wanting to be the tallest and biggest, as a senior in high school, I took the first steps of a journey that has lasted the rest of my life; I started to try and lose some weight. The journey from fat to fit has been surprising and the lessons have, at times, been hard, but if I could go back in time to try and help my slightly-chunky-little-high-school-self avoid decades of being overweight and/or unhealthy, the advice that I would give myself is what I want to share with you.

We all know the feeling; you’ve planned, prepared, and are giving it your very best every Sunday morning, but there the people are...just staring at you. Well, at least the ones who are actually in the sanctuary at the beginning of worship are. Predictable the others are still in the foyer and will shuffle their way to their seats by the last song. Amazingly, you are not alone, as this perpetual dilemma spans culture and continents, leaving almost every worship leader at every church in the world to ask, “How do I get my congregation to sing?”

This story is of my great-grandfather. The woman on the cover is a portrait of my great-grandmother, who he painted. This is what this story is about! As I was told by my great-grandfather during my young life, I became a writer, and I thought it would be good to tell his story. My great grandfather, Ernst Fuchs, was a Jewish and quite a famous Artist in the 1930s, born in Vienna, Austria.

Embark on an epic journey beyond the stars with "Asteroid Gold," a riveting sci-fi thriller that pushes the boundaries of space exploration. As the HALO Group pioneers historic missions to the Asteroid Belt, they face an unseen adversary—the enigmatic Privy-13. In a race against time, technology clashes with manipulation, and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

Embark on a mesmerizing journey above the clouds with Max, Lily, and their winged companion, Azure, in "The Skyward Quest: Kids Stories Book." This enchanting collection of adventures takes young listeners on a whirlwind exploration of a magical world where floating islands, rainbow bridges, and celestial beings await discovery.