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The bears did straightway fly which much cheered ye Iri-quoits. One said to me they weare resolved nott to murder ye dogg, which was a stone-God in ye dogg shape, or a witch, butt I could nott fully understand. Ye wild men said they had never heard their fathers speak of so many bears.

'Crooked Trails and Straight' is a Western adventure novel. The young man Curly Flandrau has joined a band of rustlers. Their latest theft is a band of horses from the Bar Double M ranch. The horse owners give chase and Curly is wounded and captured, and his friend Mac is shot dead. But now he hopes that Cullison, the Double M ranch owner, whom he shot during the gunfight, is still alive. Otherwise he might hang for murder...

In his youth, a mean-spirited stepfather teaches Vladimir Antonovich that the only way to succeed in life is to become highly proficient in the art of fighting. Vladimir's early years are filled with fights and brutality. At the age of eighteen, he's drafted into the Soviet Army. He swears he will kill his stepfather some day, once the Army shows him how.He faces a new brutality at the Course of the Young Soldier, but survives it, too, and is selected to attend an Airborne College where he is commissioned a lieutenant. Later, he marries Aleksandra and they have a son. The hate for his stepfather still burns.Eleven years later, in 1980, he's given a special assignment to Afghanistan where he assassinates a Mujahedin leader, after losing most of his men. He returns home a hero with the hate for his stepfather burning even more. He finally visits him one last time, and while they talk and drink vodka, ugly images flash. He recalls the brutality of his youth, the brutality of basic training, and the brutality of Afghanistan. His brain crackling with fire, a question flashes. Should he kill the old man or not?

Someday we all reach the end of our journey through life and pass on. How do we conduct ourselves at that point? Can we change or alter the issues in ourselves we have encountered? "Crooked Path" illustrates through the dynamic story of Peter Stevens that eventually we all have to examine our own makeup and come to terms with who and what we are. Every person will inevitably examine and judge his own faults and strengths. Are you ready to look?

Part the thorny bramble and take a walk along the bewitchingly mysterious Crooked Path. Within these pages discover a wealth of hands-on tips and techniques to begin your journey into the realm of Traditional Witchcraft. Learn to weave a powerful personal practice that is informed by folklore and grounded in your own location and natural landscape. Along the way you will find valuable information regarding the tools, rituals, and spells of this fascinating tradition, together with lessons on connecting with deities, familiar spirits, ancestors, and the spirits of place. With supportive advice and encouragement, Kelden provides everything you need to successfully navigate your own path, helping you master even advanced practices such as hedge-crossing as you transform your day-to-day experience into a life filled with magic and spirit.

From the bestselling author of The Girl From the Train, comes another compelling coming of age story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation in WWII-era South Africa. Lettie has always felt different from and overshadowed by the women around her– this friend is richer, that friend is more beautiful, those friends are closer. Still, she doesn’t let this hold her back. She works hard to apply her mind, trying to compensate for her perceived lack of beauty with diligent academic work and a successful career as a doctor. She learns to treasure her friendships, but she still wonders if any man will ever return her interest. Marco’s experience in the second world war have robbed him of love and health. When winters in his native Italy prove dangerous to his health even after the war has ended, he moves to South Africa to be with his brother, husband to one of Lettie’s best friends. Marco is Lettie’s first patient, and their relationship grows as she aids him on the road back to restored health. In the company of beloved characters from The Child of the River, Marco and Lettie find a happiness that neither of them thought possible. With that joy comes pain and loss, but Lettie learns that life—while perhaps a crooked path—is always a journey worth taking.

Who is the Piper? . . . Special Agent Patrick Bowers returns in an electrifying prequel to the Bowers Chess series from critically acclaimed, national bestselling novelist Steven James. A mysterious suicide and a series of abductions draw Patrick into a web of intrigue involving an international conspiracy where no one is who they appear to be and the stakes have never been higher. Soon, Patrick discovers that the secret to stopping the Piper’s current crime spree lies in unlocking answers from an eight-year-old cold case—and the only way to do that is by entering the terrifying world of the conspirators himself. Dark, probing, and chilling, Every Crooked Path takes an unflinching look at the world of today’s cybercrimes and delves into a parent’s worst nightmare as it launches a new chapter of Patrick Bowers thrillers.

Two estranged multimillionaire brothers are caught on a "crooked path" of intrigue and violence that could have cost them their lives. Two brothers are thrown together in a bizarre entanglement neither could have imagined when they set out to dispose of their dad's abandoned mansion located in the quiet, scenic, small town of Big Stone, Massachusetts. They encountered a murderous witch coven, a ruthless and violent New York City drug gang, an unscrupulous sheriff, a money-extorting mayor, and bodies turning up unexpectedly; but, all is not ominous because each brother finds love, bringing them closer together as brothers. Their adventure all started with a phone call that Hidmore reluctantly placed to his older brother, Lawrence, asking him to assist with the sale of the estate and its contents. Initially, Lawrence balks at the idea of helping the brother he thoroughly dislikes. Lawrence finally relents inevitably agreeing to meet him in Big Stone. Thus, the journey on the "crooked path" is about to begin...

A collection of poems focus on the mix of cultures within America, juxtaposing the author's experiences in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia against contemporary life in the United States.