The five cousins are still trapped in the Secret Country, and must play their parts. When the King is poisoned, Ted-Prince Edward-must take the throne, even though he has no idea how to rule a country, battle magic, or inspire followers. Soon enough he will have to do all three because the Country is on the verge of war with the treacherous Dragon King.

Bebbie Hickman 287 words The Hidden Land of Youngsters With so many books currently on the market geared to our youth, Bebbie Hickman wanted to be a positive force for the Lord, to counter the enormous number of reading materials that contain lewd and raw language while edifying the evil forces of the devil. With that in mind, God has inspired Bebbie to write The Hidden Land of Youngsters. Started in 1995 as a short story consisting of ten pages and filed away in a drawer, Bebbie rediscovered its worth as a compass, pointing our children in the right direction. She allows her reading audience the pleasure of enjoying her books without fear of stumbling over curse words, sex themes or evil influences. The Hidden Land of Youngsters is such a book. Adventure, imagination, family ties, decisions to make, and at the center of it all a God-inspired message for young people to think on and draw strength from. Bebbie offers parents an alternative in reading materials for their children, as well as an outlet for children to use their imagination in a clean and fun way. At present, Bebbie is working on The Hidden Land of Youngsters series, focusing on her endearing characters and how they face and triumph over evil by relying on God to fight their battles. Bebbie's inspiration for writing The Hidden Land of Youngsters comes from her granddaughter, Maddie, and her three grandsons, Philip, Zeb and Levi, who are portrayed as main characters in the book. Bebbie has a heart for the young people of our time, thus writing positive SciFi topics in book form for the sheer pleasure of her reading audience, while instilling confidence in parents who select books authored by Bebbie Hickman.

This award-winning classic in the study of ethnicity, identity, and nation-building has a new introduction (on which Eric Wolf collaborated near the end of his life) that shows the continuing validity of the book’s innovative approach to ethnography, ecology, culture, and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villages—the German-speaking community of St. Felix and Romance-speaking Tret—only a mile apart in the same mountain valley.