SONNIE'S EDGE. The popular sport of 'beastie-baiting' involves contests to the death between artificial monsters controlled via human affinity bonds. Sonnie's team is particularly successful...but then her monster ' Khanivore' has one special advantage. A SECOND CHANCE AT EDEN. A bitek habitat which orbits Jupiter mining the fusion fuel on which Earth is dependent Eden is a mini-nation of radical politics -- & even more radical technology. Then its creator is murdered in full view of the whole population but nobody can identify the perpetrator -- or the motive. NEW DAYS OLD TIMES. Settlers came to the planet Nyvan hoping for a lifestyle free of Earthbound hatreds. Alas though environments may change human nature does not. CANDY BUDS. The crime-lord Laurus rules Kariwak with an iron fist jealously guarding control of the bitek trade. But when an astonishing new substance appears on the streets virtual reality takes on an entirely new dimension. DEATHDAY. On a desolate planet a man wages an obsessive campaign of retribution against the last survivor of an alien race. But vengeance can cut both ways. THE LIVES & LOVES OF TIARELLA ROSA. A passion that spans two generations of women...and endures beyond. ESCAPE ROUTE. The starship LADY MACBETH encounters a long-abandoned alien spacecraft with its escape route still intact -- but leading where? & is the craft as empty as it seems? ...

Taylor Edwards family might not be that close
- everyone is a little too busy & overscheduled but for the most part they get along
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God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance & everything looks pretty good
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Empress Josephines family has been called to Napoleons court for the terrible news that he intends to divorce his barren wife of thirteen years & take a younger bride the Austrian Princess Marie-Louise. For Josephines daughter Hortense this means she is free to leave her husband Napoleons brother having given the Bonapartes three heirs. As she looks for love she must support her mother through the terrible grief of Napoleons betrayal. For his new wife it is a terrible duty she must take on in her fathers name. She has nothing in common with the strange older man she has married & can find little in her life to enjoy. But an unlikely friendship with Hortense will bring her much comfort especially as she must fight for her own happiness. For Napoleons sister Pauline Bonaparte it is yet another woman stealing her brothers attention & affection. Having spent years attempting to control his power & his influence she must fight harder & dirtier if she is to win... ...

Darrell & her friends grow together as they share their school days. There are new students to induct sporting matches to be won tempers to control & tricks to play on teachers. This work presents stories about life at boarding school as readers follow the girls' lives through 6 years at Malory Towers. ...

When a plot of land is being developed in Vermont against the will of a local Native American tribe strange things begin to happen
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Charley Davidson sees dead people. As grim reaper extraordinaire it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light'. But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder) Charley dons her Private Investigator hat to solve the crime. ...

Whoever you are at this moment you have a choice. You can believe menopause signals the end or you can make a few small changes to finally become the person you always thought you could be. In her groundbreaking book Jill Shaw Ruddock offers answers to the questions women think & care about at this time of their life. The change is not just physical but cerebral as well. Although a woman can no longer create life this is the time when she can give birth to herself. Drawing on her extensive experience research & interviews Jill Shaw Ruddock scrutinises what could be holding you back & provides practical hands-on advice on how to harness the new-found focus that menopause brings. From money to the mind dating to divorce exercise to eating & separation to self-expression Ruddocks inspiring book sets out a game plan to prepare & guide you to make the second half of your life the best half. ...

Overwhelmed by the success of their first book & inundated by stories from members of the public the authors decided to produce a second helping of this publishing phenomenon. Never losing sight of their audience they produced a book that once again tugged the heartstrings & guaranteed an emotional response to others' heart-warming tales. ...

Ben is at last leaving home. At twenty-two hes the youngest of the family. His mother Edie an actress is distraught. His father Russell a theatrical agent is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother Matthew is struggling in a relationship in which he achieves & earns less than his girlfriend. & his sister Rosa is wrestling with debt & the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family & the empty nest twenty-first-century style. ...