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In 1959, eighteen-year-old Troy Tyler arrives at Jubilee, a conservative Christian church camp, to work through the summer. Tutored by his charismatic roommate Monte, Troy-disillusioned by overexposure to the parental faith-undertakes a transforming journey into expanded consciousness of secular affairs and sexual possibility. A mixed-breed coming-of-age / coming-out story, Siege of Troy is a sly, wry, subversive take on the traditional angst-ridden coming-out narrative. It critiques the fundamentalist religious tradition, targeting the guilt-drenched culture that uses church camps to recruit susceptible youth. The satire is rarely harsh but usually pointed, and often funny. The romance is light and tender, the sex obliquely suggestive. This sometimes brooding, introspective, but always entertaining adventure will appeal to all audiences, particularly teens and young adults, educators, counsellors, parents, psychologists, pastors, social workers, and LGBTQ communities.

Cinderellas live happily ever after. Unless they have a powerful courtiers out to get them. Not that it's hard to frame Casio Westfall, the Emperor's consort, for an attempted assassination. In fact, it's fun. She's a perfect mark. Who's going to complain? She's of a humble and scandalous background and has no friends outside of the Imperial bedroom. But, then again, maybe she doesn't need any.

This is a true story. It is a story that needs to be told about 37 Elizabethan sailors who were marooned on the east coast of Mexico in 1568. They were captured and put on trial by the Spanish Inquisition. Their lives were never the same. What were the sailors doing in the New World more than 50 years before the sailing of the Mayflower? How were they marooned? Why did the Inquisition capture them? It is usually hard to identify specific sailors of the Elizabethan period, but in this book you will see the identities of each of the 37 men. Who were these men? What was the voyage like and what were they doing on the Atlantic? This book shows us something of the 16th century Atlantic world through the eyes of Elizabethan sailors.

In 1985, a ten-year-old girl and her mother vanished in the night without a trace. The mystery of their disappearance was never solved, and the case went cold. Twenty-five years later, a Sullivan's Island resident takes interest in the disappearance, and their story finally starts to unfold...all while the perfectly-carved lives of three friends-Beth, Sarah, and Mary Ellen-become hopelessly enmeshed in secrets, lies, and regrets.When you live in a small island town, you learn to keep secrets because your past never leaves you. But just because it's a small town, doesn't mean its secrets are small.Beth decides to Google her boyfriend, only to find out he has a dark, sad secret. Sarah witnesses her daughter cause a fatal car accident and now she's faced with an impossible decision. Should she report the mistake that could ruin her child's life forever, or take matters into her own hands? Mary Ellen discovers that the passenger in a fatal accident is connected to an unsolved missing person's case. But before she can tell anyone, she is rendered unconscious. The three friends are suddenly entangled in a frightening web of danger, mystery, and deceit. Then one night, it all ends in murder...If You Don't Tell is a page-turning suspense novel full of twists, turns, and dark secrets, intricately spun in a compelling plot until the very last page.

Born into the greatest generation, Robert "e;Bob"e; Barrigan grew up with his mother, Jesse, and his father, Raul, a family of Greek and Native American descent who were living in a working-class immigrant suburb of Los Angeles, California. Growing up during the Depression, Bob lived in poverty without ever realizing what he lacked. At the age of ten, he was sent to live with his grandparents, who were the cook and foreman of Miller's 101 Ranch. It was there he worked alongside Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Geronimo, Will Rogers, and others.When he was 17, encouraged by his father, Bob signed up for the Coast Guard and later discovered he had been tricked into enlisting in the Navy. There, he discovered his talents for aviation mechanics, and realized he was on his way toward achieving his childhood dream of flying. Arriving in Pearl Harbor in October 1941, Bob enjoyed his first taste of a sailor's life. Then on December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and he watched his friends die amid chaos. Standing on top of a naval tower and looking into the eyes of the enemy, Bob experienced a defining moment that changed his life.Throughout his naval career, he met many illustrious characters. Among them were Arthur Godfrey, Tuskegee airmen, and female Waves. He served in the Pacific Theater at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the Battle of the Coral Sea, and later worked as an aviation mechanic on the Island of Espiritu Santo. Eventually he transferred to Anacostia Naval Station, in Washington, D.C. There his talents for military aviation, radar, and electronics secured him a civil position with the Federal Aviation Agency following his military retirement.Prior to Bob's death in 2013, he gave talks to community, military groups, and interested historians about his experiences during WWII. A photograph of him at Pearl Harbor is displayed in the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the Pensacola National Naval Museum.Through Bob's true life story, the reader experiences his journey through historical events that shaped our nation. Military and history enthusiasts are sure to enjoy the details of famous battles, and the rise of radar, electronics, and the jet age.

In this uplifting and at times humorous memoir, Tim Higel tells his story of being bullied for most of his young life. He shares the lessons he learned to overcome the grief and pain of being bullied and of having negative people telling him he could not do something. He shows how that traumatic situation did not stifle his willingness and determination to overcome the obstacles of his life's many challenges in order to achieve his life's goals and have amazing life experiences. His journey is an example to both youth and adults of how anyone can turn the negative around to accomplish whatever they truly set their mind to doing, if they have enough passion to do it. He hopes his story will give hope to readers who are being bullied, and that they will draw inspiration to overcome that destructive situation and succeed in life.

Cletus, the Little Loggerhead Turtle, is a children's book about two loggerhead turtles beginning their journey to the ocean.Throughout the story are educational facts about loggerhead turtles and the Sargasso Sea.