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It’s 1971, the world for people in New Orleans ain’t nowhere near easy, but when the struggle took its eye off the Doucette Family for just one night, sisters Josephine, Annette, and S.Bonds get together and throw an old funky shakedown. Family, friends, ghosts, and murderers alike have gathered around their shotgun shack, and The Doucette family is thrown in a boiler overnight. By a stroke of bewitching, vengeance, and luck, the Doucette Family discovers The Kingdom on the Bayou—a place that takes the majestic history of New Orleans and places it in an enchanted swamp where nothing ever truly dies. Whispers, cuss words, and rumors fly through the wind in the Kingdom on the Bayou like beads from parades, and so does magic.
It's 1971, the world for people in New Orleans ain't nowhere near easy, but when the struggle took its eye off the Doucette Family for just one night, sisters Josephine, Annette, and S.Bonds get together and throw an old funky shakedown. Family, friends, ghosts, and murderers alike have gathered around their shotgun shack, and The Doucette family is thrown in a boiler overnight. By a stroke of bewitching, vengeance, and luck, the Doucette Family discovers The Kingdom on the Bayou-a place that takes the majestic history of New Orleans and places it in an enchanted swamp where nothing ever truly dies. Whispers, cuss words, and rumors fly through the wind in the Kingdom on the Bayou like beads from parades, and so does magic.
A love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies.
Mammas, don't let your cowboys grow up to be...singers. Five years ago, I was an oilfield roughneck with little to show for myself besides my voice. I never thought my songs would land me in the spotlight, working with country music legend Krystal King, but now that I'm here, I'm determined to make it all the way to the top. If only Krystal's haunting eyes weren't so distracting... Krystal grew up on stage, and the more time I spend with her, the less I see the appeal of her "golden life." She's got secrets, and soon, I'm fostering a wild addiction to her, and letting go of my own dreams to help her heal. But getting her to risk her battered heart may not be possible, and the path to redemption looks like it's going to be even harder than the path to glory.
A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken. But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return - when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible. And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark...
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Homeless. No other word better describes our modern-day suffering. It reveals one of our deepest and most painful conditions—not having a sense of belonging. However, Alan Graham, founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First! Village, is improving the quality of life for a large quantity of people through sharing his personal story of becoming more human through humanizing others. Graham believes the more we can give people dignity, the power of choice, and genuine community, the better we’ll be able to offer solutions that will have impact on the world at large. And while his missionary work is focused on giving a home to the physically homeless, he also wants to transform the ...
Mechatronics has evolved into a way of life in engineering practice, and it pervades virtually every aspect of the modern world. In chapters drawn from the bestselling and now standard engineering reference, The Mechatronics Handbook, this book introduces the vibrant field of mechatronics and its key elements: physical system modeling; sensors and actuators; signals and systems; computers and logic systems; and software and data acquisition. These chapters, written by leading academics and practitioners, were carefully selected and organized to provide an accessible, general outline of the subject ideal for non-specialists. Mechatronics: An Introduction first defines and organizes the key el...