23 years ago, Andre Larson left his hometown, Valhalla, and he never looked back. His life since then has taken him all over the world. Now, he is returning to Valhalla for the saddest of reasons: to bury his mother. While he is here, he also intends to confront the reason why he left Valhalla all those years ago, the dark secret under the surface of his peace

Get a quick overview of some of the most common letters of the alphabet and see why the history of "B," "L," "N," and "S" is easier to trace than letters you have covered so far. Look back on the alphabets of the Phoenicians and Greeks to see where these letters started and why they look the way they do.

Bits and Pieces: Screening Animal Life and Death gathers pivotal and more mundane moments, dispersed across a predominantly Western history of moving images, in which animals materialize in movies and TV shows, from iconic scenes of cattle slaughter in early Soviet montage to quandaries over hunting trophies in recent home-renovation reality TV series, to animals in Black horror films. Sarah O'Brien carefully views these fragments in dialogue...

A short story by Nadifa Mohamed from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Party Girl', ahead of settling down, a woman looks back on her rebellious youth. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its beloved...

This descriptive history begins with the battles at Shiloh, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, and Stones River and ends with the terrible carnage that was Franklin. The book provides a broad overview of the region’s conflicts and recounts the main battles as well as some of the smaller actions. It was springtime 1861 when the young men marched off to war-many to never return. Relive their tragic days through this look back in time. Magnificent images...

This volume is a collection of selected poems which capture a view of life as seen through the lens of advanced years. They deal with looking back, looking forward and a lot of looking around as life unfolds. The writer blends the gifts of a Celtic vision and a mystical approach to life. Though the writer comes from a Christian background, the approach is balanced and broadminded. And since he has lived in India for many years, there will necessarily...

I quit the nasty habit of cigarette smoking more than thirty years ago and never looked back. You can free yourself from this health, money and time-draining addiction. Food will taste better. You will have more energy, and you will live a life in control and free rather than controlled by a bad habit. While quitting smoking is not easy to do, the four simple stages I used to quit successfully and completely can be found in this book and you can start...

Second chances are meant only for those that deserve them.Love isn't enough to heal when you've shattered a heart.Love isn't enough to make you forget.Love isn't enough to make you look back when you're supposed to be moving forward.Love just-isn't enough.I broke Fallyn McIntyre, and in doing so I broke myself.Betrayal, addiction, and years separate us.I'm no longer the man I used to be.But I'm still not sure I'm man enough.

Celebrating 100 years since the Roaring Twenties, come with us on a look back at the jazz era. Historical stories with dark and terrible twists.Within these pages, find the speakeasy girl with two mouths, Mafia gangs with secrets more sinister than history suggests, bloodthirsty flappers, dark tales from the Depression, and many more.SUPPORTING AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE WILDLIFE ORGANISATIONSALL PROFITS from TWENTY TWENTY will be donated to the following...

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. With the passing of Nelson Mandela, 'the father of the nation', comes the end of an era, and the moment to look back on his remarkable saving, and remaking, of South Africa. After years of oppression and racial inequality, concentrated violence and apartheid, Mandela led the country to unite 'for the freedom of us all' as the country's first black President. SOUTH AFRICA: HISTORY IN AN HOUR gives...