The rain finally came today. The news has been talking of droughts and water rationing for months now. While the rest of the country is having the worst storms and crazy amounts of snow, we have been dry as a bone. The first thing that came to mind is what my my chickies be thinking? They have never seen rain, but I bet they are blaming it on me. Sorry ladies, but its an inside kinda day.

Trail of 32: The True Story of a Youthful Spirit That Knew Not of Defeat (Trail of 32 Series)
Paul Rega
4.1 Stars (58 Reviews)
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | Travel

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THE ASTONISHING, TRUE STORY of a group of thirty-two boys and leaders who accomplished an amazing feat in 1972, when they rode their bicycles from Wood Dale, Illinois to Jacksonville, Florida.

Baby boomers of all ages as well as Scouts, past and present will marvel over this amazing true story of courage, conquest, and adventure. Fans of Stand By Me will applaud this tale of heroism and childhood in a simpler time.

The 1960’s and early 70’s were a simpler time–a common sense two-pedal world with realistic adventures, and everyday heroes. In the summer of 1972, an innocence was lost when twenty-six young boys in a small rural town set out to accomplish something bigger than themselves. Their journey of nearly 1,400 miles would take them through eight states, crossing over the Great Smoky Mountains. It was a tremendous achievement–one that would be hailed as the longest organized bike hike in the history of Scouting.

“I keep thinking this has got to come out as one of the greatest experiences for these boys. I would put this up with any amount of education, any amount of travel and any amount of history. I just can’t say enough about an organization that puts itself through a thing like this.” ~ Mal Bellairs, Former Radio Talk Show Host, WIVS-AM, Crystal Lake, Illinois

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Freedom Club
Saul Garnell
4.4 Stars (27 Reviews)
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction

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The year is 2085, and the world dives blindly into capitalistic hysteria while dreaming of a technologic singularity. India and China now dominate as economic leaders, and people have become over-reliant on the cold logic of artificial intelligence. Who can save the world from such self inflicted decay?

Here we find Sumeet, the cream of Indian education, and a top notch investment banker. But he’s unhappy with the good life laid before him, and soon meets Shinzou Friemann, a mysterious consultant who offers solace from the fetters of unbridled Capitalism. But Shinzou is not all that he seems, and Sumeet is unwittingly drawn into the hunt for an unusual terrorist group. One where the lines between terrorist, freedom fighter, hero, and madman all break down…welcome to the Freedom Club.

Both men explore a future world overrun by consumerism, technology, and discontent. Where being human isn’t good enough, as God-like Sentient Beings threaten the very meaning of life. Written in a way that echoes John Brunner’s Stand on Zanzibar, Freedom Club is frighteningly prescient, and intensely powerful.

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LEGEND of the DAWN [ The Epic Frontier Adventure of a Lifetime ]
J.R. Wright
4.3 Stars (23 Reviews)
Genre: Classics | Westerns

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Having been drawn to the wild for a number of years, young Luke McKinney is forced to leave 1839 St.Louis for the North Country even sooner than he expected to go. At seventeen, along with a female companion and an elderly father figure, he is literally running for his life.

With the Law pursuing him and the wilderness unforgiving, he finds himself caught up in a survival system that has nothing to do with civilization or laws.

Then the unthinkable happens, the only love of his life is taken from him. It is during the pursuit of her captors that Luke finds a strength and determination that will shape his moral existence for the remainder of his life.

This is the first book of a trilogy that spans the lives of Luke McKinney and Breanne Bruyere, their undying love, through hell and high water, for over fifty years.

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The Glass Girls
Eric Scott Johnston
4.7 Stars (6 Reviews)
Genre: Arts & Photography | Drama & Plays | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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The Glass Girls is a story about unlikely connections across time and culture. After being kidnapped by a neighbor, a young girl pens a story in her captors’ basement to survive the repeated sexual assaults. Years later, she passes the story on to her son who takes the story with him to the Vietnam conflict. Richard Huntington; after suffering an injury on the battlefield is returned to duty on the Cambodian front. Richard is ordered to assess the damage of an illegal bombing campaign deep in Cambodia. During a rendezvous with a local translator he encounters five little girls who are destined for the sexual slave trade. The kidnapping of his mother suddenly is in play. A decision is made: He deserts his unit and attempts to find safe harbor for the girls. His first instinct is to return the children to their parents. After locating the parents of one of the girls, he discovers the parents, living in extreme poverty were the ones who sold their little girls to the slave traders. He also learns this is common practice. Unable to reconcile his own values with local culture Richard finds himself in over his head. Pursued by the slave traders and Viet Kong units he retreats with the girls deep in the Cambodian jungle until he can find a way to get the girls to safety.

Forty-two years later Michael is on a train in Germany. He is attempting to solve a small mystery regarding a story his grandfather told him growing up called: The Glass Girls. The Glass Girls was recently published by a German author, Michael is here to meet that author. Upon that meeting Michael is thrust into a larger mystery, a mystery surrounding the disappearance of his father, a father he never knew. Five women claim to have known his father and know where he is buried deep in the Cambodian jungle. An old boyhood dream of finding his missing-in-action father is suddenly in play and Michael is led out of Germany and into the Cambodian jungle by five women who along the way reveal the story of what happened to his father and why he went missing.

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The Valentine Monster
Cassidy Castle
4.8 Stars (10 Reviews)
Genre: Children’s eBooks

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Razzle lives in the snowy mountains above the town of Heartsworth, and her favorite day of the year is Valentine’s Day. Usually she celebrates the day all by herself, but this year, she decides to visit the town and find friends to help her celebrate. Who will befriend this little monster that loves Valentine’s Day?

This fully illustrated children’s book is perfect for ages 4-8.

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