moa ? piopio ? huia ? laughing owl ? grayling ? meriki ? Hutton's rail ? Haast's eagle ? Chatham Island bellbird ? bush wren ? adzebill ? Chatham Islands fernbird ? Eyles' harrier ? greater short-tailed bat ? Hawkins' rail ? kawekaweau ? koreke ? Lyall's wren ? moho ? South Island snipe ? whekau These are just some of the lost wonders of Aotearoa. Here are their stories. *** Illustrated with line drawings by Phoebe Morris, this book tells true...

Lost Cleveland is an engrossing excursion into the city's rarefied architectural air during its heyday as the sixth-largest city in the country. Author Michael DeAloia recounts the histories of seven culturally significant and iconic architectural gems that defined Cleveland's position of wealth and importance during the industrial age. Inspired by noble visions of Cleveland's most elite residents, these structures reflect the vigor and imagination...

Get up close and personal with barrier island state parks in Georgia, South Carolina, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Discover the incredible variety of history, culture, and outdoor adventures waiting for you in spots like Reynolds Mansion State Park, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, and Jockey's Ridge State Park.

Agnes never expected to receive grace from the man whose pockets she had just picked. When Henry Watson offers her honest employment as a downstairs maid in his household, her determination to survive shifts to a resolution to prove her loyalty and worth. But the past is a hard enemy to lose, and it soon comes back with a vengeance, sending Agnes across the seas to the convict settlement of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Though not before,...

For much of Christian history, pastors not only served as theologians and preachers, but also as poets and hymn writers. They ministered through their preaching and their poetry, their sermons and their songs--laboring to see God's truth planted not only in people's minds, but helping it find its way into their hearts and even onto their lips. They viewed such labors as an artistic and devotional tool of catechesis, one that has largely gone missing...

Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the most beloved English-language poets of all time, lived a life charged with religious drama and vision. The product of a High-Church Anglican family, Hopkins eventually converted to Roman Catholicism and became a priest-after, which he stopped writing poetry for many years and became completely estranged from his Protestant family. A Heart Lost in Wonder provides perspective on the life and work of Gerard Manley Hopkins...

Required reading for fans excited about the upcoming television series PARADISE LOST, announced by James Gunn as part of the first chapter of the new DC Universe media slate! Batman finds himself in the need of help from Wonder Woman. Gotham City is being transformed into a land resembling ancient Greece, lorded over by evil gods. The Amazon princess finds that even the aid of Gotham's other protectors, Nightwing and Robin, as well as her own protégé,...

Have you ever lost something so important to you that you were willing to go to great lengths to find it? Travel along with Charlie the Wiener Wonder Dog as he crosses the country in pursuit of his precious woobie! While leaving the familiar McDurgle farm is scary, Charlie decides he must venture out of his comfort zone to retrieve the woobie! Along the way, Charlie encounters friends and relatives who try to help him locate his coveted woobie. Will...

"On this quest around the world, [the reader] will discover lost kingdoms, phantom islands, and even legendary continents once sought by explorers but now believed to be mythical"--Amazon.

"Hannah is a fusion scientist working alone at a remote cottage off the coast of Scotland when she sees a figure making his way from the sea. It is a visitor from the future, a young man from a human settlement on Mars, traveling backwards through time totry to make a crucial intervention in the fate of our dying planet, and he needs Hannah's help. Laboring in the warmth of a Scottish summer, Hannah and the stranger are on the path towards a breakthrough-and...