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Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power.

Lost in the proverbial wake of past selves and broken relationships, Connor Lindstrom's characters are forced to confront new realities that present the possibility for change. While some are willingly swept up in the tide of transformation, others struggle to keep themselves above water. Spanning cityscapes, beaches and bush, the unique personal tragedies of Lindstrom's characters are set against moments of pure human connection: from the final embrace...

A work of metaphysical scope disguised as science fiction, Wake is a journey of spiritual transformation... Deep Outer Space: Idea wakes aboard a starship. She is the only passenger. There is no cockpit. There is no engine room. She has no memory of her past or her name. Where is she? Who is she? What the hell happened to Planet Earth? Tokyo, Earth, 2038: At Mortech Labs pod sleepers live out personally designed virtual reality immersion lifestyles...

When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals.

After dropping out of college, nineteen-year-old Laurel Early returns to her uncle's tobacco farm, where she encounters a monster as well as her mother's ghost, and soon Laureal realizes that she must tap into her own innate magic to save everyone she loves.

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

"A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death, and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface. Nettie Lonesome lives in a land of hard people and hard ground dusted with sand. She's a half-breed who dresses like a boy, raised by folks who don't call her a slave but use her like one. She knows of nothing else. That is, until the day a stranger attacks her. When nothing, not even a sickle to the eye can stop him, Nettie stabs him through the heart...

"Wake-Robin", John Burroughs' first book, is a detailed work on birds, being an alluring "invitation to the study of Ornithology". It's aim is to stimulate an interest in the natural history of birds, which Burroughs arguably achieves through a masterful marriage of interesting facts and beautiful writing. John Burroughs (1837 – 1921) was an American naturalist, essayist, and active member of the U.S. conservation movement. Burroughs' work was incredibly...