The trip of a lifetime, a summer of love - unputdownable writing, perfect for fans of John Green and E. Lockhart. Maddie O'Neill Levine wants to spend the summer before college tying up loose ends with her best friends - kissing boys and soaking up the last of the summer sun. Then her beloved grandmother drops a bombshell; she has been diagnosed with cancer. To spend quality time with her family, Maddie's grandmother takes the whole family on a round-the-word cruise - but at the end of it, Gram might not return home. Here is a story about love, loss and the power of forgiveness.

Ivan E. Coyote has developed a reputation as one of North America's most disarming storytellers; her tales of life on the roads and trails of the North as well as rural America are rich in their plainspoken, honest truths. In Loose End, her third ...

Stressed out by recent events, Max, Isabel, Michael, Maria, and Liz travel to Carlsbad Caverns, where Liz bumps into the guy that shot her long ago in the diner. The group trails the man into the desert, where he meets with a military officer and they exchange money. Does this have to do with Roswell's secrets?

What happens to people when they come across something they were never supposed to have seen? David Walker finds out when he witnesses the covert murder of a woman in the day-lit streets of New York City-a woman who knew too much. Now, it's up to David to pick up where she left off and follow where her trail of evidence leads. The only problem? The path she had been going down guides David directly into a web of conspiracies and mysteries that date back to the Nazi regime and World War II. A list of mysterious bank accounts-accounts that threaten to expose the CIA's darkest secret-were in this woman's possession. Will David be able to escape the eyes of the CIA, which has been watching him longer than he could ever have imagined? Will he manage to expose the biggest conspiracy of the twentieth century? A Loose End is a riveting thriller with momentous historical vision. Written with stunning insight into the complex cog that was World War II, this fast-paced novel of political conspiracy will change the way you look at the Second World War-and Hitler-forever.

When a young girl is kidnapped, street-smart but damaged San Francisco ex-cop California "Cal" Corwin is engaged to find and rescue her before murder raises the stakes. As a straightforward case takes unexpected twists, Cal must quell a growing fear that an anguished mother may never see her child again. With a shadowy crime lord lurking behind every unexpected clue, Cal struggles to tie up loose ends before evil claims its next victim.

PITUS PESTON AND THE LOOSE END is the third episode in THE PEREGRINATIONS OF PITUS PESTON adventure series. The time is ten years from now. John Hodiak is living in the original Peston house and fi nds evidence of Pitus Peston’s life among the hidden places of the old house. Legends of ghostly apparitions and hidden gold enter into the plot which is actually the convergence of two story lines; one of John Hodiak on Earth and of Pitus Peston who is across the galaxy helping the Omans save their race. Pitus has to return from Oman in order to reverse a fatal error of the Omans centuries before and prevent global disaster.

A refreshing, funny, and moving debut novel about first loves, last wishes, and letting go. Seventeen-year-old Maddie O'Neill Levine lives a charmed life, and is primed to spend the perfect pre-college summer with her best friends and young-at-heart socialite grandmother (also Maddie's closest confidante), tying up high school loose ends. Maddie's plans change the instant Gram announces that she is terminally ill and has booked the family on a secret "death with dignity" cruise ship so that she can leave the world in her own unconventional way - and give the O'Neill clan an unforgettable summer of dreams-come-true in the process. Soon, Maddie is on the trip of a lifetime with her over-the-top family. As they travel the globe, Maddie bonds with other passengers and falls for Enzo, who is processing his own grief. But despite the laughter, headiness of first love, and excitement of glamorous destinations, Maddie knows she is on the brink of losing Gram. She struggles to find the strength to say good-bye in a whirlwind summer shaped by love, loss, and the power of forgiveness.

What deep personal fantasy can sustain an unrequited love for forty years? How can a jilted lover watch and learn and plot and plan, yet miss the most valuable lesson of all?

The stories you are about to read are the memories of my life, but not all of them. Names have been altered to protect peoples images and innocence. Although no one is ever totally innocent. All descriptions of people, places, and events are purely coincidental. It really hurts me to write this disclaimer shit to cover my ass. Such is the world today, little or no responsibility for ones actions. If you feel you have been written about in this book, you are wrong.

Bill Loader has been one of the leading New Testament scholars not just in Australia, but globally, for half a century. What is immediately apparent is that the clarity of communication and the exceptional precision in analyzing the details of ancient texts, which are the hallmarks of his scholarship, were present even in the earliest essays. Without exception every essay in this volume is a contribution of exceptional insight for all who seek to learn from an exemplary scholar.