The Lost Child series is a gripping crime drama set in the Nantahala Gorge region of western North Carolina. It was inspired by a particularly dynamic little girl. Volume One of the series, Anguish in the Nantahala, is a tragedy that any family could suddenly be confronted with. The story will take you through the grief the girl's family experiences when she goes missing, through various levels of anguish and turmoil affecting each family member in a different way, challenge you with the dilemma of how far would you be prepared to go to save your child? - and puts you through a dramatic conclusion. For those who want more, Volume Two, Lost Child - Retribution in the Nantahala, fulfils your need for justice while at the same time putting you into a position where you have to come to terms with how being the agent of retribution changes you. Not for the feint of heart, the Lost Child saga may make you weep while making you capable of murder - and of coming to terms with all that that entails.

In Gene Skellig's terrifyingly plausible military techno-thriller, Winter Kill - War With China Has Already Begun, you will be immediately drawn into the strong characters of this richly detailed adventure. As the pace accelerates, you will become wrapped up in the action at the local level. At the same time, your thirst for the economic, geopolitical and military context of the war will be thoroughly satisfied. With unexpected developments and twists, this story will confront you with the daunting challenge of surviving in the Winter Kill world, just as it confronted the people of the Sunshine Coast communities of the Pacific Northwest and numerous strategic locations around the world. When the Nuclear Extinction War (NEW) begins, it comes as a complete surprise to just about everybody. But for retired military planner, Casey Callaghan, it represents the culmination of the worst case scenario which he had feared was inevitable - and one for which he had made extensive preparations. His motivation is the security of his wife and five small children, his extended family and as many of his friends and neighbors as he can save. The world is faced with the unimaginable devastation of a global nuclear winter which kills off 95% of humankind like the winter kill of a crop in nature. Survival has suddenly become very personal. To make matters worse, a rogue police officer is out to get Casey. While Casey and Constable Walker wage war on a very personal scale, the global war grinds towards its inevitable outcome. After reading Winter Kill, you just might look at China differently and see, as Casey Callaghan does, that we are blindly rushing towards catastrophe. All it will take to set off a devastating cascade of events is one repugnant conclusion in the mind of an evil genius.

'Homustei' wa kaigaide homustei wo surutameni benkyo shiteiru gakusei no tameno hon de eigo jokyusha mukidesu. Totemo yakunitatsu saito eno rinkuya renshumondai ga haitteiru burogu mo isshoni tsuitekimasu. Good luck Recently graduated from university, 24 year old Sumiko Kichida has her whole life ahead of her. Rather than throwing her life away for her career or by becoming a Japanese housewife, Sumiko takes the road less travelled. Her plan to improve her English by going on a year-long homestay in Vancouver goes completely haywire. Sumiko is suddenly on her own, forced to use her very basic English skills with nobody looking after her. Embracing what the Universe has put in front of her and with her lively spirit of adventure, Sumiko encounters people and situations which propel her English skills to new heights. But the most wonderful aspect of her trip is the unexpected romance that takes her life in an entirely new direction. This book helps prepare ESL students for a homestay in Canada. It is written in natural English, so it will be extremely challenging for ESL students. However, it will reinforce some strategies which help activate and improve conversational English as well as introduce cultural information, idioms and useful vocabulary. A link to a blogsite is provided with the book, to expand upon the material presented in the novel, at the user's discretion.