Books with author Michele Taylor

Step into the fantastical world of the Pure Lites, guardians of all things magical, and join Raven Dawson as she struggles to come to terms with a missing father, a heartbroken mother, and her growing powers. Raven is facing one of the most important progressions into the adult world of Pure Lite life, and if that wasn't stressful enough, the testing of her magical prowess begins at home when she innocently enters into a veiled realm that was never meant to be discovered by anyone else. When a buried secret from the past is brought into the present; Raven struggles to accept the truth behind the Dawson family curse and winds up defending herself against a dark entity bent on keeping that secret hidden.

Played all over the world, string games are known by names that reflect the cultures they come from. Songs are often sung as the string figures develop, becoming entwined and part of each story. This well-traveled and entertaining series of tales is accompanied by clear instructions and explanatory diagrams―guaranteed not to tie you in knots and will teach you tricks with which to dazzle your friends! With something for everyone, these ingenious tricks and tales are developed and taught with utter simplicity, making them suitable from age 5 upward. This is one book of a series of three, which also includes Now You See It ... Each book includes; an introduction, a section on origins, hints for teachers and performers, an 'Invented by Children' section.

The number one Mind Map book has gotten better. Version 2.0 has more examples, better illustrations, and easier step-by-step instructions.Also includes links to numerous free mind mapping software - no need to buy, subscribe, or submit proof of purchase.Mind Mapping is a note taking system which allows you to take better, faster, and more efficient notes. In conventional note-taking, you write down information line by line. With Mind Maps, you organize the information more in the form of a diagram, starting with a central key idea drawn in the center of the paper.In addition to enhancing your note taking skills, Mind Maps help you improve your studying, writing, presenting, brainstorming, and creative skills. It is one of the best note taking skills anyone can learn.

Have you ever had a dream - a nightmare - so mysterious and strange that it didn't really make sense, but also so vivid that you had to accept it for what it was? Early twentieth century, Connecticut, United States. Eleven-year-old Lillian starts a new life with her loving family after her father's promotion at a museum. Everything seems to be working out perfectly, and her new life looks very promising. But shortly after her arrival to America, a series of tragic events begins to unfold. Deaths, kidnapping, threats... If only it were a nightmare from which she could wake... but Lilly is faced with the brutal reality where fear, cold, hunger and exhaustion will get the best of her and those closest to her.

Kaymun, put that down! Kaymun, get over here! Kaymun probably hears his name a hundred times a day. Kaymun is that class clown that is a big part of every class. Kaymun knows he is important and tries to show everyone that he is more than a class clown, especially when he meets the smelly Oriane or when he tries to explain why the band room is filled with bubbles. Read what happens between Kaymun and his rival, Orlando. Kaymun is all about having fun. Find out how much fun and what happens to Kaymun through his memoirs. This is a great book for the "I don't like to read" kid. This is the first book of a four part series.

In secret, the Chinese created a viral version of the Black Plague. A virus that floated through the air with the ease of a wisp of smoke. A virus that would infect everyone traveling on a plane with someone infected. A virus that would kill nine out of ten. Once the bodies were decaying in the streets, the death toll would rise to ninety-nine out of a hundred. Just as with the Black Plague, civilization was destined to lose hundreds of years of progress. Life was destined to become brutal and violent. The only thing unknown was when.John Thompson is a spy. He spied on the Chinese. He knew it was coming, but not when. He thought it would be next year, or the year after. He didn't think it would be today and he didn't think it would be a hundred feet from where he was sitting. He wasn't prepared. Not really. He did have his bug-out list of people and his bug-out bag of essentials, but he was half a world away from his bug-out location. Life was giving him lemons.Going home was the first problem. Collecting his friends was another. They were essential to survival. Nobody could survive alone in the world to come. He needed people who were innovative, who were experts at DIY, who could lead and who could stay calm in the horrendous crisis to come.John had to prepare for the End of the World as we know it -- in only a few weeks. He had to buy everything he would ever need. Telephones would no longer ring. The stores would soon close -- permanently. The police would soon be gone -- forever. The gas stations would soon shut down -- never to reopen. The internet would soon disappear -- for a lifetime.Survival was the only thing John could think of. He knew that other survivors would try to take his food and his home any way they could, by trick or by force. He knew that the mutants were stronger than he and his friends. He knew the government would come hungry from their bunkers. They had been eating steak and little red potatoes and those had run out. John was eating beans and rice with grass from the lawn. They would take his beans, his rice, his house and his electric cars and solar panels. And if he survived, he had to create a new world -- a better world or else .This book is a collection of the four serial novels in 'The Weak Shall Die' series.