Books with author Nicholas Maes

Do you need a field guide to vampires and shape-shifters? Do you really think zombies are just badly dressed vampires? Can you identify a potential werewolf before the moon starts to rise? Is she a vampire or just a girl with an "Emo"-thing? And even more important, do you know how to fight them off if you happen to cross paths with a hungry being of the furry kind or a walking corpse with blood on his breath? From a variety of folklore and pop culture traditions we've learned some of the warning signs of vampirism and lycanthropy—and some of the best methods of dispatching them back from whence they came when they are on the attack. They may not be real, but—just in case—you need to know what you may be dealing with!

Magic and spaceships combine in this coming-of-age science fiction adventure.Jenny Tripper will die an early death because of a family curse that has already claimed her mother. She lives and works in her aunt’s failing fortune-telling shop, and is haunted every moment by a medieval ghost.But then a mysterious package arrives on her doorstep: a holographic woman pleads for Jenny’s help in saving the Solar System from a powerful interstellar foe. She agrees and finds not only friends, doors to other universes, and the power to manipulate quantum waves, but an incredible destiny that’s been waiting for her … if Jenny can master her abilities without going insane.

Introducing the first book by author Mark Nicholas, The Essentials of Living Aboard, a book already regarded as a premiere resource for potential or new liveaboards and seasoned sailors alike. The Essentials of Living Aboard educates both dreamers and explorers alike with information about this wonderful and rewarding lifestyle. Mark Nicholas has combined his experience of life aboard with the advice of other liveaboards, marina owners, technicians, boat manufacturers and advocates in order to detail the challenges and offer real advice for success. This lifestyle, typically thought to be out of reach or "for other people," is now available to all who dream. Essentials explains, among other things how to: **Figure out your needs **Choose the right boat **Buy your boat **Choose the right marina **Prepare for the lifestyle **Outfit your boat **Plan for all climates **Forecast your costs and more!

Kirsten is just like any other 16 year old cadet at the Space Academy, except that she's an empath, and is bonded for life to an extra-terrestrial life form called a skeecat. School is tough enough, but when Kirsten's roommate and dorm mother disappear, Kirsten wants to know why, and she searches two solar systems to find some answers. First novel in a series written for young adult science fiction fans.

When a space ship enters a stargate, it can jump dozens of light-years in an eyeblink. But the stargates are few, and the ship has to go where the gate leads. What if they could be created? In the second volume of the Space Academy series, Kirsten tries to help a research physicist answer that question. But is there someone on campus who doesn't want them to succeed?