Books with author Paul D Jackson

Swoon. Swoon. Swoon some more!Gorgeous best friend. Superpowers. Two boys who are in love with her. What more can a girl want?Falling in love with her best friend is the last thing sixteen-year-old Yasmine wants to do. But it's inevitable. Terrace is kind, protective and a science prodigy. He gives up his bed for her just so she can have a safe place to sleep after she wakes from night terrors. Propheszing the deaths of everyone she loves and the destruction of entire races of people fill her dreams night after night, and Terrace is there for her. Yasmine never imagined that Terrace would be the one to cause her death.Terrace has done everything in his power as the leader of the rogue army against the Coalition for the Superior Race to prevent Yasmine from finding out what he is, what she is, hybrids mixed with the DNA of gods. Daivat, the scientist that created them, is determined to destroy all races in order to populate the earth with his superior beings. Yasmine and Terrace discover that they were created to be together, but when Terrace’s family kidnapped him when he was a baby and hid him from the coalition, Mysin was his replacement. Mysin is willing to die for Yasmine. Daivat created him with the blood of a serpent god intentionally making Mysin prone to evil. However, Daivat hadn’t planned for how much Mysin would love Yasmine. Yasmine’s existence is tied to both Mysin and Terrace.The battle to save Yasmine’s friends and family will cause her to question everything she knows about love, honor, and sacrifice.

After thousands of years without magic, Thad a young man has reawakened the lost art. The only problem is that he is being held prisoner by the queen of Farlan a country where men are second class citizens. With rebellion and war knocking on the Queendom's door, Queen Serena must try and convince Thad to aid her or else her country will fall to the militant rule of the oppressive Ablaians.

Three nerds, one astronomical convention. Enter the humorous nerd-filled world of a Saturday at comic con. Uber-geek Tyke knows he can no longer hide his love for everything nerdy as he enters his first comic con experience. Con-veteran sisters, Zoey and Laura, are attending the pop culture event at full throttle. Hyper and perfectionist cosplayer Zoey is determined to win the top prize in the group costume contest, even though she hasn’t entered before. As a wild fangirl, will she get in over her head meeting her ultimate celebrity crush? Meanwhile, Laura in her store's booth confronts sexism in the tech scene. Their worlds collide in a hilarious nerd event that geeks and fans alike will love.

Baseball has always had its share of colorful characters, and over the years they have expressed themselves in eminently quotable ways. In this treasury of more than 5,000 quotations, noted baseball writer and observer Paul Dickson has captured the flavor of the game, in the words of its most important participants and onlookers. They are all here—from Aaron (Estella, Hank's mother) to Zoldack ("Sad Sack" Sam), and everyone in between. From the players, sportswriters, and politicians, to noted personalities in other fields (a very diverse group), everyone has his or her say on our nation's pastime. Dickson skillfully selects and annotates each remark, presenting the good, the bad, and the ugly of baseball lore. Included are extended lessons in Stengelese, Reggiespeak, Earl Weaverisms, and famous announcers' home run calls (who can forget Mel Allen's classic "Going, going, gone!"?). These and thousands of other cheerful, pithy, and memorable voices from the past through the present day are all captured in Baseball's Greatest Quotations.

A rogue scientist, bent on revenge. A tormented thirteen-year-old kid, victimized by bullying. A horrific alien substance, creating a monstrous problem in a small American town. Power and retribution will merge inside The Mansion, an epic tale of a young boy's fantastic quest to save his family from two different types of monsters...ones that lurk within the soul and ones that will eat you raw. Find out more at www.themansionbook.com