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Brett's struggling with an abusive home following his father's death, and now it seems his wicked family is more than happy to sell him off to a just as wicked man to be married. Desperate for freedom, Brett tries to track down a man he saw in a pub while out with his new betrothed, only to discover that man is the Prince! Can he find a true friend and maybe more in the Prince, or is Brett truly meant to be a pawn for the wicked Lord Welfyr?

From "one of America's smartest political writers" (Glenn Beck) comes a fascinating and accessible history of the United States' unique and enduring relationship with guns, for fans of Chris Kyle's American Gun. For America, the gun is a story of innovation, power, violence, character, and freedom. From the founding of the nation to the pioneering of the West, from the freeing of the slaves to the urbanization of the 20th century, our country has had a complex and lasting relationship with firearms. Now, in First Freedom, nationally syndicated columnist and veteran writer David Harsanyi explores the ways in which firearms have helped preserve our religious, economic, and cultural institutions for more than two centuries. From Samuel Colt's early entrepreneurism to the successful firearms technology that helped make the US a superpower, the gun is inextricably tied to our exceptional rise. In the vein of popular histories like Salt and Seabiscuit, Harsanyi takes you on a captivating and thrilling ride of Second Amendment history that demonstrates why guns are not only an integral part of America's past, but also an essential part of its future.

Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter’s dreams. Together with Walter—environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family man—she was doing her small part to build a better world.But now, in the new millennium, the Berglunds have become a mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz—outré rocker and Walter’s college best friend and rival—still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become “a very different kind of neighbor,” an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street’s attentive eyes?In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom’s characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.

Jani freaks when her parents tell her they are moving to the country, away from the home she loves, the friends she’s had since kindergarten, and all the horses at the riding stable. Her only consolation is that she can bring Keeta, her beautiful pinto mare, with her. But adventures await. While cleaning out the barn on their new property, Jani sees a swirl of movement beside the black, twisted stone in the corner. The barn is haunted! With the help of a new friend, Jani sets out to solve the mystery behind the wild, angry spirit and set it free.

“The black visors of the robots made them seem even more emotionless than the other robots……They stood very close to Logan, almost touching him, holding their weapons. For the first time in his life Logan realized that he was seen as a threat.”A robot civilization governs Earth. The only humans alive on the planet are a group of children and teenagers who are being raised in different robot families. Sixteen –year-old Logan tries to find out where they have come from and what is going to happen to them. Can they escape? Why are there no other humans?This science fiction fantasy is set in the robot city of Albuquerque, bounded by the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande River.

Bec had finally found a place to call home and friends who became family, until the safety they enjoyed was ripped apart at the seams. Now on the run, Bec and her pack find themselves under attack by the giant weregal twins who destroyed their safe haven. But when help arrives, the twins flee, taking one of Bec’s new friends with them. With no other choice than to continue their journey to Lyle’s headquarters, Bec finds a few familiar faces among the strangers as they determine the best way to hit Troy where it counts.When Skye wakes up to find herself kidnapped by Colt and Wesson, she isn’t prepared for what that means for her future. As Colt’s newest acquisition to interrogate, Skye learns this man may not be who he appears. The twins are more ruthless than she’d imagined, but Colt’s softer side tempts her to trust him. Is that the real Colt, or is he playing a dangerous game with her mind?Freedom is a YA Paranormal Romance. There is no language or sexual content, but there is mild violence.

After an unusual energy surge reveals their presence, Tyke and the other survivors find themselves attacked by an aggressive and ruthless group of military colonists who escaped from Earth just before the plague. Determined to get the secret of Tyke's Orion Strain vaccine so they can return to take over the world, they are prepared to do whatever it takes to force the information out of him. The survivors soon find themselves locked in a bitter struggle over the future of humanity, and over who will inherit the Earth after all.

Bec had finally found a place to call home and friends who became family, until the safety they enjoyed was ripped apart at the seams. Now on the run, Bec and her pack find themselves under attack by the giant weregal twins who destroyed their safe haven. But when help arrives, the twins flee, taking one of Bec’s new friends with them. With no other choice than to continue their journey to Lyle’s headquarters, Bec finds a few familiar faces among the strangers as they determine the best way to hit Troy where it counts. When Skye wakes up to find herself kidnapped by Colt and Wesson, she isn’t prepared for what that means for her future. As Colt’s newest acquisition to interrogate, Skye learns this man may not be who he appears. The twins are more ruthless than she’d imagined, but Colt’s softer side tempts her to trust him. Is that the real Colt, or is he playing a dangerous game with her mind?

The new novel from the author of The Corrections. Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbour who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter's dreams. Together with Walter - environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, family man - she was doing her small part to build a better world. But now, in the new millennium, the Berglunds have become a mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz - outre rocker and Walter's old college friend and rival - still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to poor Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become "a very different kind of neighbour," an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street's attentive eyes? In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of too much liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom's intensely realized characters, as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.