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The Clan of the Cave Bear
Part #1 of "Earth's Children" series by Jean M. Auel
Literature & Fiction
This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• An exclusive preview chapter from Jean M. Auel’s The Land of Painted Caves, on sale in hardcover March 29, 2011
• An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series
• A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.
A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly--she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
Fantasy / Fiction
A magical debut novel for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Neil Gaiman's myth-rich fantasies, The Bear and the Nightingale spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil. After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family...
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
William Kotzwinkle
Fiction / Mystery / Fantasy
Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree. Hoping for food, he dragged it into the woods, only to find that all it held was the manuscript of a novel. He couldn’t eat it, but he did read it, and decided it wasn’t bad. Borrowing some clothes from a local store, and the name Hal Jam from the labels of his favorite foods he headed to New York to seek his fortune in the literary world.
Then he took America by storm.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a riotous, magical romp with the buoyant Hal Jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of nature for the glittering, moneyed world of man. With a pitch-perfect comic voice and an eye for social satire to rival Swift or Wolfe, bestselling author William Kotzwinkle limns Hal’s hilarious journey to New York, Los Angeles, and the great sprawling country in between, where a bear makes good despite his animal instincts, and where money-hungry executives see not a hairy beast with a purloined novel, but a rough-hewn, soulful, media-perfect nature guy who just might be the next Hemingway.
By turns sidesplittingly funny, stingingly ironic, and unexpectedly tender, The Bear Went Over the Mountain captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s dead-on, in a delicious bedtime story for grown-ups.
Bear the Heat
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Cora Wright is walking a fine line between standing up for what’s right, and keeping her job secure. As a local news reporter, her need to defend the Breck Crew of newly outed bear shifters risks everything she loves about her life. But when she meets Boone Keller, tatted up bad boy bear shifter, her world tilts dangerously on its axis. And the more he lets her into his secret life, the harder she falls for a man she isn’t supposed to love.
If Boone wants to keep the fiery news reporter he’s been secretly coveting safe, the friend-zone is where she’ll have to stay. He’s been doing a bang-up job of avoiding the woman who has been publicly rallying for his crew, but a chance meeting with Cora is killing his reserve. And when she shuts down his attempt to push her away, he’ll have to decide whether to draw her in close to protect her from his secrets, or cut her loose to save her life.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
The Bear
Part #4 of "Saga of the First King" series by R. A. Salvatore
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The war of Honce drags on, and the roads and seas are littered with bodies. To everyone's stunned disbelief, Yeslnik the Fool has tipped the war's scales in his favor. The reign of the newly self-appointed King Yeslnik is already distinguished as the most bloody and merciless in Honce history.
Trapped, Dame Gwydre and Father Artolivan concoct a desperate plot to join forces with Laird Ethelbert, the lesser of two vicious evils. But Ethelbert's paid assassins slew Jameston Sequin and nearly did the same to Bransen.
Embittered by it all, Bransen seeks to extricate himself from the selfish goals of all of combatants. But in an odd twist of fate and crossed loyalties, Bransen sees in his old nemesis, Bannagran--the Bear of Honce and the man who slew his adoptive father - a darker image of his own heart. Allies and battle lines become tangled, motives indistinguishable as old friends become enemies and old enemies become allies, in R.A. Salvatore's The Bear, the fourth book in the Saga of First Kings series.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Halo: Silentium
Part #3 of "The Forerunner Saga" series by Greg Bear
Science Fiction & Fantasy
In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—a husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to salvation. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an unmatched evil from dominating the entire universe.
The Fourth Bear
Part #2 of "Nursery Crime" series by Jasper Fforde
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction
The Barnes & Noble Review
Detective Chief Inspector Jack Spratt and his trusty sergeant, Mary Mary, are back in another sidesplitting Nursery Crime adventure from Jasper Fforde: the sequel to 2005's The Big Over Easy. In The Fourth Bear, Spratt must track down a legendarily violent criminal known as the Gingerbreadman, a "seven-foot biscuit with a bad attitude."
After successfully apprehending the infamous Great Long Red-Legg'd Scissor-man, who cuts the digits off children who suck their thumbs, Spratt is inexplicably forced to take a leave of absence while a medical review board assesses his competency. With Mary Mary working as the acting head of the Nursery Crime Division -- and Spratt as her "consultant" -- the misfit members of the NCD are faced with two very different cases: to help track down the deranged Gingerbreadman, who has just escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane, and to find Henrietta "Goldilocks" Hatchett, an investigative reporter who mysteriously disappeared while working on a story about prizewinning pickles. The last to see her alive: a family of three bears who have recently experienced strange porridge problems
Fans of authors who specialize in outlandish, absurdist fiction -- Terry Pratchett, Christopher Moore, et al. -- will absolutely devour Fforde's Nursery Crime novels. If the essences of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Mother Goose were blended together, Fforde's Nursery Crime saga would be the result. Readers should be warned, however, that after reading The Fourth Bear, they will never look at porridge the same way again Paul Goat Allen
Avenge the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Book 3 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series -
Reese Evans is still reeling from the death of her childhood sweetheart. Determined to find her place in the clan of legendary Hells Canyon bear shifters, she must avenge her fallen friend before she can move on with her life. When she pays a visit to the Seven Devils clan of reclusive shifters who live high in the mountains, she is thrust into the direct path of the new alpha there.
Ethan’s devilish good looks don’t disguise the fact that he is hiding something dark just under the surface. When a night of passion bonds them, she comes to realize the man she’s falling for could be the very man she’s sworn to kill.
Ethan Brenner is fighting for control of his life. Besides the struggles of his new alpha rank, he’s been fighting a decade long war with the animal inside of him. His past is shrouded in darkness, but when a beguiling, mouthy beauty makes her way into his office, he can’t help but want to change his destiny.
If he can save Reese from his clan’s dangerous secrets, he just might have a shot at salvation.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, language, and sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
Son of the Cursed Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
*Don’t miss the exciting first book in T. S. Joyce’s brand new standalone series, Sons of Beasts*
Bounty Hunter, Nox Fuller, has been challenged to do the impossible. He’s supposed to bring the Red Dragon in for a year long stint in shifter prison, but this job could be the death of him. His focus should be on the hunt, but when he meets a shy shifter named Nevada, he can’t help but be distracted by the curvy beauty. He doesn’t care that she has trouble speaking to people. He’s different too. But as he finds out exactly what kind of shifter he’s falling for, he realizes he’s in way over his head. Stuck between a war with the local crew, and the fire-breathing Red Dragon, Nox has to tread very carefully. Too bad he’s the least careful bear shifter in existence. It’s not just his safety at risk as he hunts Vyr though. The closer he gets to the dragon, the more danger he and Nevada are both in.
Nevada Foxburg has a life full of secrets. One chance meeting with a feral grizzly shifter from Damon’s Mountains puts not only her at risk, but her people too. They’re doomed from the start, and she’s supposed to pair up with a shifter like her, but Nox is wild, battle-hardened, funny, sexy-as-sin, and too interesting for his own good. He makes life fun, and keeps her on her toes. But he’s got secrets too, and when she finds out he’s in her hometown hunting the most dangerous creature on earth, she has to make a choice. Stay safe deep in the sanctuary of her crew, or risk her life to have Nox’s back.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
Devoted to the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
In the riveting second book in the Bear Valley Shifters series, Hannah Michaels must find her way among the bear shifters she's promised to help Benson Riker lead. And he's going to show her just how hot being mated to the alpha can be.
When a chance encounter from her past shows her she is still being hunted by the man she put behind bars, she must decide whether to put her new clan in jeopardy by seeking sanctuary, or to strike out on her own and save herself.
Weathering treacherous enemies, blurred loyalty lines and heart pounding first love, Hannah will strive to prove her devotion to Riker and his bear shifters. If she can walk the fine line between surviving her new clan's primal sides and the vengeful humans of her past, she just might find her place in Bear Valley.
A Hot Shifter Romance.
Heart of the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Book 5 in the Hells Canyon Shifters series -
Rae Lynn Dormer is about to find out just what kind of monsters are lurking in the wilderness of Hells Canyon. Determined to do a good deed, she gives a stranger a ride to a ranger camp nestled deep in the Seven Devils Mountains. The problem is, when she gets there, her new acquaintance turns into a lion in the front seat of her Honda.
When a burly bear comes to her rescue, she’s just about seen it all. The clan holds her captive, but she’s determined to escape. Jesse, the Seven Devils Clan’s sexiest shifter, is laying claim to her heart, and if she doesn’t escape now, she just might become a part of Hells Canyon forever.
Jesse Hayes is done with relationships. He has too much to protect, and history says he’ll fail as a mate. But when Rae comes barreling into his camp, his inner animal has other ideas. She’s attractive, intelligent and fearless, and he’s ready for a mate as strong as her. But if he doesn’t hide his secrets well enough, they could demolish any chance he has with the woman who is stealing his heart.
Lions and secrets and bears, oh my! Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to the Hells Canyon Shifters series.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, language, and sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
The Biovantic Bear
George Thomson
Illustrations
Due to the interest expressed by adult readers of The Bear The Girl And the Dog, the story has been expanded to follow Bailey right through to modern adult life. It has been designed to be able to be used for the simple pleasure of reading or to have an added dimension of personal development or group sharing. The time-honoured technique of biovantic writing has been employed.When Bailey's Daughter suddenly vanishes from her own backyard, something about the way it happens throws Bailey back into a vivid recollection of her own childhood experiences. As the reader, you will embark on a journey, with her through life, culminating in an explosion of hope and expectancy. The story has been written in true biovantic style. The author understands that many readers will not be familiar with this style of writing or its purpose. Over half a millennium before the birth of Christ, a man by the name of Aesop was born. He became one of the greatest teachers of moral values the world has ever known. His teaching lives on today because he used simple fantasy stories which appealed to children and adults alike. It is from this tradition of story telling that the biovantic method of writing has emerged. In this book the author invites the reader to allow the inner child to go back to being a nine-year-old and join Bailey and her friends in their adventure of discovery. The reader will then be able to grow with her from childhood, through puberty and eventually into adulthood.
In the Mouth of the Bear
Ewan Lawrie
Horror / Mystery / Gothic
Young men with too much money and not enough sense in Cold War Berlin.A short collection of stories set in 1980's Berlin before the wall came down. Quirky, funny, thought provoking by turns, Ewan Alexander Lawrie's book tells how it might well have been, without falling foul of libel laws.
Fealty of the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
After years of stagnancy, Muriel Marsden leaves the legendary clan of Hells Canyon bear shifters and goes rogue in order to discover herself. Her trip is cut short when she stumbles upon an injured man alone in the wilderness. As his only chance for survival, Muriel brings him to her cabin and works to save his life.
The man is half feral and all sexy. He’s a rogue bear shifter like Muriel, yet his actions make no sense. When her ex, Bronson Cress, enlists the help of her new patient, Muriel can’t help but be dragged along for the ride. If she can learn to trust the secretive new man along the way, she just might find the life she yearns for.
Logan O’Connor is running from the trackers who are after him. Seeking sanctuary with the Hells Canyon shifters is his only shot at survival, but it’s not just his life at stake. When Logan meets the timid, stunning woman who is willing to save a stranger, he knows his heart is in deep trouble.
Logan discovers just how strong Muriel is beneath her quiet exterior, but his interest in her brings them both great risk. He must choose whether to keep her for himself, or leave to draw the danger of his dark past away from the woman he’s falling for.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, language, and sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
Coveted by the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Damaged goods, unlikely friends, good intentions, and dark deeds come together to create T. S. Joyce’s newest full-length, stand-alone shifter romance novel, Coveted by the Bear.
Mira Fletcher is crazy. At least that’s what her sleepy hometown thinks. She lives in a dilapidated house in the wilderness with her imaginary uncle, talks to soup cans, and rumor has it she’ll eat anything. That, and she believes in bear men.
It isn’t love at first sight when she finds Caleb McCreedy, the town’s most prominent and promising member, bleeding all over her front yard. He is easy on the eyes but light on manners, and with one look at his attacker, she’s pretty sure she knows exactly what he’s about to turn into.
A McCreedy always pays his debts, and Caleb owes Mira for saving him. He gives into an obsession with improving her future for reasons he can’t himself understand just as his world crashes down around him. Something dangerous is lurking beneath his surface now, and the only one who can settle his animal is the town crazy.
With an explosion of admitted secrets, Mira’s dark past comes back to haunt her, and she must decide whether to let Caleb go, or to allow him to save her back.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, language, and sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
Bear the Burn
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Quinn Copeland is starting fresh in a new town where nobody knows about her past. Chronically shy, she is determined to find her courage at her new job at the town veterinary clinic. But when a stoic stranger catches her in a moment of emotional turmoil, she learns that even the toughest looking men can have warm hearts. Unfortunately for her, Dade Keller keeps his secrets close to the vest, and what she doesn’t know about him could kill her.
Dade doesn’t feel anything. Not until he finds a mousy vet technician huddled in a corner crying. Human, submissive, and shy, Quinn couldn’t be further from what he would need in a mate. The Breck Crew is in the middle of a crisis that will alter their fate forever and throw their loved ones in the crosshairs of the human public. The last thing a woman like Quinn needs is to be weighed down by what he is, but his reluctant attention to her doesn’t go unnoticed, and keeping her out of harm’s way isn’t possible anymore.
With their deepest secrets exposed, Quinn will have to find her bravery and decide if Dade’s fight is now her fight, too.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
The Growling Bear Mystery
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Children's Books
The Alden children find a map that shows how to find a gold loot hidden in an old cabin in Yellowstone, but when they go to investigate they are met with interference.
The Teddy Bear Stories - Teddy Bear Discrimination
Tom Germann
Science Fiction / Academic / School
Teddy Bear Discrimination" Are only Teddy Bears good enough to be Guardians? They know it!But what do you do when there are less and less Teddy Bear Guardians as time goes on?Will they adapt or are all the young ones in serious trouble?Have you ever wondered what happens when the children go to bed at night and what keeps them safe from the Night Terrors that are under their bed?The Guardians keep them safe from the darkness and shadow under the bed.The Teddy Bear Stories are what have happened at night when the Teddy Bear Guardians stand guard over their young charges. Night Terrors want the two things that they can not have: The warmth of the human cubs and revenge on their creators.The Guardians are all that stand between the children and the Terrors that come from under the bed.They do not stop, they will not give up, they will guard their young ones and keep them safe.That's what Guardians do.
Redeem the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
In the gripping final book in the Bear Valley Shifters saga, Corin Dunbar is still living with the ghost of the boy who died saving her life from the wrath of the Long Claws ten years ago. Unable to move on, she’s settled in the sanctuary of Bear Valley with the other bear shifters she has grown to rely on. On the eve of war with the murderous clan, she encounters a familiar man outside her camp. He’s colder than she remembers. He’s now the alpha of the clan she is about to go to war with. But she’s desperate to find out if he’s the boy she used to know.
Brooks Butler has fought hard to become alpha of the most feared bear shifters in the world, and just in time to lead his people into an epic battle against the enemy—Bear Valley. Unfortunately, a beautiful woman who swears he’s someone else won’t leave him alone. He doesn’t have time for a meddling female to mess with his head, but a night in her arms makes him question everything.
Determined to prove his place, Brooks will bring the remaining bear shifters together for one final legendary showdown. Yet the mysteries surrounding Corin confound him, and her beauty beguiles him. If he can unravel the secrets between them before the battle takes place, he just might have a shot at redemption.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes and language.
Adult only bear shifter romance.
Claim the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
Breshia’s world comes crashing down around her when the leader of her lion shifter pride deems her ready to bear a cub. When the mate chosen for her turns out to be the man she loathes, she runs for her life to the sanctuary of Hells Canyon. If she can beg mercy and find her place among the legendary clan of bear shifters there, she just might survive the wrath of her people.
Dillon McCain is dead-set on never claiming a mate, but when a submissive lion shifter stumbles into his clan, he’s forced to make a drastic decision to save her from the man she’s running from. If getting to know this shy and alluring stranger isn’t hard enough, she goes into heat, complicating everything further. And if he chooses to give into Breshia’s needs, he’ll deepen their bond and throw his people into the crosshairs of the Portland pride.
Love or his clan—either way, Dillon’s choice could alter the fate of the Hells Canyon shifters forever.
Warlock and the Bear
Mina Carter
Romance / Science Fiction / Paranormal
He's wanted Lilly Braun since the moment he saw her, but she won't give him the time of day.Morgan Jones, ex-soldier and warlock extraordinaire, is hiding a secret. And it's not his awesome abilities in the sack... It's the fact he's had the hots for the Beauty Clan's head enforcer, Lilly Braun, since he met her. The chances of the luscious lady bear letting him anywhere near her though? Absolute zero. Until matestrike hits one of the other bears, and he's her only hope. The problem is... Morgan doesn't let anyone get close because his feelings for Lilly aren't the only ones he's been keeping...Morgan Jones is an absolute son of a bedstead, and she wants nothing to do with him. But *hell* can the guy kiss...Lilly's life plan was simple. Become a clan enforcer. Find a nice bear male to mate and have some cubs. Easy... yeah right. Her bear isn't interested in any male in the clan, apart from the warlock, Morgan Jones. Who,...
The Girl Who Speaks Bear
Sophie Anderson
"They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found. Only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong."Discovered in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka dreams of knowing who she really is. Although Yanka is happy at home with her loving foster mother, she feels out of place in the village where the other children mock her for her unusual size and strength.So when Yanka wakes up one morning to find her legs have become bear legs, she knows she has no choice but to leave her village. She has to find somewhere she truly belongs, so she ventures into the Snow Forest with her pet weasel, Mousetrap, in search of the truth about her past.But deep in the forest there are many dangers and Yanka discovers that even the most fantastic stories she grew up hearing are true. And just as she draws close to discovering who she really is, something terrifying happens that could trap her in the forest . . . forever.
The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
Flannery O'Connor
Fiction / Short Stories / Essays
First published in 1955, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle--that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues: Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relatives and lay claim to Bishop's soul.
O'Connor observes all this with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos. The result is a novel whose range and depth reveal a brilliant and innovative writers acutely alert to where the sacred lives and to where it does not.
Claimed by the Bear
Mina Carter
Romance / Science Fiction / Paranormal
Tall, dark and handsome, she's watched him from afar for years...Back in Beauty after a broken engagement, Kaitlyn Turner has two things on her mind: regaining her independence and having a good night out with her bestie. Only somehow, their celebrations include hitting up the local tattoo parlour. The Tattoo parlour run by Creed, her late brothers best friend. Hot as Hades, he's the one man she knows she can't have, but the one she'd kill to have look at her as more than a kid sister.Petite, curvy, beautiful…and human. She's everything he wants, and everything he can't have.Werebear Creed is a loner in the Beauty bear clan. Tall, powerfully built, and mean as hell, he holds rank as an enforcer despite the fact his bear prefers to stay well hidden. No matter, he can enforce pack rules in human form… even against fully shifted bears. They might call him a half-skin but no one wants to piss him off....
Cy's Bear Snacks and the Cyber Attack
Dalen Keys
There's a crisis in Pea City! The King has run out of snacks for his pet bear, Fluffy. In this easy reader chapter book, you'll experience a fun tale that integrates important lessons on cyber attacks. Parents and teachers will find this story a joy for children to simply read for pleasure or to use as a tool to teach about computing safety and information protection.There's a crisis in Pea City! The King has run out of snacks for his pet bear, Fluffy. Cy has to make an urgent delivery of Bear Snacks, but then there's a misunderstanding leading the King to take special actions to protect Pea City's Book of Super Secrets. In this easy reader chapter book, you'll experience a fun tale that integrates important lessons on cyber attacks. Parents and teachers will find this story a joy for children to simply read for pleasure or to use as a tool to teach about computing safety and information protection. The story is supplemented with useful facts explained in a simple manner.
The Bear King
Part #3 of "Dark Age" series by James Wilde
Bridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the third and final chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . .AD 375 - The Dark Age is drawing near . . .As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia. In the far west, the shattered forces of the House of Pendragon huddle together in order to protect the royal heir – their one beacon of hope. For Lucanus, their great war leader, is missing, presumed dead. And the people are abandoning them. For in this time of crisis, a challenger has arisen, a False King with an army swollen by a horde of bloody-thirsty barbarians desperate for vengeance.One slim hope remains for Lucanus' band of warrior-allies, the Grim Wolves. Guided by the druid, Myrrdin, they go in search of a great treasure – a vessel that is supposedly a gift from the gods. With such an artefact in their possession, the people would...
The Dancing Bear
Michael Morpurgo
Children's Books / Poetry / Historical Fiction
A gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller.High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear…
The Bear and the Dragon
Tom Clancy
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Time and again, Tom Clancy's novels have been praised not only for their big-scale drama and propulsive narrative drive but for their cutting-edge prescience in predicting future events.
In The Bear and the Dragon, the future is very near at hand indeed.
Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR--the former KGB--with a rocket-propelled grenade. Things are unstable enough in Russia without high-level assassination, but even more disturbing may be the identities of the potential assassins. Were they political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or, Ryan wonders, is something far more dangerous at work here?
Ryan is right. For even while he dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail...the consequences will be unspeakable.
Blending the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, razor-sharp suspense, and a remarkable cast of characters, this is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.
Inside the Bear's Lair
Zanna Mela-Florou
This is an ecological fairy-tale to make children aware of the inhumane and virulent behaviour exhibited by people towards animals, and to teach them the great necessity of living in harmony with these creatures.The torture of any animal is not fun, and their abuse cannot be considered entertaining.This book is an ecological fairy-tale written by the author and painter Zanna Mela-Florou, a member of an association for the protection of bears. It will make children aware of the inhumane and virulent behaviour exhibited by people towards animals, and will teach children the great necessity of living in harmony with these creatures. It will also teach them that the torture of any animal is not fun, and that their abuse cannot be considered entertaining. In an effort to be precise at her work, the author renders the true anatomical analogies of the animals in her paintings. The dialogues between the animals are based on their behavioral patterns and instincts. This is not simply a fairy-tale. It is a book of education.
Bear in the Woods
R. A. Spratt
Children's Books / Humor
No one believes April saw an enormous bear in the woods. No one thinks Fin didn't break the Cat Lady's foot. No one wants to know why Loretta bought Dad new underwear. And no one listens to Joe, because he never has much to say. The Peski Kids are up to their eyeballs in trouble, and it's all their dog's fault.Now the Mayor is watching them like a hawk. She won't let anyone ruin Currawong's Daffodil Festival. That's fine, the Peski Kids want to blend in, the only problem is . . . they are really terrible at it.
Bear with Me (The Holloways Book 7)
Lacey Thorn
Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary
Jemma Coulson has been driving Brock Holloway crazy since the moment she arrived. The pull between them is undeniable. She insights his temper at every turn and ignites a lust only a mating will satisfy. Yet, he can’t claim her. Not yet. Maybe never.
After years of being locked away, Jemma longs for the freedom to come and go as she pleases. Finding herself with the Holloways isn’t the freedom she wanted. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by an overload of testosterone with the seven brothers, especially Brock. The man drives her insane yet fills her with an unbearable heat.
Will an attack bring them closer together or tear them apart for good?
For the best reading experience, this series should be read in order.
The Silver Bear's Mate (Hoopole Bears Book 3)
Part #3 of "Hoopole Bears" series by Fay Walsh
A Bear Carrying The Burden Alone. A Fearless Woman Who Won't budge In The Face 0f Danger. Now They Must Protect Everyone Together...Before It's Too Late...Sven, the mysterious Hoopole bear, knows something is wrong. But nobody seems to believe him. He is determined, though, to not let his clan fall into the hands of the evil forces that have been threatening them. However, he has no-one to turn to.Unless He Trusts This Unlikely Aly…Vicki is deep into the paranormal. In the past, her love for the occult has made her suffer, but now she’s stronger than ever before. One night, a stranger visits the library and she can’t take her eyes off of him. His aura is different and yet strangely familiar. She is sure he is hiding something. And now, they’ll have to face the final battle alone… When everything is said and done, will they be able to protect their bond and the shifters from total destruction?
The Best of Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear
The Best of Elizabeth Bear contains 27 stories and novellas, many never before collected, that encompass an astonishing range of themes, settings, ideas and emotions
The Cabin on Bear Mountain
Liz Isaacson
A former rodeo champion, an unrequited crush, and a chance at a new start for these two best friends... Landon Edmunds has been a cowboy since birth, even winning in the rodeo for several years before an injury ended his career. He returned to his hometown of Gold Valley, where he works at Horseshoe Home Ranch as a cowhand, but now he's looking for something of his own. He's thinking of buying a horse ranch and training horses for the rodeo, but when his old high school best friend returns to Gold Valley, he turns to construction instead. The preacher's daughter, Megan Palmer needs a helping (cow)hand to get her father's church in good repair so he can retire. Megan and Landon work well together, and as sparks fly, she's sure God brought her back to Gold Valley so she could find her happily ever after—if only Landon wasn't looking to leave town. Again. Through discussion and prayer, can Landon and Megan find their future...
Black Magic Bear: Tales of the Were (Grizzly Cove Book 16)
Bianca D’Arc
Fantasy / Paranormal / Romance / Paranormal Romance
Evil potions, black magic, and hex signs signal adventure for a grizzly shifter and a farm girl all alone in the corporate world. Can they work together to shine a light in the darkness and end the evil before it takes hold? With her life in danger, and evil stalking them, sparks of attraction and desire fly between them, and passion rises. Can they defeat the enemy before it devours them?
Hades' Carnival 02 - Mark of the Bear
Part #2 of "Hades' Carnival" series by N. J. Walters
Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary
When the devil wants a deal, there’s no bowing out gracefully. Hades’ Carnival, Book 2At twenty-nine, Hollywood scream queen Kellsie Morris is acutely aware the clock is ticking on her career. Luckily, the one big role she needs to pad her retirement fund has just come through—the story of an immortal, shape-shifting warrior trapped in a carnival run by the Devil’s minions. When Kellsie arrives on set, she can’t resist climbing aboard an amazingly realistic carousel bear—and finds herself flung into a world where the horror is real. As real as the heat radiating off the half-naked hunk in her arms. Marko has waited an eternity for the chance to free his goddess, the Lady of the Beasts, and his fellow warriors from an ancient curse. But once he lays eyes on Kellsie, he knows to the bottom of his soul that his purpose is to protect her life. But in this hellish game, it’s the Devil’s move. And there’s no predicting when and where the final, brutal stroke will fall—and which lover will pay the ultimate price. Warning: This book contains a heroine who’s a screamer—in and out of bed—and a warrior who gives a whole new meaning to “method”. After reading, please use caution when standing up. Your knees may be weak. Review“Walters’ latest Legacy tale is fiery. The story is compelling as the characters try to deny the passion between them.”—RT Book Reviews on Quinn’s Quest“The storyline is amazing and will pull you in from the beginning and hold you there till the end. I wanted to find out what was going to happen next…”—Night Owl Reviews on Finding Chrissten“Ms. Walters has served up the perfect platter for romance lovers; gripping action packed plots, featuring beautifully emotive romances, fascinating subplots, taut tension, chilling realistic villains and characters I love to revisit. Did I forget to mention the scorching hot sex?”—Romance Junkies on Finding ChrisstenBook DescriptionWhen Hollywood scream queen Kellsie arrives on set, she can’t resist climbing aboard an amazingly realistic carousel bear—and finds herself flung into a world where the horror is real. As real as the heat radiating off the half-naked hunk in her arms.Marko has waited an eternity for the chance to free his goddess, The Lady of the Beasts, and his fellow warriors from an ancient curse. But once he lays eyes on Kellsie, he knows to the bottom of his soul that his purpose is to protect her life. Even at the cost of his own.
The Bear is Born
Remy Morgeson
Left for dead by the demon beast of the great forest, a young boy turned into a man sets out on a perilous path to avenge his slain father, but will the old saying about digging two graves ring true for Asbjorn just as it has for so many before? And what might an old witch know of the creature the Northman seeks, and is it worth possibly risking more than just his life to find out?
The Origin of Storms--The Lotus Kingdoms, Book Three
Elizabeth Bear
Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear concludes her highly-acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy, The Lotus Kingdoms, which began with The Stone in the Skull and The Red-Stained Wings. It all comes to a surprising, satisfying climax in The Origin of Storms!The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor fielding three armies between them. Alliances are made, and broken, many times over—but in the end, only one can sit on the throne. And that one must have not only the power, but the rightful claim.The Lotus Kingdoms#1 The Stone in the Skull#2 The Red-Stained Wings#3 The Origin of StormsThe Eternal Sky Trilogy#1 Range of Ghosts#2 Shattered Pillars#3 Steles of the SkyAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
How Kiki and Charlie the monkey helped a little polar bear find his way home
Gary Rostock
Kiki is a 9 year old girl who likes to climb trees with her monkey friends,especially Charlie,and speaking animal language.She often wears big red boots and holey jeans.She definitely doesn`t like to wear pretty frocks and pink shoes. Her stories are about all the adventures she has with her animal friends, usually helping someone or another animal. In this story a little polar bear needs help.Kiki is a 9 year old girl who likes to climb trees with her monkey friends,especially Charlie,and speaking animal language.She often wears big red boots and holey jeans.She definitely doesn`t like to wear pretty frocks and pink shoes. Her stories are about all the adventures she has with her animal friends, usually helping someone or another animal. In this story a little polar bear needs help.The stories are aimed at children in the 5 to 7 age bracket for reading alone, or with their parent or parents.A Czech translation of the original English version is also available.
The Alpha Bear's Magician
Jasmine Wylder
Romance / Fantasy
**I don’t need this hot alpha in my life right now, I am a mage and need to focus on my work. Or should I let myself go, just for once?**
Mandy Hicks is an earth mage who has been unlucky in love. Her controlling, possessive father stopped her from having normal relationships with boys as she grew up, and she doesn’t think she'll ever find true love...until Daniel Andrews steps into her life.
Daniel Andrews has a reputation, and not a good one. After the death of his father, he became alpha of his bear clan and was determined to serve them to the best of his ability. Unfortunately, his less-than-perfect teenage years left a black stain that he is constantly trying to move past. Meeting Mandy, with her thick curves, turns his world up-side down. That emotional and physical attraction…a mage…his mate…no way.
Before either of them can do anything about it, an ancient vampire with the ability to enthrall people resurrects from her grave and threatens to destroy all they love. With the world at stake, romance has to go on the back burner… but passion refuses to be denied. Daniel and Mandy have to find a way to defeat her before all is lost. Will they? Find out.
AUTHOR´S NOTE: This is a 31,000-word stand-alone paranormal romance story with HEA, so no cliff-hangers! This story includes BBW, alpha male, and bear shifter topics. Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.
**+++ This book includes bonus stories +++**
Otto the Book Bear
Katie Cleminson
Otto is a Book Bear and nothing makes him happier than when people read his book. But he also has a very special secret - when no one is looking he can come to life and explore the house. But one day something terrible happens: Otto's book is left behind when the family moves away, and now there is no one to read Otto! Otto must set off on his biggest adventure yet - to find a new home. But where is the best place for a Book Bear to live?
The Throne of Frost
Part #3 of "Flurry The Bear" series by J. S. Skye
The land of Mezarim gets hit by a mysterious change in the weather. The temperature drops below freezing. Snow and ice blanket the entire region, and a massive blizzard is on the horizon. The citizens of Ursus fear the worst.Flurry hopes to relax with his friends, but when his sister and another bear cub go missing, panic ensues among the village. Flurry, Noah, and a wolf named Vallidore embark across the frozen land to find answers and save their friends. Unbeknownst to Flurry, he will come face-to-face with the evil villain known as Jack Frost.With his polar bear army ready for battle, Jack Frost plans to conquer Flurry's homeland. Is Flurry outmatched or will he prevail against the most ruthless tyrant his world has ever known?
Grizzly's Bear (The Holloways Book 5)
Lacey Thorn
Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary
Grizzly bear Slade Holloway has found his mate, and he’s not taking no for an answer.
Rissa Montgomery followed her alpha to Wyoming and the Holloways, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she was taken, tortured, and almost killed.
Slade Holloway is determined to get one more night with the sexy brown bear who has him wound in knots. The brief taste she gave him wasn’t enough. He wants it all. With her.
He has no problem giving chase every time she runs from him. Until the moment he doesn’t reach her in time. Now, he’ll do everything in his power to make sure nothing hurts her again. By making sure she understands that from now on she’s the Grizzly’s Bear. Just as soon as she opens her eyes.
Betray the Bear
T. S. Joyce
Paranormal / Romance
On the verge of war, Chase Hale has no time to think about anything other than preparing his clan to battle the savage Long Claws, who are intent on annihilating Bear Valley. But when a supposed mate of the enemy shows up, he can’t help but be intrigued by the unsettling mysteries that swirl around the beautiful bear shifter.
Anya Bure is the first mate of the ruthless alpha of the Long Claw Clan…or at least, that's what she's been told. But when he sends her to gather information on the enemy clan of Bear Valley, she learns a hard lesson in just how deeply she’s been manipulated. When she meets Chase, Anya knows he suspects her motives. The more time she spends with him though, the more she thinks Chase might be what her heart has been searching for, and spying on Bear Valley is tearing her in two.
Stuck in the middle of escalating tension between the two clans, Anya is beginning to discover herself under Chase’s patient encouragement, but she can’t walk the line forever. Eventually, she’s going to have to decide which clan to betray, and whether to fight for love or duty.
Content Warning: explicit love scenes and language.
The Dire Bear's Witch
Renee Hewett
Dixie Reade is a newly immortal witch, looking for some excitement in her life. She's in for more than her fair share when she runs across famed matchmaker, Esme Baer, who drags Dixie to a party at Dire Bear Estate. Slade Galath is content with life the way it is. He's spent centuries as an immortal dire bear, and despite Esme's regular teasing, he's not interested in finding a mate and settling down. That all changes when Slade meets Dixie, his fated mate. Neither of them trusts love, but that's the least of their problems because the local wolf pack has targeted Dixie and set the immortal council on her. If she can't convince the local coven to sponsor her, the council will exterminate her, and Slade is not about to let that happen to his mate. Can these two get over their stubbornness and figure out the best way for Dixie to get set up with the council, and accept the best way for each other?Note to readers: This is an older...
Enchanting the Bear
Rayna Tyler
Note: This novella is a combination of short and sweet. Add in a handsome bear shifter, a sprinkle of danger, and you get a steamy romance with a happily ever after.Bear shifter Bryson Cruise is a man of few words. He says what needs to be said when it needs to be said and lives his life the same way. Working security at a Colorado mountain resort is the perfect job and suits his loner lifestyle just fine.Then he meets curvy Leah Jacobson, and for the first time in his life he's speechless. He's never been big on dating, never had lasting relationships, and didn't know the first thing about courting a mate. Add in the fact that Leah is human, has no clue shifters exist, and things get way more complicated.
Mrs. Noodlekugel and Drooly the Bear
Daniel Pinkwater
Children's Books
In a wonderfully loopy third episode, Nick and Maxine are surprised to meet Captain Noodlekugel, back from the sea with a somewhat untrainable bear.
When their father decides to compete to be speed-knitting champion of the world, Nick and Maxine are happy to stay with their babysitter, Mrs. Noodlekugel, along with her talking cats and four mice who wear glasses. What they don’t expect is a dripping-wet, whiskered man in the kitchen the next morning! Captain Noodlekugel has left his seafaring life to train animals for the circus, and he’s even brought with him a hefty bear named Drooly for practice. But whenever he tries to teach Drooly to dance, the bear wobbles and falls asleep on the tulips. When Drooly goes missing, the siblings must try to figure out where a big clumsy bear might go!
Rescued By The Soldier Bear (Special Ops Shifters: Dallas Force Book 1)
Part #1 of "Special Ops Shifters: Dallas Force" series by Meg Ripley
Paranormal / Science Fiction / Romance
A Special Ops veteran polar bear.An imprisoned Antarctic dragoness.They’ve resigned to the fact that they’ll never find their mates.But fate steps in when they least expect it.After retiring from the Delta Force, Ash is more than ready to settle down. He’s got his eye on a ranch in Alaska, where he’ll have the freedom to unleash his pent-up polar bear at will. But his inner beast knows his life up north will be a lonely one without a mate. When Ash is cryptically contacted by the Special Ops Shifter Force about enlisting in their new Dallas unit, curiosity gets the best of him and he rethinks his plans.Being deployed on a covert mission to Antarctica wasn’t something Ash expected. Neither was finding a dragoness who captivated his bear the moment they met.It’s not easy being a dragon shifter in a world of mortals, so Lane and her flight relocated to the tranquility of Antarctica years ago. The geothermal vents of the caverns they live in are cozy and peaceful, but as one of the few dragons in existence, Lane wonders if she’ll ever meet her fated in a place so remote.That serenity is shattered when the military infiltrates, quickly turning their home into a prison for experimentation. But little does she know the rebel who claims he’s come to help might also rescue her heart.Can she trust her so-called savior, or does this spell the end for Lane and her clan?
The Red Mother
Elizabeth Bear
The Red Mother is a fantasy novella by Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.Auga follows his brother's fate-thread into the village of Ormsfjoll, where he expects to deliver good news and be on his way. What he doesn't expect is that he'll be sent to contend with the truth at the heart of the volcano wreaking havoc on the village.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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The Case of the Bear Scare
James Preller
Children's Books
Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early illustrated chapter book Jigsaw Jones Mysteries from James Preller have it all.Is there a bear loose in the woods by Jigsaw Jones' town? For once this second-grade detective and his partner Mila Yeh might be out of their depth! One way or another, these two young sleuths will get to the bottom of who, or what, is growling and snapping in those woods in The Case of the Bear Scare. James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones books are once again available to inspire the next generation of young readers, featuring both new titles and classroom classics!