1968. Henry's just turned 18 and his birthday present is a 2nd class ticket to the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war you've never heard about.

THE HERO Versus Me & Monkey Jo chronicles the adventures of Henry Neis who arrives in Vietnam an innocent youth from Kansas, and quickly falls in with addicts and lost souls. Shepard's prose pulls us into the "scene" immediately, and propels us on a journey that is

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Be careful what you wish for...

On my eighteenth birthday, I desired nothing more than the chance to explore the world. Make friends. Maybe even fall in love.

I never expected my quiet, sheltered life in the wilderness to come crashing down around me.

But my dad has been keeping secrets. And after a decade of hiding, the past has finally caught up with us. The past, plus six hot guys with secrets of their own.

In a way,

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Fans of Lauren Myracle and Wendy Mass will love acclaimed author Lisa Greenwald's new series about two best friends who kick-start middle school with a bucket list of eleven things they need to do to become AMAZING before their joint twelfth birthday party.

The first day of middle school means trading in freeze tag at the pool for new schedules, fabulous outfits, and a fresh start. But for eleven-year-old Kaylan, the chaos

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When sixteen years John T. Unger leaves for a vacation with a wealthy school mate of his, he doesn't know yet what he is about to encounter. His school friend's family is not only rich; they are 'rich rich' – and the family has decided to build a house inside a giant diamond. As if the giand diamond would not be enough, soon John is in the middle of unexpected and thrilling events. 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' is F. Scott Fitzgerald's novella...

What happened during the Summer of 1986? Cliff Knight ripped away from his new girlfriend, Vivica Weston! Sent to go live with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in Amsterdam. Vivica is stuck in Grosse Pointe, Michigan for the Summer, or is she? When Vivica takes on the catwalk during a local fashion show, international modeling agent, Myles Madwell of the Madwell Modeling Agency takes a liking to her look. He offers her the chance to model in NYC for the...

What if you realize that your life has been a lie and everything you hold dear could easily slip from your fingers? Aurora Scea, having lost an only sister, believes she's seen it all until she returns to school and series of events begins to occur. Two mysterious boys enroll in her school and vie for her friendship. She's smitten by both, but she soon finds that they aren't strangers; her life is woven around theirs, and she isn't what she thought...

"You want to fake date me so you will have a date to your sister's wedding?"After a series of failed relationships, fifth-year college Senior Aiden Hastings has sworn off dating. He's more than ready to finish college and try again after graduation. What he doesn't expect was to meet Emily Bates during one of his summer classes.When Aiden sits next to her during class, Emily recognizes him from several classes they shared, even though they sat on...

Samir leaves the safety and comfort of his family's new homeland, Germany, for volatile Beirut in an attempt to find his missing father. The only clues Samir has are an old picture of his father and the memory of the bedtime stories he used to tell. The Storyteller follows the turbulent search of a son for a father whose heart had always kept yearning for his homeland Lebanon. In this moving and engaging novel about family secrets, love, and friendship,...

This is the definitive remastered and reformatted edition of the critically acclaimed Glory Days novel: Before civil rights and gay rights and equal money for equal work, there was the 1960's and Viet Nam, and the underlying current of civil unrest that occasionally bubbled to the surface. Out of the horrors of Southeast Asia and into the rarified air of Hollywood's Golden Age stepped Peter Aarons, into the shadow of his powerful father, Peter Aarons. The...

"This isn't a GOOD book; this is a GREAT book!" Amazon expert reviewer.When Quincy Bruce's beloved Aunt Addy is accused of being the inspiration for Nathan Waterstone's infamou novel, "The Lady," Quincy sets out to find the truth and prove her aunt's accuser wrong. When Quincy discovers other secrets, her world is blown apart. "The Lady" was a finalist in the 2012 Amazon Break-out Novel Contest.