What would you do if you suddenly lost everything and became a prisoner? What if imprisonment also meant losing your crown? For Abigail, Quinn, Felicity, and Scarlette, this nightmare has become their reality. As the girls are taken captive to the land of Protea, they have to learn how to survive in a foreign land as a coriander or slave to the crown. Along the way, theyll face utter betrayal, loss, friendships, and even some unexpected romance. As these former queens learn their role in Proteas game, theyll have to decide who to trust and what to fight for.

Join Thomas Scott and his friend Lefty, a disciple of baseball, as they add a new dimension to travel in an unforgettable trip to Hong Kong during spring break on a fireworks buying trip. Their vacation route detours into a maze of mystery as they search for a miracle for Richard, a young boy with an incurable disease. Their quest becomes the Foreverland fiber of the Easter story. The lines of an original poem are used as the title of each chapter. When you read the table of content you have read the poem. A word from each chapter title is translated to Chinese. An appendix is printed on how to read Chinese.

"Here's Jane Hale's recipe for Wonderland, a special Christmas story: Combine equal parts of a familiar ole therem (is Santa really real?) with a high tech new one )the potential danger lurking in computer chat rooms) stir in a young boy's pain and confusion when his widowed mothers falls in love; mix with lots of action;season with drama. Serves youngsters of all ages who have ever wondered about Santa Claus.David L. Harrison, Children's Author & Patron of the arts.

Thomas Scott Crisscrosses the borderland between his computer world of fantasy and real life adventures as he tries to solve the mystery of the new kids on the block.Toss in the sport of basketball, a rat named Rascal, Delphi live games, and crystal hearts for Valentines Day.Mix them up and find out how Thomas discovers a best friend doesn't always have to be a boy.GOTCHA!

A collection of romance stories including New York Times Best-seller Kat Martin.

A representative current state-of-the-art system using parabolic trough technology was developed using data from a system recently installed in Tehachapi, California. A simulation model was used to estimate the annual energy output from the system at three different insolation locations. Based on discussions with industry personnel and within NREL, we identified a number of technology improvements that offer the potential for increasing the energy performance and reducing the energy cost of the baseline system. The technology improvements modeled included an evacuated-tube receiver, an antireflective coating on the receiver tube, an improved absorber material, a cleaner reflecting surface, a reflecting surface that can withstand contact cleaning, and two silver reflectors.

Typescript genealogy concerning Thomas Hale of Hertfordshire, England and Newbury, Mass. and his descendants through his son Thomas. Includes genealogies on the allied families of Houghton, Morrison, and Brocklebank.