Anna and Ivan, two young newlyweds, escape poverty and hardship in Ukraine to start a new life on the Canadian Frontier. As they struggle to establish themselves, World War I breaks out, and Ivan is taken prisoner as an enemy.

Ruth the healer gives a young girl named Heart a magical silver thread to help Heart protect her beloved unicorn from cruel Lord Dunraven.

Jewelry artist Jeanne Rhodes-Moen demystifies the process of making filigree jewelry in this clear and thorough guide. Packed with dazzling full-color photos, Silver Threads features detailed, illustrated instructions for twelve stunning projects that range from simple pendants to more complex necklaces. The author also includes tips for planning original filigree designs.This is a re-release of the original 2006 book by the original author after Kalmbach books closed their jewelry division, and the rights returned to the author.

Australian artist Melanie Jamicson feels her life is on a one-way trip to nowhere. Since the unexpected breakup of her six-year relationship with the author of the children's books she illustrates, Melanie has been unable to drag herself out of an ever-deepening depression. To make matters worse, because she and her ex-lover shared mutual friends and moved in the same circles, Melanie is constantly running into Terry and her new girlfriend. Wavering between anger and despair, Melanie decides to leave Melbourne and visit her family in Queensland. Once there, she discovers that both her divorced parents are leaving on long trips with their spouses. In an effort to keep Melanie's mind off her to stay with their former neighbor, Crys Hewitt, who needs help to make ends meet on her farm. Unknown to Melanie's mother, when her daughter was a shy, confused teenager, she had an incredible crush on Crys, and now feels she made a complete Fool of herself trying to win the woman's attention. Despite her initial reluctance, Melanie finds herself back on the farm -- and back in the life of the attractive and sensuous older woman.

"Charles Anthony Silvestri's poems and lyrics have inspired notable American composers and readers of evocative poetry. This is a collection of 184 of his poems from 2001 to 2018"--

To the disgrace of his family, an illustrious London shipping merchant has taken his own life. But his niece Rhia Mahoney believes her uncle has been murdered to conceal the secrets of his trading partners. And as she begins to investigate his death, her fears are realized when she is arrested for a crime she didn't commit. Convict Michael Kelly's sentence is almost ended, but his plans are interrupted when a woman he has known since childhood, Rhia Mahoney, arrives in Sydney harbour aboard a prison hulk. And Michael cannot allow the men who falsely imprisoned him to condemn this young woman to the same fate...