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After the deadly smallpox epidemic, Victoria dealt with the influx of tens of thousands of miners and undesirables searching for gold. The city was ill-prepared to handle this volume, with limited accommodations, eating places, water or sewage systems, so the result was a wild scramble to satisfy the varied appetites of both body and spirit. It had a reputation over the entire west coast as a licentious city, known for its gambling halls and the largest selection of saloons, opium dens and whore houses.

A visit to Krakow intended to test a new relationship turns out to be fraught with danger when two Americans encounter a man pursuing a dark ambition in the waning months of the last millennium. Adam Kasper is a historian delving into the archives of an old museum; traveling with him is Joan Templeton, a journalist.

Are you tired of being the bigger person? Do you yearn to master the fine art of passive-aggressive revenge? Look no further! The Art of Being Petty At Work is your hilarious (and toxic) guide to becoming the office prankster everyone secretly fears. From expertly timed “Per My Last Email” zingers to the masterful placement of 'Official' signs, this parody guide will teach you how to reach the level of petty most people can only ever aspire to achieve.

When Andrew Tucker discovered an unusual archaeological artifact from his great uncle’s belongings in an attic storeroom, its ability to control time sets off a series of improbable events that challenge all of his education and knowledge. These events are impossibly linked to actions four thousand years in the past, and change both his life and the time manipulation power of this unusual artifact. Andrew eventually asks for help from some quantum scientists known for their unusual problem solving.

In 1908 on the island of Crete, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier and his team discover a small clay disc while excavating the almost four thousand year old ruins of the Phaestos Palace, an administrative centre for the Minoan Civilization. The spiral message of 242 figures stamped on both sides of the disc has remained undecipherable for over 100 years by the world's top archaeologists and cryptologists.

Set backstage during the out-of-town chaos of Lerner and Loewe’s now-classic 1960 musical, One More Seat at the Round Table portrays the struggles of feisty drama school grad Jane Conroy, who lands a plum Gal Friday job, and Bryce Christmas, a gifted, if insecure, actor on the verge of his big break. When Jane and Bryce fall helplessly in love during Toronto tryouts, their relationship is tested by mistakes they make and endless work woes: Camelot’s four-hour length, poor reviews, the illness of librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and the near-fatal coronary of director Moss Hart who quits.

A couple of students accidentally get their science fair project mixed up with an experiment in "quantum entanglement". A mysterious message is received via this "impossible" phenomenon.

Several generations after his great-grandmother Margaret Manson leaves Scotland for the rugged Pacific Northwest, Jack Manson becomes intrigued when some of the unresolved mysteries of Margaret’s adventures surface.

London - 1850 - A fast moving saga of a pioneer family leaving an established life behind to work as indentured colonists for the Hudson's Bay Company in Fort Victoria on British Columbia's rugged West Coast. Margaret Manson packs up herself and her two sons to follow her husband halfway around the world to an uncertain future.

Teddy has blended in as the nice, shy guy next door. To most, he is devoted to his overbearing mother. However, behind closed doors, their relationship is rife with dysfunction, and he's stressed about the possible upheaval of his job. He succumbs to the illicit use of prescription drugs. Addiction fills a void, but it is only temporary. Dr. Benjamin Eagleston is operating a veritable pill-mill on the other side of town. Motivated by money, prestige, and a long-standing sibling rivalry, he plunders his practice, reputation, and privilege once his wrongdoing is brought to the light.

Narrated by Liz Miller, a penniless PhD candidate desperate to finish her dissertation, the novel begins when Liz's boyfriend abruptly ditches her, rendering Liz homeless and reduced to couch-surfing at best friend Petra's tiny Manhattan studio apartment. Trying to find an affordable living space, she stumbles across a Craigslist posting that will change her life: a room with a view in a prewar Greenwich Village apartment. The rent is a pittance, but in exchange, the tenant must be willing to read aloud daily to the apartment's sight-impaired landlady.

What would you do if you won a Million Dollar Wedding? Only one small really insignificant problem.... You don't have a boyfriend, much less a groom. And the whole thing is going to be a reality television show.... Hilarious and heartbreaking.

Olympic fencer Veronica Zerkis is at the top of her game, but when a freak accident leaves her with a life-changing injury, can she recover in time to reclaim the glory that was taken from her? And what happens when a carefree biker with his own secrets gets in the way of her ticking deadline?

When Annabelle's five year plan goes up in flames - literally, she's left trekking north to salvage her career and escape her love life. But when business and romance collide, she's about to learn that in small towns, the internet is slow, but rumors travel fast.