New Releases by Robert Beatty

Twelve-year-old Sylvia Doe keeps running away from foster homes to return to the mountains of North Carolina, until a 100-year flood, a strange boy, and a cave that is a portal to other times and places, bring her back where she truly belongs.

Quem é essa garota querendo desafiar o mundo? Willa é uma garota da floresta que sai à noite para buscar mantimentos para o seu clã. Sua missão é entrar escondida nas cabanas das pessoas e pegar o que eles têm em excesso. É uma tarefa arriscada — se for apanhada será o seu fim. O povo do dia mata tudo o que não conhece, foi o que sempre ouviu. Numa noite, quando retorna para a sua comunidade, Willa começa a questionar aquele modo de vida, os furtos, a que era obrigada, e vai descobrindo que nem todas as pessoas do povo do dia são ruins e nem todos em sua comunidade são bons. Então muitos dos ensinamentos que recebeu desde a infância começam a desmoronar.

Robert Beatty''s best-selling gothic fantasy about an unforgettable heroine is now a mesmerizing graphic novel with rich, atmospheric illustrations. "The story drips with suspense, wrapping readers into the narrative just as easily as the man in the black cloak binds his young victims." — School Library Journal " Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul." Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of Biltmore Estate.There''s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists; she and her pa, the estate''s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is:a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore''s corridors at night. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of Biltmore''s owners. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak''s true identity...before all of the children vanish one by one. Readers who enjoy history and mystery and like their thrills and chills in visual form will delight in this graphic novel adaptation of a bestseller. Read the entire New York Times Best-selling series! Serafina and the Black Cloak (book 1) Serafina and the Twisted Staff (book 2) Serafina and the Splintered Heart (book 3) Serafina and the Seven Stars (book 4)

This comprehensive volume collects the findings of researchers who did a deep dive into the medical science of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. These experts in medicine, vaccines, chemistry and public policy present a cogent case against the corruption and exploitation of the innocent public by politicians, big pharma, liberal social media and progressive activists. Unless we understand what happened and why, we will be unprepared for the next fake crisis when it is used as a manipulative tool for power-grabbing bureaucrats. The authors cut through the fog of propaganda to summarize objective facts, information and data in a reader-friendly way. With truth as our weapon, we invite you to join in the battle against the Virus and Vaccine Dragon-in all of its global forms.

George and Arthur are identical twins, both are in college and living in late 1930s America. They come from a rich upper class Baltimore family. Their father had been taking the family on summer vacations to Miami Beach. Finding Miami Beach to be too crowded, the father changes directions and takes the family to a remote and less known vacation resort in South Carolina. There the boys meet and fall head over rich privileged heels in love with a beautiful local girl who works as a cleaning girl who cleans the rental vacation cottages. When they return the next year they start up a full blown love and sexual affair with the girl, Melissa. The girl falls in love with them; both of them. Both brothers want to marry the girl. The situation lead to quite a rivalry between the two brothers which could lead to a serious break between them in the family. The problem is that Melissa said she wants to marry BOTH men. She says that she loves them both equally and cannot choose between them. In the end she refuses to choose between them saying that if they will not agree to a three-way marriage she will live with them both in a menage-a-twa arrangement anywhere. While that could be worked out in backwoods mountain country, it would be totally unacceptable in straight laced conservative Baltimore Brahmin society. The boys do not want to leave their family home and situation. By a series of events that include a savage barroom between the brothers and locals over the girl, a fight in which one of the brothers seriously mutilates a knife welding redneck thug, facing possible serious danger from angry locals who falsely blame the girl for provoking the fight, the girl comes home with the boys to live with them as a cleaning girl in the family home in Baltimore, much to the chagrin of the boys straight laced mother. At home behind closed doors, the boys carry on in secret the affair they started in Carolina. At their sister''s wedding reception both of the brothers propose to the girl with the one she does not choose agreeing to drop out of the picture. Sill as much of a stubborn hillbilly girl as she was when they first met her, Melissa again refuses to choose between them. The issue unresolved as ever, the affair otherwise continues in secret at the family house. The years roll on, Melissa marries out of necessity, but which one did she choose? Find out how this convoluted love affair ends.

Wanda the wanderer, practitioner of the movable feast, barroom pick-up artist, skilled technician at electronics and seduction, is a sexual adventuress who works as a repair and installer technician for a major telephone company. At an earlier age, just at the physical developmental stage where she was entering into puberty and her hormones are starting to run away with her, while on a road trip with her parents, staying in her own room at sleazy motel, she overhears a couple going at it hot and heavy in the next room over on the other side from her parents room. As Wanda listens, captivated, she longs to join the couple in the next room in their thrashing orgasmic encounter. These experiences have transformed Wanda’s life. As the second stage of her life opens, Wanda is now a mature women in her early thirties. Wanda has become fully dedicated at and skillful in the art of seduction and the quick get away without complications. Electronics is her profession and seduction is her hobby - she is dedicated to excellence in both her profession and avocation. She has no desire or intention to fall in love or get married. Both would de-rail her chosen life pattern. She is fully aware that she might find herself alone at the end of her life but she does not care. Wanda is fully ready to end up alone at the end of her life. It is a price she is willing to pay to live her life the way she prefers and wants to live it. Wanda and Chuck met each other under an assumed identity. Chuck''s assumption and Wanda''s carefully crafted procedure to avoid complications are both blown apart when they meet the next day on the installation project. Chuck is pleasantly surprised to find his lover again. Wanda is totally rattled by the unexpected complication. Things go smoothly. The two grow to like each other. More than just like each other. They make love (on the top of the completed relay tower - fresh roof tar end up on their backs). Wanda violates her rule of not having sex with a man more than once. Chuck is falling in love with Wanda. This is the kind of complication Wanda wants to avoid. Though she likes Chuck enough to violate one of her cardinal rules, Wanda still doesn''t want to give up her lifestyle. Will Wanda give up her hedonistic lifestyle to be with Chuck forever? Will true and deeper love will emerge on Wanda''s part and whether she and Chuck will come to be together for life or will Wanda''s love of the open road triumph over love and take her away from real love and leave her on the road forever moving toward a horizon that keeps receding from her?

This enchanting companion to Robert Beatty''s instant #1 New York Times bestseller Willa of the Wood is perfect for any reader who cares deeply about the natural world. Willa and her clan are the last of the Faeran, an ancient race of forest people who have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for as long as the trees have grown there. But as crews of newly arrived humans start cutting down great swaths of the forest she loves, she is helpless to stop them. How can she fight the destroyers of the forest and their powerful machines?When Willa discovers a mysterious dark hollow filled with strange and beautiful creatures, she comes to realize that it contains a terrifying force that seems to be hunting humans. Is unleashing these dangerous spirits the key to stopping the loggers? Willa must find a way to save the people and animals she loves and take a stand against a consuming darkness that threatens to destroy her world.Filled with a compelling mixture of history, mystery, and magic, Robert Beatty''s books are loved by readers from 8 to 108.Grow your middle grade fantasy collection with these best-selling fan favorites:Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert BeattyWilla of the Wood by Robert BeattyIf We Were Giants by Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett SmithThe Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick RiordanThe Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer

Samuel Martin is not afflicted with the wanderlust that teenage boys growing into young men in isolated areas in isolated times so often are. Samuel has no desire to break out of the isolation of the remote rural farm town he was born into and see the world. He wants nothing more than to be the third generation patriarch on the farm of his ancestors, living on the land he loves in company with the family he loves. He is just facing the problem of finding the one girl he wants to share his love and life with. He thinks he has found that girl in the form of the beautiful, enigmatic young prostitute girl who hides her early life and hides herself behind the flowery contrived name of Clarinda. The girl shares her body with him but never shares her real name. Neither does she share the love she is incapable of returning. Samuel loves the girl recklessly and beyond the point of caution. In the process he learns that loving recklessly and beyond caution can invert and disrupt your life the way following any passion recklessly can. He also learns that life is what happens to you when you had other plans.

Mindfulness for a Happy Life is a beautiful guide to what insight meditation really is. Robert''s personable, funny, sweet, sad, and ultimately human and humane teachings are told in simple terms so that anybody, from the skeptic to the monk, can access the heart and truth of mindfulness practice. If you have never meditated and can''t understand why anyone would spend time on a cushion doing nothing, this is the book for you. You will find down-to-earth instructions that give you a direct experience of mindfulness as well as ways to measure the impact of your mindfulness practice. This book will inspire you to love life and to face everything that comes your way with grace, compassion, and wisdom. If you have meditated all your life, but not found awakening, this book is for you. This book will demystify and clarify the teachings of Buddhism so that you can better understand your own process. You will find instructions and stories that will change your practice. Instructions, exercises, and stories are used to give you an experience that can shift your perspective and transform your practice so that you access happiness through insight.

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the hotly anticipated fourth installment of Robert Beatty''s #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series. Serafina, the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, has won battle after battle against the dark forces encroaching on her home. Now, tranquility has returned to Biltmore. Serafina doesn''t trust it. She patrols the grounds night and day, hardly sleeping, uncertain of her place after her best friend Braeden Vanderbilt''s departure for boarding school in New York. When Mr. Vanderbilt, the kind master of Biltmore, asks Serafina to move upstairs into one of the house''s grandest rooms, she''s sure it''s to keep an eye on the guests who have arrived for the estate''s annual hunt. But as Serafina investigates, she becomes more and more unsettled by what Biltmore has become-a place haunted by nameless terrors where no dark corridor is safe. Even worse, she begins to doubt her own senses. Is Braeden really hundreds of miles away, or did he return to Biltmore for one strange night before vanishing? Is the bond between them truly broken or is it stronger than ever? Then Serafina witnesses a crime that turns her world upside down. How can all that once seemed good and worthy of protection now be evil? And how can she guard those around her when she can''t even be sure of the truth of her own heart? Serafina and the Seven Stars marks the return of a heroine like no other, as master storyteller Robert Beatty weaves his darkest, most astonishing tale yet.

Una emocionante serie ambientada en un mundo mágico increíble. Muévete sin hacer ruido. Desaparece sin dejar rastro. Willa, una joven espíritu nocturno de las Grandes Montañas Humeantes, es la mejor ladrona de su clan, por su habilidad para colarse en las casas de las criaturas diurnas y llevarse objetos que nunca echarán en falta. Pero un día, por culpa de su curiosidad, Willa cae herida y atrapada en el mundo del día. Entonces descubrirá la verdad: no todas las criaturas diurnas son iguales. La magia que ha protegido a su clan está en peligro y solo ella, con su inagotable coraje, tiene el poder de salvarlo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From Robert Beatty, author of the award-winning Serafina books, comes this thrilling new #1 New York Times bestselling series. Set in 1900 in the Great Smoky Mountains, it''s the story of an orphaned girl--gentle of heart, but brimming with the ancient forest powers of her people--who must struggle to survive in a changing world. Filled with the history, mystery, and magic of the Great Smoky Mountains, Kirkus Reviews describes WILLA OF THE WOOD as "A moving, atmospheric journey of hope." Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. To Willa, a young night-spirit, humans are the murderers of trees. She''s been taught to despise them and steal from them. She''s her clan''s best thief, creeping into the log cabins of the day-folk under cover of darkness and taking what they won''t miss. It''s dangerous work, but Willa will do anything to win the approval of the padaran, the charismatic leader of the Faeran people. When Willa''s curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in the day-folk world, she calls upon the old powers of her beloved grandmother, and the unbreakable bonds of her forest allies, to survive. Only then does she begin to discover the shocking truth: that not all of her human enemies are the same, and that the foundations of her own Faeran society are crumbling. What do you do when you realize that the society you were born and raised in is rife with evil? Do you raise your voice? Do you stand up against it? As forces of unfathomable destruction attack her forest home, Willa must decide who she truly is--facing deadly force with warm compassion, sinister corruption with trusted alliance, and finding a home for her longing heart.

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the fourth installment of Robert Beatty''s #1 New York Times best-selling series. Peace and tranquility have finally returned to Biltmore Estate after hard-won battles against encroaching darkness. But as time passes without signs of danger, Serafina finds herself questioning her own purpose. Who is she if not Biltmore''s protector? When deceptively dark and unsettling events begin to take place at Biltmore, is Serafina merely desperate to once again play the role of heroine? Or are her home and loved ones in terrible danger from a strange and sinister force?

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Robert Beatty comes a thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan''s best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won''t miss. It''s dangerous work-the day-folk kill whatever they do not understand--but Willa will do anything to win the approval of the padaran, the charismatic leader of the Faeran people. When Willa''s curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in the day world, she calls upon an ancient, unbreakable bond to escape. Only then does she discover the truth: not all day-folk are the same, and the foundations that have guarded the Faeran for eons are under attack. As forces of unfathomable destruction encroach on her home, Willa must decide who she truly is. To save the day-folk family that has become her own--and lift the curse that has robbed her people of their truth--Willa will meet deadly force with trusted alliance, violence with shelter, and an ever-changing world with a steady heartbeat of courage.

Serafina a été enterrée vivante. Terrorisée, la jeune fille ne se souvient pas de ce qui s''est passé. Lorsqu''elle parvient à quitter son cercueil et rejoindre Biltmore, une grande fête a lieu. D''abord déçue de ne pas y avoir été conviée, la jeune fille se rend compte que personne ne la voit. Pire encore : son meilleur ami Braeden et son père la pensent morte ! Seule son ancienne ennemie Lady Rowena peut la voir et l''entendre. Serafina n''a pas le choix. Elle doit faire confiance à la sorcière pour contacter Braeden. Ce n''est pas simple, car le jeune homme est persuadé que Rowena a tué son amie. En réalité, le corps, l''âme et le chatamont de Serafina ont été éparpillés. Pour sauver Serafina, ses amis doivent réunir ces fragments. Waysa, Braeden et Rawena joignent leurs forces. Mais le temps presse : le maléfique Uriah cause des tempêtes et inondations qui menacent Biltmore...

"Ne va jamais dans la forêt. Il y a là-bas des forces mystérieuses et maléfiques que personne ne sait expliquer, des choses qui pourraient te faire du mal". Serafina n''a jamais désobéi à son père. Il y a déjà tant d''endroits à explorer dans l''immense manoir de Biltmore - même si elle doit faire attention à ce que personne ne la voie. Aucun des riches habitants du domaine ne doit savoir qu''elle existe. Elle vit donc avec son père, le mécanicien du manoir, dans les sous-sols, à l''abri des regards. Mais une nuit, elle assiste à la disparition de Clara, la fille d''invités des Vanderbilt - les maîtres de Biltmore -, enlevée par un homme portant une grande cape noire. Elle se lance à sa recherche et fait la connaissance de Braeden, le neveu des Vanderbilt. Tous deux se lient d''amitié et décident d''unir leurs forces avant que tous les enfants du manoir disparaissent. Les soupçons de Serafina se portent vite sur Mr Thorne, un ami de la famille. Elle lui tend un piège en l''attirant au coeur de la forêt, bravant sa peur et l''interdiction de son père. Elle découvre alors que les enfants disparus sont victimes d''un puissant sortilège, et que ce sortilège est lié à sa propre identité...

Venture into the magical and mystical world of Serafina and the Splintered Heart - the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, Serafina and the Black Cloak and Serafina and the Twisted Staff. In the highly anticipated next installment of the Serafina series, Serafina must confront the darkest threat she''s ever encountered at Biltmore Estate. She knows she can face anything with her best friend and closest ally, Braeden Vanderbilt, by her side. But when a sinister force tears them apart, Serafina scrambles to uncover the mystery about herself and the destiny that awaits her. It''s set to be her most formidable challenge yet.

Serafína každú noc v lese navštevuje mamu a dychtivo sa učí spôsobom divošeliem. Uviazla však medzi dvoma svetmi: je pridivoká na dom plný dám v nádherných róbach a spoločenských zvykov, no priveľmi ľudská, aby sa naplno pripojila k svojmu druhu.Raz natrafí na zvláštneho, desivého neznámeho a zaútočia na ňu zlovestné vlkodavy.Záhadná séria útokov preveruje Serafíninu úlohu ochrankyne Biltmoru a vyvrcholí tragédiou, ktorá od nej odlúči najlepšieho priateľa a jediného spojenca Braedena Vanderbilta. Zlo siaha oveľa ďalej, než si predstavovala. Aby mohla Serafína odvrátiť novú hrozbu, musí sa zahĺbiť do svojho vnútra a prijať osud, ktorý ju očakáva.

PRICHÁDZAJÚ BÚRKY... Serafína sa zobudí sa v nevysvetliteľnej tme, na tele má jazvy z neúprosného boja a onedlho zistí, že život v Biltmore sa nepredstaviteľne zmenil. Zdá sa, že všade naokolo sú nepriatelia, no ešte väčšmi ju prekvapí to, čo robia jej starí kamaráti. Biltmore je v ohrození. Blíži sa k nemu záhadná sila. Nemá meno, ale prináša so sebou prudké búrky a povodne, ktoré strhávajú všetko, čo im stojí v ceste. Serafína musí odhaliť pravdu o tom, čo sa jej stalo, a nájsť spôsob, ako ovládnuť svoje nové schopnosti, kým nie je neskoro. Má iba niekoľko dní, aby dosiahla takmer nemožné, a tak zo všetkých síl bojuje o to, aby sa znova stala strážkyňou Biltmoru, Braedenovou priateľkou, dcérou svojho tatka, hrdinkou Blue Ridge Mountains a všetkých obyvateľov i tvorov, ktorí ich nazývajú svojím domovom. V strhujúcej tretej časti úspešnej série Roberta Beattyho sa Serafína zaslúžene zaradí k literárnym šampiónkam, lebo zvádza urputný boj, aby obránila všetko, čo miluje, a stala sa tým, kým sa má stať.

In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina''s Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner''s young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

Descubre la novela juvenil de suspense y misterio protagonizada por Serafina, una chica excepcional. Un libro que ha conquistado las listas de The New York Times nada más ver la luz y que está destinado a convertiste en un clásico. No son las batallas que ganamos o perdemos las que nos definen, sino aquellas que estamos dispuestos a librar. Serafina nunca ha tenido motivos para desobedecer a su padre y aventurarse más allá de los confines de la mansión donde se esconden. Hay mucho que explorar en sus sombríos pasillos, pero tiene que tener cuidado de que sus habitantes no la vean. Pero cuando empiezan a desaparecer niños, solo ella sabe quién es el culpable: un terrorífico desconocido envuelto en una capa negra que recorre la mansión al caer la noche. La búsqueda de la verdad la llevará junto a sus nuevos amigos al corazón del bosque, donde deberá encontrar las respuestas a su propio enigma:¿Quién esSerafina? Mejor libro Middle Grade 2015 por Goodreads. Bestseller por The New York Times, Amazon y Publishers Weekly. Reseñas: «Inquietante. La narración tiene un ritmo trepidante, suspense y una imaginería preciosa.» Goodreads «Niños y adultos seguirán con entusiasmo a Serafina a un mundo de despertares, justicia y nuevas amistades.» Kirkus Reviews «Una historia que raciona el suspense gota a gota, envolviendo a los lectores en la narración con la misma facilidad con la que el hombre de la capa negra envuelve a sus víctimas. La amistad de Serafina con Braeden es conmovedora y verosímil.» Library Journal ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul." Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of Biltmore Estate.There''s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists; she and her pa, the estate''s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is:a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore''s corridors at night. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of Biltmore''s owners. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak''s true identity before all of the children vanish one by one. Serafina''s hunt leads her into the very forest that she has been taught to fear. There she discovers a forgotten legacy of magic, one that is bound to her own identity. In order to save the children of Biltmore, Serafina must seek the answers that will unlock the puzzle of her past.

Floodgate Companion is Robert Beatty''s debut monograph, a cosmic and immersive collection of artwork from the renowned album cover artist.

In 1899, when an evil threatens all the humans and animals of the Blue Ridge Mountains, twelve-year-old Serafina, rat catcher for the Biltmore estate and the daughter of a shapeshifting mountain lion, must search deep inside herself and embrace the destiny that awaits her.

Serafína nikdy nemala dôvod neposlúchnuť svojho otca a opustiť svoj tajný úkryt v podzemí Biltmoru. Doma je stále čo objavovať, musí si však dávať pozor, aby ju nikto zo zbohatlíkov na poschodí nezbadal. Z Biltmoru sa však začnú záhadne strácať deti. Serafína spojí sily so synovcom majiteľa Biltmoru Braedenom Vanderbittom a riskujú všetko, aby odhalili vinníka. Je ním záhadný muž v čiernom plášti?Pri záchrane biltmorských detí hľadá Serafína odpovede, ktoré odhalia aj mozaiku jej minulosti...

Serafina vždy poslouchala svého tatínka a toulala se pouze po pozemcích usedlosti Biltmore. Ale i tam – v temných chodbách obrovského domu – bylo vždy co objevovat, jen si musela dávat pozor na to, aby nebyla spatřena. Nikdo z pánů domu o ní totiž nevěděl, protože se svým otcem údržbářem žila tajně ve sklepení.Ale když začnou v usedlosti mizet děti, Serafina náhodou zjistí, kdo za tím stojí: hrozivý muž v černém plášti, který se po nocích toulá chodbami Biltmoru. Při děsivých zmizeních se Serafina spřátelí s Braedenem, synovcem majitelů. Braeden a Serafina musí odhalit, kdo se za černým pláštěm skrývá, dříve, než polapí všechny děti žijící v usedlosti. Pátrání je ale přivede do zakázaného temného lesa. A teprve tam přijde Serafina na to, kým je, pozná svou minulost a zjistí, že ona jediná může zachránit všechny děti v Biltimoru. Ale podaří se jí přemoci tajemného muže v černém plášti?

Interest in the levels of international migration in the United Kingdom (UK) and in Northern Ireland (NI) has increased following the accession of eight Central and Eastern European countries (referred to as the "A8" countries) to the European Union in May 2004. This paper describes research undertaken by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) to assist measurement of the levels of international migration in Northern Ireland in the period 2004-5. Migration is the most difficult component of population change to measure, due to the absence of a direct measure, the impact of illegal migration, the presence of visitors/short-term migrant workers which can create differences between the official migration estimates and the perceived level of migration in an area. Whilst migration can be estimated using administrative and statistical systems, significant effort is required in understanding the nature and coverage of these systems. Moreover no estimate of migration within the current administrative and statistical infrastructure can be definitive. The remainder of this paper describes the sources available to measure international migration with summary statistics for Northern Ireland. Finally information is presented on the levels of migration included in the 2005 population estimate series and possible further research is discussed.