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Bjørn Eriksson is the fourth-born son of a wealthy Norse jarl, and a captured slave. While Jarl Erik accepts him as his son, Bjørn's place has always been last in line. Eager to earn fame and glory at the point of a sword, and write his own saga, he has waited patiently for sixteen long years to prove himself ready to join his father's fleet and sail the whale road.At last, his time has come, but the Nornir - the weavers of fate - have a different story in mind for young Eriksson. A greedy and opportunistic jarl and a long-kept secret coursing through his veins threaten to reveal a very different future to what Bjørn envisions for himself. Before he can leave the familiar waters of home, Bjørn will find himself in the fight of his life as he struggles to protect everything he holds dear.Wyrd.

Life as a paramedic.Heartbreaking. Heart-warming. Always intense.In a city like Brighton and Hove (Actually), intense is the word, as all manners of life collide and mingle constantly; never stopping, never sleeping.Camaraderie is key: you need your crewmate's unconditional support.Sense of humour is a must: it gets you through the day.You need to be thick-skinned. You need to be sensitive.One thing is certain: no two days are alike and you never know what to expect.Just buckle up and hang on. Life as a paramedic. It's a rollercoaster!

Harley, Melissa, Adam, and Kai are no ordinary twelve-year-olds. They're detectives. Deep-digging, perceptive, and always willing to find the truth, they are far more capable of solving mysteries than their principal, Mr Westman... until he bans them from school detective business. But, when a masked figure arrives before dawn to present each of them with a mysterious parcel, the children must use their deduction skills to track down the sender. At an abandoned science lab, the four learn there's more to their talents than observation. People are missing, and it's down to Harley and her friends to rescue them. Can they prove to Mr Westman that they're worthy detectives?

In the middle of a pandemic, two millennial parents, Darius and Macy, drive around the city while their daughter sleeps in the back. Darius is brown; Canada is white. He looks back at his life and wonders if he ever really belonged.

Romantic poetry is the best form of catharsis. Life can be painful and this, is often accompanied by a flood of emotions.You'll question if you're good enough, if someone else could ever love you, and even if you could have possibly lived your life better.This is her story and it captures a wide array of unpredictable feelings and emotions. In the author's words - "you serve a purpose, to live and be who you are."Written sensitively, it will resonate with many readers in a personal and emotional way. It will also capture your heart.

When Claire's twin sister Cassie is killed in a car crash at only seventeen, she and her two best friends, Violet and Harley, are devastated.However, they know that Cassie wouldn't want them to stop. So they formulate a plan, a way to keep Cassie alive in their hearts.And so, the three of them set off on the trip of a lifetime, using Cassie's bucket list as a template.Heading from Ohio to Mexico via Las Vegas, the three friends head out on a voyage of discovery, during which their friendship will be tested, their fears faced and maybe, just maybe, their grief lessened.

A cohesive meditation upon spirituality and its many meanings that expands upon Rekha Nair's understanding in an original and easy to comprehend way. Nair captures the ultimate liberty of leaving ego behind and letting one be carried by a higher power, while still retaining your freedom, and why loss can still be so affecting even after taking in these lessons. A must have for those interested in spirituality, or alternative views on the cohesion of life.

In a province ruled over by a powerful god, there exists two nations: the Horacks and the Nairabians. Each equally threatened by the power of the other and desperate to be in full control, the two nations are locked in a vicious war. The fate of the province lies with the Dathens, twelve of the god's top followers, rewarded for their loyalty with god-like gifts of their own. With each nation's six Dathens possessing the ability to bring their troops back from the dead, the violence is ceaseless, the brutality dragging on for almost two centuries. When Enron, the youngest son of a Horack Dathen, is conscripted into the army, he is unaware that his service will be far from conventional; a sinister scheme to eliminate all six enemy Dathens has been hatched, and the future of one nation hangs in the balance as the other threatens to finally turn the tide.

The loss of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 was felt across the world.Across the whole Universe.On Jupiter, they felt it so keenly that the King and Queen reverse-engineered the solar system back trillions of years, micro-adjusting the orbits of their moons.However, their plan hinges on a young black woman in mid-twentieth century America.They must send down an alien task force to ensure her future, for that future involves the Challenger.And the doom of all worlds rests on changing the destiny of that ill-fated vehicle.

True love can take its time and its path is not always easy to follow.That's what Dan discovers as disastrous relationships fall apart, leaving him confused and sad. But his mother's love and his faith keeps him moving toward his goal: finding his one true love.Can he find it?

In some small measure the following is a true story, although determining where truth ends and fiction begins is entirely up to the reader.Calabash is a happy Caribbean toad living in an island paradise. One day, in pursuit of dinner, he finds himself unwittingly trapped and subsequently transported to a new world.Far from friends or family, Calabash must overcome challenges and adversity he never could have imagined.Ultimately, Calabash comes to understand himself, and the true meaning of home.

Flavio Luca shut down his mob operations with little hesitation after his visit with the lady in the red dress. He became a recluse, spending the rest of his days in the mountain side, painting the most exquisite and fiery portraits of his lost love. Of course, the wounds inflicted upon him by his loathsome father never fully healed but stood as a reminder of the man Flavio could never become.Chataluma's appetite for violence and decay eroded, with men and women sick and tired of losing their children to the mercy of a decadent and narcissistic culture of materialism and unaddressed fear.The cause of the strife, violence, and chaos inflicted upon the city by its own creation was never known. Nero was lost in the vastness of time, a puppeteer of chaos in an enigmatic period. Her name merely a fable taught to children for centuries to come, a warning to societies retreating from compassion.

It's Chase's second time at Indigo. He knows all the drills, he knows the platoon mates, and he knows the instructors. He remembers who he fought off as he made his escape the last time and they still carry the scars. And he knows he is not forgiven. But he's back for a reason. It's not just about proving himself. It's about HR. He tried to take her with him the last time, but it didn't work out. So, he must try again. This time, he cannot fail. But he can only hold out for so long. He knows people are watching his every move, and that he doesn't have much longer...

Io and Brown are the last of the Drifters- a segregated group of beings condemned to be exiled as a part of New York's efficient waste protocol on a massive trash mound called the Black Oasis on the Atlantic Ocean. The last of their kind, the two struggle to maintain their livelihood while fighting against the elements, eluding the imminent disintegration of the island, and escaping the Floaters of Elysium- a mysterious group of nocturnal beings who will stop at nothing to strip the two of their energy for their own ultimate survival.Io and Brown could not be further from one another in their make, model, skills, and perspectives, but in the darkness of the Black Oasis and in the light of Elysium, the two must learn through love and vulnerability what it takes to survive, and what it really means to feel alive.

Evie is just a regular thirteen-year-old girl; she loves hanging out with her friends, competing in sports, and is just starting to discover her interest in a certain boy in her class. All is normal... or so it seems. After Evie mysteriously falls near-fatally ill, her parents reveal to her a remarkable truth - she is the daughter of a female elf, which makes her the last young female elf in all of America. Her world is understandably shattered, and she must come to terms with what this new revelation means for her relationships, her passions, and her family. She is not alone though - with the help of those special loved ones around her she slowly begins to get used to her newfound identity and builds even stronger bonds than ever with her friends, family, and even her enemies.

Toni Rossi is a beautiful young therapist with the world at her feet. After escaping a loveless marriage, she has begun a new chapter in her life, starting a successful therapy practice with her friend and colleague, Bruce. Toni is also daring to allow a new love interest to bloom with her handsome and considerate landlord, Hank. Life is full of promise and possibilities for Toni, until, that is, she receives a gruesome gift, accompanied by an ominous threat, from a mysterious person calling himself loosecannon.As loosecannon steps up his campaign of terror against Toni, her life begins to unravel at an alarming speed. In addition, a terrible secret kept by Bruce throughout his years of friendship with Toni is revealed, and the consequences could be catastrophic. With her life in danger and time running out, can Toni discover the identity of loosecannon before it's too late?

In this thought-provoking lyrical tragedy, Brittany Mishler carves out an unfortunate childhood of a little girl that has had to experience her growing years held in the clutches of pain, abuse, and loss. Growing up, sadly, has been no different. It is a reality not uncommon and often spoken of yet is just as heart-wrenching for every individual. From a little girl shrunken by the beatings from an excuse of a father to a grown woman fighting off the demons and stuck in a cycle of abuse, she wonders how the man who now claims to have found God tended to forget He exists when her life has become a big question of why she was never good enough to make him change his ways.

In Speaking Destiny, author Segun Tewogbola, like each of us has been on his own journey of life. He explains the reality of life. Life is full of challenges, and moreover, because you are a Christian does not mean you will not be faced with challenges. Challenges are ways of developing our mental capacity through the tests placed before us in real life.This book provides a simple yet thorough understanding of life. No doubt, life is beautiful, and every moment is a celebration of being alive, but one should always be ready to face adversity and challenges. Difficulties test the courage, patience, perseverance, and true character of a human being. Limits exist only in the mind! Once you can deal with the issues of mind, you are on your way to success. If you could not go far in your mind, you cannot go far in life. God created everyone for His particular purpose on earth. There is no one that is purposelessly living on earth today, although it is another thing if one has not realized the very purpose of his or her existing.

The San Ramos High students are busy rehearsing their performance of Our Town when the school and the surrounding towns are rocked by a 7.1 earthquake. As a series of unusual aftershocks disrupt the town further, their school is deemed unsafe, and the show is postponed indefinitely-unless they can find a way to turn that bad luck around. Dealing with their own personal difficulties and led by the stage manager, Sandee, who is working her way through the loss of her brother, they attempt to bring the community together, make the performance a success, and do their share to raise funds to rebuild. Both the show and life must go on!

Like a zombie rising from a plague pit, M'Lord Chook is back with a vengeance in this, the second volume of the Black Metal Dad saga.Told in the same, uniquely hilarious style of, A Journey into the Dark Underbelly of Parenthood, this tome shines the spotlight on the mosh pit that is M'Lord's life. Incredibly relatable, you, the reader, will gain an intimate insight into what makes our narrator tick, warts, and all.Be warned though, this book is not for the faint of heart. While, 'Journey', was a rollercoaster ride, 'Hunting Unicorns', is like free-falling without a parachute. Into a lake of fire. Surrounded by a lego beach. You have been warned.So, take a seat and kiss your ass goodbye, the crazy train is about to leave the station.

Sam lives a happy life with a family that loves her. Her mother and father, Curie, and Joe, own a lovely farm that houses Sam's brothers, Timothy and Jake, and her best friend, a female pet chicken called Matthew. Life is moving along just as it normally does, going to school, hanging out with friends, and coming home, until Jake suddenly and shockingly goes missing. The family is naturally rattled, but none of them have any idea just how serious Jake's disappearance will prove until Sam and her friends make a discovery in the woods. What are these strange lights appearing in Kansas? What are the Primes? And how on Earth does being a vegan play into any of it?In Blood of the Last True Heart, John Prince tells a dark tale that encourages a will for compassion towards the nature we find around us.

Penned in this collection of lyrical thoughts are the author's heartfelt emotions spanning over various themes. Ranging from a hungry robin to the surreal images the clouds paint in the sky, to whether the freedom of speech is truly that and the unavoidable and sad reality of the displaced persons, the author has given much food for thought. The poems are sweet and nostalgic as well as gloomy and truthfully hard-edged.

The book is a raw depiction of young male's sexual experiences in and out of Africa. Well set in the free Western world, and embracing ideology hitherto a taboo in the restricted African society. It is written to appeal to all forms of sexual orientations without prejudice to any particular group but also as a learning tool for all. The raw presentation is to launch the reader into the real world of these sexual escapades and to bring imagination to reality.

In this candid memoir Hofer Ho reflects on his tumultuous young life under the indomitable but often questionable leadership of his mother.From her own childhood experiences of war and the ever-near dangers of rape and starvation, Ho relates his mother's rise from the ashes to conquer every obstacle that threatens her family's success. But at what cost? From the near abandonment of husband and home to the steady erosion of her most sacred relationships; cat-and-mouse acts with immigration and close calls with the law Ho questions the price of his mother's seemingly insatiable need to acquire wealth.My Hakka Mother is a brave confrontation of memories so deep and bitter only forgiveness can soothe them.