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Daniel Juventus has always been the brunt of teasing and bullying from his classmates; his peculiar nature and a slight deformity in his hand earns him his classmates' mocking. It does not help that Daniel has never known his parents and only lives with his grandfather, which leaves a gaping hole in his heart. When Daniel begins having strange dreams, his grandfather finally admits to the truth of his parents' disappearance. In one dream, Daniel is given a powerful key - an Ankh - and is told he is the Chosen One to free the soul of EV; the King of the Kingdom of Light, who is imprisoned alongside Dzărum; the Lord of Darkness.When one night, a strange woman appears in his bedroom and guides him to a parallel world, Daniel thinks his mission to save both his parents and EV has finally begun. Little does he know, what lies beyond is a continuing stream of dark forces preventing him from fulfilling his mission. These forces are after the Ankh as it can unlock the gate to Hell. Daniel must do what he can to save those he holds dear and thwart all attempts of the minions of darkness to take over the goodness of the world.

"She must escape, and soon"Fleeing a tyrannical husband and seeking to make a new life for herself, Gwyneth comes to the sleepy village of Lancegate. Here, she can set down roots and build her own future. But she remains watchful, as her husband's agents could be hiding in every shadow.With new friends and allies, and new dangers lurking, will Gwyn be able to make it through the challenges she faces, and find happiness on her own terms? Or will the fear and darkness of her past swallow her again, and snuff out her dreams before they can spark to life?

Mahler's Cigarettes is a heartfelt collection of poems by Benjamin Szijarto dedicated to the memory of his beloved. Through delicate words and vivid imagery, the author takes us on a journey of love, loss, and longing. Each poem is a tender reflection of their shared experiences, capturing the essence of their connection.With a blend of raw emotions and lyrical beauty, the author's words paint a poignant portrait of love's complexities. From the bittersweet ache of separation to the lingering presence of memories, this collection invites readers to delve into the depths of the author's heart and explore the profound impact of a love that transcends time.

In life's turbulent journey, Sarah's story unfolds. She navigates the challenges of middle school, where bullies lurk and insecurities thrive. Reading provides solace, offering a refuge from her daily struggles, and the kindness of her supportive friend Sam shines through. Her story takes a darker turn when she is faced with a traumatic event that haunts her thoughts and leaves her grappling with guilt. Later, at a frat party, she meets Robert, whose presence both intrigues and bewilders her. Sam's encouragement pushes Sarah to take a chance, leading to an unexpected connection. However, the shadows of the past linger as Sarah visits the graves of those she has lost, confronting her mother and the painful memories that still haunt her, all while remembering Lucy, who left the world too soon. The story is a tapestry of emotions, weaving together friendship, trauma, love, and loss, as the protagonist navigates the complex journey of life.

African Tour Leader's Campfire Tales by Lesley Mukwacha recounts his unforgettable tour of the African national parks. He takes his readers on a journey through his experiences as a guide to tourists and his encounter with African creatures. All of the amusing incidents and escapades will undoubtedly not bore the readers. Read on to discover all the delights of safari parks.

The dark magic of the south is threatening North Feasgar. Sarah is summoned to help Tom save the land and fulfil their destiny. Their adventures take them once more, deep into Mount Greyvyn to find the amulets they need before confronting the Mages. Sarah and Tom are joined by the friends they met in their previous adventures. At the same time, readers meet some of the good people of the south, also battling against the Mages from their side of the barrier. How will they save the land? What will Sarah decide to do at the end of the trilogy? The Rising of the South is the third novel in the Anam Cara Trilogy, which follows Tom and Sarah's adventures trying to conquer the dark powers that threaten the land of North Feasgar. For older readers interested in psychology, the story can also be explored as an allegory.

Ainsley was fourteen when their tribe was massacred by an unknown group of assassins. The lone survivor, Ainsley vows to get justice for their fallen people. But to defeat the assassins, Ainsley must train to be as vicious as their enemies.Trained by ex-assassin Yonten, Ainsley joins a famed assassin organisation: The North Wind. Given a new name and placed in a squad of strangers, to become a member of the North Wind, Ainsley must give up their past. Yet hidden beneath this new identity, is a burning memory of injustice and a will to kill those responsible for the death of their people.Soul of the Sky is a gripping dark fantasy, a story steeped in loss, betrayal, and blood. Will Ainsley be able to hunt down those who killed their people? Or will they lose themselves in an empty revenge, futile and alone?

I did not even believe in existence; everything seemed to me a dream. My grateful eyes and soul dwelt on that timid ray of light that gently caressed her smooth cheek, reflecting a wonder in my eyes and throughout our room, but you were nothing but a mirage.14:23. A nameless protagonist awakes from dreams, only to be plunged into a nightmare beyond all comprehension.A surreal, other-worldly novella, In the Name of Imagination tells the tale of a person who wakes to find themself utterly helpless, held hostage by their own imagination. The mundane turns unrecognizable. Nature, darkness, their own reflection; all is suddenly corrupted, both wondrous and nightmarish, all while the beautiful specter of a past love haunts their every move. As the skin between reality and imagination stretches thinner and thinner, the protagonist must keep their waning grip on reality before it is wrested from them entirely.

The Bookstore is a captivating and intriguing story of Titus, a radioactive dwarf elephant, his daughter and her best friend. All three have particular powers. They leave a war torn country to seek a more peaceful environment; they relocate to a New Zealand island and build a magical bookstore. The books allow any reader to be literally 'in' the book and on those unique adventures. Find out the interesting backstory of how this bookstore came to be and experience hilarious incidents.

How does our humanity limit us, andhow do we get free from habitual ways of thinking and acting?All Is Chosen is based on a series of eight paintings painted over 10 years, each representing an archetypal image of what it means to be a human being.It is also inspired by this time period in our human history.We are currently confronted on a global scalewith the possibility of making choices from love as opposed to making choices from fear.What we mostly see through our media is the stronghold of fearinfluencing choices that are taking a tremendous toll bothon our humanity as well as on our climate and planet.Fear is strong, yet Love is stronger.As more of us continue choosing from Love, we can radically changeany previous negative historical trajectory to one ofhealing, possibility, and peace.

All I want to do is to go out and have fun with my friends and play games on the PC, but my sister, brother and my friend, Jack, have other ideas. They just want to get me into trouble. I don't know why, but friends are so weird and make you angry. And school is no fun either with all the exams. The teacher even wanted to cancel my paper because another boy was cheating by copying my paper. Jack managed to spoil a fun holiday when he was caught on camera tossing litter around and we had to pay a one hundred dollar fine. My crush was Hailey, but I kept missing opportunities to talk to her. Were things ever going to improve?

On 12 January, less than three months ago, the coronavirus was confined to China only. But by 13 January, the virus became a global problem. Cases were reported from South Korea, Japan, and Thailand. Soon the US followed. And slowly the numbers swelled across the globe, and it turned into a pandemic.A work four years in the making, Queen Corona Coronation is a poignant attempt to document the COVID-19 pandemic that sent ripples across the entire world. From the ever-increasing tally of new cases and new deaths to the ever-changing, ever-inconsistent guidance for keeping safe, to the ever-elusive hunt for a vaccine, these memoirs offer a unique perspective, chronicling the monotony, fear and uncertainty that gripped the entire world. Recounting both life under lockdown and the realities of life at sea in a slowly recovering world, the author paints a stark picture of dread, isolation and, above all, hope in an unprecedented time.

Black bodies. Black skin. Black men. Black lives.In light of all the murdered Black men, this poetry collection gives an insight into the men behind the headlines. At its centre, is the relationship between a father and a son. It a collection of pain and justice and hope and transcendence. Carl Patterson deconstructs the world we live in, alters the lyric to his whim, and gives an insight into the personal, challenging the reader to view themselves internally.

When your parents move to a foreign country for a new life, there are bound to be struggles. For Edwin, the struggles were exacerbated by growing up in New York in the 1970s, facing crime, racism and gangs and having to overcome all the obstacles in school and the city.Through education and exposure to his culture, Edwin navigates the challenges and starts his journey on the mean streets of New York.

The Thunder Road Rock Diner introduces us to a bunch of eccentric night wolves, among them Duke, with his bizarre hangover fantasies, Maggie the Witch, desperate to save her dignity by insisting to pay for her own drinks, Sally, with a beautiful gap between her front teeth and a deadly promiscuous lifestyle, Charlie the Viking, finally at peace with his past, and Harry, paying a security guard with a handful of bullets instead of a handful of coins, as per usual. And then there's Jonny, forever in on the action, forever running around in circles in a vain effort to get away from it all. In this collection of tales, you will hear them all and more. These characters, on the edge of existence, expressing their views in raw prose and poetry, will leave you with a curious blend of wonder, fear, self-recognition and perverse envy.

During the last century, China introduced a strict family planning policy of one couple/one child in an attempt to reduce the population from 1.3 billion to 700 million. The policy was designed to increase the wealth and modernization of the country, as the government believed that citizens, particularly peasants, became more and more poor the more children they had and it cost the Communist state more to support them. However, in practice, this resulted in the brutality of forced abortions (even late on in pregnancy) and sterilization, as well as the compulsory insertion of a 'birth control ring' to prevent further pregnancies after the first child. If a couple did have a second child without a 'birth permit' they were persecuted and shunned from society. Peasants were particularly penalised whilst there was widespread corruption and hypocrisy amongst senior officials where bribery could be used to buy anything, including extra 'birth permits'. The family planning policy has filled Chinese society with hatred, as people blame the relatively surplus population for their poverty and the country's poverty.

The Autopsy of an Obituary is genre blending for it combines contemporary literary fiction with magic realism. It is aimed at the general reader, but in particular, at the mind; body and spirit readership.When sent to sell his recently deceased aunt's cottage, Neil discovers her diaries which reveal her quest to find a new guiding principle that would lead her to the "true good", the discovery of which would afford her continuous happiness in this life and in the next.Her quest became an experiment in the art of living: She yearns to live a simple but morally responsible and culturally rich life in an age and in circumstances that often militate against such a yearning.In short, The Autopsy of an Obituary is a call to reflect on what really matters in this life: open-ended, a sequel is envisaged.

Love Life: Confessions of a Psychologist by Liz Scott is a memoir that explores some of the most common issues that confront couples. In four sections that correspond to her own marriages, Scott includes wisdom from experts in the fields, examples from clients in her own practice and an unflinching examination of how each challenge manifested in her own life. The final section explores the factors that tend to be present in healthy, functional relationships.With humor, warmth and candor, Scott gives an unvarnished account of herself and her relationships and comes across as just the kind of person you would want to consult if you had issues in your own relationship.

Author Regina Junk, like each of us, has been on her own journey. In My Air Force Affair, she explains; how to live life; how to be a good human being and how to survive your life for your children.She loves reading spicy books, drama books and books involving controversial relationships, but she never thought she would live the life of some of the things she read. Before she could grasp what was happening in her life it was too late. She was caught up in a world of crazy sex, a home life only those living it could believe and a world of dark she had only read about. She found herself doing things and being someone she didn't recognize. Justifying what she was doing with rational thoughts but knowing some of the things she was doing was taking things too far. With her lovers being lawyers for the military, there was no way this could end in scandal or with anyone hurt.Suicide is not a solution you have to face the difficulties for your family and for your next generation. Anyone who is having thoughts of suicide should contact your local mental health facility or the national suicide hotlines.

Karina is an American born confused Desi, a first-generation immigrant with a secret - she's in love. In normal households it wouldn't be a problem, but in her community? Boys are a strict hands-off policy. Though they have religious differences, traditions and perspectives, Karina holds out hope that she and the boy of her dreams, Siraj, will end up together.Finally, after years, the lovers are given a chance to explore their feelings for each other outside of their family's cultural expectations. Throughout their love saga, Karina grows safe with Siraj, and Siraj shows Karina that having 'dark' desires is nothing to be ashamed about.What starts out as bringing their love-making fantasies to life, turns out to be a whirlwind relationship and Dil (pronounced d-ih-l and means heart in Hindi) becomes a word commonly used by the two to symbolize the depth of their love for each other.Regardless of whether they end up together or not, both Siraj and Karina will be embedded in each other's hearts forever.

Paul is spending his final year of college in Italy as part of a group of Americans studying the Renaissance and learning about Italian culture.On the plane over he meets the beautiful Monica. Both have Italian fathers and spent a portion of their childhood there, so he feels a strong connection.However, as the year goes on, he feels strong connections with plenty of other women on the program, and Monica is not attracted to his philandering ways. Despite knowing this, Paul is unable to help himself, and falls into a pattern of brief, meaningless relationships.Will he be able to connect with Monica before the year is out? Or will she forever be the one who got away?

Someone is killing young women of ethnic origin in New Zealand. The year is 2000 and the air is laden with millennial madness. When Jack Saint Claire the young, handsome, and accomplished psychiatrist returns to New Zealand after twenty-one years he is unexpectedly reunited with his childhood friend and unlikely police detective, Wade O'Ryan. Their deep friendship is renewed as they both find themselves working on a case to uncover the identity of what can only be a neo-Nazi serial killer bent on eliminating young women of ethnic origin.Author Jacqueline Arnault delves into the captivating lives and breath-taking landscapes that surround this gripping thriller with a generosity that is the exclusive privilege of a knowledgeable and passionate author. Deconstructing the complexity of themes as cryptic as beauty and morality, religion, and racism, Arnault, proves she is unafraid to cut close to the bone.

In 1360, King Edward of England signs a peace treaty to end a twenty-year bloody war with France. This act, unwittingly, cause tens of thousands of displaced knights. A significant number of these knights settled on pillaging and looting the French countryside. The Catholic Pope, unsympathetic to their plight, condemned and called for a 'crusade', against them. Out of this chaos, one company of mercenary knights challenged the ruling nobilities and defied the anointed Holy Pope.Along the way, many people who had no previous intention to get involved are sucked into this world of carnage, including a young girl who must save her life by disguising herself as a young squire and fighting among men. As battles rage on, the mystical becomes inexplicably intertwined with the fabric of our heroes' lives, resulting in a combative story that explores the different ways our histories are connected.In this gripping tale of friendship, deceit, power and corruption, Knights of the White Company explores the medieval in a way that is entirely fresh - perfect for any reader with a passion for our past or readers who simply enjoy a thrilling read.

Katherine has lived her life by the book, and she has plenty to show for it: the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect car, the perfect boyfriend. She has earned the respect of her friends and colleagues. Nothing could possibly bring her down, not ever.Oh, except when she makes one split-second decision that provokes an onslaught of abuse from a million faceless internet strangers. Surely, though, that won't change her life forever?

Smash & Carve takes you through a series of five brief lessons isolating the two crucial elements in a sound swing, CONTACT & DIRECTION, and easily explains their importance to playing your best golf. Through instructing many thousands of students since turning professional in 1985 I have found a distinct trouble pattern existing in the swings of almost all new and experienced players - the dreaded 'scoop and straight' thoughts around contact and direction that makes developing an effective swing much harder to achieve.This book will teach you how to apply the ball-to-swing theory which is the principle of striking a ball efficiently. Notice that touring pros on T.V. do not subscribe to the notion of 'scoop' which is why even the most unusual swings can still achieve great results at the ball. Smash & Carve can be both a quick-fix remedy, and provide sound long term swing development so you too can experience the... Art of Ball Striking!

Silas is serving a life-sentence for killing the men who slaughtered his family. Torn apart by grief and depression, he accepts his punishment and resigns himself to life in prison; however, his mundane jail life is torn apart with the arrival of a new prisoner. With this arrival, Silas and his fellow jail inmates witness a murder that can only be caused by one thing: a supernatural presence.Does this new prisoner have something to do with the murder? Or is something far more sinister at play? Follow Silas as he pieces together this supernatural murder mystery and perhaps gain a powerful ally at his side.

Nobody would have ever believed that it could happen in our country. But it did! We thought the pandemic would end. It didn't. We thought the economy would recover. It hasn't. We thought the government would be restored. It wasn't. We thought we'd be protected. We weren't. Everyone is struggling. Sonya is struggling more than most. She's a good girl who made bad choices which led to her becoming a gang's property. That is not who she is. She needs to get out. It would be difficult during normal times, but these aren't normal times. Anarchy rules. She trusts no one. It's going to take a miracle. With the military and law enforcement severely crippled by a lack of leadership, help from either is unlikely. She must try to slip away quietly. If she's noticed, she may have to fight her way out. She's tough, but is she tough enough?

Throughout this standout collection of poetry, Jaylene Hibbs celebrates the magic of being a woman, touching on themes of love, resilience and the enduring bonds that weave us all through the fabric of life. She delicately navigates the complexities of relationships cherishing the precious, and sometimes fragile threads of friendship.This collection is more than a book; it's a reminder of the extraordinary magic that every woman carries within.

Nostalgia is a blessing and a curse in one breath. To love and be loved in return - not every lover is fortunate enough to experience it. Ria Kid in her book of verses, The Muse of Manifestations, wants to leave no doubt in the mind of the person she loves that what she felt, what at one point they both may have felt, was real. Her poetry gleams as an ode to her muse, her words the very manifestations of her unrequited emotions and longing. All her efforts to forget has been in vain; so, she would rather remember.