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In the Appalachian hills of 1941 Tennessee, where moonshining is a way of life, Esther Primm knows the rules. Keep your head down. Survive and want nothing. Trust no one.She has lived by them her entire life.But there is one thing she has never survived.Being seen.When her world is swept away, Esther finds herself in a place she was always warned never to go.There, she finds a secluded estate and Clarissa Johnson, an older Black woman who has spent a lifetime staying on her side of the fence.And Ian Huggler, a brooding German widower carrying a grief he can’t speak of, who looks at Esther in...
Perfect for boys and girls aged 7–10.Billy Field can hardly sit still—his tenth birthday is just around the corner! Not only is he finally hitting double digits, but he’s turning ten on the tenth day of the tenth month. As far as Billy’s concerned, that’s basically magic.And speaking of magic… Billy’s birthday party is set to be epic. His best friend Ant is coming, the magician is ready to wow the crowd, and Max—Ant’s super‑talented sister—is helping with the tricks. Even Granddad gets in on the fun, conjuring Billy’s birthday present out of thin air: a crisp twenty‑p...
More curious questions. More unexpected answers. And more reasons to look at the ordinary world a little differently.In Verse: Volume Three continues the collection of short, playful rhymes written for inquisitive children — and for grown-ups who haven’t entirely forgotten how children think.Everyday things become much more interesting when viewed through a child’s eyes. Why do socks disappear in the washing machine? What are puddles really for? And if it’s raining cats and dogs, why doesn’t somebody open the door and let them in?With gentle humour, wordplay and a delight in taking f...
Meet a curious collection of characters in a world where imagination, humour and rhyme go hand in hand.In Verse: Volume Two is a collection of short, playful rhymes for young children, brought to life with warm and richly detailed illustrations.Meet a formally dressed penguin with nowhere in particular to go, a slow-moving turtle who never needs to pack a suitcase, a panda who could improve his table manners, a magnificent lion who expects a little respect, and many more memorable characters.Some poems are silly, some are curious, and some simply celebrate the wonder children find in the world...
For anyone who thinks that living in another world would actually be pleasant, I'm here to tell you that it's anything but.You don't realize how much you take for granted until its all been stripped away, when dodging slavers and murderers becomes part of your daily routine. When every step outside of your door carries the risk that you won't be making it back that night, when each time you sleep voices beg you to let them in. When your suddenly pointed ears mark you for harassment on the good days, and attempted murder on the bad ones.All I want is to go home, and the one benefit to suddenly ...
This book is a helpful and practical guide to quitting smoking cigarettes, and overcoming your addiction to nicotine.It is written by Anjali Paul. She started smoking at the age of fifteen and smoked 30 or 40 cigarettes (sometimes more) every day for over 40 years. She decided she wanted to break the addiction as well as quitting, so she came up with a systematic way to do it. She successfully quit smoking for good in March 2020. She has been a (tolerant but firm) smoke free zone since then.This book explains how to cope with the physical, emotional, mental, psychological, intellectual, and sp...
When I was an Emergency 9-1-1 Operator, I would infrequently answer calls from very young toddlers, three or even a bit younger. Usually, they would be playing on the phone, but we were trained to be sure that there was no emergency. Sometimes, they did have an emergency. On one occasion, I asked the child to let me talk to their mother, and the child said happily that their mother was there. I asked again if I could talk to her, but the child said she was asleep. Turned out that the mother was unconscious on the bathroom floor. Answering the phone promptly is the most important thing that we ...
There’s beauty in the dark, hopefully reader, you find some here. Fair warning, there’s a lot of gore. In a world full of hatred, everyone needs a dream or two to cling to. There are too many monsters in the world, they just might not be the ones most often associated with the word.14 Gothic and Twisted fables for the broken souls.13 poems for the rebels in us all.Twisted dark broken lost fantasy gore goth blood revenge escape dreamEbook is .99 cents when you buy through Barnes and Nobles<><><>Praise for the author As I read this I kept picturing Walt Whitman in ...
Intelligence analysts and agents have gone missing, some may have been killed. The press and the police suspect there is a serial killer on the loose. John Slater was near the latest victim, he is evasive, appears to have no history, and he might be the killer. The second Iraq war and the intelligence network may link the victims and so The Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch investigates, with the help or hindrance of the Intelligence Agencies. The mistakes made in creating the dossiers used to support going to war are supposed to stay buried on both sides of the Atlantic, but still a kill...
Quiet Power and Subtle Influence: The Art of Leading with Emotional Intelligence is a blueprint for a different kind of leadership, one the world is deeply hungry for right now. It is leadership that is both wise and practical, subtle and powerful.True leadership doesn’t roar. It doesn’t dominate with volume, ego, or force. The most powerful leaders guide with presence, empathy, and trust — creating loyalty that is freely given, not demanded.In Quiet Power and Subtle Influence, you’ll discover how emotional intelligence becomes a leader’s most enduring tool. Through practical scenari...
Stories of perception, stories of connection. In these four short stories, collected here for the first time, author Lewis Smith weaves four stories examining what we see, and what connects us:“Lakeside Park”—When your truest friend is leaving, how do you best make the most of your last moments? “Every Picture Tells A Story”—Drawing from life—what is seen, and what is observed?“Ouroboros”—When “what could have been” isn’t, can a new connection be created?“One Place”—Is “home” a place, a person, or can it be both?
For fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne comes a Greek mythology adventure about a woman’s fight for peace in the face of chaos.In this captivating retelling of the Greek story, Perse—Circe’s mother and Helios’s wife—returns to her husband with a bold demand: a grand hall of her own in exchange for aiding his troubled sister, Selene, who has enraged Zeus by engaging in an affair with a mortal. Perse succeeds in her mission, but the House of Helios is soon plunged into sorrow when Clymene and Helios’s son, Phaethon, ignores all warnings and commandeers He...
The old lady's body lay at the foot of the stairs. The police believe it was an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. Young Australian, Belinda Lawrence is convinced it was murder and when she inherits her great-aunt's ancient cottage and garden on the outskirts of Bath, England, she finds herself deep in a taut mystery surrounding her legacy. A second vicious murder by a ruthless killer intensifies the tension and Belinda, now under threat herself, is befriended by two charming men: her neighbour Jacob and realestate agent Mark Sallinger. But can she trust them? And what interest has b...
In this sequel to A Bell for Maury’s Bicycle, Maury has been carefully saving some of the nuts he earned from his allowance and chores but now he is running out of room to keep them in his special jar. Is there something else that he can do? In Maury Becomes a Super Saver!, his parents help him to open a savings account and to further his understanding of basic financial concepts. Young readers and soon-to-be-readers can learn along with Maury as he discovers the benefits of having a savings account and how to keep track of his progress.
Justice has a sound. This time, it’s silence.When Deputy Attorney General Eleanor Vance dies in an apparent suicide, DOJ prosecutor Alex Hayes is left holding fragments of a conspiracy—evidence of a covert network placing corrupt judges on the federal bench. Vance had hinted at a link to Alex’s own mother, then vanished before revealing the truth.The deeper Alex digs, the more contradictions she finds. Some files paint Vance as a whistleblower. Others as an architect of the scheme. Sealed records, secret payoffs, and a single white queen chess piece point to a dangerous double life.To ex...
We never know how well we know someone. We have no clues about their hidden agendas, desires, or mistakes. Even those we love the most mask their aspirations and the lengths they will go to achieve them.What would you do if a lurking madman were stalking the woman you love. Would you follow the letter of the law to save her or take matters into your own hands to, hell with legalities.Follow Andi, Sherry, and Jud as they navigate the dangers life throws at them. When accusations are made that are impossible to believe how do you counter them when the evidence outweighs the feelings in your hear...
Ten haunting short stories with a twist in the tail. From 1930's Budapest to present day Indiana, from Brit-pop era Lancashire to a 14th Century Swedish stronghold, from a Victorian ghost story to a hack Sci Fi tale on a moon base. There is no real unifying link between them other than death. I really did not intend for death to haunt these stories as much as it does. I meant to write about events that I'd experienced or read about that had stayed with me. Stories that I thought I had long forgotten but then one day re-emerged and ran their icy skeletal finger down my spine. Some stories you j...
Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKWELCOME TO SEVEN DAYS IN THE LIFE OF A 1980's TEENAGER. Contains Swearing.I hope you enjoy the FUC$%&G RIDE!!!• A life of fun and fear.• And love and beer.• Joy and pain• And sunshine and rain.BUT LEARNING LIFE'S JUST LIKE THAT!The Market Lads and Me is fond recollections and happy memories of a week in my life in the early 1980s working at Wigan wholesale fruit and vegetable market.The story is based on real people's lives and real events.WITH A LITTLE TOMFOOLERY THROWN IN ...
Home.It is strange how that word is so short in every language that I know, yet means so much. After two years spent as a captive, or on the run through the wilds of the Far Reaches, I am finally going home. Finally able to embrace my friends, finally able to relay the information we have been carrying for so many months.If we could just have a few weeks, a few months, to plan, to prepare, maybe we could end this cleanly... but I know better.The Faithful are still out there, still hunting us. They will not forgive, not forget, the insult we offered in our escape. The members of their cult we k...
Some doors should never be opened. Some stories refuse to stay buried.In this chilling collection of short fiction, the familiar twists into the unsettling and the ordinary slips quietly into nightmare. A decaying house whispers to those who dare cross its threshold. A creature glimpsed in the dark woods may be more than just legend. An urban myth begins to bleed into reality with terrifying consequences. And in the deepest corners of the human mind, something far more insidious waits to emerge.Blending haunted spaces, cryptids, urban legends, and psychological dread, these stories explore the...
When a serial killer targeted members of the university’s athletic staff, Regan was swept into murder, intrigue, and danger where nothing was as it seemed. Still dealing with the horrific murder of the last man she dated, Regan is overwhelmed by the constant attention from one of her female students. Was Brandy courting her or stalking her?
The Fun ABC Flipbook is a fun learning tool for young kids! Children's illustrator Shelley Dieterichs uses six of her illustrated alphabets - boys, girls, sports, cats, dogs and zoo animals - that are all mixed together into three complete alphabets that sit side by side and are spirally bound at the top edge. Young children can flip the letters and make three letter words and learn how to spell! Each letter has a list on the back with examples of three-letter words that kids can create with that alphabet letter.
Ben Walker, The Count, faces the unthinkable. Helen an FBI Agent, vanishes while trailing three Russians who may be carrying out back-channel negotiations.She appears to be gone without a trace, except a bank card used in Recife in Brazil. Ben’s ordinary life shatters. Driven by desperation, he plunges into a world of danger, confronting ruthless Mexican drug cartels and shadowy Russian spies as he tries to find Helen.With alerted former intelligence allies at his side, Ben uncovers a web of corruption that runs deep. As he navigates treachery and betrayal, he won't stop until he finds Helen...
Multiple plots, love, friends, apocalypse, demons, Gods, and AI… a perfect story.
I am continually amazed as I read each of Erin Wade’s books. Each one has a unique plot, but the women she writes about are strong and innovative. Meet Destiney, a doctor over 300 years old but could be a 30 year old Miss America. Her adopted daughter, Venus, is just as beautiful and just as mysterious. Vicar Faith Seraph appears when needed with powers of prayer that create miracles. Mix in shape shifters, Vampires, medical catastrophes, and human trafficking you have another Erin Wade winner.
Were you taught to fear God or to remember Love? This is a story of a soul waking up from childhood prayers and hell-fire sermons to a living experience of God as pure Presence. It's for the ones who've survived spiritual trauma, the ones who've questioned everything, and the ones who secretly know there's more than fear-based religion. From near-death moments to Christ-Being encounters, this journey shows how forgiveness dissolves terror, heals the past, and turns belief into direct knowing. If you've ever wondered whether you were born knowing God or had to fight your way back to that knowin...
In the small town of Ashton Heights, the unthinkable has happened. When a woman is murdered, and her body is found with teeth removed, the local sheriff has to investigate the gruesome murder. Sheriff Brady Jenkins and his small police force soon learn of another victim. This young woman had fingernails, and then her fingers were removed. Who is behind the bizarre killings, and can they be stopped before more victims are found? Judgments is a murder mystery to keep you up at night long after you turn the last page.
The Asht Yogis by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is the story of the fictional Guru Vishnudeva, who has one goal: to create a team of eight individuals who will become the Asht Yogis to help humanity in the darkest of times. Guru Vishnu trains the eight men himself and imparts his knowledge: eight special abilities that will help people in need. Learning the ashta siddhis from Guru Vishnu was the easy part; practicing these powers and using them for the betterment of people was the hard part. When tragedy strikes and chaos ensues, it is up to Paras, Shankara, Satveer, Nagarjuna, Arjun, Hanuman, Anupama, ...
Soon: Martial law declared. U.S. elections canceled. Congress and the courts dissolved. An audacious plan is underway to racially purify the land, one region at a time. In Richmond, Virginia the lights go out. The town is renamed Covenant City and remade as a model for a “homegrown heritage” white Christian nation. This is the story of a young white man who falls in with a cadre of multi-ethnic rebels. They enlist him to go into the city as a spy. Once there, to his surprise, a heritage survey uncovers a heritage from Jamestown settlers. Welcomed with special privileges, he has a fron...