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Maya and Liam Bennett have spent years working toward a single dream: owning a home of their own.When they finally purchase a beautiful house in the prestigious Crestview Estates community, it feels like everything is falling into place. The future suddenly seems possible.But shortly before closing, anonymous messages begin appearing in Maya's inbox.At first, they seem harmless.Then a wealthy businessman connected to the property disappears.As Maya searches for answers, she discovers a web of old friendships, hidden histories, forgotten land records, and a decades-old tragedy that still casts ...

At exactly **3:17 a.m.**, every resident of the city of Bellhaven hears the same sound.A deep cracking noise beneath the streets. By morning, the city has changed. A strange white substance has appeared between the pavement stones.At first, scientists believe it is an unknown fungus. Then they discover that it isn't fungus.It is **tooth enamel**. Hundreds of enormous teeth are growing beneath Bellhaven.Within days, buildings begin shifting. Roads split apart. Underground tunnels disappear.And people start reporting that the pavement is moving beneath their feet. **Dr. Mara Voss, a forensic pat...

A family secret. A deadly past. A truth worth killing for.When retired Scotland Yard inspector Quintin Quigley is invited to High Fields, a once-renowned tea estate in the misty Nilgiri hills of Ooty, he expects a peaceful escape from the world of crime.Instead, he finds a dead man in a locked room.As the investigation unfolds, Quigley discovers a family divided by decades-old grudges, suspicious rivalries, buried scandals, and whispers of a hidden treasure lost somewhere in the estate's troubled past. Every member of the household seems to have something to conceal—and some secrets are wort...

A dead developer. A forgotten agreement. Eleven ancient-looking figures. And a secret buried beneath Ajmer.Before dawn, a body is found floating in Ana Sagar Lake.Sameer Malhotra, a powerful Delhi developer, has been murdered. His wrists are tied with a red silk tie, his belongings are missing, and a hotel key has been deliberately hidden inside his shoe.Inspector Vikram Rathore soon discovers that Malhotra had been trying to acquire the mysterious Shekhawat Haveli overlooking the lake.Inside the old mansion lies a hidden stepwell containing eleven stone figures—and an empty twelfth niche.Wh...

In the vineyards of La Rioja, nothing is out of place.

When a sudden death at a private gathering is quietly dismissed, it should end there. But a visiting restorer begins to notice what others ignore—subtle inconsistencies in the wine, the land, and the records that define both.

What emerges is not a simple crime, but a system designed to correct itself.

In this village, truth isn’t hidden. It is adjusted.

Anna arrives at a quiet guesthouse in the Italian countryside, expecting peace and routine. Instead, things begin to disappear.

Not everything—only the things that prove something is real.

A written note vanishes. A document loses its signature. A memory slips away before it can settle.

As Anna and Daniel try to understand what’s happening, they uncover a pattern: the house does not remove objects. It removes certainty.

And the more they try to confirm the truth, the more it erases it.

Taiwan Mandarin in Real Situations is a compact phrasebook for first-time English-speaking visitors who need usable Mandarin during a Taiwan trip. Its 120 entries pair plain English with Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan, tone-marked Hanyu Pinyin, a likely reply or next useful line, and concise culture or safety notes.Travelers can prepare for airports, MRT and rail, taxis, hotels, breakfast shops, convenience stores, bubble-tea shops, night markets, restaurants, shopping, pharmacies, lost items, SIM cards, friendly small talk, and urgent help. It is not a full language course; it is a practi...

In the drowned, lawless city of Raptøræm, survival belongs to those ruthless enough to seize it.Erik Mordiger, known as the Black Maw, has spent years turning a broken refuge into a city that can stand against empires. Crime lord, strategist, reluctant statesman, and even more reluctant father, he rules through a volatile balance of violence, loyalty, and carefully cultivated myth.But Raptøræm’s independence is fragile. Foreign powers circle its borders, old alliances begin to fracture, and the past Mordiger has buried keeps clawing its way back into the present. At the center of it all ...

The Realm of Angels and Demons is a cultural-historical journey through the beliefs, myths, philosophical ideas, and literary traditions of the ancient world. Beginning in ancient Iran, the book follows ideas and motifs as they develop, intersect, and reappear across different cultures, from the Iranian world to Greece and Rome and beyond.Rather than treating these traditions in isolation, the book explores their connections: shared roots and recurring ideas, but also the differences that distinguish one cultural tradition from another. It examines how human beings across different societies i...

Why do we speak of a “scapegoat,” a “forbidden fruit,” or “the writing on the wall”? Why is a difficult choice a “cross to bear,” and where does the “apple of one’s eye” come from?From Eden to Everyday English takes readers on a journey through the biblical origins of expressions that have become part of everyday English. Moving from the Garden of Eden through the stories, poetry and wisdom of the Old Testament to the Gospels and Revelation, Peter Bildge uncovers the ancient stories and images hidden within familiar words and phrases.Richly illustrated and written for the...

Marcus spends his nights driving passengers around, trying to earn extra money, until a crash changes everything. When he wakes up, he's trapped behind the wheel, forced to accept ride after ride. His passengers know impossible things, and every trip pulls him deeper into a mystery that threatens to consume him. Will he escape the loop before it's too late?

He inherited an empire of blood. She became the one weakness his enemies could use. A dark mafia romance featuring enemies to lovers, a forced engagement, dangerous secrets, betrayal, and romantic suspense.

He inherited an empire of blood. She became the one weakness his enemies could use. A dark mafia romance featuring enemies to lovers, a forced engagement, dangerous secrets, betrayal, and romantic suspense.

The Rough Close Murder happened on 27 February 1886. One brother, John Daniel, shot dead his other brother William in a heated rage. They lived at Dale House Farm, Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent. This is a true story.I was told this story by someone who actually lived in the same house, and had experienced ghostly movements of furniture etc. I decided to write this book with another, fictitious, family moving in, some time later.While doing some electrical work on the house, the husband, Dave, receives an awful electric shock and, following that, his personality starts to change. He becomes aggre...

Sol is the princess of the Kiran, born with a rare gift known as the Sight, which allows her to see visions of the future. Trained by the kingdom's greatest warrior, Destin, she is strong and capable, but she is still a teenager who doesn't always think things through. Sol can be stubborn and impulsive, and sometimes she acts before considering what could happen, putting herself and others in danger. Her future has already been planned for her. Sol is promised in marriage to Robin, the prince of the Arrowood, in hopes of keeping peace between their tribes. Sol and Robin have known each ot...

A ship engineer begins his career believing that competence lies in action—fixing problems quickly, keeping systems running, proving himself indispensable.Over decades at sea, rising from junior engineer to chief, he learns a quieter truth: that the most important decisions are often the ones made before alarms sound, and that authority is measured not by control, but by restraint.Set aboard cargo ships crossing oceans in the late twentieth century, The Quiet Watch is a literary journey through storms and shore leave, mechanical failures and human error, mixed crews and misunderstood orders....

For forty years, the greatest mystery aboard the legendary ocean liner S.S. Sovereign Queen has remained unsolved.When celebrated investigator Daniel Mercer is invited aboard during the ship's final Atlantic crossing, he expects to reopen a forgotten murder case. Instead, he discovers hidden archives, vanished engineering records, secret passageways, and a conspiracy buried deep within the vessel's construction itself.Every clue points not toward what exists—but toward what is missing.As Mercer uncovers the truth behind the death of Thomas Mercer and the unfinished investigation of Elias Mon...

In Barwaha Kalan, everyone knows Babulal Halwai.He makes the town's most irresistible jalebis, guards a legendary secret recipe, and knows everyone's business.Then one evening, Babulal is found dead in his own sweet shop—face down in a bubbling kadhai of jalebis.The police call it murder.But who would kill a beloved sweet-maker?Sunita Joshi, bookseller, jalebi seller, and reluctant amateur detective, soon discovers that Babulal had plenty of enemies. A missing diary, a bitter almond, a disputed piece of land, a mysterious Pipal tree, forged government records, and a recipe worth a fortune al...

The Spiral Beneath the Sky follows Meera Khanna, a powerful corporate strategist whose life changes when she discovers that the systems sustaining modern civilization are pushing the earth toward a catastrophic collapse. To prevent disaster beneath Delhi, she makes a radical decision: she dismantles her own corporate empire, triggering consequences far beyond finance or politics.Soon after, strange geological events begin unfolding across the world. Ancient fault lines awaken, tremors ripple through continents, and beneath an old Rajasthani palace a mysterious spiral structure begins to glow. ...

A popular president. A constitutional loophole. A country holding its breath.When legal theories surface suggesting a president might serve beyond two terms, the idea of a third run shifts from rumor to strategy. Elena Park, a White House communications aide, helps shape language meant to reassure the public—until she realizes those words are being used to rewrite the rules.At the Supreme Court, clerk Marcus Reed uncovers a quiet legal effort to turn ambiguity into permission. What begins as academic debate threatens to become precedent.As courts divide and pressure mounts, Elena and Marcus ...

In a world where memories are archived, edited, and controlled, Elara Vale makes a quiet living helping others recover fragments of their forgotten pasts—until one illegal restoration changes everything.When a grieving client brings her a corrupted neural file tied to a girl who never officially existed, Elara is drawn into a mystery the system was designed to erase. The deeper she searches the memory net, the more she sees traces of someone familiar. Someone who feels like… her.But Elara's own past is a patchwork. Years ago, she willingly purged part of her identity to escape grief. Now, ...

Claire Rowan has spent twenty years avoiding her family’s orchard—and the mother who never loved her the way Claire needed. But when Evelyn’s memory begins to fail, Claire returns home for one final harvest, intending to save the dying orchard, settle her mother’s affairs, and leave again.Then Claire discovers a locked room behind the old preserving kitchen. Inside are hundreds of jars, each labeled with a name, a date, and a secret:THE LIE I TOLD MY DAUGHTERTHE NIGHT THE BABY CRIEDTHE PROMISE I BROKECLAIRE — AGE SEVENTEENFor generations, the women in Claire’s family have possessed...

The map was hidden. The cave was forgotten. The secret was never meant to be found.

Best for action and suspense

A forgotten cave. A missing journal. A thief closing in.

Best for the back cover

The cave holds the truth—but Brynn is not the only one searching for it.

Best for middle-grade readers

The map proves the legend is real. The fresh footprints prove they are not alone.

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A lost journal could rewrite Vernal’s past—if Brynn finds it first.

When twelve‑year‑old Brynn Walker opens her front door in Vernal, Utah, she expects another ordinary morning. What she finds instead is an egg—warm, glowing, and pulsing with a heartbeat. And it’s addressed to her.No note. No explanation. Just two words: Protect this.Brynn has always felt a little out of place—too quiet, too curious, too convinced that the world is bigger than what people in her small town believe. But nothing prepares her for what hatches from the mysterious egg… or the danger that follows.As strange creatures appear in the shadows of the Uinta Mountains and a sec...

De Filosofie achter zijn WerkVertragen van perceptie: Beeldende kunst dwingt de toeschouwer om de constante stroom  van snelle, digitale beelden te stoppen en bewust in het 'nu' te treden.Stille taal: Pevernagie benadert schilderkunst als een non-verbale taal die diepe, existentiële lagen raakt waar woorden tekortschieten.De innerlijke horizon: Het canvas weerspiegelt de mentale architectuur en de spirituele ruimte van zowel de maker als de kijker.Kenmerken van zijn Meditatieve KunstAnonieme figuren: Door personages vaak zonder duidelijke details of van de achterkant te schilderen, creë...

 While meditating, we clean up clutter in the backyard of our mind, trigger a shift in our thinking, and reshape drained logic in our mental network, giving voice to fresh concepts and new emotions. Meditation means stirring the pool of the lame ducks in our minds and removing the slurry in the stagnant water of our thoughts. What a relief it is when we have the power to detach ourselves from ourselves, laugh at our pathetic weaknesses, and get the knack of sweeping away the certainties that are not essential in our lives. Meditation is listening to the world, feeling ...

Painting and Meditation according to Erik Pevernagie — The Inner Horizon.At a time of visual overload, the author explores how painting can create a space for reflection and deceleration. Not as an image to be consumed, but as an experience that reshapes the way we see.At what moment does looking become presence, and painting become meditation?When does contemplating a painting turn into a form of meditation?When does painting teach us to slow down, to breathe, and to inhabit the present moment fully?This book is more than an art publication; it is a contemplative experience where artistic c...

Do you have problems setting goals?Once you’ve set your goals, do you look around and say to yourself “now what?” Do you find it difficult to know whether you’re achieving your goals? If any of these seems familiar, then this is the book for you. You'll learn how to: Decide what goals you want to make reality, and pass them through the steps necessary to make them compelling enough for you to follow.Proceed from writing your goals down to actually doing something about them.Deal with blocks and lack of motivation, align yourself around your goals to move all parts of yourself...

rouble is brewing across the Multiverse. Alternate versions of the Earth are being raided, plundered, and even accidentally destroyed by Shuttlers, beings who can easily slip between realities with only a thought.The story begins when Justin Wilson, a young Shuttler and inter-reality smuggler, is arrested by Pol Atkinson for transporting forbidden books from his world into another. Pol is a patrolman of the Sidewise Directorate, the organisation set up to prevent further damage to all these defenceless worlds. Justin eventually decides to work together with Pol to avert a conspiracy from gaini...

When the wife of a shady Florida businessman is shot in bed in their exclusive home, all signs point to a senseless robbery. Detectives are on the case, but it's the dead woman's high school sweetheart, now a high-powered attorney, who discovers a web of intrigue tied to China, a deadly weaponized virus, a beautiful young heiress, and even, perhaps, the U.S. government. With a plot that never fails to surprise, UNMASKED is full of details pulled straight from today's news about viruses, violence, and conspiracies. Critical Reviews"The elements of excitement, action, and intrigue weave a w...

WHERE THE RIVER RUNS RED is a gripping legal thriller that unravels the wrongful conviction of Chad Greer, sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend, Megan Miller, fifteen years ago. His sister, Sawyer Greer—a determined attorney—embarks on a relentless mission to prove his innocence, unearthing long-buried secrets that could upend everything.Told through multiple perspectives and timelines, the novel weaves together the lives of high school students caught in the fallout of a murder investigation. As Sawyer delves deeper into the case with the help of journalist Mason Walcott, suppressed...

What if the oldest stories on Earth were never myths... but memories?Adam Freeman has always been different.Brilliant enough to graduate from MIT years ahead of his peers, Adam seems destined for an extraordinary future when his talents lead him to NASA.Then a rocket explodes—and everything changes.What appears to be a tragic accident becomes the first clue in a mystery stretching back thousands of years. Ancient monuments. Impossible technology. Legends of gods who descended from the heavens. And evidence suggesting humanity's history may be very different from what we've been taught.As Ada...

Eleven-year-old Stella Reese loves learning from the land, working alongside family and friends, and finding meaning in everyday discoveries on her family’s homestead. But when her hands become cold, numb, and pale more quickly than other people’s, Stella must learn to understand the clues her own body is giving her. A doctor’s visit finally provides an answer: Primary Raynaud’s.As Stella learns to recognize her early warning signs and make practical adjustments, an ordinary late-summer day unfolds into one filled with discovery. A ribbon of smoke leads Stella and her friends to a care...

   In a story inspired by actual events, a young man is accused of serial murder and to clear his name he must face the truth about his troubled childhood, a mysterious enemy and a secret so dark it will make him question his own innocence.   An attractive young bartender goes missing from a popular New York City hot spot and the only evidence found at the scene points to Tommy Sullivan. Fearing arrest, he runs, and is secretly followed by his new friend Troyer Savage. When an even more horrific murder occurs, and Troyer vanishes in its wake, Tommy is left in a stupor, bath...

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE ARK OF THE FIRST GODSEarth's digital infrastructure is collapsing. Alien forces are descending. And humanity's last hope may be a man who was never meant to exist.Adam Freeman, born of shadowed lineage and cosmic mystery, finds himself at the center of an ancient extraterrestrial war that has finally reached Earth. Rival alien factions are closing in, each determined to control a power hidden beneath the sands of Egypt—an artifact older than civilization and potentially more powerful than anything humanity has ever known.As governments descend into chaos, zealots ...

Mick Jagger, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and Prince, I have worked with them all. Along with actors such as Michelle Rodriguez, Will Smith, and Roddy McDowall. And many more. I traveled around the world: scuba diving with hammerhead sharks, trekked through jungles to ancient ruins, and cycled up mountains. I’ve worked as a stagehand for over forty years. Too bad I didn’t realize how good life was until after my girlfriend of eighteen years dumped me. Then I stopped to take a look back at my life and see what made it worth living again.WINNER: BRONZE MEDAL for Non-Fiction—...

Be swept away to romance and danger in this clean historical romanceKathleen and her father travel to the bustling mining town of Silverton, Colorado, to run the general store left by her late uncle. Upon their arrival, two young men notice her and vie for her attention.Kathleen is immediately drawn to Colin's quiet strength and kind heart, but their budding romance faces formidable obstacles. Complicating their relationship is Martin, a local businessman with his sights set on Kathleen. His manipulative nature and relentless pursuit of Kathleen add tension and danger to their lives. Kathleen'...

What happens when the neighbors get to know each other? Hearts are healed, friendships form, and romance blooms.Embrace the spirit of the season and embark on a journey that transcends generational gaps and celebrates the magic that unfolds when hearts open and worlds collide. This is more than a novel; it's an invitation to rediscover the beauty of human connection, wrapped in the glow of Christmas lights and the comforting scent of Swedish Tea Ring. Don't miss your chance to be part of this touching story and get your recipe for this delicious Christmas bread!Step into the enchanting world o...

"Fantasy from a unique perspective with great world building. A page turner." : Fred Gambino - Author of "Dark Shepherd"Old sorcerer. Mysterious Murder. Ancient Town. Terrifying History.Blood hasn’t stained the cobblestones of Château d'os for over a century, but the peace of this French town has just been shattered by a homicide that defies every law of nature. When the local police find a teenager murdered by supernatural means, they have no choice but to call in the Special Inquisitorial Branch—a hard-hitting unit of trained sorcerers who deal with everything from occult threats to ext...

She made him an offer he should have refused.Joe Campbell's an average guy. Average job. Average looks. Even his name's average. Just a regular old Average Joe. Until the fateful night he walks into a seedy bar and meets a mysterious woman with a tempting offer-ghostwrite a novel depicting her life as the mistress of one of the most notorious Mafia kingpins in recent history.After initially refusing the offer, curiosity and a longing to escape the trappings of his ordinary life get the better of Joe. As his story-in-the-making begins to take shape, things take a sinister turn, and Joe finds hi...