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Andy Riggins has just begun sixth grade. He's also just witnessed a seventy-year-old World War II bomber return to battle ready condition. His father is deployed in the Middle East. Who is Andy to confide in? Neither his best friend nor his little sister, or even his mother, understands. His father's plane crashes 8,000 miles away. It takes a warbird and her crew from another time to help Andy bring his father home.

Taxi driver Trung Nguyen spots something strange happening opposite his brother's restaurant inChina town.He moves closer and sees something he shouldn't. Beaten up, he's left for dead.Later, Trung tells passenger Robin Edwards, a detective, about it. Soon Trung and Edwards are in overtheir heads in a complicated situation. Edwards isn't sure about some of his colleagues. Who can they trust?German backpacker Renata says she's come to trace her grandfather, but should Edwards believeher?Moving between Perth and Vietnam, this action-packed crime story will keep you guessing until the final pages.

Tristan, a 17-year-old recent high school graduate, is at the heart of 'Blood Drops as Tears'. His life takes a dark turn as he develops symptoms of schizophrenia. This gripping novel immerses the reader in Tristan's world of delusions and heroic missions, as he struggles with the boundaries between reality and illusion.His journey leads him to a psychiatric facility, where he battles to overcome his delusions and grasp reality. This story offers a compelling look at mental disorders and the resilience of the human mind, making it an essential read for those interested in the complexities of our psyche.

All was going great, as both the siblings had chosen two different water guns for the upcoming festival of Holi. What could possibly go wrong?On a regular day of school, one elder sibling was greatly concerned about the younger one getting up and getting ready on time. Or was she?Experience the witty give-and-take of siblinghood through five naughty, sweet, impish & witty poetic tales of siblings, with a twist in the end just as slight as in a chameleon's tail. The hand-painted illustrations are just as poetic and will urge young readers to juggle between what they read and what they see.

What does it mean to provide hope, encouragement, solace and joy to a dear friend who is staying with you during a clinical trial for pancreatic cancer? My faith informs me that no love is greater than friendship; to lay down one's life for a friend. And yet, I think the power of friendship is generally undervalued by our culture. These poems arose from that context, both personal and societal, as I nurtured plants in my summer garden, ran daily errands in the car, and shared meals and laughter with our friend and her husband, always looking for signs of strength and hope for our days together.

Hi, I'm L. B. Smith, living in the Midwest and the author of My Love, My Pain, My Journey. You will read about how hard it is as a gentleman giving love but also getting hurt as well. In reading this, you will feel me expressing love, passion, and desires of my life through poetry. I love to box and teach self-defense to my daughters in my spare time as well as enjoy my life as if smelling a rose every morning for the first time.

Lucie nous raconte deux périodes de la vie d'une jeune fille au parcours aussi douloureux et difficile que beau et féérique. L'histoire se déroule dans une Provence aux odeurs de thym et de lavandes. Les pins aux allures nobles saluent les santon qui meublent cette crèches Provençale Lucie manque de tout. Elle manque aussi de goût.De son enfance merveilleuse à sa vie d'adulte elle va devoir traverser des épreuves. Des épreuves qui la conduiront souvent dans des souvenirs de Noël. Mais va t'elle réussir à dépasser toutes ses souffrances ?Est ce que les lucioles lui seront une aide ?Mais qui sont ces lucioles ?

Ai lettori (se il libro ne avrà, che non li merita) riuscirà difficile capire come diavolo possa esser nata una insanità simile a questa; ed ecco, per quel ch'io so, come avvenne. Vegetava in Bologna, e può darsi che vi agonizzi ancora, un foglietto di carta stampata venduto una volta la settimana ai cittadini che non sanno come sciupare il tempo. S'intitolava "È permesso?..." e non poteva uscire dalla breve cerchia delle mura poichè mordeva solo gli uomini che dentro alle mura hanno fama, uffici o difetti. Perciò era scritto o in dialetto o in italiano così fitto d'idiotismi da parere un peggiorativo del dialetto. Lo dirigeva un certo Cesare Dallanoce, al cui cognome botanico s'era appi...

Morten følte seg helt fortumlet og forlatt. Slik hadde han stått i hagen en gang tidligere. Da som barn. Bildene virvlet gjennom hodet hans som en tornado på en godværsdag. Stadig økende i styrke og med tiltagende skadeomfang. Han mintes glimtvis at hans foreldre hadde hastet ut døren en tidlig morgen og satt seg inn i familiens svarte Bugatti Royale 1928.Morten Pipelort kom til verden utenfor et ekte gullbelagt skap. Ubehag og engstelse var en del av hans natur.Dette er Mortens historie basert på et knippe av hans skriblerier. Har du lyst å lese mer om: italienske knekkebrødfabrikker, sirkusninjahoppende tvillinger, en livstrøtt taffelpianist, en hær av frilandsgris, mandolinorkestre, Vincenzo Lunardis gassballong, en selvkomponert møkkaspreder, rognebærmitraljøser, danske treskoentusiaster, pantomime, lederhoskledde tyskere, route 67 og en halv, og lignende absurditeter - da kan dette muligens være en bok for deg.Mest av alt er dette en historie til deg, om det å finne tilbake til et angstfritt og livsbejaende liv. Eller som Morten Pipelort selv ville sagt: kampen om sjelelivet.

"STARTLING. . . FIENDISH. . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING."--New York Daily NewsLike Interview With the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife.--Rolling Stone"SHOCKING. . . A BRILLIANT BOOK."--St. Louis Post Dispatch"Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series, as well as a classy exit for a classic horror character. . Fans will no doubt devour this last visit with Lestat."--The Washington Post Book World"MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE."--Playboy"[Memnoch] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form."--The Seattle Times"RICHLY DESCRIPTIVE. . . A HORRIFIC TOUR OF HELL."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)A MAIN SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB

It's the year 1975. Stephen Gracen, an FBI Agent-wannabe, who ended up in the gadget department instead, had no intention of setting foot on that uncharted island. A place where kidnapped victims are forced into slavery; over a hundred multi-cultural orphaned children are in desperate need of a rescue; and a wicked king dwells with mercenaries that will do anything for gold bars. He had enjoyed the excitement of rescuing Eliza Beckett when she was kidnapped on their first date, but his reward for heroism turned into a tsunami of chaos and peril, leaving his safe and organized life in ruins as he is now trapped in an abandoned 1950's bomb shelter, twenty feet under the ground somewhere in Queens, New York. He is determined to use the dangerous escape tunnel and the fututistic mini-sub to return to New York. But he knows Eliza is also determined to use that mini-sub to go to that dangerous island, alone, and rescue those orphans. "She wouldn't last five minutes without me."The Forerunner Train will take you on any epic journey like no other. You will laugh, cry, and even stand up and cheer for those mischievous orphans as you travel this path where love is the key to freedom but finding it can be dangerous and deceptive.

Maison rustique du xixe siècle est le nom d'une série de cinq tomes d'une encyclopédie, rédigée au début du xixe siècle, vouée à l'agriculture et à la sylviculture, à la vie à la ferme. Ses auteurs veulent produire à la fois un traité exhaustif de l'agriculture au xixe siècle et une « encyclopédie pratique ». L'encyclopédie rencontre rapidement un succès national, et même européen.

"Suivant l¿ordre éternel établi dans la nature, celle-ci ne vieillit jamais ;on peut même dire qüelle se rajeunit sans cesse unique dans les règne animal comme dans le règne végétal, des générations nouvelles succèdent sans ruption aux générations qui disparaissent. L¿homme cependant entrave souvent le libre développement des forces naturelles et par suite porte atteinte, dans la même mesure, à la loiprovidentielle dont nous parlons. "

"En présentant au public ce modeste traité sur les arbres fruitiers, notre but est de tenter la vulgarisation de la culture de ces arbres, culture qui bien comprise, ne peut que rapporter de bons revenus à ¿ ceux qui s¿y adonnent. Pendant trop longtemps, dans la Province de Québec , le cultivateur s¿ est désintéressé de cette question, et de nos jours encore la culture des arbres fruitiers ne se fait que par le petit nombre, notamment aux alentours des grands centres. Cependant grâce à la facilite des communications, la valeur des fruits a considérablement augmenté et il se trouve que les recettes faites sur une propriété bien plantée, entrent pour une part importante dans le revenu du cultivateur, car tout le monde aime manger des fruits, dès que les prix sont raisonnables.La culture des arbres fruitiers bien comprise peut être une des branches les plus lucratives de l¿agriculture même dit que le signe le plus frappant du degré d¿aisance et de moralité de la population d'un village, c¿est de le voir entouré de jardins et de vergers bien soignés.

Armin spielt gerne Fußball, er spielt fast schon wie ein Profi und am liebsten mit seinem besten Freund Benny! Armin kann den Hackenheber, einen echt schwierigen Trick ... da kann Benny nur staunen! Den Trick hat Armin sich von Abukari abgeguckt, dem Profispieler vom FC. Benny möchte die Profis gerne auch mal live im Stadion sehen ... doch seine Eltern halten eine Schwabe für einen Vogel und einen Elfer für eine Buslinie. Am Samstag holen Armin und sein Papa Benny zum Heimspiel ab. Da können auch Bennys Eltern nicht Nein sagen.In der Fankurve nimmt Armins Papa Armin auf die Schultern. Nur Benny kriegt nichts mit, dabei fallen bereits die ersten Tore und die Heimmannschaft gerät in Rückstand. Kein Wunder also, dass er gleich dabei ist, als Armins Papa mal aufs Klo muss. Mit Armin drängelt Benny sich bis vorne an den Zaun durch. Hier haben sie beste Sicht auf den Ballkünstler Abukari, der den Sieg für den FC rettet.Erst nach Abpfiff bemerken sie, dass sie Armins Papa verloren haben. Auf der Suche nach ihm treffen sie zwar nicht den Papa, aber ... genau: Abukari!

Cezary, jeune citoyen polonais d'un Etat fantôme, voit sa vie bouleversée par la Grande Guerre et la Révolution bolchevique. Il entame sa longue marche vers le remembrement de son âme et de son pays.

Ein Jäger. Eine Gejagte. Ein tödliches Spiel - das Romantasy-Debüt von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch! Seit eine Seuche den Menschen im Königreich Ilya magische Fähigkeiten verliehen hat, wird jeder gejagt, der ohne Kräfte geboren wird. Dank ihres nicht-magischen Talents, andere lesen zu können, gelang es Paedyn Gray bislang, sich in den Gassen Ilyas zu verstecken. Doch dann rettet sie ausgerechnet Prinz Kai das Leben und gerät so ins Visier des Königs. Dieser macht sie zur Kandidatin eines gnadenlosen Wettbewerbs, bei dem die Teilnehmer ihre Kräfte zur Schau stellen und im Kampf einsetzen. Wie soll Paedyn das überleben? Denn falls sie nicht von ihren Gegnern oder den zahlreichen Fallen getötet werden sollte, wird Prinz Kai sie umbringen, sobald er herausfindet, wer sie wirklich ist ... Noch nie war der Enemies-to-Lovers-Trope mitreißender! Die große Romantasy-Saga von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch! ***Der gestaltete Buchschnitt ist auf eine limitierte Auflage begrenzt.***

A small book to help understand some of the individuals that you will meet along your journey to get better.

In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato describes a group of people who have been chained in a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. They watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and they give names to these shadows. Although they are not accurate representations of the world, these shadows become the prisoners' reality.One prisoner is freed from the cave and, after seeing the natural world, realizes that the shadows are an illusion. He returns to the cave and tells the other prisoner what he has seen. The prisoners of the cave, however, who know only this life would rather see him die than hear the truth, and they sentence him to death. This is the tale told by these volumes.Prisoners of the Cave: Love, Loss, and Survival After the Chinese Communist Revolution is a translated, abridged edition of the original Chinese publication The Dream in Lake Village. The first of two volumes recounts the true stories of villagers living in Nanke, a small lakeside town in southern China, from 1949 to 1999.These stories cover many pivotal, political events from Chinese history, including the Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Land Reform Movement, Anti-Rightist Campaign, Three Red Banners Movement, Reform and Opening Up, and June Fourth Incident--all of which had huge permanent impacts on Chinese society.Beginning with a kind-hearted widow named Aunt Li, who seeks to find the truth behind the chaos and turmoil of the world, the novel follows the paths of many of her family members, friends, and neighbors. Their stories of suffering, loss, love, and success continuously return to the two threads that run through the entire novel--one of good and one of evil. The progression of their lives reveals that humans are inherently good and that no matter how evil an ideology or practice, it can only pollute an inherently kind and compassionate mind for so long. Evil cannot run rampant forever--eventually, good will triumph.

Grace is the author's first book, but as you begin to read, you will quickly discover that the anointing and hand of God was upon her as she wrote this amazing story! The words will capture and arrest you as she so eloquently brings fiction, nonfiction, and exaggerated truths together in a way that you will never expect!Grace is a Christian fiction novel filled with examples of faith, trust, and God's grace and forgiveness, as quoted in the books of Jeremiah 29:11 and Colossians 3:13. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, but to give you hope and an expected end." This passage of Scripture confirms that God determines the plans for our lives, which brings a reassurance of comfort and peace if we trust and obey His plan. Colossians 3:13 teaches us about forgiveness and grace. Extending grace to another person simply means to forgive them unconditionally, just as God forgave us through Christ. "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you" (Colossians 3:13 NIV).Grab a good, comfortable spot and get ready to experience a realistic look into some of the most intriguing relationship challenges and unexpected twists and turns. For some of us, it's not until we have gone through life's deepest valley lows and mountain highs that we fully learn how to successfully navigate these never-ending experiences. But there is hope because we have assurance of getting through to the other side by leaning on God's Word and listening and obeying His voice.You will laugh, cry, scream, and even get uncomfortable as you identify with the pain and uncertainty that life can present. But more importantly, after reading this book, you will truly understand that God's grace is sufficient when you embrace His promises through lessons of faith, hope, trust.