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Welcoming though Thai people are in many ways, the Orient still has its subtleties and surprises that can leave wayworn backpackers, sexual adventurers, or the badly briefed business visitor at a disadvantage. Underestimating the role that 'face' plays in Oriental societies is a common mistake, and exaggerated ideas about the 'sex scene' is a common mistake made about Thailand.Luckily, John Morgan's many years living and working in Thailand, teaching English to young and old, makes Same Same but Different as useful as it is entertaining, especially at the ground-truth level of interpersonal relations. Greater Bangkok never stops growing and now has an overhead Skytrain to connect it, but finding your way round the Land of Smiles need not be an ordeal now you have found a source of advice you can trust, from holidaymakers who want to land on their feet to professional visitors anxious to avoid culture clashes.

Bergtora and Ravn are getting married. The Isle Of Arran seems the perfect spot to celebrate their love.But once there, they begin to get flashes of lives not their own, lives which intertwine in and around their own experience as time begins to twist and turn.Moments of doubt lead to a break in their relationship, and, in investigating their own feelings, new friendships are made, old ones renewed and an unbreakable bond with the landscape is formed.All the while, the old gods watch over them, and all those that share their bloodlines, as their stories connect over millennia to help heal the imbalance in the world.

A psychopath is born every forty-seven seconds. Never underestimate their evil.All Isabelle wants is a happy home life and a gratifying job; in the latter she is successful as she enjoys and thrives in her career as a teacher at a school where she is loved and respected. At home, however, it is another story. Years ago, Isabelle thought she had met the man of her dreams and, ignoring many red flags and bad signs, she agreed to marry him; his name is Michael. Despite warnings from friends, such is Isabelle's love for Michael, she devotes her life to this man who turns out to be far different to the one she fell in love with in the first place. He turns their home into a living hell for Isabelle and their children, and one day, Isabelle decides, something must change.

KOICAman, the author's love storywhich he, who spread Korea's 'Can-do spirit'in disaster areas all over the world,wants to tell the youth who are struggling with dating, employment, marriage, and parenting.The person who truly loves someone is a true person!The person who truly loves someone is a great person!!!(Song InYeup From the book)If I don't win Sarbast, I will die of grief,if I do win Sarbast, I will die of happiness.(Joanna From the Book)The king, who is busy in mind, kept talking and then they fell asleep.Feeling thirsty while sleeping, the queen stretched out her hand to the kettleand drank a glass of water and let go of the glass.At the very moment, the king, who seemed to fall in sleep, held the queen's hand hard.(Sheba and Solomon From the book)

The Siren Sea is a modern-day pirate story. This adventurous tale is told from the eyes of Alex, a former smuggler and full-time drifter. He makes his way to the seaside town of Antibes, in the south of France, to meet his former partner in crime, the wild and mighty Sebastian from Mauritius. By chance, Alex comes across an old Sea Captain, Finnbar Roberts. The captain tells them both of buried treasures and takes them on an Ocean journey to seek their final fortune. But unbeknownst to the young men, they discover mysteries beyond their wildest imaginations.

Ilia Tversky has written a terrific children' book. This story is full of comparisons, surprises, interesting events, and funny anecdotes. The way the book has presented the various characters and their worlds makes the story incredibly engaging. It's about David, who lives in a small village in Friendlandia. One day he comes across unfamiliar creatures, two Chuk-buruks, Good and Capricious. They join David's family and become his new friends. They go out, have fun, and share their everyday routines, but Capricious is always unhappy and makes things unpleasant for everyone. The Chuk-buruks and David enjoy exploring the surrounding world and its inhabitants and making new friends. One day, while traveling to a friend's house, Capricious gets lost. David and his friends spend a long time looking for him, and in the process, they discover several strange worlds inhabited by folks with differing personalities. However, they have planned wisely to go through this under varying circumstances. Well, will they find their capricious friend?

An abandoned tabby with a rabbit tail named Toto and a massive clowder was taken to a cursed island by a vicious mayor, Darcy Rue. Fortunately, a magical lykoi rescued them from the curse's bondage and led them into the Houwle, a magical place for rescued creatures. This path has led Toto to meet the chosens, unravel his true identity, and rescue a family member of his. Mysteries upon mysteries were unveiled that shook Toto's life as he and his friends defeat the forces of evil.

Get ready for an exhilarating ride as award-winning author, Bottoman, takes you on a journey through a collection of stories that will leave you breathless. From love to terror, creation to regret, and everything in between, Bottoman's unique perspective on storytelling weaves together a tapestry of human experiences that will capture your heart and mind.With his masterful use of language, Bottoman brings to life the cultural heritage of South Africa, connecting readers to a rich and vibrant world filled with sirens, ghosts, monsters, and humans. His prose is powerful and evocative, transporting readers to the heart of each story and leaving a lasting impression that will stay with them long after they've turned the last page.In one story, Bottoman recounts the tale of a mother who will stop at nothing to protect her children from a jackal, embodying the strength and fierceness of all mothers of that time. In another, he reveals the ugly consequences of arrogance, reminding us that our true colors are often revealed in times of conflict.With each new project, Bottoman pushes the boundaries of his creativity and inspires others to pursue their passions. Whether you're a fan of literary fiction or simply love a good story, Bottoman's collection is a must-read for anyone looking to experience the full range of human emotion and the power of storytelling.

Lilly is a clever little girl, with the most vivid imagination. The most important thing you must know about Lilly, though, is that she strongly believes in fairies, elves and all things magic and extraordinary. Lilly believed that an entire magic world was there, somewhere, and if she could not prove it to anyone, she would, at least, prove it to herself. This book provides a simple yet thorough understanding of a beautiful journey. Will Lilly find the fairies and elves she set out to discover?

Here come the What if? Kids on another amazing adventure. Thinking the magical words What if? they are propelled through a flame tree to the planet Gleesphere. A lot of time has passed, and Gleesphere is being destroyed by their arch-enemy Hugo Sogo and his offsider purple haze. Feel the menace in the air! Be astounded by the What if? Kids' heroic deeds to save Gleesphere. Watch our four heroes, with their laser swords and flowing cloaks fight many battles, meet old friends, and make new ones. So, get ready to go on another journey with nine-year old Juniper Chase who has been learning Brazilian ji-jitsu, his younger sister Dew who has been honing her astronaut skills, their joker stepbrother River who has taken up the drums, and their cat Ludwick who has been doing a pussycat exercise course so he can become the most renowned pussycat warrior in Gleesphere.

We would like you to meet Danny the Ducky and his unlikely friend, Gilly the Goose. This is the story of how an orphaned baby duck learns to survive and thrive over one magical summer. He dodges a hawk, stands up to bullies, and makes lifelong friends. A lush park on New York's Long Island is the ideal place for critters out of their comfort zones to bond, grow, and learn to love themselves.

Nayelli is a college student with a restless soul, excited at the prospect of adventure and self-discovery during her first ever trip overseas. Nayelli is to spend the Christmas holidays visiting her friend Olivia who is studying in London, but instead finds herself alone in a strange city. It is in the midst of the cobblestone streets of the British capital that Nayelli's path intertwines with that of James, a charismatic Londoner with a captivating charm.James is a budding actor and musician who naturally exudes talent and ambition, but at times has a slight sadness in his eyes-an emotional unavailability that James refuses to admit even exists. Comfortable behind his shield of casual encounters and fleeting connections, James is both shocked and confused when he finds himself not as detached to Nayelli as he should be-especially since she lives thousands of miles away.Will Nayelli and James be able to get out of their own heads and lead with their hearts, or will it all come crashing down in heartache and unfulfilled dreams?Meikko Sheriee's captivating new novel explores the pursuit of passion, the unpredictable tides of the heart, and the universal quest for belonging. It reminds us that sometimes unexpected encounters make for the greatest lessons in the growth of one's own heart.

From rebellious body piercings to monsters, ghosts, and murders, this collection of short stories is pulled together by an underlying theme of family - both chosen and blood - and what the characters are prepared to sacrifice for one another.

Mr. Snuggles is a star and he knows it. Not just because it's a very obvious piece of information, but because his Mother never fails to remind him at any given time. She was done gatekeeping this gorgantuous beauty, and wanted to share the mystic tales of the beast with you, the gentle readers. So sit back, relax, and let the ramblings of a cat obsessed weirdo soothe your soul and shape your dreams. I hope you enjoy :)

At the gates of Heaven, in the Thirty-Sixth Chamber of the Kings, the Advocate and his generals sit in judgement on the souls that wait there. Unfortunately there's been a problem since the Requiem Virus, and when the Books of Life get loose the problem is exacerbated.Dealing with the backlog of souls is hard enough, but then tensions explode between the whole carlsontucking lot of them, not helped by their inability to use proper curse words.Can the Advocate bring peace to these factions, or are they doomed to fight in the Forever War?The Untold Gospel of the Universe explores racism and populism in modern culture in a refreshingly original manner, bringing a new twist to the genre.

An encounter in a New York alleyway leaves journalism student Rick changed forever. After protecting his girlfriend from near-certain death, Rick goes on to discover he can save not only those he loves, but also the citizens of the world as a real-life superhero. Given new powers, however, he soon becomes the target. Can he save the world and the ones he loves the most?

For over thirty years Gerald Dickens has been performing an energetic and exciting one-man show based on his great great grandfather's most famous book, A Christmas Carol. Yet as a schoolboy and young man he could scarcely bring himself to read any of the works of Charles Dickens.In this autobiographical account, Gerald tells the story of how Charles' 'ghostly little book' led to a vocation and came to dominate his adult life.From a childhood in Kent to his extensive tours of the USA, Gerald's story is filled with rich details and wonderful anecdotes, as he explains how an internationally acclaimed performance was created and honed.By sharing his extensive performance notes he explains how every line and movement help to build the atmosphere originally created by Charles Dickens in 1843.Gerald Dickens: My Life On The Road With A Christmas Carol is a fascinating insight into the world of one-man theatre, and a life lived celebrating the works of the greatest author of the Victorian age.

"We only lose if we quit."In a memoir of moving openness and reflection, Nomahlubi Jakuja tells her story of triumph, tragedy, and faith. Leaving nothing unsaid, her journey through personal and professional hardship will inspire readers of all walks of life to reflect on what matters most to them.Through business success and marital failure, from the joy of friendship to the cold hospital bed, Jakuja walks the reader back along the path she trod. Full of wit, honesty, and astounding resilience, this is a tale of one woman's journey to true happiness through God.

When Haley Meyers opens a new chapter in her life with a move to the charming town of Englewood, Pennsylvania, everything seems perfect: her freshly remodelled apartment, easy access to her therapy practice, and a handsome downstairs neighbour to boot. The very last thing she expects as a housewarming gift is the sudden appearance of her long-deceased father.Her idyllic image of the small town disappears when Haley finds herself the target of an unknown stalker who goes on a campaign of terror and destruction. She puts her newfound psychic talents to good use, but will she be able to discover who is after her before someone gets hurt? When her client is the victim of foul play, Haley can't help but wonder: Will she be next?

Upon the Hillock describes life in the wild hills and woodlands of Kerala in India. A place where snakes, elephants and tigers are a common threat to the people that live there.This story follows the life of a princess, Rajalakshmi, who is banished from the royal household in disgrace after her conniving cousin, the Kings niece, ensures she is caught in a compromising position with a young man.She is sent to live in a compound run by a lecherous man who has designs on winning her affections. However, after becoming ill with a bout of smallpox, she is left in the woodlands to die. She survives, however, after being found by a native called Kodanddi, himself heir to the throne of his tribe.They marry and have a son, a male heir to the King's throne... and then soldiers start turning up, and the couple worries for their son's life.Will the niece succeed in her plan? Kodanddi and Rajalakshmi go into hiding with their son and Kodanddi's mother to stop this from happening. Will the young heir survive?

In Confessions of an Australian Assimilator, author, Barnaby Growling, arrives in Australia on the 22nd of March 2021. He settles when he arrives in Rockhampton in September 2021. It is now January 2022, and his heart has yet to flutter. He is living a bit of an Australian stereotype. Those who know him best have said that if anyone deserves to be here, he does. But even if he chooses to accept the premise that he had a special capacity to run harder and faster than anybody else, in the relay race that brought him to the lucky country, he knows it would have meant nothing if all the people who assisted him hadn't put a baton in his hand to cross the finish line with. You can't win without that.

Paulie Zahn is a sergeant in the army, awarded with the Purple Heart, an Air Medal with a V for valor, and a Distinguished Flying Cross. One fateful meeting with a captivating woman during her vacation leads Paulie on a roller coaster of events that change her life forever.Spartak Newmark and his company has been interested in Sgt. Paulie Zahn since before her attack. After her conversion, her skills that she learned in the army as well as her new-found vampire talents make her indispensable for the Newmark Industries and their vampire coven. But someone else surfaces in their area that has become too interested in Paulie as well. A group of rogue vampires created by Newmark's adversaries begin stalking Paulie, considering her their property as she was created by one of their own. Now, Paulie along with the Newmark clan must discover the den of the rogue vampires and eliminate them before they get their hands on her.

Eric Sommerson works at the Endless Crusts Pizza Crust Factory in a job that makes him question every day what he is doing with his life. Coming from a well-regarded family, a lot is expected of him but under all this pressure he prefers to seek solace in the virtual world of video games, where he at least feels like he has some power over the world around him. When his parents get him the VirtuaHelmTM, Eric finds a virtual reality world where he can live out his fantasies more realistically and more convincingly than he has ever done before, as well as meet people from across the world, all in one online space, the city of Prium. This opportunity comes with many challenges that Eric and his group of friends must face, that provide them all with the sense of purpose they had all been missing in their 'real' lives.

When the Monolith fired, the world cracked open, and life on Missidia fell into ruin and disrepair. Decades later the Five Noble Nations play a game of secret alliances and constant intrigue. But a new player has joined their ranks, and they intend to win once and for all... even if the whole world will lose.Nathan's world is a paradox; receiving protection from the very gangs that threaten his family. The streets have taught him to keep his head down, as attention only brings misery or worse. He dreams of a better life while his father warns of unseen dangers beyond the familiar slums. But there's more to Nathan's story then he realizes, and anonymity alone will not be enough to keep his family safe.Meanwhile, Arwin struggles to find allies as an evil queen seeks to reawaken an unstoppable force. Even if she can manage to expose the sinister plot, it's been decades in the making, and the enemy is dangerously close to achieving their goals. Missidia's precarious stability depends on Arwin's success - if her actions don't rip it apart first.

The author believes the people of the twenty-first century, regardless of how healthy, intelligent, successful, and normal they might be, need a new mindset and new horizons to consciously live well, safeguarding their mental health and not to fall deep into the feeling of being overwhelmed by the force of many challenges, dualities and uncertainties forecasted for the twenty-first century. Dissecting the topics of mental health and living well from multiple angles, including the undercurrent societal changes affecting human psyche and life situations, the author, a visionary writer, and an experienced psychotherapist with societal humanistic perspective, directly through providing much useful knowledge, information, and insights, and indirectly through stimulating minds to ponder over many interesting related concepts, pushes awareness of the subject to new heights. She sketches and defines a self-coaching vehicle for safeguarding mental health and inner strength also for making objective decisions, and living well.

Open your eyes. Pay attention. Focus on what LJ Heron is telling you in this book and your life may just undergo a drastic change. This is a call to all women out there to put yourselves first. It's not about dropping or resetting your lives. It's about minor changes that have monumental consequences in your families. A kind word, a show of affection and reconnecting with your partner can change your entire life.This is about empowering women to take control of your lives and moving forward how you want it to. Brutally honest and divulging truths, it's about setting aside your egos and focusing on improving your lives, letting resentments go and being happy every single day. So, pick up this book and see if you can rekindle the romance or if it's the end of your marriage.

This book of poetry by Jim Duff delves into topics of love, nature, religion, materiality, and mortality through the eyes of gods. Thoughts both existential and personal are expressed with passion, colour, and dazzling creativity as the gods of Love, Reason, Industry and Rhetoric lament and celebrate their work, and the sublime unpredictability they observe on Earth. As the stories of these gods, present in both masculine and feminine forms, personify the beauty and pain of nature into magnificent sentient forms, Duff's imagery is framed in a romantic, fantastical context which, contained in a structure of stanzas, convey the liminality and freedom of the Life at the heart of this book.

With a drunk as a father, a horrible stepmother and two needy stepsisters, Keilee is a young woman forced to hunt the dangerous Blood Wood forest to feed her poor family and to earn money. As she hunts, she comes across a huge white wolf that she is afraid is Fae and uses an iron arrow to kill it when the wolf is about to attack, this being one of the only things that can harm a Fae creature. Little does she know the consequences of killing the wolf and how this will change her life for ever.From finding new friends and more to discovering more about her family history, Keilee goes on adventures that are both frightening and enthralling with a surprise waiting for at the end. She discovers more about herself in the process and finds out just what she is capable of.

Chief Agbo Aje, the avaricious head candidate to be re-elected as the Senate President, is certain he will emerge victorious. Bathing in deference and veneration, his political triumph is already guaranteed, the only outlier to his domination being the acquisition of Ofu Forest. For Chief Aje, the forest is trove of monetary gain, an addition to his successful palm oil refinery business, but Obande Ofu, the owner of the sacred land, refuses to sell.Powerful and tragic, Where is My Daughter explores the tensions between tradition and modernity in contemporary Nigeria. Following both the families of Chief Aje and Obande Ofu, the novel portrays social injustice in a war against corruption and modernisation, tied together by the feud of Ofu Forest.

Isabella grew up in the Australian outback in a constant state of fear, desperately afraid of the mother who controlled her. At fifteen, she left Australia for an American university on a tennis and academic scholarship. While she majored in speech pathology, her heart lay in gymnastics, and she remained unsure where life would lead her. As she traverses an on-off relationship with her university boyfriend and wrestles with complicated friendships and unexpected heartbreaks, Isabella must decide who she is and how she wants to spend her life. With dreams of coaching a gymnastics team to the Olympics, and finding a love deserving of her, Isabella faces a difficult decision: remain in America, where she found solace and family, or follow her heart toward unknown but potentially greater things.