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When Evie loses her mother, her world changes forever. Alienated from her grieving, angry father and drifting away from her school friends, she struggles to make sense of the new world she finds herself in, reflecting on her life through writing and introspection. But how much does a world have to change before there's no coming back?Who is the mysterious, charming boy with the stunning blue eyes who comes along and gives her hope in ways she never thought would be possible again? How is it so easy to talk to him and tell him everything? Could she possibly be falling in love at the same time as experiencing this ongoing, terrible loss? Can a person be happy and sad at the same time? Is it okay to look forward? As the relationship develops, Evie must question everything she believes about who she is and what is happening.

Emma Thorpe was born in the Cotswolds and raised by her grandparents. She believed she was an orphan... but her mother's old locket, a faded memory, and a mysterious bank account lead Emma to the colourful, exotic world of Singapore in search of answers to her past.She loses her heart to a charming British Army captain, James Barrington, and they search together... but as their love deepens, James must report for duty on the Malay/Thai border.As Emma prepares to return home, she is confronted with troubling rumours about him. Confused and heartbroken, she departs, her life in tatters.A stunned and disbelieving James, meanwhile, receives an unexpected visit from the military police. Arrested and returned to Singapore to face court martial, his situation assumes nightmare proportions. His friends rally in support, but how can he prove his innocence and convince Emma to return to him?

In the year 1810, two Native-American teenage boys lose a gleaming golden cube from their satchel as they play about in a lake, catching fish. In the present-day Black Hills of South Dakota, two fifteen-year-old boys unearth the same golden cube and think their lives have just been made! Little do they know, the cube attracts evil and their once-quiet, calm little town is quickly getting engulfed by evil shadow beings.Far beneath Storm Mountain, fourteen-year-old Savannah of the technologically-advanced Annai Civilization, is tired of the constant bullying she faces from her peers for being a half-blood; no wonder she likes to sneak above to the surface and watch the Surfacians go about their lives. It is she who sees the boys finding the cube and must make them be rid of it. But when bullying at school becomes unbearable, Savannah runs away and finds herself befriending the teenagers and their sisters.Soon, the children find themselves thrown into a prophesied battle in the Annai lands and they must fight together to save their people.

Coin is a series of stories about a goldfish growing up, meeting new friends, learning, and teaching compassion. Children will be part of all of Coin's adventures, including growing too big to fit in pineapple home, meeting Mer the fly, saving the life of Ruth the spider, and Coin's deep connection with his owner and best friend, Louie. Each story ends with "What is next," a preview of the possible adventures that await Coin, so that children will stay engaged in the saga.Children from the ages of 2-8 will love Coin's adventures. Parents and teachers will enjoy reading Coin to children, expressing love and compassion. After reading Coin, whenever a child sees a goldfish, they will scream with joy, Coin, that is love!Coin is a timeless series about love and compassion that will tap into the hearts of children, young and old - after all, love is what keeps our spirits young!

A family in need. A handmade Ouija board. A dangerous affair.It's 1920 in Newark, New Jersey and ten-year-old Ruth lives in fear. Her family is on the brink of starvation. Her brother and uncle are doing dangerous work, smuggling illegal alcohol for the mob. Her mother is gripped by madness and obsessed with contacting the dead.As Ruth tries to hold her family together, things continue to get worse. Her brother Willie falls in love with the mob boss's girl. Her best friend falls ill with a strange malady. Their house is attacked by racist neighbors. Her mother begins to have violent premonitions. Soon, her family is in danger of losing everything.

Out of the terrible fire of loss and betrayal, something beautiful and life-changing can emerge. The author, Joy Alway, takes the reader on a journey that is sometimes painful but always lovely, as she shows how she rebuilt her life after her husband of more than thirty years left her for another woman.The simple benevolence and humanity of this author, who, though wronged, still tried her very best to do right, is a lesson all of us can and should take in, learn from and replicate where possible.Set in part against the backdrop of the world-famous El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James), the story takes us along with Joy as willing pilgrims. We follow her journey of humility, gentleness, self-discovery and above all else, courage and perseverance to continue when it feels like one can continue no more.

Today we are waiting for some guests! Oscar's Grandma and his little cousins are arriving soon. But Oscar the Piglet got dirty and did not want to wash up. Will this behavior stop him from having fun with the guests? Find out in the book!

An educational concept book about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) referencing Savant Syndrome and Synesthesia. For Ages 4-8 "Sawyer and his friends are celebrating Neurodiversity!" Scattered Seashells For Me

This autobiographical, non-technical and mostly light-hearted account of three lecture tours through Continental Europe in the late '70s and early '80s by a Cambridge research chemist describes professional and personal interactions with many colourful and extraordinarily talented hosts. There are descriptions of meals, art galleries, ecclesiastical architectural gems, of a wonderful bed, and even of an eccentric toilet. Here are some aspects of the professional life of a don which include glimpses of how his college was run and of fun he had with college butlers. There is also an insight into the flavour and theatre of viva examinations for the PhD degree for chemists as conducted in Britain and France.Central to this tale, however, are events experienced in several German universities, told against the personal backdrop of the author's slowly shedding immaturity. In particular, there are accounts of visits to the Fence between the former East and West Germanys before, and soon after, that border was opened. The writer describes his nervousness and, on one occasion even fear, while in that country, and his thrashing about, seeking reasons for his ennui, a question answered, he concludes, in the closing paragraphs of this book.

Ekaterina leaves Russia to pursue her education in the United States. She falls in love with the country and overstays her invitation.She becomes an illegal immigrant and tries to find her place in a society alien to her. She makes new friends, finds different jobs and comes across new love interests but nothing seems to help her with her immigrant status.Meanwhile, tragedies befall her and hope fades away, yet she tries to find ways to make things work in her favour.It is a story of love, hate, and forgiveness along with a pinch of luck and of course, tremendous willpower.Ekaterina must fight all odds to achieve what she loves the most. The big question however is what does she love the most?

My Clone and I could be defined as a noir science fiction novel, born from the imagination and professionalism of a psychologist and a neurologist-psychiatrist. The protagonist, Laura, is a scientist who is cloned and raises her clone as a daughter. When the last-mentioned discovers her origin, she flees to a city in the United States and here she turns to a laboratory where she ends up a victim of other experiments. Returning home to Italy, she takes revenge atrociously, to then understand that revenge will never bring her to the solution of her physical and mental problems. This book covers several interesting topics, including: the absence of ethics in many types of scientific experiments; the genesis of violence in man; the negative influence of brutal and neglectful parents on children; male homosexuality; the possibility of the existence of the soul; and the possibility of a life beyond death.

What makes you tremble and your heart race? For Talia the Turtle, it's talking. She is afraid to speak - she doesn't like the way her voice sounds and she worries that she will say something silly. A patient, understanding Seahorse, plus a bubble breathing trick is exactly what Talia needs to feel more at ease.

Seeking redemption, an exiled and disgraced troll warrior answers the summons of one of the most powerful wizards in the Canabeer Territories.He's not the only one to answer the summons, though, and the captain of the Watch doesn't plan on letting just anyone into the city.Entry to the city will be violent, the quest will be perilous, the wizard will undoubtedly be shady, but few things can stand in the way of a determined troll.

Relocating to Wuhan, China, for his job as an architect, Daniel Verhagen and his family are sought by the Chinese police due to events they don't understand. Helped by new friends but unsure who to trust, they go from prison to the home of a refined Chinese official. Why can't they just go to their embassy and sort this whole mess out? Behind the scenes, there are conspiracies at play which could have far-reaching consequences.

Evelyn North quits the Tea Basket quilt guild in a snit over their decision to raise money for cancer research via an auction of small quilts. Evelyn thinks she can form a guild to raise more with a raffle and thereby win the incentive prize, a very expensive longarm quilting machine. She systematically raids the Tea Basket members, using flattery, coercion, bribery and blackmail. Her efforts cost the Tea Baskets their auctioneer. They struggle to find a suitable site to launch their auction, while Evelyn begins at once to sell tickets. What Evelyn doesn't have and cannot steal is the bond of friendship and cooperation shared by Tea Basket members. When faced with sudden adversity and disaster, will Evelyn learn the power of female friendship? Who will finally win that longarm quilting machine?

When a Navy SEALs' attractive date goes missing off a desolate beach, he's in deep trouble with the police. But there's not enough evidence of a misdeed, so he's released on bail while the police investigate further. People are being whipped off beaches and small boats. Suspicions are aroused after an orca is released from a dolphinarium by a keeper who takes pity on it and its mate. The huge orca is suspected of seeking revenge after the senseless killing of its partner. Jason's increased fame, due to his rising notoriety and coupled with his experience with orcas, causes his knowledge to be sought after. He is invited to a hastily assembled seminar on orcas, as authorities are forced to take action against the new threat to the American coastline. Meanwhile, the killer whale situation is getting out of hand, and instant action by the authorities is required.

In a New York hospice, Jon is slowly wasting away. But it is not a peaceful passing - haunted by frequent and vivid nightmares of an unspeakable crime, Jon summons his lawyers to change his will. He instructs them to leave his entire fortune to the clan of the San Bushmen he hunted in 1955. This leaves his legal team, and his two living sons, stunned and perplexed. An investigation into Jon's past reveals the chilling truths about ethnic persecution and the legal hunting of humans that occurred in the isolated sands of the Kalahari. Some secrets should be taken to the grave... or should they?

The Washington Department of Justice decides to confine the convicted inmates to an island from which they cannot return. Here the marginalized, close to the nature of the place, find unexpected happiness by discovering human values that have now disappeared in the advanced society. Love stories, a spirit of communal life, adventures, and new passions intertwine. All of this disturbs the American government and public opinion, perhaps not yet ready for this change.It is up to Fitz, the novel's protagonist, to prove,-at his own life's risk- that crime is the outcome of social inequalities: society condemns the evil that it produces itself, and power hides man's hypocrisy by creating illusions of justice.[...]"I do not defend criminals but I do defend their human condition. Society cannot condemn crime by committing another crime."Love and nature will be the only winners in the unexpected finale. It is ours, the true society of no return!

Two dead bodies, one man and one woman, were found buried in a peat bog in a rural part of southern Sweden. They had been brutally murdered during the latter part of the 1930`s, i.e. about 80 years before the discovery.Chief Inspector Anders Andersson was assigned to the case. Andersson, born 1950 near the burial site, knew the area, its history, and its people, better than anyone. Andersson¿s mother, now 93, had lived in the immediate proximity to the peat bog at the time of the murders.Andersson manages to identify the victims, and he finds strong circumstantial evidence for who had been the leading perpetrator. The investigation takes him to an extreme religious sect in northern Minnesota, USA, and back to Sweden. Tragic life stories are revealed.In a parallel story, the reader gets to know Andersson and his Sri Lankan partner Saku, and their passionate relationship.

Jack Vortex and Jill Sterling are two recently orphaned and rather special six year olds living in a far away galaxy on a planet called PHill. After being told by the bigheads that their parents had both left for "The Better Place," Jack and Jill make a promise to go find them. But, before they can find that which has never been found, they must first escape the clutches of the Knight-Mare Mara, a tear stealing fairy-witch in charge of the orphanage on top of The Giant's Back.

Set against the backdrop of an ethereal world, partially inhabited by supernatural beings called 'reapers', this novel explores the fragility of the human condition in the context of the often dangerous and unpredictable nature of the environments and situations they must confront and over which they have little or no control.Reapers show very little interest in the affairs of humans. Coveting only essence, which flows through all living things as their only concern. The exception is the initial that acts as the guardian of both reapers and humans, being born human but becoming more than equal to reapers when exposed to pure essence.Darko Vera was an infant when his own power made him an orphan, leaving him with his grandfather. Thereafter he struggled due to being bullied by his peers because of his abnormal appearance and superior intelligence, until a cat approaches him on his sixteenth birthday.

"Spirits cannot know love, so why should humans?"Carrying the pain that results from a broken love, Miri finds herself on a pilgrimage along the Camino Santiago; but she can't quite remember why. Analyzing the decisions that brought her here, she learns that nothing is random - there are no coincidences. The Camino called her; and the Camino will protect her from Hari, a spirit that wants to learn about love. But spirits cannot know love, so why should humans?

When a young Englishman on work experience in Australia is found dead at the lovely Pool of Siloam in the Blue Mountains during a school tour, there are too many suspects to count. Detective Sergeant Provis calls in her old colleague, Inspector Esson, and he takes the lead on the investigation. The deceased, Roger Xanthius, was viewed as great fun by some of the students, but no one quite trusted him, particularly one of his own former teachers, on exchange at the Australian school for the year. As Esson and Provis dig deeper, Roger's own dark tendencies come to light.Was the young man's death an accident? Or was it the result of malice? No one is certain, but it becomes clear that altogether too many people wanted Roger out of the way.

Captain Henry Morgan, once vilified, was now being held in honour by the King and noblemen. All Henry wanted was a life of adventure, not one of conformity, but it had all been ruined and was meaningless since the death of his beloved, Elisabeth. Will the Captain successfully navigate the treacherous world of politics as he did the high seas? Despite the King's mandate, will he find the desire to accept his vocation?

Albert is a young boy, who has moved to a new town with his parents. One day he gets sucked into a vortex, dropping him into another world with weird animals: like moss-green deer, funny crabs that spit mucus water, wolflike animals, and wyverns. You might be wondering what a wyvern is. It is a dragon. And Albert gets struck down by one. Somebody finds him, picks him up, and takes him back to their house where they help him to recover. But Albert has yet so much to discover about this new world called Thu'hilen. He has so much he needs to learn, like how to fight with a sword for instance. This is a magical world filled with magical things, people and animals, and creatures and Albert is someone special. Why is Albert special? What makes Albert so special? He has to fulfil a job. What job will he have to fulfil? There is so much more this world has to offer. Find out everything that happens.

A quirky anthology of five different, but positive short stories. Based on a caring sense of family and community which will appeal to many from different walks of life.Desmond Collins has lived most of his life in or near Wellington, New Zealand. He enjoys the steep bush-clad hills and landlocked harbour that dominate the city. The air is fresh and the wind frequently gusts over eighty kilometres per hour. He currently lives in a Victorian cottage that was built in 1880. The garden is packed with fruit trees, flowering plants and vegetables in a scene reminiscent of a somewhat unkempt English cottage garden. For many years he and his wife cared for a very disabled daughter. This raised questions about spiritual beliefs, choices made for a variety of reasons, and life priorities. It also meant there was time to let his mind wander and dream up 'what if' scenarios. The stories here are some of the results.

Visceral, lyrical, and emotionally charged, WITHIN introduces us to a man devastatedby an international divorce, returning to his former home to say goodbye to his threeyoung children the night before they leave for France.With profound insight and a searing clarity, Maxwell T. Dylan explores the pain andmemory of being separated from his three children that led him down the dark corridorsof New York City nightlife.Dylan throughout his journey examines his childhood where he finds strength, love andinspiration along with difficult memories that he is forced to reconcile.Alive with humor, ache, and wisdom, Maxwell's journey affirms that sometimes youhave to lose a lot to find yourself.

Imagine lying in bed, paralyzed, knowing there's someone in your home who means to do you and possibly others harm, but you are unable do anything to stop them. A hooded, evilly grinning person who taunts you in your weakness. Would you close your eyes and hope it was a dream? In this world, your dreams are the last place you want to be. Based on a true story, this tale is one of fear and control in the real world and the one we go to when we dream. Can we learn to direct what happens while dreaming? For how long can a person avoid sleep and retain their sanity? What might be the consequences of these things? For Elliot, they are a necessity as he fights for the upper hand, freedom and life itself.

Marquita and Janitis have grown up together and when their childhood friendship blossoms into love, they promise themselves to each other.But Marquita is the Chosen One, and must marry the Supreme Host. Her parents are delighted by this, the greatest honour any girl could aspire to, but Marquita is determined: she will not marry 'that old man'.Can she escape the castle and be reunited with Janitis?

Mass shootings and other acts of terror have links with a radical group in Eastern Europe. The Knights of Whites biker group. They are motivated to expand their political and terrorist activities beyond Europe and the USA where they have been prominent.They use Internet forums, the dark web and other techniques to recruit vulnerable young men. Their objective was to promote white supremacy. They believe in the creation of a master race.Army intel agent Rhys Curtis works with MI6 agent, Rat, attempting to terminate their source of funding and end their criminal activities.Who are the leaders? Can the neo-Nazi white supremacist movement be stopped?A plan is hatched. A plan to infiltrate the terrorist group but will they accept a person of colour in their midst? Highly unlikely and certainly not without great risk and potential danger to Rat but that is what is planned.