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Connal Canmore tumbles towards his death from the walls of Stirling Castle. But instead of crashing onto rocks, he lands face down in the dirt. Bruised but freed from the disease that was killing him, he sees a city he recognises. It is Stirling, but not the same city he left. For reasons he doesn’t comprehend, this is a version of the place that existed long ago. Connal picks up the threads of this new existence and exploits his futuristic knowledge to achieve material gain. And life is good until another brush with death sends him tumbling further back in time.

You know the feeling. You're calm, clear, handling life well — and then something small happens and you're completely caught. The reaction rises before you can stop it. The old pattern shows up, right on cue. You know better, and you still get caught. The Dancing Monkey and Living the Way of Zen follows our beloved Monkey as he steps out into the world — transformed, awakened, and thoroughly, endearingly human. In 21 short stories, he navigates the moments we all recognise: the pull of old habits, the sting of a careless word, the quiet satisfaction of needing to be right.

In "The Bridge Between Us," the mysterious Smiling Dog Café brings estranged ‎siblings Barry and Leah Goldstein together after fifteen years apart. As they navigate ‎their separate griefs—Barry mourning his wife Ellen and Leah recovering from the loss of ‎her husband and unborn child—they discover that healing begins when they confront ‎their shared past.

At a quiet Brooklyn café watched over by painted dogs and warmed by just the ‎right cup of coffee, two teenagers arrive —lost, hurting, and unsure where to turn next.‎In this deeply compassionate third entry in the Smiling Dog Café series —fully ‎enjoyable as a standalone —author Neil S. Plakcy shares two powerful novellas about grief, ‎resilience, and the unexpected ways we find our way home.‎In Grounds for Hope, Miguel is alone on the streets after his father is deported ‎back to their violence-plagued homeland.

In 7th Soul Apocalypse, the journey of the 7th Soul continues as reality begins to fracture beneath the weight of awakening. What appears to be an end is something far more intimate—a confrontation with truth. As hidden forces surface and long-held beliefs collapse, the characters must face a deeper question: What does it cost to truly see? Blending psychological tension with metaphysical insight, this second installment of the 7th Soul Trilogy reframes apocalypse not as spectacle, but as unveiling. The battle is not for survival alone—it is for consciousness itself.

Olivia has everything a woman is supposed to want–a husband, children, a quiet life–but when she sees mysterious visions from beyond the veil, the boundary of her normal life cracks. Drawn into the mystery, Olivia finds herself standing at the threshold of something she cannot name: a world stitched with ancestral magic, memory, and the remnants of wounds older than her own life. But wonder and madness often share a doorway. As her reality blurs, Olivia must decide whether she’s unraveling or finally awakening to innate gifts.

Claire speaks with the dead every day, and honestly, sometimes she prefers them to the living. But when the monstrous caretakers of the Beyond escape their otherworldly tethers, and a mysterious (and admittedly handsome) Guardian arrives in her world to re-capture them, Claire's life is turned upside-down. She never expected that the responsibility of saving the damn world would rest on her weary shoulders. Someone pass her the whiskey, please.

It began with a blinding light, a divine revelation from a mysterious intelligence that called itself VALIS. And with that, the fabric of reality was ripped open and laid bare so that anything seemed possible, but nothing seemed quite right. Part science fiction, part theological detective story...

In order to preserve his victory in Krysal, Kai has no choice but to venture to an unknown continent. Rosemount is nothing like his home, surrounding him with a wild mix of new powers, different species, and warring factions. Even stranger, his only companions are two uneasy allies that he never would have expected when he began his journey. The new continent offers great opportunities for growth, but it also contains hidden dangers. Demons have taken over the heart of Rosemount, and their hungers make them seek Kai.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Discover the fascinating world of the Pegana pantheon, created by fantasy master Lord Dunsany. This groundbreaking book will take you on a journey to a realm where gods rule by whim and reality intertwines with myth. "The Gods of Pegana" is a collection...

Mein ganzes Leben hatte ich der Aufgabe gewidmet, der nächste Wächter des Kaiserreichs zu werden. Ich hatte schon alles gesehen: endloses Töten, Kriege, Staatsstreiche. Ich war mit der Gabe gesegnet, und als jüngster Träger des Ranges „Genie“ versetzte ich meine Feinde in Angst und Schrecken. Offenbar war das nicht genug. Meine wahre Aufgabe begann erst, als ich alle verlor, die mir lieb und teuer waren, und dann eine geheime Wächtertechnik einsetzte, um einen Tag in der Zeit zurückzureisen – damit ich an den Verantwortlichen Rache nehmen konnte.

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. «El sueño de un hombre ridículo» (1877), es un relato corto que nos invita a reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de la vida, el propósito de nuestra existencia. Nos hace viajar a la mente de un hombre atormentado, triste, vacío, desilusionado con la vida. A lo...

When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On...

En El camino del arquero conocemos a Tetsuya, un antiguo prodigio del arco y la flecha que ahora se encuentra retirado de la vida pública, así como al jóven que viene en su búsqueda. El chico tiene muchas preguntas, y mientras las contesta, Tetsuya ilustra el camino del arco y los principios de una vida con propósito.

You can't just go around draining the Ethereal Cores of the gods. Firstly, it kills them, and they're supposed to be immortal. And secondly...Well, that's just not how things are done! Unfortunately, no one told Clive that, and now two gods are dead at his hand. Now, he's imprisoned awaiting judgment, and no amount of brute strength or pure obstinance will be enough to wriggle out of this delicate dilemma.

Konung Bjørn Scharfzahn, der Herrscher von Winterwald, hat bekanntgegeben, dass eine Große Prüfung stattfinden wird. Wer auch immer daraus siegreich hervorgeht, wird Prinzessin Astrid heiraten, die Tochter des Konungs. Einem uralten Brauch zufolge wurde für die gesamte Dauer der Großen Prüfung in Nordland ein Waffenstillstand erklärt. Selbst eingeschworene Feinde, die einander in einem blutigen Krieg bitter bekämpfen, müssen ihre Waffen niederlegen. Und jeder, der der Hand der Prinzessin wert ist, kann zur Hauptstadt reisen und sein Glück versuchen.

A chilling, haunting ghost story set in the modern day which delves into the real-life legend of a 19th-century sea witch… Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life, along with her young son Alfie. But after an inadvertent séance one drunken night...

With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed from the trammels of convention, she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. But creating other people's lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness. Her ability to reconcile joy and sorrow is an unbearable torture to her. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality. She looks for peace, even if it is beyond the borders of insanity.

Wanted: Male, forty to fifty years of age. Must be free to travel with no family obligations for a one-year contract. Sense of adventure, ability to do field research required. Call Beth for an interview at: 888-555-6363. Would you answer this classified ad? Alex did, and it changed his life forever when he became A Man Called Friday. Join Alex, as Friday, as he travels around the country helping strangers at crossroads in their lives; in the process, he discovers how, by helping others, he helped himself.

When Peace-in-the-Sky awakens as a captive with a young girl by her side, she only understands one thing: she must escape the tribe who captured her. A brutal head injury makes the past a swirling fog, so she is reliant on the girl—her precocious daughter Anissa—to guide them. She must return Anissa to the Tribes-under-the-Dome to keep her safe from warring and vicious tribes inhabiting the wasted landscape.