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Mother in Name Only is the transparent, sometimes painful, and always poignant portrait of Myrna Kaye—held inside for almost her entire life.

Sergey finally escapes from Paris-only to have his multidimensional shelter invaded. His time in France may have been rough, but it was a walk in the park compared to what's in store for him...central Europe is going to be a wild ride!

Erik Bernstein wasn’t afraid of death. He was afraid of life. He battled with inadequacy and the feeling that he never belonged. He became an expert at deflecting intimacy to mask his shame, lies, self-doubt, and bad choices. From the time he was eleven years old, or even younger, death was never far from his mind. Needless to say, death was front of mind as he sat in the back corner of the synagogue, watching his own funeral.

The New Atlantis is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. In this work, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of "Bensalem".

Gabriel's life, once mundane, spirals into chaos as he grapples with the enigmatic AquaMallow Grain, a mysterious crop that whispers deeper, darker secrets. Confronting adversaries and allies who are often indistinguishable, Gabriel navigates a dystopian society where the lines between sanity and madness are perilously thin. His transformation, marked by the ethereal white streaks in his hair, symbolizes the tangible chaos within—a man lost in his own existential labyrinth.

Searching for Oz is a woman's journey to healing and consciousness based on a true story: A Flowing tale of a woman finding herself again in the form of a modern-day fairytale. The main character Dottie quiets her thinking mind, moves forward with courage & reconnects with her heart to integrate and resolve childhood traumas.

Led to the brink of destruction by its corrupt POTUS, Amberica is bleaker than ever. Who could hope to unseat Oscar Wellian, a fascist who wields the full force of martial law? Plenty are willing to try, but only one entrant has what it takes to give Oscar a run for his ill-gotten gains. Enter Angeline Tarkington . . . the people’s final hope. Despite her heart of gold and concrete ideals, it won’t be easy. Is Tarkington’s integrity enough to combat systemic corruption and heal a hemorrhaging nation?

Death is already approaching; it feels like it can't be much longer now. The virus had me on the ropes even before the bone dagger in my side sped the process along. The betrayal of one of the members of my team, together with the Feathered Serpent's attack, should have been the final events of my life....

Dans le champ où il vient d’atterrir pour offrir des baptêmes de l’air à trois dollars les dix minutes, Richard aperçoit un autre zinc tout semblable au sien. Adossé à sa carlingue, un personnage sympathique et mystérieux cherche à fuir le rôle de maître à penser à qui les foules demandent toujours plus. Il lui apprendra que chaque être humain peut se libérer des barrières qu’il a lui-même construites comme autant d’illusions sur sa propre existence. Il lui suffit pour cela de suivre une idée simple...

It is almost the year of the millennium, and Melissa meets her college friends Sarah and Doug and her first and only true love John for a reunion in Hyde Park. All four are in the midst of their careers. All struggle with the compromises that have marred their happiness. All wish to change the world, each in a different way. Sarah has left her government job for a new life as a yoga teacher. Doug is helping to birth a new value-based economy. John is a successful academic doctor. Melissa is ailing.

Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn't looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she'd escaped. Confronted with her great-aunts legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay—she has nowhere else to go—but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch?

Two teenage lovers on the verge of adulthood suddenly find themselves in a fight to save humanity or even reality itself after a megalomaniacal Air Force officer discovers a source of unimaginable power.

'Will toy with your pulse and send chills down your spine' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb 'A slow-burner shot through with menace' Heat 'Spinetingling' My Weekly 'Compulsive' Rebecca Netley, author of The Whistling A chilling new novel from the Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author of An...

Das Mondscheincafé hat keinen festen Standort, taucht unvorhersehbar in Vollmondnächten in Kyoto auf – und wird von Katzen betrieben. Eine erfolgreiche Drehbuchautorin in der Krise, ein Fernsehregisseur mit gebrochenem Herzen und zwei Unternehmer mit beruflichen Schwierigkeiten finden sich in der Nacht plötzlich in einem halbträumenden Zustand dort wieder. Im Café erhalten sie neben süßen Köstlichkeiten lebensverändernde Ratschläge zu Liebe, Arbeit und Beziehungen von den charismatischen Katzen, die das astrologische Horoskop ihrer Gäste interpretieren.

Cornelius Phipps is a man caught in a web of despair. Utkena is a demon seeking vengeance. Sanjukta is a woman striving for justice. The moment she is born during a terrible storm, which also sees the death of her mother, Sanjukta's destiny is sealed. Half Native American Indian, she is given the gifts necessary to fight an evil created by the Nations but used by the White Man. Her life becomes a battlefield. Both in the Court House, where she fights for the rights of her people becoming a lawyer of renown, and in the spirit plane.

Elias Girawong, Earth Wizard and knowledge keeper, must act. His ceremony, calling the thirteen, heralds a long overdue change to shake the foundations of life itself. But there are those who covet power beyond reason. Each of the thirteen "called" have their assigned roles. Each of them must travel to join the circle of thirteen. Each of them must face the challenge of their journey and the will and power of those who would thwart them.

Die Fortsetzung des Welt-Bestsellers "Bevor der Kaffee kalt wird" mit vier magischen Geschichten aus dem magischen Café. Wenn du in die Vergangenheit reisen könntest, wen würdest du gern wieder treffen? Der zweite Teil der magischen Cafè-Reihe "Bevor der Kaffee kalt wird", erzählt vier berührende Geschichten von Menschen, die in die Vergangenheit reisen. Sie erhalten die Chance, vergangene Situationen zu verändern, Dinge, die sie bereuen, wieder gut zu machen.

Carlyle is a heavenly being who works as an agreement facilitator in the time outside of time. Here human beings are allowed to read the scrolls of their lives prior to their births. His first clients Julia and Nellie Jolicoeur – twins destined to be born on the cusp of the millennium in New York City - readily agree to their scrolls. When Carlyle is given the opportunity to read them, he is shocked. Who would agree to such things? And why would the Designer require it of them?

From the Earth to the Moon is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1865. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. Five years later, Verne wrote a sequel called Around the Moon.

I am talking to you. Specifically, I am talking to your mind. Do you agree or disagree with all my philosophical, psychological, and logical thoughts? Some of my thoughts might probably be nonsense and illogical. Sometimes when I think profoundly about a matter, I often come to the conclusion that there is no universal definition for sense or logic and that they vary from one person to another. My thoughts are unsettling for most people and adequate for fewer people.