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Fresh from their victory over Olsen and her forces, the priory inhabitants are pushing forward with work to turn their new home into a fortress. Piece by piece, things are coming together as they continue to chip away at enemy encampments. But a journey north reveals a terrifying plan already in motion to wipe out the Safe Haven refugees and all their allies.

Halo Tramayne has seen the truth behind the veil and she wants in. After surviving the initial shock of Tempest City’s supernatural underbelly, she craves the "eternal kiss" from the man she loves. But Silas Tesson, haunted by a past where his gift turned into a curse, refuses to make her a monster. As he starves himself into a self-imposed tomb to protect her, a new predator glides into the vacuum he left behind.

The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life and calling in this 1924 little gem. - Summary by david wales

Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic output. This collection of essays is wide ranging in topics, many with his characteristic wit. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Christopher Presents Moments We’ve Missed is a heartfelt storytelling radio series created by author Christopher L. Antie, featuring original short stories about life, human connection, memory, and the quiet moments that shape us forever. Through cinematic narration and emotionally rich storytelling, each episode invites listeners to slow down, reflect, and rediscover the beauty hidden within everyday life. Because sometimes the moments we missed… were the moments that mattered most.

A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to the Reader. (Title page) SHANDYGAFF: a very refreshing drink, being a mixture of bitter ale or beer and ginger-beer, commonly drunk by the lower classes in England, and by strolling tinkers, low church parsons, newspaper men, journalists, and prizefighters. Said to have been invented by Henry VIII as a solace for his matrimonial difficulties. It is believed that a continual bibbing of shandygaff saps the will, the nerves, the resolution, and the finer faculties, but...

Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he has occupied himself with books in particular, but also with divers other ingredients such as city and suburban incidents, women, dogs, children, tadpoles, and so on.

Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these pieces were written, day by day, out of the pressure and hilarity and contention of the mind. I have made no attempt to conceal their ephemeral origin. They were almost all written for a newspaper, and contain many references to journalism. … it is remarkable that they should have been written at all: remarkable that any newspaper should take the pains to offer space to speculations of this sort. I have not scrupled, on occasion, to chaff some of ...

Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph. Early twentieth or late nineteenth centuries. “I think I can offer you, in this parliament of philomaths [lover of learning], entertainment of the most genuine sort;…as brilliant and sincere work is being done to-day in the essay as in any period of our literature. Accordingly the pieces reprinted here are very diverse. There is the grand manner; there is foolery; there is straightforward literary criticism; there is pathos, politics, and the ...

Bloomsbury presents Disquiet Gods by Christopher Ruocchio, read by Samuel Roukin. The sixth and final book in the Sun Eater series, which follows antihero Hadrian Marlowe as he recounts the history of his controversial life in a galaxy-spanning tale that combines the best of space opera and epic...

The gods have been angered. Hell will rain down. After Wic and the Phantom’s successful operation on Karkin Four, the team learns of the enemy’s plans for a swift retaliation: an all-out assault on New York City. Together, Wic must rally the team’s resources to plan an emergency counter-assault that will push the Phantoms to their limits. With help from unexpected places, mission success seems all but assured. But when a new terrifying technology emerges, Wic must face the most challenging choice of all: sacrifice his teammates for the fate of Earth.

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence...

George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespeare) and one of the inventors of modern celebrity as the most famous public intellectual of his time. Beginning in the 1880s, as a critic and as a playwright, he transformed British drama, bringing to it intellectual substance, ethical imperatives, and modernity itself, setting the theatrical course for the subsequent century. That his legacy endures 70 years after his death is testament to the prescience of his thinking and his prolific creativity. 

Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world. Morgoth of the uttermost evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo Lord of Waters' designs to protect it. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom. 

Christ Before Caesar confronts the decline of Christian influence in America, urging believers to reclaim their voice in the public square. Blending theological reflection, historical analysis, and personal stories, Thoma critiques secular narratives that mislabel Christian engagement as dangerous. He identifies and challenges the Church to overcome internal erosion and external pressures, advocating for courageous, Christ-centered civic participation.

You may think you are eating a healthy diet, but are you truly getting the nutrition your body needs daily for good health and longevity? The truth is most Americans are missing out on critical nutrients our bodies need to function, heal, and thrive. We are also consuming unhealthy levels of added sodium, sugar and saturated fat. The result? Low energy. Poor brain function. Early onset of disease and aging.

He was dressing low-profile, but it was definitely him: red skin, horns, barbed tail, cloven hoofs, black goatee. He was unmistakable. Satan was buying soy milk and forty bucks' worth of unleaded fuel. In a small town two miles north of Hell, our deadbeat narrator spots Satan filling up his red...

Die Visualisierung ist ein uraltes Prinzip geistigen Selbstbeeinflussung. Erlernt und beherrscht man sie, sind die Möglichkeiten unendlich. Sie arbeitet mit der Vorstellungskraft. Diese wiederum bedient sich in der Regel unseres (unbewussten) Geistes. Ein Mechanismus, den kaum jemand kennt und noch weniger Menschen für sich zu nutzen wissen.

A supernatural mystery set on the Cornish coastline of England. The crew and tourist passengers go missing without a trace! But why and how?

Four hundred years after the Gods and Goddesses abandoned the mortal realm, Defurge, the mad God of Fire, remains imprisoned beneath Dalmarask. Fria, the Goddess of Ice, Fate, and Death, foresees his escape and orchestrates a mission to stop him. Bronwyn Amyna, Captain of the Emestrian Royal Guard, is tasked with retrieving the Gods' Legendary Artifacts to end the war with Rouke. Joined by Clara, a smuggler, and Miro, a scholar, Bronwyn faces mythical creatures and her compatriot’s mental health challenges.