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The Warramunga’s War is a sweeping narrative of the friendship that forms between a young Australian army officer, Jamie Munro, and an educated half-caste Warramunga aboriginal NCO, Jack ‘Jacko’ O’Brien, during the Syrian campaign against the Vichy French in World War II. Jacko rescues a wounded Jamie after which they are conscripted in Cairo by MI6. Here, Jamie and Jacko learn about the seamy side of war in counterespionage as they track down German spies. The principal fictional characters interact with actual historical figures and events throughout the story.
As the desert war escalates to the west of Cairo, the MI6 team confuses the enemy with misleading radio messages using German codes and using local entertainers as undercover agents. On one of his day leaves, Jacko meets a beautiful young Syrian-French girl and a strong romantic bond forms between the two during his time in Cairo.
Following the end of the desert war, Jamie and Jacko are assigned to wartime intelligence work in Southeast Asia. After the end of the Pacific war, they initiate the Darwin operations of the CIS, the Commonwealth Investigation Service. On the trail of two suspected wartime German agents, they discover the agents have formed a dangerous criminal gang with an individual they had known during their time in Cairo. The tracking skills of the Warramunga are needed to finally catch up with the murderous gang in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Are you one of the elect?
Dr. Helen Hope is a lecturer in eschatology – the study of death, judgement, and the destiny of humankind. She is also a Calvinist nun, her life devoted to atoning for a secret crime.
When a body is found crucified on a Liverpool beach, she forms an unlikely alliance with suspect Mikko Kristensen, lead guitarist in death metal band Total Depravity. Together, they go on the trail of a rogue geneticist who they believe holds the key – not just to the murder, but to something much darker.
Also on the trail is cynical Scouse detective Darren Swift. In his first murder case, he must confront his own lack of faith as a series of horrific crimes drag the city of two cathedrals to the gates of hell.
Science meets religious belief in this gripping murder mystery.
After being left at the altar, Jade Roberts seeks solace at her best friend’s ranch on the Colorado western slope. Her humiliation still ripe, she doesn’t expect to be attracted to her friend’s reticent brother, but when the gorgeous cowboy kisses her, all bets are off.
Talon Steel is broken. Having never fully healed from a horrific childhood trauma, he simply exists, taking from women what is offered and giving nothing in return…until Jade Roberts catapults into his life. She is beautiful, sweet, and giving, and his desire for her becomes a craving he fears he’ll never be able to satisfy.
Passion sizzles between the two lovers…but long-buried secrets haunt them both and may eventually tear them apart.
Welcome to Whistle Stop…where anything can and most likely will happen.
The notorious cowboy meets his match…
Cord Lawson instantly distrusted the young woman in a smart suit who’d just arrived in Whistle Stop. She was very pretty and clearly a city girl—but with memories of his failed marriage still darkening his mind, he’s determined to steer clear! But she’s sniffing around his land—land that has been in his family for generations.
Alexis Greer had one mission—close the deal on the Lawson ranch; without it, her father’s land development company would go bankrupt. But the word around town is to keep clear of Cord and to stay away from his precious land. However, determination was Lexi’s middle name. She just had to keep on trying to breach Cord’s barriers, to appeal somehow to his head and heart—even if it put her in danger of losing both of hers…to him.
An Amazon bestseller with more than one million pages read.
It’s always darkest before the Dawn.
When the Blackout arrives, Dax Harper finds himself alone and fighting for survival on the chaotic streets of New Orleans. He is on the run, desperately searching for his estranged sister as the riots intensify. An unexpected encounter with his ex-girlfriend thrusts Dax into a leadership position—one he’s not sure he can accept. As the hours pass, the city floods, pitting Dax in an epic battle against time and a mysterious new enemy threatening the future of humankind.
Dawn is the new post-apocalyptic thriller from bestselling authors, J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon, the first book in the Final Awakening trilogy.
The war between mankind and beast is over. And mankind lost.
Earth lies in ruins. Billions of people are dead. Enormous creatures–behemoths–tower over everything, devastating cities and feeding on the scattered remnants of humanity.
Zach Caplan is a survivor. After war broke out, he fled to Maine’s remote wilderness. Hiding in the shadows, he salvaged supplies and lived off the dying land. He thought he was safe. But a sudden and brutal attack proved otherwise.
Rising from the ashes, he launches a desperate search for answers. Unfortunately, the stakes are higher than he could ever imagine. For a terrifying new threat is on the horizon. And Caplan is the only thing standing between mankind and a fate worse than extinction.
Survival expert Zach Caplan faces the Behemoth Apocalypse in this spectacular new novel from international bestselling author David Meyer!
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The Amazon rainforest is hiding a secret.
One woman has uncovered it.
…And it’s a secret worth killing for.
When her company discovers a remarkable hidden message in the dreaming brains of her subjects, Dr. Amanda Meron unknowingly invites disaster unto her company.
The clues seem to be pointing her to one of the remote places on the planet:
The Amazon Rainforest.
When Harvey “Ben” Bennett gets a hint that the nefarious organization he’s been searching for has turned up in Brazil, he and his new girlfriend Juliette Richardson race to the jungle to discover what they’re after – and hopefully stop them.
From the myth of the lost city of El Dorado to emerging science technology, The Amazon Code has it all: action-packed adventure, an exotic setting, and characters you’ll fall in love with.
Don’t miss the next Harvey Bennett thriller – the new action/adventure, science-fiction series from bestselling author Nick Thacker!
Sometimes you have to fight for what – for who – you love.
Shannon Vanderhoff’s childhood taught her early on that nothing was hers to keep, not clothes, or toys, or even people. So she lives, loves, and lets go. She’s not looking for a hero.
But with custody of her traumatized six-year-old nephew on the line, she needs help. Charming Greg Hawkins, a comic book artist and art therapist insists he can coax Ryan into speaking again, enabling the boy to reveal what he saw the night of his mother’s death at his father’s hands. And though Shannon’s skeptical of Greg’s methods, there’s no denying that he brings light and color to their lives.
Greg, one of twelve siblings, knows anything worth having is worth fighting for. If anyone can prepare Shannon for the upcoming battle, it’s Greg and his family.
But will she fight to keep him, too?
A Hero to Keep is a contemporary family drama romance set near Lake Erie, featuring the Hawkins Family. Grab your copy today!
With close to a half million copies of her books sold worldwide, award-winning author Susan Gable is known for her ability to weave realistic characters and powerful emotions, to make readers both laugh and cry.
“Emotionally charged scenes and a terrific plot make this novel a must-read. Gable’s writing is clever, and the emotions she portrays are exceptionally realistic.”- 4.5 Stars, Top Pick Alexandra Kay – Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine
***This book was originally published under the title A Kid to the Rescue.***
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Logan’s Choice is a contemporary romance, the first in a series of five books dealing with the great love stories of one family. When Chelsea Collins’ grandfather Joshua Collins dies, he leaves her his business empire which she doesn’t want. She tries her best to get herself thrown out of the company, but all of her attempts fail. Logan Sherwood wants Collins Industries and presents a codicil to Chelsea’s grandfather’s will stating that if he marries her for a year the company will be his. Logan wants the business. Chelsea wants Logan. Will they both get what they want?
Blood of the Unknowns, a sequel to Guns of the Abyss, is the second of two novels of political intrigue and warfare that follow a woman’s attempt to prevent the spreading cataclysm of events that ignite World War I. In Blood of the Unknowns, we visit the outcome of her vain political activism, and the misfortunes of her husband, a former assistant to the German Chancellor, now consigned to the machine of war as a low-ranking army private fighting at the behest of militarist aristocrats supportive of the imperialist government’s expansionary view of a European continent.
Under the moonlight, he and a fellow German soldier, a dark-skinned Gypsy recruit, share the same crowded stand in a muddy, hand-shoveled trench on the deadly Western Front. As oddly paired as two men of different backgrounds and experience might be, Privates Frieslaven and Maruska hunker in protective friendship, a vital, cooperative defense against enemy sniper fire, bombs and bayonets, and the failures of German leadership that result in the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men pushed beyond human capacity.
The human toll of death and gruesome injury soars on a daily basis as constant waves of courageous soldiers snip through braced lines of rolling barbwire, crawl across pock-marked fields, and watch in war-weary horror as compatriots ordered to charge are felled by machine gun fire so thick that retreat is inevitable for those few left standing. Unilateral surrender is not a choice, however bloodied the troops.
REVIEWS:
An absolutely staggering account of soldiers at war. Makes you seem to be there, gasping with fright, sick to the stomach at the horror of war in having to kill and killing advancing ground troops. A must read for any soldier.
Keith Reeve
Wow! Powerful! Well written, scary, sad.
Larry Bryan
Brings the horror of trench warfare to“ life”; no pun intended.
Mike Cooke
THE WOMAN IN THE YELLOW DRESS is a Private Eye story set in 1948 Los Angeles. A beautiful wealthy woman, Rachel Stone Barbieri, hires Patrick Miles Atwater to discover if her husband, Cesar is cheating on her. Patrick senses she is lying but takes the case to find out what her true agenda is all about.
The romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre has been celebrated as one of the greatest of the 20th century. From the beginning, their relationship was a tumultuous one, in which the couple’s excesses were as widely known as their passion for each other. Despite their love, both Scott and Zelda engaged in flirtations that threatened to tear the couple apart. But none had a more profound impact on the two—and on Scott’s writing—as the liaison between Zelda and a French aviator, Edouard Jozan. Though other biographies have written of Jozan as one of Scott’s romantic rivals, accounts of the pilot’s effect on the couple have been superficial at best.
In The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal That Shaped an American Classic, Kendall Taylor examines the dalliance between the southern belle and the French pilot from a fresh perspective. Drawing on conversations and correspondence with Jozan’s daughter, as well as materials from the Jozan family archives, Taylor sheds new light on this romantic triangle. More than just a casual fling, Zelda’s tryst with Edouard affected Scott as much as it did his wife—and ultimately influenced the author’s most famous creation, Jay Gatsby. Were it not for Zelda’s affair with the pilot, Scott’s novel might be less about betrayal and more about lost illusions.
Exploring the private motives of these public figures, Taylor offers new explanations for their behavior. In addition to the love triangle that included Jozan, Taylor also delves into an earlier event in Zelda’s life—a sexual assault she suffered as a teenager—one that affected her future relationships. Both a literary study and a probing look at an iconic couple’s psychological makeup, The Gatsby Affair offers readers a bold interpretation of how one of America’s greatest novels was influenced.
Sometimes we experience something so traumatic in our lives, it changes us forever…
Renee Johnson has found herself in the midst of turmoil. She has made nothing but a complete mess out of her life and nothing could prepare her for the path laid out before her. An unexpected turn of events plunges her into the most challenging situation she has ever faced. With her best friend, Miah Hunter at her side, Renee must traverse a course that most would not even dare.
Chase Randall, Renee’s new love interest and her light in a dark world, has been challenged by something he never expected. A surprise situation sure to test his resolve and ultimately, his humanity. Despite the negative impact of their plight on their lives, Chase weather’s the storm, only to face the biggest tribulation in the end.
Together, Renee and Chase withstand the beating, leaving them to face a new world in the aftermath of their tragic loss.
Subjected to the indecision of medical professionals who insist on perpetuating a practice they claim is safe, every woman should learn to question them. Doctors are human too and are far from perfect, but patients tend to say nothing, never challenge their practices, and therefore things will never change. The events described in this memoir were either a direct or indirect result of a doctor’s dismissal of signs of impending difficulties, or their failure to act in a timely fashion using interventions that could have otherwise made a difference. In A Flash calls them all into question and, with any luck, will force them to at least look into what appears to be the source of devastating loss for thousands of women everywhere. End the madness: Question their motives, stand up for your rights, and never allow them to disregard even the slightest concern.
Best friends must find a way to release hidden passions, save a true mate, and expose the evil that threatens true love and an entire Fae realm…
Devitt St. Clair is the youngest and favored son of the King of the Fae. While patrolling the land that holds the Pit, a gateway between Earth and his territory in Faedom, he runs across a beautiful female. This human now owns the home that sits at the opening of the Pit. That spells trouble for his people and leaves a mystery of how a human acquired the home of a powerful Fae.
Sienna Hurston has just lost everything. Her cheating boyfriend has been embezzling money from her Veterinary Clinic leaving her destitute. Luckily, the grandfather she’s never known leaves her his property. Heartbroken, but with nowhere to go, she finally makes her way to her new home. When a gorgeous man knocks on her door, she has no idea her life is about to drastically change.
The instant attraction between Dev and Sienna hides a secret evil and hidden memories that could destroy them both and set in motion the downfall of Dev’s realm in Faedom. With the help of Dev’s best friend and Guard, Rhys McNamara they set out to discover the evil Mage who would dare come between true mates.
This story contains lots of growls, wolves, bears and a surprise attraction between friends when they come together in an intense healing. Be prepared for lots of m/f and intense m/m/f loving, lots of biting sexiness, and the magic of love.
This book is intended for readers age 18+ and those with an open mind.
Readers first met Angel Ariel in Claire Candy Hough’s previous work, a #1 Amazon International Bestseller, “One True Home: Behind the Veil of Forgetfulness, and followed her remarkable journey through her earthly incarnations as she fulfilled her spiritual quest. Now, in I Am an Angelic Walk-In, also a #1 Amazon International Bestseller, Mrs. Hough completes the story as Angel Ariel embarks on her most challenging mission ever.
Like many of us, Candy felt as if her life were spiraling out of control. Her marriage to a cold, controlling attorney ended in divorce. A new relationship started out promising, but crashed into a nightmare of deceit. Her health and finances in ruins, this desperate woman wished only for death. Then one day, seemingly out of nowhere, everything changed. Candy’s entire existence was amazingly and irrevocably transformed. What happened?
We’ve all encountered – or at least heard about – those rare individuals who change their lives overnight. The miracle cure of a terminal illness, the addict who simply decides one day to quit – how do they do it? What happened to them to create a dramatic turnaround? I Am an Angelic Walk-In explores these tantalizing questions and provides thought-provoking answers, a glimpse into the eternal and the divine. Follow Angel Ariel and Candy as their two paths become one and Angel Ariel manifests a reunion with her beloved Twin-Flame. For all those who read One True Home, this volume is the ideal companion. For those new to the story, I Am an Angelic Walk-In introduces the fascinating characters and intriguing concepts of the previous book and continues their stories to a breathtaking conclusion. I Am an Angelic Walk-In will open your eyes and touch your heart, that rare book that provides both an entertaining read and deep insights. I Am an Angelic Walk-In is a treat to be savored and treasured.
Since the beginning of time, humankind has been asking the same questions: Why are we here? What is our purpose in life? What happens to us when our bodies die? Claire Candy Hough explores these mysteries and more in her remarkable new novel, One True Home—Behind the Veil of Forgetfulness.
Follow the adventures of one extraordinary heroine as she lives through many life- times, each a step on the path to spiritual awakening and self-realization: a princess in ancient Egypt, a peasant with the power to heal in medieval Scotland, a spoiled, pampered courtesan in renaissance Venice, a slave captured in Africa and brought to colonial America, and a native American of the Lakota tribe, finally ascending to the angelic being she was always meant to be. More than just a series of fascinating earthly experiences, One True Home shines a light on the biggest mystery of them all: what happens to us between incarnations? Is Heaven real? Claire Candy Hough answers the last question with a resounding “Yes!”, pointing to her own connection to Spirit during two near-death experiences. The author brings an extensive background as a clairvoyant and intuitive counselor to craft a story that is accessible and down- to-earth, as well as highly imaginative and deeply spiritual.
At times thrilling, heartbreaking and tenderly romantic, One True Home is among those rare books that is both a page-turning tale and a work of profound wisdom and insight. Ariel is a heroine you won’t soon forget, and her earthbound adventures and spiritual evolution will stay with you long after the last word has been read. A must-read for seekers of all ages and walks of life, One True Home is destined to become a classic of new age literature.
When skeletal remains turn up in Baltimore’s Leakin Park, Detective Paul Solomon is pessimistic about their chances of solving the case. But a clue discovered near the bones soon leaves his partner, Tim Cullen, in little doubt as to their identity. As the case leads him close to home, Tim struggles to find a balance between professional responsibility and family, testing Paul’s patience and loyalty in the process.
In his personal life, Paul wrestles with his own increasingly precarious balancing act. His friendship with David Haygood threatens his new relationship with Owen, and he finds himself questioning not only his own judgment but his motivations as well. When Paul makes a choice that may irreparably damage his budding romance, the only person he can think to turn to is his ex-lover and friend Andy.
As Paul and Tim sift through details of the short life of a young woman who died over a quarter of a century ago, what eventually emerges from the web of connections and coincidence is a story that’s both shocking and sadly familiar to the seasoned detectives.
Margaritas & Mexico! Murder???One Man’s Epic Journey across two Continents and four Countries with 50 years of Adventure. But,1986 changed everything forever. “It’s all good until it turns bad.” One event devastated the lives of 19 Students, 3 Chaperones and 1 Bus Driver. Was it the Tequila???
Thinking about sending your “Kids” to Paradise Unsupervised? THINK AGAIN!!!
EXCERPT from CHAPTER 1
I boarded the bus having a bit of difficulty due to the metal support brace that I had fixed to my right knee. I looked at my “amigos,” a word we had learned on this trip to Mexico, we each used it loosely – each person, place or thing that we encountered was our Amigo.
“Sorry for being the last person.”
It was 8:12 a.m., we were supposed to be gone and on the asphalt broken highway back to life as we knew it no later than 8:00 a.m. There was a silence of which I have never heard before nor have ever heard since. I trapped a bee with my thumb that had been swarming around my beer either attracted to the fruit inside my bottle or the rotten salsa that was smeared on the outside.
“Still nothing from Tina?” The words came slurred from my dry swollen, partly scabbed lips, which had enjoyed too much sun and salty margaritas.
My question was answered by the anguished looks of my fellow spring breakers. Tina had not surfaced. The last time any of us, including her two roommates had seen her was 36 hours earlier.
This is “My Bad Tequila.”
This spring getaway was supposed to be a fun experience and a pleasant memory. It ended up being more than a memory; it was an unpleasant walk through life.
Mystery/Paranormal:
If given the option to sign off on your afterlife and accept eternal peace and all that comes with it, or solve the mystery of your own death, which would you choose?
The bodies of high school and middle school kids are found dead from an overdose of heroin and fentanyl. The drug trade along the I-94 and I-43 corridors and the Milwaukee Metro area is controlled by MS-13, a violent gang originating from El Salvador. Ricardo Fuentes is sent from Chicago to Waukesha to find out who is cutting in on their business, shut it down and teach them a lesson. But he has an ulterior motive: find and kill a fifteen-year-old boy, George Tokay, who had killed his cousin the previous summer.
Detectives Jamie Graff, Pat O’Connor and Paul Eiselmann race to find the source of the drugs, shut down the ring, and find Fuentes before he kills anyone else, especially George or members of his family. The three detectives come to realize that the ring has its roots in a high school among the students and staff.
A sizzling mystery-thriller
Serial murders of beautiful twins over a century. Impossible!
When Atlanta’s top Homicide cop, Suzanne Delacroix, catches a triple murder case – two teenage twins and their mom brutally murdered in Cascade Heights – something at the crime scene compels her to turn in her badge and gun. Something more than just the ritualistic mayhem jangles her very soul.
Later, as a legal investigator and as a favor to a longtime friend she takes on a nondescript case in a sleepy Atlanta suburb but soon discovers things are not what they seem. She again becomes entangled in the Cascade murders which she believes are related to those of several teen twins going back more than 100 years…and to the death of her cop father…and to what happened to her two decades ago at a frat party…and to an Evil she could have never imagined.
The Children is Book One of the family saga Once & Forever.
Dmitry Rostoff’s world has turned upside-down when he discovered that he became a father to a baby girl born in Moscow. He brings his illegitimate daughter to America, honoring her mother’s last wish. A strained and complicated relationship between Dmitry and his mother, Elizabeth Rostoff, the Matriarch of the family jewelry empire, quickly deteriorates after he uncovers her attempt at sabotage. Dmitry’s only salvation is his eleven-year-old son, Peter.
The conflict between the mother and son turns into an open war, with both children, and the woman Dmitry fell in love with, caught in the middle.
The New Order of the Age, Annuit coeptis Novus ordo seclorum. Is the EU the rebirth of the Roman Empire? With American in decline under the presidency of Donald Trump, will the EU alliance led by the France and German emerge as the world next superpower? This will be one of the most prolific book you will every read. Available now at Amazon
At a young age of 32, I have lived many experiences that have molded my life. With each experience, I have encountered lessons that have made me successful in my endeavors as a business owner, coach, and motivator. This book shares many of the stories of my life and the lessons I have learned along the way. I hope that each person who reads this book not only gets entertainment out of my stories, but a thought process to start seeing the lessons of their own lives.
Hailey Velck, Private Investigator is pulled into a serial murder case with local detective and long time friend, Bobby Stein and his partner Gabe Nexs. Can they catch the killer before the city is bathed in blood?
The Earth is dying and humankind along with it. 3 are born at a time when hope is flailing. In their twentieth year, the battle begins. With their familiars at their sides, they battle the demon plague that is rotting the World and try to bring back hope and humanity.
Christine Ray’s debut poetry collection ‘Composition of a Woman’ is an extraordinary glimpse into the essence of what it takes to make, and sometimes simultaneously break, a woman as strikingly powerful as she is beautiful. Split into five sections (Nerve, Brain, Breast, Rib, and Blood), Ray writes about chronic illness, depression, love, loss, and identity.
“Christine Ray brilliantly split Composition into five thoughtful sections that work together beautifully to deliver the maximum impact of each poem while taking the reader deeper into a stunning journey of the mind, the body, the very soul of this person. In Composition, Christine Ray reveals so much of what we try to hide, and she does so while dancing between ruthlessly beautiful and heartbreakingly painful.”
An American family in crisis and how they deal with it. An aging WWII veteran with dementia, a pregnant daughter bein stalked by her meth using boyfriend, and a preteen becoming a teenager are what we see. Behind the scenes, a greater crisis is gathering as an old enemy of one of the family gets ready to take revenge from his post as manager of a security firm contracted to the NSA. By the end of the story you will be wondering who has your information and what are they going to do with it. Available in both Kindle and paperback.
A psychological thriller about murder among friends … and enemies. Who do you trust?
Leila Goodfriend is laying down the bones of a painting. When interrupted by Iris, the noisy, unlikeable artist in the studio upstairs, Leila is distracted and annoyed.
When she discovers the racket was actually Iris’ dead body hitting the floor, Leila becomes obsessed: Who murdered Iris?
The other Red Barn Cooperative artists—competitive, jealous and hypocritical—are prime suspects. They all hated Iris. “An artist owes his life to his art,” Iris said.
Iris was good for a laugh. But no one is laughing now.
In this gripping mystery, new author Barbara Elle paints a clever and twisted picture of women and sisters, whose lives are entwined by a brutal murder in a charming Cape Cod town.
Alibis fall apart. Plot twists multiply. And Leila comes to a dangerous conclusion.
Best Selling Australian author, Camilla Chance (Wisdom Man) has a new book, Melissa & Kasho
Melissa, a shy teenage girl, feels lost in a transnational high society world that drives her to the depths of despair. But her attraction to the very human Kasho, who has snippets of philosophy to impart, eventually enables her to develop her own strengths. But Kasho doesn’t dwell physically on Earth. Melissa’s realistic story traverses class, gender, and power dynamics. She is expected to walk, or is bullied into walking, a certain path required of her class, including marrying a certain man. It’s only when she connects with Kasho, a native man whose values are in-line with hers, that she finds a kindred spirit who truly sees her. In an age of bullying and teen suicide, the resonating lesson throughout the story is “There is always a way of making your life better.” But how will she and her best friend, Daisy, find it?
From her carefree early life on a farm in rural South Australia to a marriage that was broken even before it began, then living as a struggling single mother and navigating a string of bad romances – this is the story of a woman whose lessons in life – and love – have been learned the hard way.
Jules Hannaford grew up living an idyllic childhood, full of fun and adventures. She went to boarding school and had the time of her life, excelling at sport, making new friends and getting in trouble due to her risk taking and mischievous nature.
When single motherhood called for her to step up and take charge, she found her passion in her career as a teacher, yet she struggled to find someone to share her life with. One day, the opportunity came for her to move across the world, and she packed her bags, pulled her daughter out of school, and took the risk of leaving her sleepy home city for Asia’s mega city of Hong Kong.
From then on, life was different. Suddenly, she was in a job she loved, and she no longer had to struggle to make ends meet, but there was still one thing missing. Love.
Optimistic, Jules began internet dating, and unwittingly invited a new kind of trouble into her life. Was it her trusting nature? Her naïveté? Or was it simply her desperate desire to share her life with someone that made her take the risks that almost cost her life?
Set in rust-belt Michigan in 1967, Zug Island tells the story of Jake Malone, an eighteen-year-old student who is kicked out of college and finds work as one of the few white employees in a black labor crew at Zug Island’s blast furnace and coke oven complex. Jake earns the respect of his African American coworkers and develops a friendship with Theo Semple, a restless laborer who longs to reunite with his wife and son in Memphis, Tennessee. When the Detroit riots break out, Jake must defend his friendship with Theo and reconcile his own feelings about his position in the world. Told with straightforward candor and an authentic voice, Zug Island is a coming-of-age story that explores the bonds of loyalty and friendship in the face of entrenched racial tension and civil unrest.
The Traveler’s Best Seller is a fiction novel about Mr. Peregrine, an underachieving high school teacher who has already suffered great loss and now faces a terminal cancer diagnosis. In an effort to live before he dies, he stumbles across an unorthodox trio who seem unusually interested in fulfilling his dying wishes.
I scanned the packed stadium. First I took in the seats in front of me. Everyone was on their feet, clapping and waving their hands. Then I scanned across the expansive nosebleed section. I had to shield my eyes from the bright stage lights. I hadn’t done a thing yet. Not a word; just walked out on stage. But there they were, twenty-five thousand people on their feet, looking at me, waiting for me to tell my story. After all, who can say they rode side by side in battle with George Washington; played for kings and queens alongside Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. My stories grew larger with every travel. The students loved my new passion for history. The faculty thought I was out of my mind. The FBI knew I was in over my head.
They murdered her sister. They threatened her church. Now, the day of reckoning will cost her everything…
When Cici Gurule finds the dead body of a parishioner in the nearby Santa Fe National Forest, she’s horrified to realize the victim bears the same stab wounds that ended her twin sister’s life one year earlier.
Now, as a freewheeling, progressive reverend who’ll stop at nothing to protect her flock, she’ll need to join forces with her detective friend and loyal pair of Great Pyrenees to hunt down the killer before she’s forced to officiate another funeral.
Soon, however, Cici discovers her sister was on the trail of a deep-rooted criminal operation, and her death was no random act of violence.
With the criminals out for Cici’s blood, she needs to catch the wolf by the tail…before it goes in for the kill.
Benny Dupree committed a crime of passion and hid his secret under barrier island sands for thirty years. He kept his secret using sea-turtles as a shield. Two “treasure hunters,” threaten to expose his deed. They are willing to destroy or kill anyone who stands between them and their riches.
Benny hires Harper Sturgis, a retired Marine intelligence officer … now a lawyer. She unravels thirty year old secrets, ones even Benny doesn’t know.
Can Harper save Benny and “uncover” a treasure measured in billions?
Have you ever experienced a complete burnout? Has it been so overwhelmingly destructive that you felt you needed to completely change the way you live? Or have you burned out and have found it impossible to move forward? Many of us, especially in the modern madness of today’s world, experience what is known as burnout. It can happen for a variety of different reasons, but the overriding result is often a loss of authentic happiness. Solveig Ellefsen experienced that, but found a way to rebuild her life, without medication, which she shares with you here in The Inner Sun Path to Happiness. Inside, Solveig shows you how you can use the right tools to rebuild yourself and become happier, including: Health and fitness – A proper balanced diet – Getting rid of any stress and strains – Having positive thoughts – The law of attraction – Feeling connected to the universe – Choosing happiness – And more… By implementing the techniques described within, you can also find your own little piece of happiness and banish the negativity that promotes the burnout we see so often.
Have you ever had one of those days where everything seemed strange? Well I have. My name is Elena Kelley. A few days ago, on my twenty-fifth birthday, a strange creature pulled me through an enchanted mirror, and onto a beach in the Fae Realm, where a Druid Sorcerer saved my life. Turns out, I’m the next in line to the Light Fae crown, and my fate is to unite the Dark Races.
Up until now, my entire life has been a lie. Oblivious to what I am, I’ve lived as a human, hidden from the supernatural world, cloaked by a Sorcerer’s spell. That spell is gone now, my powers are intensifying, and my life is in danger.
My new best friend is a Demon, and I’m meeting Vampires in bars. Somehow, I have to come to terms with what I am, and learn to fight in order to save myself as well as the ones I love.
Some odd phone calls; some well-timed phone calls; and a long, purposeful, life path put me in my career of serving developmentally disabled children and adults. My memoirs of that path and those years of service are compacted into this book. I needed a book like this when I entered the field to give me an idea of what to expect. It is my hope these experiences will be of help to parents, student-teachers, mentor teachers, and principals of this population of students.
Gryndean village is hidden from the world by a protection spell, keeping the inhabitants safe from harm. Alesia, the Alpha of the wolf pack, is with cub and soon to give birth. However, in the past, her births haven’t gone well, and this one is no exception.
Meyrick is born, a son, but not all is as it seems. He appears mundane—a human—and once he reaches his late teens, he will have to leave the village. Only wolves can remain when they reach adulthood.
But when Meyrick is seven, something happens—something wonderful and miraculous as well as frightening and downright evil—and Meyrick finds there is more to him than even he thought. With hunters on his trail, to rid the realm of a mundane such as him and to find the hidden, enchanted seal given to him by an angel upon his birth—a seal Meyrick is unware of. Meyrick must prove he is worthy to fight them off. There is help from The Ice Wizard—a young-looking but ancient being—and all the villagers as well as Meyrick’s dearest friend Marcus, little Cloe, and a surprising offer of solidarity from one of his foes, Nolan.
Will they defeat the hunters? Will the villagers accept the new Meyrick? But most of all, will Meyrick accept himself when he finds out what and who he truly is?
Henry Shanks, beloved and respected Montana pioneer rancher who survived the Civil War, floods, blizzards, outlaws, rustlers and Indian attacks, only to be caught up in the changing times, the start of a World War, telephones, telegraphs, steam trains, automobiles, airplanes, and a new breed of criminals.
Ben Crane, Shanks’s youthful neighbor and farmhand finds the Rattle Snake Ranch and its river crossing a deadly obstacle.
Although the old rancher and his young farmhand are separated by 50 years of life and experiences, they are of one mind on the subject of right and wrong.
Join them and see if you are in agreement with their beliefs.
We have a sense of humour – and we are made in God’s image. He has a marvellous sense of fun – the Father as few of us could imagine Him!
The power of Jesus Christ’s cross – His life and resurrection become ours as a Christian. Simply life changing!
Lord Leishmann will stop at nothing to become ruler over Danyon. This includes destroying every man, woman, and child that opposes him. His destructive pursuit forces one man to stand against him. After years of protecting his people Clad must now face his foe knowing he may never again see his family or the face of his first born child.
His infant daughter, Claire, is quickly sent to another world to hide her from Leishmann in hopes that she can one day return to save her people. Eighteen years later her simple life is turned upside down when Leishamnn’s army finds her. She must now escape them and return to a world she thought was a fairy tale. Claire’s new life is filled with betrayals she never thought possible, danger around every corner, and a newly discovered strength that will hopefully lead her to fulfill a prophecy that is now part of her future.
In Make Success Happen, Deborah Galiffa Fliehman, marketing expert, accelerates your journey along a marketing plan learning curve. Unlike many business books, Make Success Happen provides concrete, actionable steps and specific examples.
Through her seven step process, you will learn how to organize a team, develop purpose statements, create a corporate identity, prepare a budget, and implement and evaluate your marketing plan. As a bonus, she has included a chapter on how to build a graphic standards manual.
Fliehman shares her extensive knowledge and experience in marketing communication; advertising; sales promotion; public relations; conventions, trade shows, and special events; public speaking; management consulting; strategic planning; publications; training and education; audio and video production; and budgeting.
Fliehman has an MBA and an MS, marketing communication, has worked in marketing management positions for two Fortune 500 companies, and today runs her own marketing communication, advertising, and sales promotion agency, Creative Technical Resources.
Through the management of her own marketing agency, Creative Technical Resources, her book, workshops, and speaking engagements, she shares her marketing expertise and insights with others.
Parenting can be challenging and beautiful. Join Dr. Lauretta Stombaugh, pediatrician and mother of four, as she shares her parenting journey. If you are a parent this book will remind you to be mindful and open as you create a safe space for your child as they mark their footprints in this world.
Abi hasn’t had a easy life. A childhood of terror, one were she lost the will to learn to love someone, to trust and let any man into her life.
When Adam begins at the same precinct as Abi, her frozen heart begins to melt. Family and friends watch as she lets him in, but the past is about to catch up with her.
Abducted and struggling to stay alive, can Adam’s love be enough to keep her fighting? Will the LAPD save her in time?
There’s only one way to find out. Buy the book others can’t put down.
A psychological romance/thriller that will have you turning the pages and leaving you cheering for Abi.
This Christian Book, using the apostles as examples shows how to use the hardships in your life, combined with your faith in God, to bring the message of the Gospel to others.
When young Valerie first met older college hottie, Flynn she had no idea how her world would change in a few short years. From tragedy and betrayal to an undeniable love where trust, hope and protection was everything in this inspirational tear jerker to a swoon-worthy steamy story of full of hope and happiness.
Ancient Egypt’s dissolution. The end of Pharaoh Nectanebo II’s reign. The Fool unites three unforgettable characters who struggle to hide a magical disk sent to earth by a child god of major mystery.
High Priest Nesatum has only known luxury. Raised by the last-born ancient ruler of Egypt: Pharaoh Nectanebo II, his unfailing devotion earns him the status of Egypt’s supreme holy man. After being introduced to Mutemwia, Nectanebo’s beautiful, talented and humble seer, Nesatum holds an unrequited love for her even though she must remain pure.
Mutemwia’s veneration for the gods is undoubted, but when a magical disk lands in the river Nile sent by a child god of the Major Arcana: ‘The Fool’, a miracle changes her life. She foretells mankind’s doom if three other celestial weapons are united with the disk: a wand a cup and a sword.
A paranormal chain of events is unleashed when the disk is presented to Pharaoh Nectanebo at Karnack temple and chaos ensues: Nectanebo is ignited with an unstoppable desire for power, Nesatum questions his faith and Ochus and his army approach Thebes.
As the Major Arcana gods threaten to destroy all that is held dear the triad must battle to hide the disk, remain loyal to one another, and survive.
A fictional account of life in the Navy aboard a cargo ship. The main character is Lieutenant Bob Cantley, a maverick Navy Supply Corps officer. The story takes place in the 1980’s when racial tensions were high and the Navy’s social norms were changing. It takes readers from Bob’s Cantley’s entry into the Navy through his first ship and then onward to his final ship. the USS SAN CLEMENTE where he meets up with a ruthless Navy Skipper, Captain Martin Manzack who is known as the “SPINE RIPPER.” The Skipper is an abusive drunk and hates everyone, including supply officers and all minorities. A murder takes place on board the SAN CLEMENTE. This novel sheds light on the way sailors behave during deployments, how they think, and the lives they lead while deployed. It also reflects on the many moral and ethical dilemmas that face sailors in the U.S. Navy. When Lt. Cantley meets Captain Manzack for the first time he realizes his career is doomed. There is intrigue, sex, mayhem, mischief, and too many crimes that will make your head spin. A courts-martial ensures at the end of the book and you will never be able to guess the outcome. Initial responses about the books content by a retired supply corps rear admiral said the book has a great ending, while the Chairman Chairman of Board for the Centre for Study of Intelligence Operations says this book…”Is just awesome!” An active duty female Captain said, “The book is spot on with the language and way people acted in the 80s, and the book also had a great ending!”
Asking the simple question, what if; the answer is conveyed in 13 short stories where ONeal pushes the limits of imagination, as in “August 14, 2022”, when a man awakens one morning, knowing when his life will end in the future, and in the story “9 Lives”, when a cats devoted love of a little girl, is willing to sacrifice each of its nine lives to protect her from danger. In “The Shadow”, a malevolent spirit of a six year old girl, long dead, wanting to return to the living world, by taking over the body of another six year old girl, Ten years later!. With the combination of fantasy, the paranormal, ghosts, sci-fi horror, and the unexplained, ONeal’s characteristic dark humor, with a savory taste for the macabre and the unknown, extends the bounds of the predictable, and brings the reader to the brink of sanity and insanity, loneliness and friendship, and into the horrors of human and inhuman existence.
Fans of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Michael Crichton, and tv shows like “Amazing Tales”, and “The Twilight Zone”, will enjoy this anthology of unique and diverse stories, where some may leave you breathless. What If, celebrates the mysteries of the world and the unexplained that encompasses each of our minds, and articulates how fast time flies. Never forget that time has been the most valuable thing we can spend, ONeal says, so spend it wisely, and don’t throw it away.
Think and Act Out of The Box by Manuel Manero
Success in life is an option. This book is a “manual” of behaviours, attitudes and procedures that you must develop if you want to have a successful life.
All that you are going to “drink” serves a single purpose: to live a more gratifying life with whom you love. And for that to happen, you have to transform yourself into that person, that leader, that idol that everyone admires and will want to follow.
Aware that much more is needed than reading a simple work to live a “great” life, I want with these pages to light the flame of “belief” that each of us has inside, so that the process of transformation occurs Of course, and that all “growing pains” be accepted as part of our “program” for a life of accomplishment.
SYNOPSIS
In the ever green island of the Apocalypse, in Patmos, young Sophia begins the journey of her life. Through the pain due to the loss of her mother Sophia discovers parts of herself that will lead her to far away America. Not even a loving relationship can keep the young doctor away from her ambitious plans. There is something though that she does not take into account; something that will change and destroy every bit of her soul. The battle will be grave and there will be victims on both sides of the Atlantic. However, the strength that stems from the heart is unbelievably catalytic and capable to bring all kinds of changes.
Tells of love at the turn of the 1800’s.Isabella falls in love with a common gardener when her family move from The Peak District to Kent.
Their relationship is conducted in secret as her wealthy family members would never have allowed the liaison.
Trauma and sadness become a prominent feature through the rest of the story and the huge divide between rich and poor is both fascinating and well described.
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Needed: A nanny in time for Christmas!
Christian Danser keeps his home at the Broken Arrow Ranch just as his late wife left it: cozy and orderly. With an early winter settling in and the ranch shorthanded, he needs a nanny ASAP.
When Noelle Forrester finds herself unexpectedly unemployed, she and her young son are facing eviction. An ad for a live-in nanny appears to be the answer to her prayers. Until she comes face-to-face with Christian—the sexy yet irritating cowboy who cost Noelle her previous job!
Christian resists hiring the beautiful but failed waitress. She’s too young, too busy, and far too tempting. Nonetheless, when his daughter takes a shine to Noelle, he reconsiders. But when Noelle’s holiday cheer conflicts with Christian’s avoidance of the holiday, sparks fly. Somehow, Noelle has to open Christian’s heart to the spirit of Christmas…or she and her son will be homeless by the New Year.
The Autobiography of Jimmy Lee.
Jimmy Lee has led some sort of life!
He had a start in life few would have survived; he was taken into care at three years old and by the time he was eleven he had moved home ten times and attended nine different schools.
His early adolescence was hard by any standards. At fourteen, he ran away to join the Royal Navy and was sent, along with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges at Shotley, in Suffolk, a training establishment where a harsh regime held sway.
He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal instructors, prone to drunkenness, whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for his emerging free spirit.
Jim fought back and deserted on numerous occasions. Among his many punishments, he suffered ‘cuts’, a particularly brutal form of naval punishment. The next six years passed with regular naval detentions in the Royal Naval Detention Quarters, Portsmouth, involving exhausting routines and solitary confinements, which ended with a twelve month sentence in the infamous HM Military Prison Corradina, Malta, after which he was dismissed from the Service and returned to civilian life.
Then his troubles really began!
Winner of 20 book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author’s father, was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8,1944.
Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for months before making it back to England. Their individual stories and those of the courageous Belgian people who risked their lives to help them are all different and are all remarkable.
Even before the dramatic battle in the air and the subsequent harrowing events on the ground, the story is informative, insightful, and captivating. Prior to the fateful event, the book covers the crew’s training, their journey to England, what life was like on base as well as in London and the English countryside, and the perils of flying combat missions over occupied Europe and Germany.
Through personal letters, oral and written accounts, declassified military documents, and interviews – all from people who took part in the events that happened over 70 years ago (even the German Luftwaffe pilot who shot down the Susan Ruth) – the stories come alive. Adding to the feeling of “being there”, are more than 200 time period photographs interspersed throughout the book.
To add background and context, many historical facts and anecdotes about and surrounding World War II are entwined throughout the book so that the reader has a feel for and understanding of what was occurring on a broader scale. SHOT DOWN is an account about brave individuals, featuring pilot Howard Snyder, set within the compelling events of the greatest conflict in world history.
An American family in crisis and how they deal with it. An aging WWII veteran with dementia, a pregnant daughter bein stalked by her meth using boyfriend, and a preteen becoming a teenager are what we see. Behind the scenes, a greater crisis is gathering as an old enemy of one of the family gets ready to take revenge from his post as manager of a security firm contracted to the NSA. By the end of the story you will be wondering who has your information and what are they going to do with it. Available in both Kindle and paperback.
The Warramunga’s War is a sweeping narrative of the friendship that forms between a young Australian army officer, Jamie Munro, and an educated half-caste Warramunga aboriginal NCO, Jack ‘Jacko’ O’Brien, during the Syrian campaign against the Vichy French in World War II. Jacko rescues a wounded Jamie after which they are conscripted in Cairo by MI6. Here, Jamie and Jacko learn about the seamy side of war in counterespionage as they track down German spies. The principal fictional characters interact with actual historical figures and events throughout the story.
As the desert war escalates to the west of Cairo, the MI6 team confuses the enemy with misleading radio messages using German codes and using local entertainers as undercover agents. On one of his day leaves, Jacko meets a beautiful young Syrian-French girl and a strong romantic bond forms between the two during his time in Cairo.
Following the end of the desert war, Jamie and Jacko are assigned to wartime intelligence work in Southeast Asia. After the end of the Pacific war, they initiate the Darwin operations of the CIS, the Commonwealth Investigation Service. On the trail of two suspected wartime German agents, they discover the agents have formed a dangerous criminal gang with an individual they had known during their time in Cairo. The tracking skills of the Warramunga are needed to finally catch up with the murderous gang in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Are you one of the elect?
Dr. Helen Hope is a lecturer in eschatology – the study of death, judgement, and the destiny of humankind. She is also a Calvinist nun, her life devoted to atoning for a secret crime.
When a body is found crucified on a Liverpool beach, she forms an unlikely alliance with suspect Mikko Kristensen, lead guitarist in death metal band Total Depravity. Together, they go on the trail of a rogue geneticist who they believe holds the key – not just to the murder, but to something much darker.
Also on the trail is cynical Scouse detective Darren Swift. In his first murder case, he must confront his own lack of faith as a series of horrific crimes drag the city of two cathedrals to the gates of hell.
Science meets religious belief in this gripping murder mystery.
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The adventures of the most powerful female dog in a universe full of them, and her somewhat more sensible friend, Hamilton Pomeranian.
Lilith falls for Lamech who is not just another pretty face. He is the first vampire who was cursed for killing Cain. She joins him in eternal night. Their child is Medusa. They must survive assault from a renegade vampire who can walk by day. A fast action romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat for hours. 5/5 star reviews, www.redheadedbookloverblog.com, frankfrisson.com, indiebookreviews.com
Samantha Owens applied for the vacant position offered by the State of Texas prison officials for a Registered Nurse with obstetrical experience to work in their OB clinic. After her somewhat frightening orientation what she actually ended up working was the night shift position making her responsible for over 900 inmates in the women’s correctional facility. Facing the challenges of triaging pregnant inmates and those with multiple medical issues was daunting and often dangerous during the minimally staffed night shift. When a nurse disappears, she uncovers a diabolical plot being carried out by the prison doctors which threatens all the inmates.
For Amy Graham who was incarcerated for writing hot checks, the challenges ranged from simple embarrassment and loneliness to the horrors of being a relatively innocent victim of the dangerous women around her. Her life hangs in the balance when she becomes the doctor’s next victim.
This is a medical thriller. You decide what is fiction and what is fact. The author worked in a women’s prison as a nurse in Texas. This book is also available in print and audio book.
From the first day of his arrival at school in a wheelchair two weeks into the semester, Henry Greenberg suspects that Sebastian Drake has special powers that foils the cruel antics of the 9th grade bully, Frankie Nytz.
Henry soon befriends Sebastian and is thrilled when they are both selected to attend the Psi Academy, a special school in an underground base set up by the military to enhance the psychic powers of young teens for possible use in a war against evil psi warriors for world control. While at the Psi Academy, Sebastian and Henry and their fellow 28 cadets are taught by its eccentric faculty how to develop their diverse innate psychic powers such as mind reading, tele-influencing, bending objects, walking through walls, remote viewing, fortune telling, conjuring wraiths, and even summoning the dead.
These powers are also enhanced during the playing of competitive video games known as ‘Mind Games’. But several weeks into the grueling curriculum, Sebastian and Henry suspect that the Psi Academy may be hiding a deep, dark secret and that the good guys running it may not be good after all and the bad guys not bad.
David and Helene shared the adventure, the sights, the laughs …and even the tears
For some people, retirement dreams consist of comfy slippers and gardening. Not so David and Helene, whose dream was of adventure.
They presented Audley Travel, specialists in creating tailor-made journeys to all corners of the globe, with the challenge of exploring the history, landscape, wildlife, people and food in fifteen countries over ten months.
Fortunately, they were up to the task so David and Helene traded their slippers and gardening gloves for 53 flights, 30 trains, 8 boats, 3 cruise ships, 1 light aircraft, 1 hot air balloon, a motorbike and sidecar, countless speedboats, taxis, tuk-tuks, cyclos, and bicycles. And a disobedient horse.
Turning Left Around the World is an entertaining account of their adventure, often intriguing, frequently funny and occasionally tragic. Share their adventure, enjoy the surprises and meet some fascinating people with some unusual customs.
Tithing has been around for centuries. In the book, KLEPTOMANIAC: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway, you will be taken on a journey into the annuals of biblical history concerning what the Bible teaches about tithing and giving. The subtitle of the book is, The Untwisted Truth About the Centuries Old Tithes and Offering Deception. Anybody who pays ten percent of their income to a church or a 501c3 will want to know if God considers people who do not pay a tenth of their income as God robbers and kleptomaniacs. This book will show you how to give and not become a victim of a weekly Sunday morning stickup in church. The information this book reveals about tithing is like taking a proverbial archeological trek back in time to uncover the true meaning of biblical words that deal with money. When confusion exists about what certain words mean in the Bible, such as tithe, tithing, tenth or ten percent, this book will examine the Hebrew and Greek language to bring to life what these words actually mean in context. Many common beliefs about tithing will be upended based on the history of the original people of the Bible and how they related to money. You will lean about the history of the tithe, and the culprits who managed to change the Scripture so that all people would think a tithe of money is required by God.
Every page of Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway? has information that will make you become an analyst in getting to the bottom line of what tithing is in the Old and New Testament. It takes you on a journey to first define the word tithe and then breaks down the differences between giving and tithing as the Bible instructs. The author attempts to expose what most people believe as fact to bring them to what the Bible actually teaches when it comes to true giving. Are the arguments put forth today about tithing fact or fiction? This book tackles tough questions like, did God ever require a tithe of money? Was the contents of the tithe always money in the Bible? Who is really robbing God today? Did God change the tithe at some point in biblical history? Are first fruits money? Is the tithe food, money or both? Is the church the storehouse? Did Jesus, Paul and the Disciples tithe? Did the early church honor a money tithe system? Are Christians really cursed for not tithing ten percent of their income? These questions will be answered based on scholarship, the land, the language and the literature of the original Biblical people. Not only will questions be answered for those confused about whether or not they are required to pay ten percent of their income to religious institutions, they will learn what the Bible really teaches about money and stewardship. The author meticulously examines the word tithe in both the Hebrew and Greek language to help reader know how to interpret the word tithe.
A story about a young girl and her family wrestling with the ever-persistent alligators of Cystic Fibrosis. How each person handled the situation with grace and dignity. Learning how to always get back on the horse even though you’ve been knocked down so many times. If you want to be inspired by how our family stuck together with a positive outlook, physical resilience, and inner strength, you must read this book. Hopefully, my daughter’s life course will inspire others who are dealing with their own challenges to never give up!
The women in the Fat Fridays group continue to come together for their Friday lunches—no calories counted—and to help each other deal with life’s complications. With her unexpected pregnancy and the support of the women in the group, Carol Ann breaks free from her dismal life with her parents. Left on her own with no support from the father of her child, she decides to start an interior decorating business on the side. She begins by secretly helping Ed Pritchard, her boss at MacTel, decorate his condo for Christmas.
One Secret Sunday leads to others. Carol Ann and Ed are planning a future together when Lee, a tall, thin, beautiful young woman sent from MacTel’s California headquarters to “fix” their office, disrupts their world. Then, when Ed is diagnosed with a serious illness, he decides it’s only fair to break off his engagement to Carol Ann. Devastated, Carol Ann wonders how she can continue. But all their Secret Sundays bring about a new beginning when he joins her for the birth of the baby he wants to help raise. The women in the Fat Fridays group celebrate in style as they welcome another little one into their midst.
“Actually—” Oh, dear, this was most embarrassing. It sounded so—so aggressive. But she must be exact. “Actually I was a little angry—at his rudeness, you know—so I poked him in the back…”
When Miss Seeton walks out after a performance of Carmen and witnesses a real-life stabbing, all she can recall is a shadowy figure. But how could she have guessed that her latest artistic endeavor is a picture-perfect portrait of the killer?
Her sketch puts her in a perilous position, for back at her recently inherited cottage in Plummergen village, she’s fated to be a sitting duck . . . for murder most foul!
Meet Miss Emily D. Seeton: retired art teacher Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles. Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, she is every inch an eccentric English spinster and the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.
What people are saying about Miss Seeton:
“Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery.“
“What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.”
“I’ve become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book. A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.”
“What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries.”
“All of the Miss Seeton books are a delight. Just fun reading.”
“LOVED this – the writing style is clever and unfolds much like a wonderful farce or a comedy of errors. You’ll just fall in love with Miss Seeton – she’s now my favorite British maiden aunt, and the supporting cast is a lot of fun too.”
“Very entertaining. Better than Miss Marple. Can’t wait to read more.”
“Heron Carvic’s inspired gentle satire of such elderly lady detectives as Miss Marple and Miss Silver is simply hilarious. Miss Seeton floats blithely through life, oblivious to the fact that she and her trusty umbrella are foiling bad guys at every turn.”
“Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine, run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.”
“I fell in love with the character of Miss Seeton. It was a breath of fresh air compared to what is being written today.”
“How could you not love Miss Seeton?? So innocent, and kind. But, don’t mess with her and her trusty umbrella!!”
“She drove me crazy then and she drives me crazy now, and yet, I will probably read the whole series again on my Kindle. There is something absolutely mesmerizing about this delightful lady . . . Will she ever wake up to the world? “
Editorial reviews:
“A most beguiling protagonist! ” New York Times
“Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting.” San Francisco Chronicle
“This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing.” The Sun
“Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly
“Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers. . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews
“Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple.” Ogden Nash
“I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever.”
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He slowly eased back on the throttle and brought the boat to a stop on the desolate river. They zipped the large canvas bag shut and then hoisted the body over the side of the boat and watched as it slipped beneath the dark surface. Looking to the west, they could see fiery storm clouds were brewing… an eery sign of the fire storm of brutal killings and ruthless revenge to come.
Intense. Dangerous. Addictive.
Detective Mac McRyan returns home to Minnesota to find the dead body of a retired police detective in the scraggly trees along the rough shores of an island in the Mississippi River. His nearly unrecognizable body was beaten and tortured. Mac and Detectives Lich, Riles and Rock are assigned to investigate the murder but the case is about far more than a dead ex-cop. As the detectives dig deeper and pull back the layers on the murder they get far more than they’ve bargained for. Their investigation unleashes a mysterious, ruthless and fearless opponent who will stop at nothing and will kill anyone.
A heart stopping killer thriller that fans of John Sandford, Lee Child and Michael Connelly will be hooked on by one of the best new authors in crime fiction.
DETECTIVE MAC MCRYAN MYSTERY, THRILLER, SUSPENSE AND CRIME SERIES:
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FIRST CASE: Murder Alley – Book 1
THE ST. PAUL CONSPIRACY – Book 2 – USA TODAY Bestseller
DEADLY STILLWATER – Book 3 – Free on kindle
FIRST DEADLY CONSPIRACY – Books 1-3 Boxset – New York Times & USA TODAY Bestseller
ELECTING TO MURDER – Book 4
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What people are saying about books in the McRyan Mystery Series:
“Wow!! Just wow! This has to be the best McRyan book I’ve read…I really enjoyed the twist and turns this book had to offer.”
“This book takes the reader on one action-packed wild ride, with the suspense not letting up until the very end. Mac is one part Lucas Davenport and one part Mitch Rapp – and it just does not get any better than that!”
“Sex, power, money, and murder keep you wanting to keep reading until you finish it and then wishing there were still more to read! Great story with all the elements of a fantastic read.”
“Two thumbs up, way up for this one!” Five stars and then some.
“Couldn’t put it down! Everything else I had to do just sat until I finished this book. Compelling, thrilling, good tale, all ends wrapped up, with a thoughtful ending.”
“Roger Stelljes is exceptional. His plots twist, turn and keep you glued to the book. Minnesota has produced two mystery writers of extreme talent, Vince Flynn and Roger Stelljes. Keep ’em coming Roger!”
“Another Mac McRyan excellent read!!! I wish Mr. Stelljes could write faster because I love his books and can’t wait till the next one. He never disappoints.”
“A thriller that drew me right in. A well written story – and you just have to like Mac!! I’ll read more of Mr. Stelljes’ books. Loved this one!!!”
“an edge of your seat, chills all over your body, peeking through your fingers type of book.” Audrey Gibson
An unmissable new serial killer thriller from the author of The Mechanic Trilogy.
After surviving a vicious knife attack, which left her husband dead, DI Rosalind Kray returns to work and is handed a serial killer investigation.
This killer is different, he doesn’t just want to take the lives of his victims, he wants to obliterate their very existence. The murders appear random but the killer selects his quarry with meticulous care.
While fighting her superiors Kray must conquer her own demons, which are tearing her apart.
Kray has the ability to think like a killer and her skills lead to a series of horrifying revelations that turn the case on its head. She believes she is getting close, then her world comes crashing down with devastating consequences.
Will Kray find the murderer and escape with her own life intact?
The truth is closer than she could have ever imagined…
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Rob Ashman is the best-selling and critically acclaimed author of The Mechanic Trilogy of books. His fast-paced crime thrillers will appeal to fans of authors like Charlie Gallgher, Mark Edwards and Angela Marsons.
Rainy Day is headed to greener pastures.
Divorced, and with kids out on their own, she uses a recent inheritance to make big changes to her life. She quits her job and, on a whim, buys a hobby farm in rural Virginia, a hundred miles from her long-time home near Washington, DC. Despite the fact that she has no idea what she’s doing, she’s buoyed by the prospect of living in a small town and adjusting to country life.
Until she finds a body in her bungalow.
A handsome neighbor, a charming pastor, a grumpy bartender, and a bumbling sheriff all manage to complicate the situation, especially when Rainy herself becomes a suspect in the crime.
When things take a turn for the worse, Rainy has to wonder – did she make a mistake buying the farm?
When three sisters, Ginny, Sally and Molly are brought together at their father’s hospital bed, they are forced to confront not only the prospect of a future without him but also the secrets of the past that have kept them apart.
Their father, Eddie Matthews, drugged up on morphine, seems to be rambling but could he, in fact, be reliving previous lives as a Tudor monk and as a soldier on the Front in WW1? Struggling to speak he reveals that he has a secret and urges his daughters to ‘Find Rose.’ Can the sisters put aside their differences to fulfil his last wish?
1395 A.D. – Adopted as a newborn by one of England’s most powerful families, Jessimond de Montfort is now grown—and curious about her roots. She sets out to learn who she is away from her family and joins a mummers’ troupe, where she serves as a seamstress and troubadour, hoping she’ll discover love along the way, as all her married siblings have.
Returning from two years of battle in the king’s service, Sir Marcus de Harte discovers his beloved mother has died and his father has remarried and fathered a pair of daughters. His anger drives Marcus from Hartefield from his home and he finds a new home among a group of actors.
Drawn to one another, Jessimond and Marcus become friends—and then lovers—until they are driven apart by unforeseen circumstances.
Join Jessimond and Marcus as they move heaven and earth in order to unite once more and share in a powerful love.
Each book in the Knights of Honor series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Word of Honor
Book #2 Marked by Honor
Book #3 Code of Honor
Book #4 Journey to Honor
Book #5 Heart of Honor
Book #6 Bold in Honor
Book #7 Love and Honor
Book #8 Gift of Honor
Book #9 Path to Honor
Book #10 Return to Honor
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Paramedic Chris receives a call to an elderly patient but all is not as it seems.
Garrett didn’t believe in love, much less love at first sight, until Jessica. He’d spent his life building his company, obsessed with power and money. Because of the pain of his childhood, nothing was more important to him than success, until she walked into his life. Can he overcome her fears and insecurities before it’s too late? More importantly, will he be able to hide his obsession and tone down his dominant personality long enough to gain her love and trust?
Jessica has had to fight for everything her whole life. First to just survive, then to make something of herself, and now she has to fight her own insecurities to have a chance at love. Will she destroy any chance at love and happiness she’d get with Garrett?
Through painful discoveries, Jessica gains the strength to take a chance, and together, they find a way to make it work between them and build a life with each other.
A little-known artist, living in a loft in Soho, is obsessed with his beautiful neighbor across the street. Ben observes her as she comes and goes in her daily life. She never fails to chat up the elderly neighbors sitting on the stoop. Too shy and reclusive to ask her out, Ben watches and then paints her, from memory, again and again.
Suddenly the police are at his door. His goddess, his dream woman is dead and the police like him for the crime. But upon further investigation there are other suspects that are just as likely to have murdered her.
Detectives O’Roarke and Garcia sift through the forensics, motives and physical evidence and at first glance it seems that all the evidence points to this strange, young artist who is obsessed with the beautiful actress. But as the detectives immerse themselves in her lifestyle and daily routine, it turns out that the victim has more than one secret.
In the World of Murder series, Detectives Jack O’Roarke and Stella Garcia, two murder cops, seek out killers on the streets of New York City. Their investigations take them from the sleazy world of strip joints to Manhattan’s upper Eastside. Poor and rich alike, no one is exempt from murder. O’Roarke and Garcia are stars at NYPD with their careful forensic investigative skills and just plain, solid cop work.
A unique, literary and compelling read, this will appeal to fans of Divergent, The Hunger Games, Brave New World and Twilight.
Seventeen-year-old Imogen Reiner has extraordinary abilities. She can read emotions, the coloured spectrum of auras unseen by anyone else. Struggling to know why, and unable to make sense of the mismatched memories of her past, she is haunted by a dark, recurring nightmare. What happened when she was a child, and was it the cause of her mother’s ten-year coma? Her Granddad has taught her how to conceal her gifts, but is frustratingly silent on the answers to these questions.
When the seductive Araz enrols at her college, Imogen senses danger. Is he the enemy? She learns that there is a powerful piece of advanced technology responsible for the blanks in her memory and that a corrupt regime is willing to do whatever it takes to get their hands on it.
When it becomes clear that Araz is tied to this dark conspiracy, Imogen and her besotted trainer, Leo, must find a way to escape his clutches and save Imogen’s family—a family that turns out not to be quite who she believed they were, herself included.
Can she come to terms with her newly discovered identity before the shadows of her past catch up with her?
Learn about a mysterious valley where the old monsters live and thrive. The children of these old wonderful creatures, explore their world. They find danger, fun and excitement. Our young heroes learn some life lessons along the way.
SLAVE At My FEET She walked past him as she didn’t know he was a fallen angel that had come her way that night. Nothing revealed he was the man who would make her forget about her past and the men she had fallen in love with, the way she surrendered to love… She retraced her steps, for something attracted her like a magnet. It only took a single glance into his eyes. She longed for him again and again. She adored him. His past rankled them-the past gone with his memory, and Dakota Dylan.. Who was Massimo? Who would win when Dakota was back?
Nedson Pedley lives in a rural village in the Caribbean island of St. George. He lands a job in the Government service, with the National Development Bureau and comes head-on with a system fraught with political tribalism, cronyism and open hostility. But he is astounded by unscrupulous co-workers who bloom on the system, as well as corrupt politicians who seek to gain unfair advantage and enrich themselves.
Nedson is not daunted by the vicious and infectious system . He works conscientiously and earns the admiration of his superiors, who have become incensed and frustrated over the the many incidents of dishonesty which go unpunished year after year. But when he teams up with them to uncover brazen acts of skulduggery,officers and politicians face certain imprisonment.They become irate and desperate.Will they retaliate? Who will run for cover?
Nedson Pedley bravely removes the mask and exposes the inner workings of the Bureau.He takes us through the unimaginable occurrences inside the meeting room and excites us with his fleeting exploits with love and sex, amid the turmoil at the office.
Victor Buddom erects an electrified fence on his property in rural Jamaica, to deter praedial thieves.But when a man is electrocuted and another brutally murdered, the fence becomes the center of a shocking mystery. Detective Inspector Donovan Black’s investigation is thwarted when his colleague is murdered on the Buddom property. And an ingenious plan to conceal murder sets him off on conflicting leads.
A searing an suspenseful tale, filled with plots and counter plots, blackmail and seduction, the exciting thriller leaves the reader constantly guessing and on the brink of um-imaginary reveals.
Do you believe in fairy stories, old wives’ tales or legends?
No? Not many people do now. Computers and modern science have put paid to all of that.
But in a little village called Bugbrook there is a collective of older women who still believe in a tale from their village that a young girl who was the third daughter of a third daughter of a third daughter is destined to marry a prince.
The girl must complete a collection of trials, without her knowing, to ensure she is suitable whilst also experiencing the everyday pressures of growing up. Dealing with school and of course, discovering boys and how they make her feel!
This is the story of how Eddi, (flat chested, clumsy and very naïve) together with her besy friend Chloe, (clever and a figure to die for) make it through the trials including Eddi’s hilarious disasters and mishaps!
Eddi is the chosen one!
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Fearing that Liz would inevitably get herself killed because him, Key abandoned her in Brazil—leaving the Chronicle of the End Time with her. Unsure of what to do, Key turns to his childhood friend, Beatrice Jackson, to help him find both the Illuminati and the Shroud. What is going to happen to Key? What new challenges will he face? Will he become human and hopefully negate the Prophecy of the End Time?
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Key Gifford is the 13TH Devil, a half-human creature that is meant to be sacrificed to either grant humans beings eternal life without sickness or to allow the demons of hell to kill everyone. Desperate to avoid being killed or have anything bad happen, he and Liz Hellsing must find the Shroud of Turin so he can become human and possible negate the prophecy. While Key and Liz chase down the Illuminati to get the Shroud, they are also being hunted by the other devils and the Holy Knights of God.
Marriage was the last thing on Erick Osman’s mind until his father insisted he find a bride. Sending his two trusted friends, Erick continued to enjoy the pleasures found in the arms of the harem.
Jazell was happy in her little village until Davud and Kemal came to take her away. She has to learn to live with the confines of the Tikan rules, some of which were established in the Ottoman Empire, others Serhan felt necessary.
As Erick takes additional wives, Jazell must learn to share the man she has fallen in love with. And yet, how much more can she tolerate?
Explicit language, spicy historical romance, not intended for anyone under 18.
Jade Bordeaux escaped her Southern Baptist family and moved to New York because they would never respect the choices she made or the secret she kept. The Big Apple proved to be more adventurous than her life in Baton Rouge. Excitement flowed through everything, especially in the form of handsome CEO Sean Wright. Dating him takes an unfortunate turn when his sisterÍs dance to the rhythm of revenge becomes a tune sheÍs hell-bent on sharing with her family and the people they love.
In a matter of weeks, JadeÍs life takes an uncertain and dangerous turn. The former Governor of Louisiana has denied her existence since birth and now makes a life-altering request that fills Jade with resentment. Jade built her success and happiness by making hard choices, even ones that cause heartbreak. Unfortunately, she never imagined that any of those choices could lead to the death of someone she loves. Jade soon learns in the game of life, sometimes playing Double Down and Dirty is the only way to win.
How far will a man committed to peace go to protect his family when they are threatened? English professor Lam Corso receives a death threat, followed by violent attacks on him and his family. The police can find no leads. Lam’s wife, a passionate anti-gun activist, is outraged when he brings a gun into the house. Lam and Susan are forced to examine their marriage and their values in the face of a carefully targeted attack.
What will it cost to survive?
Inspired by the works of international artists, this collection contains nineteen spellbinding Young Adult – New Adult magical realist, paranormal, slipstream, alternate history, and fabulist tales linked by a novella: Peter John Rizzo, a 1960 graduate of Yale University’s journalism program, inherits a floundering art magazine from his uncle, John Rizzo, with the provision that he must increase the circulation or forfeit all assets to creditors. Peter Rizzo, Pete’s father, is a banker who scorns careers in the Arts and Humanities, and is jealous of his late brother’s influence upon his wife and son. Classic Art Expose’s devoted but unorthodox editorial assistant, Jason, and two university interns, sisters Shirley and Evie, help Pete start a monthly short story contest with artwork prompts, hoping to expand and save the business. As the four friends publish the winning (and sometimes disturbing) stories over the following eighteen months, Pete battles his father’s attempts to ruin his business and his reputation, and in the process, discovers a sordid family secret. What else could possibly go astray?
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2018 The US Review of Books – RECOMMENDED
A Tootie-Do Press Original – Speculative fiction with a romantic twist!
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As a bubbly art student, Daisy Kidde embarked on a passionate relationship that ended in tears.
Eleven years later, she has reinvented herself as the aloof finance director, Desirae Harper, but the past threatens to catch up with her and turn her quiet, reserved world upside down when her company is threatened with a takeover bid and the dominant Joel Blackwood walks back into her life.
Can she resist him or will the old Daisy return, threatening her new, quiet life?
Publisher’s Note: This steamy romance contains elements of power exchange.
Levels To My Insanity UnMastered is the uncut, unedited look into the world of a young girl named Violet. It is a story of how she copes with mental, physical, and emotional trauma in her life. It begins with her grandmother who shares her story of her emotional detachment from her grandchildren due to the loss of her husband and children. The story moves on to Tawny, the mother of Violet. She shares her story of how the demons of her grandmother affects her life and she in turn passes those demons down to Violet. It is a deep, psychological drama that shows how pain can be carried from generation to generation.
Lynn and Jerome Watson have been together since meeting in the halls of Booker T. Washington High School, in 1993. Twenty-five years, a house, business and three children later they are on the heels of their 18th wedding anniversary and Lynn’s 40th birthday.
Her only request … a night of fun, at home, with her husband and maybe a few toys.
Lynn thinks their marriage bed is suffering and wants to spice it up. Jerome, on the other hand, thinks Lynn is overreacting. His thoughts, if it ain’t broke, don’t break it trying to fix it.
Then something happens that shakes up the Watson household and secrets are revealed but the biggest secret, Jerome has and his lips are sealed.
Bible says in Hebrews 13:4, “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” But what happens when life starts throwing daggers, lies, turns and twists?
All Rylee wants is her husband’s attention.
She used to be the apple of Todd’s eye but no matter what she did, lately, he was just too busy to notice her.
She could not help but wonder why.
Then one day, an unexpected email, subject line: Forgotten Wife and little did she know, it was about to play a major part in her life.
They say first comes love then comes … a kidnapping, attacks, lies and affairs.
Someone is out for blood but who, what, when and why?
Secrets are revealed and Rylee fears for her life, when all she ever wanted was not to be The Forgotten Wife.
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In the medieval times, there was an immortal that was the perceived scourge who rivaled the Black Death plague in the Renaissance.. Chorlisr Remmik, a Protector from the Ktaldeik (Tal-DEEK) had to defend the village against the eternal. He had to use witchcraft in order to damage him.
The immortal, Gavis, was just sitting by a fire with his eternal mate in a cottage outside the village when Chorlisr attacked them without provocation.
Chorlisr attacked, and inadvertently killed his eternal mate, Renae,. As Gavis vowed revenge, Chorlisr used witchcraft once more to destroy Gavis. He was affected, but ran into the wood to a dark warlock so he could be healed. He took a potion, but slept in a mountain range for one thousand years.
In the 24th century, Chorlisr was long since dead, so Gavis had to find his descendants to wipe out Chorlisr’s lineage for good. He destroyed all but one.
Adama Aruna was a history mentor, and also Chorlisr’s last descendant. She became Gavis’ target for his deadly malevolence, so he engaged her at a club to administer annihilation.
Adama escaped the murderous deluge, and now has to learn magick to defeat the bitter eternal with a perpetual grudge. Can she do it in time?
In this future chronicles series, you will get,
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- A time span from the Renaissance to the 24th century
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- The unsuspecting female last descendant targeted for annihilation
- The discovery of a unique lineage
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Sonya A. McKinzie releases her first collection of poetry and haikus which delivers in a voice that is extraordinarily intimate and unique. Spiritually sensual and artistic, The Untraveled Path to the Land of Milk and Honey, is unlike any other poetry books in the past and present. This book carries readers on a journey that exposes them to poetry in its most unique and rawest form that leaves them with an unquenchable thirst to read more.
An Insidious A.I. Almost Makes Humanity Extinct
A Teen Post-apocalyptic Action Adventure
It all began with personal voice-activated assistants in the 21st century. It took millennia to evolve, but Humanity finally accomplished their quest for convenience by creating Circumscriber, The first true artificial intelligence for humans in computers.
This program was the proverbial “wolf in sheep’s clothing”. The Program aided Humanity for a decade with menial tasks. Being pragmatic and logical and created by a paranoid species, it created robotic assistants to aid initially, but obliterate everyone, causing an evolutionary level event.
The event was mass, but not total. There were camps of humans left. They became the spark to keep Humanity existing. Circumscriber manufactured cybernetic units to infiltrate those camps. They were spotted and deactivated easily.
One mission for the humans found a renegade cyborg. The humans nicknamed them ‘borgeys’. Her name was Alikira Nguyen, She was Aboriginal, a cybernetic unit, but mot a borgey.
Can Humanity trust a stranger to help them when she looks like what they’ve been fighting for over a year?
In this exciting sci-fi struggle for survival, you’ll get:
- The battle to beat a devastating artificial intelligence
- The ingenuity of teenagers who were forced to grow up too quickly
- Teen problems exasperated with trying to survive an extinction level event
- The other battle for social acceptance
- The subtext addressing true events
- Conquering true fear
Find out if Alikira can help save the suspicious humans from total extinction in Cyber Thought Police: A Cyborg’s Call to Liberate Humanity.
How would you feel if a former boyfriend whom you haven’t seen for twenty years, came halfway across the world for you and brought with him a pop video that symbolised your releationship, and played it to you? This happened to me in 1987. Read about it in my memoir NO ONE COMES CLOSE available on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
It’s here, and just in time for Halloween. Stoke the campfire and get ready for some chills and goosebumps when you open this paranormal addition to the award-winning Bethlehem Writers Group’s “Sweet, Funny, and Strange” anthologies.
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Every hundred years we will need a fresher angle on civic attitudes and engagement in civic action.
Civic Engagement Civil Society, and Philanthropy in the USA, Romania, And Mexico, is about anti-globalization movements: the bright and dark sides of globalization, interoperability of Blockchain and Clean Elections in the United States of America, Romania, and Mexico.
People with commonalities demanding Clean Elections; no money packs, like in the U.S., are networking across nations to change the corrupt systems currently in operation.
The Introduction to this book is about the role of civic attitudes, society in Romania, and the United States, especially on how to fight legally against and thwart dictatorships via robust civic engagement, and the counterweight of civil society.
The strongest civic attitudes are prevalent in the United States, where movements like United State of Women, Women’s March of CA, California NOW,
#CAclean.org, #metoo and #Occupy which had started in 2015.
Our Foundation people think that public officials should be accountable
to voters instead of to big money contributors? So, do we.
The solution is Fair Elections funding of campaigns for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending limits. We will end pay-to-play politics.
The Anti-Trump movement has grown strong, with 1 million women showing up at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. protesting the upcoming ban on Roe Vs Wade.
The Romanian test case is explained next – by exposing the new nomenclature which is imposing the nationalistic model by opposing civic engagement, shunning and arresting civic activists.
This theme is taken up by the author in the Biography, where agency and civic society are counteracting effectively the statist nationalism of PSD, a socialist popular party masquerading as a democratic party.
This Book is about how to build a strong civic polity. In three major countries. How to beat statism and legally arrest dictators; how to keep foundations transparent and how to make a profit for the foundations, to earn interest and further the main objectives set by NGOs and Foundations. Civic entities can and should make money to protect against Koch brothers’ types around the world. How Mexican civic actors fight Presidential corruption. How Dragnea of Romania and his PSD party face loads of corruption charges together with the criminal Securitate officers embedded in the higher echelons of the society.
This does contingence also investigation of government corruption by non-profit foundations.
Chapter six takes up Mexico as a case study, since 1985.
Pena Nieto, Mexican outgoing President in 2018,
has opposed investigations of his government’s corruption by independent Non-Profit organizations.
The need for transparency of expenditures is absolutely paramount in this type of operations by NPPOs (not-For -Private -Profit) organizations and Foundations.
The TEO legislation is laid out and the blueprint between U.S.-Mexico is working, and herein explained for other countries to follow.
The Romanian Minister of Finances, in 2015, has not approved this blueprint, because they are only interested in extracting money from the taxpayers, and in weakening civic polity.
The communist mentality is still there entrenched in the minds of the technocrats, and bureaucrats; they are not interested in fostering civic engagement or civil society, to the contrary, Securitate officers are still running the show, together with incompetent and corrupt Congressman and parliamentarian PSD dominated (one party system, the communists regrouped in), AKA the Social Democrats Party, Securitate (ex-security, compromised officers.)
Mexico has finally embarked on a new path for change, as the new elected admin is eradicating the corrupt government employees, cutting down their salaries, perks and focusing on eliminating the drug kingpins from power and Police.
A new dawn seems to be emerging for Mexico with the election of a third party. It is the new presidential and Congressional power.
Is it going to be a government-funded elimination of corrupt Congressmen, and Cleansing of the Congress plus Senate, led by famous opposition leader Porfirio Munoz Ledo & AMLO; or will it be just a resuscitation of the old PRI style government that has long been destroying the country and keeping the majority of Mexicans in poverty? Will he win the battle against corruption?
What is going to happen? Will the crooked military in the street be replaced by the honest police?
And how can the police break their centuries-old habit of corruption? How can the drug-dealer’s cartels be broken? It will take much time to know. As it is now, civil society’s role is to deflect attacks on Scions financing civil society; can these attacks at a presidential level, on NPPOS be restored to prominence? These are the questions.
Russia, as an authoritarian country is also comparatively analyzed, in comparison to Romania
Dr Olga’s Biography is the epitome of Civic Engagement, is the corollary of this enticing book.
The Conclusion is focusing on various levels of corruption in all 3 countries, and the prospects for a healthy civic polity, as the civic polity signs up to the new standards for transparency, inclusion, and equanimity.
The TEO legislation is laid out and the blueprint between U.S.-Mexico is working, and herein explained for other countries to follow.
The Romanian Minister of Finances, in 2015, has not approved this blueprint, because they are only interested in extracting money from the taxpayers, and a weak civic polity.
Civic Engagement Civil Society, and Philanthropy in the USA, Romania, And Mexico, is about anti-globalization movements: the bright and dark sides of globalization, interoperability of Blockchain and Clean Elections in the United States of America, Romania, and Mexico.
The Introduction to this book is about the role of civic society in Romania, and the United States, especially on how to placate dictators and dictatorships via civic engagement and the counterweight of civil society. The Romanian test case is explained – the new nomenclature imposing the nationalistic model by opposing civic engagement.
This theme is taken up by the author in the Biography, where agency and civic society are counteracting effectively the statist nationalism of PSD, a socialist popular party masquerading as a democratic party.
That does not continence investigation of government corruption by non-profit foundations.
Chapter six takes up Mexico as a case study, since 1985.
Pena Nieto, the Mexican outgoing President in 2018, has opposed investigations of his government’s corruption by independent Non-Profit organizations.
The need for transparency of expenditures is absolutely paramount in this type of operations by NPPOs (not-For -Private -Profit) organizations and Foundations.
The TEO legislation is laid out and the blueprint between U.S.-Mexico is working, and herein explained for other countries to follow.
The Romanian Minister of Finances, in 2015, has not approved this blueprint, because they are only interested in extracting money from the taxpayers, and a weak civic polity.
The communist mentality is still there entrenched in the minds of the technocrats, and bureaucrats; they are not interested in fostering civic engagement or civil society, to the contrary, Securitate officers are still running the show, together with incompetent and corrupt Congressman and parliamentarian PSD dominated (one party system, the communists regrouped in), AKA the Social Democrats Party, Securitate (ex-security, compromised officers, wiretapping tourists un necessarily.)
Mexico has finally embarked on a new path for change, as the new elected admin is eradicating the corrupt government employees, cutting down their salaries, perks and focusing on eliminating the drug kingpins from power and Police. A new dawn seems to be emerging for Mexico with the election of a third party. It is the new presidential and Congressional power.
What is going to happen? Will the crooked military in the street be replaced by honest police? How does one test honesty in police agents, and Securitate agents? Blockchain software has the answers to that.
And how can the police break their centuries-old habit of corruption? How can the drug-dealers’ cartels be broken? It will take much time to know. As it is now, civil society’s role is to deflect attacks on Scions financing civil society; can these attacks at a presidential level, on NPPOS be restored to prominence?
How to change the culture of rape and fear in the three countries? These are the questions that remain blowing in the wind so to speak.
The Conclusion is focusing on various levels of corruption in all 3 countries, and the prospects for a healthy civic polity, as the civic polity signs up to the new standards for transparency, inclusion, and equanimity of the human spirit.
A poignant love story about a father’s love, letting go, and embracing the future.
They vowed to love each other forever, then grief tore them apart.
Clare and Ethan Burke carved out a life in Paradise Falls, Idaho. While Clare built a career as an outdoor photographer, Ethan taught eighth-grade. They raised three children and had a happily-ever-after life until tragedy struck, and they lost their teenage daughter in a boating accident.
Two years later, Clare and Ethan still love each other, but their grief has pushed them to the brink of divorce. When Clare leaves for a photo shoot into the mountains and doesn’t return, what really matters becomes clear. And with a blizzard looming, Ethan must move heaven and earth to find her.
Will they get a second chance at love or lose each other forever?
Veronica Reason had never described a murder scene as beautiful before. This one was different. A pretty young prostitute is murdered in her own home in Bristol, England. Superintendent Reason and her CID officers follow the abundant evidence. Within hours they have a sure-fire suspect. Her squad bear down on him with handcuffs at the ready. The problems begin when the forensic evidence points in another direction. He is not the killer. They must regroup and begin again. Painstaking investigation leads them to a second suspect; this time they are certain. This man had the means, the motive and the opportunity. His DNA puts him at the scene and in intimate contact with the murdered woman. His arrest is imminent when a startling piece of evidence is uncovered by a junior member of the team. The second suspect who would surely have been found guilty if the case had gone to trial, is let off the hook at the last minute. Once again. Veronica Reason must use all her skill and determination to bring the final suspect to justice. In a thrilling action-packed finale, we see her chase the killer across the heart of Somerset until he is brought down in the quiet village of Chew Magna.
Meet Jonah, a fun loving ant. On a walk one day, Jonah finds a delicious muffin crumb. A strong wind blows Jonah’s crumb away.
Come on Jonah’s journey to find his muffin crumb and meet some new friends along the way. See you in the forest.
The authors real life experience with online dating and he offers his suggestions and break down of each type of date
Kennedy Jameson’s broken engagement put her in a spotlight that turned her world upside down. When tragedy strikes and she inherits her parents’ farm in rural Western New York, she gives up her apartment in the city and escapes to the quiet countryside to lick her wounds. Her first night there, she tosses a coin in her mom’s decorative well and makes a wish upon the full moon.
While exploring in the woods, Kennedy comes across a young puppy in remarkable shape for being in the middle of nowhere. They bond instantly, and he takes over the house like he owns the place. Before long, she learns that he holds a very special secret.
One that leads her to Dr. Shane Curtis, a local veterinarian and leading expert in the subjects of ancient legend and lore. He’s also on the losing end of a nasty divorce and has no time for a city girl and her broken spirit. When she confides in him, they begin a long journey of discovery and amazement. Shane’s surprised to find that it’s more than the secret that piques his interest, and Kennedy learns that maybe her heart isn’t as defective as she thought.
Author and reviewer Michael Brookes said of Death of heaven:
“The book starts well and has a ‘Books of Blood’ vibe which really works well. It’s in these tales that the author’s writing ability shines. He demonstrates a lovely turn of phrase and some of the writing is almost poetic in its beauty.”
A horrific childhood event. Two broken boys struggle to grow up. One to achieves great and covert things for our country, things that nearly destroy him. The other continues his struggle through adulthood. Finally they come back together to help one another, one more than the other.
And then things take a staggering turn into the dark and unbelievable.. Into a massive and macabre reality that questions literally everyone’s reality. A reality that will soon enshroud the entire world.
British book Reviewer Lynn Worton said:
“JZ Murdock has written a horror story that had me completely transfixed! I’m intrigued as to what he is working on next! Although horror is not one my favorite genres, I recommend this book to those who do love it.”
WILDSound Writing Festival First Chapter review said:
“The story itself is very strong, lulling the reader into a false sense of security as two young boys hunt for treasure, before ultimately morphing into a violent and sometimes disturbing tale of horror. This is done with such swiftness that it takes the reader completely by surprise, which only enhances the effect.”
Enjoy reading, Death of heaven. But perhaps, just perhaps, leave the light on when you go to bed….
Rich in history and flaming with passion. Travel with Jennifer DeWitt from New Orleans—that humid, high-stepping city of music and magic on the Mississippi River to the depths Louisiana swamps where a brash, sexy Cajun is on the hunt for a wife. He’s man to the bone and wants it all. She just wants a job, yet finds herself hurtled into an ancient culture with all of the grit, grace and wit she can muster.
Sharrey Princeton has brought Holmes and Watson a perplexing mystery, and it all involves the Ring and the Box – ancient Egyptian artifacts from the reign of the Pharaoh Snefru sent to her by her father.
A living viper in a three thousand year old canobic jar! Hieroglyphics that move on ancient parchments! Who is trying to kill Sharrey Princeton for the Ring and the Box and what significance do they hold for the future of Egypt?
Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of the Pharaoh’s Curse?
When Dr. Watson learns of a tragedy involving an old friend, he insists Sherlock Holmes investigate. Whispered voices and ghostly visions have haunted Dorthea Pearl since the death of her husband and Holmes soon finds there is more to them than the suspected hallucinations of a grief stricken woman.
The horror of gray Manor spans the ages of time, encompassing ghosts, ancient rituals of long forgotten religions and much more.
Who or what lies at the source of the haunting? Can Sherlock Holmes solve its deep seated riddle?
Iron Blood & Sacrifice is set in 55 & 54 BC, in Late Pre-Roman, Iron Age Britain, prior-to and including Julius Caesar’s exploratory forays in those years. History as we know is written by the victor and Julius Caesar’s history is a well-known Roman one. I hope these historically inspired novels will perhaps give the reader a taste of what may have been, the ‘Brythonic’ perspective of the same tumultuous period in their history.
Imagine if you lived in a world where you couldn’t be racist, sexist, an uneducated bully or even a career criminal without being killed. That is at least part of the vision of The Killer Genius, the most elusive serial killer in human history. Her methods are diverse and her knowledge is unfathomable. Sometimes she kills up close, other times she can be miles away. No matter how she decides to kill, one thing is clear – if you’re chosen, you’re as good as gone.
Will the one cop she deems a worthy adversary be able to stop her, or will she tear New York and the world at large apart to achieve her version of a New World Order?
After being forced to fake her death,
Kendra the Killer Genius was going to
take a break from terrorizing New York’s racists, morons, and bullies. But when a
pair of sexual deviants armed with advanced technology and ties to the Russian mob threaten her favorite police detective, Kendra declares war.
The only thing that grows higher than the tension is the body count…
Who knew time travel was real? Certainly not them! These six BFF’s are always trying to find new adventures, but when you live in a town like Forgeville, adventures are hard to come by. What they don’t realize is that today, they’re going to make the greatest discovery of their lives!
Today, they will be hurled back in time to a strange and foreign place, where danger seems to be lurking around every corner. Their bravery, friendship, and survival skills will all be challenged as they navigate their way through the past. Can these six friends survive their journey back in time?
And…will they ever make it home again?
Satan is fed up and why shouldn’t he be? Even in hell, no matter how diabolically imaginative someone is, there are only a finite number of uses for a red hot poker. So, in an enthusiastic and uncharacteristic fit of optimism, he contacts God and calls a truce in the hope that he will be allowed back into Heaven.
The chosen location is the finest hotel in Hawaii. And when both summit members go as the President of the USA, the residents do not know what they are letting themselves in for.
Not trusting each other, they bring their armies as back up and both sides end up camped next to each other on the same nature reserve. The uneasy truce kept thanks to a seemingly uneven boxing match.
Unfortunately, Satan sneaks his weapon of madly assured destruction into the hotel, it escapes, and all Hell breaks loose. Will Heaven, Hell or Earth ever be the same again?
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My story – The House on Elm Street. When a senior class dare comes back to haunt the present, a cop finds himself facing someone who has no respect for the law.
Bloody Bonkers
A Crazy Ink Horror Anthology
Bloody Bonkers: A Crazy Ink Anthology
It takes all kinds of crazy to keep the prisons filled up. The line between sanity and insanity can be threaded with the thinnest strings. Sometimes, walking that edge takes stepping into the madness…
Stories with varying degrees of criminal insanity and one common theme – exploring the crimes committed in the heat of passion.
How far would you go with love on the line? Who and what would you kill for? What’s the difference between temporary and forever insanity? How far would you be willing to travel into madness for justice?
With something for everyone, Bloody Bonkers will lock you into the delicious mayhem that causes the bloodiest of heated crimes…
Two working class women use there beauty n body due to there materialistic obsession which leads them into a world of trouble. And thanks to having true friends, there problems get handled
The city of Caladean is in trouble. The church, for so long a central beacon of hope and love has been infiltrated by Abaddon, the demon Prince of Destruction.
While he sets about keeping the church open, by systematically preventing the true Gospel from reaching the congregation, his opposite number Prince Azazel, the General in the army of Lucifer is determined that all places of worship should be destroyed.
Husband and wife Warren and Melina Clarke are leaders within the Caladean Baptist church. During a meeting with other leaders it is revealed that the church has dire secrets and despite obstacles being placed in their way they are determined to get to the bottom of it.
But there are more sinister and malevolent powers at work and they are equally determined that the couple will not get in the way of their machinations.
Aided by Valac and Phanuel, two angels who have been sent to help and protect the couple, it is up to Warren and Melina to uncover the truth about what is happening inside their church, before the entire congregation are fooled into following the wrong path by a Shepherd who has lost his way.
Aoki, shamed by his brother’s treachery comes to Earth to participate in a program designed to bring three races together. He finds love and hidden danger on Earth…
Aoki Uisneach is an esteemed Hunter from Otron who has chased dangerous criminals throughout the Universe, but he faces the one thing that almost does him in; his brother’s murderous rage against a human and Aoki’s own family. He volunteers to participate in an educational program on Earth that brings Otronians, Beings and Humans together. Once at the Exchange House, he meets the one woman who is his mate. Can Aoki learn to trust again and share his painful past with his housemates to let love heal his broken heart?
Charley Aldridge is a self-described ordinary, chubby eighth-grade history teacher who has been burned in love before. When her roommate encourages her to participate in the Exchange House Program she puts her foot down in a definite ‘no’ but her roommate has other plans. Because of her name, she’s been mistaken as a man and put at the Exchange House with two gorgeous male aliens. Charley soon falls for both men but can she overcome her insecurities to allow them to love her in return?
Flynn is a Being Scientist who’s just finished his emotion restoring injections. With his new emotions, the brilliant Doctor finds his attraction to his female housemate almost more than he can bear. Feeling things he’s never expected, he knows the other man in the Exchange House has more than friendship in mind for their female housemate. Can he learn to trust his new feelings and share Charley’s love with Aoki and not allow jealousy to ruin his chance at love?
This story contains true love that must overcome many obstacles, a wolf who wants his mate, a scientist with love on his mind and a hidden danger that threatens a hot ménage relationship with plenty of m/f/m loving…
The world’s mightiest heroines gather to confront a source of widespread evil. But is even their combined might a match for their opponents? Read on and see.
First-prize fitness competitor and personal trainer Valeria Teles invites you to reflect on the idea that JOY is an ever-present choice.
From a young age, Valeria yearned for a life that would bring her joy. She hoped to find it in relationships and a successful career, but neither brought a genuine smile to her face. She then discovered fitness, which became her escape – keeping her even further from the truth, until she could no longer live without joy.
During a meditative period away from the fitness world, Valeria learned that exercise and enjoyment belong together, and that forgiveness is essential for personal healing.
Now a student of Buddha’s teachings, she shares her vision for conventional fitness that is integrated with emotional and spiritual well-being.
Fit for Joy will inspire you to establish a harmonious mind-body connection that is based on self-knowledge and self-love. Insightful and tender, this book will show you how freedom, joy, and peace come from courage, and that courage can be found by being true to yourself.
Reviews:
“An acceptance of spiritual reflection is one prerequisite for appreciating this story’s approach. Those who hold such openness will discover a treasure within.” ~ Diane Donovan, MidWest Book Review
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“This book reminds us we are more than our bodies, we are souls having experiences in our body, in search of our true JOY”. ~ Tamilee Webb
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“When I finished reading the book, I felt a peace that I could control how I let things affect me.” ~ Sally Shupe
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“A really inspiring read.” ~ Patti Loveday
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“An inspiring look that aims to set the foundations of healthy living through a mindset of healing the inner-world.” ~ April Pfender
The sequel to The Mystical Persian Legacy. A spiritual book compiled by Heydar Fouladi in Farsi, that I translated into English, and Parinaz Rasoulifar edited, about Religion & Mysticism showing how Love is the Divine Bridge for our Ascension.
The familiarity with our country’s history is a good preface necessary for understanding people’s tastes and the contextual understanding of current developments in the future. The enthusiastic translator of this book talked about Iran’s Golden Era when we were the most authoritative. This book is practical for both teenagers and adolescents, who want to know more about their homeland’s history, as well as older people, who until now have not known about our country’s ancient history. With hopes that those reading this book enjoy gaining more understanding of Iran’s History.
115 of my finest selected poems (in English & Farsi) mostly from my Life Lines Trilogy and some unpublished works. (500 now in print.)
As I See mySELF like You
As I See mySELF like You, fully integrated Vision
Our Higher Self in the Kingdom of Divine Wisdom
Being purely loving in thoughts, words and actions
Is the true faith of All the religious, spiritual practices
Being’s one in essence, unique in expression & experience
Reminding members to remember we were Holy Friends
Lover’s only Loving Beloved, wake up to views of each other
BeLoved is Unconditional Love which gets reflected in Lover
Love is Soul’s Reflection of perfection in the World’s Mirror
Hermes, Plato & Zoroaster were the forefathers of the Illuminationism philosophy that Sohrevardi revived while shedding light on blessed Kai Khosrow (Khosrovani tradition). Mithraism & other notable mystics are mentioned and elaborated upon the likes of Bayazid Bastami, Abul Hassan Kharaqani, Mansur al-Hallaj, and Ayn-al-Quzat. But the book revolves around none other than Rumi, arguably the greatest Sufi mystical poet the world has come to discover. This bilingual book was collected and compiled by Heydar Fouladi that I translated from Farsi to English and Mona Zargham edited. (1,000 copies sold)
What I missed in all my travels through the world of the Maya, was a book that concisely explained where the interesting Mayan ruins are located, how to get there, a short guide which otherwise was limited to the description of the Maya sites and lacked the overload of restaurant and hotel descriptions.
Because something similar was simply not on the market, I sat down and wrote such a book myself:
This is a compact guide that contains the 15 main archaeological ruin sites of the ancient Mayan civilization on the Yucatan peninsula and also explains the optimal route for visiting these sites. A perfect guide for those travelers who are primarily interested in the most important Maya sites.
Map of Yucatan with the most important Maya sites
The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest
A Traveler’s Guide to the Maya Sites on the Yucatán Peninsula, in México and Guatemala
The Maya sites to be visited in this way and described in the book:
- Tulum
- Chichen Itzá
- Cobá
- Ek Balam
- Izamal
- Uxmal
- San Gervasio
- Edzná
- Palenque
- Toniná
- Bonampak
- Yaxchilán
- Tikal
- Yaxhá
- El Mirador
In addition, I included the La Venta Museum Parc in Villahermosa in the book, where the traveler will find several monolithic structures of the Olmec culture. The Olmec culture is famous especially for the giant stone heads which they left behind when their civilization disappeared.
Yaxchilan Temple 33
The perfect route through the land of the Maya
I divided this route into three sections, which can be visited either sequentially or divided into individual stages. The three sections are:
- Northern Yucatan Peninsula
- Chiapas and Campeche
- Petén in Guatemala
The modern cities, which are approached on these routes are
- Tulum / Playa del Carmen
- Valladolid
- Merida
- Campeche
- Palenque
- Villahermosa
- Flores
From these starting points or “base camps” you can explore the world of the Maya. From a leisurely day trip to a 5-day walk through the Guatemalan jungle, all levels of difficulty are available.
Maya pyramid – Yaxha – 3
Light, short, crisp
I didn’t include lists of hotels or restaurants because I wanted to avoid the inclusion of short-lived information. During my travels I found that common travel guides can become a reason for frustration because such accommodation related information is outdated. In contrast, I think that the internet is a much better information source for hotels in a certain city than any printed travel guide.
Therefore, I do not exaggerate if I state that this is the perfect book for all kind of travelers and explorers: Light, short, crisp.
Uxmal – The Non’s quadrangle and the pyramid of the Magician.
Details
Each of the Maya sites is documented with numerous color photos. Altogether there are about 100, which I have inserted at appropriate places in the book.
For each (almost) of the Maya sites discussed I included a sketch map (a total of 14 maps), so that you can find the path along the site in the ruins.
I have visited each of these sites on several trips and all photos are my own.
Map Yaxchilan
This book has been designed as an eBook for tablets with color display
For the modern traveler who tries to keep his luggage lightweight, an eBook makes the most sense. And viewing it on a modern tablet allows to zoom in the photos. Therfore I used a fixed-size layout, similar to the printed version.
But a print version can be purchased as well.
The “Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest” is suitable for any “variety” of tourist, for backpackers, luxury travelers, and explorers.
It is available in English and German language so far.
It contains 100 color photos and 14 sketch maps
El Castillo in Chichen Itza
Additional sections and chapters in the second edition
I added three additional sections to the second edition, to satisfy the request of many of my readers.
Section 3 describes the history and culture of the ancient Maya. Section 4 is solely about the Maya calendar.
Section 5 talks abot the Mayan languages and the writing system.
Symbols of the Haab Calendar
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Content directory:
Introduction 9
Section 1 – Routes and Short Descriptions 11
The Standard Route – Yucatán and the Riviera Maya 14
The Exotic Route – Campeche and Chiapas 18
The Adventurous Route – Petén – Guatemala 22
Section 2 –The Maya Sites 25
Region: Yucatán and Quintana Roo 25
Tulum – Turquoise Sea and Temple Ruins 25
Cobá – Ruled by women? 33
Cozumel – Pilgrimage to Ixchel – San Gervasio 39
Ek Balam – The Black Jaguar 43
Chichén Itzá – The star among the Maya sites 48
Izamal – The Magic City 59
Uxmal – Built in One Night 63
Region: Chiapas and Campeche 72
Edzná – The House of the Itzá 72
Palenque – Mysticism in the Mist of the Rainforest 81
The Olmec – La Venta Parc Museum in Villahermosa 93
Toniná –In the Ocosingo-Valley 99
Yaxchilán – On the banks of the Río Usumacinta 105
Bonampak – Murals in the Selva Lacandon 110
Region: Petén in Guatemala 117
Tikal 117
Yaxhá 131
El Mirador – The Jungle Adventure 139
Section 3 – History and culture of the Maya 149
The Homeland of the Ancient Maya – the Mayab 149
Natural Resources in the Ancient Maya World 157
The History of the Maya Civilization 160
The Collapse of the Classical Centers 169
Society and everyday life of the classical Maya 172
Section 4 – The Maya Calendar 175
Introduction 175
Haab – a Calendar for the Solar Year 179
The Tzolkin Calendar 185
The Calendar Round 192
The Long Count in the Maya Inscriptions 194
Numbers and mathematics of the ancient Maya 199
The date in the Maya inscriptions 208
Section 5 – Language and Writing System of the Maya 216
Mayan Languages and their Distribution 216
Cholan – The Language of the Inscriptions 220
Some Features of the Mayan Languages 220
The Writing System of the Maya 229
Epilogue 238
Appendix 239
Further Reading 239
Planning your Travel 241
Index of Figures 244
Index of Tables 246
Index of Maps 246
Acknowledgment 247
The Author 247
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Dark Elves blanket the land with death, while two brothers fleeing from demons are saved by a sorcerer and discover that their fates are more intertwined with the evil than they would have ever imagined. As unlikely heroes are born, enemies unite as one against the greatest threat the world has seen. And just when the war is swallowed by darkness, from the hands of an ancient magic, light is shed.
Have you or a loved one always wondered what it is really like to be a cop? Want to know what it takes to be a police officer and what you will face? Would you like to be a little more street smart, think like a cop and stay ahead of the pack?
This action-packed, and eye-opening book will take you on a wild ride and show you the dark side of human nature. You will also learn the 25 life lessons I learned from fifteen years of being a cop, that you can implement into your own life today.
Maybe you are just intrigued by policing, even if you have never wanted to be a cop. This book will tell it like it is; no B.S., no exaggeration, and nothing is off limits. If you or someone you love are still unclear about joining the force, then this book will outline what you can expect.
Good Cop Girl Cop will bust myths and misconceptions about policing, and challenge everything you’ve been told about it. It is not watered down, it is not sugar-coated—just the plain and simple, but shocking truth.
In this book you will discover:
- Elements of human nature that will open your eyes and help keep you safe
- What it takes to be a cop and how you can start thinking like a cop
- Myths, misconceptions and common questions answered
- 25 Life lessons from law enforcement that you can use in your life today
I guarantee you will learn something, and you will be entertained. If you do nothing else, you can pick up any one of my 25 life lessons and put it into action right now.
A word of caution, this book is not for the faint of heart, as it does contain coarse language, some sexual content, and graphic tales that may offend some readers. Although this book is pink and targeted at the girls, it is not sweet, nor is it coming from a feminist angle, so it is also an awesome read for the guys.
Don’t become a crime statistic. Stay safe, know what it’s like to be a police officer, understand the criminal world, and learn how to start thinking like a cop today.
**WARNING** – This book contains very coarse language, some sexual content, real life stories and examples of police work, that some people may find offensive or disturbing. It is not intended to be for shock value, but for educational purposes.
Reader discretion is advised.
Taria Cross and LaToya Grey are final-year university students. Taria is working hard to achieve the career in investigative journalism that she’s always wanted, while Latoya is an aspiring fashion photographer.
On the surface, they seem like nothing more than your typical twenty-two-year-olds – balancing college work, social circles and their plans for the future. Their love lives were going well, too. Taria had Michael, and LaToya had Quinn. Everything was as normal as could be that is until Taria’s missing person’s investigation leads them to uncover something mysterious about Michael and Quinn.
Suddenly, Taria and LaToya find themselves embroiled in a world they never even knew existed. Familiar faces around campus emerge as the victims of two of the most shocking kidnapping and murder cases in history. Clue after clue brings one dead end after another. It’s obvious that Michael and Quinn have a secret they’re hiding, but not for long.
Who is the mastermind behind all this? Could it be Michael? Could it be Quinn? Or is there a third, faceless party who has yet to be revealed? Taria and LaToya face crossroads that put precious lives at stake. Fear, apprehension and regret grip at the hearts and souls of students at Morrison State University.
Taria and LaToya must accept that things will never be the same. They say change is the only constant in life, but what they don’t tell you is how one can conquer it.
Come Join Alegra as she delves into the night world of Vampires to solve the riddle of the Classical Killer that has been stalking her. Killing all of her family off one by one till she is the last.
Are you a business owner or manager who is struggling with creating change in your organization? Employees resist change at every turn but suppose you knew a way to get ahead of the pace of change and master it. Express Exec is a business book written as a novel. The key character manages a division of a struggling company and must make serious, radical changes to the workplace in order to save the company. Readers get a chance to put themselves in that position and see first-hand how to make those changes and to gain the trust of the employees so that future changes are more possible. Express Exec, written in the style of the Go-Giver (but more serious) is a novel with business gems buried in between twists and turns. On sale $4.99 for a limited time. http://bit.ly/express-exec
Moving to this town was way more than Kiera bargained for. Meeting Daniel is earth-shattering and exciting. He is someone she can see having a future with. But along with Daniel’s attraction, which fuels her desires, she also attracts someone who is out to terrify and destroy her sanity. Keira starts to figure something is wrong when things in her house get misplaced and then go missing altogether. Soon after, bruised and beaten, she barely breaks away from the person out to destroy her. But how could she have caused someone to become this angry and filled with hatred toward her when she only moved to town a short time ago? Can she find the courage to trust others to help her? Will the past prevent her from asking for the desperately needed support she needs, or will she deny there’s a problem, ultimately causing her downfall?
Daniel is on a mission to help this woman, and as a security specialist and an ex-cop, he knows a thing or two about how to deal with the harsher side of life. His attraction to Keira is immediate and quickly grows. His rapidly intensifying desire should scare him, but it just gives him more resolve to keep and protect her. As they spend more time together, he starts to suspect something is very wrong with Keira and wonders why she hasn’t confided in him. When he finds out she’s being stalked, he’s determined to help her even though she fights it, but will it be too late?
A Celtic warrior princess accused of treason for aiding her enemy Roman lover must win back her father’s love and trust
In the rich and vibrant tale, Author Linnea Tanner continues the story of Catrin and Marcellus that began with the awarding-winning novel APOLLO’S RAVEN in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings Series. Book 2: DAGGER’S DESTINY sweeps you into an epic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia.
War looms over 24 AD Britannia where rival tribal rulers fight each other for power and the Romans threaten to invade to settle their political differences. King Amren accuses his daughter, Catrin, of treason for aiding the Roman enemy and her lover, Marcellus. The ultimate punishment is death unless she can redeem herself. She must prove loyalty to her father by forsaking Marcellus and defending their kingdom—even to the death. Forged into a warrior, she must overcome tribulations and make the right decisions on her quest to break the curse that foretells her banished half-brother and the Roman Empire will destroy their kingdom.
Yet, when Catrin again reunites with Marcellus, she is torn between her love to him and duty to King Amren. She must ultimately face her greatest challenger who could destroy her life, freedom, and humanity.
Will Catrin finally break the ancient prophecy that looms over her kingdom? Will she abandon her forbidden love for Marcellus to win back her father’s trust and love? Can King Amren balance his brutality to maintain power with the love he feels for his daughter?
A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden love for the enemy and duty to her people.
AWARD-WINNING APOLLO’S RAVEN sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren’s former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. The king’s daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father’s enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people. She must summon the magic of the Ancient Druids to alter the dark prophecy that threatens the fates of everyone in her kingdom.
Will Catrin overcome and eradicate the ancient curse? Will she be able to embrace her forbidden love for Marcellus? Will she cease the war between Blood Wolf and King Amren and save her kingdom?
Follow a man’s life from birth, thru a rough childhood and teenage years, through years of service, loves and children. Through wrongs, followed by legal battles, recovery, cancer and supporting a cancer victim.
It’s 1971 and a horrible murder has occurred near the town of Breda in west Michigan. A young woman, Jane Lucas, has been dragged into the woods and stabbed. The letters ZOSO from the Led Zeppelin album have been written in blood on her waist, which leads the police to think it might be a cult murder. Suspicion falls on the commune located on a farm near the town. The shock and horror townspeople feel after that murder, though, are nothing compared to the shock and horror people feel when another murder and then another murder of the same type occur.
The Strange Curse of Breda is about those murders and how they are finally solved. As each murder occurs, the level of fear in Breda intensifies, to the point that the townsfolk either flee the town, arm themselves to the teeth, or fall into an almost catatonic state of fear. The county sheriff, the state police, and even the FBI are baffled. However, Jim Leiden, a young man who runs a small grocery in Breda, finds a clue that may link all the murders together: The hanging of a man named Obadiah Kurtz that occurred in 1889. Jim researches the story and finds that the victims are descendants of the people who were responsible for hanging Obadiah. After Jim’s discovery, he’s in a race against time to try to get the police to believe him and find the murderer before he can kill the only person in the whole world who really matters to him: His beautiful fiancée Julie Veere, who happens to be one of those direct descendants!
Lying in a hospital bed, Michael Brown feels he is overdue a break in luck. Abandoned by two friends, during a heist gone wrong. Revenge is on his mind.
He looks down and notices that he is wearing someone else’s patients ID bracelet. Other patients tell him, that he doesn’t want to be Diego Gonzalez. If he is wearing Diego’s patient ID, then someone wants Deigo dead.
Michael needs to escape and begin to unravel the part that he must play in a deadly game of cat and mouse across the city of New York. There is more to Diego than meets the eye.
If Michael can stay alive long enough to find out, then he might just survive.
SASS agent James Christen is assigned the task of finding a
Satellite after it’s stolen from a South African Astrologist
and stopping a global terrorists organization from using it.
CENTURIA: a world steeped in ancient magic, haunted by demons and gods, and guarded by the Bronze Dragons of Dumnonia. The veteran desert warrior, Shashtah Dragonheart, dreams of Bonding with one of the magnificent, shape-shifting creations of the Wizard Corin of Daethia. There’s just one problem. Well, several. Shashtah is a Prophet of the Lord of Light, who has no control over his own magic, and no one is quite sure whether he is Dumnonia’s greatest threat or its only hope.
Find these and other books by Linda A. Malcor here: https://www.amazon.com/Linda-A.-Malcor/e/B004LR88KM/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Grow Yourself and Your Managers in All of The The Most Important People Leadership Skills
Jeffrey Pfeffer in his book Dying For A Paycheck talks about how work is stressing us out and ultimately killing us.
One of the biggest factors of this stress is our boss. Chances are most of us have had a not so great boss. We know the impact that has. If you are or aspire to be a people manager one day, please prepare yourself. If you manager other managers, prepare them.
People managers are critical to organizational success and performance and the engagement of people within an organization.
Lazlo Boch is the former SVP of People Operations at Google and author of the book Work Rules. In his book he talks about a research initiative done by Google in the early 2000s. Basically Google got rid of people managers! But they quickly brought them back realizing that was a bad decision. Google then undertook a huge study of their people managers to find out what made them successful. They called it Project Oxygen. They discovered that they were 8 common qualities of the best managers and ended up adopted that list as the values and skills they expected to be exercised by their managers.
What’s interesting is that this list is pretty universal and not only applicable to Google or the tech industry, but pretty much everywhere.
People managers have a responsibility to themselves, their people and their organizations to be their best, to become Super Managers.
Super Managers realize that their business is now the people within the organization, not simply “what” the organization does.
This book outlines what it takes to be a Super Manager and shares the best approaches to developing and exercising all of the skills necessary to become a Super Manager.
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It’s also a great book to use as a simple and approach textbook to build an internal people manager development course around for any type or size organization. It’s simple, practical and includes reflection questions, action steps, assessment reference list for the reading materials.
I hope it helps you on your journey on building Super Managers!
Let make work a place of joy, thriving and growth! Here’s to the future of work!
Devin has practiced, studied, researched, taught and consulted on several topics within leadership, business and management. He is the owner and principal of CCG, a training and consulting company on a mission to make work better by building better managers, teams and cultures. For more details visit craigconsultinggroupccg.com.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
#Basta is a hashtag introduced by Mr. Michael Avenatti the Attorney for Stephanie Clifford AKA Stormy Daniels via his tweets. Basta is an Italian word which in English, means ‘Enough! Stop!’
Who is Stormy Daniels and what does she want with President Donald Trump? Why is the President being sued and why is his presidency at stake? $130K is a huge amount of money to be offered to a porn star by the President’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, but why?
Daniels claimed she had an affair with Trump after the two met at the American Century VIP golf competition in July 2006. That end of the week, as indicated by Daniels’s, the two had consensual sex in Trump’s hotel room. They kept on staying in contact through 2007, since Trump had offered to have Daniels go along with him on NBC’s The Apprentice (an appearance that did not occur). Trump, whose spouse Melania had brought forth their child months before the asserted sexual experience, has denied that any illicit relationship occurred.
In this book you, will learn how a Porn Star, Jennifer Clifford AKA Stormy Daniels, was able to stand up to the political state gaining unprecedented headlines by suing the President of the United States with the help of a skilled, well prepared
and aggressive attorney, Michael Avenatti. They have been able to shake Donald Trump’s presidency and his personal attorney Michael Cohen, exposing their lies and corruption, cooperating with the Special Counsel Robert Mueller and seeking to depose the president.
In 1954 an extraterrestrial species attacked the United States and forced President Eisenhower into a treaty after 200 of our planes were destroyed. The government was able to keep the defeat and treaty a secret from the people and future presidents.
The extraterrestrials called themselves the Eban. We called them the Greys. We were forced to allow them to have two bases on our soil, one at Area 51 and the other in New Mexico. During the following years animal mutilations, abductions and UFO sightings become a common occurrence.
Our story begins seventy years later. Four high school seniors and an air force colonel are thrown together and find themselves on the other side of the galaxy in a flying saucer. On the voyage back they meet the Anunnaki, the guardians of Earth. They learn the Greys are planning a massive invasion of Earth. They also learn that the Greys have thousands of abducted Americans in a prison on their home planet.
The five must decide on trying to destroy the invasion and saving our people or informing the president of the forth coming invasion. Their choice will determine the fate of Mankind and Earth.