Whispers in the Meadow is a poetry collection cataloging the grief, anger, confusion, and finally acceptance of heartbreak. Written as a way to cope, the author hopes that through these words others will find validation and solidarity in their own experiences with failed love.
The highs of a summer romance, the lows of first love lost, these verses reflect tumultuous emotional tides that can disorient, overwhelm, but ultimately be overcome.Violet Dawn is a young writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ocean and Her Shadows is her very first book. When she isn't writing, she can be found reading, watching Grey's Anatomy, hanging out with her dog, Teddy, listening to Taylor Swift, and attempting not to fail math class.
She opens her mouth to scream, but no sound comes out. She clutches at her throat as thick foamflows from her mouth. Her eyes go wide, and she falls to the floor."Bertha's been murdered, or more correctly, assassinated."With a secret desire to become President of the United States, Senator Ralf Mudbottom calls anemergency meeting of the National Democrat Party's Election Committee, but the evening doesn'tquite go to plan.A serial killer is on the loose and as the race for the White House heats up, the murders increase -killing off key people from each campaign.No one is safe.Brothers, Lewis and Shelton Ledbetter, work together to find the killer which proves moredifficult than they could have ever imagined.A plot full of twists and intrigue which will keep you guessing right to the last page.
A woman inspired by life; Cohen's collection of verses are snapshots of experiences that resound with us all. From life transitions to loneliness, with love at the centre of it all, solace can always be found in the collective wisdom of the human experience put into words.
Andrew Elliot is being forced into a marriage by his aristocratic father, but before the marriage takes place, he's being sent to America with the girl and her brother as chaperone. His father is certain this union will cure him of his feelings for the son of a caretaker on his parent's country estate.Matthew Ahearn, a working class Irishman dreaming of a fresh start in the New World, finds himself running from the police after an accident. In Southampton, he gets a job as a third class steward on a passenger liner bound for New York. Andrew and Matthew's paths cross, and they find romantic feelings for one another, unaware that they will soon take part in an event that will change the course of history: It's April of 1912, and they are aboard the R.M.S Titanic and onto their next stop.
A British agent attempts to solve his friend's murder, but after running into bureaucratic red tape, he has no choice but to hire Jett Fox, an accomplished woman working as a spy for hire. Fox dives into the world of international crime as she encounters automotive and racing magnate Mickey Blaze, a woman with a dangerous secret and the prime suspect in the murder. Learning early on that Blaze is protected at the highest levels of government all over the world, Fox must use her skill and charisma to expose Blaze as a fraud. From a confrontation at a casino in Casablanca, to a treacherous street race in Los Angeles, the two women go toe to toe until one of them inevitably cracks under the pressure.
An international thriller, the plot explores the dark side of relationships and its opposite, true love. SHE falls under the spell of a domineering control freak and is introduced into the darker side of life in sunny Spain, while trying to appease a gangster faction of Russian property buyers eager for her services. HE falls foul of mafia bosses while supervising an offshore diving operation in Azerbaijan and ends up in the middle of a bitter and bloody territorial war before escaping to the relative calm of Baku. The couple are reunited on the Costa del Sol after her recovery from an illness, while he is still feeling the effects of battle combat and gunshot wounds. But even in the calmer waters of the Mediterranean, their chances of a happy and tranquil future are once again compromised by vividly contrasting forces beyond their control.
This book is both a guide and a celebration of living life a bit differently... with a more sensitive and magical perspective. Through the guides you will be gently led to a Renaissance of your soul. The secrets are found in ancient semi-lost magic passed down from Queen cats to their kittens. These secrets are captured here for you, from the invisible realms in the silent creaky places hidden between and beyond the activities of ordinary life. It is a little like entering an enchanted realm. Welcome inside! Gemini says you can absorb much of the wisdom just sleeping on the book. Imagine if you read it...
When Rowan and Alder save a royal party from sure demise, they hardly know they are putting themselves on a path that will change their lives forever. Pulled into a quest that, if failed, will result in the destruction of their kingdom and the world, they set out to find the Stone of Heaven, a mythical stone that gives the user the power of creation. Enemies, spies, and dark magic are on all sides. Creatures that had only been heard about in children's tales now hunt Rowan and Alder at every turn. Will Rowan and Alder find the stone and save the kingdom, or will all fall into darkness?
A young southern Italian immigrant who moved to England for a better life found it hard to adapt to his new hometown. Tyrannised and bullied by his co-workers along with the tragic death of his father making his last promise to his father 'Proteggere sempre tua madre, translated to, 'Always protect your mother' almost unbearable to keep.Marco always wished to be able to speak English, yet he did not know that his life would change forever and his wish would be granted - with more than what he actually wished for.Marco is in a terrible accident which places him in a coma for weeks. On his awakening, Marco quickly discovers that with a simple thirty second hand shake he has the capacity to BUMP (download) the genetic chromosomes of any human, animal and insect.Marco has to use his new otherworldly forces to save his mother and his new love Rebecca.His journey eventually taking him to encounter Epoh and Ecaep the two pacific alien forces who intercepted Marco's wish and explain to him why they gave him his supernatural gift.What happens to Marco? Does he live up to his father's dying words? How and why did his life change forever? After all, does his family live happily ever after?
Former soldier, Tom Price, and actress, Nia Williams, are attempting to re-establish their love after a Kremlin plot almost cost them their relationship and their lives. Now, MI5 Deputy Director Phillipa Davies asks them for a favour: a wellness check on Piotr Lebedev, a Russian defector who came over to the west some twenty years before. Tom and Nia don't know that Lebedev possesses the 'knowledge' - information that would destroy Russia's national security. The Kremlin desperately want him back. As the CIA and GRU hunt for Lebedev, Davies, driven by a personal secret, attempts to manipulate people and events from the sidelines. Bouncing from the UK to America, to Vienna, to Jamaica, Tom and Nia find themselves pulled deeper into the deadly high-stakes game of cat and mouse where issues of loyalty and honour are fluid, where the hunted become the hunters, and where love is severely tested.
Abbie bemoans the fact that her life is boring, but she has no idea that the summer of 2019 will bring earth-shattering changes, not only to her family, but to the entire world. After her mother is hospitalized and possibly dying, Abbey, fearing the possibility of being removed from her home by child protective services, must summon all of her strength and courage in order to keep herself and her younger brother, Levi, in their own home.Abbey soon learns she is not alone. Surrounded by those who love her, including new neighbors, Davey, a young man from an abusive home, and surprisingly, her deceased grandmother. Abbey manages to meet and overcome all of the obstacles with which she is faced during the harrowing ordeal of becoming head-of-household in an unfamiliar world where all old rules and norms no longer apply.
Herculaneum, 79 AD - On the day of the historical Vesuvius eruption, some unusual artefacts were hidden within the mysterious Villa of the Papyri. They remained buried for centuries beneath a thick layer of mud and lava, until the mid-nineteenth century, when a young archaeologist named Oleg excavates them. The discovery changes his life, making him into a famous magician known throughout Europe. But at the height of his popularity, Oleg mysteriously disappears, leaving behind questions, enemies, and an assistant who is blamed for Oleg's thefts of valuable pieces of artwork.Then a scientist named Heinrich stumbles across the artefacts Oleg left behind, seeks out Oleg's former assistant Irina, and the two embark together on a journey that leads them centuries into the future, when humanity has advanced beyond their wildest dreams.In that future, Oleg is close to realizing his own dreams of true immortality, but despite myriad solutions, mankind's problems have multiplied. Only the unexpected help of someone he had once loved, then betrayed, will be able to save him.
The criminal underworld clashes head on with the forces of law and order in this warts and all account of greed, vice, drugs and violence.in a police safe house in peaceful North Wales, Boris the Orange, informant and one-time translator for a criminal prostitution ring, is in hiding with his detective handler. But then an intercepted phone call blows the lid off their secret location. Within hours, the safe house is raided, the detective murdered and the informant kidnapped. Soon afterwards, Boris's tortured corpse is found in a nearby canal, manacled at the neck.Within the force, the number of unlucky and mysterious deaths among the ranks of CID is growing steadily. Coincidence is no longer a credible reason. Could someone close to one of the officers be a suspect? Someone who, while on the surface appears calm and harmless, hides a dark, disturbed past...
Brought together by a mystery that the imperial Albadine people call the Forbidden, the characters of Dawning Wonder are searchers and questioners: Niels and Aurora, young balloonists planning to fly over the enigmatic Forbidden, a forest from which no tempted human has returned; Leina and Kyra, one born into wealth, the other into debt, both needing answers from a mythological being; Kruso and Edeline, heartbroken soldiers sent to hunt down a trespassing creature; and Torest, a creature on the run, hearing the call of home.The Four Skies series is part fantasy, party mystery, part love letter to Greek mythology, and wholly an adventurous vision of four distinctly different worlds.
During a rather misspent youth in the RAF, the author was based for two years during the Cold War on an RAF base in Libya. This was an isolated and very eccentric community. Most of the usual behaviour and discipline associated with the military were dispensed with as being rather superfluous and this is in no way a typical military memoir. In retrospect, this led to many amusing incidents illustrated by cartoon sketches. However, to this day the author still has the occasional nightmare that he has returned there, even though this took place in the early 1960s.
"The author paints a tantalising picture of life in the future and interweaves science and survival with adventure and love - this is a rare skill". V ThomasIn the second part of the Symmetries trilogy, Ana has sailed to New York with her teenage son. It is 2040. Climate change has bitten hard, and the population has been decimated by crop failure and waves of pandemics. The survivors struggle to green the city but calamity hovers constantly. Now a maturing woman, Ana discovers her strengths, and finds passion in a mighty American Indian working out in the deserts of Pennsylvania.Against the odds, Ana resolves to fulfil a long-standing promise and takes her son on an arduous journey across the oceans to the newly named Levanta where the complexities of religion, culture and climate lead to a unique and hopeful society.
Coin is a series of stories about a goldfish growing up, meeting new friends, learning, and teaching compassion. Children will be part of all of Coin's adventure, including growing too big to fit in pineapple home, meeting Mer the fly, saving the life of Ruth the spider, and Coin's deep connection with owner and best friend, Louie. Each story ends with "What is next" a preview of the possible adventures that await Coin, so that children will stay engaged in the saga.Children from the ages 2-8 will love Coin's adventures. Parents and teachers will enjoy reading Coin to children, expressing love and compassion. After reading Coin, whenever a child sees a goldfish, they will scream with joy, Coin, that is love!
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As soon as they arrived at the zoo, Widget started bouncing, making it difficult for her to keep up. She asked him to slow down, but he was too busy being silly. "Be careful!", she warned. He launched himself high into the air and landed on his bottom. She Couldn't help but laugh. "Freeze!" "Let's play the zoomies game."
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