Almondine With an O
Alma and her friend Denzel have successfully rescued the Almondine children! Now it’s time for a family trip to Spain to celebrate Alma’s tenth birthday. Denzel is invited to go with them, but little does Alma know that her best friend has just stolen one of Alma’s twenty-two almond children. Set in Alma’s grandparents’ Spanish home, where Alma first found her Almondine, it seems history is repeating itself when a new little sprite appears. But Denzel’s deceit is short-lived and threatens to leave their friendship in tatters. Follow Denzel as he attempts to bond with his very own mini superhero and keep the almond child secret. Accompanied by enchanting illustrations, Almondine with an O introduces another extraordinary almond child. It’s a tale that explores the importance of sincerity and respect for nature and each other.
ASWIFTT Research Journal
The ASWIFTT Research Journal is an ASWIFTT tool to help authors and writers improve their research skills. The journal is a necessary tool to help authors and writers establish an organized strategy and process for research. The ASWIFTT Research Journal gives authors and writers a space to write and organize content from documented sources before adding to a literary piece.
Beyond Midnight: Seven Peculiar Tales of Mystery and Suspense.
A collection of seven strange and supernatural tales from the storyteller who gave voice to The Midnight Society of Are You Afraid of the Dark? These yarns invite you into the lives of several individuals who find themselves trapped in unusual dilemmas that range from eerie to impossible, from frightening to deadly. Join bestselling author D.J. MacHale on a twisted journey that will take you to the limits of sanity and challenge you to find a way back.
Chicks and Dice
Christian is a deluxe gigolo living in Las Vegas. He has many friends, issuing from the same mold: chicks, pimps, crooner, Shylock and other living in Las Vegas. Sin City is built on the fantasies people coming to visit, and dream having fun and excitement. Most of these are about sex, gaming and fame. Christian has a female clientele: patron that enjoys his romantic behavior and the pleasure he can give them for some dollars. So, with those, regular and occasional, he lives a lush life scrolling from casino to casino, from hotel to hotel, bringing them, if they pay for, for luxurious restaurants to fancy bar. A gigolo make love, but avoid falling in love. Until he met Ronny, Ronelle MacArthur. Together, they will live some romantic time until she has to fly back East. Christian usually left a little gift to her passionate patron. But this time, it will lead to a burden. And gaming will add drama to the World Capital of Entertainment. Dreams are usually confused with fame and fantasy. Christian and his friends how to use it for their profit. And trouble too. A 21st century tale of romance, sex, lush and dreams, set in the gaming capital of the world, where fun and drama could happen, as fortune could be made and vanish at once. And entertainment is everywhere as the action goes.
Death and Human Resources
Those who revere Death may be surprised to find that the fabled Grim Reaper wants nothing more than to process his paperwork and clock off for the rest of the day. Indeed, death and all aspects of the universe are mundane to Azrael and the other officious angels in Heaven. The maintenance of all Creation, once considered a beautiful and bountiful project, has been reduced to a drab office job of number-crunching and bureaucracy. When Azrael receives a call from old coworker, he realizes that Heaven’s time might be up. Hell has risen as Heaven’s business rival and is dead set on a holistic hostile takeover! It’s up to Azrael, office drone, to confer with his past, and the history of the entire universe, to unravel a corporate conspiracy.
Find and Talk with Spirits using a Pendulum
If you are like almost half the adults in America, you’ve had or are about to have a ghostly encounter. Why? Because untold millions of spirits have chosen to stay on this mortal plane. So, chances are good that you’ll have an interaction sooner or later. • Will you recognize it when it happens? • Will you be able to talk with the spirit? You don’t have to wait for it to happen by chance. You can learn how to find and talk with spirits now. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn the answers to questions such as: • What is a spirit? • What part of me is already in spirit form? • How does spirit communication work with a pendulum? • What type of pendulum should I use? • What do the pendulum movements mean? • How do I find spirits? • How do I interview spirits? • Can I communicate with spirits without a pendulum? Don’t be caught off guard. Get your copy today. You’ll be glad you did.
From Cowgirl to Congress: Journey of a Suffragist on the Front Lines
To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, An eyewitness account of Jessie Haver Butler, the 1st woman lobbyist and a suffragist on the front lines of the women’s movement in 1920—with Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. During her long life devoted to women’s rights, Jessie lectured alongside George Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas.
Just Say It
Turning forty, Lisa Grant is broke, alone and living in rural Gloucestershire, hurtling towards an inevitable midlife crisis. Romantically, she pushes people away. She cannot say, “I love you.” Jack, the only love of her life, put the Atlantic Ocean between them after they fell out the last time and now lives in New York. Fearing for her sanity, she addresses the problem she has carried with her for the past forty years – her narcissistic mother, Elizabeth. When Lisa was six years old, her father disappeared, and her mother kept the truth about why he left the family home hidden. When starting her journalistic career, Lisa reconnects with her father and discovers grim truths about her controlling mother. After four decades of sparring with her impossible mother, Lisa cultivates a more rational and sympathetic approach to discovering why her mother lacks empathy. Believing childhood trauma may be responsible, Lisa harnesses her journalistic skills to investigate her mother’s past and is shocked by what she finds.
Mimsy: Cum Laude
A true tragic romance of two lives. Lost love, trauma, abuse, separation, divorce, alcoholism, mental health issues, redemption, forgiveness, salvation, a Near-Death Experience, the afterlife.
Oddities
A dystopian vampire teenager, severed finger salad topping, disgruntled Teddy bears, and an army of Percivals. What do these all have in common? They are all trapped within the pages of this collection of stories, like a genie waiting to be released from a bottle. Oh, forgot to say, there’s a genie in there too, but not one like you’re picturing. This one is actually … well, you’ll find out.
One of Four
From New York Harbor to the battlefields of France, relive World War One through the eyes of an unknown soldier, as told through his diary. See how the 100-year-old diary brings a father and his estranged son back together by retracing his experiences fighting in the battlefields of France in 1917 – 1918 to his final resting place—the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Rise in Recovery: The Spiritual Path for Healing Addiction
With addiction rates soaring and conventional treatment methods falling short of achieving sustainable recovery, Rise in Recovery presents a paradigm shift. The book draws upon the intersection of neuroscience and spirituality to offer practical tools for rewiring the brain, releasing trapped emotions, and restoring the body to a state of wholeness. Unlike conventional approaches that merely scratch the surface, Rise in Recovery provides a comprehensive roadmap for individuals seeking genuine transformation.
Roller Closer Ride
The Crows had achieved the impossible when they established Crowdom, a nation of Genetically Modified Crows with a combination of ambition inherited from Humans and the prowess for survival characteristic of Crows. Threatened on their southern, eastern and northern borders they also become aware of a madman Geneticist who created new hybrids that defy the Laws of Genetics and threaten internal stability. Hi-tech treasures that Crowdom possesses enable Koko, a CrowMan with super dominant traits to become King and carry the burden of uniting two nations.
The Adventures of a Southern (Baptist) Buddhist
This true story is about a girl who is born up north; into a conservative, fundamentalist/evangelical family—but then becomes a Liberal Buddhist. Her family moves back to their roots in the Appalachian south, where Pam is molested by her grandfather. She later owns her sexuality by becoming promiscuous; beginning a pattern of serial dating, marrying and divorcing. She is first married at 18 to another 18 year old, who gives her a beautiful son—but he is a redneck and they have nothing else in common. Her second husband is a talented musician, but turns out to like sex with men. Her third husband speaks five languages and is a Pakistani, but he beats her up. Her fourth husband is a chef who makes delicious meals, but turns out to be a felon and a crackhead. Finally, the love of her life neglects to tell Pam for seven years that he is married. In the meantime, Pam completes two degrees and works as a counselor, and then 20 years as a hospice social worker.
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club – Book One
The first book in a 7-book series about troubled relationships, questionable choices, art theft, and other dodgy dealings in a not-so-retiring retirement community. With more than 2,500 five-star reviews, this cozy mystery should appeal to fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series.
The Body In The Barrel
The Body in the Barrel is a crime novel set in 1973 San Diego, where a Harbor cop and a producer of X-rated films join forces to unearth the past, facing hard truths about their own histories despite death threats from the Chinese Tong and heat from San Diego’s conservative establishment.
The Days of Our Birth
“The Days of Our Birth” delves into the intricate bond between Peter and Sarah as they navigate their formative years. Spanning from their sixth birthday through two decades, the narrative unfolds against the backdrop of Sarah’s placement on the autism spectrum. With a blend of humour and poignancy, the book intricately weaves together themes of love and friendship, unravelling the tale of two individuals who grapple with their emotions for each other, even though they remain unacknowledged.
The Land Of Now And Then
Step into the wonderful world of the ‘Magic Islands’ for the third time, as the magical, mystical, educational series continues…
Still too much of a handful, even when captive, the naughty Purple Wizards are once again exiled for their environmental crimes – this time to a mythical land which shouldn’t exist, a land of extinct animals and ancient fictional beasts. A land where time has suddenly stood still, caused by the same lunar eclipse which brought them there…
Wizard Ambrosious needs help to start time up again – or half the Land of Now and Then will be in perpetual darkness, the other half perpetual light, and nothing will grow or thrive. He again needs the help of a particular group of schoolchildren, from a particular school in White Stone Town, Wales…
So, Stefan and Megan, this time with their friend Trevor, are called on once more to save the Magic Islands from climate catastrophe, by helping to find a missing magical Box of Secrets and its Golden Key. Their investigation will introduce them to a host of long-extinct animals of Planet Earth: a Gigantopithecus, a Dodo, a Parasaulophus, and the inhabitants – both terrifying and friendly – of fearsome Dinosaur Country.
The MENtal Fight Of Your Life
The ultimate aim is to have a relationship that is healthy in the sense that it allows for both partners to form a bond that lets them not only grow together but also grow independently as people. The book’s overall attitude regarding the importance of fairness and respect as a way to find happiness in marriage rings true. Chapters discuss familiar topics such as what does it mean to really love your wife and being faithful and consistent in your dealings, understanding what men really need, having dating standards, the things to consider before you say I do among others.