About The Neophyte:
THE NEOPHYTE chronicles the unusual and breathtaking coming of age of a young man from the backlands of Georgia. From the safety of the Convent of the Righteous Path to the risky nightspots like The Fetal Attraction and The Ice Palace, we witness his metamorphosis into manhood.
About The Oberllyn Origins: Prequel to The Oberllyn Generations:
In the beginning, the kidnapped ancestors of the Oberllyn’s had to rescue themselves from slavery in a strange land. How does someone travel from the freedom of tribal lands to Scotland and back again generations later with their integrity unblemished? Who were the true barbarians, the colonists or the native peoples? Travel back with us to the time when trees were tall, the settled country was being invaded by refugees from a failed civilization, and two young people made the best of a terrible situation. They founded a dynasty. However, their first task was survival.
Moonlight Beach – Murder and Magic by Yurie Kiri
Moonlight Beach near the rich and sleepy town of Rancho California has been the scene of a series of either brutal murders or shark attacks. One night, two more people are murdered on a cliff overlooking the beach and now organs are missing, organs that could have been used in a transplant operation to save a person’s life. Was it another random killing, murder for hire or an attempt to extract a much-needed organ? Would someone really sacrifice a stranger’s life to give a loved one another chance at life? Rancho California’s leading venture capitalists want to start a company that provides human organs to people in need of transplants; could one of them be responsible? Then there’s a local group of witches who’ve seen and done a lot of strange things, first hand. What role do they play? Victims or perpetrators?
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About Refuge from the World (The Beartooth Chronicles, Book 1) by Kim McMahill:
Ashley McPhee arrived in Beartooth with her mom, Sara, when she was three years old. Ever since Ash can remember, life has been simple. She enjoyed a carefree childhood, tending honey bees with her mom and spending time with her best friend, Caleb Solomon. But, life in their isolated, mountaintop community is changing.
After learning of the government’s plan to use a geoengineering process to cool the planet, Ash and Caleb realize they need to take a more active role in the community. Along with fear for how the process will impact their food supply, Ash learns her mom’s health is failing.
Sara doesn’t want Ash to face an uncertain future alone, so nudges her and Caleb toward marriage, drastically changing their relationship in a very short period of time. They embrace the challenges of learning about love, dealing with tragedy and grief, protecting their community from deadly predators and ruthless neighbors, and experiencing epic adventures while trying to find solutions to a rapidly changing environment and deteriorating world.
About Monochromatic Mind:
This book is an invitation to embark on a journey into the limitless expanse of the human imagination. In a world with technology and inundated with preconceived notions of possibility, this book serves as a beacon, reminding us of the boundless potential within our minds. It is a celebration of creativity in its purest form. Through a collection of imaginative micro-stories, readers are transported to worlds both familiar and fantastical. Every story is accompanied by striking black-and-white photographs, serving as visual prompts to ignite the creative spark within. As renowned photographers eloquently express, there is a certain magic inherent in black-and-white imagery. Far from being restrictive, monochrome photography allows for a level of abstraction that transcends the confines of reality, inviting readers to explore realms of fantasy and emotion beyond the limitations of color. The book urges us not to passively consume the stories fed to us by the world but to actively engage our imaginations to tear down the barriers of what we believe to be possible and to embrace the unknown with open arms.
About Somewhat Satisfactory: When Love And Truth Are Set Free (Midlife Secrets Series stand-alone reads):
Claire’s life is jam-packed with work, family, sports and friends. She doesn’t have much time to think about the future until her best friend drags her to a fortune-teller. From then on, Claire begins to question her life’s purpose, her career, her marriage and even her sexuality.
Her self-questioning quickly turns to self-doubt when she ventures outside her comfort zone and meets a talented musician. Their budding friendship becomes so intoxicating that it turns into a life-changing experience for Claire.
Desperate to discover if she’s having a temporary midlife crisis, or worse still, losing her mind, she tries everything from seeking professional help to online forums to make sense of these new, unwanted revelations. She becomes terrified of the possibility of following her heart.
Will Claire find the courage to trust her gut instincts? Is her marriage of eighteen years worth saving? Or is the underlying urge to live with truth and honesty worth risking everything?
About De blik van de zoon (Dutch Edition):
Paula is een kleuterjuffrouw die geen kinderen kan krijgen en samen met haar man adopteren ze Daniel, een roodharige baby. Na een paar jaar valt de biologische moeder in deze idyllische omgeving binnen en verbreekt ze de rust die tot dan toe heerste. Door verschillende stadia, vanaf het moment dat het kind thuis aankomt tot aan zijn volwassenheid, neemt ‘de blik van de zoon’ ons mee in karakters als de grootmoeder, een vrouw met karakter en een speciale voorliefde voor dit kleinkind, hoewel Paula als zij een voorbeeld zijn van de problematische relatie tussen moeder en dochter. Of Sophie, de jonge vrouw die lijkt samen te vallen met het ontwaken van de puberteit van Daniel.
Met een klassieke-dansachtergrond zijn we getuige van het verhaal van een liefde die het voor en na zal markeren en waar iedereen veel meer gemeen heeft dan het lijkt.
“De thema’s van haar boeken staan volop in de belangstelling en laten ons niet onverschillig omdat het een uitnodiging is om na te denken in een wereld waar de banaliteit haar imperium uitoefent.” – L’Ull crític, 17-18
“De lezer krijgt een stimulerend verhaal, dat openstaat voor de gevoelens van verschillende karakters en dat een gevoeligheid vereist om elk leven in het verhaal te begrijpen.” – Dr. Alexandra Santos Pinheiro, Resonancias Literarias, nr. 153
“Een intieme, bijna fluisterende literatuur die eerder spreekt over de personages en hun gemoedstoestand dan over andere dingen.” – J. Sotelo, Professor
“De zoektocht naar identiteit, begraven schuldgevoelens – en soms niet zozeer – permanente angst voor de mogelijkheid van verlies, maar ook van een liefde die verdergaat dan bloedbanden zijn enkele van de thema’s die de lezer in deze roman zal aantreffen. […] Feiten die begrepen lijken te worden en die de roman consequent op het juiste moment onthult, geven de indruk een verhaal te lezen dat op schaal is geschreven, waarin de gebeurtenissen worden opgesomd tot ze een totaalbeeld vormen. […] Het boek De blik van de zoon is een roman die je niet onverschillig laat, die je ertoe brengt jezelf vragen te stellen en die sommige anderen in spanning laat, zodat je kunt nadenken over de thema’s waarin het zich afspeelt. Een compleet, afgerond werk dat wij ten zeerste aanbevelen.” – Letralia
NÚRIA AÑÓ (Lleida Spanje, 1973) is een Catalaanse schrijfster en vertaalster. Een deel van haar werk is vertaald in het Spaans, Frans, Engels, Italiaans, Duits, Pools, Chinees, Lets, Portugees, Nederlands en Grieks. Haar roman “Els nens de l’Elisa” (2006) was de derde finalist in de 24e Ramon Llull-wedstrijd. Dit wordt gevolgd door “De dode schrijfster” (2008), “Núvols baixos” (2009), “De blik van de zoon” (2012) en “De salon van artiesten in ballingschap in Californië” (2020), welke een biografie is van de joodse scenarioschrijfster Salka Viertel. Ze won de 18e Joan Fuster Narrative-prijs van Almenara en kreeg de prestigieuze internationale beurzen: Nuoren Voiman Liitto (Finland, 2016), Shanghai Writing Program (China, 2016), Baltic Centre (Zweden, 2017), IWTCR (Griekenland, 2017), Krakau UNESCO Literatuurstad (Polen, 2018), IWTH (Letland, 2019 en 2023) en IWP (China, 2020).
About 170 Spanish Dialogues for Beginners by LingoMelo:
Are you eager to explore the fascinating world of Spanish with an engaging and immersive approach? Here is where your search for the best Spanish study partner comes to an end!
Introducing “170 Spanish Dialogues for Beginners,” a beautifully written book designed to take you to the lively streets and breathtaking landscapes of Spanish-speaking countries.
Language learning becomes less intimidating when you have dialogues that give words and phrases life, making every lesson a fascinating adventure.
Regardless of your level of experience with the language, this book is your key to mastering Spanish in everyday situations. Explore 170 carefully chosen conversations that cover ten broad themes. Each dialogue provides an in-depth look at essential dialogues along with useful phrases, questions, and answers that are appropriate even for non-Spanish speakers.
About The Timeless Apostle:
Twenty-year-old college dropout Tommy Evans has succeeded in only one thing: making a flat-out mess of his life. He has no degree, no job, no faith, and no hope. And to make matters worse, he’s decided to move back home. He should have known better. His insufferably religious parents still cling to their superstitious beliefs in an imaginary God revered in a nonsensical ancient book.
Intent on moving on, Tommy falls asleep, dreaming of changing his life. He is unaware of just how big a change the imaginary God he doesn’t believe in has in store for him. The following morning, Tommy discovers he’s been transported back in time and now occupies the body of Thomas the Apostle. After coming to grips with his new reality and choosing to keep his identity a secret, THE TIMELESS APOSTLE follows Tommy’s journey as he transitions from atheist to apostle. But why him, and why is he there? To change something or make sure events follow the biblical storyline? And what if he makes the wrong choice? Encounters with Joanna, Mary Magdalene, Judas Iscariot, Becky, his girlfriend from back home, and, of course, Jesus and the other apostles tell the tale.
A Grave Every Mile: A Pioneer Western Adventure (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1) by David Fitz-Gerald
Dive into a classic western series featuring a family’s brave quest to cross the continent. 2000 grueling miles, a string of disasters, a troubled teenager who imagines ghosts everywhere, and a rolling village full of loco greenhorns… who will endure the relentless migration, and who will leave their bones to rest beside the trail?
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About Bali Escape:
Adventure, romance and suspense against a lush jungle backdrop.
Amelia thought she had it all – until she lost her job, her boyfriend, and her apartment all in one fateful day. Broken and adrift, she arrives in Bali hoping to catch a break.
But the island of the gods has different plans. A chance meeting entangles Amelia in a dangerous mission to save a young man from the clutches of a cult. Navigating unfamiliar terrain, both literally and figuratively, she must learn to trust in herself and others to survive.
Along the way, Amelia discovers the meaning of true friendship, the thrill of new love, and the courage to embrace change.
Set against the lush backdrop of Bali, this captivating novel explores the transformative power of travel, human connection, and letting go.
Perfect for fans of Eat, Pray, Love and The Orchid House, Bali Escape is an unforgettable tale of starting over and finding where you truly belong.
That First Year by Margaret Kay
From #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Margaret Kay, That First Year, a story of love, loss, family, and resiliency, with hope, tears, and laughter.
Elyse Laramie created a happy, loving home for herself and her three children, who now, as adults, are successful and living independent lives away from home. Her marriage to her high school sweetheart, Tim, had grown into something that neither of them wanted it to be, but it wasn’t something that either of them wanted to end. Elyse had always secretly hoped the future would bring about a change that would rekindle that spark between them and renew what had become a platonic relationship.
Her oldest daughter, Claire, is married with two young children of her own. She is building her career in the same field as her father. Kade, the middle child, is a paramedic, living with his girlfriend of two years. Kelsey, the youngest, is getting ready to graduate from college.
Then…a terrible accident changes everything.
In the aftermath, life goes on and brings new roles, new or renewed romantic relationships, and new challenges to each member of the family.
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About Is This What Death Feels Like?:
Is This What Death Feels Like?
An American fighter pilot engages multiple enemy jet fighters in a classic life and death struggle.
A routine patrol turns deadly when eight fighter jets from Iran jump a two plane patrol on the Iraq – Iranian border.
Then as the mother of all air battles ensues, fate steps in and an unknown medical condition places the young fighter pilot in the midst of a Near Death Experience (NDE).
As you read, this story places you in the cockpit of an F-15C Eagle jet fighter in the middle of air combat.
The descriptions are so vivid, it will seem you are inside a cockpit of a high performance jet fighter in the middle of a combat situation.
As you read, it will feel as if you are flying the fighter jet and experiencing the acceleration, the g-forces, the exhilaration, the fear, and the thrill of aerial combat as you press the attack against insurmountable odds. These descriptions are so vivid that you will find your self looking around their reading space for deadly air to air missiles homing in on you.
Then the description of unknown illness the pilot followed by the near death experience (NDE) makes you wonder if it happened to the author himself?
When you read, you will experience the thrill of a lifetime and maybe obtain the answer to the question:
Is This What Death Feels Like?.
Author’s note. I excerpted this story from a section of my novel, Redemption, so if you have previously read “Redemption,” you have already read the essence of this story and can save your dollar.
About Count Your Blessings: A Gratitude Guide To A Happier Life:
This book on blessings and gratitude is an invaluable resource to help lead you on a journey of discovering the many blessings in your life. Through some of my life experiences, stories, business ventures, and scriptures, this book can equip you not only to count your blessings but also to actively share and appreciate them. From traumatic events turning into gratitude, this book reveals miracles that come in numerous shapes and sizes. I had two lives, but I did not know that until I almost lost my life. Then my second life started. This book is designed to help you open your eyes to the amazing bounty of blessings all around you. Rather than looking for material possessions to bring you happiness, this book encourages you to recognize and treasure the non-material blessings that you may overlook in your daily life. You will discover how to recognize God’s goodness in the big things that happen and in the small moments that often pass us by. You will learn how to practice gratitude and recognize and be thankful for the blessings in your life. And as you learn more about the incredible blessings around you, you will discover; Gratitude has the power to transform your life and the lives of those around you. It can turn an ordinary day into a day of appreciation and joy. This book is dedicated to exploring the faith and benefits of gratitude and providing tips and guidance on how to cultivate it in your own life. With effort and practice, you can open your heart to more presence, appreciation, and contentment. Let’s start my journey of exploring the power of gratitude together!
About In the Land of the Living: A Novel:
A DEEPLY CATHARTIC EXPLORATION INTO THE HUMAN CONDITION
There is an unrelenting presence that stirs a restless longing within Duncan. A longing to know the truth…His new stepfather, James, is an unwelcomed addition to his life. No amount of time or distance seems to be able to heal the deep-seated bitterness that strains their relationship. It only forces him to grapple with a childhood he would rather forget. Yet, all the while, God has not forgotten Duncan or the pain he suffers. In fact, He has been the One purposefully orchestrating it all, both calamity and blessing.
How can God turn such turmoil into something beautiful and good? Duncan’s life is one such example that answers this very question, albeit in an unexpected way. Told in vignettes, this evocative story of trauma, grief, and forgiveness shines an honest light on the corruption and hope of the human spirit.
About Featured Book: The Devil's Whelp by Vin Jackson
The floating exploration rig, Olympian, is drilling for oil. It has a crew of 80 tough, no-nonsense oilmen capable of handling anything . So they think. But Scott Reef #8 isn't just a jinx – it will prove to be one hole too many.
There's something down there apart from sea and mud that seems to think they're here for fun. The rules of Its game are simple – play or die; the prize for winning – Olympian.
The only one on board who understands the situation is the toolpusher, Del Presswood. With each new event the whelp is coming to know him, enabling it to stay one step ahead, ensuring his warnings about the dangers are ignored.
If Del doesn't do something, and fast, he is going to lose the rig and his entire crew. For their sakes, this is one game he has to win. But time is running out!
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About Concerning Fanaticism in The Human Race by Massimo Fantini:
Elijah is a promising young lawyer, in love with his work and confident in the potential of the human race.
His law firm’s senior partner gives him his first important assignment. Elijah will have to follow the case of Leonard, an elderly engineer who lives in Montepastore, a small village in the Bolognese Apennines (Italy).
Leonard’s question concerns the supplementary contribution that engineers enrolled in the professional register are required to pay to Inarcassa, the Engineers’ Pension Fund. At first, the case seems simple. It was the subject of a previous ruling by the Court of Cassation. But Leonard is not satisfied with an institutional response. He wants to know why. He wants to know what hides behind the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Leonard’s demands grow meeting after meeting, and the subject of the dispute widens to include ethical, religious, and historical concerns.
As in the previous manuscripts, questions about the human condition are at the center of this philosophical debate. In the absence of answers, what is the point of writing about anything else?
About NO TURNING BACK: Love Never Ends – An Irresistible Story of Love, Marriage, Family Quarrel, Henpecked Husband and Parent Rivalry:
Love Never Disappears Traceless. In the Book about Family Struggles, It Finds Its Way to Be the Guide on the Way to the Light.
The kind, loving husband Swaminathan is a victim of his wife’s domineering abuse. When their daughter is born, Swaminathan extends his patience to fatherhood and becomes an exemplary parent.
The wife, Shanthi, however, abuses the daughter and hurts her every time she is upset with Swaminathan. So Swaminathan leaves his family, the daughter, and the wife. When he reaches Kanchipuram, a town in India famous for its abundance of sacred places and temples, he meets a priest who will change his life, turning him to religion and inspiring him to become a priest himself.
Six years later, a family friend, Ramanathan, whom Swaminathan accidentally bumped into, decides to reunite Swaminathan’s family.
No Turning Back is a captivating story on marriage, family, love, and life. In this riveting tale, delight and pain can’t exist without each other, making the family realize that they will always be there to guide each other through the Dark.
The story is a ground-breaking outlook on gender and taboo family issues rarely talked about even in contemporary times.
If you want to dive into the irresistible, heartfelt story of the family who found love again…
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The Story of Gunnar Hansen by John C. Dailey
In his grief over losing his wife, Gunner, 73, headed out for a 3-week solo canoe trip to spiritually connect with her. The northern Minnesota wilderness is the unique setting for this uplifting adventure story as Gunnar tries to reunite with his beloved Kathleen.
Finding Joy by Tara White
Have you spent your life giving so much of yourself to others that you no longer know who you are anymore?
40-year-old Joy Donnoly, recently widowed following her husband’s decade-long progressive illness, finds herself all alone after her triplets leave for college and university.
Without anyone to take care of for the first time in two decades, Joy realizes she has given so much of herself to take care of her family that she lost herself in the process. Unable to figure out what to do next, she falls into a depression, losing herself to television and social media to cope with her grief. When her daughters step in to do an “intervention” Joy begins a journey to rediscover herself and find a new way forward.
Join Joy on her journey of self-discovery, as she fights her way through the darkness to reclaim her identity, and in doing so, not only finds herself but finds a way to step into her future with happiness and joy.
Author Tara White wrote the majority of this book on location in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia (literally sitting on the rocks looking out into the Atlantic Ocean), and in Waikoloa, Hawaii, two of the settings in the book. The rocks and ocean on the book cover are from an actual picture taken during one of her writing sessions. She visited Nova Scotia many times a year in one of her prior jobs and took advantage of the opportunity to get out to Peggy’s Cove to squeeze in a few hours of writing on her trips. Peggy’s Cove quickly became her magical writing place where, as soon as she sits down on the rocks and opens her laptop, her fingers just start flying across the keyboard and the characters come to life! Since she started visiting Peggy’s Cove fairly regularly over five years ago, she has easily spent over a couple of hundred hours on the rocks, and on many of those visits, she searched the ocean for a whale or a dolphin, without one sighting. On her last trip to Peggy’s Cove, with her completed manuscript in the rental car in the parking lot, she was goofing around taking some sample pictures for the book cover and she saw a dolphin! She watched as the dolphin jumped out of the water, moving back and forth in front of her as it moved farther away, under the setting sun. At that moment, Tara felt the connection to her main character in one of the scenes in her book, feeling pure joy and excitement while standing on the rocks!
Tara is a Radical Change Coach and energy healer. Her life mission, in addition to entertaining people with her stories, is to help empower people to heal and transform their lives so that they can live the life of their dreams, with joy and happiness.