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Harry Kollatz Junior’s debut novel. A debut Carlisle Montgomery, that “Six-foot-five, redheaded, pigtailed, gap-and-bucktoothed, nine-fingered, guitar playing freak.” Smoking, slugging Whisky, arm wrestling, entangled with women and men as well as her hard-touring band, ‘The Live Wires,’ A bluegrass band with a Honkey Tonk problem they’re not trying to fix: Purebred American Mongrel music. It’s the 1990’s; the world is divided between Grunge and Garth Brooks, as this story delves into the heart...
| Автор | Harry Kollatz Jr |
Displaced by the sectarian violence in the city, Maha and her husband are taken in by a distant cousin, Youssef. As the growing turmoil around them seeps into their household, a rare argument breaks out between the elderly Youssef and his young guest. Born into sanctions and war, Maha knows nothing of Iraq's good years that Youssef holds dear. Set over a single day, The Baghdad Eucharist is an intimate story of love, memory, and anguish in one Christian family.
| Автор | Sinan Antoon |
Tales of Yusuf Tadrus is set in the Egyptian Delta town of Tanta, and tells the story of a young Coptic artist from a humble background. It provides an intimate glimpse into Egyptian Christian life, and carefully tells of the struggles faced by an artist who seeks to remain true to his calling. Written with sensitivity and honesty, it addresses an array of social issues in Egypt's rapidly changing landscape, from fundamentalism to emigration.
| Автор | Adel Esmat |
Hi, everyone. Guess where I’m going today? If you guessed the zoo, then you are correct. I’m going to see all kinds of wild animals there. I’m so excited, and I can hardly wait. Would you like to join me?
| Автор | Carla Brown |
Twenty years have passed since the days of the Black Death and the war between the humans and the Forbidden. The Forbidden, a race of magic-wielding creatures, have been falsely accused for the creation of the plague. After being nearly exterminated during the war, the Forbidden fled, avoiding the humans who sought to destroy them. Now, after twenty years of hiding, the Forbidden are returning. They are preparing for a war for freedom, truth, and equality—a war which will determine the future...
| Автор | Dellen Miller |
Bumbling Mangoland academic, Professor Dr Grafton Everest, has been elected to the Australian Senate, without really knowing why, and due to the influx of weird Independents, finds himself holding the balance of power. Despite this, his personal life is a train wreck. A prostatectomy has left him impotent, his daughter is staging a theatrical event with an outlaw motorcycle gang and he suspects his wife is planning to have him put to sleep. On top of it all, Australia is facing natural disaster...
| Автор | Ross Fitzgerald |
Time’s Dark Laughter—the second book of this spell-binding action adventure trilogy—finds Joshua and his friends alive, but not well, three years after the calamitous rescue in Book I. Beauty’s wife Rose disappears again, this time drawn compulsively to others of her kind—those with connecting ports implanted in their brains by the Queen’s minions. But now Joshua goes missing as well, ensnared by the Queen herself, to father a semi-human child with the telekinetic potential of destroying the...
| Автор | FastPencil Premiere |
Mac McNicol is passing through a small mining town in 1866 Colorado when he is attacked by a vampire and forced to join a gang of outlaw vampires hidden in the Rocky Mountains. Over the next two centuries he must draw upon all his courage and the strength of his Cherokee heritage to fight for his freedom from the cruel Master Vampire and from vampire hunters, and to protect the woman he loves. Karen Fisher has...
| Автор | Karen Fisher |
Professor Dr Grafton Everest's latest outrageous entertainment takes us to London and New York after a series of hilarious meanderings in the land of Oz.<br /> <br />So Far, So Good centres on our hapless professor's obsession with food and fame; his relationship with his increasingly independent wife Janet; their wayward (and soon to be married) daughter Lee-Anne; and his much-loved terrier Maddie. This cleverly plotted satire exposes the sad state of universities and of...
| Автор | Ross Fitzgerald |
If this great oak tree could talk, imagine the stories from the three hundred years of the many footprints that traveled under its branches.
| Автор | Mary Ann Davis |
I Believe in Butterflies is a story of a family's coming together after suffering an unimaginable loss and their way of keeping their child's memory and spirit alive by sharing stories of her transformation into a butterfly and her travels around the world. A story of love, loss, and healing.
| Автор | Linda Mellett |
This book is about real-life pictures of farm animals. It shows how we need them and what they can do for us. Please be kind to farm animals. God bless the children.
| Автор | Cliff Nygaard |
A novel for dog lovers. This is a three-part mythical tale. In Part One, Adar’s Bargain follows a prime wolf, from prehistoric times, who makes a deal to save his pack from starvation and an archenemy half-wolf by surrendering them to humans, thus leading to domestication and the birth to dogs. In Part Two, Odin’s Bounty, contemporary dogs, led by Fargo, a Border Collie, must re-learn the ways of a wolf pack to survive the elements and a stalking enemy, while alone on a deserted island. ...
| Автор | Steve Fajen |
Dear Reader, When you read these stories I don’t want you think, «Well, that’s a nice story, but things like that don’t happen in real life.» The truth is that every story in this book is based on events that have happened to me or someone in my family. I wanted to share the things I’ve learned from these experiences with you. They are very personal to me. It is not easy to open your life and share it; however, if I can help someone then it will be worth it. My trials have not been easy, but...
| Автор | Kristin Tuttle |
Sherice is a new mother, a sonographer, quilter, and wife; an overworked young woman whose elderly mother is slipping away from her. Sylvie is a newlywed and recent immigrant, unemployed and virtually penniless. Her husband’s paycheck can’t even cover prenatal care, let alone a baby, and her due date is only drawing nearer… Joanne’s unconventional pregnancy turns her world upside down, redefining her career and relationships, and even bringing to the surface long-buried demons from her...
| Автор | Alice Hayes |
Love doesn't need to last a lifetime to be great. Sometimes a great love comes into your life just when you need them, teaches you some life lessons & leaves an impression on your heart. Grace Rose had spent a lifetime trying to be what others expected her to be. Tried to be the loving friend, the perfect partner, a dutiful mum & daughter. This had left her subject to great hurt by people that had taken advantage of her gentle nature. She'd been scarred by a man who had...
| Автор | Fiona O'Neill |
Vic learns that his fiancée is being stalked, Guys dreams of a 19th-century murder, and the connection between their twisted tales leads to a shocking surprise involving reincarnation. Bestselling author James Kahn – doctor, writer, and musician – has worked with celebrated filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Star Wars creator George Lucas, and renowned sci-fi editor Judy Lynn Del Rey. Not only do his fiction credits include the movie tie-ins for Return of the Jedi (on The New York Times bestsellers...
| Автор | FastPencil Premiere |
Rund 25 Jahre sind vergangen, seit Franziskas Mutter tödlich verunglückte und sie erfuhr, dass diese gar nicht ihre leibliche Mutter war. Nach dem Tod des Vaters entschließen sich die Geschwister, das Elternhaus zu verkaufen. Während Dach-arbeiten werden versteckte Tagebücher von Oma Klara und einer unbekannten jungen Frau gefunden. Mit der Lektüre taucht Franziska in eine Zeit ein, die mehr als 70 Jahre zurückliegt. Wieder muss die Familiengeschichte neu aufgerollt werden.
| Автор | Isolde Kakoschky |
Kristina führt ein ruhiges Leben an der Ostsee bis eines Tages eine Einladung zum Jahrgangstreffen aus ihrer Heimat, dem Mansfelder Land kommt. Erst jetzt bemerkt sie, wie wenig sie über ihre Kindheit weiß. Warum kann sie sich kaum an ihre Kindheit oder ihren Vater erinnern? Die Antworten darauf scheint ihre Mutter mit ins Grab genommen zu haben. Doch mit ihrem einzigen Freund Mark begibt sie sich auf den Weg in ihre alte Heimat auf der Suche nach ihrer Vergangenheit.
| Автор | Isolde Kakoschky |
Mattie, a young male praying mantis, has a powerful attraction towards females—but soon realizes that a great secret comes with Passion which he has never known before. He navigates his dilemma in surprising ways, balancing his natural urges with survival. Mattie’s story engages the reader through a great adventure in this romantic comedy with a touch of erotica. Author Dr. Michael Mamah’s droll and imaginative nature-based tale will delight adults young and old. Note: Due to some...
| Автор | Michael Mamah |
It has been years since Joshua the Scribe, Lon the Vampire, Jasmine the Neuroman, and Beauty the Centaur journeyed to save their lost families from the strange Queen in the City With No Name. And as time went on, they were visited by ghosts of themselves, sometimes aiding in their quest and sometimes just a haunting presence. But were they really ghosts? Or were they simply incarnations of their own souls, visiting from another time to learn from them as well as to teach and to save their own...
| Автор | James Kahn |
Helen and her adventurous troupe take leaps into the unknown. She finds that even with skills, love, and cosmic favor as protection life can still be a challenge and dangerous. As always when things are good her curiosity gets the best of her and she pushes the limits to disturb the cosmic forces that guide us all. If there are questions then it stands to reason that there are answers, as well. Those answers, by their very existence, insist on recognition. Acknowledging her right to be heard and...
| Автор | DH Steppler |