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11041) Hector Blake + Ado the Owl
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Contractions of light, // the expansion of the fog; // bringer of darkness... Fading Fire - HaikuPrajna...[Also contains "Ado the Owl - The Wisps Book II" by Allen W. McLean]...Hector Blake longed for the excitement of his old life.He had awoken in a dark room, the walls of which being impervious to his intense pyrokinesis, to fend off an endless one-on-one assault of enemies. He was, a day prior, living in peaceful retirement back home on Titan,...
11042) Compliments of a Friend
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Compromising Positions's Judith Singer is back in a story that delivers plenty of Susan Isaacs's renowned wit and sharp-eyed observations of the contemporary scene-along with a riveting mystery! Chic Vanessa Giddings, founder and CEO of Panache, the largest employment agency on Long Island, falls into a coma in the designer shoe department of Bloomingdale's . . . and dies. It's not long before Judith Singer, former housewife, current widow, and local...
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'The 1001 Top Immortality Treatments You Must Try Before You Die' is Simon Petrie's latest collection of short speculative fiction. Petrie's work is characterised by its versatility, ranging from short humorous pieces to futuristic extrapolations grounded in scientifically robust underpinnings.
11044) Plantlife
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When an innocent hobby grows out of control, a young girl seeks the help of a reluctant gardener to save her family.Plantlife is a short, dark, and humorous tale of flora meet fauna.Pick up Plantlife and prepare to fend off floral fiends today!
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Five short stories weave around everyday circumstances when sudden disruptions test, pull, strain, shake, and nearly snap the characters' relationships. Are the ties binding them together fragile or unbreakable? Silly HobbyJustina wants to hear good news from her literary agent, but she didn't expect her confidence to be derailed by hoity-toity neighbor Lola's offhand comment. A hilarious series of events at her three year-old's birthday party distracts...
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The Brewer Brothers Collection books one through eight. Find out how it all began! Follow this pack of ruggedly handsome brothers as they salvage their family's business, renovate a poor farm, and look for love along the way. These books promise to make you laugh, swoon, and consider packing your bags for life on the mountain ♥ Brandon- Friends to LoversJames- Enemies to LoversBrooks- Older Man, Younger womanWells- Handsome NerdRob- Best Friend's...
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Excerpt: "His full name was Percival William Williams, but he picked up the other name in a nursery-book, and that was the end of the christened titles. His mother's ayah called him Willie-Baba, but as he never paid the faintest attention to anything that the ayah said, her wisdom did not help matters His father was the Colonel of the 195th, and as soon as Wee Willie Winkie was old enough to understand what Military Discipline meant, Colonel Williams...
11048) The Resurrection
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Written in first person, 'The Resurrection' is about the strange story of the author, who is a foreigner, and the unearthly way he learned to speak and write English fluently. This piece of high-quality literature is gripping and full of suspense, with twists. It's worth reading it till the very end. Down below, extracts from the story:When I woke up again, it was already late at night. The sky was starry, with a segment of waxing moon up in the zenith....
11049) Le Message
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Extrait : "J'ai toujours eu le désir de raconter une histoire simple et vraie, au récit de laquelle un jeune homme et sa maîtresse fussent saisis de frayeur et se réfugiassent au coeur d'un de l'autre, comme deux enfants qui se serrent en rencontrant un serpent sur le bord d'un bois."
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11050) Lost and Found
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As long as you don't get lost, exploring caves is fun. Unfortunately, wannabe adventurer Sidr does get lost and ends up in a cavern deep underground. There he runs into a colony of weird creatures that don't appreciate his presence. To make matters worse, the creatures' battle cry brings down part of the ceiling, leaving Sidr with only one direction to go.Can he find his way back to the surface before his lack of supplies catches up with him? And...
11051) A Royal Complication
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A CIA program code-named Project Olympus targets a member of the Saudi Royal family for elimination. The assassins find their attempt complicated when the butler shows up at exactly the wrong time.
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In this book, Pat has planted 33 seeds for readers to nurture and bring to fruition. An alchemic mix of wisdom that turns dross to gold. These seeds traverse our thinking, feeling and acting. They address the whole, interconnected person, physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual, and engage us in facing our inner demons, letting go of what pulls us back, taming our egos so that soul emerges, appreciating what we have and who we are...
11053) Julie Romain: Nouvelle
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Extrait : "Je suivais à pied, voici deux ans au printemps, le rivage de la Méditerranée. Quoi de plus doux que de songer, en allant à grands pas sur une route ? On marche dans la lumière, dans le vent qui caresse, au flanc des montagnes, au bord de la mer ! Et on rêve ! Que d'illusions, d'amour, d'aventures passent, en deux heures de chemin, dans une âme qui vagabonde !"
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11054) Passage à vide: Nouvelle
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Depuis toujours, Alice a du mal avec elle-même, du mal avec son corps.
Alice voudrait être comme les autres, comme Astrée. Ne pas se gaver à la moindre contrariété. Manger à sa faim, ni plus ni moins. Répondre au besoin physiologique de son corps sans lui infliger ce cirque sans fin. Elle ne sait pas faire. Ce que tout le monde fait sans même y penser, elle ne sait pas le faire.
Contre toute attente, c'est en donnant la vie à un autre...
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Meet Ryan Parish PI and find out what happens when he takes on a case for his girlfriend's friend, Rosie.
Ryan Parish PI is engaged to find Rosie's missing son, Wilson. According to Rosie, Wilson failed to return from spending a week with his father, Rosie's ex. What seems like a straight forward case, soon goes off the rails and leaves Ryan wondering if anything Rosie told him is, in fact, true.
11056) Greenshaw's Folly
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Previously published in the print anthology Double Sin and Other Stories. The lady of the house at Greenshaw's Folly is murdered in the midst of drawing up her will.
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This touching and funny collection of stories showcases Tharoor's daunting literary acumen, as well as the keen sensitivity that informs his ability to write profoundly and entertainingly on themes ranging from family conflict to death. In the title story-written in a lonely hotel room in Geneva soon after the author began his work with the United Nations-a young Indian orphan is on his way to visit America for the first time, and his anguish and...
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The Guilty One: Part of the Love...Maybe ebook short story collection. When William Henley accepts Samuel Flynn's proposal of marriage, he's on top of the world. But soon delirium turns to disaster as Will discovers that Sam has been hiding a secret. And it's one that will change their lives forever. ***This is a short story, which you can also buy as part of the Love...Maybe Eshort Collection*** • Cleverly plotted, suspense-filled women's fiction,...
11060) Madame Husson's "Rosier"
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This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social disgrace by trying to secure a legal separation from her husband. After the split, Maupassant lived with his mother till he was thirteen, and inherited her love of classical literature. In 1880, Maupassant...
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