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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. The zenith of Empire is bookended by two catastrophic wars that slaughter vast swathes of humanity. And yet authors manage to record and create fragile libraries of humanity, its talents, its dreams and increasingly its nightmares.

Summer may be over, but she’s ready to bring the heat. When her boyfriend shattered her universe last spring, Addy convinced herself that if only she were a little hotter, then she could have kept him. Which is why her senior year goal is to get revenge.

What if your relationship with money isn’t logical - but chemical? In a world obsessed with more - more wealth, more status, more success - most of us are chasing money without ever stopping to ask: Why? Money Addiction – Living in a Dopamine Economy is a gripping exploration of the emotional and psychological grip money has on our lives. Written by F. M. Roth, this bold and eye-opening book doesn’t offer financial hacks or investment tips. Instead, it unpacks a deeper truth: we’re not managing money. We’re medicating with it. Through personal insight, societal critique, and sharp...

Classic plays and ghost stories, as performed by the residents of Ambridge and friends - plus bonus drama Dead Girls Tell No Tales. Borsetshire's queen of amateur theatricals, Lynda Snell, never misses the chance to put on a Christmas show. Her productions are always a big hit with Ambridge audiences - and now, Archers fans can enjoy these top-notch performances alongside them (as well as eavesdropping on the shenanigans backstage).

The first short story - "The Tomb of Sara" - was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first stories from the last century featuring a lady vampire. The feminine element represents the connection with "Luella Miller" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. The inhabitant of a haunted house sucks life out of everyone who gets interested in her - and the atmosphere gets denser throughout the story.

There's a mole in MI6. Gabby Lane is a Senior Field Agent in British Intelligence. She is suspected of being the traitor and she has to go off-grid when she is framed by the real double agent. Her undercover life has given her a dangerous enemy who is out to kill her. She must contact the people she trusts and bring them together to clear her name and stay alive before her luck runs out. This is the first Blackhawk novel in the series. Follow Gabby's adventures in MI6 across Europe.

Discovered by a collector of rare books, this manuscript is assumed to be the fictional account of one man's search for his uncle, who was a well-respected professor before his own search for God led him down a dark rabbit hole. In that hole, he didn't find a benevolent, loving Father, but an ancient evil. Worse, the world's political and religious powers not only know about this dark thing, they may have sided with it! Let's hope this is only fiction - for all of our sakes!

During a dark period in human history, three captured princesses, reared in the palaces of China, Persia, and Poland, secretly take part in chronicling the greatest conquests of all time by Genghis Khan and his sons.

Gestohlene Heiligtümer, eine unbekannte Macht mit einem teuflischen Plan und Verbündete, von denen nicht klar ist, auf welcher Seite sie stehen. Die brennende Notre Dame, der Raub des Turiner Grabtuchs und Terroranschläge auf die legendären Meteoraklöster sind erst der Anfang. Europa hält in Angst den Atem an. Tom Wagner ist auf einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern, die Europa in ihren Grundfesten zerstören könnte. Und er kann niemandem trauen.

Why would anyone self-publish? There are many reasons. Some have tried traditional publishing and grown weary of waiting for responses to their submissions and most have witnessed the success stories of countless self-published authors. Those are legitimate reasons to explore self-publishing. Many well-known authors like Margaret Atwood, Robert Kiyosaki, Zane, Beatrix Potter, E.L. James, and Wayne Dyer self-published their way to tremendous literary success. Having the confidence to self-publish does not make you a failure or vain. It gives you more control over how your message reaches ...

A portrait of one of the greatest American food writers of the 20th century, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, whose writing transcended recipes and reviews to probe our deep-seated relationship to our appetites. Assembled from diaries, journalism, and short stories, Kelly Nespor's play creates a vivid tableau of the life of this preeminent and influential gourmet.

To get the guy, she'll have to get down and nerdy! Lucy and Simon used to be inseparable...until Lucy hopped on the popularity train by humiliating Simon in front of the whole school. Now, her senior year goal is to get him back by New Year's Eve.

Three years ago, Anne Bennet broke it off with her summer love. At the time, her roommate's advice to drop the dead weight and start boarding school without a boyfriend seemed like a good idea. But now, Christopher is attending Shelfbrooke Academy, and Anne isn't so sure she made the right choice. The more time she spends around Christopher, the clearer it becomes that the two belong together. Too bad Christopher wants nothing to do with the girl who broke his heart with little explanation and no apology.

When the body of well-known and much hated politician Agnes Hunter is found on a gravestone in Wales' largest cemetery, with a gun and a note, her death is ruled suicide. However, Trevor Gwyn Jones, senior reporter for The Cardiff Sentinel, is skeptical of the verdict, as is his best friend and confidante Sergeant Gareth Roberts. Agnes had made many enemies, both personal and professional, in her relentless pursuit of the top political job in Cardiff and later, Wales.

What if there were People of Peace all around us? What if there were people everywhere who have hearts prepared to encounter God—through us? Not only does Jesus make us People of Peace, but He sends us to find People of Peace in this lost world. In Luke 10, Jesus commissioned His followers to go out and find them. “Now after this the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. And He was saying to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore plead with the Lord of the harvest...

Ari hates the institute and everything it stands for. But to save her father's job, she's agreed to help host a time traveling exchange student. She only has to behave for three months while he's here, then off he goes back to 1903 where he came from. Easy peasy, right? There's just one problem. The more time Ari spends with James the harder she falls for him.

A pop star is accused of murdering her manager just before going on stage in Germany. She asks Olivia Streete to help her, but powerful forces are intent on covering up what really happened backstage that night. The singer’s ambitious sister, the arrogant CEO of Bluecoat Records and a dangerous underworld figure are all intent on ensuring that crimes from the past and from today remain hidden forever. After a second body is found on the rainy streets of Berlin, Olivia has to fight hard to ensure that the innocent are set free and the guilty are brought to justice.

First contact. A galactic test. One desperate chance to save humanity. Tarek Kutriah completely believes AI is the future. Driven to transform himself into the most intelligent being on Earth, the NASA scientist has implanted a permanent brain-computer interface directly into his skull. So when aliens invade and demand humans prove their right to exist, he accepts the challenge… and immediately fails. Susan Ma Ash is running for her life. Known by her nickname “SMASH,” the over-achieving high schooler is in the middle of a cross country race when it’s interrupted by a hostile ...

Previously published as Hotshots by M.F. Lorson. Paige Walker is getting a promotion. No more slinging drinks for bad tips, no more swatting old men’s hands away while making small talk for small dollars. From this day forward Paige will be the acting manager of The Carlisle. She just has to politely exit the swanky apartment she spent last night in, and hope the gorgeous man who rents it isn’t insulted by her hasty retreat. All's well that ends well, until that is, her one night stand walks into the morning staff meeting. Now instead of promotion plans she has promotion problems. 1. ...

Are you ready to change how you interact with your child's other parent? To do so, consider the words of apostle Paul who said, "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Unfortunately, many post-divorce adults remain angry, blaming, bitter and unforgiving. Some choose to remain stuck in this destructive pattern for years. In order to renew your mind, stop blaming and begin focusing on your own responsibilities and what you yourself can do differently.