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Relocating to Wuhan, China, for his job as an architect, Daniel Verhagen and his family are sought by the Chinese police due to events they don't understand. Helped by new friends but unsure who to trust, they go from prison to the home of a refined Chinese official. Why can't they just go to their embassy and sort this whole mess out? Behind the scenes, there are conspiracies at play which could have far-reaching consequences.
Evelyn North quits the Tea Basket quilt guild in a snit over their decision to raise money for cancer research via an auction of small quilts. Evelyn thinks she can form a guild to raise more with a raffle and thereby win the incentive prize, a very expensive longarm quilting machine. She systematically raids the Tea Basket members, using flattery, coercion, bribery and blackmail. Her efforts cost the Tea Baskets their auctioneer. They struggle to find a suitable site to launch their auction, while Evelyn begins at once to sell tickets. What Evelyn doesn't have and cannot steal is the bond of friendship and cooperation shared by Tea Basket members. When faced with sudden adversity and disaster, will Evelyn learn the power of female friendship? Who will finally win that longarm quilting machine?
In a New York hospice, Jon is slowly wasting away. But it is not a peaceful passing - haunted by frequent and vivid nightmares of an unspeakable crime, Jon summons his lawyers to change his will. He instructs them to leave his entire fortune to the clan of the San Bushmen he hunted in 1955. This leaves his legal team, and his two living sons, stunned and perplexed. An investigation into Jon's past reveals the chilling truths about ethnic persecution and the legal hunting of humans that occurred in the isolated sands of the Kalahari. Some secrets should be taken to the grave... or should they?
The Washington Department of Justice decides to confine the convicted inmates to an island from which they cannot return. Here the marginalized, close to the nature of the place, find unexpected happiness by discovering human values that have now disappeared in the advanced society. Love stories, a spirit of communal life, adventures, and new passions intertwine. All of this disturbs the American government and public opinion, perhaps not yet ready for this change.It is up to Fitz, the novel's protagonist, to prove,-at his own life's risk- that crime is the outcome of social inequalities: society condemns the evil that it produces itself, and power hides man's hypocrisy by creating illusions of justice.[...]"I do not defend criminals but I do defend their human condition. Society cannot condemn crime by committing another crime."Love and nature will be the only winners in the unexpected finale. It is ours, the true society of no return!
Jack Vortex and Jill Sterling are two recently orphaned and rather special six year olds living in a far away galaxy on a planet called PHill. After being told by the bigheads that their parents had both left for "The Better Place," Jack and Jill make a promise to go find them. But, before they can find that which has never been found, they must first escape the clutches of the Knight-Mare Mara, a tear stealing fairy-witch in charge of the orphanage on top of The Giant's Back.
"Spirits cannot know love, so why should humans?"Carrying the pain that results from a broken love, Miri finds herself on a pilgrimage along the Camino Santiago; but she can't quite remember why. Analyzing the decisions that brought her here, she learns that nothing is random - there are no coincidences. The Camino called her; and the Camino will protect her from Hari, a spirit that wants to learn about love. But spirits cannot know love, so why should humans?
When a young Englishman on work experience in Australia is found dead at the lovely Pool of Siloam in the Blue Mountains during a school tour, there are too many suspects to count. Detective Sergeant Provis calls in her old colleague, Inspector Esson, and he takes the lead on the investigation. The deceased, Roger Xanthius, was viewed as great fun by some of the students, but no one quite trusted him, particularly one of his own former teachers, on exchange at the Australian school for the year. As Esson and Provis dig deeper, Roger's own dark tendencies come to light.Was the young man's death an accident? Or was it the result of malice? No one is certain, but it becomes clear that altogether too many people wanted Roger out of the way.
Albert is a young boy, who has moved to a new town with his parents. One day he gets sucked into a vortex, dropping him into another world with weird animals: like moss-green deer, funny crabs that spit mucus water, wolflike animals, and wyverns. You might be wondering what a wyvern is. It is a dragon. And Albert gets struck down by one. Somebody finds him, picks him up, and takes him back to their house where they help him to recover. But Albert has yet so much to discover about this new world called Thu'hilen. He has so much he needs to learn, like how to fight with a sword for instance. This is a magical world filled with magical things, people and animals, and creatures and Albert is someone special. Why is Albert special? What makes Albert so special? He has to fulfil a job. What job will he have to fulfil? There is so much more this world has to offer. Find out everything that happens.
Visceral, lyrical, and emotionally charged, WITHIN introduces us to a man devastatedby an international divorce, returning to his former home to say goodbye to his threeyoung children the night before they leave for France.With profound insight and a searing clarity, Maxwell T. Dylan explores the pain andmemory of being separated from his three children that led him down the dark corridorsof New York City nightlife.Dylan throughout his journey examines his childhood where he finds strength, love andinspiration along with difficult memories that he is forced to reconcile.Alive with humor, ache, and wisdom, Maxwell's journey affirms that sometimes youhave to lose a lot to find yourself.
Marquita and Janitis have grown up together and when their childhood friendship blossoms into love, they promise themselves to each other.But Marquita is the Chosen One, and must marry the Supreme Host. Her parents are delighted by this, the greatest honour any girl could aspire to, but Marquita is determined: she will not marry 'that old man'.Can she escape the castle and be reunited with Janitis?
Mass shootings and other acts of terror have links with a radical group in Eastern Europe. The Knights of Whites biker group. They are motivated to expand their political and terrorist activities beyond Europe and the USA where they have been prominent.They use Internet forums, the dark web and other techniques to recruit vulnerable young men. Their objective was to promote white supremacy. They believe in the creation of a master race.Army intel agent Rhys Curtis works with MI6 agent, Rat, attempting to terminate their source of funding and end their criminal activities.Who are the leaders? Can the neo-Nazi white supremacist movement be stopped?A plan is hatched. A plan to infiltrate the terrorist group but will they accept a person of colour in their midst? Highly unlikely and certainly not without great risk and potential danger to Rat but that is what is planned.
This is a Ghanaian cookbook with a difference. Born in Ghana, my recipes go back generations including family staples like waakye and tuozaafi, some of Ghana's most popular street foods.It is my pleasure to share my recipes and bring Ghanaian cooking to your kitchen for, whether you are a novice cook or more experienced, and looking for recipes full of flavour and colour or simply something exciting!
The violin has been laying in its case collecting dust, waiting to be played, wishing to be heard. Tracy's mother can no longer play and misses the beautiful sound of the instrument she played so long ago. One day, Tracy picks up the violin and begins strumming its chalky strings, unleashing a shrill, scraping squawk. How can music be made from this sad, old dusty thing? When the violin begins to appear in Tracy's dreams playing its resounding notes and melodies, the magic of its music inspires her to try again. Can the enchanted strings bring the violin back to life once more?
Ardor Agopian is twenty-one years old, working a dead-end job at the mall, and grappling with the fallout of a bad decision. When he stumbles upon an ancient prophecy hidden in a long-forgotten book, he realizes he must master his long-dormant psychic abilities or watch idly as humanity is destroyed by an unimaginably powerful force. To save his fellow humans, Ardor must travel the globe and contend with mysterious forces and shadowy clans while grappling with the fatal consequences of trying to stem the tide of darkness.
Out of the chaos of war emerges a new and inspired people. As their power grows so does their legend. Before long the welfare of the old peoples of this land rests with this new and innovative culture. As the Vikings push for total dominance of Britannia only the English from the city of Worchester stand in their way.One young man must lead the fight in this fictional tale of Angles, Vikings, Picts and Celts.
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