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David, Aunt Gen and Terence are in a race to find Jessica as they discover her life is in danger. Alicia is attacked whilst she astral projects and is furious until she discovers who has attacked her. The Glasgow Dream Dancers are in more danger than they know.

As a writer lies dying, he has one last story to tell: a tale of faith and devotion, a meditation on what lies beyond this life, and a prayer of gratitude that may lead to rebirth.

A surreal theme park where nothing is as it seems. Jade and her sister Louise are in the Belle Epoque, a twisted and strange version. For fans of Poor Things and Westworld, this novella is delightfully absurd.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

Trouble always finds Angela Constantine. And Angela's impulsive, hot-tempered colleague Wanda is about to cause more trouble than anyone could know. Except Angela. She's not like the rest of us. She sees things we don't - she can recognize a killer just by looking in their eyes. And Angela knows that sooner or later, one way or another, everyone pays for their sins. She'll make certain of it.

Is the world ready for the perfect man - and what if that man is not a man at all but a machine instead?...Imagine you're at a cocktail party and the most gorgeous man in the world walks up to you and says, "Hi, I'm Andy. What's your name?" You're looking at him, thinking he's so good-looking he almost can't be real...And you find yourself thinking how much fun he is to be around and how you'd love to have him for a friend - or maybe something more than a friend. That's Andy's job - to get you to like him...and he's really good at his job.

Art isn’t about beauty, in the dictionary, art is literally “producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power”. If you want other people to give you their money, you have to do something that they are willing to pay you for. What is art? Who says a piece of anything is considered art? Why are some paintings so expensive and not accessible to everyone? Wealthy buyers will shell out hundreds of millions of dollars for a work of art. So, what makes some art so valuable?

What do you do when Nature has decided the time for justice is now, and you’re the one who must pay the price for humanity’s crimes? That’s precisely what Artemisia, the last human alive on Earth, asks when she finds herself before the judge and jury, already found guilty. All that’s left is her sentence. Can Artemisia convince Nature’s denizens that she’s not to blame? Or will she suffer the consequences for the choices made by generations past?

Zola'nın kaleminden ölümün peşine düşen, acıyla, sevgiyle, umutsuzlukla ve insanlık haliyle iç içe geçen bu benzersiz eserde, ölümün evrenselliğini ve farklı yaşam kesitlerinde nasıl karşımıza çıktığını keşfedeceksiniz. "Nasıl Ölünür", hayatın son anlarına dair, her biri kendi içinde ayrı bir dünya olan karakterlerin hikayeleriyle sizi sarmalayacak. Zola, ölüm karşısında insan ruhunun derinliklerine dalarak, sevgi, korku, kabullenme ve isyan arasındaki ince çizgiyi gözler önüne seriyor.

A fun parody about a wise and non-conformist Seaslug on a journey of understanding, and a quest for survival of slug society and the planet.

Geboor (Book 2 of Nanima Series): The spiritual path doesn’t annihilate our happiness. It gives us the possibility of real happiness. Geboor continues the journey of Maliyan and friends into an ever-deepening understanding of body, environment, relationships, and connection to the energetic world. Understanding the significance of the physical elements leads to wisdom in the mental, emotional, and spiritual components of our existence.

Nanima lay in a pretty-as-a-picture valley at the joining point of two living, breathing rivers. The small country town had an English name, but Nanima was its ancient-as-the-rivers Aboriginal one. This is not a white story or a black one. It’s a spirit story and an earth one.

Allie, Mary, Valencia, and Sheila were pretty occupied with their lives. They were working, partying, and moving on, drama-free. Everything seemed to be going linear. At least that's what they thought. And for a while, it was even true.

Book one of Veronica Christopher’s short story selection series is The Rabbit Hole. The Rabbit Hole is a collection of four short stories dealing with life’s tests, madness, and the unknown. In “Three-Leaf Clover”, 14-year-old Eve has lots of secrets to bear...but can she handle it? Next, go to 1950 Korea during the war, where Ah-seong and her little brother, Jae-hyun, take refuge under a bridge and bid “Goodbye from Nogunri". Then see RJ’s battle as he wanders his afterlife “Via Tranquilla” while confronting the pinnacle moments of his life that have shaped him.

A brief, inspiring parable about being "stuck" and—more importantly—getting unstuck. Three people, all of whom are struggling with difficult life situations, separately and individually happen upon a tranquil pond in a small, secluded park. As they muse about their difficulties, a frog appears from the pond. Their conversations with the frog lead them to discoveries and realizations that free them from their stuck circumstances.

Although there may well be one objective and real universe, most of us can only see the world from our own point of view, and that might be radically different from every other point of view. In this audiobook, we explore the points of view of very different observers: A woman whose husband believes she is an android, a conspiracy analyst, an angel, an astronaut, and doctors faced with difficult moral dilemmas. Are these stories connected in some way? Is there a pattern? Listen to Points of View and find out!

The Department of Defense pays a visit to an inventor, "Oh...What do you got there?” they say. The inventor replies excited, "I just invented this anti-gravity device”! (The inventor and his invention later go missing, and he stops posting publicly.) Media (on command from the elites): "Too bad we can't verify these results. There was no anti-gravity device; it was most likely a weather balloon". Before an anti-gravity engine is created, we must first discover how gravity works.

In this enchanting prequel to Noelle’s Ark, a Princess named Elizabeth was born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth. Her family hoped, that one day she would marry a rich and handsome prince, and they would all live happily ever after...But, instead...her brother Samuel became one of the biggest Hollywood power brokers in history, and Elizabeth got shot in the head by her nephew at her niece's wedding, and found herself halfway to heaven with an angel named Oleo, who just might be able to help the Princess change her destination.

The technicians at Robotics International assumed that Marianne would revert to Adrienne model number 86 after the wiping process was over. Pamela thought if she could get Dick’s hand into the wiper’s interface that he would go back to being Andy model zero-zero-nine. Wrong both times. Now each of them has proven that it takes more than a wiping to keep a good android down.

In a world where humans lie to each other, what's an anatomically correct and fully functional android to do? Models of the Andy line are wired to be likable. What happens when being truthful gets in the way of that? What should Seth answer when Azura asks him, "Do these slacks make my butt look too big?" If total honesty gets in the way of likability, maybe he can get by with half-truths.