Chester the Coyote and his friend Hank the Hawk are in search of a new home called the oasis.Stories about Ignatius Loyola, John Bunyan, Telemachus, the twelve Martyrs of Scilla, and some frustrated fisherman. They do such things as start the Jesuit order, put an end to the gladiatorial games in Rome, and die for their faith. These are mostly biographies and are all written in creative nonfiction style, which is where you take real events and add details so that they read like a novel. The stories pop to life and will challenge you. Would you do what they did?

Not everyone who turns is a victim. Not every victim needs to be turned.During the 2nd World War, Halen Marcus survived horrors and nightmares most did not. But it was the horrors at home that would ultimately lead to his damnation.A Gothic tale for vampire lovers everywhere."The Heart of Stone" is a character novella filled with action, danger and drama. We follow our main character from the dark times of World War II up through a late '90's version of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the Gothic underbelly of society. Filled with a violent present, destined to him from the horrors of his past we learn the history of Halen Marcus from his tragic upbringing until the moment of his damnation.Dark. Violent, with sexual overtones. Not suitable for all readers.

A masterful, timely, fully authorized biography of the great and hugely influential biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson, one of the most ground-breaking and controversial scientists of our time—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb “An impressive account of one of the 20th century’s most prominent biologists, for whom the natural world is ‘a sanctuary and a realm of boundless adventure; the fewer the people in it, the better.’” —The New York Times Book ReviewFew biologists in the long history of that science have been as productive, as ground-breaking and as controversial as the Alabama-born Edward Osborne Wilson. At 91 years of age he may be the most eminent American scientist in any field. Fascinated from an early age by the natural world in general and ants in particular, his field work on them and on all social insects...

The internet's safe isn't it? I book holidays and buy CDs with no problem; surely my personal life will be at no risk if I, just this once....This is a contemporary story with a French overtone about a failed romance. Colette strives to survive her broken relationship with Paul, whom she once thought to be the love of her life. She removes colour from her life and submerges herself in a sea of black. Love is lost, leaving behind an aching, broken heart and memories. Her senses let her down as smells, tastes, sights and sounds only remind her of what she no longer has. Time passes, and then there is Gerard. Colette purposefully erases all trace of her previous lover from her life. Hope looms bright before her and the possibility of a new start.

An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York Times columnist“Anand Giridharadas shows the way we get real progressive change in America—by refusing to write others off, building more welcoming movements, and rededicating ourselves to the work of changing minds.” —Robert B. Reich, best-selling author of The SystemThe lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people’s minds in order to change things. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. Americans increasingly write one another off instead of seeking to...

A love story between a Catholic boy and a Muslim girl.Sarah is given Aisha's diary right before her mysterious death. Being reluctant at first, Sarah decides to read her diary, to figure out the truth, of what might have lead to her sisters death.. She discovers another world, of love, religion and cultures. Can the power of Love unite those who are of different religions?

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The life and times of one of America's most successful nightclubs - Blinstrub's Village. Follow the story of the venue and its glittering stars from the beginning right through to the tragic and needless end. Bill Russo draws the tale from his memories as a student in Boston's Kenmore Square in the 1960s as well as from a personal relationship to one of the key players in the club's orchestra.From the eyes of a college student living nearby in the 1960s, here's an in depth look at the life and times of Boston's biggest nightclub, Blinstrub's Village. You'll learn about the venue and meet its most illustrious performers. It's also the story of how a young man's vision transformed a shuttered, beaten down, corner saloon into one of the premier entertainment centers of the mid 1900s. In the end, the empire fails for a reason that most people will find hard to believe. .

Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises.

A race against time to save a little girl and the empire she is destined to lead. Despite the best efforts of her enemies, Cari Dix is alive and well. Now she's ready to come out of hiding and bring the missing heir back to the imperial capital. Together this group of swashbuckling rogues must travel across the entire continent, brave undermountain tunnels, fairy tale witches, and an entire army on the hunt for them. The fate of the Empire of Fantasma hangs in the balance. Don't miss the exciting conclusion to the Accidental Champion trilogy as Cari, her enemies, and even her adventuring parents join the chase to bring the next heir to the Crystal Throne. One reader calls this "the best one yet!" Pick up this LitRPG GameLit swashbuckler now!

From the acclaimed author of Red Island House, Andrea Lee's brilliant, outrageous collection of short stories confronts identity, desire, colliding cultures, and self-discovery.In vivid prose infused with wicked irony, award-winning author Andrea Lee takes us into the hearts and minds of a number of extraordinary women—intelligent, beautiful, self-possessed—who, with wit and style, grapple with questions of identity in an increasingly connected world where everyone has become, in some way, a foreigner. In "The Birthday Present," a loyal and conventional American wife explores the wilder shores of marital devotion by giving her Italian husband a costly present. "Winter Barley" is the account, alternately lyrical and perverse, of the brief love affair in Scotland between an elderly European prince and a thoroughly modern New England beauty half his age. And in the collection's title story, "Interesting Women," a woman on vacation in Thailand...