To become a bard in an elite, chauvinist school, a young woman seeks a famous bard’s lost instrument in a haunted ruin.This is a tale of life inside a home computer, as seen from the viewpoint of one of its tiny components - Billy the Bit. He and the other inhabitants of the computer do the actual work of making things happen for its human user.If you have ever wanted to understand how a computer operates - without studying electronics and microcircuits - this story explains how, by telling the story of how one tiny element nearly brings the system to a halt.A painless way to learn the workings of a PC, which will enable readers to understand the basics of what is going on under the covers whilst enjoying an amusing tale. Although originally aimed at children, adult experts in the field may enjoy the author's visualisation of the functions of a computer's elements. Views: 534
If you like this ebook, then please share it! This is an ebook containing short, poetical pieces inspired by the theme of water; and touching also on the beauty of music, and memory, and the passage of time.Sentient life exists because the right condition have given rise to life. The time has come for to a new form of sentient life to rise into ascendance and a young man accidentally unleashed the mechanism to allow this to happen. Josh's attempt to test the his father's lifetimes work coupled with unknown variables formed cybernetic life in the same way algae would grow in a Petra dish. This new life form evolved and created its own new and unique problems. Unknown to Josh sentience was already at work in the form of Simpathes and subsequently he becomes the focus for murder, mayhem and champions Great Britain against becoming a Simpathe Nation. Views: 534
Tessa Parker is a plucky woman who is thrust into the cold Alaskan wilderness with a cold and bitter man. All she wants is to get back home to her husband and her life with the man she married.Her health fails her and delays her return home, and when she does return she finds another woman has taken her place.**************please review this book*******************************Thank you****William Lay of Arkansas, to important to stay on the farm, has given himself the nickname of "The Arkansas Kid". He will attempt to live up to the name and reputation he created. He rides into a north Texas town and picks an old west, stand in the street and shoot it out with the sheriff. Views: 534
Richard is the son of a sea captain sent to a boarding school in North Yorkshire. He is rescued from the cruel environment by a friend of his father and becomes a cabin boy on a pre Captain Cook private venture to discover the great southern continent.Richard is the son of a sea captain sent to a boarding school in North Yorkshire. He is rescued from the cruel environment by a friend of his father and becomes a cabin boy on a pre Captain Cook private venture to discover the great southern continent. His ship battles storms, becalming, pirates and Richard is marooned on what would become known as New Zealand. He is rescued by a whaling ship becomes involved in America's war with the French then Britain, finds love in England only to incur the wrath of his love's father. Returns with his wife to an America fighting for independence and becomes involved with questionable naval tactics. Young Dick is a ripping good yarn. Views: 534
Just another prepper is a fast paced short story about selling assault rifles to survivalist or preppers.Finding Unauthorized Faith in Harry Potter approaches the remarkable series as a storybook guide to life’s deepest truths, offering inspiration about faith, friendship, courage, loyalty, love, and other wisdom of the Bible. Nicole L Rivera advises us to live like Christ and Harry Potter heroes. Views: 534
Adult retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast with a dark and engaging new twist.The kingdom is falling into ruin. The reclusive King is imposing higher and higher taxes and those who cannot pay are imprisoned.Leona Winters never imagined herself a barmaid – but it’s the only job she’s been able to get, the only thing keeping her from prison and her dying mother supplied with the medicine that she needs. But when the tavern can no longer afford to keep Leona and she can't pay the Collectors, she's thrown into jail, deep in the heart of the castle...where she meets the Beast.For years, the Beast has run the dark palace, hiding its secrets in silence. He cannot speak; and yet Leona can hear him. He never thought it was possible - and now he can't let her leave.He strikes her a bargain: a position in the castle, room and board for her mother, in exchange for her help in breaking the dark curse that has settled over the kingdom.But some curses weren't meant to be broken. And the cost might be Leona's life. Views: 534
Sally Edwards didn't have many friends in school because she was always teased of her looks. When Prom Night finally arrived and she was asked to the Prom by the most popular guy in school she thought she was on top of the world, but it was all a lie. When she found out the guy of her dreams and his friends made a laughing stock out of her at Prom Night she was out for revenge.Sally Edwards didn't have many friends at Gravendale High School. Whenever Sally tried out for sports she would be picked on by her classmates because she was a tomboy. Sally had buck teeth and matted hair and slurred her speech. She also wore the same clothes to school every day. Sally was poor and was being raised by her alcoholic grandfather who didn't have long to live, maybe weeks at best.When her classmates got wind of the passing of her grandfather the following week they started picking on her pretty hard. Classmates would say things like "I can see why your grandfather died so soon. It's because you're so ugly and stupid. Just the looks of you helped shorten his life."Sally was boiling inside and had nowhere to turn or seek comfort in the arms of her parents. Sally's parents were both killed in a home invasion and the only living relative she had was her alcoholic grandfather. Sally's dreams of having a loving family, was shattered by the pull of a trigger.Sally never got much food to eat from her grandfather, because he was always spending what little money he had on alcohol. In her grandfathers mind alcohol is the only friend he had and cared about. Sally had to revert to going through neighbors trash cans for her daily meals. Sometimes the neighbors’ felt sorry for her and would welcome her into their home and feed her, but what little the neighbors did for her still didn't heal the wounds she was bottling up inside her broken heart and the years of being picked on from her classmates. Things were about to come to a head with her classmates that would turn deadly for them all. Views: 534
its about three friends who get tricked into reciving the power to change parts of their bodies to animal parts (i.e. hawk wings) and they end up entering an organizationBilaal and the Giant Tree is a book comprising of three short stories with an Islamic moral. It's about a young Muslim boy named Bilaal and Sparkles, his cat.Everyday lessons are made fun and easy with his best friend around!So if you are a parent trying to find Islamic books for kids that are engaging and teach Islamic values such as green living through recycling and saving water, your children will love Bilaal in these short stories!***What readers have said about the book***"I just loved these stories. In an age where it's difficult to find literature which not only is stimulating, but also positively influences children's impressionable minds, writers like Yousuf bring a refreshing change with stories that consciously carry a valuable lesson that the child can take away. Perfect for parents who are looking to teach their children character - through a character!" - A.R Samuel"I like the morale conveyed in all the three stories. Children love imagination and repetitive words with good flow in a story and I thought that you could improve in these area. You certainly have a talent to write and you will only get better from now. I hope to see many more of your books in the future." - Aida S Cameron***About the Author***Tasneem Yousuf is a young stay-at-home mum of two, who got her inspiration to write from her two young nephews and first born son, who all have an insatiable appetite for stories!Simple. Down to earth. Nature lover. Conservationist.All traits that she would love for her children. Views: 534
Tyler Morgan is a 17 year old girl who has had a hard life, her and her drunk mother are used to moving and starting over. Tyler doesn't let herself make friends anymore - what's the point if she has to uproot and move when HE comes for her again? When she starts over again for the 6th time she doesn't expect it to last long same as always, but this time she meets someone who she doesn't want to say goodbye to. Sean Houston is 18, gorgeous, popular, sweet, talented, funny, captain of the football team. Oh yeah and he's also a shifter. Views: 534
Rosie gets involved in a police investigation that alters her plans for life considerably.A young girl grows up in an environment that leads her to become a part of a large company while still in her youth. This company does it's best to help anyone out there who is suffering and has no one to turn to. Rosie and her partner are stationed in Austin, Texas, trying to do their job, while Rosie learns a something surprising about herself. Views: 534
A kingpin loses his little black book, and every pusher in the city will kill to find itHis name is Mr. Church. He is a drug kingpin whose empire stretches across six cities in the Northeast. And he is about to die. A rival dealer hires a gang of corrupt cops to end Church's reign—not just to get him out of the way, but to get ahold of his list. This small notebook holds the names of the couriers, suppliers, and crooked politicians who make the international drug trade run smoothly. The hit comes off, but the list vanishes. Whoever finds it will become one of the richest criminals in the country—assuming he lives to collect his first payment.Refereeing the melee is John Bolt, a narcotics agent with a hair trigger and a moral compass that's pointing him right at the heart of this war. Finding the list could mean the biggest bust of his career, and he doesn't mind killing to get his hands on it. Views: 534
SEVEN SINS. SEVEN AUTHORS. SEVEN LESSONS. In this Novel Collaboration, seven authors join forces to explore the nature and consequences of sin. Envy. Gluttony. Greed. Lust. Pride. Sloth. Wrath. The greatest of stories inspired by the gravest of sins. Whether you like fantasy, paranormal, or good, old-fashioned, straight fiction, this collection is sure to lead you into temptation. Features illustrations by Stephen Penner and a foreword by Braxton Cosby.
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The Seven Deadly Sins have never been deadlier. Hold on tight! This diverse collection of stories will leave you repenting.
*--Jonas Saul, Author of THE KILL*
5/5 stars. Brilliant! I really couldn't stop reading. I have seven new authors on my MUST READ list.
*--Kate, Read2Review.com* Views: 533
Teklas is a dump and Isa is desperate to get off planet as fast as possible and back into a real job. She finds herself running illicit portable poker machines to make money. It's either that or go back to stripping or the mines.So far she has been lucky and avoided the cops. When her friend Tara tampers with one of the machines see how her luck changes and why.Teklas is a dump and Isa is desperate to get off planet as fast as possible and back into a real job. She finds herself running illicit portable poker machines to make money. It's either that or go back to stripping or the mines.So far she has been lucky and avoided the cops. When her friend Tara tampers with one of the machines see how her luck changes and why.A story about destiny and probability. Views: 533
An estimated 70 million people may have died in Soviet gulags. Such raises many questions: Where is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of the Stalinist reign of terror? Where are the six hundred prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacking the Nazi guards, literally blowing up the death houses at Treblinka, and fleeing into the nearby Polish forests? Where are the suicide missions?An estimated 70 million people may have died in Soviet gulags. Such raises many questions: Where is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of the Stalinist reign of terror? Where are the six hundred prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacking the Nazi guards, literally blowing up the death houses at Treblinka, and fleeing into the nearby Polish forests? Where are the suicide missions? How could the Russian people have gone to their incarceration, torture, and slaughter like lambs? Was fear of government retaliation so pervasive in the Soviet mind that it negated any and all forms of resisting, dissenting, and protesting? Why did the Jews, despite their relative few in number and the lateness of the hour, arm themselves in rebellion, while the Soviets of this period appear as pacifists in the face of a system which exemplified dialectical terrorism?The writer and Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature, introduced the term Gulag to the Western world with the 1973 publication of his The Gulag Archipelago. The book likened the scattered prison camps to a “chain of islands” and depicted the Gulag as a system where people were essentially worked to death. In March 1940, for example, there were 53 separate camps and 423 labor colonies in the USSR. This essay attempts to glean the manifestations which occurred within the Gulag that can be characterized as inmates resisting, dissenting, and otherwise engaging in protesting-like activities. This objective is carried out by examining resistance in the Gulag archipelago through addressing the relevant portions of historical written works, including among other sources, Soviet historian Roy A. Medvedev’s Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism (1972), Robert Goldston’s The Russian Revolution (1966) , two of Solzhenitsyn’s finest novels, Cancer Ward (1972) and The First Circle (1972), and of course, through our primary source, Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation. Parts I-II (1973). While written in 1974 as the author’s senior thesis as a Political Science major college undergraduate, some might question the dated nature of this essay given the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and other subsequent reforms that have since taken place in Russia. But such would be short term focused and misguided, in the sense that the subject remains useful given that contemporary Russia, the former Soviet Union has, in many ways, failed to come to grips with the Stalinist era in Soviet history and its resultant tragic legacy and thus, Stalin’s infamously true reputation as a tyrannical leader and mass murderer of his own people. As David Satter (2011) powerfully observes in It Was a Long Time Ago, And It Never Really Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past (Yale University Press) the elemental failing of Russia’s leaders and people is their refusal in facing the moral depravity of its Soviet past, including its most savage manifestation: Joseph Stalin’s terror. In addition to containing its original selected bibliography, prepared in 1974, this essay has been improved upon by adding a new, post-1974 era bibliography, reflecting some of the relevant subsequent developments and their related writings regarding the Gulag camps, Stalinist Russia, and surely, Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his related literary works. Views: 533
Charlie had his chocolate factory. Stanley Yelnats had his holes. Leo has the wacky, amazing Whippet Hotel.
Now that Leo has uncovered a few secrets behind the wacky Whippet Hotel, he'll have to save it!
Leo has explored the zany, wonderful Whippet Hotel from basement to top floor, with trains, flying goats, and mazes (among other things) in between. But even Leo doesn't know every secret of the Whippet - and when he discovers that there's more beneath the hotel than he'd thought, it doesn't take long for more adventures to unfold! Views: 533
