She is waiting for this opportunity to interview the man who is beside Jesus when he died. Her readers really want to know what happened to him. What are his activities in Paradise? What did he feel when Jesus told him that he will go to paradise?College is a time of coming together to learn many things. The most obvious is increased knowledge for life and profession, but not to be lost is the art of learning to live with roommates. Share and share alike, as the saying goes, ends at the door of the refrigerator. This is a short tale of typical college guys who are determined to see an end to the filching of their most prized possessions...their food. The roomies want it to stop and stop now. They have a plan, a nuclear option, and the guts to put their scheme into play. Views: 773
40 short stories written at one a week over the course of a ten-month period. From the Andes to Andalucia and many places in between: As varied a selection of short stories as will ever be read.40 short stories written at one a week over the course of a ten-month period. These stories tell tales from the Andes to Andalucia and many places in between: as varied a selection of short stories as will ever be read. Stories by the author of soon to be published Gibbous House. Views: 773
A genius savant heads out to Las Vegas only to get lost in the Nevada desert. He finds a space ship, and travels into space at well above the speed of light. When he returns things are not as he left them.***Please review the book******thank you***A man heads out to Las Vegas only to get lost in the Nevada desert. Views: 773
The dazzling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series from the grand master of adventure.
When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, he wakes with fragmented and conflicted memories. Did he see an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? For reasons he cannot explain, Kurt doesn’t trust either version of his recollection.
Determined to know the truth, he begins to search for answers, and soon finds himself descending into a shadowy world of state-sponsored cybercrime, and uncovering a pattern of vanishing scientists, suspicious accidents, and a web of human trafficking. With the help of Joe Zavala, he takes on the sinister organization at the heart of this web, facing off with them in locations ranging from Monaco to North Korea to the rugged coasts of Madagascar. But where he will ultimately end up even he could not begin to guess. Views: 773
A second short story. A dark winter evening. A few stops on the Portsmouth Line, sitting in the corner of the carriage and observing a mixed bunch of fellow passengers.A second short story. A dark winter evening. A few stops on the Portsmouth Line, sitting in the corner of the carriage and observing a mixed bunch of fellow passengers.A stand-alone follow on from On the Terrace, they can be read in any order. If you like this one, you'll probably enjoy On the Terrace even more! Views: 773
An eBook short.
A dispatch from the underground world of Birdsong, a story of love and World War I.
In a stagnant war of trenches and barbed wire, there is one final desperate front: underground. Jack Firebrace is part of an elite group of British tunnellers, miners by profession, without the military training of infantry but facing unfathomable dangers just the same, forty-five feet underground with several hundred thousand tons of France above their heads.
Birdsong, published to international critical and popular acclaim, has become the canonical novel of romance and devastating violence in World War I. In this selection, we are introduced to Jack Firebrace, one of the novel’s central characters, and are given an unforgettable portrait of the lives of soldiers in an unimaginable position. Views: 773
Only good Americans are allowed to return, young again, to the paradise of Paris. But the divinely-ordered bureaucracy slips up and five not-so-good Americans find themselves posthumously thrown together and trapped in a surreal limbo. The ill-assorted departed will stop at nothing to return to the land of the living and repair fractured loves and flawed lives.The Kingdom of Heaven has been downsized to a single city. And to save overcrowding, God has a new chosen race and set of entry qualifications. In the modern hereafter only good Americans go to Paris when they die. But not even a divinely ordered bureaucracy is infallible and five not-so-good Americans find themselves thrown together and trapped in a surreal limbo while awaiting official ruling on their fate: return to the void of death or return outside to the Paris of their twenty-fifth year.They are an ill-assorted lot: randy 1900s marine Louis Forster; Maggie Thompson, an over-sexed 1930s fan dancer; neurotic 1940s New York intellectual Seymour Stein;modern-day foul-mouthed truck-driver, Max Pilsudski; Helen Ricchi, the mysterious and bookish wallflower suspected of murder after her husband's disappearance in the Paris of the 1950s. And these desperate departed will stop at nothing to return to the land of the living and repair flawed lives and fractured loves. Views: 773
This month we have a few trips into the surreal, with a workplace fight, a shape-shifting shopper, and an unidentified no-longer-flying object. There are plenty of great ideas and storylines to enjoy, so have a seat in the shade and get started.A retired MLB pitcher finds love and redemption via a hurled can of humble soup. Refusing to obey signals cost him his career, once--but this time--a beanball is exactly what's called for, and the signs all make sense. Making a hero often requires a "zero" to balance the equation. Seeing life from both sides of the fence, the protagonist reconciles his past, finds humility, and creates a new beginning. This story isn't about about baseball, though it makes significant commentary on contemporary status, thereof, and incisively nails what's wrong with the sport...where greed has driven it awry. This narrative is primarily about what's truly important in life--what's solidly pure and what's vacuously hollow--what's important when looming largely in front of us, but insignificant in the rear-view mirror with distance applied. Dreams and aspirations loudly drive us when young, while wisdom softly chuckles from the quiet perch of maturity. Each has its time and purpose. Views: 772
Madan and Sachet are childhood friends who are settled well and looking for suitable girl to get marry. Madan goes to see a girl on a weekend while Sachet accompany him. Madan likes the girl (Parni) and Sachet shows interest in girl's younger sister (Bela). Ultimately Madan marries Parni and Sachet to Bela and the marriages are arranged together by girl's side. Within a year, both the couples areMadan and Sachet are childhood friends who are settled well and looking for suitable girl to get marry. Madan goes to see a girl on a weekend while Sachet accompany him. Madan likes the girl (Parni) and Sachet shows interest in girl's younger sister (Bela). Ultimately Madan marries Parni and Sachet to Bela and the marriages are arranged together by girl's side. Within a year, both the couples are blessed with offspring.But all is not well with Madan as he works in a cement factory in a sooty environment. He is diagnosed with cancer and acute respiratory disease. Sachet and Bela goes to a Mall for shopping and adversity hits Bela when she is in elevator. What future awaits for the families which are faced with grave challenges? Read On...... Views: 772
Seventeen year old Thomas Schmidt loves his beer. But too much of it one night and a tragic fight at the local Gasthaus sends him fleeing from his tiny village in 1830s Germany. He is so desperate to outrun the avenger (Rudolph Stein) pursuing him that Thomas becomes an indentured servant to buy passage to America. Eventually, their misadventure leads Thomas and Rudolph to the 1849 Gold Rush.“For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil” (1Timothy 6:10)“The lust for gold is a root of a whole lot more evil.” (Unknown miner, California, 1849)Seventeen year old Thomas Schmidt loves his beer. But too much of it one night and a tragic fight at the local Gasthaus sends him fleeing from his tiny village in 1830s Germany. He is so desperate to outrun the avenger (Rudolph Stein) pursuing him that Thomas becomes an indentured servant to buy passage to America. Eventually, their misadventure leads Thomas and Rudolph to the 1849 California Gold Rush.There they join one from China, an ex-slave, and a veteran of other gold strikes and find the lust for gold can result in more pain and death than happiness.Their lost treasure of family left behind eats away at Thomas's and Rudolph's souls until they at last send for them.Fool’s Gold is Book One of the Turning Point Series. The series covers three events that shaped America to make it what it is today: the 1849 California Gold Rush, which brought emigrants from around the world to California and began an exodus from the eastern United States westward; the decline and fall of the British Empire and Ottoman Empire, which had ruled much of the world for centuries; and America’s entry into wars in Cuba and the Philippines, which began over a century of foreign intervention. Book Two is The Prince of Alexandria.Book Three is The Wolf Is Crying to Be Heard. Views: 772
This is a story about a young man named Cecil, who stumbles upon the affairs of a werewolf organization. The werewolves are people like anyone else, just gifted. And, as it turns out, they have a lot more on their plate than their canine jaws can handle.Following the unforeseen suicide of his mentor, brilliant but impoverished PhD student Drew Freeman discovers hidden research so explosive it could shatter the globe-spanning empire of a massive agricultural conglomerate. Quietly continuing his professor's investigation into a spate of hideous deformities in fetuses miscarried by Central American women, Drew uncovers a sinister corporate conspiracy to conceal their true cause. Expelled from the university on trumped-up charges, Drew joins forces with a mysterious friend and a strong-willed Hondruan woman to expose the crime. Facing off in a high-stakes media war against a young public relations whiz and his beautiful protege, Drew and his colleagues battle a corporation that will stop at nothing to protect its secret. Views: 772
There are a number of heart touching Poems waiting for you in this book. The poet composes the Hindi Poetry with the English Words that is unique in this book.It's about Poetry and only Poetry. Just read and enjoy... Views: 772
Alex Baker has been waiting for Rafe Sanchez to ask her out ever since she started working at Holly Day’s Diner, where Rafe plays guitar five nights a week. But when he finally invites her to spend Christmas Eve with her, a nursing home is not what she had in mind. But Christmas is a time for surprises, and such is the case with Rafe… and his mysterious holiday date!Sometimes, it's very difficult to draw the thin line between what is right and what is wrong. A case at hand is the one provided in this heart aching short story... how is this wrong? Is something wrong because there are circumstances that made it so or is it wrong because there is a universal judge? These questions and others are humorous implied in this short story. Michael is perhaps crazy enough to put all of us in a place where we are the ones to answer the question for him. Views: 772
A eclectic collection of stories from various authors. From action filled science fiction to dark sinister chills, humorous mystery, and wild impish fun. Ideal for for relaxing in the summer sun.A eclectic collection of stories from various authors. From action filled science fiction to dark sinister chills, humorous mystery, and wild impish fun. Ideal for for relaxing in the summer sun.Sarah's Tree by Paul RavenThe Kitchen Imps A. L. ButcherBoots? by Donny SwordsThe Case Of The Six Broken Milk Bottles by Chris RavenHenry's Windows by Alan HardyTalia Saran: Summer On Indigo Prime by D.C. RogersWrite What You Know by Madhu Kalyan MattaparthiDreaming by Sonya C. DoddNewport Memorial Regatta by Kristina BlasenBritish Summer Time by A.L Butcher Views: 771
When a colonist shuttle crashes on an uninhabited planet the desperate stowaway, that caused the crash, assumes the identity of the dead navigator to avoid being executed on sight. With a suspicious marshal onto her she needs to find the other crashed Navi capsule before he does. But even if she's lucky enough to beat the marshal to it, will the other navigator protect her stolen identity?The year is 2027 and the government has a place for Christian fundamentalists.The government says that Christian fundamentalists are mentally ill people, and must be helped. The week end is over, the family has attended an underground church home. The father warns the family to put their Bibles away in the nook under the stairs, but 15 year old Kristen Lund is in a hurry to get to her room to call her friend about Mondays school test. She forgets, and takes her small New Testament to school in her purse. Her hell on earth has just begun, as she is yanked away from her family, and taken to a place under Greenbrier Mountain.In her dark, and dank cell deep in the mountain her faith is tried and put to the test. A snail crawls slowly across her wall. This is not the place the government promised where the children would have horses and dogs to play with, her stomach heaves, but her hunger overcomes her as she takes the snail and puts it in her mouth and swallows. Her stomach revolts and she heaves up what little food remains. Views: 771
