The Sanctity of Sloth

There's one thing more dangerous than testifying to a crime—staying silent.Locked in the ruins of a California Mission, Abby Travers watches helplessly as a girl dies outside her window. As she struggles between her moral obligation to come forward as a witness, and her commitment to a Medieval religious practice that requires her to retreat from the world, the situation spins out of control.Abby's hesitation starts a series of catastrophes. She finds herself at the center of a deadly cover up where every minute counts and indecision could be fatal. She questions all her beliefs and everyone she knows becomes suspect. To save herself and those she loves, she must break free from her self-imposed prisons of stone and fear.The Sanctity of Sloth is a taut, psychological thriller that answers the question: What happens when a good woman does nothing? Fans of Paula Hawkins and A.J. Finn will enjoy this third book in Greta Boris's Seven...
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This Hollow Body

On the eve before battle a young werewolf, Rowena, dreads the change of her shape. When Malak arrives, the two grasp for whatever small comfort they can find.Retired US Marine Captain Van Allen shares survival tips to help you get ready for a REAL zombie apocalypse. Forget what you see on TV, in the movies, and on video games. If you want to live, if you care about your family, children, this world, then you need to read every thing Captain Allen shares.When the fecal matter impacts the rotating aerial oscillator and you find yourself right in the middle of a full-blown Z-virus outbreak, up to your armpits in zombies and crazed survivors, you need to know what to do. That's what I will share in this ongoing series of public service announcements (PSAs). Follow me as I cover the real information you will need to survive a real zombie apocalypse. Just remember; I'm Captain Allen and you're not!What makes this the definitive test? Because the word "definitive" is in the title. Now quick dickin around asking dumb questions and read this book so you and your family, friends, and loved ones might have a chance to survive the coming waves of zombies, a$$holes, and panicked survivors. This isn't a zombie story or a post apocalyptic novel. This book is real! It’s about what you need to know about zombies to survive. There’s no heroes and villains. There’s no zombie love story...well okay I do talk about zombie love, but what I have to say is all science.
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Chicken Soup for the African American Soul

This is the book everyone has been waiting for—an inspiring celebration of the joy, challenges, and triumphs of being African American. Combine Ilyana Vanzant and Terry McMillan, then include a dash of E. Lynn Harris, and you’ve got Chicken Soup for the African American Soul. This book captures the spirit of the community through inspiring storytelling that understands both the struggles and joys of being African American. From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights movement to today’s business leaders and gangsta culture, this book is a primer on black history. And like all Chicken Soup books, it’s a moving tribute to the small things—a moment of insight, a mentor, a lover, the loss of innocence—that make life worth living. This great volume is focused on representing all facets of African American life—man and woman; young and old; rural, suburban, and urban; rich and poor; race conscious and mostly color-blind.
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The Man on the Park Bench

Don McNair wrote for others for forty years. Now retired, he writes mainstream, romance, and young adult fiction for pleasure. This book, his sixth, presents his thirteen top short stories, never before published. Stories include: The Man on the Park Bench… Beulah’s Glow-in-the-Dark Jesus… Brotherly Love… Heroes on Parade… Home in Time…The Chipmunk Sign… The CLOSET Apprentice… and more.Don McNair wrote for others for forty years. Now retired, he writes mainstream, romance, and young adult fiction for pleasure. This book, his sixth, presents his thirteen top short stories, never before published. The Man on the Park Bench: What were the dark secrets from his past? And his future?Beulah’s Glow-in-the-Dark Jesus: He was such a nice boy, educated and all. And Beauregard was gone…Brotherly Love: Jack’s big brother had just gotten out of prison and the police were already hounding him. If someone didn’t help him, he’d go right back.Heroes on Parade: A parade wasn’t even scheduled. But there it was, and only she and Margaret could see it.Home in Time: Carl Nichols might be in his nineties, but maybe he could still save his parents.The Chipmunk Sign: Farmer Ben O’Malley finally visited the ritzy sister who’d abandoned him and their father years ago. But he sure wasn’t expecting this. The CLOSET Apprentice: Where do old sayings come from? This retiring “old sayings” professional is ready to explain it all to his new apprentice. The Green Bridesmaid Dress: That dress was sure purty and all. But would it do what it was supposed to?The Liaison: Richard Smith was ready for a midlife fling. Or was he?The Merit Badge: If Don had earned that merit badge fifty years ago, his life would probably have turned out a whole lot different.The Old Furniture Polish Warehouse: When Stacey Jenkins’ mother ran away with the chemical salesman thirty years ago, she didn’t get far.The Quarantine Flatboat: 1770’s pioneer Aaron Reeder thought he knew what love for his young daughter was, until he ran into problems going west on the Tennessee River flotilla to settle the land.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.
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Till Sudden Death Do Us Part

Although he hasn't seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert's daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she'll fall prey to the ancient family curse. Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. With no clues, no evidence and no known motive, many locals believe the curse is responsible. Or is someone just using it as a smokescreen for murder? With the wedding due to take place the following day, Ishmael has just a few hours to uncover the truth.
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Suzy

HardPress Classic Books Series
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Light & Darkness, vol. 4

Part four of my poems/lyrics series, written in spring of 2012.After receiving a mysterious letter, a withdrawn mid-level public servant is pulled from his quiet routine and thrust into a world of intrigue and danger. Invited to join the Black Tower Hunt Club, Patrick Pierce quickly realizes that the luxurious grandeur of Ravenwood Manor belies a dark secret within. Unsure who to trust, he delves into the past to find out why he was recruited and who is behind it.Meanwhile one of Ravenwood Manor’s maids finds herself caught up in an internal power struggle for control of the Club. Trapped between two brilliant and dangerous adversaries, Jane is forced to choose a side in order to achieve her goal of a life beyond servitude.As the stakes become higher, both Patrick and Jane will have to look inward for the strength to survive the perilous ordeals they’ve been pulled into.
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Locked Door Shuttered Windows

What is inside the fascinating house with the locked door and the shuttered windows? Satan wants an experiment, to demonstrate that there can be peace in the world if God allows Satan to run things in his own way. A startling and gripping account of what happens when God stands back and Satan steps forward. All seems to go well for the people who volunteer to take part. And no Christians allowed!What is inside the fascinating house with the locked door and the shuttered windows? Satan wants an experiment. God allows it. John is caught up in the plan as Satan’s human representative. The experiment? To demonstrate that there can be peace in the world if God allows Satan to run things in his own way. A group of people gather together in an idyllic village run by Satan, with no reference to God, and no belief in him.J Stafford Wright has written this startling and gripping account of what happens when God stands back and Satan steps forward. All seems to go well for the people who volunteer to take part. And no Christians allowed!John Longstone lost his faith when teaching at a theological college. Lost it for good -- or so he thinks. And then he meets Kathleen who never had a faith. As the holes start to appear in Satan’s scheme for peace, they wonder if they should help or hinder the plans which seem to have so many benefits for humanity.
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Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement

The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain. That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out as histories, although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation,- and only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don\'t occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books\' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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What Now?

The follow-up sequel to the bestselling 'What If?' from Shari LowTwenty years ago, Carly Cooper went on an epic quest to track down all the men she'd ever loved and lost in the hope that one of them was her Mr Right.Now, two decades and two teenage sons later, she thinks she might have got it all wrong. As the years have passed, lots of things have changed, leaving Carly asking 'What Now?'With a divorce and an empty nest on the horizon, Carly sets off once more to Los Angeles with her band of trusty girlfriends, to find the carefree, wild and adventurous Carly Cooper that she used to be.On this latest quest, Carly discovers a few home truths and has to decide If her marriage is worth saving or is there a new happy-ever-after out there, just waiting for her...
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Toots and His Friends

Stories: HOW TOOTS WENT TO BED. TOOTS AT THE KINDERGARTEN. THE HAPPY HOUR. ELFIE. PAUL BROWN. PAUL\'S VIEWS AT EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. MAX THE MEDDLER. OUR MAY. A BUBBLE PARTY. SEWING A SEAM. A FOUR-FOOTED FRIEND. NAUGHTY SANDY FLOSSIE\'S HANDS. JAMIE DOON. FIVES. OLIVER TWIST AT HOME. MRS. WHITE\'S FAMILY. BUD AND BUNNIE. DAISY DEAN. THE COMMISSARY. HARRY\'S GUEST. A TIRED VISITOR. MR. SMITH\'S FAMILY. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH BABY? DADDY TOUGH. BUTTON BLUE. THE STORY OF THE CUCKOO. MAJOR AND BENJAMINA. THE COMMODORE\'S GUESTS. HARVEST FESTIVAL. TOOTS is our baby. He is a queer one too; up early, and always in dread of bed-time. One morning, not long ago, we heard him singing, and on looking for him, found the little rogue in the very middle of our best bed in the guest chamber, where he was playing hand-organ with a long hairpin put through the pretty pillow covers which had just come home from the laundry. There he sat singing a droll medley of "Uncle Ned," "Blessed Desus," and "Down in the Coal Mine." He had been watching two soldiers with a hand-organ, and Toots likes to do everything he sees done. While we were putting the guest-room in order, Toots marched out as a blind man, with his eyes shut and a cane in his hand. This brought him to grief, for he was picked up at the foot of the stairs with two large bumps on his pretty white brow. Toots was quiet then for a little while, a very little while, for as soon as we decided that his bones were all sound and a doctor need not be called, he "played sick," and asked for "shicken brof" and toast.
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The Paths to Oraj

Volume 1 of a collection of short stories about a mystical and wondrous world outside of our own.The Paths of Oraj is a collection of short stories about a mystical and wondrous world outside of our own. These fantasy/adventure stories follow four young characters, two of which are Human and two that are unique creatures of this world. They all, however, must transverse parallel obstacles as they grow and mature in a place where the weak die young and the strong must learn to forge their own paths to achieve their goals.
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