With seven billion people in the world, how do you know if “the one” exists? At twenty six, Xavier Lockheed still doesn’t believe in “the one.” He’s the cool friend, the hot boss; a great catch. He’s the go-with-the flow kind of guy. That is, until one day when unexpected news throws his life out of balance. In a lifetime, the heart will beat a billion times. What will you do when you find the one who will make your heart skip a beat? Twenty four year-old Nalee Sands believes in happily-ever-afters. After being burned once she gives all of herself to Xavier – the man who’s a contradiction to all clichés. Until he proves her wrong. Can be read as a standalone. For mature readers only. ** Views: 66
Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story.For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn't speak. But his silence didn't stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy.Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and... Views: 66
As Ute and her husband Jerry travel to a remote area on the west coast of South America, they decide to visit a recently established eco retreat called Villa Pacifica. The resort, run by a group of eccentric expatriates, offers a luxuriant refuge – in the middle of an arid and poverty-stricken region – to an exotic menagerie of large cats, monkeys, giant turtles and birds of paradise which have been rescued from traffickers. When a huge storm descends on the coast, travellers and locals are left to fend for themselves. The hot-house world that teems below the surface of Villa Pacifica rises to engulf everyone. Madness begins to take hold, and everybody starts questioning themselves and their own sanity. Brilliantly written, hauntingly atmospheric, Villa Pacifica, Kapka Kassabova's stunning new novel, will leave a lasting impression in the minds of its readers. Views: 66
A visitor from an alternate world is glimpsed in a snowy churchyard; a box contains a creature that resembles (but not quite closely enough) a human being; two schoolboys spend a holiday with a sinister aunt. In many of these stories, ordinary settings in the English countryside possess a hallucinatory quality - a sense of meaning beyond our grasp, and events running out of kilter with reality. Like all the best ghost stories, these haunting tales offer an enduring sense of mystery with an explanation that remains tantalisingly out of reach. They grow richer with each reading - lingering in the mind and becoming ever more sinister, and more profound. Views: 66
An adventure in another world – a slender string universe that runs close to ours and was settled long ago by people of the Yellow Emperor. Headstrong Joss, her gangly twin Mark and their friends find an accidental channel to this alien landscape where they are tipped into its battles, journeys and intrigues. They meet naïve kings, scheming courtiers, peasant girls and potters in a world where a sun never rises or sets. Views: 65
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales brings together seven of Rudyard Kipling's most-loved short stories: 'The Phantom Rickshaw', 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes', 'The Return of Imray', 'My Own True Ghost Story', 'At the End of the Passage', 'The Man Who Would Be King' and 'Without Benefit of Clergy'. One of the greatest short story writers in the English language, Kipling draws us into the British India of the late 1800s, a time when love and hate, fact and fiction, faith and fear mingled to create tales of unsurpassed eeriness and haunting brilliance.In the sparkling introduction to this special collection, Ruskin Bond highlights the genius of Kipling's short fiction. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales is a marvellous companion for a train journey or a lazy weekend afternoon, just as it was 125 years ago when it was first published. Views: 65
Judge Rosswell Carew's fiancée is still missing. Because her last call to him came from a payphone in Sainte Genevieve, Carew arranges to hold court there so he can pursue his search for her. When he witnesses someone who resembles Tina tossed from a riverboat ferry, he's plunged into a nightmare world he never knew existed.Rosswell is astounded when he discovers that what he saw and the fate of Tina are intertwined. Unable to convince the local authorities that something deadly is going on, Rosswell teams up with his faithful research assistant, Ollie Groton, to discover the truth. Views: 65
