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Spirit of Broo: A Book to Sing About : James Palmer
Motivated by greed, Sydney Downe wants to bulldoze a beautiful piece of Australian bushland and turn it into a housing development.
Sensing disaster, the bush dwellers fight to save their home.
Using all their powers and invoking the Dreaming Spirit, Broo leads her fellow creatures and Sydney Downe to a greater understanding.
Spirit of Broo (pronounced ‘brew’) tells a poignant story of the consequences of destruction of habitat on the animals that live there. It’s filled with light-hearted humour and songs, but is no Disney Story.
This beautifully illustrated 32-page family storybook includes an eight-track CD of original songs whose lyrics are part of the storyline. This is of course for the hard copy book
The songs are embedded in the e-book and will play when the ‘play’ icon is clicked.
Originally written by James as a musical for children and performed to thousands of children in Perth, Western Australia, the adaptation to a hard copy book or e-book works well.
The illustrator Owen Bell, a.k.a ‘Omega’, has captured the beauty of the Australian bush and animals in this publication. Owen’s previous works include the original Thomas the Tank Engine illustrations, many children’s books and of course his stunning painted images of wildlife worldwide.
Rocks Don’t Cry : Jaime Bartolotta
I am Nobody. But I have a story to tell. I’ve always heard the adage that to write well, you must write what you know. This story is what I know…
“Something’s wrong with me. I need help. I don’t know who, but I need help.” Thus, punctuated the beginning of my ascent out of the viscid, oppressive tar pits of black goo accrued across my thirty-five-year suffering borne of the dark arts: neglect, emotional and psychological abuse, manipulation, guilt, unrealistic expectation, dysfunction, and ultimate lack of love. What was left behind was a latent cycle of restricted eating, a completely fractured psyche, a ceaselessly stormy sea of repressed emotions, and me desperately searching for the purest love of all – self-love. Floundering in the funk of rock bottom is where Jenn found me, my literal and figurative mischievous imp of a therapist.
Together we traversed the wrecked landscape of abuse, hugged my inner child and rebalanced my damaged chakras in the parallel world of hypnotherapy, exorcised and burned down a dollhouse, broke free from the shackles of Time, embarked on a galactic mission to retrieve pieces of my soul, painstakingly glued each shattered shard of me back together, and laughed our way through every nasty bit of it.
Braiding memoir with an empowering guide to awareness, Rocks Don’t Cry is not just another stranger’s story because it aims to draw you in, enveloping you to become a part of the story, because ultimately the story behind the story is about you. How, you ask? Well, let me tell you what I know…
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Quantum Cannibals : Nathan Elberg
A genre-bending novel that weaves intersecting narratives that span time, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to a Post-Modern city-state.
It’s the epic story of three incarnations of two people- alternately son and mother, husband and wife, father and daughter, savage and scholar, who simply want to return to the home they were brutally evicted from.
Osnat and her husband have been exiled to a frozen wasteland along with the rest of the Eber people. Facing starvation, they are brutally assaulted by savages.
A transgender shaman adopts Osnat after butchering her husband. Previously an eminent quantum biologist, Osnat knows she is stuck with the savages. Amid her grief and hatred, she realizes she must become one of them in order to save the remains of her people. Terrified by her own behavior she goes to war, armed with bone knives and improvised nuclear weapons. As she makes a new home for her family and people, she discovers that paradise is the place she previously thought of as hell.
Saima, a northern savage, has been brought across the barrier from the cold, primitive Edge of the World to the high-tech but effete Modern Age. At first, life here seems pleasant: plentiful food, warm houses, and casual sex. However, he isn’t here to fix machines, but on a mission to take back from this world what its ancestors stole when they sent the Ebers away.
In the bucolic Bronze Age, the chieftain Taiku, prepares for an epic confrontation. Rumors have been building of a vast army led by a pious, bloodthirsty conqueror. Taiku turns to Asenath, the wise leader of the Ebers, as he tries to unite the disparate, squabbling tribes of the region.
Quantum Cannibals brings together authentic cultures from Melanesia, Siberia, Europe, the Americas, and more. Drawing on history, anthropology, quantum science and authentic mysticism, this ambitious tale will inspire, horrify, amuse and entertain readers.
Harry and the Pelican – Coloring Book: Amy Leaf
This is the coloring book companion to Harry And The Pelican.
Color the illustrations, while following the story of Harry And The Pelican.
Harry visits his grandpa. Harry’s cousins decide to walk to the lighthouse. Harry decides he can make it to the lighthouse, too. Along the way, Harry meets a new friend and sees many of nature’s treasures. Harry has a great day!
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Lost & Found : Uncle Bounce
Xavier Steele lives an unhappy childhood on a Georgia farm under the yoke of a hateful single father. He seems plain and poor, but he carries a secret kept closely guarded: he is not normal, possibly not even human.
Puberty, which has always been complicated for normal humans, soon manifests in Xavier with inhuman developments and life-altering hazards.
When his past launches into the present, Xavier must fight to discover himself and to not be destroyed by the immense legacy being thrust upon him.
Lost & Found is the first book in the “Crown of Roses” series, written and published by author Uncle Bounce.
Lost & Found is an erotic science-fiction novel with unorthodox coming-of-age and romance elements. This book’s story takes place in a fairly realistic 2010-ish rural setting. Science fiction elements are introduced gradually and lay an elaborate groundwork for the series, which will develop beyond Earth and into an erotic space-opera.
Note: The novel includes graphically described scenes, some of which are violent and sexual.
Song of the Avatar: Visual Riffs on the Bhagavad Gita : Gary Whitney
A book for anyone who has ever taken a hatha yoga or meditation class and might have an interest in learning about the philosophy behind these practices.
This book is a graphic novel style introduction to The Bhagavad Gita, one of ancient India’s most sacred texts, which deals with the different yogic paths that ultimately lead to Spiritual Enlightenment.
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Soul Science: The Application of Faith : Stephen Stetelman
In 1901, Duncan MacDougal decided to try to weigh the soul by hooking up the dying to a precise scale. And while science has essentially just shot holes in the method, Duncan had positive results. As these people died, they lost weight—roughly twenty-one grams. He repeated the experiment with dogs and saw no weight loss post mortem. I am not here to shoot holes in his science. I am here to ask the question, what if he was right?
If this experiment proves that the soul exists, there is an afterlife. So if there is an afterlife, something exists outside of this world. And if all that is true, I need to make sure that my soul is going to the right place.
If the soul exists, a religion is true. And if my math is right, it’s the most powerful system in the body. It’s not necessarily the Christianity out of sheer logic here, but it could be. Based on the fact that you’re in the Christian book section, you believe that if a religion is true, it is Christianity. And so do I.
If the soul exists, how does it work?
How does it affect the decisions we make and our habits and behaviors?
If the soul exists, how does it factor in to addiction and mental health?
Why is faith the perfect solution for addiction and mental health?
What is love?
How can we love better?
What did Jesus mean when he said “Love your neighbor as yourself”?
How can we fear God?
Why is forgiveness important?
Why is pride harmful?
How can grief be overcome with love?
In this book, I take an original approach at all these questions, and much more. If you think that faith has nothing that it can bring you, you should read this book. If you are wondering how you can use your beliefs to make better decisions, this book is for you.
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Teacher’s Pet : Jordan Silver
When straitlaced school teacher Elizabeth Parks accepted the job to teach Grade school in the small town, she never expected that her life would change so drastically in just a matter of months.
When asked to fill in at the high school for an after school prep course, she didn’t know that she’d be walking into a situation that would soon be completely out of her control.
Sometimes the forbidden can be too hard to resist. Even for someone like me…
I never would’ve imagined that I could be that person. I’ve read the stories, and seen the fallout. And yet here I am, befallen by the same fate as those who tried and failed before me. But has anyone ever felt this way about the forbidden lover?
Sure he’s of age, but would the world even care, or will they, if found out, just see the teacher and the student….
She might be the teacher in class, but there’s no doubt who takes the lead in our bed.
I know she’s worried about us being caught, so I’ll do everything in my power to protect her, to keep anyone from knowing what we’ve come to mean to each other. But we’ve come too far to turn back. No matter what, no matter the risk, I won’t let her go.
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Reading Seraphina : Tiago De Silva
Seraphina lives in secret in the Great Library of Alexandria. Roman ambition clashes with Egyptian tradition for control of this ancient metropolis. The wonder of the city entices Seraphina, but nightmares from a forgotten past come to life. As mystery gives way to shocking revelations, the city hurtles towards war.
Torn between the safety of her life in the library and fighting for her dreams, Seraphina must make a decision. Will she stand in defiance of her powerful enemies, or will she, like her city, be consumed by the flames of anger and conflict?
The debut novel from Tiago De Silva, Reading Seraphina introduces a strong heroine in the spirit of Disney’s Moana and Frozen, and is a charming addition to the great historical fiction tradition of Sharon Kay Penman, Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.
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All Hallow’s Evil : Blayze Vanek
“I am personally appalled that anyone would use our product, for these inhumane acts, that have occurred.” – Lucas Grier
On October 23rd, Jack Dier and his wife were celebrating a pre-Halloween party for their friends. That night, Dier puts on his costume and, without warning, kills his neighbors, the party-goers and his wife. He is later, shot by the police.
As the police investigate, Agent Justaine Monar is sent in to assist them, for his evaluation for promotion. After puzzling results from the coroner on the killer, he follows leads on why this is happening all over the town of Clarion, Illinois. A hacker group is suspected and a task force is established to find them.
After more murders occur, and Monar, being warned through cryptic messages and vandalism, he finds out Mayor Sara Dulcet is conducting a Town Hall meeting, to calm the fears of the residents. In the meeting, an angered Monar accuses Lucas Grier, former software millionaire and now, costume manufacturer, of the killings. Grier’s ultimate plan is to prepare Clarion for The Ravaging, slated on Halloween.
Grier seems to be untouchable and above reproach, until Monar and Dulcet team up and follow the leads, to his compound. Grier’s plan for ultimate evil domination is destroyed, when the entire facility erupts into flames.
Part 2: Worldwide Evil
After surviving the compound’s destruction, Julie Grier moved to Italy, is an Italian citizen, and owns the biggest technology company in Europe. In Sacred Justice, Texas, Monar and Dulcet have an ‘arrangement’ to live together. Commuting to FBI offices in Fort Worth, Texas, his Supervisor informs them that Julie Grier is alive, under her new name, Lucia Michelli. Invited to a bash held by Terry Dersman, one of Grier’s partner, they are framed with incriminating photographs. Monar’s boss summons them into his office to initiate Operation Monkey Wrench; to investigate and cease any wrongdoings.
Setting up in Naples, they find out Michelli is having them observed, by her snipers. Implanting cryptic code and being a practitioner in the Black Arts, Michelli prepares her Ultimate Business Prize, a subliminal software package to unlock “The Second Ravaging”, a more massive, worldwide variance of Lucas Grier’s plans.
The murder count increases, as they come up with nothing. After meeting Ti Quang of Interpol and Gina Gastardi of the Special Ops Division of the NSA, they realize this becomes a literal war, between good and evil. Raiding Powerengine Headquarters, they see the plans of Michelli backfire, and learn a lesson of the power of life, love, and forgiveness.
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