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Bottles and Pots : Jacqueline Pye
Bottles and Pots
Bottles and Pots is a collection of dark short stories. They vary from short, sharp pieces to longer reads, and portray love, jealousy, psychosis, revenge and – sometimes – murder. Some pieces have been listed, commended or placed in writing competitions, and some have appeared elsewhere in anthologies and on blog sites.
Jacqueline is a former psychologist with a special interest in relationships, how and why they crumble and break up, and why a person would act aggressively to a difficult situation when they could, instead, just walk away.
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Balance : Suzie Doscher
Balance – A Practical Handbook for Life’s Difficult Moments
BALANCE – A Practical Handbook for Life’s Difficult Moments addresses the moments when you wish you had someone to talk to who would give you support.
The simplicity of the book is a key benefit to the reader, giving him an opportunity to cut through words to find a solution quickly.
No need to read BALANCE from cover to cover.
Hold the problem you are facing in your mind, open the book to read the titles, and choose the one relating to how you are feeling. Consult it as a means for a self-coaching session.
Dip into the part or parts that are relevant in the moment.
A sample of the exercises:
- How to recognize your choices in difficult moments.
- What is ‘Personal Power’.
- Steps to support living in the ‘Now’.
- How to deal with ‘Energy Vampires’, or ‘Control Freaks’ (Micro Managers)
- How to respond when feeling verbally attacked.
- Recognizing that asking for help (at home or work) is NOT a sign of weakness.
- How to unwind from work.
- How to say ‘No’.
- How to say ‘Yes’.
- Clear up your life when it feels like a mess.
- And many more
There are numerous fantastic books guiding people to grow, learn, gain courage, confidence and personal power. Yet what you hear time and time again is: “The books have taught me what is possible – but not how to do it”. BALANCE offers you clear, uncluttered guidance for dealing with issues popping up in everyday life at any time of day.
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Wet & Wild : David Ellis
Wet & Wild
‘Wet and Wild’ is a pet store on the Holloway Road in Islington, North London. Outwardly, the store seems normal, if a bit rundown, but on the inside it becomes a glorious and other-worldly emporium, and its animal inhabitants have a habit of attracting press attention due to their talents and the mishaps they get into.
There’s Cyril, the obese mind-manipulating cat, Tibetan terrier Bruno whose gecko pads allow him to climb walls and ceilings, and Freakin’ Frank, a dancing chameleon, who seems all set to take Ibiza by storm.
Shape-shifting pet store owner Roderick has his own issues to deal with as he has two twins inside him, battling to exert their own personality over the other one. Roderick’s assistant Brian has astonishing Dr Doolittle like tendencies, but can he manage the store while Roderick chases his true passion of acting? Probably not, if Ebenezer the goldfish has his way!
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The Advocate : Teresa Burrell
The Advocate
For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it all…or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a juvenile court attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to obtain custody.
Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. Her quest for the truth takes her coast to coast and five years into the past. Confronted with mysterious clues and strange occurrences, Sabre is threatened by someone wanting to make her suffer the unbearable anguish of losing everything–including her life.
As Sabre’s passion to find the answers intensifies, she discovers a twisted history of desperation, deceit, and revenge. And she discovers how obscure and treacherous the truth can be.
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Memoirs Of An Extraterrestrial : H. P. Stanly
Memoirs Of An Extraterrestrial – The Negro Conundrum
Memoirs of An Extraterrestrial The Negro Conundrum is a compelling and at times outrageous collection of fictionalized stories, taken from the life and times of a circumspect extraterrestrial after he discovers—to his horror—that he has incarnated to Earth in the body of a Negro.
Homam, our extraterrestrial arrived to Earth’s shores in December of 1953, the son of a white mother and Negro father fully conscious of his true nature as something other than what he appeared to be on the outside. Even his name came from a mysterious source. This wildly entertaining collection of personal memoirs deftly steps between the past and present, as Homam tells the story of his remarkable adventures on Earth, while struggling to find the meaning behind what he believes has been a gross mistake.
Growing up in a predominantly colored neighborhood, Homam was restless for a deep connection with others of his kind. But it wasn’t until his family moved to a predominantly white-redneck town in Maryland, that Homam began to feel alive. His affinity toward white people contrasted with an inexplicable, searing dislike for Negroes—including his own father—serves as the catalyst for discovering his true identity. When the confrontations with his father turn violent, it is during these outbursts that Homam begins to see beyond the physical world, into another place in time that may hold the answers to his personal mystery.
Born with certain other-worldly abilities, which in many ways, makes him a perfect objective observer of the human condition, Homam uses these gifts on his journey towards a deeper understanding of his purpose, living a life precariously balanced on a razors edge between life and death. From a career as a insurance salesman, to Executive Producer for a nationally syndicated television show, Homam leaves a swath of transformed souls—most unaware of his extraterrestrial origins, but changed never-the-less by merely entering into his sphere of influence. He even befriends members of the Ku Klux Klan and manages to inspire them to rethink ideas foisted upon them by their fathers from birth.
His search for answers deposits him in the midst of numerous bizarre encounters within the world of spirits and the paranormal. One such foray finds him confronting an evil unknown to modern man that has been lurking in the shadows for thousands of years, waiting to snatch the lives of unsuspecting human hosts.
Memoirs Of An Extraterrestrial The Negro Conundrum is truly a balls-to-the-wall, take-no-prisoners, adult adventure, with lots of twists and turns as Homam explores the depths of gritty human emotions and relationships that lead this unwitting extraterrestrial, as well as the Reader on an entertaining journey to understand who and what we all are beneath these outer facades made from flesh. Because if it’s one thing, Homam wants to prove above everything else about his life here on Earth; is that he’s not just another Negro.
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Shakespeare’s Cuthbert : Patrick Barrett
Shakespeare’s Cuthbert
This is the first book in the Cuthbert comedy series. A fictional Valley where time stands still is home to larger than life characters.
These people interact and spark off each other with often chaotic and dire results. Shakespeare is rumoured to have been a teacher at the local Mandrake Hall whilst hiding from Elizabeth I after writing the critical play know as Shakespeare’s Cuthbert.
Does a transcript still survive? Several strangers moving into the Valley believe it does. Can the even stranger inhabitants prevail?
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Memento Mori : Keith McCarthy
Leo Bannister is a mediocre and unknown artist and sculptor until the muses begin to talk in his head.
Taking his beloved wife, Penelope and their daughter, Simone, Leo flees from his jealous father-in-law Martin Waldeyer, leaving behind the memories of the terrible, dark things that happened in his house in Herefordshire.
Now, in hiding and with Penelope dead, he has dedicated both himself and Simone, to commemorating her life in an astonishing way, as perhaps only he could.
When Leo attempts to show his father-in-law something of his achievement, there are terrible consequences. These result in the introduction of not only Police Inspector Beauchamp and his mysterious sergeant, Jeremiah Brierley, but also Natasha Vogt, Martin Waldeyer’s great niece, and her boyfriend, pathologist Tom Newman.
Gradually, they all come to realise how much danger Simone is in, because Leo’s muses will stop at nothing to ensure that he completes his commemoration of her mother.
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Escape Through The Wilderness : Gary Rodriguez
Escape Through The Wilderness
Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics’ accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but that doesn’t stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho for the summer. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts her because of her injury.
When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water rafting adventure, what was supposed to be a fun expedition, turns into a nightmare when there’s a serious incident that no one could have predicted.
When the four finally drag themselves out of the river, they’re bruised, beaten, lost, and twenty-five miles from camp. Adding to their concern was the threat of encountering Vexel, who they had heard about during the Fright Night tales around the campfire. He is a vicious animal that roams and hunts in the nearby woods.
Savi becomes the unlikely leader and tries to guide the group back to Camp Arrowhead, but limited supplies, injuries, and ongoing concerns about Vexel—who she and the others fear is stalking them, complicate the harrowing return trip.
Readers will enjoy dramatic survival scenes and the group working together, solving problems, and learning to overcome adversity.
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Rules For Riders : Natalie Scott
Rules For Riders
Rules for Riders is a fast and furious young adult romance and coming of age novel set in the world of equestrian riding.
After a near fatal riding accident, Bebe Barkley is banned from riding and sent off to boarding school. There, she meets her roommate and fellow equestrian rider, Finn Foxley. The girls devise a scheme to get themselves kicked out of boarding school in order to return to the world that they love. Once back on the circuit, former friends become deadly rivals.
Enter Bebe’s handsome trainer, Billy O’Reilly who will reinforce seven rules in order for her to successfully compete.
Through a series of tragic events, both girls are forced to abandon their dreams of Olympic gold. Bebe ventures down a dark road of self-destruction as she breaks every rule Billy taught her, only to be forced to relearn them in order to reclaim her life.
Rules for Riders is a tale of lost dreams and the struggle to create new ones.
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First Experience : Simone Freier
First Experience : The Introduction of a Young Woman to Openness, Trust, and New Experiences of the Submissive Kind
Contemporary erotic romance: Suitable for mature readers, aged 18+ years.
Sam meets Kelly, a beautiful but troubled woman half his age, leading to a ‘first experience’ exploring the surreal world their fantasies. Sam realizes that he desires more than a play partner. And Kelly knows that she needs more than a lover: Someone to whom she can expose her inner soul; someone whose values transcend the ordinary; someone who will fulfill her own dark fantasy world.
Experiences: Book 2 is 111,000 word, 17 chapters, 374 print pages
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