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Cass and Logan : Cagey Magee
Cass Watson tries to put her kidnapping last year behind her as her father’s inauguration approaches.
On her first day of school, though, the WatTechPrep parking lot explodes outside her window. More incidents follow.
When her father vanishes on the eve of his inauguration, Cass becomes certain that her kidnapper, Mac Beverly, has returned.
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Aluminum and Plastic Pictures : WM. A. Jones
How to make exciting pictures using aluminum (foil) and plastic (casting resin). With proper lighting, these pictures are very brilliant.
This book explains a variety of approaches. The cover of this book shows one variation. A pointillist approach is another variation.
So if you are looking for something different, have some fun and delight everyone, including yourself, then Aluminum and Plastic Pictures is for you.
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Cross Waves : Amanda Uhl
She can kill with a thought.
Gifted with an explosive psychic talent, Geneva Ericksen can’t risk letting Rolf Jorgensen in her life. If she does, she might accidentally kill him. But when Rolf’s sister goes missing, Geneva and her extraordinary abilities may be his only hope to find her.
He’s hiding a deadly secret.
Rolf‘s not about to let Geneva slip away from him, even if it means protecting her from his dark gift. As Rolf and Geneva trail his sister, they soon uncover a life-threatening plot: someone is attempting to profit from stealing and trapping their power in crystals.
To outsmart the enemy, it will take all their combined strength. But can they trust each other enough to survive?
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Beyond The Inferno : Alex L Moretti
What if the fires of ancient love burned so strong you’d traverse three realms of the afterlife in a bid to save mankind from spiritual destruction, for one last kiss with your dead lover? Even if it was she who plunged you into the depths of Hell, the terrifying, blazing Inferno, to witness the punishment of sin in all its barbarity, cruelty and horror. While you were still alive…
“This adaptation could well become the book that everyone has been searching for, narrating the fantastic story in a modern yet erudite way.” Olivia Eisinger – Editor at Large
Beyond The Inferno is an immersive, engaging and atmospheric novelisation of Dante’s timeless classic The Divine Comedy, a seminal piece of literature ripe for rediscovery. Using elegant and eloquent language to appeal to a contemporary audience thirsty for the story but uncomfortable with the archaic style and cadence of classical prose, Beyond The Inferno is an adult adventure down a dark and dangerous rabbit hole; a vivid representation of brutality, torture, misery, love, beauty and perfection, stirring all five senses. This high-end literary fiction aims to resonate with a new, global readership at a time of moral and political decay, revealing fascinating similarities between the corruption and depravity, brutality and beauty of ancient civilisations and the modern world.
Thrust into the bedlam and chaos that is The Dark Wood, lowly hero Dante is distraught for he suspects this bleak, black forest is a portal to the Underworld; a terrifying, apocalyptic realm wherein echo the chilling screams of eternal suffering, where all are dead when he is alive, a place which, he expects, does not lead to salvation. Dante is presented with a gift from Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil, he who is wisdom and reason personified, sent to guide him through the three realms of the afterlife where no living soul has ever journeyed for, unbeknown to him, he is on a quest to save mankind from spiritual destruction. The promise of a reunion with his dead lover, Beatrice, motivates him to triumph yet, as a seed of Adam, Dante is open to temptation and failure.
First, he must descend through the terrifying Inferno, an apocalyptic, inhumane prison of misery and woe to witness the punishment of sin in its most brutal and nefarious forms. This dark realm of the phantasmagorical hosts, demons and dragons, behemoths and giants, serpents and she-wolves. Residing for eternity in the infernal city of despair are sinners; corrupt, deviant malefactors all guarded and tormented by sadistic ferrymen, soul snatchers, goddesses of vengeance and the cursed crew of the Damned. He observes barbaric and violent torture including flagellation by fire where the dead burn alive, scalding in rivers of boiling blood, roasting and melting in blazing tombs, drowning in bubbling pits of tar. The welcome chill of an icy tundra as he ventures into the core of the nine circles belies a grotesque. For Dante is set for a propitious encounter with the origin of all that is evil; Hell’s Monarch, once Lucifer now Satan; Emperor of the Universe of Pain.
The Divine Comedy’s underlying theme – that corruption of the Church and religious apathy threatens the spiritual stability of mankind – serves as a pertinent metaphor for the modern reader and is a timely reminder of the fragility of humanity; its ruination driven by personal indifference, political and corporate degeneracy and the Establishment’s surrendering of its moral compass.
Alex L Moretti’s debut novel Beyond The Inferno was inspired by some of the greatest and most recognisable works of art from masters including Boticelli, Rodin and Doré. It was Dante’s graphic poem, Inferno, which influenced Renaissance artists and transformed their creative depictions of Hell from barren landscapes to shocking, horrific, explicit and occasionally tender pieces, dramatically portraying the punishment of sin and torturous suffering of humankind.
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Half-Cut : Arnold Eslava-Grünwaldt
Detectives from the Yonkers Police Department in New York find the victim of an apparent heart attack with the hair on the right side of his head shaved off. Although odd and out of place, the haircut doesn’t appear to be tied to the man’s death and the detectives put the case to rest.
Days later, however, they learn that the man with the unconventional haircut may have been the victim of arsenic poisoning and set out to investigate. Before they get very far, a witness goes missing and another dead man surfaces with the same hairdo.
Eventually, the detectives uncover a connection to a long-forgotten tragedy and, under the direction of their supervisor—Detective Sergeant Hamilcar “Ham” Hitchcock—work tirelessly to connect the dots and identify the killer or killers involved.
In the end, they discover, much to their dismay, that they’re not immune to tragedy themselves.
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We Never Lost Hope : Naomi Litvin
A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story
Five relatives narrate their harrowing World War II experiences in this family chronicle.
It could be said that rather than writing this affecting and effective book, Litvin sculpted it. Her breezy but vital narrative provides the shape and overall historical context for her family’s story, but her relatives are the ones doing the real work. Using the first-person accounts of her parents, an aunt, an uncle and a friend of the family, the author offers a nuanced and multifaceted look at the plight of Jews in mid-20th century Eastern Europe.
From a small Angora farm in Satu-Mare, Romania, to the horrifying grounds of Auschwitz and finally, to a new life in America, the five distinct voices of Edith, Hilda, and Mendi Festinger, Nate Litvin and Kurt Meyers provide a powerful and intimate journey through one of mankind’s darkest hours. Litvin does well not to mute her sources with an authoritative filter.
The book’s undeniable authenticity comes from the life events retold by each narrator–while most historical texts offer one individual’s take, We Never Lost Hope presents five survivors working through their memories.
Litvin augmented the book with photographs, news articles and other ephemera (telegrams, maps, etc.) that support the sense of intimacy and reality. Since some accounts can occasionally run long, it may have been helpful for Litvin to provide more editorial insight and direction. Still, the book is a soaring testament to the strength and adaptability of five remarkable people.
The Masada Faktor and Beneath A Stormy Cloud by Naomi Litvin are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Beneath A Stormy Cloud: Moving On Without Her : Naomi Litvin
The stinging reality of the effects of the Holocaust on the second generation is illustrated as Naomi Litvin attempts reorientation to the world at large after losing her mother, a Romanian Holocaust survivor.
In her second book, Beneath A Stormy Cloud: Moving On Without Her Naomi Litvin knits a jigsaw-puzzle-like anthology of her mother’s poetry with her own juxtaposing responses.
Within these pages, Naomi’s thought-provoking commentary is a deeply personal struggle with her grief.
Edith was her mentor, heroine, and best friend. Mother and daughter share the stage in this creative, special slice of history.
The Masada Faktor and We Never Lost Hope by Naomi Litvin are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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The Poseidon Files : Mike Rickett
Two scientists discover that a top-secret installation in Alaska run by the American military, ostensibly conducting research into the upper atmosphere, is in fact developing technology that could transform the weather into a weapon of mass destruction and kill millions of people. They are horrified and decide to warn the world by copying vital classified files. But fate plays a decisive hand when the car they escape in plunges into a fast-moving river during a violent storm in freezing temperatures.
One of them, George Parry, survives and escapes pursuing military police believing his colleague, Keri Murdoch, is dead, managing to grab a microchip containing classified files before the car is swept down the river. Parry makes his way to Toronto and then on to Liverpool in the UK intending to give the files to the Press to warn the world of the potential dangers. But he is followed and murdered in a Liverpool hotel room but not before passing the microchip onto an unsuspecting woman during a psychic reading in an attempt to hide from his pursuers.
Artist and mystic Naomi Richards, 26, leads an uneventful life, enjoying the new-found freedom in bustling Liverpool that a divorce from a cheating husband has brought her.
Naomi makes a precarious living from art and her psychic abilities and when Parry hides in a city centre pub and sits for a psychic reading with her, Naomi realises that he is frightened of something or someone sinister following him. He hands her a keyring as a token for the reading but before she can discover what he is scared of he runs out leaving a notebook and the keyring behind.
Naomi is not to know that the secret microchip is contained in the keyring but because she was the last person to see Parry alive she becomes a target.
In Toronto, private investigator Alex Nelson is hired by FBI station chief Gram Rogers to recover the files and she travels to Liverpool only to discover that Parry has been murdered and that the last person to see him alive was Naomi.
Celebrity climate change activist Myron Hill is a leading light in the Environment Rebellion protest movement who also hears rumours of the research in Alaska. He decides to investigate and discovers that secret files have been copied; files that prove how destructive it would be to the environment. But Hill is not who he appears to be and he too has a secret.
FBI chief Gram Rogers encourages Alex to befriend Naomi believing her to have hidden the files but Alex becomes a target for assassins herself when an attempt is made to poison her on the streets of Liverpool.
Naomi and Alex are pursued by both the Russian Mafia and the GRU who are keen to redeem themselves after the fiasco of the failed attempt to murder the Skripals in Salisbury but one of their numbers is found murdered in Naomi’s apartment. They flee to Snowdonia to stay with Naomi’s brother but there is an attempt to murder Naomi in the mists of mount Snowdon. But the supernatural takes a hand to save her.
They return to Liverpool where the final drama is played out on the streets of Liverpool where Naomi is abducted and held hostage by a criminal gang. The supernatural comes to her aid in a final confrontation which takes place in a notoriously haunted sunken cemetery that lies alongside Liverpool’s majestic Anglican cathedral in which the Mafia gang are killed.
Will the world be warned about HAARP? Is there a cover-up? The final chapters reveal that people and events are not what they seem.
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The Adventures of Darla and Mickey: Raven Midnite : Kay El Magnus
Volume 2 of the exciting and highly entertaining “Darla and Mickey” series takes place shortly after the Parakeet siblings manage to stop Archie the Crow and his two pesky pals from trashing Old Man Haggerty’s famous Bird Fountain.
Anxious to get out of the birdcage and spread her wings once again, Darla complains to Mickey about getting free.
All of a sudden, a couple of animals from the area came to congratulate them for the wonderful job they’ve done protecting the neighborhood of Olive Tree, and as a token of their appreciation, they brought them a shiny new key to open the birdcage door.
Needless to say, Darla rejoices!
In the midst of showing her gratitude, it seems all the animals of Olive Tree became very excited and zipped over to greet a surprise visitor who just arrived in town.
Curious about the popular stranger, Darla takes Mickey along (against his better wishes) to check this person out.
Finally arriving at the big oak tree near the town’s library, they spot a large group of animals gathered at its base.
Sifting through the overjoyed crowd, they make their way to the center and laid eyes upon the majestic visitor whom everyone calls, Raven Midnite.
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I Choose Pain : Eros Da Artiste
Lionel Davis is a brilliant, handsome, upwardly mobile marketing executive. He is also recently single, disowned by his mother, plagued by depression, and armed with a Doxepin prescription and a harrowing family secret that threatens to drag his relatives down.
Joseph Thompson is a gorgeous, intelligent, and sugar-sweet financial secretary. Yet, he’s haunted with childhood memories of traumatizing abuse from his mother’s live-in boyfriend and humiliation from his peers. He is also hopelessly in love with his childhood friend. But the question is how will his friend react when he tells him…?
Felipe Walker-Hartfield is a bodacious, stylish, no-nonsense, fun-loving personal trainer and financial advisor. He is happily married to Jimmy Hartfield. But, he has excessive guilt over the success he enjoys, because it was built through the sacrifices of his deceased grandmother. He also deals with hurt from the church surrounding his marriage to Jimmy.
Cordell Kennedy is a Beautiful, vibrant, and iron-willed music professor and musical genius working on “One of the Greatest Symphonies ever penned by a Black composer”. The only issues halting its completion are his turbulent past, his crippling silence concerning it, and his “being a ho”. But that’s not his fault… is it?
Four successful Black and beautiful gay men are best friends from college. Taking a topsy turvy trip down the road to redemption from their past…and preparing for an escape cruise to the Bahamas.
Boy… are they in for the ride of their lives!
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