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John C. Wolfe had it all-a wife, two wonderful kids, a great house, and a high-paying job as the Chief Speechwriter for New York governor George E. Pataki. But for John, none of those things could stop him from drinking, and sometimes the pressure made it worse.First, he wrote better with a few drinks in him, then his drinking escalated and he couldn't write without multiple drinks. His drinking steadily grew worse, until his family convinced him to give rehab a try. That only ended with John spiraling deeper into alcoholism.Come with John on his journey, from the New York governor's office of the late 1990s, to the tragedy of 9/11, then follow him out of the governor's office through the dark days of alternating rehab and relapses, to when something finally changed for him...and he found his day of clarity.

Kyle Murphy, just a seemingly average seventeen-year-old boy from New Terman in New Hampshire, America, abruptly has his entire life flipped upside down before he can even graduate high school. After coming of age he is expected to receive great power, but months come and go, exceeding the usual time frame, with no sign of any form of power, leading to Kyle only feeling self-doubt and worry about his very existence: being a Witness - a supernatural being.

This book, is evidence of our love of poetry, and serves as our contribution to the genre. This work of art, embodies the love, support and genetic talent passed on from mother to children. This body of work is meant to inspire challenge and broaden one's intellect. We truly hope you enjoy!

When clearing out the family home after her mother's death, Bikita comes upon a shard of pottery. It takes her back to her childhood in Georgia, where, as child she found it in the garden. She studies it, and is fascinated by the distinctive series of parallel lines that make up the design. Surprised that her mother has kept it all these years, Bikita wants to understand where it came from and how it got into the garden. On her quest to uncover the story of the shard, she exposes a tale of love, greed and cruelty that leads back to nineteenth-centry West Africa.The unravelling of the mystery of the shard is a page-turner right to the end as the writer takes us on a journey which crosses continents and travels back through the centuries to a story lost in time.

Starting high school is tough at the best of times, but as Emmi walks into her first year at Lilydale Secondary, she beings to realise that her experience is extra-ordinary. Unworldly even.The reason is that Emmi's mother was a Mukta-Jiva, or Angel of Karma and that maybe, she could be one too. As Emmi's world is plunged into right versus wrong, she must also learn to keep to her extra-ordinary skills secret, or at least for now.

The western front 1915. As the war drags into its second year, Charlie and Arthur Green find themselves in the thick of the fighting raging through Flanders.After Arthur haplessly finds himself accused of treachery and cowardice, he desperately tries to prove himself on the battlefield. But with enemies on both sides of the barbed wire, will Arthur's gallantry be enough to convince his brother?Based around actual events, and inspired by the real Arthur Green's letters home, When Brothers Fight depicts gruesome battle scenes and describes the appalling life in the trenches endured by those who lived through it.

Fate's Hand is an endearing and erotic love story and the first Book in the A Rockstar & A Runner series. This is a captivating Canadian based story between a world-famous rockstar and a single mother, both who have risen above hard life challenges in their past. When fate intervenes and their paths cross, they discover love and passion beyond anything they have ever experienced and show exactly what it's like when two people love with their entire heart, how they can make that one love grow. But with such drastically different lives, can their love survive?Fate's Hand is sure to ensnare you and keep you coming back for more.

A Graveyard of Unsaid Things is a calling card to all of those who hide in the shadows. In this book of poetry, everyone is haunted. The author takes us on a journey deep into the underworld to find her daughter, to find herself, to find meaning in the grief she inhabits. She holds no torches in this search, only nightmares, the voices of the dead, and memories she can't seem to bury.

Pulmulla is worried her vision of the future will come true.Biligiri just wants to get home. Besides, he's in love for the first time, and will be a father in 22 months.Tant-Meisie is lonely and going around in circles. She meets famous and eccentric people though.Hannibal Solo thought he was retired - until Carroll came along, and she's hard case.On top of this, he has voices in his head."Absorbing and lyrical, and poignant in the elephants' message. Like Heathcote Williams' Sacred Elephant before it, Taken deserves a wide readership."-Gareth Patterson, author of The Secret Elephants and Beyond the Secret Elephants."A writer of striking originality with qualities of daring and humour that are rare. Like Lloyd Jones, Alex has the ability to create a landscape so vivid the reader feels he is walking down a dusty road or in the hold of a ship."-Elizabeth Smither, novelist and Poet Laureate of New Zealand"There is energy and confidence on every page. The way you inhabit your lines is remarkable."-Lloyd Jones author of Mr Pip and Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Award."I was greatly impressed by Taken - an accomplished and poignant story. Here was a writer of considerable potential should he decide to write longer fiction..."- Tessa Duder CNZM OBE, author of the Alex quartet, winner of Storyline Margaret Mahy Medal."I've read and re-read your story, and I think this: It is intriguing, beautifully-crafted, moving and poetic... It brings the knowing eye of elephants to bear on the reader, creating the feeling of injustice I always have when I'm close to them. It's a parable of imperialism. For all these reasons and more, I loved it."-Bruce Ansley, author of A long Slow Affair of the Heart, A Fabled Land, and Coast: A New Zealand Journey, winner Best Illustrated Non-fiction Book at the New Zealand Post Book Awards"Beautiful, eye opening, exquisitely absorbing, gentle and powerful."-Danielle Mathieson, New Zealand artist

Lillian Smith has been a writer on her illness in print and online media and helped many people by sharing her story with others. This book began as an idea when she was diagnosed with Lupus at the age of twenty-two and there were no books available to help her find answers to questions she was desperately seeking help for. She set out to write The Lupus Diaries in 2012 and, for over ten years, wrote journal entries on her life with Lupus, hoping to help young people and others with chronic illness so that they would find not only answers but hope about how to find a balance with illness and recovery from their disease. She offers real- life solutions with her real-life experience, with real-life stories that you can relate to. If you are seeking answers to a more balanced life with your chronic illness, or are newly diagnosed and want to find out how to cope, read this book, with very real and helpful chapters such as "'Dating and Chronic Illness'," "'Marriage and Chronic Illness'," "'Missing Out'," and much more. A memoir, a self-help book, and at heart, a true love story, this book offers lessons for everyone seeking help for their chronic illness.

A surgeon whose background includes quality assurance is made aware by a reliable source that another surgeon, of whom he has been critical in the past, purposely developed problems during a procedure that led to the patient's demise. He follows that surgeon's cases more closely, as he attempts to make a plausible account of what this nefarious surgeon is doing, and what he finds begins to confirm his suspicions. His concerns are not accepted by any of his colleagues apart from one other surgeon who is supportive. This leads to animosity and damage to his practice and family life with his wife becoming increasingly disapproving about his involvement. Nevertheless, he is convinced crimes are being committed and resorts to seeking legal advice as well as involving the district attorney's office. This results in a confrontation between both forces, one that supports the accused surgeon and the one that brought the charges. The outcome was not expected.

When Dallas Church ran full speed to the point of impact, his only goal was to help anyone he could. He did not know or care that being so close to the meteor would change him so drastically. In the year that followed, Dallas would be hailed as a hero, the rookie cop who risked everything to save others, then persecuted and outcast as a monster when the real effects of his exposure to the meteor became clear.Fortunately, Dallas is recruited by an organization promising to use his newly evolved talents to provide security for others. As the team forms, Dallas and his new colleagues must learn to trust each other and to accept their diversity.Dallas soon discovers his power is linked to a greater evil. As he sacrifices everything to save a child, he learns that these events, and he himself, are not what he had believed.

A girl exists within the Dome, which protects her from the monsters preying on all living things beyond its glass walls. Could the outside world be any less damaging than the life of torture she endures in her own personal cage, enduring the casual cruelty of male fantasies?Why are the monsters drawn to her and what is her own dark history that dictates her destiny? Who is Wendy? Who was Wendy...? Why is she known as their master's 'beloved'?Wendy goes on the run: the journey is fraught with danger as the girl finds her life lurching from horror to joy to confusion to discovery as she befriends a band of fellow travellers who join her in her search for her true self.

Emily Warrington had a satisfying and predictable life. Nearing the end of her residency, she was soon to become a doctor, the result of many years' hard work and the juggling of work and family commitments. The mother of two children, and with a devoted and supportive husband, she seemingly had it all. But just under the surface, something was wrong. The seemingly perfect life was all too fragile. It only took one incident for Emily's world to come crashing down around her. Everything she had fought for and protected was put in danger. Could Emily pull together the threads of her old life or was it gone forever?

Charlotte grew up being in love with the man she was promised to marry. Aurek was a warrior, a Daeva Prince to equal her Daeva Princess, and meant to protect their people when they took the throne. Where she was spoiled and young, he was patient and understanding. When she had outbursts, he was there to sooth her naive woes. It was a perfect match, just like her parents intended.Until he murdered them.Hiding was something she never thought she would achieve. It was only a matter of time. But hours became days, and days became years. The thought of being found slipped away, becoming nothing but nightmares and memories. Her and her sister made a life in a world filled with technology, hiding amongst Humankind despite being nothing so simple. They were safe, and it was all that mattered.Until he found them.

Invisible Boundaries is the story of two women from different generations and life experiences who fall in love. Add that to a bi-racial union and life gets more complicated. Some of their challenges are up-in-their-face, while others are under-the -surface and subtle. These challenges have them re-evaluating who they are and how they fit into the new dynamics they have created for themselves. As the story unfolds, the characters delve into their self-discovery and share with you their fears as well as their judgements, and yes, their humor as well. It is a story of the complicated social and personal invisible boundaries we all cross daily.

This second book by the incredible Ms Michelle Mitchell is a shining light amongst the murky waters we've been wading through these past two years. Continuing her journey from her first literary hit, Girl Got Game, Michelle shares her perspective as a CEO, podcaster, author, brand creator and marketing coach whilst diving into raising a teenager in the LGBTQIA+ community, covering parenting a neurodiverse child as well as managing her intense neurodiverse brain.Michelle welcomes us into her life once again with honesty, integrity and some much-needed laughs. You Have to Choose How You Live is a book for those who want an honest motivational read and for those who seek a different take on tackling the new world we ALL find ourselves in!

Virgil Colvin, a retired homicide detective, leaves his hometown Chicago to resurrect his honeymoon memories with his dead wife in Ithaca, Greece. There, he befriends the Vathy police chief, Costas Pantakalas, over stories of a shared profession and countless cups of ouzo.One day, Virgil wakes to the violent tremors of the earth to find Ithaca has just had an earth quake. But that is not the only unusual occurrence. In the city's public square, at the feet of Odysseus, someone has dumped the body of a British tourist in the small hours of the morning. He ran to the ends of the earth to escape his former life, but murder had other plans for Virgil Colvin. Together, Virgil and Costas join forces to track down a killer. But in their quest to find the murderer, will they unearth an even more astounding secret?