... This book is a work of fiction. Name, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors’ imagination (excluding references to actual hi... ...ne.com No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission, except in the case of brief quotati... .... For information address rai-tavius@secretofthesands.com Visit Rai Aren & Tavius E. on the World Wide Web at: www.secretofthesands.com ... ... and frightened, two young priests desperately tried to bar the door. Three other priests raced to the back of the temple to an inner sanctuary. The... ...ageway carved from the earth. “I will be right back!” he said. With scrolls in hand, he raced down the crude earthen stairway. At the foot of the ... ...ests, witnessing his companions brutally slain before his eyes, screamed with anguish and raced forward to avenge their deaths. From the life- less h... ...e going on a training exercise, you can take these other lads with you in the other three boats,” Axiana pointed to the Royal escort surrounding her... ...n for the worse. “Your Highness!” Commander Koronius shouted as loud as he could from his boat. “There is a storm brewing up ahead! We need to move ... ...There is a storm brewing up ahead! We need to move you and your daughter onto this larger boat for safety.” Axiana nodded her head in agreement. Off...

...For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret...

... --Steven Sills "So he spoke, and the bright-eyed goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he prayed... ... goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his he... ...others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man'... ...n a meaningless planet bearable. Most importantly sexual desire keeps your race proliferating. Tell me something a bit more practical." "Well...s... .... It was a bit like a lit candle on a krathong, a hand length banana-leaf boat sent out onto waters during the Loi krathong holiday. A given krathon... ...he knew the approach to children whom she would sell her krathongs, banana boats of flowers and candles attached to banana leafs and Styrofoam sailed ... ...rsmen in the facsimiles of royal barges competing against each other. The boats had the same body and countenance of dragons just like the television...

... Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 ... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4033-8037-6 (e-book) ISBN: ... ...gations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, they ... ...city at the confluence of the two holy rivers, the Ganges and the Jumna, the party left the river boats to travel by the Grand Trunk Road to the Sta... ...wn woman with her pride and independence of spirit. Audrey Blankenhagen 86 All these thoughts raced through Helen’s mind making rest impossible ... ..., embroidery silks and gold buttons,’ said Rosita, ready to bring all the bargaining power of her race to obtain the best price for these materials. ... ...t surprised to see the effeminate Englishman and his servant travelling alone. The English were a race apart and nothing they did surprised the Indi... ...to a shaded verandah, with a wooden carved fretwork balustrade running all along the front of the boat. Moored alongside Audrey Blankenhagen 210 ... ... the front of the boat. Moored alongside Audrey Blankenhagen 210 the main boat was the kitchen boat which also housed the servants and a rowing b...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the m...

...ven Sills Post Annulment 2 Afferent, the city bus cramps to the curb and brakes through Solipsistic muteness Wit... ... through Solipsistic muteness With an exhaltation startled and choking. As the sun blazes upon the terminal's Scraped concrete The shelved rows of the... ...upon the terminal's Scraped concrete The shelved rows of the poor men Hear the sound die on the pavement In a gradual dying echo. A cigarette succumbs... ...the gods Use the clouds as urinals For three minutes daily. In Houston the Boat-People Come from planes. Inner-city--intermingled and alone Like its... ...e smashed fender Might be obligated to 69 A winner without a face-- a drag race ending in the winner's backseat, And on his tools which would rib in. ... ... plastic-eyed polar bear with the stiff arms That the factory of the human race mutantly created-- This time it will be you who shall feel the wall of... ...nding. Beauty Shop Motif Taking the boat two hundred miles With her Ozark loving husband Not having the key And...

... C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man ... ...own The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man Cometh Janusz Courts Dinah My Affair with Jesus The Last Days The Future of Madeleine The Out Kid Pierre'... ...ffair with Jesus The Last Days The Future of Madeleine The Out Kid Pierre's Friends Death of the Poet Redemption Shalev is Silent Pet Snail Write Me a... ...ard, down to the looping street that bordered on the water. The lake was silver struck and boats bobbed up and down abstracted waves. Moon, cleaved... ...s a fine moustache. I see great waters…" She yelps in fear and joy. "You are two lovers… A boat, he is on it … and the sea…" Eli suppresses yawns, ... ...and foreign – "Zehava has someone. She wants a divorce and to take the kids. I feel like a boatman who has lost his oars, the bitch. I go to Paris t... ...rt and recoil, only to be captivated again by its monotonous aesthetics. Again the morning race abreast the crowded bus. I contort myself to glance...

A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

...s Note This is a work of fiction. While historical persons do appear within the text, all events are of my own imagination. During the 19th century,... ...l events are of my own imagination. During the 19th century, and for nearly the first half of the 20th century, French women were not allowed to vot... ...roper society.” Everyone I have spoken to has his or her own vision of Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. My vision is an amalgam of persons known to a... ...bbon around her neck. I took her to show them, and they challenged me to a race. I tried her over a jump, and she couldn’t take it. She would hav... ...te porcelain mask in place, hiding his disfigurement. We arrived at a small boat slip and Erik helped me into a tiny skiff. Using a gondolier’s pole... ...ngs of Erik’s daily life. 19 A portcullis raised in the distance, and the boat glided through. It dropped behind us and I realized that there was... ...efore one might be trapped under the heavy metal grate. We landed at another boat slip, and Erik handed me out of the little craft. “Welcome,” he said... ...I knew, of course, to whom he referred, and for a moment a spark of jealousy raced through my body. I stepped forward to caress him, my hand trailin... ... on the bedside table and picked up a novel I’d been reading. Yet, my mind raced so that I could not concentrate upon the story. When Zareh returned...

...When French equestrian Claire Delacroix loses her fiance in a tragic accident, she comes to live at the Paris Opera during its 1890s heyday. Whilst working at the opera, she meets a mysterious, masked stranger: Erik. Is it possible that the two of them will heal the pain of each other's past? Buy the the paper back at Turne...

...ds and U.K. 1990—Various Places Publisher's Note When I read the manuscript of Peter's book, it was as though U.G. was talking through t... .... was talking through the pages. It was wonderful to hear him without all the questions and interjections of the people who normally surround him. I... ... pretty much into spiritual reading and surrounded by scriptures from all the religions of the world, I had no dearth of reading material about and f... ...things. You put me on the other side of the river. You want to cross in a boat. That boat is a leaky boat and you will sink. There is no other bank ... ... you will sink. There is no other bank and there is no river to cross, no boat. It is very difficult for you to understand that. You have created an... ...r goodness sake, I am on the same bank. There is no river to cross and no boatman is necessary!” Nobody can guide you. You have no guidelines beca... ...he sky, the waters, everything. Only technology progresses, while we as a race are moving closer to complete and total destruction of ourselves and ...

...A compilation of quotes by U.G. Krishnamurti that can alter your life. Someone once said to his daughter who had met U.G., "Damned be the day you met this man; your life will never be the same." Whether we feel cursed or blessed, our coming upon the unique life/energy that is U.G. can change our life forever....

...om Copyright ©2001 by Gracie C. McKeever NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via ... ...any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This notice overrides the... ...insula, Rub al-Khali—18th Century "Allah has forsaken you, Kane." He heard the husky declaration as if from a great distance, glared at the sensual or... ...at straight right from the back, lady. You're not dealing with some banana boat refugee who doesn't want to take the time to learn the native tongue. ... ...o go. She didn't have time for these games and it seemed these djinns as a race were pretty big on "games." Horrible, mind- and life-altering games! W... ...." Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 270 "As he would to anyone of your race." "But you're Mr. Big Bad Genie Man, huh?" "I make no such claim. I kn... ...y's ashes over to Therese. So now she stood here on the deck of a pleasure boat that Kane had rented for the day, prepared to do her Jury's bidding. ...

...reft...Can this thoroughly mismatched couple find comfort and vindication in each other's arms? More importantly, can Kane and Therese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinni? Find out that anything is possible when a devout mystical being from the old world joins forces with an urban-reared spitfire from the new? (http://www.gracie...

...ecording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint o... ...ham CT 06422 www.StrategicBookGroup.com ISBN: 978-1-60911-286-8 Printed in the United States of America Book Design: Rolando F. Santos This book is d... ... Without all of you, this wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you all from the botom of my heart. v Prologue F or years, people talked about variou... ... the body, the young pro- grammer had a similar scenario with his mind. It raced so fast, he pictured several diferent scenarios of the outcome, and ... ...tain. Everything. Hell, decades ago a guy named Jules Verne wrote about a boat that went underwater. Everyone said that was crazy talk until the sub... ...ould it be a trap?” Eric stood in silence next to them. A million thoughts raced through his head, but he did not feel like writing the jumbles down... ...from right to lef, they would enter the course one at a time. It wasn’t a race per se, but Vincent had the feeling that if he fell behind he might h...

...In a world torn apart by a ruthless dictator, humanity is enslaved and on the verge of extinction. The governments have fallen. The cities lie in ruin. The only hope is a man who has been in exile for over a year....

...AGAINST THE WAR follows the intertwined lives of four friends, rowing team mates, who graduate from college at the height of the Vietnam War and struggle to make decisions about the war and the military draft. Two become involved in ...

...234. Morris is relocated from Sam Neua to a Lao village From Sam Neua, the group that included prisoner of war James Morris headed southwest, so far as he could determine from occasional glimpses of the sun through the canopy of leaves above the road on which the caravan was traveling. Then the ...

...PART I: UP AGAINST THE DRAFT 1. Steward brings his 1-A letter to the boat club 2. Brandt and Morris argue about the Vietnam war 3. O’Rourke steps in to bring the crew on task 4. Morris offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks a...

...owning him with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating ... ...re and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Tok... ...ne At Toksugum Palace in Chongno of Seoul Sang Huin (known by his friends in the states as Shawn) felt an empathy as deep as the gods; and the reconst... ...he first few years in America, and so existing as a Korean only by birth and race definitely made him American in every way but a legal one. Most pers... ...he heat and then dived into the extremely cold waters of the pool. His heart raced and coldness tingled through his body. Koreans believed in the salu... ...s life might have been--for better or for worse--within the childhood of his race. He loved English as he loved music; and sometimes he combined the t... ...reature that even he was, if he were not to hear a voice for long even those boats in the lake would have been a discomfiting image--interspersing his... ...ion and responsibilities. It floated in non-ambitious swaying like a plastic boat on ripples in a bathtub. It probably droned on in its unaware and in... ...s had been construed as child's play. From a restricted area used for paddle boats and used by swimmers they had rowed along and watched sailboats and...

...n by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was provided by Professor Emeritu... ...essor Emeritus Ben R. Schneider, Lawrence University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first p... ...orio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classics' the first volume was published in 1904, and reprinte... ...ane stop. Among the skilfull I see some that strive, but cannot stay their race. Whilest they labour to finde the point to stop their course, they st... ...g to fight with him, man to man in his shirt, with Rapier and dagger in a boat. The said Lord of Langey, following his storie addeth that the said A... ...t-pot, where-hence shall Sooner or later drawns lots fall, And to deaths boat for aye enthrall. And by consequence, if she makes us affeard, it is a... ...sted the sweetnesse thereof, and being descended of so noble and learned a race. For we yet possesse the learned compositions of the ancient and nobl... ... he would take for a horse with which he had lately gained the prize of a race, and whether he would change him for a Kingdome? 'No surely, my Liege... .... Pirro the Philosopher, finding himselfe upon a very tempestuous day in a boat, shewed them whom he perceived to be most affrighted through feare, a...

...(Author to reader)--Reader, loe here a well-meaning Booke. It doth at the first entrance forewarne thee, that in contriving the same I have proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my force...

...’s your movie – if you don’t like it just write yourself a better part in the script!” and Gal, who showed me how magic happens. Copyright © Tom Gla... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in ... ...ad, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 5UE Bozoandthestoryteller.com The moral right for the author has been asserted A CIP catalogue record of ... ...s impossible to imagine life without them. He remembered the thousands of races they’d had surf ng down the 6 Bozo and the Storyteller dunes, the l... ...when he talked about the Storyteller and the Story? Theo’s mind began to race through all the paranoid possibilities: Bozo could be some strange cr... ...e that the world revolves around them. So there’s no sense in rocking the boat too much.’ Theo’s head span. Only yesterday he had felt utterly alone... ...Theo and Bozo then saw a collage of scenes: long journeys by horse and by boat, money changing hands and the crystal ball passing from clan to clan.... ...ring hidden? 150 Bozo and the Storyteller He didn’t know. No one from his race had ever dared to undertake such a Story. Among the Storytellers, it ... ...it put out the f re, but the ship began to take in water. ‘Say, “Bye, bye boat,” ’ a new but familiar voice hissed. Theo turned to see Marv standing...

...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as thou...

...adic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in ... ...in jostling him around, and at last fall asleep. This was his hope; but in the meantime there was a languid battle with insomnia and inordinate time t... ...me that he, from his "exalted tomb," disdainfully sullied. A god watching the cookie wrappers that he was emptying into his mouth from the upper coff... ...re was nothing. (If his brainwaves were water flooding into his hard skull boat and the air-conditioned drafts that he tried to escape by bundling him... ...rn. As a married couple they would occasionally take the Chao Phraya river boat to the museum so that they might reminisce about those meetings of the... ...rather than a personal issue these waves of neediness hit the sides of his boat with vehement force but did not capsize it. His need for love, his nee... ...art and in life could not change the world for the better and that, in the race to make a success of himself before his short time on the planet expir...

...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...s truly a test for an unqualified hard-headed farmer who happens to be of the gentler sex and has the weight and height of an anorexic ant. Time elu... ...he on about, aren’t you flying over?” “Yes, but Ali wanted to come over by boat and mum went off on one of her tangents about the fumes.” “You’ve got... ...ccupied my thoughts and motivated my actions. I’ve dishonoured the female race, breaking every rule in the sacred women’s bible, titled `Men can be ... ...to bring her new car over; they were on their way to have it freighted by boat. In one of his insulting moods, Steven called her dream vehicle a dod... ...mplate psychiatric help another day. With the receiver back on the hook, I race back to the lounge just in time to hear Steven verbally horrify my si... ...can set my eyes on. Suddenly, Michael hollers for me to stop. Swiftly, he races for the chainsaw having fallen off the back. “It’s all right.” Micha...

...Sarah wanted to escape the city life and her wealthy family. Moving from mainland Australia, she purchased a farm in Tasmania. Persistent, yet green to rural living, the new next door neighbour has her attention and she is out to win his heart in t...

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...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connection...

...ven David Justin Sills "My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever" --Thucydide... ...be had in a long morphine induced sleep where dreams were as uneventful as the idealized restfulness of death; but though privileged enough to be imp... ...e being lodged inordinately in one position on her bed for hours, despite the pillows she put under her. One might say that her knowledge of the extr... ...n jacket. The latter had moved closer to her, away from his small fishing boat which was tied to one of the trees that was partially submerged in th... ...s to both, he said, "You should be glad that he saw you out here from his boat -- Hey, you, don’t you have more gators to steal?" "Okay, I’ll l... ...ail for it either. A very good day for you. " The man walked to his boat, turned it on, and went away. And there she was with an officer ... ...id complexion suggest honesty and sincerity not to be found in the negroid race, she asked herself repeatedly, deliberately pumping herself with emot... ...ecutions saw life, or their own lives, as being, perceived as less than a race of men, a species of Neanderthal? No, she did not want to think about... ...ious, of abortions so heinous, when nature has designed continuity of the race on rides and games of chance. Even murder is to be justified, if not...

...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

...akelex Report What Hell’s elite don’t want you to know. Christine Jones 1 The Snakelex Report What Hell’s elite don’t want you to know. www.cjbooks.n... ...ormation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places ... ... is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any ... ...gelic beings sent by God to oversee and safe guard ‘Project Noah’ and his boat building adventure. These two angels had to combat many imps trying t... ... about Noah’s new theory of water from Heaven and the building of his big boat. They had all sorts of plans to cash in on Noah’s work; especially the... ...d, they placed spiritual bolts on the demon’s horns and tarred him to the boat. The rest of the story is history. Ignoring the angel’s laughter, Sna... ...e killing themselves laughing, amongst pangs of nausea, as three families raced from the church in a panic. Snakelex was most amused, sneaking in a ... ... additions will read; denomination, expulsion, exorcism, etcetera. An imp raced up to Snakelex distracting the demon from his thoughts. “Trouble!” T... ...er. Where did she come from? Edward thought disgruntled and watched Norma race up the stairs to aid Anne, who was coming around. “How did it feel?” N...

... assignment to a small country town in Australia. Spiritual warfare will be battled out between good and evil. Snakelex must use every dirty trick in the book to cause chaos in the community and sway those from attending the only church in town. The elite at Hell's head office take an interest in Snakelex and aid him to learn the truth about their enemy and Hell's best kep...

...om Copyright ©1998 by Gracie C. McKeever NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via ... ...any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This notice overrides the... ... now-dead father than a brother. He should have listened and gotten out of the life sooner, when Nev had first started warning him about the dangers. ... ...own later, Kelly still didn't feel decent enough to be a part of the human race. He'd been violated, felt used and more low than a $1.99 hooker and he... ...d in the suit, laying out gifts and putting together complicated train and racecar sets until Kelly, the last Butler chick, has left the nest for adul... ...p loose ends when all it appeared she'd be doing would be rocking a steady boat and ruining lives on it. As far as Kelly could see, there was no dange...

...A young black man is shot down in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the question...

... Gerrie Ferris 2 THE LAURA KATE PLANTATION SERIES Book One When Serpents Die... ...by Gerrie Ferris ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Edi... ... recording or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in th... ...ng it. “You thankless coward. Uncle Wallace was a strong swimmer and a first- rate boatman. If you won’t find out who killed him, I will.” In a fe... ... “Sure,” she had answered at the time. “If such were true, you’d have the human race born of the acts of serpents, or of itself.” Jack brok... ...up when she saw another rat run from outside through cracks in the screen door. It raced toward an old cabinet. What the hell had scared the rats... .... But when we run into each other, we look at one another knowing we’re in the same boat.” “Did or does Sammie have a lover?” “She wouldn’t,” he ... ...nsurance office and Beulah became a cook.” Laura Kate caught her breath as her mind raced ahead of Brewster's story. “Please sit down, Mr. Brewst...

...Royce's business partner. Sparks fly, but can she really trust a man she knows nothing about? And why is it that every time something new develops in the case, he seems to be there? Warnings to back off escalate to an attempt on her life. Now, for Laura Kate, it's more than just a mystery. Depending on Jack might be a mistake, but if Laura Kate can get past his southern ch...