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When an ambitious teenage girl from Earth finds herself in a magical realm, she could be the hero—but she'd prefer to be the villain. When power-hungry Everly is reborn into a medieval world where elemental magic rules and she receives her elemental servants—the oddly sadistic Eris and the fun-loving Titania—years earlier than one typically would, she knows she's destined for a command of necromantic magic the likes of which her peers can only dream.

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V.S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini’s triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions.

Blair Grimmwell survived the clutches of her incubus captor, the demon Kane. Now back in the arms of her fiercely loyal protector, Griffin, Blair is pregnant with Kane's child. Blair's freedom came at a price, and the rulers of the Fae Realm have come to collect on the debt. In her desperation to save her sister, Holly promised the king and queen something only she could provide--a Fae high priestess from the powerful line of Grimmwell witches. As she trains with the handsome and mysterious Draven, Holly begins to master her powers. As her powers grow, so does a darkness in her soul.

The Crawling Chaos is a haunting, surreal tale born from the collaboration between H.P. Lovecraft and writer Winifred V. Jackson. First published in 1921, this story combines Lovecraft’s eerie prose with a dream that Jackson herself experienced, which served as the story’s foundation. In an interesting twist, the two writers published under pseudonyms, with Jackson as “Elizabeth Berkeley” and Lovecraft as “Lewis Theobald, Jun.”

Retired firefighter Thaddeus Canon's peaceful retirement disintegrates when he inadvertantly discovers his son Michael's obituary online. Buried without Thad’s knowledge, Michael's sudden death and the silence surrounding it fuel horrifying grief and suspicion. His estranged daughter-in-law's family, who own the funeral home, offer no answers. Driven by a desperate need for truth, Thad hires a private detective who uncovers a trail that leads beyond the natural world. With the aid of a Vatican-sanctioned priest and a pistol-packing nun, he confronts a sinister force, battling to ...

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"The descriptions are extraordinary. Great descriptions are given of each character and scene." – Royal Palm Literary Award Judge "Lennox's illness is a clever opportunity for the story to turn in a more action-oriented direction, and to sneak in some drama into what might have otherwise been a quiet family story." – Book Pipeline Betrayal and Redemption Lennox's role as a powerful knight once defined him, but being a father fulfills his days. His desire for a life of peace and tranquility has finally come to pass. So, he thinks ... The demons of his past have come calling, threatening ...

Seventeen-year-old Lorelei Patio is the adopted daughter of 200-year-old vampire Sergio Patio. She never realized why her family has had to move so often or why she is not permitted to get too friendly with other young people. In fact, except for one shocking moment that seemed more like a dream, Lorelei never fully realized who and what her father was nor what her sisters were brought up to do for him. But one day, that all changed.

V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field - so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience". Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved.

The Spoils of Time is a concise history of the world in nine chapters, tracing the prehistoric beginnings of early man’s halting steps towards civilization and ending sometime around 1500. The scope is vast, with Wedgwood’s scholarship spanning all the continents. As the author states, her purpose was to create a continuous narrative of human history for her own pleasure and to find out for herself what, if any, interlacing relations might hold us together.

The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is 35 lightyears away.

When humanity reaches for the stars, our probes are destroyed. They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us - or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage.

Unknown aliens attack Earth. Their planet is uncharted, mysteriously having avoided detection for centuries. It's a world packed with the most vicious aliens humanity has yet to encounter. James McGill has discovered: Death World.

Earth is locked in a dangerous arms race with Rigel. McGill’s efforts at diplomacy are disastrous. Events spin out of control and interstellar warfare consumes the outer provinces of the Empire. Great fleets are gathered, and troops are hurried aboard transports. Legion Varus is launched toward a secret target world. McGill leads an early strike against Rigel’s defenses, but his efforts are foiled at every turn. Who could be behind these betrayals? Could his own government be plotting his demise?

Ten years ago, Amelia woke up alone and lost in a broken world where she had to fight for her survival. Now, after reaching the pinnacle of power, defeating the Void itself, and escaping the abyss, she has finally found her way back into the real world. But instead of returning to Earth, she arrives in the land of Vacuos. A fantasy world with magic, monsters, Classes, and Levels. A world that is governed by a System like it were a video game.

Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory—Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London.

Mindy's best friend Molly was a maintenance technician on the Bradbury 12. When Molly went missing, Mindy started looking for answers but all she found were more questions. They were supposed to meet up at Geniuscon, a science fiction convention that attracts people from every walk of life, and she knows Molly's son Aidan is going to be there. Determined to get in touch with her friend, Mindy tracks down Aidan and meets some of his new friends, the guys cosplaying as big, blue aliens.

ധ്യാനിക്കുന്നവർക്കും ധ്യാനിക്കാത്തവർക്കും വേണ്ടിയുള്ളതാണ് ഈ പുസ്തകം ഏറ്റവും ലളിതമായിട്ടുള്ള സെൻ കഥകളാണ് ഇതിനുവേണ്ടി തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തത് നിങ്ങൾ ധ്യാനിക്കാത്ത കാലത്ത് ഈ കഥകളിലൂടെ കടന്നു പോകുമ്പോഴുള്ള അനുഭവമായിരിക്കില്ല കുറെ വർഷങ്ങൾ ധ്യാനിച്ചതിനു ശേഷമുള്ള വായനയിലൂടെ ലഭിക്കുന്നത് രണ്ടനുഭവത്തിനും ശ്രമിക്കുക. ഇനി നിങ്ങളുടെ ഉള്ളിലുള്ള ബുദ്ധനെ ഓർത്ത് തിന്നുക, കുടിക്കുക, ഉറങ്ങുക.

മരണം വരിക്കാന്‍ വ്രതമെടുത്ത് വീരസ്വര്‍ഗ്ഗം തേടി പോരാടി മരിച്ച ഒരു യുവതലമുറ നമുക്കുണ്ടായിരുന്നു-ചാവേറുകള്‍. തിരുനാവായയുടെ തീരത്ത് നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകളോളം നിലനിന്ന ആ മാമാങ്കമഹോത്സവത്തിന്റെയും ചാവേര്‍പോരാട്ടത്തിന്റെയും ചരിത്രം അന്വേഷിക്കുകയാണ് ഈ പുസ്തകം. മാമാങ്കത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവം, ചാവേര്‍പോരാട്ടങ്ങള്‍, ആചാരങ്ങള്‍, രാഷ്ട്രീയ കാരണങ്ങള്‍, എന്നിവയും ഇതില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. കോവിലകം രേഖകള്‍, കോഴിക്കോടന്‍ ഗ്രന്ഥവരി, ചാവേര്‍പ്പാട്ടുകള്‍, മാമാങ്കപ്പാട്ട്, മറ്റു പുരാതന ചരിത്രരേഖകള്‍ എന്നിവയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തില്‍ രചിച്ച ആധികാരിക ഗ്രന്ഥം.