Twisted Mercy

 

Twisted Mercy

The Crawford's lay dead on the kitchen floor.

Their only daughter, Emily, who was also my best friend was missing.

My name is Nicole.

 

I got a strange clue which seem to suggest my childhood friend may still be alive.

 

Using my skills as rookie detective took me across state lines to solve this mystery.

 

The search had its problems.

 

There was someone standing in my way.

 

Also, after 13 years of abuse, Emily wouldn't be the same.

 

She lost her parents, her childhood and her soul.

 

Hunted by an unknown enemy and racing against time before Emily slips through my fingers

 

I must push myself to the brink if I want to finally reunite with my long-lost friend.

 

13 years is a long time. I hope I recognize her.

 

By,

ALEX BELL

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Dream, My Child

 

Dream, My Child

From New York Times bestselling author r.h. Sin comes a modern-day lullaby that illustrates the importance of rest.

Written from the perspective of parenthood with the intent to illustrate the beauty in rest. The wonderful exploration that exists within a dream and a baby's journey to get there. Dream, My Child is a modern lullaby that will spark the imagination of your little one.

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Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic:

Witnessing and Connecting

How to put into words a devastating pandemic that upends the world and our daily experiences of life, love and community?

Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic brings together over ninety short poems that usher us through the first two years of the pandemic. The poems are variously serious and whimsical, capturing Covid-19's sweeping reach—from the blunt fact of barren store shelves, to shimmering questions dwelling in the great unknown.

Beginning in March 2020 with the declaration of the pandemic, this poetry of witness and relation contends with death, grief, loss and loneliness as it also offers words of healing and hope. It invokes the experience of living simultaneously with the existential and the mundane, as we negotiate new relationships to restaurants, homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, grocery stores, and romance.

By 2021, the poems begin to shake off the bewildering shock and awe of the preceding “blurs-year” during which many of us felt disconnected from ordinary time. They do this by giving urgent witness to discrete events, striving to be present in unique moments despite the confounding coronavirus’s refusal to leave. When the collection ends in March 2022, we are left standing at the uncertain threshold of Covid 3.0, glancing at these poems in the side-view mirror. 

About the Author

Kate Dash is a writer in Oakland, California. She made her way through the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic by writing these short poems about her experiences. She hopes readers will find some resonant lines to hold onto, if only to feel more connected to the universal experience of Covid through which we are all muddling.

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Momma's Love

Momma’s Love is a story of a girl in need of her mother’s love. Generational cycles fall onto a young mother, intensifying her own choices and hardships. From the daughter’s eyes, the point of view determines whether this chain will be broken for future generations.

Khloe has always felt alone and unwanted; misunderstood by her mother and abandoned by her father. Craving attention and to be heard by her mother. Witnessing firsthand her mother’s examples and poor decisions, she makes discoveries and learns about herself. Khloe will learn how to overcome her childhood traumas.

Khloe embarks on a journey full of unanswered questions and confusing emotions. So much unknown internal pain and anger to overcome before she begins her journey as a young woman. With a lack of guidance, Khloe strives to succeed to become different from her mother, facing many challenges as a young woman and teenage mother herself

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MOMMY DOESN'T LOVE ME:

Healing Journeys For Unseen Wounds

Is your little one showing signs of anger or withdrawal? Have they gone through a recent radical transition like divorce, loss of a parent, loss of a home or new member in the family? Are their eating and sleeping habits changing? Are they wetting the bed? Have they lost interest in activities that used to excite them? Have they started gaining weight or biting their nails? These are all signs of a stressed child: a little one going through pain. 

This stress is a byproduct of carrying silent wounds, but not feeling safe to express them. These wounds are often times hard to express because the adult is so used to "justifying" or denying the child's reality, meaning the child may just have the resources of anger or shutting down completely as a way to self-preserve.

This book is all about validating the child and their experience in whichever way they are feeling unloved and unheard at the moment. It is focused on feeling unloved by Mom, because as the feminine polarity or yin, the mother’s role is to provide nurture and understanding and help the child navigate their internal world (their emotions and thoughts). Meanwhile, the father as the masculine polarity and oriented towards structure and action (as the yang energy), has the role to help the child navigate the external world which involves protection from predators, action, structure and limits).

So if your little one is struggling and you can see past your own expectations of who “they should be” or “how they should feel”, this book when read together at bedtime can help bring healing for both of you and a new understanding at least at the unconscious level (where trauma gets stored), to help your little one process possible neglect, rejection and invalidation wounds that are making him/her feel less than who their magnificent expressive self truly is. 

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In The Blink of My Eye

 

In the Blink of My Eye: A Novel

Cherish your yesterdays, Dream about your tomorrows, Live your best todays

Reagan Kathleen McDonald was born into a large Irish family. She came into this world with a smile on her face, a twinkle of mischief in her eyes, and a heart full of love. Follow her throughout the roller coaster ride of her life encompassing the humor, romance, drama, hurt, pain, rejection, yet joy of the stages she would go through, grow through, dance through, laugh through and cry through.

Her loves and loses will have you on an emotional high and then drop you in to the depths of despair until you reach that last hill. Will there be a light at the end?

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The Metaverse Handbook:

Innovating for the Internet's

Next Tectonic Shift 

In The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift, a duo of experienced tech and culture experts delivers a can't-miss guide to participating in the most promising new technology since the advent of the web.

Through dozens of metaverse creator case studies and concise, actionable insights, you'll walk away from this book understanding how to explore and implement the latest metaverse tech emerging from blockchain, XR, and web3.

In The Metaverse Handbook, you'll discover:

What the metaverse is, why you should care about it, and how to build your metaverse strategy

The history of the metaverse and primers on critical technologies driving the metaverse, including non-fungible tokens, XR, the blockchain, and web3.

How to unearth unique metaverse opportunities in digital communities, commerce, and immersive experiences.

As the metaverse has rapidly become the technology platform and marketing buzzword of the future, this new reality for companies, creators, and consumers is not easily understood at the surface level. Those who aim to be at the forefront of this exciting new arena must first understand the foundations and central technologies of the metaverse.

An essential resource for digital professionals, creators, and business leaders in the vanguard of the coming technology revolution, The Metaverse Handbook provides the go-to roadmap for your journey into the metaverse.

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The Congo Conspiracy

 

The Congo Conspiracy: First Contact

With the election of the 49th President of the United States of America, NASA discovers an asteroid’s trajectory change course after passing the moon now headed for Earth. The staff at NASA tracking this potential cataclysm learn something else about this wandering star. They learn that it's being guided by a means other than its own. The asteroid is intercepted by alien ships towing it into the heart of Africa before vanishing underneath a holographic projection of the Congo jungle. America sends in a drone to look for these aliens when they discover a hidden world deep beneath the planet's hollow surface. After learning that mysterious beings have been living under their very noses this whole time, the new President sends in a group of special forces to make contact with the alien civilization living deep under the African jungles. The U.S. troops captured by these underground aliens after battling a horde of cave monsters and are to be taken to the King for judgement. But before the Americans go to meet this King of the underworld, the hidden kingdom goes to war with Satan and a group of banished fallen angels from heaven. The fallen angels formally known as the Watchers now aligned with Satan call themselves the Fallen Ones. The Fallen and Satan following a prophecy will stop at nothing to release their imprisoned angelic brethren and bring the war of Armageddon to fruition. Find out in book one in a new action packed political and spiritual thriller series called The Congo Conspiracy. This story is fully illustrated and is like a movie on paper.

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Tempest: Epic of Faölan Book 1

Enter Jarlith. Overlooking the sea, Jarlith spots an armada of foreign ships approaching the coast of his village. As soon as Jarlith sees the red sails on the ships, he knows who they are—the enemy. At that exact moment, the tempest begins. Lightning crackles, splitting the stormy skies overhead, as a deadly mix of rain and fire begin falling. Out on the rough seas, waves beat against the approaching enemy ships, but Jarlith understands that no natural force will stop the invading armada. It will be up to Jarlith to save his people. Realizing this compels Jarlith to enlist with the Jakurian guard and unite with an estranged kingdom across the lands of Faölan. Together, they will have a fighting chance of liberating the capital city of Jakuri from this invasion.

Hallis is a forest dweller, and feels a connection to all life around him. But when his best friend, Sapphire, is kidnapped by the invaders, he is forced to leave the solitary life he knew amongst his elfish folk, and venture forth to rescue her. The journey is rife with battles, tricksters, centaurs, giants, and other monsters that Hallis has never before encountered. Soon he is swept up with a roving band of centaurs who are relentless in their aim to re-establish solidarity between tribes and unify all of the species throughout Faölan.

The two stories intertwine and conclude in an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance as Jarlith and Hallis come together to liberate the capital. This stand-alone novel is an action-packed fantasy, full of new creatures, magical abilities, warfare, and intrigue that will leave you wanting more and eager to dive into Book Two of the Epic of Faölan series.

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The Light Reapers:

Fight for a New Beginning

As the world succumbs to the chaos brought on by the infected, the Light Reapers are faced with a difficult decision which shifts their focus from saving the world to saving themselves

While continuing to battle the infected, the Reapers now face a new but familiar enemy who threatens to rip the team apart and destroy everything they have left.

After suffering significant loses, circumstances force Priest and Webb to lead the team south on a new mission. Will they establish a new way of life or will it lead them on a path of ultimate destruction?

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Finding Millions

Cal lives a solitary life in the mountains of East Tennessee, working long hours in his job as a salesman. His humdrum life is crawling along with not much to look forward to when everything suddenly changes in the blink of an eye.

Gunshots are not a usual occurrence near his rural home, but when they involve a car chase one evening and Cal sees two bags being thrown into some nearby trees he is stunned.

Bracing himself for what could be within, Cal investigates only to discover they contain over two million dollars in cash. It’s more money than he has ever seen and clearly more than he could earn in the rest of his life. A crisis of conscience in this honest and law-abiding citizen follows.

What should he do?

It seems likely that the money is crime-related, as such it should be handed to the authorities, but its discovery could change Cal’s life forever.

The finding creates more problems than solutions as ruthless parties from both sides of the law are intent on recovering it. All converging to claim it for themselves.

Can Cal hide the money and stay alive long enough to enjoy it? Or will the gangsters and corrupt police officers who seek it get to him first?

Cal is about to discover that two million dollars is hard to spend when people want you dead and even harder to run away with.

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Journey to Self: An African Story

How we decide to confront our inner fears is the person we become. This debut African contemporary novel by E.K. Ndanguzi, tells the story of Jonathan's journey.

Jonathan is 30 years old. He is intelligent and hardworking and does everything he is supposed to do but nothing seems to be working out for him. He has a job that pays very little and he cannot get a better one, making it difficult for him to support himself as well as his alcoholic mother and brother who he loves dearly. Why can't he catch a break? He cannot help feeling directionless and uncertain about his future. It’s a feeling he has had since childhood. Then loses his job…

Jonathan's girlfriend, Emilie, is a successful lawyer who comes from a wealthy family. She is also the woman of his dreams. It therefore shocks more than just Emilie when Jonathan suddenly ends the relationship after only six months. It is, however, something Emilie's best friend Beatrice had said would happen. Beatrice also holds on to a dark secret of her own…

E. K. Ndanguzi’s novel has a cinematographic dimension to it which makes the scenes and the dialogues move before the reader’s eyes. This vividly visual and kinematic novel depicts the inner landscape of a character that, as with everybody else, is blinded by fear from his experiences growing up.

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Volcanoes For kids:

Educational science book for learning about volcanoes (Educational books for kids)

Is your son/daughter always curious about volcanoes and other related earth movements and you wish to help him/her learn more in a fun and exciting child-friendly way that will make them grasp all the important stuff about volcanoes?

And are you looking for a guide that will make the whole learning experience memorable and exciting – in a way that ensures they want to keep learning?

If you’ve answered YES,

Let this book help your son/daughter understand volcanoes seamlessly, like the back of their hand!

Volcanoes can be a bit boring to understand when you read about them from boring text. That’s why most people struggle to remember the different terms used to describe different components of volcanic activity.

This book seeks to ensure your child doesn’t struggle to understand volcanoes, with page after page of perfect illustrations depicting everything you need to know about volcanoes.

I know you might be wondering…

Is this book made for a specific age group?

Not really! If your child loves volcanoes or wants to learn about them at any age, this book is for them.

Stuff to do with magma and molten rocks can be hard to understand. Just how kid-friendly is the book?

Don’t worry; there’s no complex stuff here. We keep it light and the book only includes the essential, basic facts about volcanoes. You can also learn a thing or two from the book!

Indeed, this is a perfect child/beginner friendly book about volcanoes that will leave them feeling confident about their knowledge of volcanoes without having to understand complex concepts!

More precisely, this book features:

• Basic facts about volcanoes and accompanying illustrations
• The whole book is written in an easy to understand and engaging tone
• The book is colorful and each page has a unique illustration that further explains volcanoes
• The book starts from the basics and works its way to the more complicated stuff (not too complicated, I promise)
• And so much more!

So even if your child really struggles to understand volcanoes or they actually don’t even know they exist, by the end of this book, they will be able to tell you what volcanoes are and how exactly they work! 

No, really, make sure you ask them after they are done and watch the magic unfold!

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Big Turd & Little Turd

Two best friends have been tragically separated. They will require the help of a special hero to help bring them back together. We follow the journey as they work to reunite. Join us to see if Big Turd can find Little Turd again.

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My Journey Teaching and Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

MY JOURNEY:

TEACHING AND LIVING IN

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work and live in another country? Have you ever explored another country? Are you interested in experiencing something new and not sure how to do it? Well look no further. My Journey: Teaching and Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia gives you insight and information on teaching and living abroad. You will find helpful information and beautiful visuals about my own personal experience. You will be inspired, encouraged, and challenged to experience and explore new things and new possibilities.

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My Journey: Teaching and Living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia