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Melissa’s deathbed request catapults her son Aaron on a journey from her family’s Mississippian clinic to the Salish Sea to claim a mysterious legacy. Meeting his niece Rafa en route, he continues overland with her, and uncle and niece come to know and depend on each other. On arriving at the Saltspring Island Research Center (SIRC), Sarah, now the keeper of the center’s narratives, confesses that Aaron’s legacy is a task: to apply his mother’s philosophy to SIRC’s lifeways in order to revitalize it.

A surreal theme park where nothing is as it seems. Jade and her sister Louise are in the Belle Epoque, a twisted and strange version. For fans of Poor Things and Westworld, this novella is delightfully absurd.

Each Chapter Shows the evolution of identifying the cause and effect. The place of identity and distinguishing your place in this world. Do you actually. know who you are? Are you walking in your purpose? Are you headed in the right direction? I'm here to help guide you on your Journey of "Self Love"

How could robots be used in a time of war? Could a robot be raised like a child? Could we allow them to have children of their own? Is there any human profession that could never be performed by a robotic replacement? In The Rest of the Robots, robopsychologist Dr. Susan Calvin and engineers Powell and Donovan return to investigate many more puzzling anomalies and catastrophic malfunctions.

Could a robot ever show true creativity? Is it wise to trust self-driving cars? Will robotic body parts transform human beings into machines? Will organic technology allow robots to become human? Featuring Dr. Susan Calvin, Donovan and Powell, and the detective Elijah Baley, hero of the Robot novels, this is the ultimate collection of short stories from a genius of the genre.

Having returned to Herouxville, capital of Vestonia, Max Renard has found himself drawn into the dangerous game of courtly intrigue. King Carl III is ill and weakened by his wounds. This leads to tensions between the various princely parties at court. The struggle for influence inside the country is spilling over onto a whole new level. Carl III's foreign enemies are taking advantage of his weakness and ramping up their pressure.

Do dreams really come true? Much to Aislen Walker’s dismay, they do. Like most young women, she only wants a normal life—to finish school, become a nurse, maybe even travel the world someday. But one night she has a terrible nightmare and watches helplessly as a young boy executes a man in cold blood. What she wants to believe is only a bad dream turns out to be an actual murder! Is this all for real? Is she just going crazy? Or is she, as her dead-beat dad tries to tell her, a “walker,” one with a special talent for crossing into different dimensions?

A Metaphysical Book set in England and Broader Mythical Locales during the Early 20th CenturyThis book whisks the reader away through an extensive journey, inhabiting both the physical world of early 20th century England and the metaphysical spaces of elusive, mythical locales. Themes of eternal life, spiritual existence, and metaphysical experiences provide a fascinating paradigm through which the protagonist navigates her world. The PlotThe journey begins with a humble invitation, drawing the protagonist into an intricate web of profound spiritual and metaphysical experiences. From a ...

The novel opens with the creation of the world, as God meticulously crafts the earth and sky to match His vision. He shapes it with care, molding it like dough until it satisfies His aesthetic. As He finishes the world by creating all living creatures, He sets it down on the ocean's surface. God feels a deep connection to everything He has created; every sensation, from the touch of hair on skin to a light brush of skin on skin, comes back strong and vibrant. He revels in His creation and smiles at what He has accomplished.

The inner circle of the philosophers of Pavi Bujdam are a close group of friends who include a renowned artist, a mathematician, musicians, dancers, theologians and an astrologer, who all live with the great philosophical question of what lies beyond the mere surrounding their almost trouble-free land. In their meetings together they are always exploring their philosophies, an exploration in which the listener is invited to share in the form of the entertainment of the story.

You can't just go around draining the Ethereal Cores of the gods. Firstly, it kills them, and they're supposed to be immortal. And secondly...Well, that's just not how things are done! Unfortunately, no one told Clive that, and now two gods are dead at his hand. Now, he's imprisoned awaiting judgment, and no amount of brute strength or pure obstinance will be enough to wriggle out of this delicate dilemma.

Sergey finally escapes from Paris-only to have his multidimensional shelter invaded. His time in France may have been rough, but it was a walk in the park compared to what's in store for him...central Europe is going to be a wild ride!

Poesia, romance, filosofia. Este livro tem um pouco de cada. O autor deseja que aceitemos esta história como um conto e não como sugestão de fenômenos espirituais, até mesmo por que ele próprio não é espiritualista. Como o autor muito bem colocou no Prefácio, este livro não tem a pretensão de relatar fatos reais ou percepções de outras existências. Ele preferiu rotular a obra como ficção, a fim de reduzir o atrito com o bom-senso, já que há coisas que não se podem explicar.

When Peace-in-the-Sky awakens as a captive with a young girl by her side, she only understands one thing: she must escape the tribe who captured her. A brutal head injury makes the past a swirling fog, so she is reliant on the girl—her precocious daughter Anissa—to guide them. She must return Anissa to the Tribes-under-the-Dome to keep her safe from warring and vicious tribes inhabiting the wasted landscape.

This is the story of a salmon whose silver scales mark him out as different – who dares to leap beyond his fate. It's a story about growing up, and about aching and ardent love. For swimming upstream means pursuing something the salmon cannot see: a dream. Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher is a wise, tender and inspiring modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.

Following the coronation of Charles III, Scotland’s most revered artefact, ‘The Stone of Destiny’ arrives at its long-term home in Perth Museum. Desperate to rebuild his shattered credibility, Gill is working hard on several stories along the Firth of Forth. But he’s presented with a problem when the discovery of an ancient inscription in a ruined church throws question marks against the authenticity of The Stone. On the trail of an age-old story, Gill finds himself opposed by someone prepared to kill to prevent the truth from being revealed.

Cassie Valentine’s serenity has been disturbed. Best friend Nick Borja has found a full-time job, the first on his career path, and will no longer be working at The Poet’s Corner Bookstore. Equally worrisome is the unexpected appearance of a beautiful, blonde young woman who comes to the bookstore with a message for Cassie’s boyfriend, Michael Penfield, and the announcement that she is his girlfriend. Michael is not as reassuring about the situation as Cassie would have liked, but Michael is dealing with his own personal issues due to a tragic anniversary that he doesn’t discuss ...

A baroque work of intimate myth exploring one woman's interdimensional search for beauty and embodiment, through kaleidoscopic renderings of hospital corridors, brutal breakups, and passionate romance.

The loss of love in all its forms seems to be firmly entwined within the very fabric of life's intricate tapestry. The heartache it inevitably unleashes becomes an intolerable burden, at times plunging you into the deepest depths of despair and suffering. It seems that it is only in those darkest times that your quest begins in earnest to seek out answers to quell your inner turmoil. Maybe that is the truest purpose of suffering in your life, to propel you on a journey to the revelation of your true inner power as a Divine being. "The Well" is a fictionalized journey of such a discovery.

Zola'nın kaleminden ölümün peşine düşen, acıyla, sevgiyle, umutsuzlukla ve insanlık haliyle iç içe geçen bu benzersiz eserde, ölümün evrenselliğini ve farklı yaşam kesitlerinde nasıl karşımıza çıktığını keşfedeceksiniz. "Nasıl Ölünür", hayatın son anlarına dair, her biri kendi içinde ayrı bir dünya olan karakterlerin hikayeleriyle sizi sarmalayacak. Zola, ölüm karşısında insan ruhunun derinliklerine dalarak, sevgi, korku, kabullenme ve isyan arasındaki ince çizgiyi gözler önüne seriyor.