This eBook is a part of the Series - Atheist's Guide To Heaven. It is based on Guru Ramdas's explanation of the purpose of your birth. Many people confuse future with destiny. Your future is prewritten but not the destiny. What is the difference and which one is more important.How can you reach the choice of your destiny in your life. Excellent eBook. Must read and share.This is an ideal book for children with a loved one serving in the military. The book tells the story of a Teddy Bear named Cuddles who travels to Iraq in search of his soldier. It tells of his journey to Iraq, the people he meets, and of the reunion with his soldier. He then brings back all of the love from the soldier to the child waiting back home. This will give that child something inspiring to hold onto throughout the deployment and he/she will feel as though their bear has been with their soldier. Your child will enjoy coloring each page. All proceeds form the sales of this E-book go directly to the Cirra's Cloud Non-profit Organization! Bears are sold with the coloring book, but are only available through our organization. We suggest purchasing your own teddy bear as a compliment to the E-book.

Out West during the reign of Greenley the Third, Renzo, a government biologist specializing in bird counts, isn't aiming to run afoul of the ruthless government he's dutifully serving - but life has a way of taking strange turns, as he's about to find out.Out west in Northam during the reign of Greenley the Third, Renzo's primary job is to count birds. He has no idea that his post was originally set up to protect the bridge down the hill from his cabin. He also has no idea how to deal with the cattle herder who lives across the Snake River from him. Her name is Julia, and she is about to make his life very complicated.Meanwhile, one of the helicopter pilots who brings in supplies has been targeted for death, simply because his co-pilot is hankering to be among the first in this part of the world to get a pilot declared an experson, now that the longterm taboo on depersoning pilots has been lifted. The targeted man is hoping to go underground instead - really underground, into tunnels that house a largely-unknown civilization that's been dodging the topside tyranny for decades.There's a smallish problem. The rising Subterran generations aren't content to stay in the tunnels left to them by their ancestors. They want their land and their bridge back, and - most of all - they want freedom.

Lenore hates Christmas. It was the season where her lust for blood began, where father Oliver led her on a path of killing and taking life-except he called it giving joy for the Holidays. She plans to kill her father and take back her life this Christmas Eve. However, Christmas has a few gifts planned for her that Lenore doesn’t count on…Lenore hates Christmas. It was the season where her lust for blood began, where father Oliver led her on a path of killing and taking life-except he called it giving joy for the Holidays. She has achieved some renown as a performance artist. What the art going public don’t know is that all of her “canvasses” die. She takes them all, the blood hunger Oliver woke in her all those years ago far too strong to ignore. Hoping to fool Oliver, she intercepts him in the street and leads him back to her apartment, hoping to once and for all give her father the ultimate Christmas gift and end his reign of terror forever. Lenore plans to kill her father and take back her life this Christmas Eve. However, Christmas has a few gifts planned for her that Lenore doesn’t count on and red, after all, is a colour of the Holidays…

To the people of Vessit, Pevan's brother is a pariah, responsible for the Realmquake that ruined their town. Dozens are dead, hundreds injured, but Rel is the only one who might have an idea what happened. To find him, Pevan will have to face the hostility of the townsfolk and somehow recruit a Guide for a journey to the Second Realm...Zombies - ravening, mindless monsters? Or just misunderstood?Zombie Variations collects three short stories from the zombie's point of view, and three very different types of zombies.2795 words

Teddy Bear Discrimination" Are only Teddy Bears good enough to be Guardians? They know it!But what do you do when there are less and less Teddy Bear Guardians as time goes on?Will they adapt or are all the young ones in serious trouble?Have you ever wondered what happens when the children go to bed at night and what keeps them safe from the Night Terrors that are under their bed?The Guardians keep them safe from the darkness and shadow under the bed.The Teddy Bear Stories are what have happened at night when the Teddy Bear Guardians stand guard over their young charges. Night Terrors want the two things that they can not have: The warmth of the human cubs and revenge on their creators.The Guardians are all that stand between the children and the Terrors that come from under the bed.They do not stop, they will not give up, they will guard their young ones and keep them safe.That's what Guardians do.

A famous Tampa Bay, FL defense attorney has been kidnapped, drugged, and thrown into a room containing only a potty chair, two rolls of toilet paper, a box of tissues, and a plastic bottle of water. He wakes up to find his wallet and jewelry are missing; his clothes are filthy and bloody. He has no idea where he is, who did this to him, or why. He must escape before "they" return, but how?This short story is the first in a series of six or seven short stories to be published here in Smashwords.com. When all of the books in the series are published, they will be combined into one book titled Great 'Lil Escapes and published in print and as an ebook in Amazon.com and here in Smashwords for $2.99.***READ THE NEXT STORY IN THIS SERIES, THE BRAVE 'LIL COCKROACH, FOR FREE IN MY BLOG SITE***The second story in this series titled The Brave 'Lil Cockroach will be published in December, 2016 in Smashwords for $0.99. The third short story in the series will be titled Give That Dog a Bone..NOTE: PRIOR to the publication of The Brave 'Lil Cockroach this December in Smashwords for $0.99, I will be posting one small segment a week of the entire short story in both of my blog sites until the entire book has been published there. If you're interested in this book, go to my blog site and read it online for FREE prior to publication in Smashwords for $0.99 in December.My BLOG site: www.mysterynovels.gailskibbywhite.com

Jacob has found himself in a situation. Taking care of a bed ridden man on Halloween wasn't to bad. Steve's family was away for a few hours, but that didn't bother the two. But when the wind started to pick up, the dog started to growl while starring out the window, Jacob did his best to ignore what was going on. Yet when the figures showed up unannounced, his job went beyond feeding.A man with an undeniable secret, another man without a clue, both have to work together to survive the night. Jacob Williamson is about to encounter his personal Halloween night that's about to test him. As a caretaker for his girlfriend's father, he sits there on that night while they've gone to party. The father, Steve, is lying there watching television. As they mind their own business, Jacob only thinks the small things are just the wind and the dog is easily bothered, but when noises across the porch and talking deer trophies start to get the better of him, he finds to fulfill his role, he only has one thing on his mind, he had to protect Steve, no matter the cost, even his own sanity.

Love is referred to as a beautiful thing, but when deception and guilt step in, everything crumbles….Darkened tells the story of how a beautiful woman fell into the wrong hands…Just like a dream, Joseph Adams finds the woman he would spend the rest of his life with.After a beautiful tale of love and union, things get very serious. So serious that Chichi falls into a web of deception, patterned lies and denial.When Joseph takes a terrible action that might damage his life forever, Chichi is left with two strange options; Tobi Weaver or Joseph ?

Bonnie Parker is a private detective with a secret - she moonlights as a professional assassin. Now she's in the fight of her life against a ruthless international hit man, as the small New Jersey beach town of Brighton Cove erupts into a battleground. Cold Around the Heart is the newest thriller from bestselling suspense author Michael Prescott (Grave of Angels).Bonnie Parker is a small-town private detective on the Jersey shore who just happens to be named after America's most notorious female outlaw, the distaff half of Bonnie & Clyde. And though no one can prove it, she's an outlaw in her own right, willing to supplement her PI duties by acting as a professional assassin. For a price, and when circumstances warrant it, she'll take extreme measures to solve her clients' problems - permanently. Bonnie is experienced and tough – but she's never gone up against a man like Pascal, a globetrotting hit man who has raised murder to the level of a fine art. During a turbulent summer night, while Bonnie struggles to untangle a web of deception that stretches to the jungles of South America, she and Pascal face off in a blistering battle for survival - a battle only one of them can win. Michael Prescott is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 23 thrillers. His novels have been hailed as "brilliant ... chilling ... unrelentingly suspenseful" (Publishers Weekly), "harrowing ... intense" (Jeffery Deaver), "irresistible, un-put-downable" (Crescent Blues), and "stunning ... far above the usual offerings for the genre" (New Mystery Reader).

The Old Testament story of Joseph, in The Bible, has fascinated people for centuries. Here is a man who held a unique place in history. His is a true ‘rags to riches’ story, told out against the backdrop of the ancient Egyptian Empire. It is a story of hatred, of treachery, of slavery, prison and ultimate triumph.The Old Testament story of Joseph, in The Bible, has fascinated people for centuries. Here is a man who held a unique place in history. His is a true ‘rags to riches’ story, told out against the backdrop of the ancient Egyptian Empire. It is a story of hatred, of treachery, of slavery and prison. But above all this, it is the journey of a soul, of a man who through faith in his God prevails in seemingly impossible situations, to emerge as God’s man for the times.Joseph’s loss of freedom eventually leads to God’s reward for Joseph's faithfulness under very trying circumstances. God’s sovereignty, omniscience and power are revealed in the events that occur in the life of Joseph, and in the lives of others he comes in contact with.Joseph's brothers hate him and sell him to Ishmeelite merchants as a slave. Joseph is sold in Egypt to a high ranking Egyptian army officer. Joseph rises to become chief steward in the Egyptian's household. The Egyptian's wife tries to seduce him and fails; consequently Joseph is thrown in prison. In prison he interprets dreams for Pharaoh's former chief butler and former chief baker. As a result of this incident Joseph later is brought before Pharaoh to interpret Pharaoh's dreams.The interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams is a life changing moment for Joseph and for Egypt.

This is a dystopian short story about a future in which machines do all the work.Four passports are found of girls who vanished in Australia. The girl who found them has disappeared too. Who are these girls? Where have they gone?A diary and search in Australia and across the world give tiny glimpses and fragments, but their stories remain elusive. The police search, friends and families search and grieve in alternate measure, but five girls remain gone, their fate unknown.Anne is wracked by guilt at her failure to save her friend, Susan, who vanished one night soon after her release from jail. The evidence suggests she has returned to the place where she and her lover parted, she chose him and the crocodiles over life. She was in advanced pregnancy with twins and so three people are gone.Anne has her friend's story, her voice on a tape is the last fragment left to her of a vanished existence. She must tell this story so that the world can know of this lovely brave girl who seems forever lost. And the families of the other four girls want their stories told too. She has the man's diary, which tells parts, but there is much that makes no sense. It reveals another shadowy girl who may have gone too. She travels to the places from where they have come and were last seen in search of answers. She faithfully records each story, five or even six lost girls, each girl gone, nobody knows where. As she searches patterns emerge which help to explain the why and some of the how, but not where they are now. Almost certainly some are dead, but could some still survive..She is determined not to surrender all hope that at least one or two may yet be found alive. After a year nothing has been found. She must put it behind her and try to get on with her own life, but guilt and hope keep driving her on, searching still.

Three sisters. One reluctant psychic. A Pattern that feeds on the lives of young girls. A haunted vicarage on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, at the centre of a curse born of betrayal, jealousy and twisted love.Seventeen-year-old Emlynn has her work cut out for her. Only the Dead have the answers she needs, if she can bring herself to ask...Second Edition: Contains the FREE short story - Friendly Fire“There.” Grace pointed towards the moor and I saw it: there was a shape in the dark. A tall, masculine shape. No, not a man; a piece of darker darkness in the shape of a man. We were being watched. Seventeen-year-old Emlynn knows all about grief and guilt, not to mention secrets. Being able to sense the Dead wasn’t so bad before the accident which killed her mother. Now it’s taking over her life. Broken and shut off from the world, Emlynn is horrified when her father moves the family to a remote Yorkshire vicarage: a house that stands at the centre of a centuries-old curse born of betrayal, jealousy and poisoned love. A curse that feeds on the lives of young girls. A pattern about to repeat itself once more... When her older sister, Grace, gets involved with local bad boy, Haze, Emlynn knows she has to act fast. Somehow Haze is connected to the curse. Is Grace his next intended victim? Hurtling towards another family tragedy, Emlynn must find the strength to stop running from her gift, or risk losing the rest of her family for good. Only the dead have the answers she needs. If she can bring herself to speak to them...

An Anthology of Stories and Poems Inspired by WrexhamIn April 2015, Wrexham hosted its first Carnival of Words – a literary festival with a difference, community-based and aimed especially at encouraging reading and writing across our local districts. It was a huge success. A full week of stunning events, organised by Wrexham’s Library Services, Waterstones, Glyndŵr University and a host of volunteers. But among those events, on World Book Night, Wrexham Library hosted a session for any local writers who might be interested in getting together to form a Wrexham Writers' Group. An astonishing thirty-four writers turned out, formed a Facebook group, organised a series of Open Day workshop events and, one year later, it's grown to a group almost ninety strong. So, when BBC Cymru Wales, the Arts Council of Wales, and What Next? banded together to celebrate creativity in Wales and encourage local groups to take part in their “Get Creative” initiative, the Writers' Group was keen to make its own contribution. The task? To write short stories and poems, all Wrexham-related, to edit them, to publish them online in an anthology and to market them – all in one weekend, 1st – 3rd April 2016. The following stories and poems are the result – and we hope you enjoy them!

Four previously-published Christmas stories about the starfaring, music-loving folk known as the Aelur, who overcame their intended destiny to chart their own paths, now reside in one FREE volume. "Glorious Song of Old", "Enough", "The Tenth Lady", "Sun and Moon and Stars of Light"... will you sing along as you read, or at least hum a few bars?Welcome to the greater galaxy! Meet the starfaring folk known as the Aelur. They love music, laughter, Christmastime, and playing tricks. Will you join in their "Glorious Song of Old", or will you say that you have had "Enough"? Perhaps you are waiting for "The Tenth Lady" to arrive and complete the dance? Or perhaps you want the Aelur starship, the Wild Rover, to whisk you away so that you may see the "Sun and Moon and Stars of Light" for yourself? Wherever you choose to begin, be sure to bring your singing voice, your dancing shoes, and your imagination! Please note: All stories in this collection have been previously published as part of the “Holidays with Anne” series. As such, this unitary edition is being made available to readers for free.

Jayce and Beverly detour to visit the memorial commemorating a community’s victory over an alien invasion. Guided by the cemetery’s caretaker, they consider the stories told by the holograms installed within each grave, neither suspecting that following the caretaker too far might reveal a buried truth far unlike the history preached by figures of light.Twenty-five years ago, the aliens arrived in the star-filled sky and attempted to conquer the world. The carnage of that battle poisoned the environment, but it also united humanity in defiance of the extraterrestrial invaders. Guided by the Starwatch, humankind vows to be prepared should the aliens ever return to battle for Earth. Starwatch gives those surviving on a sick world hope to push onward until the world can recover from the poisons the alien menace delivered to the planet.Jayce Gorman and Beverly Wilcox visit the memorial dedicated to the community of New Bethany, which fought off the alien invasion before those attackers could establish a foothold on Earth. There, they listen and watch as holograms of the deceased sparkle in the night air to share their stories of defiance with the living. They are guided by a sad caretaker, who seems powerless to combat the cemetery weeds.But the caretaker knows more than Jayce or Beverly first assume, and he slowly pulls secrets out from his sleeves, until he contradicts the fables told by holograms with a history he witnessed first-hand, so that Jayce and Beverly must decide how deep they dare dig to know the truth of what appeared in the night sky.

GhostWalker Wyatt Fontenot knows the price he paid for the secret military experiments that gave him his special catlike abilities. After all, he left his bayou home a healer and came back a killer. While Wyatt and his GhostWalker brother Gator may have known exactly the sort of game they were getting into, Wyatt never anticipated where it would lead—or to whom. The swamps hold many mysteries, but few are as sinuously seductive as Le Poivre de Cayenne. The woman the locals call Pepper is every bit as enigmatic as the three little girls she’s desperately trying to protect. From what, Wyatt is soon to discover. Right now Pepper needs a man like Wyatt. Passionately. But her secrets are about to take them both deeper into the bayou than either imagined—where desire is the deadliest poison of all. **NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED INCLUDES A BONUS EXCERPT FROM CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S GHOSTWALKER NOVEL, *NIGHT GAME***

"SWM, 28, boyish charm, inherited wealth, looking for tall young woman, nonsmoker, to share Caribbean vacations, reruns of Casablanca, and romance." When thirteen-year-old Anastasia Krupnic sees this ad in a personal column, she decides to write back, even though it means stretching the truth more than a little bit. So what if her best friends have given up on boys. Anastasia is ready for romance. But is she ready for a pen pal who makes a shocking request? He wants to meet her!

Includes all Three Books: The Captive The Feathered Serpent The Amethyst Ring What would you do if everyone thought you were a god? * Young Julian Escobar is traveling to the New World to spread the gospel to the newly discovered Mayan Empire when a hurricane strikes his ship, scattering its contents to the four winds and leaving Julian as the sole survivor. After struggling ashore, he encounters a young Mayan woman who is shocked at his presence. Soon he learns why. Centuries ago the fair-skinned Mayan god Kukulcan, the Feathered Serpent, sailed away with the promise that one day he would return. With his very life at stake, Julian does the unimaginable: he begins to impersonate this returned god.

She talks to dead people... A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived an explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly. Since then she's slowly come to terms with both her loss and an unsettling ability to communicate with ghosts, a "gift" received in the wake of her brush with death. Now she's returned to lower Manhattan, site of the explosion, to investigate a newly discovered burial ground. In this place restless spirits hold the secrets not only of past injustice but of a deadly conspiracy against the city's women—including Leslie herself. By night Matt visits her in dreams, warning her and offering clues to the truth. By day she finds herself helped by—and attracted to—his flesh-and-blood cousin Joe. Torn by her feelings for both men, caught between the worlds of the living and the dead, Leslie struggles against the encroaching danger. As she is drawn closer to the darkness, she must ultimately face the power of an evil mind, alone in a place where not even the men she loves can save her.

The national bestseller, now available in a non-illustrated, standard format paperback edition   The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. This extraordinary book reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.   From the Trade Paperback edition.

Don’t miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter, the first book in the all-new suspense trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison, out September 1. Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning. Silas’s radical theory that drafters are not replaying time as much as they are temporarily sliding into an alternate universe has never been well-received, but frankly, the darling of Opti’s research has enough clout not to care, until a professor with a grudge tries to put a permanent end to it. Love can’t alter time, and sometimes, even being able to rub out a single mistake isn’t enough…