The Sweet-Shop Owner is set during a single June day in the life of an outwardly unremarkable man whose inner world proves to be exceptionally resonant. As he tends to his customers, Willy Chapman, the sweet-shop owner, confronts the specters of his beautiful and distant wife and his clever, angry daughter, the history through which he has passed, and the great, unrequited passion that has tormented him for forty years.

Bryne Dawkins came to New York hoping to find herself and new family. With the lead in an off-Broadway play, and the beginnings of a relationship with her new-found uncle, Club Privé owner Gavin Manning, she's well on her way to accomplishing her goals. What she hadn't counted on was Dax Prevot, the tattooed bad boy who took her virginity...and may have made off with her heart as well. As Bryne and Dax continue to struggle to define what they have and what they want, it's the secrets Dax keeps that will threaten their future. Don't miss the second installment of Collide, M.S. Parker's newest series in the world of Club Privé.

In New York Times Bestselling Author Cynthia Eden's gripping new LOST novel, who's the cat and who's the mouse...?SHE LEFT HIM ONCE.LOST Agent Ana Young was only fourteen when she was abducted by a madman, but unlike many kidnapping victims, she did go home. Now, her mission is to find the missing. But her new case has her on the hunt for the escaped convict who's obsessed with her. And Ana has an unlikely partner—the sexy, supposedly-by-the-book FBI agent she had one amazing night with and had to forget.NOW HE HAS TO PROTECT HER 24/7...FBI Special Agent Cash Knox knows that Ana, the petite, tough-ass former bounty hunter, can get the job done again. But this time, someone else leads them to "Bernie-the-Butcher," someone who's been watching Ana. Waiting for her.FROM A CRAZED KILLER.Now, catching a deranged murderer means Ana must trust her guarded heart to the gorgeous,...

Ziyu Yin owns a struggling tea house. He is on the verge of closing down but refuses to give up the tea house. When San Meor offers him a chance to save the Precious Teahouse, Ziyu makes a choice that will change both their lives.Ziyu Yin owns a struggling tea house. He is on the verge of closing down but refuses to give up the tea house. The Precious Teahouse has been in his family for generations and Ziyu can't bear the idea of losing it to the bank.San Meor is the son of a farmer, and his father has asked him to find The Precious Teahouse and offer them a rare type of tea. San meets Ziyu Yin and is instantly drawn into the tea culture he finds at the Precious Teahouse.When San Meor offers Ziyu a chance to save the Precious Teahouse, Ziyu makes a choice that will change both their lives.The Precious Teahouse is a story about a group of people who live their lives without compromise, and a man who must find his place among the sentimental characters who run the charming Teahouse.

Antoine Maercx is ranked 73rd in the Time Benelux edition list of 'Most important contemporary thinkers’. He arrives in Wellington to make the keynote address at the biennial Australasian Nietzsche Society conference. But from the moment he is picked up at the airport, things do not go to plan for the eminent professor.Tom Fletcher is a worried man. Middle aged and balding, he hasn't sold a house in weeks and his job is on the line. His wife is cheating on him and he is falling in love with his secretary.He is bewildered by the world. Animate and inanimate objects take on personalities and behaviours in his fertile imagination which make even the commonplace events of daily life into battlegrounds where misunderstanding and confusion reign.All he asks is to be loved, -- but not by the intimidating Carole who contrives and schemes to get him into her bed.In his mind there is a simple solution. Kill his wife and marry his secretary. But where to get the gun?Pausing only to reflect on topology and the meaning of life, Tom pursues a single minded route through a minefield populated by topless dancers and hippopotami, only slightly phased by a tendency to see people as donuts, and use Exchange and Mart as his guide.Frogs, Pizzas, Water Beds, Pygmies, Licorice Flavoured Condoms and an Ostrich all have key parts to play in this drama of everyday folk.This is a love story, or perhaps a murder story, or maybe it's just a tale about a man who doesn't own a decent jacket..... and in the background lurks the mysterious Geoffrey, without whom the story would be incomplete.

This collection of more than 200 of bestselling author Hiaasen's "Miami Herald" columns. . . shows you that Hiaasen's seemingly implausible fictional premises aren't really far-fetched at all. He just knows Florida ("Playboy").

Daytime TV's first and only new hot e-zine: Weekly summary of soap opera's hottest news, stories, humour, gossip, blind items, fearless predictions, top stars/stories/couples/characters to watch, snark galore, review and analysis.INSIDE — UNCENSORED’S 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE — THE TRUE MAN SHOW: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH Y&R’S MICHAEL MUHNEY: THE RETURN OF ADAM NEWMAN AS GENOA CITY’S LEADING MAN; THE LATEST ON THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS; THE MAGIC THAT IS SHARON CASE; WORKING WITH THE DYNAMIC DUO OF JOSH AND JILL; WHO DOES ADAM REALLY LOVE, SHARON OR CHELSEA; AND THE LATEST ON HIS NEWBORN SON, TRUMAN! — Y&R: Is Michael Graziadei Out? — SUPER-SIZED GH RETURNS — Did Steve Burton Throw Shade At GH On Twitter? — B&B WELCOMES MORE VETS FOR STEPHANIE’s GOODBYE — What I Learned From Watching DALLAS: Season 1, 2 — CONTROVERSY: WHY FANS ARE IN AN UPROAR OVER TODD AND CARLY ON GH! — Best-Selling UNCENSORED Issues! — WHY LAURALEE BELL’S LIFE IS BETTER NOW THAT MAB IS OUT OF Y&R —Top 10 Ways To Reboot GH — LAST WEEK REVIEWS! — Casting Coach! SOAP PORN! UNCENSORED Quotes Of The Week!

Duchess witness the murder of her mother by her father at the age of seventeen. After killing Ductchess mother he turned the gun on her leaving her for dead, Shockingly Ducthess survived just to relive more pain. After finding her big mommy dead in a box Ducvhess was convince that her father was behindthe brutal murder. Hurt and angry Duchess is out for revenge and will stop at nothing to get itDuchess was born and raised in the Northside of Lose Angeles where she and her father was well known. Her father ran the streets and was well respected. To the outside world Duchess and her mother was living the American Dream but in reality life was everything but perfect. After his nurmerous encounters with other womens Emily decided to stick by Pookie side and be the perfect wife he and the streets always wanted, but after fining out that Pookie cheated again, might have another baby on the way, could possibly have AIDS, and was gay Emily dedcided that enough was enough. Afraid to lose his family Pookie killed Emily and turnedthe gun on Duchess. To everyone shock Duchess survived the two gun wounds and woke up after six and a half months in a coma. Having only her Big Mommy left to depend on Duchess cling to her, but was devasted to find her Big Mommy body cut up and delievered to their home. Convince that it was her father letting her known he was coming back for her Ducthess decided to take the streets of Los Angeles on head first. With the help of her boss and potential lover Bally Dutchess feels that she could finally get revenge on her father. This is only the beginning of the craziness Duchess has allowed in her life. Will Dutchess get the revenge she deserve or will Pookie continue to have the last laugh.

This collection of thirteen short stories was inspired by the thirteen tracks of a collaborative cd and designed to be a companion piece to it.Authors - ML Gammella, Ruth Long, Sarah Aisling, Lillie McFerrin, Jenn Monty, Jeff Tsuruoka, Lisa Shambrook, Lizzie Koch, Samantha Redstreake Geary, Nick Johns, LE Jamez, Jeff Hollar, Bradley RichterWhat happens when a writer and musician team up to generate some buzz for a cd launch? A first-of-its-kind project is born! Thirteen sensational songs + thirteen terrific stories = one unique creative collaboration. The CD "My Friends and I" can be found on CD Baby & Amazon.This ebook companion to the cd offers a story gamut as broad as the musical scope of the cd. One creative discipline drawing inspiration from another and turning that inspiration into a promotion? It doesn't get better than that in the indie world!Authors - ML Gammella, Ruth Long, Sarah Aisling, Lillie McFerrin, Jenn Monty, Jeff Tsuruoka, Lisa Shambrook, Lizzie Koch, Samantha Redstreake Geary, Nick Johns, LE Jamez, Jeff Hollar, Bradley RichterFrom an afternoon at the ballpark to a fistful of vengeance, there's something for every reader!

An exploration of a decade of Australian Horror Films that trace a particular pattern of subsumed social thought over the period 1971-1981. This essay may be of particular interest to the film student and indeed anyone who likes to ponder the meanings of a certain genre of film.Mid December, 2015, three years after the much touted 12/21/12 date...but the fabled Aquarian 'Golden Age' is still nowhere to be seen. Instead, the world is now recovering from the ravages of the recent nuclear war, known as the Final War, and, in the name of 'security', is fast being transformed into a global Fascist state, the most basic of humans rights stripped from people on a daily basis...In the backdrop of all this is unassuming NYU Astrobiology graduate, John 'J.C' Casey, who has a great interest in the Occult, Conspiracy Theories and Aliens. After receiving an email from a mysterious man, claiming that he wants to give him vital, Above Top Secret information, J.C embarks on an amazing, synchronicity-filled adventure. The sensitive information apparently holds the key to defeating the secret society John has developed an unhealthy obsession with in recent years: the Illuminati, an ancient brotherhood of Black Magicians that he knows to be behind both the recent war and the looming Dark Luciferian New World Order...John soon comes face to face with a world he never knew existed. A world full of White Magicians, Dark Sorcerers, Angels and Lower Astral Beings. He also discovers he may be the fulfilment of an ancient prophecy, which tells of the Slayer of the Serpent, a powerful Magician destined to destroy the Illuminati Dark Cabal. Framed for murder, on the run from the law and hounded by Illuminati minions at every turn, John must now race against time to stop the Dark Brotherhood from actualizing its millennia old, Byzantine plot...J.C and his new friends have but a few hours left to meet the stringent requirements laid out in the Intergalactic Quarantine Removal Code and, if successful, will set the much delayed New Aeon of Aquarius into motion. If they fail, however, the Earth will become a Prison Planet for all time!

A parody on the very concept of paranormal as imagined in the movies always unfairly biased against the paranormal side.The last dragon is dying. She knows it. And she is almost glad: her life has been long, sad, and full of suffering. She is hated, hunted and harassed wherever she goes. And she wonders: what is the point of living when no one wants you to live? So when she is discovered yet again, she does not bother trying to flee. Wounded and despairing, she waits for her death at the hands of human villagers with their pitchforks and prejudice. Following her would-be destroyers, however, is a strange, solitary young soul who is also unloved, and who wishes for more than his life has allotted to him. 'The Dragon's Boy' is a short fairytale about the last dragon in the world, an orphan named Jack, and faithful, persistent love.

Alone and on the trail,what can you do but howl for those you miss ?To visit humans, there are rules. Many rules. But Rex and Auden have learned them all. There is nothing they like better than going to town. As soon as the sun sets, they leave to play hide-and-go seek, pull pranks, and sing their favorite songs. Find out what else they do during their Monster Nights.(For ages 3-6)

A magical river begins singing, and a man suddenly aches to know if the paradise at its end can fill his heart. He hires an oarsman to take him upstream, but they are blocked by a judge who sentences them to revisit the man's past. As the judge’s agents relentlessly pursue, and as they row further back into the man's life, the man begins to suspect the oarsman is more than he seems.In the story, a magical river begins singing, and a dying man suddenly aches to know if the paradise at its end is real enough to fill his heart. He hires an oarsman to take him upstream, but a twisted encounter forces them to revisit every role the man has played in his long life.A merchant hoarding, an artist painting love, a warrior looking for peace in war, and a dreamer imagining himself a knight to fight a dragon — these, and more, were faces of the man.As forces relentlessly pursue, and as they row further back into the man’s past, the man begins to suspect that the oarsman is more than he seems.The Oarsman, with its combination of adventure, fantasy, and spiritual inspiration will delight any reader, and also excite the currents of the river flowing through all our hearts.

A Collection of Short Poems by Arunima Mehrotra.Thank you for viewing' you shall love thy crooked neighbour / with thy crooked heart 'I have been primitively shy, and especially writing about myself or an extension of my self has been difficult. But here I am anyway, sharing a part of me with you great people. I am humbled by this experience. I started out in tenth grade and pushed through eleventh grade with writings as my sole reliever. As someone very greatly said, ' Books are the very proof that Magic exists' - I would like to share my Magic with you.From Journal, to Blogs to Publication; Surely these have come a long way. Isn't that with everyone else? So to all those who have just started- Go all the Way through.

Money can’t buy happiness… even in a world that begins with a Tiffany teething ring. Sydney Ross has it made. As the 17-year old daughter of Illinois senator Randall Ross and socialite Jillian Ross, Sydney was born with perfect teeth and a killer trust-fund. Everything about her life is idyllic…the life of a princess. The Ross’ are richer than God and twice as beautiful, the picture-perfect All-American Family. Except that it is all a lie. After a positive pregnancy test, Sydney’s life unravels in the space of just one breath. Life as she knows it is over and survival itself begins to look questionable as life and death literally hang in the balance with each sordid twist that she is dealt. After the shocking climax, Sydney is brought to her knees with one seething question: Who in the world can she trust when no one is who they seem to be? Caution: This book is not set in a Mayberry kind of world nor is it a simple book about teen pregnancy. Princess is somewhat twisted and edgy. You might need to fan yourself during some parts and a box of tissues during others. It contains love, suspense, heartache and loss. Oh- and some adult themes and language, too.