This is a collection of recent poems that explore a variety of subjects and employ styles ranging from tightly controlled rhyme and meter to blank verse and even experimental forms.The twenty-two poems in this collection are, with two exceptions, recent compositions. The poems tackle a variety of subjects, including: nature at it's best and worst; the retrograde loss of memory in the aged; theology; the circular nature of history; and the problem of whistling mailmen.The poetic forms range from tightly controlled meter and rhyme to free verse and even experimental forms, such as those used in "Mine Enemy Sleep" and "Writing a Poem".The author has found inspiration in many poets past and present, but is not tied down to a particular type of poetry. He prefers, rather, that the form should emerge from the theme and the narrator's voice.

Mortimer Darkling goes to Wavyside school, but he lives in Wavyways Wood so he's not like the town children. One day a strange and unusual beetle leaves the wood to join Mortimer in the classroom. Some of the town children are scared. But is the beetle really dangerous, or can it be helpful?Mortimer Darkling lives in Wavyways Wood. Every day he leaves the wood to go to Wavyside School, where everyone is supposed to be tolerant of the strange and unusual. But when a particularly strange beetle arrives in Mortimer's classroom it isn't only the beetle that encounters prejudice. Can Mortimer and his friends avoid breaking school rules while returning the beetle to the wood? And how can the beetle be of use to the town? For readers of seven and up.

“There is a vulnerability there, hovering just below the surface. And I want to pick at it until I expose it. Then I want to kiss it." Two years ago, Emily Burnham, had an epiphany about the shallowness of her life. And she made it her mission to become a different person…a better woman. Out from under the controlling thumb of her mother, Emily is tasting the real world for the first time. And she likes it. Nixon Caldwell has served his time in the Marine Corps, surviving two brutal tours in Afghanistan. He is back home, surrounded by what he likes best…isolation. It's certainly the best way to avoid confrontation of the consuming guilt that is weighing him down. When an accident brings Emily and Nix together, he soon learns he is not the master of his own fate. Struggling with his own pain, Nix tries to guard himself against Emily’s charms. He wants her in his bed, but he doesn’t want her in his heart. Having grabbed life by the horns, Emily wants it all. But is she willing to accept just the small part of himself that Nix is offering? Can she reach the part of his soul that he has deemed to be Off Limits? Expected publication date April, 2013

This is a standalone book, as with the other books in the Walker Security* series you do not have to read the entire series to enjoy this book. Kyle, one of the alpha men of Walker Security, is hot, bothered, and intense, and when Myla lands in his line of fire, she'll soon learn her secrets, and her passion, belong to him. Myla is beautiful, a dove with clipped wings, captive by the wolf, a rich and powerful man. One look into her eyes and Kyle could see the pain, the fear... the desperation. Or so it seems. He's been fooled before by a woman and it cost him everything and everyone he loved. He won't be fooled again.

Business in North Korea: a paradoxical and fascinating situation is interpreted by a true insider. In 2002, the Swiss-Swedish power company ABB appointed Felix Abt its country director for North Korea. The Swiss Entrepreneur lived and worked in North Korea for seven years, one of the few foreign businessmen there. After the experience, Abt felt compelled to write A Capitalist in North Korea to describe the multifaceted society he encountered. North Korea, at the time, was heavily sanctioned by the UN, which made it extremely difficult to do business. Yet, he discovered that it was a place where plastic surgery and South Korean TV dramas were wildly popular and where he rarely needed to walk more than a block to grab a quick hamburger. He was closely monitored, and once faced accusations of spying, yet he learned that young North Koreans are hopeful - signing up for business courses in anticipation of a brighter, more open, future. In A Capitalist in North Korea, Abt shares these and many other unusual facts and insights about one of the world's most secretive nations. Author Felix Abt is a politically neutral businessman and, therefore, does not share partisan views about North Korea. He is, however, critical of unfair North Korea reporting and does what he can to contribute to a more objective view of a country he knows much better than the journalists and bloggers writing about it. Abt is a former investor at several legitimate Joint Venture companies in North Korea which are now being driven into bankruptcy by U.N. "sanctions."

Alpine ski champion Dane "Danger" Hollister does not do relationships, though he has an excellent reason. No woman would ever say "I do" to a guy whose faulty DNA will eventually cost him everything: his spot on the U.S. ski team, his endorsements and the ability to fly downhill at ninety miles per hour.While Willow Reade moved to rural Vermont to get back to the land, that wasn't meant to include a night stranded in her vehicle during a blizzard. Luckily, the hot ski racer she practically ran off the road has granola bars and a sleeping bag and is happy to share. Maybe it's the close quarters, maybe it's the snow, but soon the two are sharing a lot more than conversation.Yet neither can guess how their spontaneous passion will uncork Dane's ugly secret and Willow's tentative peace with her own choices. Only their mutual trust and bravery can end the pain and give Willow and Dane a shot at hard-won happiness."A deeply...

Excerpt: ... been here this morning, and he says that he thinks another two days will decide. If he does not take a turn then he will die. If he does, he may live, but even then he may not get his reason again. Poor young fellow! I feel for him almost as if he were my son, and so does Jacques." "You are both very good, madame," Harry said, "and my friend is fortunate indeed to have fallen into such good hands. I will sit with him for three or four hours now, and you had better go and get a little fresh air." "That I will, monsieur. Jacques is asleep. He was up with him all last night, and I had a good night. He would have it so." "Quite right!" Harry said. "You must not knock yourself up, madame. You are too useful to others for us to let you do that. Tomorrow night I will take my turn." CHAPTER IX Robespierre After dark Harry presented himself at Louise Moulin's. "Have you thought of anything, Harry?" was Jeanne's first question. She was alone, for Louise was cooking, and Virginie had lain down and cried herself to sleep. "I have thought of a number of things," he replied, for while he had been sitting by Victor's bedside he had turned over in his mind every scheme by which he could get Marie out of prison, "but at present I have fixed upon nothing. I cannot carry out our original plan of seizing Marat. It would require more than one to carry out such a scheme, and the friend whom I relied upon before can no longer aid me." "Who is it?" Jeanne asked quietly. "Is it Victor de Gisons?" "What! Bless me, Jeanne!" Harry exclaimed in surprise. "How did you guess that?" "I felt sure it was Victor all along," the girl said. "In the first place, I never believed that he had gone away. Marie told me she had begged and prayed him to go, and that he had only gone to please her. She seemed to think it was right he should go, but I didn't think so. A gentleman would not run away and leave anyone he liked behind, even if she told him. It was not likely. Why, here are you... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

While shooting a music video on location in England's Hampton Court Palace, country-western star Deanie Bailey ducks into a castle for solace and finds herself 400 years in the past. A force has brought Deanie into the duke of Hamilton's life, and to a bygone era to change the future--and to fall madly in love.

This story is based on this "Little Willie" poem:Little Willie Feeling MeanFed his sister paris greenAs she lay in agonyWillie boy was full of glee.Willie's mother passed away and now his dad has remarried. Now Willie has a new sister. He hates her. How far will he go to show her how he feels?Finding Unauthorized Faith in Harry Potter approaches the remarkable series as a storybook guide to life’s deepest truths, offering inspiration about faith, friendship, courage, loyalty, love, and other wisdom of the Bible. Nicole L Rivera advises us to live like Christ and Harry Potter heroes.

A single mother teaches high school literature, parents her young son, and fights through a day. 1 Day, a novelette, was first published by the literary journal Prick of the Spindle.A single mother teaches high school literature, parents her young son, and fights through a day. 1 Day, a novelette, was first published by the literary journal Prick of the Spindle.From 1 Day:"She thinks about making a new letter grade with the top paper on the stack and rolling a J, but she hasn’t smoked pot in a decade and she has a dependent relationship with her job and she doubts it’d be the responsible decision with Max asleep upstairs. She believes in free choice, but she hasn’t encountered it lately, and she’d prefer that her 4-year-old not spark up for a while yet. She gets a beer.She writes some things on some papers. Some advice on spelling, grammar, logic. She makes no suggestions about having worthwhile ideas, or pursuing worthwhile objectives. Spelling has rules, grammar has logic, logic has … She corrects ellipses use. She invents some new letters to write at the top of the first pages. Or rather borrows, a CH from Spanish, an Å from Danish, an Œ from Latin; she doesn't know how to invent a letter."

Short stories in English, for all ages.Life can be lived in any whichever way. We think, "I know" and act foolishly only to face misery and failure.The theme is, "Living by Value Systems " The objective is Living with fewer failures. There are several simple truth that we are unaware of. age.very The theme and stories will benefit reader of every age.Life can be lived in any whichever way. We think, "I know" and act foolishly only to face misery and failure.The theme is, "Living by Value Systems " The objective is Living with fewer failures. There are several simple truth that we are unaware of. Most middle class homes in India, tell the young children had several generations of people living under one roof. The Grandma, tell the children several small stories and explain the moral in the story.They become successful professionals, as they grow, because the story and the moral there are become their guiding principles in their life.I tell my students, the graduate engineers, whom I trained for making them fit for employment, some of those stories.I have picked some of those stories and made into two short story collections with title - My Dear Son - One., My Dear Son Two.I have found that even grownup appreciate and benefit reading these books.

Poetic and compelling, a look inside the walls we use to protect ourselves when those walls become the whole of the world. A poignant tale of the reunion of brother and sister after illness and success.A series of bizarre truck hijackings leads Ian's Gang to uncover an plot for alien invasion - by mind-controlling pimples!This deranged comic adventure is the 23rd story in the Ian's Gang library.

One hundred poems, one poem written a day, a simple concept to follow through. Something happens in the world at large and I cannot help but to write something down as a response, and at other times it is just life in its all mundanity. A poet’s way of distilling a single day into a few lines to be remembered through aeons. A lot has transpired in these past hundred days.One hundred poems, one poem written a day, a simple concept to follow through. In more ways than just one it is almost like writing a diary. Something happens in the world at large and I cannot help but to write something down as a response, and at other times it is just life in its all mundanity. A poet’s way of distilling a single day into a few lines to be remembered through aeons. A lot has happened and most of it already feels like something a life time ago. Thus without further adieu, I present you these one hundred poems. The sound of lonelinessAn oppressive countryAvoiding a thing…Cowardice of Scottish newspapersGolden Showers'Hate speech'Final Fantasy XVCuntBack to work… Moment of pessimism… Brexit… 'Two European Leaders'The day many have dreaded…How did that song go again?“#WomensMarch”Gender MarxistsDespicable behaviourWhite riverReform or revolutionGeneric villain species (For a science fiction novel)Suspended from TwitterElection promises'He will not divide us'Sleep rhythmPretence of love and fake newsReeeee!Berkeley riotSalt of the internetBlinkJust thoughts of today… Bleeding-heart liberalSoul-selling conservativeWhere are the jokes?Eiffel WallSweden's Feminist Government'Dear White People'Politics in comics done right?Lego BatmanThy name comes from hypocrisy#PewDiePieDidNothingWrongA meaningless word in ten yearsIt begins anew… Trump 2020300 Russian hackers? To sort emails? REALLY?Trenches of a culture warSo much for that peaceNothing but fake newsFuture FilteredA thing about free speechJohn Wick: Chapter 2I'm sexyA poem about online pollsLone wandererTrump's “thin skin”European union silences any dissentSlushThe age of wallsA touch of madness (For a science fiction novel)Two five year old friendsHalf a moonThose men of ill intendsAfter a snowfallYet another '#' about women in the west…Vault7How could you not love humanity?And a novel draws to a close… ToothpastePower of repetitionOn a distant world (For a science fiction novel)Dutch Election ResultsThe radical left and garbage binsFaces of AndromedaThat topic that escapes me mindCover songsGo ahead, make my day…Some tears of joyThe world that wasn'tArt is not fit to stand among STEM fieldsAlmost done… With headlines like theseIron Fist and its reviewsOld media's war on the newSummertime madnessBrexit DaySpeech at the wall (For a fantasy novel)A society of ropes and canesSo tiredGhost in the ShellThe last multicultural empire of old EuropeDistrustWinter is dead, so long live the springThe horrors of SyriaI spat on the back of a flying seagull About recent events in SwedenVote Sleep… No need for broadcasting licensesLife is strange (For a science fiction novel)Loneliness is bad for the economy

In 1960, the seven survivors of a cruise ship disaster discover an uncharted island near the Bermuda triangle which its only two residents-in-exile, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, call home. One of the survivors, the ship’s German-born captain who is facing a jail sentence back in Florida, must choose between his loyalty to America or gaining riches in helping the ex-dictator develop the 4th Reich.April, 1960. It's been 15 years since the second world war ended and the Third Reich fell. Ex-Nazis were being rounded up one by one around the world, some as far away as Peru, Chile and Argentina. The planet, as a whole, still had a long way to go in terms of prosperity for all, but it was off to a good start because the General of the US Armed Forces during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was also the 34th President of the fast-growing US. As fate would have it, Hitler did, in fact, survive the 1945 bombing of Berlin. Holed up in an uncharted island in the West Indies, he would wait there patiently with his wife, Eva Braun, while his minions around the world secretly planned for a new Reich. Seven passengers of a cruise ship that was destroyed by an earlier than expected Atlantic hurricane, accidentally discover the small island where Hitler and Eva live, and loyalties get tested. One of the survivors, the captain, had, at one time, been a Hitler Youth. Now that he was facing a court martial back in Florida, he had no compelling reason to return to the US. Hitler claims he can supply him with riches beyond his wildest dreams if he would side with him. The other survivors have a different agenda - to get off the island in one piece. Will Hitler and the captain get in their way?

Kenneth Grahame was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908, included), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon (included here as part of Dream Days); both books were later adapted into Disney films. Contents: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS THE GOLDEN AGE DREAM DAYS PAGAN PAPERS THE HEADSWOMAN If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300] volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!