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February The Fifth : Derek Haines
February The Fifth – The First Glothic Tale
A young fool becomes king and quickly discovers he has some very nasty enemies. Particularly the ones who are shooting at him.
In a remarkable turn of events, a young man with a lot definitely not going for him, somehow manages to come to terms with a startling reality. He has to grow up.
Being handicapped by not only having rather nasty acne and an odd eye impediment, he also has to suffer the fact that his name is February. Or at best, Feb to his very limited number of friends.
While not at all wishing to rush into this startling new reality, circumstances and a few elbow nudges from his very protective elder sister ensure that his ‘not at all wishing’ turns out to be a complete waste of time.
Thrust totally and altogether unwillingly into a position of authority by early afternoon, February finds himself with a new appendage tacked on to the end his name.
The Fifth. The new and very authoritative part of his name.
Of course, as is the case in all such rapid and thrusting types of promotion to positions of power, there will be those who are not happy about it. In February’s case however, he finds that in fact these those amount to just about everyone apart from his three sisters.
Undaunted by this reality, Feb accepts his new responsibility and by early evening sets about getting himself into a real tangle.
His only true achievement being that he discovers that quite a few of these those who weren’t so happy, are in fact really very upset about the whole Fifth appendage deal.
By bedtime, he thinks he is in trouble.
Before lunchtime the next day, he is sure.
Reviews:
“February the fifth is like a song from Paul McCartney or a gag from Monty Python, it starts in one direction and leaves you in a totally different place, then you excepted. Love it!”
“Derek has a great sense of comic timing in this book and captures character extremely well. The twists and turns of the plot kept me reading right up to the last page. “
“In his hilarious novel ‘February The Fifth’ Derek Haines takes up where Douglas Adams left off by creating a totally dysfunctional society inhabited by people like Snurd Humped, Purt Stringly, Lefroy Overload and many more equally preposterous characters. Derek has created a very funny and extremely easy read.”
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The Sons Of Cleito : Derek Haines
The Sons Of Cleito
When being abducted once … is not enough…
“This book represents the meaning of a “Mystery” .Well written with a great plot, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
“The plot is completely unpredictable, every time you think you have finally got it figured out it throws another curve ball your way.”
Langley Garret’s Sunday morning starts very badly after waking with a hangover and a depressed feeling of worthlessness, along with a foreboding sensation in his gut. With his wife working away yet again, and the realisation that their marriage is probably very close to an end, and that his life is slowly ebbing away, he ponders his misfortune.
As he decides to start accepting that his life just couldn’t get any worse, over his breakfast of coffee, cold pizza and orange juice, it does, when his miserable, quiet and lonely Sunday morning is interrupted by some very nasty people who have orders to abduct him.
Within hours of being questioned, captured, drugged and restrained, he finds himself dumped onto a small remote island, with no idea at all why he was taken bodily from his apartment on a tranquil Sunday morning, or why he is sitting alone on a rock, with only his suitcase and a pleasant view of sunrise across the water for company.
As with all mysteries, it takes some time for Langley to learn a little about why he was abducted, but before he has time to start digesting that limited knowledge, his second abduction a few days later has him totally confused, and all at sea.
Find out more about Langley Garret’s abduction and mysterious misfortunes, Greek mythology, gods and deities, secrets, and some more very nasty people, in The Sons of Cleito, and the sequel, The Few.
The Sons of Cleito, and the sequel, The Few are available in one book in, Eyes That Could Kill.
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Dante in Love : Anthony Valerio
Dante in Love – Immortal Story of Unrequited Love
Dante in Love is a modern re-telling of the immortal love story of Dante and Beatrice.
The power and beauty of their original story of unrequited love shines through with new insights and accessible prose. A Love Story for the Ages.
“The mixing of the two voices, the translator and the explicator, works wonderfully. A winner, very good stuff, really.”
Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor in the Humanities for Italian, Yale University.
“I just kept on reading it right through even though I had read the original many times. Anthony Valerio’s version really makes it new.–Rebecca West, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, University of Chicago.
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Sofi’s Bridge : Christine Lindsay
Sofi’s Bridge
Seattle Debutant Sofi Andersson will do everything in her power to protect her sister who is suffering from shock over their father’s death.
Charles, the family busy-body, threatens to lock Trina in a sanatorium—a whitewashed term for an insane asylum—so Sofi will rescue her little sister, even if it means running away to the Cascade Mountains with only the new gardener Neil Macpherson to protect them.
But in a cabin high in the Cascades, Sofi begins to recognize that the handsome immigrant from Ireland harbors secrets of his own. Can she trust this man whose gentle manner brings such peace to her traumatized sister and such tumult to her own emotions?
And can Neil, the gardener, continue to hide from Sofi that he is really Dr. Neil Galloway, a man wanted for murder by the British police? Only an act of faith and love will bridge the distance that separates lies from truth and safety.
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An Enlightening Quiche : Eva Pasco
An Enlightening Quiche
Two headstrong women in their forties coming from different moral directions clash within the confines of northern Rhode Island’s French-Canadian mill town of Beauchemins.
Their narratives relate how an heirloom quiche recipe and baking rivalry redress misconceptions, misdeeds, and maliciousness—all of which wreak havoc by altering the lives of those caught in the crossfires of a tragedy.
Geographic entities, historic references, and regional culture augment the plot twists and turns inherent in the novel.
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The Wizardess : Jenny Ealey
The Wizardess : Fourth and Final book of The Sorcerer’s Oath Series
The Wizardess is the 527-page FOURTH and FINAL novel of the Sorcerer’s Oath fantasy series, which follows the sorcerer prince, Tarkyn, and his followers, both sorcerers and woodfollk, as they use magic and strategy in a struggle to prevent civil war.
The novel is aimed predominantly for adults but would be suitable for good readers from 12 years old up.
As the showdown between them looms, King Kosar and Prince Jarand use forest fire, subterfuge, clandestine troops and poisoned parchment to vie for Tarkyn’s support. The Wizardess of the Lost Forest emerges from her woodland home to fight with Tarkyn to save Eskuzor from the rivalry of his brothers, but she holds secret knowledge that shocks and angers him when it is revealed.
As the wizardess joins forces with two great wizards, unparalleled power pours forth to change the course of the battle, while Tarkyn and Midnight throw themselves between the two armies in a last desperate attempt to stave off civil war. And with Stormaway’s words ringing in his ears that he may not like the way he succeeds, Tarkyn must make a choice that will affect the fate of both woodfolk and sorcerers.
THE SORCERER”S OATH series is now complete.
Conversation With Johnny : Anthony Valerio
Conversation with Johnny: a novel of power and sex
This new digital edition of the cult classic Conversation with Johnny marks the end of the Godfather saga a la Mario Puzo and a new, very funny and powerful direction.
Join the Conversation between these two old friends,Johnny the don and Nick the dreamer. Follow them in their hilarious attempt to decipher one of the the great ladies of fiction–the sexy, red-haired, left-handed, married Lefty.
This novel not only predates “The Sopranos” and “Analyze This” but also shows the don in control, as therapist, not patient. “Funny, Sexy, Very Poignant”
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Expect the Extraordinary : Sue Pighini
Expect the Extraordinary: Angelic Messages, Spiritual Encounters and the Soul of Skye
“Expect the Extraordinary” carries us into a world of lightning strikes and near death experiences. What happens when someone meets death head-on? What do they learn?
What did they experience that they can bring back to the world to make lives happier and richer.
Ask Sue Pighini that question when she takes you on a journey of spiritual encounters when she connected to the angelic realm that helped to save her life.
Second Chance : Ryan Troutman
Second Chance
February 18, 2007 was the day I died. I was sixteen years old at the time and my best friend had just gotten his first car. It was a used, worn, black Camaro. The possibilities were endless. We tossed around a few ideas but nothing seemed good enough. All we wanted was one night free from parents, rules, and responsibilities. Just one night to really feel alive.
What I intended on being a fun, energetic night quickly escalated into the most horrifying moment of my life when I was ejected from the vehicle on our drive home. My skull collided into the pavement and my lungs stopped taking in air. My comatose body was nearing its final seconds.
A journey through hospitals and rehabilitation clinics is the reason I’m still alive. During my days as a patient, I had to relearn how to walk, talk, sleep, and think. It felt like I was caged inside of a broken body that just didn’t have the strength to recover or a will to live. My family had to learn how to cope with my disabilities. Many of my friends moved on and left me in their past. My whole world came crashing down and all they could do was watch. Everyone had to adjust. But more importantly, I had to accept living my life with a traumatic brain injury.
It all happened so fast.
Second Chance is a true story of how I escaped a closing casket and victoriously fought my way back to the person I am today.
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Games Ego Plays : Kevin FitzMaurice
Games Ego Plays
This book is about the psychological or ego games that people play with each other, both in private and in their social relationships. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to get out of ego games, without conflict, when others intend to play them at your expense? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to recognize an ego game from the start, so that you might either redirect the interaction in a health way or avoid being locked into a stressful and unproductive ego game? Wouldn’t it be great to learn ways of relating that don’t involve ego games, even though we are all conditioned and trained to play psychological games?
Once you understand the structure and style of ego games, you will find them clear and simple enough to see in everyday life. You will discover the basic roles, moves, and motives in psychological games. You will become aware of how to play ego games so everyone wins, how to get out of ego games, and how to avoid playing ego games. Don’t you want to become more aware of when you are in an ego game? Don’t you want to see the motives of others who engage you in ego games? Don’t you want to learn how to avoid entering or starting an ego game? Instead of wondering what just happened in an uncomfortable interaction, you can learn to analyze the ego game and better prepare for it the next time it rears its ugly head.
This book will stimulate, enlighten, and challenge you to live ego-game free. Discover how to identify ego games before they suck you in, why people play ego games, who plays ego games, and when they play them. It’s not just the people you love, hate, or know who play these ego games—you’ll find that you do, too. And you’ll learn how to free yourself of your favorite ego games in order to be more effective and authentic in your relationships and career.
While exposing the foolish ego games of another person brings pride, there is also shame in exposing your own ego games. Part of the aim of this book is to get you beyond the pride and shame that result from playing ego games. This book also presents another style—defined as “Cooperation”—as a way to relate without ego games. This book includes some materials from a counselor-training workshop previously presented by this author.
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