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Black Prayers
‘My original thought when writing this book was as a paean to the church – the Black Church – that had sustained me throughout my childhood and boyhood. I wanted to say thank you for all the joy, strength, hope and faith it had given me.
‘I also wanted to celebrate the wider voices of the black diaspora that have added an essence of wisdom to my youth and adulthood: I would not be the person I am today without these voices and influences.
‘I have learned that silence is blessing if you seek the truth, but there comes a time to sing of the truths – so I have now chosen to sing.
‘God works and is manifest through the flesh of people. If we listen to the God Voice within, we can hear the genetically coded source of holy science throughout our brief sojourn on this planet. Read, enjoy, and if it is your wont – get annoyed!
‘All I desire is that these poems move you.’
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Blade of the Chosen
Chaos has awoken
Rahn has been chosen
A journey has begun...
From a seemingly ordinary day, Rahn’s fate shifts, drawing him into a desperate search for an age-old blade: the key to thwarting a looming darkness. Now, far from home and faced with insurmountable challenges, he must navigate treacherous paths to uphold a prophecy he was entwined with since birth.
Blade of the Chosen delves deep into a tale of loss, resilience, and the indomitable spirit of overcoming.
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Blood-Eagle Saga
Deep frozen midwinter in a Viking warlord’s longhouse. From the snow emerges a white-haired saga-teller, Snorri, who offers to entertain the drunken warband.
Sven Ravenfeeder agrees – but drops a noose around Snorri’s neck and tells him: “If we like your story, you will live...”
So begins the Blood-Eagle Saga – a tale of greed and betrayal, courage and cowardice, that takes rival Viking longships across the Atlantic to a new world of depravity.
In the menacing forests and on the vast bison-rich plains, Viking enemies Grim and his former right-hand man Asgeir battle over honour and treasure. Along the way, they find themselves in another equally proud and brutal warrior culture, that of the native Americans.
Throughout Asgeir is helped by his muse, Mary, a shape-shifting former Irish slave who has every reason to hate Grim.
At the heart of the saga is one burning question that sends Sven and his men into a frenzy – who will be the victim of the Vikings’ favourite torture – The Blood-Eagle?
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Bloodlust
Elizabeth Jones returns home to find her life upside down. Its been nearly 200 years since she last saw her brothers, and things haven't been easy. Elizabeth is not like any other vampire, she has secrets and a complicated past. Reunited with her family and friends can she help save everyone she cares about or will it all end in ashes?
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Bloodstains on the Cocaine Trail
A homicide crisis began sweeping America after massive quantities of cocaine first began their journey into America in 1986. Drugs were trucked along the highways of the Cocaine Trail to every city in America. This influx of a deadly new drug led directly to a series of record deaths from overdoses, suicides and crime-related murders, family breakdowns and destroyed lives. Drugs are credited with driving the highest homicide rates in American history and a raging turf war between street gangs.
Crack cocaine unleashed a brutal era of violence, placing newspapers under enormous pressure to provide coverage. Relations with police were breaking down everywhere and crime coverage was in its death throes. Newspapers could not cover the homicides or give any context or explanations to such a social upheaval. Editors, reporters and police now reveal the shocking truth behind this agonizing episode in American history, when crime reporters had to re-invent journalism to get behind the police blue code. This book combines investigative journalism and narrative style to produce a rare portrait from within the secret inner world of newspapers.
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Blue Bell From Greenfield Parade
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cat and be able to get into, under and beneath cars, houses and especially trees where you would be able to see everything around you?
Meet Blue Bell, who is a very special cat who lives in Greenfield Parade. No one owns Blue Bell, but everyone loves her.
Interested and curious in all things living, Blue Bell has great freedom to roam in her neighbourhood and meet many other creatures.
See how Blue Bell is able to discover the Room of Happiness and Song – and how she saves the life of one of its most beautiful residents.
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Bogga
Who would have thought leftover broccoli from dinner would create such a friendship? After Billy discovers a Pocco, his whole world is opened up to these fantastical creatures who have exceptional powers.
Until now, this Pocco’s shyness of humans has kept them hidden, but Bogga saw that little boy’s kindness which made them brave enough to call out. That’s when Billy first saw those big, wet, eyes.
If you’re scared of dark and dusty places, fear no more, as these are Poccos’ favourite places to hide.
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Bonecreake: The Strange Tale of Maudy Jiller
December 1878. North Sea gales batter the wash estuary of England’s east coast, covering the desolate marshes and riverbanks under a near impenetrable blanket of snow and ice. Isolated and alone, the impoverished fishing community of Bonecreake faces hardship like never before.
But when the warmth of spring thaws the freezing conditions of a prolonged winter, a terrible secret is revealed: four children of Bonecreake are missing.
Investigating their disappearance falls on the youthful shoulders of Constable Hollins. With both the inhabitants of Bonecreake and his superiors demanding answers, is the inexperienced Constable Hollins capable of solving the macabre puzzle of the children’s disappearance?
What part does the widowed mother, Maudy Jiller, have to play in an investigation exposing the hypocrisy at the heart of the social and moral values of Victorian England?
As disturbing as it is engaging, Bonecreake: The Strange Tale of Maudy Jiller is every parent’s fear, and every mother’s nightmare.
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Boxer, Bouncer and Now a Doctor
It all started in a small industrial town in the north of England. Walking into a boxing gym was the start of an amazing metamorphosis for the 14-year-old. At age 20, he had developed into a 16-stone boxer, powerlifter and ferocious street fighter, with a knock-out punch in both hands. This is the story of a young man who, lacking education, immigrated to Australia at just 18 years of age only to experience the twilight world of sleaze and violence in Perth’s underbelly, confronting and often overcoming the many challenges he encountered. Returning to England at 21, he mastered his craft as a bouncer and street fighter, attended two universities, obtained three degrees and was awarded a doctorate at the age of 39.
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Brainwashed
Gabriel has always viewed his Uncle Seanna through the starry-eyed wonder of childhood, regarding him as nothing less than a hero. Their reunions are filled with excitement, a testament to the bond they share. But as Gabriel grows older, he begins to see a different side of Seanna – one that’s dark and manipulative.
As Seanna’s influence over Gabriel grows, the young man becomes ensnared in a web of deception and malevolence. However, when Gabriel finds love, his girlfriend recognizes the danger that Seanna poses. She sees the manipulative hold Seanna has over him and becomes determined to intervene.
Can love break the chains of manipulation? And will Gabriel discover the true nature of his once-beloved uncle before it’s too late?
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Breathless Without You
Adam Estrada has a bit of a reputation for his serial dating prowess and is not looking to get into a serious relationship. But when he finds out his sister’s best friend, Kit, is attending his brother’s wedding, he thinks he might be in a little bit of trouble. Especially since he seems to be turning up everywhere Adam is. Kit is the only one who has ever made his heart race, but he’s straight. Kit Richards has never thought much about his sexual orientation until he comes back into contact with Adam. Adam has suddenly brought up emotions in him that he hasn’t felt since they were teenagers, and he realises that he’s definitely gay. Especially when he decides to throw caution to the wind and kiss Adam. Now he’s found a relationship that he can see himself putting his all into, but will Adam be able to commit? Will they be able to keep this relationship intact, or will something or someone tear them apart?
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Brett: ‘Love of My Life’
Sometimes a girl’s dream is to have a safe home.
Steph’s escape is listening to her Queen records and dancing at the discos. It is the ’80s; music keeps her mind safe – it is the only thing she trusts. At 16, she finds love and friendship in a bikie called Brett. She never knew her first love would be the ‘love of her life’.
Brett is as damaged as Steph; tragedy seems to follow them. He is the only person who ever believed in Steph and her dreams.
However, with no money and no family to help her, Steph hits obstacles at every turn – with sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.
Will Steph ever escape and follow her dream?
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