Recommended Reads
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Dear Diary
Robert Day Jr. thrives on the thrill of the chase, lurking in the shadows, his mind obsessively searching, seeking out and feasting upon a target’s hidden past traumas. Clothed in a black desire to control, devour and entirely possess his victims, he greedily absorbs their vulnerability to measure the perfect ripeness for exploitation. The compulsion to assume absolute power stems from a desire to quash his own raging insecurities that persistently plague him. It seizes him like a magnet’s invisible force, compelling him to drag them into his own endless cycle of deception and destruction.
It is not his fault if they readily accept the carefully crafted narratives he creates without any need for verification or validation. Yes, it fuels his twisted sense of power, but he has no sympathy for them. The ease to condition, manipulate and violate them amuses him and serves to convince him he is absolved of any wrongdoing.
But, has that one fatal reaction finally exposed the hidden truth of his past? Will the infection of the poison he has spread be unearthed like the mud of a landslide? And more importantly, has he commanded his own downfall or will DSI Shona Williams and DCI Dion Jacobi be the ones to strike the final blow?
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Wanderings of a Wild Child
Imagine stepping outside your front door early one morning and finding that the world around you has changed. The familiar neighborhood has vanished. Where your neighbors’ houses once stood, rugged cliffs rise, their faces dotted with dark caves. A few of the cave mouths flicker with a soft amber glow.
The tarmacked road has melted away, replaced by a wide, lazy lake that laps gently at the shore. The chaotic street sounds have disappeared, replaced by a whispering breeze that playfully teases the leaves of the sturdy, ancient trees, as if telling them that change is in the air. A pale sun peeks shyly through a crooked gap in the rock face opposite.
Suddenly, movement in one of the shadowy caves catches your attention. A timid, slight figure emerges, glancing furtively around. It is a Wild Child.
Will you be brave enough to follow her? To become her unseen, silent companion as she takes her first steps away from familiar routines and comforts into a wider, wilder world of danger, challenge, and misadventure?
This is the beginning of her journey from childhood to young adulthood. Will you choose to walk beside her?
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The Miner of Wittenoom
Based on true events, this powerful story of love, resilience, and the fight for justice unfolds against the backdrop of corporate greed.
In 1961, Abele and Maria Moretti moved to Wittenoom, Australia, seeking a better life. They soon adapted to the harsh and desolate outback, creating their future and embracing new opportunities. But the mine where Abele worked hid deadly secrets.
At short notice, the mine stopped operating. Soon after, the Government was determined to close the town the family had come to love.
In 1992, as Abele’s health declined, the family uncovered the truth and sought justice. Meanwhile, a lawyer for the mining company made a surprising discovery about her family that caused her to rethink her allegiances.
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Bristow Kid – Undaunted
The Bristow Kid – Undaunted is the inspiring story of a woman’s journey through life. Born into the unimaginable world of World War II, she navigates the adversity of wartime childhood and overcomes the challenges of abuse to build a life of fulfillment.
This is the story of a woman who defied societal expectations, successfully breaking into the male-dominated world of finance and challenging traditional norms of the 1950s, 60s, and beyond. It is a testament to resilience, courage, and determination, offering inspiration to others through its reflections on a life well-lived.
A tale of love, loss, and triumph, this book captures the extraordinary experiences of a woman who refused to be defined by the constraints of her time.
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Annie Knows
Annie shares her grandmother’s ‘unusual abilities.’ Grandma detests the word psychic and has spent her life downplaying her abilities. She encourages Annie to do the same.
During the 1960s, living on a remote farm in Southern Africa, Annie forges friendships with wild animals and learns how to communicate with them: a banded cobra, serval cat, porcupines, goannas, and many others.
Everything changes when Annie goes to boarding school. She finds it difficult to make friends, and the other girls don’t understand her unusual behaviour. Then she befriends Penny.
A story surrounded by mystery, intrigue, and magical realism.
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A Dysfunctional Relationship
Living with a mental illness is like walking a tightrope, balancing work, study, family, and friendships within a tightly controlled space.
Losing that balance can send a person into a downward spiral, leading to a strained and precarious existence.
Psychology attempts to explain this experience, but only those who have lived with mental illness truly understand the anguish when everything falls apart.
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Thresholds of Night and Day
A portrayal of the lives of a number of women, living in rural circumstances where patriarchy rules. The conflict takes place between them and the domineering society that distorts their individualism and thwarts their efforts for freedom. However, equipped with patience, determination to reject male dominance, and education, the young woman Rafeef succeeds in liberating herself from her husband’s dominance and that of her environment, attaining liberation by pursuing higher education with the help of Dr. Ashmoon, a university professor and poet whom she falls in love with. The journey from darkness to light passes through many thresholds that eventually culminate in finding one’s identity and achieving goals.
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Indy and the Deep Dug Hole
After a fun-filled day at the beach with Mr Jones, Indy is inspired by children digging in the sand.
The next day, she embarks on her latest mission: to dig the world’s deepest hole.
Where will her newest adventure take her, and what will she encounter along the way?
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The Letter Box
Two definitions: Poetry is human speech. Poetry is maximal language. The Letter Box is both. In the ancient Chinese form Qing Ping, syllabic verse comprising two quatrains (4/5/7/6, 6/6/6/6), the poems are spare and lucid, eminently readable. Yet, dense in syntax, prosody, imagery, and allusion, they can be demanding, lending themselves to contemplation and explication. They are also funny and sardonic. The nostalgic voice, in reference to letters and other old forms, is wry and double-edged. The human speech is primarily mine – of course, the authorial voice. But each poem also has a speaker independent of me. The maximal language? That is also my responsibility. But it is principally your language as interpreters with the power – by reading them aloud – to make the poems your own.
The Letter Box
Writers, readers,
Senders, receivers,
Signifiers, signifieds,
Once connected us all.
Look in the letter box,
There you’ll find a packet,
Open it now, and read
My hundred poems for you.
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The Reluctant Hero
Kerry, an eighteen-year-old sixth-form student, attends her Grandad’s funeral and learns something she never expected: he was a war hero.
At the wake, she is guided to a secret box hidden in the attic. Inside, she finds documents and items that reveal a side of her grandfather’s life she never knew existed. Before settling down to raise a family, he lived a life filled with mystery, courage, and hidden connections.
He leaves her with a task: to tell his story.
What Kerry uncovers includes secrets, foreign ties, and truths so extraordinary they seem stranger than fiction.
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The Mask
As he grows older, Alex Melas becomes determined to uncover the true story of his grandfather’s grandfather. He has heard much about this remarkable ancestor and sets out to learn more about the man known as Heinrich.
When Heinrich was eight years old, his father would read to him each night from Homer’s Iliad. The boy would imagine the ancient city of Troy vividly, dreaming of its lost grandeur and the landscape that once surrounded it. But when Heinrich turns ten, tragedy strikes. His mother dies of grief after learning about her husband's long-time affair, and Heinrich is forced to leave school due to financial hardship.
For years, the dream of Troy seems lost. But thirty years later, as many men do at the age of forty, Heinrich remembers the passion of his youth. Now a wealthy man, he sets off in search of the ancient city.
To the world’s astonishment, he finds it. Yet in uncovering Troy, Heinrich discovers something even more profound: he finds himself.
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The Fantastical Chronicles of Montgomery Plum
Satan’s had enough of Halloween. It’s become as dull as dishwater, and it’s beginning to make her miserable. This wasn’t what Halloween was supposed to be about when she created it. Halloween was supposed to be her night of fun. Her very own, very special night of fun. Her very own, very special night of fun, when she can murder and torture and torment anyone she pleases, and as much as she pleases. That’s what Halloween was supposed to be all about. That was real fun.
So now she’s knocking the whole thing on the head and having one last Halloween party that will live forever in the fears of everyone. And she’s bringing friends along as well. But unfortunately for Satan, the Universe had decided to level things up and provide her with a bit of competition... just as it should be.
And so, as Satan and her gang of hell hounds entered the Old Chapel expecting an easy slaughter for her last hoorah, what she got was something completely different. And a lot bloodier than she could ever have expected. Now that’s real fun.
£9.99
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