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Sylvia
In 1907, Sylvia’s mother, worn out by hard work, poverty and giving birth to six children, dies unexpectedly. Sylvia’s father forces her to leave school at twelve years of age to look after her brothers and sister, crushing her ambition of becoming a teacher. Against her will, Sylvia spends the next seven years caring for her family and denying her own dreams and hopes for the future until she finds herself attracted to George, a refined, handsome Englishman. Even though she has sworn never to marry and end up like her mother, Sylvia begins to contemplate a future with George, but it is 1914, and the world is about to be thrust into the turmoil of World War One, which will change the world forever. George, determined to fight for his country, joins the Australian Imperial Forces, leaving Sylvia behind in Tasmania. Will George and Sylvia’s relationship survive the upheaval and changes brought about by the war, or does fate have other plans for them? “Sylvia” is the gripping tale of a woman’s fight to realise her ambitions against a background of poverty, war and change. A story of love, family, loss and hope.
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From Two to Three: Building Lasting Love Amidst the Nappies and Sleepless Nights
This book follows a couple navigating the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood. The author explores the difficulties of raising a newborn while striving to maintain their relationship as a couple.
It offers insight into the pitfalls couples often face once the initial euphoria of a relationship fades. It also examines how relationships can become a journey of personal growth, where partners support each other’s attachment styles, communicate through love languages, and heal past emotional wounds stemming from childhood adversity.
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Battle for the Faith
In the isolated Arctic town of Hammerfest, Norway, a sinister presence disrupts the peaceful community, casting doubt on the faith of Lars Fredriksen, a dedicated Pentecostal pastor. Mysterious phenomena – shifting objects, shadowy apparitions, and an unsettling energy – lead Lars to uncover a chilling truth rooted in the ancient traditions of the indigenous Sami people, whose suppressed spirituality threatens to awaken malevolence.
As supernatural occurrences escalate, Lars finds himself at odds with vengeful Sami spirits, forcing him to confront the ancient magic he once dismissed. Tragedy strikes when his wife Anja falls into a coma, and their daughter Astrid teeters on the edge of possession. To save them, Lars embarks on a perilous journey into the wilderness for a powerful purification ritual, battling grotesque spirit guides that embody his fears.
Though he believes he has triumphed, Anja awakens transformed, her chilling demeanor suggesting that the battle for Hammerfest is far from over. An ancient darkness still lurks, eager to unleash a new wave of terror on the town.
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Dare to Dream Trilogy
Dare to Dream is a trilogy of hope, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of dreams—woven with the powerful truth that life’s greatest transformations arise from daring to dream and recognising the pivotal moments that can change everything.
In New York, Malcolm, a struggling taxi driver with a love for music, fights against endless rejection and hardship. One day, a chance encounter with a mysterious passenger opens a door he never thought possible.
In Zambia, Zawadi, a determined young girl with nothing but chalk and a dream of fashion, refuses to give up—even as the world tells her it’s impossible. Her journey shifts dramatically when her sketches reach someone who can change her life forever.
In Budapest, Áron, a waiter with grand aspirations, dreams of managing the luxury hotels he can only admire from afar. His rise is a testament to grit and recognising opportunity in the unlikeliest of places.
Dare to Dream is more than just three stories. It’s a celebration of courage, resilience, and the power of believing in your vision. It’s a reminder that those pivotal moments do exist—and those who dare to dream and seize them can change their lives forever.
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A Legal Mind
This book provides profound and fascinating insight into the way lawyers think and about the way others, including philosophers, think about their thinking. It also considers the nature of legal argument and the deployment of logic, reason and rationality in the exercise of that skill. And the extent to which intuition and instinct play a major role in legal analysis and judicial decision making. The philosophical and conceptual nature of law and its intrinsic and empirical beauty and wonder are explored and illustrated in a perceptive and insightful way.
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October Maple Tree
Many times, we all somehow care about a word that is nothing more than a cold term with a fixed explanation in the dictionary. At the same time, we ignore the most important things—your personal feelings and the real and tangible love. Blood relationship, to me, only means that a person has a source, just like Sun Wukong jumped out of the fairy stone. But the only thing that really nourishes a person's healthy growth is selfless love, correct guidance and encouragement.
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Chaos: May There Yet Be Hope
CHAOS: May there yet be hope, is poetry for the times we live in.
Previously of Neopoet acclaim, Karen J Burns bursts onto the scene with her first whole collection of poetry.
This lyricism, which often verges on the dark side but is also witty or sarcastic on some occasions, takes us on a journey from chaos to hope.
A bitter pill to swallow? Yet relatable without a doubt.
Like Marmite, you may love or hate the emotions displayed within: from anger, fear, jealousy, frustration, sorrow, despair and rage to excitement, anticipation, amusement, joy and hope.
This Chaos-inspired collection is a roller-coaster ride, full speed ahead.
Next stop? Depends on how you see things.
Although nobody was hurt in the writing of these poems, you may want to throw something at the TV (whilst watching the news). Or perhaps not.
Poetry, whilst emotive, cathartic and inspiring, should also encourage critical thinking.
Karen J Burns compiled these poems to encourage others to look at the world around them, to think about how they feel; and then would like to leave readers with some positivity (to help them to find a way of coping with all the chaos).
Perchance you recognise the chaos swirling; yet do you see the hope?
For our future is yet to be written, and we are the authors of that story.
Enjoy the poems and know that there is always hope (even in the pit of despair).
May all sorrows go away,
Whilst the chaos may swirl and stay.
The sun is shining this fine day,
And may there be hope, oh lord I pray!
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A Correct Way to Behave
On the last evening of a Caribbean holiday in February 2019, Connie and Matthew Shaw receive an email from Bella Melrose saying that her husband, Tim, is dead.
Time rewinds to the summer of 1976 in Oxford, where the friends first met before becoming couples. Tim and Matthew, both geologists, are completing their doctorates before taking up separate careers: Tim in academia, Matthew in industry.
While Matthew is having a wretched time in the Australian outback, Bella loses contact with Tim in Ireland. At Bella’s request, Connie sets off to County Mayo and finds him. He is in a state of deep depression and living in a squalid hut. Her presence proves to be a healing force and a powerful emotional bond is established between them.
The friendship between the four endures and the feelings between Connie and Tim are suppressed. However, manifestations of them appear during joint ventures, including a holiday in Corsica and a conference in Prague. It causes volatile friction, bordering on the murderous, between the two women.
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A Lithuanian Kiwi, the Life of Jurgis (George) Cibulskis
‘I’m not interested in going to a country that does not accept us as we are,’ said Mečislovas Cibulskis when Canada rejected his family for repatriation because of his 8-year-old son’s missing fingers on his right hand. New Zealand welcomed the DPs (Displaced Persons) with open arms at the end of WWII. From the moment the Lithuanian family arrived in Wellington in 1949, they embraced everything about their new homeland, even changing their names to the English versions.
Never playing the victim, Jurgis/George Cibulskis adapted to whatever took his fancy despite his maimed hand. He became an elite sportsman and a serial dater—until he met Beverly and soon after landed his dream job. The 70s and 80s saw the rise and fall of some important New Zealand industries. Each time mergers, takeovers, and corporate shenanigans impacted George’s work life, he moved on and learnt the lesson of life/work balance.
Resilience, family, travel, and parties sustained George and his sophisticated, shopping-mad wife, Beverly, even when she was diagnosed with a debilitating illness. Nothing stopped them from living life to the max.
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A Sniff or a Snort
Racehorses are temperamental but beautiful creatures. Taking one of them to run in France is fraught with difficulties. If successful, a winner is a triumph. With horseboxes coming and going from the course, it is not hard for illicit drugs to be concealed.
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Cosmo and Friends Save Planet Earth
This exciting, colourful story of how Cosmo and Friends Save Planet Earth will entertain young readers, telling of their adventures in the cosmos as they leave Planet Zen and embark on a journey to planet Earth to educate humans on how to save their beautiful planet and protect the environment.
Read how Cosmo, Adam the Alien and Rob the Robot meet a little boy, Tommy, and how they teach him about cleaning up the atmosphere and how to maintain it.
Cosmo is based on a real car, Cosmotron, who is made from recycled materials and has had some exciting adventures of his own, meeting lots of celebrities and appearing in newspapers, magazines, TV and short films on YouTube.
Screaming Voice is the pen name of the author Martin Smith. Martin came to writing late in life due to his severe dyslexia, and with perseverance and hard work, he demonstrates that you can achieve your goals no matter how difficult a challenge if you put your mind to it.
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Bittersweet Liquorice Cat
Walk, stalk, seek, snatch, trap, chase, leap, catch!
Hidden within an English garden, in a feast of lush sweet grass and thick juicy leaves, wriggling with bugs and alive with birds, lies Liquorice Cat, sleek and alert, cunningly prowling and stalking her prey. Which creatures will she encounter and capture in her claws as she slinks amongst the bushes? What dangers are lurking in the shadows, deep in the pond, peering through the fence, waiting to pounce?
Based on a true story, journey with Liquorice Cat and the animals Caramel Rabbit and Cinnamon Stoat in a bittersweet adventure where nature casts her web in a race and chase for survival.
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