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We will always find ways to overcome barriers and discover others to communicate with. We instinctively want to explore beyond boundaries and beyond horizons. Centuries ago, ships were great enablers. In these days of the dynamic 21st century it is technology that is now THE great enabler. Even before the pandemic and all those horrible lockdowns, there was an unmistakable trend towards being more online, including online dating and different interactions. And then the pandemic happened, accelerating the already existing trend. Why? Because we are human and we need human interaction and, ...

Criminals will be criminals. Blood soaks the streets. These murderers must be caught before they find their next victim. Deadly skin-walkers, determined vigilantes, dastardly vampires, and many more will leave you on the edge of your seat. Featuring thirty-two stories by Stuart Stromin, Daryl Marcus, Theric Jepson, Stephen A. Roddewig, S.J. Walker, Terry Grimwood, Mario Caric, James Blakey, Tilia Klebenov Jacobs, Steve Liskow, Richard Zaric, Kelly Barker, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ed Teja, Devin James Leonard, Gregory Scott Matics, Rob Nisbet, J. Aquino, Cassandra Jones, Elliot LeGrange, ...

In the early 14th century the all powerful Templar organisation is destroyed by greedy kings eager for their banking wealth. And yet the Templars had warning. The southern wealth went east across the mountains to Switzerland. The northern wealth went further north to Scotland, the edge of the known world. In the late 17th century when James II is deposed by William of Orange, the land is wracked by fighting and the struggle to survive. Government troops viciously scour the north in search of the hidden treasure. The man responsible for keeping the treasure hidden - Lord James Imroch - ...

One week in Bangkok - a funny, heartwarming, adult fact and (barely) fiction look at a journey through the adult tourist heart of this famous city that in some places will make you breathless with laughter as well as blushing with embarrassment. The vast majority of what is written here is from real experience, which makes it all the more revealing and hilarious. This is why the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Bangkok is a cultural heartland. It is the most incredible place to experience, for a number of reasons. This book is focused on the adult tourist industry that draws...

There are always two sides to every story. And as this is so, what about the other side of the story of Lucifers "fall from grace" and being cast out of heaven? Lucifer and God are the greatest of friends. Everyone within the realm of heaven knows this, and how Lucifer saved Gods life more than once, and how the title of Bringer of Light was bestowed upon Lucifer on discovery of the secret of perpetual light, thereby maintaining the power of heaven against a growing dissatisfaction over the increasingly tyrannical rule of God, where rebels are either cast into the heart of the nearest star ...

A wonderfully funny adventure and educational story for children. Layla Skye is a ten year old girl with a talent. Through her books and her online research she discovers things. And she has discovered the secret where abouts of the mythical "last treasure of the Hyksos" - and it is Crete. She persuades her mother and family to go to Crete on holiday. She is excited - but less so when she meets with Professor Zoakos who has been searching for the treasure for years within the ancient ruins of Knossos. Zoakos is keen to find out what Layla Skye knows and is not about to let his arrest record...

Lawrence is a happy shark. However, he is a happy shark with very large teeth who happens to like playing chasing games with anyone he can find. He is happy they all like running away and allowing him to chase. One day Lawrence chances upon a diver investigating a sunken ship. Lawrence takes his chance to play pirates with the diver ... oh dear ...

Part 2 of an incredibly beautifully illustrated, touching story of one girls struggle to survive in prehistorical times. After surviving the geological upheaval that split her from her family, as well as her encounter with the People of the Fire (part 1), Zandra heads south with her friends Moonlight the wolf and Tigero the sabre tooth tiger where she learns to make fire. But is it time to severe the ages old friendship between herself and Moonlight when a pack of wolves wait for them in the morning light? Reluctantly Zandra and Tigero continue on their own ... but they are being tracked by...

Abi is a normal 10 year old girl ... but is she? With the help of her fathers inventions, Abi becomes "Skater Girl" - the technically advanced super sleuth and crime fighter who keeps the streets safe. However, her arch nemesis is tracking her down in an attempt to get rid of that pesky "Skater Girl" as a prerequisite to his blossoming plans for global domination through the software he produces. A wonderful novel of daring and adventure, showing girls they can achieve and do what they want to, even in the face of great odds and in the midst of a dangerous world, where we can find friends ...

A childrens book about adventure and discovery. The year is 1710 and the world is in turmoil. Captain Flint sails with his pirate crew from the harbour of Nassau, following a map written by the famous Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana in his search for the mythical El Dorado. Travelling through a fog bank, Flint and his crew soon discover the world isn't the way they thought when they rescue a mermaid from the wreck of a ship who'd attempted to capture her. And there, beyond the edge of all other knowledge, they discover islands with giants and creatures they had never thought to ...

Childrens books like you've never seen before: the atmospherically illustrated story of Zandra, a cave-girl, who befriends a wolf and a sabre-tooth tiger as she escapes a geological upheaval in the cold north, splitting her family, forced to leave behind all she has ever known and leading to the discovery of a new land and a new people. And yet the challenges she has to overcome are very, very dangerous. These books are an example of imagination and inspiration to show children it is good to be imaginative and to reach to achieve dreams. This is important. They aren't about fluffy animal ...

SCRIPT A chilling script telling of loss and the very human need for revenge in the face of a complete lack of justice. A deep, dark testament to human nature when confronted by the political correctness of todays society. There has been a series of child abductions from a community. None of the children have been found. The latest has been the daughter of Detective Sergeant Bruce Simmons. After being missing for several days Simmons returns to work. His old criminal enemy – Gilbraith – has a son missing. Together this unlikely pair makes a formidable duo that pursues an understandable ...

Childrens books like you've never seen before A highly and beautifully illustrated story of adventure, danger and achievement. Everyone thinks fairies are nice and sparkly ... yet the real fairies can be bad. The fairy - Skye - is one of these fairies. She teams up with George the Dragon to enter the annual dragon race yet has to overcome the devious actions of the evil shadow elves. It is only when things become tough does Skye really find out who her friends are ... and from the most unexpected quarters. These books are an example of imagination and inspiration to show children it is good...

Quite possibly the sweetest story you will ever read. An incredibly delightful picture book tale of a little girl - Layla Skye - who is at a picnic with her parents ... and decides to race through the forest. Layla Skye can run so fast she is soon in the depths of the forest ... and completely lost. As night is closing in, she is hungry and cold and very much alone ... until a squirrel sits beside her and gives her a nut. Before she knows it, the creatures of the forest are gathered around to keep her warm as the sun gives way to night. And then Layla Skye wakes up. She wakes up because ...

Have you ever wondered about the animals you pass by? This is a childrens book with a difference, focussing on Kwasiwak the squirrel from the "hole in the tree gang" in the midst of the forest in Hampstead Heath in north west London. Kwasiwak and Petal follow a falling star across the Heath to where the houses of the Manthings rise from the ground. There they rescue Wolfbane, a kitten who had been thrown in a bin. They make their way back to the safety of the forests where they meet Fang Guavara of the "Fieldmouse Underground". Wolfbane spends the last of the winter with the squirrels, but ...

Beneath the thin veneer of civilisation, the battle for the future rages across an entire world. This is London 2: the second part of a chilling and deeply moving account of a retired assassin brought out of obscurity to fight global terrorism on the streets of London. Part 1 was harsh. Part 2 is harsh but intensely funny as a group of unlikely characters are forged together into the worlds most unusual international fighting force, trying their hardest to keep one another alive, but not always successful, with time running out to detect and disarm six unstable nuclear devices destined for ...

This is the second novel in the Vampire Nation series. The technologically advanced Vampire Nation who for 2000 years had remained hidden beneath the City of London, hidden from society, had utilised hydrogen fusion to power their great machines to split apart the Earths tectonic plates. Yet now they had allowed the fusion explosion that completely wrecked eastern part of London. And the Dominion of Man thought that was the end of the great Vampire nation. This was not the end. This was a new beginning. For as the dust from the nuclear explosion spread out across the atmosphere, to block ...

What if the richest person in the world looked out across the human landscape and came to the conclusion that the “chaos” is approaching, that social collapse at the hands of murderous extremists is on its way and may well fatally undermine civilisation? With such vast resources at their disposal what would they do? Would they begin a process to save humanity from itself … even if humanity didn’t want to be saved? On the trail of missing nuclear warheads, an investigative journalist, Richard Austin, is convinced that the politician and industrialist – Trevallyan - has the warheads...

PAST LIVES: a catalogue of reoccurring dreams that have surfaced for year after year after many years. Dreams that are linked through time, during the most extraordinary times – and the more extraordinary, mostly forgotten, people. Yet it is people who make history. This is the 21st century. The logic part of me says these are just dreams, just imaginations firing through common neurons through my active brain, finding linkages between the dreams simply because of common pathways. The other part of me, that deep human part of me, asks the question … what if? What if this is something ...

Part 1 of a uniquely sensual and romantic tale. Forget all you've heard about vampires. This is probably the best vampire book you will ever read. Vampires didn't just appear. They were the product of a grave injustice. And now from beneath the streets of London they have come to remedy the situation. 3400 years ago, the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten, changed the religion of generations. Those of the widespread priesthood who would not relinquish the old gods were banished into the Osiris underworld, into the realm of the dark. Yet those who were banished ...