Alternative Mystery

Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives repairing the chimneys, towers, and spires of the city of Bar-Selehm. Dramatically different communities live and work alongside each other. The white Feldish command the nation's higher echelons of society. The native Mahweni are divided between city life and the savannah. And then there's Ang, part of the Lani community who immigrated over generations ago as servants and now mostly live in poverty on Bar-Selehm's edges.

All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings - the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed....

Deep beneath the Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies a hidden world, formed hundreds of years ago by a group of people forced underground by a deadly plague. Living as if it were still the 19th century, they have no access to modern conveniences such as electricity or running water. The Elite, a group of powerful individuals tasked with protecting the society of the Below from threats in the Above, rule over this secluded community. When Edith, a mental health counselor, begins to question the intentions of their governing body after witnessing the elimination of a defiant colleague, ...

The year is 1992. Europe is in flames. Scandinavia is under siege. Only Norway holds out against the Soviet war machine. And now the pride of the Soviet Navy, the Red Banner Northern Fleet, sallies out to finish the job.

Our Horace Rumpole, the most traditional of traditionalists, defends a hippie-like schoolteacher on a drugs charge. Quite unexpectedly, he finds himself attracted to her and to her unusual lifestyle.

Uncover a new universe of health potential with Dr. Carl Rothschild, a pioneering advocate of Red Light Therapy (RLT), who has dedicated his life to igniting the spark of vitality in others. His relentless pursuit of knowledge has yielded deep insights into what people truly seek in their health journey, leading him towards the groundbreaking domain of RLT. Driven by an insatiable desire for continuous growth, Dr. Rothschild reveals his refreshingly simple, yet remarkably potent steps to a life brimming with health and energy.

In a world overshadowed by the remnants of a buried past, Galia Oliver's seemingly idyllic life takes a sudden turn. The year is 2049, and her parents, Edith and Benjamin, have shielded her from the haunting memories of the mysterious underground society known as the Buried Reserve. Curiosity gnaws at Galia's core, fueled by the cryptic emails that infiltrate her inbox. The messages promise revelations that could rewrite history, secrets long hidden within her own family's past. Determined to unearth the buried truth that has haunted her parents, Galia embarks on a journey that catapults ...

Flat on his back, Smith was holding his rifle sideways, using it to ward off the dinosaur’s snapping jaws. A million thoughts flashed through Chase’s brain at the speed of light. He doesn’t have a chance! But if I shoot and miss, I’ll kill him! He was terrified by the thought of hitting his friend. But knew that he had no choice. He flipped off the safety and leaned into his rifle. And then pulled the trigger. Stranded 140 million years in the past, fourteen-year-old Chase is haunted by the loss of his best friend. It’s been four days since Zach disappeared during a savage raptor ...

The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.

How would you cope with discovering an alternative version of your home town complete with an alternative girlfriend? A totally unexpected inheritance turns Tony Peterson’s life upside down. He retires from the Metropolitan Police and returns to his home city of Winchester. There, not only does he meet Carrie, a girl from his past but he also discovers something out of this world in the house he has inherited in the St Cross area of the city. A mirror in his study can transport him to another version of Winchester, to a world where World War One never happened. When one of the first ...

Aim for Neutrality. We Need Better Sources. Anonymity is Fundamental. Keep Developing. The editors know these principles. The editors follow them every day—usually. The editors may not be recognized on the street, but they craft the information that is seen on nearly every internet search. Through Infopendium, a global, crowd-sourced internet encyclopedia, the editors influence the world. Freelance journalist Morgan Wentworth attends the Global Infopendium Conference in New York expecting a straightforward story to help pay the rent. But the so-called “pendium people” are full of surprises.

Norbert Bufka suggests alternative mysteries based on the beatitudes and corporal and spiritual works of mercy. These are action oriented mysteries designed to motivate the person praying into a more active Christian life. Bufka says he grew up praying the rosary every night with his family. This practice continued for six years in the seminary where all gathered in the chapel every evening to pray the rosary. After Vatican II settled in, Bufka discovered different ways to pray and stopped praying the rosary entirely. In recent years, he began praying the rosary again, not so much as a ...

Die Polizei zieht Privatermittlerin Holly Gibney zurate. Ein anonymes Schreiben hat eine Mordserie angekündigt. Das erste Opfer ist eine harmlose Frau, in der Hand hält sie einen Zettel. Der Name darauf verweist auf eine Geschworene, die an der Verurteilung eines Unschuldigen beteiligt war, der im Gefängnis erstochen wurde. Der verrückte Täter tötet als "Sühneakt" Ersatzopfer anstelle der Geschworenen? "Die Schuldigen am Tod des Unschuldigen sollen leiden", hieß es. Das wahllose Morden geht weiter.

The Last Days of the Russian Imperial family after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the desperate hope that some of the family actually survived their captivity and that terrible night. . . some of this is true. Based on excerpts of journals and letters of the Imperial Romanov family and their friends, before and during the Soviet Revolution, plus other contemporaneous accounts of the Imperial internment, and rumors of Romanov survivors. 1917: Europe was enraged in World War when revolution began within Russia. By March of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate after 300 years of ...

Have you ever pondered the accuracy of Jesus' story? Perhaps you’ve encountered skeptics who dismiss the events and characters in the Bible as mere fiction. Could they be right? On the other hand, Christianity is the largest religion on the planet. Could they be wrong? There is evidence. So, did Jesus exist? And if so, what did Jesus say more than two thousand years ago that is still debated today? More importantly, what did Jesus mean? Real or not, Jesus was the most influential spiritual teacher in human history; he was also severely persecuted. Why? This book covers these topics and ...

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist…Antarctica.

This is the 5th novel in the 6-book Vanishing Lawyer Series. Each book is a stand-alone story but with the same main character, John Carverton who in Book 1 found himself plunked into a parallel world where he had never been born. Subsequent books have described John's various adventures in this eerily similar realm. In this 5th novel, John is sent undercover by the FBI to a retirement home in Bluefield, West Virginia as bait to attract a ring of swindlers who have been stealing the bank accounts of trusting seniors. The criminals grab onto the bait but that throws John into the most ...

Discover what has been hidden from you... Introducing the boxed set containing the first five books in The Underground Knowledge Series by James Morcan & Lance Morcan – in full and at a discounted price. THE UNDERGROUND KNOWLEDGE SERIES I-V comprises the following books: GENIUS INTELLIGENCE ANTIGRAVITY PROPULSION MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THE CATCHER IN THE RYE ENIGMA INTERNATIONAL BANKSTER$ Garnering evidence from court cases, declassified government files and media reports, The Underground Knowledge Series discloses little-known facts on a wide range of topics. GENIUS INTELLIGENCE: ...

Tired of the official narrative on COVID-19 and obesity? This book, originally banned for three years, dares to ask questions and uncover hidden connections.

When Rip Van Winkle disappeared in that old colonial tale, was his over-worked wife suspected of murder? What about Cinderella—did she get on in the castle like everyone said, or was that fairy tale just fiction? These questions and more in the mystery of faulty expectations and quirky twists. Stories include: EVER AFTER: When the fairy tale ended long before intended, Cinderella wasn’t the only one without a happily-ever-after. ALL THE LUCK: Things went from good to perfect when she won a honeymoon trip with a raffle ticket . . . except for what happened next—is she suspect, or ...