New Age Fiction

After the catastrophe, the heroes try to adapt to new conditions, facing acute shortages of food, medicine, and warmth. Alex decides to organize an expedition to find spare parts to restore the old power station, which could provide heat and energy to the entire town. Along the way, they face not only icy wastelands and dangerous animals but also other survivors, not all of whom are friendly.

From dark yesterday to bright tomorrow… When childhood is over, and adulthood tries to take hold, it all becomes too much for one overwhelmed young man. He sets out to find a place to give up once and for all, to lay his body down and let his wasted life drift away; instead he stumbles onto a whole new way of looking at the world. His new teacher calls him ‘Nobody’, and he can’t deny the truth in the name. A touching friendship unfolds as Nobody hears life and love being explained in a whole new way, and hope begins to burn in his heart as the poignant lessons etch themselves into ...

In Cameo ~ A Profile In Courage, Mary McMahon, a Cornell University student in the year1900, mourns her lover, Casey, who dies when a wagon wheel crushes his neck. Her ashamed parents demand their pregnant daughter remain hidden until they can arrange a marriage. Mary rehearses the attitude of a lonely wife before fleeing to New York City. She lives with cockroaches in Una's tenement and rolls tobacco into cigars in Kezrat Carr's sweatshop. Checkmated by Casey who died and a child who lives, Mary trades the cameo Casey carved for her in exchange for an illegal abortion performed by Mrs. ...

పోస్టు జవాను మీరాసాహేబు... చలపతికి ఒక తంతి ఇస్తాడు. ఆ తంతిలో పొద్దున్న ఎనిమిది గంటలకి తనకి కూతురు పుట్టినట్లు రాసుంది. చలపతి మహానందభరితుడయ్యాడు. అందరికీ భోజనాలు సిద్ధం చేస్తాడు. పదకొండవ రోజున బిడ్డ బారసాలకోసం రాజమహేంద్రవరానికి వెళ్లి, కూతురుకి సుభద్రమ్మ అని నామకరణం చేస్తారు.

I thought my right-hand man was crazy when he nearly started a war over a woman. I seriously almost had his hide for it. But one look at his wife's best friend, and I'm willing to let my whole empire go up in ashes if it means the pretty little brunette will be mine. I know what I want, and I never give up, but Liz is just as stubborn as I am, and she wants no part of me or the mafia world. Or so she says. I see the way her breath catches when our eyes meet. I feel the way she trembles when our palms touch and I call her "lass." I'll do whatever I have to do to make the pretty little ...

Are you ready to navigate the chaos of college life while discovering the depths of friendship and love? In "Love in the Time of Midterms", debut author Mia Harper invites you to join Lily Carter, a bright-eyed small-town girl trying to find her footing at a bustling university. Juggling academic pressures and a newfound desire for independence, Lily’s journey is both relatable and heartwarming. When the laughter of friendship meets the trials of love: As Lily embarks on her first semester, she encounters the charming yet enigmatic Finn Anderson. Their paths cross in the most unexpected ...

Searching for Monkumar contains several signposts to life's important lessons. Follow an epic pilgrimage of two lifelong friends, wandering minstrels from West Bengal, as they journey to Varanasi, the Kumbh Mela, and onward toward the source of the River Ganges high up in the Himalayas. This novel is set in India at the turn of the century, and this was where the original film material that seeded the story was shot.

Alex Heron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast. Enter Mark Simmons, the new math teacher. With a body to die for and a face that makes every girl swoon, Alex is no exception...until she realizes she opens up to him more than anyone else in her life. Even her best friend, Claire.

The Nezel are refugee servants, toiling in a desert land where their culture is barely tolerated. Two friends, prowling through secret tunnels, uncover a villainous plot that places the Nezel in jeopardy. Almond and Quartz hatch a desperate plan to aid Finch, rightful heir to the throne. Even with the help of unexpected allies, their heroic efforts may not be enough - and the Time of Naming cannot be delayed.

In early March 2020 in New Rochelle, New York, teenager Geth Montego is fumbling with the present and uncertain about her future. She only has three friends: her best friend Tovah, who’s been acting weird ever since they started applying to college; Diego, who she wants to ask to prom; and the K-pop band BTS, because the group always seems to be there for her when she needs them (at least in her head).

For Debbie King, life began feeling like it was all too difficult. At fourteen, she continuously felt like she would never achieve, she would never have friends, and she would simply never fit in. When she meets Craig - someone new who seems just like her, also with low self-esteem and no belief in himself and what he has to offer - Debbie finds the strength to focus more on him and less on herself. They are both unpractised in making friends, but they find it in each other. When they discover their musical talents, their lives entwine further. Living unhealthily, the time comes when Debbie...

Reeling after Atlas left him behind with Colt to run Z, Bentley has been battling his own demons and the choices that have led him to where he is today. When Colt mysteriously leaves him in charge, without a reason as to why or any clues on where to find him, Bentley and Cece have to pick up the pieces together. Cece thinks Bentley is too much like Peter Pan and living the life of a lost boy to run the gang alone. But with her by his side she thinks he has a chance. As she steps into his old position as his right hand and enforcer of the gang she learns something new about herself and her ...

I'm still trying to make the dream possible: still might finish my cleaning project, still might sign up for that yoga class, still might, still might. I step into the shower and almost faint, an image of taking the day by the throat and bashing its head against the wall floating in my mind. Thirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it together. Misanthropic and morose, she spends her days killing time at a thankless temp job until she can return home to her empty apartment, where she oscillates wildly between self-recrimination and mild delusion....

Told from the perspective of a young refugee girl, debut children's book author and New Voices winner Maham Khwaja tells the story of a family forced to flee their home due to violence. Emotive illustrations by Daby Zainab Faidhi balance the family's love for one another and hope for the future with the harrowing journey to escape on foot, travel by boat, and then finally resettle in a safe place. Through it all, the young girl tries to hold on to all the pieces of her life before and find a way to rebuild a sense of home.

Being ordinary is all I've ever craved. One formidable obstacle, however, stands between me and normalcy: Unbridled Magic. It's wild, unpredictable, and threatens to upend my life at every turn. When my mom relocates us to her dream town, I see it as a golden opportunity – a fresh start, a new circle of friends, and a place to tame my unruly powers. But just as I begin to harness my abilities, an unexpected incident shatters the tranquil town – my mom's friend, Maggie, mysteriously vanishes. The terrifying sight of two men abducting Maggie is etched into my mind, but my claims fall on ...

Love comes from the most unexpected places. Sometimes it just comes with a jellyfish sting. Timothy is in need of a fresh start. Away from the family drama and his messy past. And what’s a more perfect place than Miami, the City of Magic, to leave everything behind and begin a new life. But running away from your problems never works out for anyone. There’s a lot more waiting for him in the city than just catching the perfect wave and hanging out on beaches. As they say, love comes in the most unexpected way, and it’s about to change his life completely…

Moving philosophy and New Age insights given long ago. The Chicago Post reviewer said, “The words bring to one’s ears the magnificent myths of Ecclesiasticus. The work of a great man.”

Bianca is a beautiful, glamorous escort who has made a fortune offering her body to rich men. She has engaged in every type of sexual pleasure; she's been a vampy dominatrix, knows how to give amazing fellatio, and enjoys deep anal penetration--all accompanied by drugs and alcohol. Her life has been one long, hedonistic joyride. But she has two terrible and ironic problems. Hope comes in the form of Jean-Claude, an expert in Tantric massage.

The National Book Award finalist for Refund returns with a new collection of stories that boldly examines the changes in American culture over the last two years through the increasing presence of violence, bigotry, sexual harassment, and the emotional costs of living under constant threat. In the title story, the competition between two middle school cellists is affected by a shooting at their school, and it is only years later that they realize how the intrusion of violence affected the course of their lives.

Meet the Stonewardens... The youngest member of the Stonewarden family, Charlotte (Charlie), is 18 years old. As with everyone in her family when they reach that age, she's been told that when she turns 19, she'll be recruited into the family business. She has her warning that she has one year to do anything else she wishes to do - travel, study, work. Whatever she wants to do, she has 365 days to do it. On her next birthday, her life will effectively stop being her own. But Charlie wants nothing to do with the business. The youngest of six, with five older brothers, she wants a different ...