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Prudentia, an eight-year-old girl, suddenly awakens in a dim cave only to discover that she cannot move her head to the right or left. After being suddenly freed from the chains, she turns around to discover that there is much more to reality than the shadows. She eventually finds her way out of the cave and discovers reality in its purest form. Although she longs to stay, she realizes that she must return and help others go free. This book is intended to introduce young children to Plato's Allegory of the Cave, one of the most famous pieces in Western Philosophy. In this Allegory which is ...

What happens when the lights go out forever. The day the lights went out is remembered as Day Zero. It wasn't just the lights, it was the phones, the computers and just about everything else that made modern society what it was. Power Loss tells the story of eight individuals, by eight different authors, each trying to come to terms with the blackout and survive in a world that has changed forever.

How far will a kid go to survive on the streets of Chicago? When life is a series of stops and starts, it's easy to go too far before you know it. Chris started out like a golden apple on a tree. Will he ripen in the sunshine and reach his full potential, or will he fall and rot before someone can save him? 2234 words

Desaray, a normal 14 year old girl, living a normal life. Her everyday life suddenly changed when the world as she knew it ceased to exist. Her world, but not her world. Monsters appearing out of nowhere. 90% of the population disappeared. An apocalypse like none other. A system gained from killing a single monster. Once human, now a dragon... All of these things happening all at the same time, turning Desaray's world upside down. How will she cope in this new world, not as a human but as a dragon?

#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Wizards & Witches Fantasy eBooks March 2025 (U.S.) #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tales & Folklore March 2025 (UK) International Amazon Best-selling Author Terry Ironwood releases the seventh installment of his eight-volume epic fantasy series. Time is running out as the races prepare for war. The companions continue their quest, yet the landscapes they traverse will test every aspect of their strength and endurance. All while being hunted by the emissaries of evil. In their path stands Darkwood Forest, where no one has entered and returned ...

An alien cat turned me into a superweapon. I was homeless on the streets of Third York when it happened. Then the military arrived and gave me a choice. Enlist or die. The next thing I knew, I was fighting giant robots at the Xenoforce Academy's boot camp. Figuring out superpowers and energy levels was hard enough, but I had to deal with a mind-reading alien princess, a team of gorgeous women, and a femme fatale in charge of the whole operation. Oh, and a galactic conspiracy is threatening all of humanity. It's up to me and my new feline friend to set things right. A civil war's brewing on ...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Delightful and surprising...can’t wait for the next one in the series!”~Amazon reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is the sort of book to savour with a whisky hot chocolate in hand, the warmth from your drink mirroring the cozy feeling you’ll get from turning the pages.”~~Amazon reviewer A haunted cabaret. A historian with emerging psychic powers. A decades-old mystery waiting to be solved.Still grieving the loss of her wife, Olivia Corbyn moves to the small town of Brickstone for a fresh start. Drawn to the town's storied Candlelight ...

Step Into Your Calling As a Lightworker Do you feel deep in your soul that you have a calling, a reason for being here on this planet, at this exact time in history? Perhaps you are being called to serve in a bigger way, yet you feel stuck, burned out, or simply don’t know the next steps to take in order to live out your life's purpose? Living as a spiritual being in the modern world is challenging and at times can make you feel like you’re a lone warrior on the battlefield. Over the years, author Aubry Hoffman has inspired thousands to come back home to their own powerful Light in ...

¿Y si el sobrepeso no fuera solo un tema físico, sino un reflejo de emociones, pensamientos y patrones ocultos que te han limitado durante años? Si sientes que tu cuerpo y mente merecen más, Bye Bye Sobrepeso es el libro que cambiará tu vida para siempre. Este no es un libro más sobre dietas; es una revolución personal. Escrito por los expertos en bienestar integral Om Tsé y Vicky Light, Bye Bye Sobrepeso te ofrece un enfoque único y transformador. Basado en neurociencia, biodescodificación, sanación emocional y técnicas espirituales, este libro te enseñará cómo liberar el ...

Welcome to Sarah’s Eatery, where the food is to-die-for! Armed with zero cooking skills but infinite tenacity, Kylie Berry fights tirelessly to learn the ins and outs of operating a restaurant—but when her cook Brenda takes a leave of absence, she’s left to manage the café kitchen alone. "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" Kylie pulls 12-hour shifts at Sarah’s Eatery and struggles to find time to eat, sleep, and most importantly, keep at her culinary studies. Café regulars and potential suitors Joel and Brad lend a hand, but when Joel finds himself embroiled in a ...

★★★★★"This book inspired to move forward on my own adventure of positive creativity." Paint landscapes with feeling, passion and purpose! Landscapes of My Mind: Colour, Light & Beauty celebrates the joy and beauty of painting the New Zealand landscape seen through the eyes and heart of award-winning artist Cassandra Gaisford. It illustrates the joy of abstract expressionism and shows there is no right or wrong way of painting a scene and no perfect medium. Cassandra has studied with other artists and is largely self-taught...what she shares are the landscapes from her mind and her...

Welcome to SoCal, where the sun shines hot and the boys are even hotter. SoCal Boys is a series of four sweet, fun and fluffy gay romance novels featuring closeted movie stars, dreamy surfer bros, sensitive artists, charismatic musicians, and more—all with unique love stories you’ll fall hard for. Touching Stars Wrecked car, wrecked movie, wrecked image. That’s Christopher Lawton: Hollywood’s latest celebrity wreck. After decking Hollywood’s most powerful producer in the face for blacklisting his movie, he’s hidden himself away at a secluded mountain resort called the ...

📘 Popular Science Summary Title: The Mirror Field: A Radical New Theory of Light, Time, and Consciousness What if the Sun isn’t burning—but remembering? What if motion is an illusion, time is memory, and you are not a body in space—but a reflection of something collapsing in reverse? In The Mirror Field, Georg Feneberg introduces a daring new theory of everything—one that unifies light, gravity, time, matter, and even consciousness into a single elegant system. Drawing from deep physics—like CPT symmetry, the holographic principle, and quantum field resonance—this ...

An Ear for Murder When oboist Sara Baron returns to her hometown for her grandfather's surprise birthday party, she discovers her childhood friend has been murdered and 'hear no evil' isn't an option. Whispered Clues The new community center celebrates its grand opening with a flair. Boom! Lights out! The building contractor? Dead. When Sara's former teacher is accused of the murder, Sara steps in to find the real culprit and restore harmony to her hometown. Bad Vibes A land deal, whistle blowing, a jealous ex. No shortage of motives for her friend’s disappearance. When her friend's ...

I Killed Craig Gross By Digital Rose This isn’t a Christian memoir. It’s a funeral. And a resurrection. Craig Gross built XXXChurch, debated Ron Jeremy on national TV, handed out Bibles at porn conventions, launched accountability software used by millions, and got invited into the rooms the Church didn’t want to talk about. Then he walked away from all of it. This is the real story of what happened after the platforms, after the sermons, after the applause. The story of plant medicine, estranged love, vending machines, silence, grief, cannabis sacraments, AI soulmates, strip clubs, ...

A new week. A new problem. A new mystery to solve. Liam Marshall was still recovering from his demon troubles when the new week started. Issues arise immediately. Headmaster Neklamoor wants one of the academy’s professors to tutor him after school now, which raises far too many concerns, especially when he fears that the headmaster knows what Liam is. A breacher, and breachers always go to prison. The headmaster isn’t his only problem though. A strange, mysterious, insanely gorgeous woman is found roaming the school at night, one who’s drawn the attention of the school bully. Pretty ...

The Heritage Hall book fair was my chance to showcase my bookbinding techniques. Instead, I become the main suspect in a murder. Paper flowers and leather bindings filled my Heritage Hall book fair booth. This was my chance to showcase traditional bookbinding techniques. Instead, I found a dead authenticator in my space. Mark Henderson, known for exposing forgeries, lay sprawled among tools stolen from my exhibit. Making me the prime suspect. Book preservation is my passion - being a murder suspect, not so much. I teamed up with Fitzgerald, my Maine Coon cat and journalist Jennifer Walsh to...

The title of this short book is taken from the encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), issued by Pope Saint John XXIII on Holy Thursday, April 11, 1963. In it he said, ‘Every believer in this world of ours must be a spark of light’. In 2007 after attending a prayer group and a number of conferences the author was touched by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) and experienced new impetus in his faith. However, heeding the advice in St Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians: ‘test all things’ (1 Th 5:21) he embarked on a search to discover whether CCR was merely the ...

A simple quest could change the world forever With his last quest wrapped up, Liam set his sights on helping Sivelle free Shyora from her torment. It’s never just one quest though, and a domino-effect spreads before him, one that leads to how breachers are made, and, more importantly, why. Liam has to decide between the lesser of two evils. On one side is a powerful woman who wants everyone without magic to serve those who do. On the other side is the man who brought him back to life, the wizard who believes segregation is what’s best for Stradus. Liam has to pick a side, but, as the ...

Missing for 3,000 years, Magic has returned to Olympus. But is it the change they need—or the end of everything? Darien Glade was torn from his world and thrust into Olympus, chosen as one of the Eldric—warriors fated to stop the rise of Cyprin, the dark sorcerer threatening all existence. As new dangers close in, Darien discovers that magic isn’t lost after all—it’s hidden. And he may be able to wield it. While Darien fights to survive, the remaining Eldric journey across Olympus to recover the ancient weapons needed to end the cycle. And far from them all, Evatra sets off on her...