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While on a fly fishing vacation to Andros Island in the Bahamas, narcotics detectives Dix and Petersen discover their fishing guides were killed when a sudden blast of gunfire fractured their speedboat, Gray Ghost. Local gossip has it that Gray Ghost went to the ocean floor with a hundred million dollars’ worth of cocaine in the hull. Dix and Petersen, against their better judgment, are drawn into helping their island friends even though it could cost them their careers. Leads are chased down in the Bahamas and Miami.

Maud Baxter's peaceful life on sleepy SeaBreeze Island is shattered when local artist Samantha Granger is found dead of a suspected overdose. But things don't add up for the sharp-witted bookstore owner. When Maud starts poking around, she discovers that Samantha's house has been broken into and crucial evidence is missing. With the help of her spunky daughter, Annette, wisecracking best friend, Krysteen, and the charming Dr. Russo, Maud must unravel a decades-old mystery and catch a vengeful killer before she becomes the next victim. Join the SeaBreeze Murder Club ladies in this delightful...

In this paranormal fantasy romance, 14-year-old November Atwood and her twin cousins discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the old Danvers Asylum. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years in the past when Salem was a sleepy village - and witchcraft was a hanging offense.

Kim lived and hung out on the most dangerous blocks that Brooklyn had to offer. She was a part of a wild-ass crew and to top it off, her brothers were nothing to fuck with, and the whole hood knew it. Kim and her girls were the popular chicks. Every guy wanted them, and every female wanted to be down with them. With all of the hood popularity came nothing but drama and sticky situations. These girls all try hard to keep themselves out of the dangerous mix, but you know how the saying goes: "What goes around comes around".

Two million dollars secured Noah Crawford the most enticing woman he has ever known. Initiating Lanie Talbot into a sensuous world of pleasure took them both to the brink - again and again. But when Noah discovers why the beautiful innocent sold her body to the highest bidder, he's faced with the hardest thing he ever had to do: set her free. Lanie can't believe Noah would let her go. Doesn't he know they share a bond deeper than sex - a connection too powerful to sever?

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn't what he seemed, and he left her life in pieces. Now 32, Lou discovers that he is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn't repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he's caused.

Uncover 15 true stories of ghosts, haunted houses, UFOs, Bigfoot, and unexplained otherworldly phenomena. These are not gory or blood-curdling tales of horror, contrived with special effects. Here real people, many former skeptics, share their true experiences of ghosts, haunted houses, UFOs, Bigfoot, and unexplained otherworldly phenomena. Wonder at haunted history, unexplained phenomena, and ghostly visitations from lost loved ones. Listen to the stories based on the Ghosts of Somerville film series.

Rachel was barely more than an infant when her father, Dennis, murdered her mother and sister. In prison ever since, Dennis has never said one word about why he killed two family members-or why he spared Rachel. Now a grown woman, Rachel has done everything she can to leave her terrible past behind. She has changed her identity and is now happily married to the love of her life, Dan. But there is a dark cloud on the horizon.

Une épopée fantastique et romanesque où l'on retrouve aussi de l'exotisme, de l'aventure, de l'humour. Lorsque lors d'une mission d'exploration scientifique, l'un des vaisseaux de la Confédération Intergalactique s'écrase sur un monde encore non répertorié, seuls quelques membres de l'équipage survivent au crash. Ils découvrent alors les Erians, un peuple ailé et dépourvu de technologie. Sarah est humaine et médecin de bord. Elle croise le chemin de Nixx, le chef Erian des Terres de l'Ouest.

Bram Morrison, an aspiring astronaut, has always believed that death is where it all ends. Until he gets a phone call from a dead friend. He tries to dismiss it as somebody’s bad joke, but the chilling mystery proves far too compelling. When Torula Jackson, a botanist, tells him her laboratory might be haunted, she offers him a chance to investigate - and he dares to look behind death’s door. That choice puts a risk on his lifelong dream. NASA wants him to deepen the science of our world - not the afterworld.

Once every 10,000 years, the walls between worlds grow thin. The stars align and Hell is close. It is the time of The Sha'Daa. The mysterious Johnny The Salesman is up to his usual tricks, offering dark magic trades if one is brave enough to barter with him. Johnny's latest ally, the immortal tattoo artist Haumea, just might have the answer to saving the planet from destruction, if she can create enough supernatural tattoos at Mom's Bane tattoo parlor to turn the tide against evil.

Morrow und der Junge entdecken die Hütte des alten Sloat, der einst aufbrach, um den Zeuss und die rote Stadt der Götter zu suchen. Der Rattenkönig begreift, dass Morrow mehr ist als ein Mädchen, das seine Erinnerungen verloren hat, doch noch ist sein Geist zu schwach, um das Hotel verlassen zu können. In der Mickies-Stadt beginnt erneut das Sterben. Auf ihrer Flucht durch die Wüste verliert Morrow die Orientierung und findet ihre Freundschaft zu dem Jungen wieder.

Lassen Sie sich nicht entmutigen von den Symptomen des A.D.H.S.Ein A.D.H.S.- Gehirn ist anders verdrahtet, es funktioniert nicht auf die gleiche Weise wie ein "normales" oder neurotypisches Gehirn.

How fast do you have to have "IT"? Our culture tells us to find a microwave to speed up the process. C.L. Whiteside, a man who sees and hears multiple perspectives through his life of coaching sports, serving in education, and attempting to conform to Christ, searches for the nonmicrowaved truth. C.L. gets that what’s cool and acceptable now, may not be cool and acceptable tomorrow—and most importantly, may not be what’s best.

Xanthe Zeitstück belonged in London. Fate seemed to conspire to bring him from his Germanic origins and to a city every bit as shrouded and fabled as himself. He was the vagabond heir to the charismatic leader of London’s Underground. He was the mysterious and witty suitor to a lover of fiction and victim of isolation. He found a home, in time, wherein he paid not a pence for board. He had a storybook life, one written expressly for his whims, and he was very much enthused with all of the little ironies and intricacies of his world.

It was the quiet after the storm. I sat up in bed - what had awakened me? I tried to sit still to listen, but my heart was pounding. Throwing off the covers I turned to look out at the rising moon shining brilliantly through the departing storm clouds, its silver lighting up my room. Goosebumps rose on my arms and I tried to rub them down. At the pool, I peered down from the diving board, watching as the rising moon cast its light upon the water. Moonlight trailed into the water and bubbles began to rise from the bottom, the pool thrilling to the moonlight as its water called to me.

Jack Rothman is 17. A solid student with a talent for art, he likes partying, makeup and boys. Sometimes all at the same time. His active, unashamed sex life makes him a red hot topic for the high school gossip machine, but Jack doesn't really care too much about what the crowd is saying about him. His mantra is 'it could be worse'. And then it is.

Two years ago, Fran’s sister, Jenna, disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind Soul Shrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths of two people. But he has never let on what happened to the third victim: Jenna. Determined to find out the truth, Fran books herself onto his upcoming retreat—the first since his release—and finds herself face-to-face with the man who might hold the key to her sister’s disappearance.

Artists in every era and medium have depicted Neptune as a tempestuous god with ever-changing moods, so it’s fitting that his anthology follows suit. In these sections, you’ll find stories by turns heroic, comic, pensive, absurd, uplifting, and ambiguous. They also reflect different conceptions of what it means to be “related to Neptune”, as this volume was intended to be. Some anchor themselves in mythology, while others focus on the planet, and still others are weird amalgams of Neptunian themes.