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Dedicated to Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner and James Joyce, this new novel (2016) has been praised by many readers as a post-modern 21st century classic. Structured as a triptych (a painting with Three Panels), it is an intriguing novel about an English Literature teacher being locked up by a sculptor and the strange events of their lives. It is rich in metaphors and filled with symbolic significance on the meaning of life and the importance of the Arts. It has been positively compared to the best writings of Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner and James Joyce. Acclaimed by teachers of literature as a 21st century classic treasured by lovers of literature and the arts for years to come....

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One would expect a young man whose single mother skipped town a couple of hours after his birth, to have a few problems, but Mortaumal [Mort] doesn’t seem to, thanks to his grandfather. However, when that support is gone and foster parents fail, and there are nasty people demanding he do evil deeds...things begin to look pretty desperate. From the age of ten to eighteen Mort lives with and meets an extraordinary variety of people, gets himself into and out of very hot water, sees rather too many people die, learns to defend himself both physically and mentally, and ends up unimpressed with humanity in general, while loving the few who come up to scratch. This is a light-hearted, not too serious tale about death and dying, affection and callous indifference, independence and love somewhere in tropical Queensland. There’s sentiment but not sentimentality, social criticism, excitement, fun and a bit of everything else in a fast paced yarn that suggests ways to live that are more interesting and natural than those we see on our screens. ...

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1 Mortaumal According to his grandfather, Mortaumal was a smart kid. According to Mortaumal, Simon was a brainless bully. So why wasn’t it Simon lying on his belly, face pressed into the dust, scarcely able to breathe? Surely twice as big should be beaten by twice as clever? Obviously not, or Mortaumal wouldn’t have had his head flushed in a toilet bowl yesterday, and he wouldn’t have had to endure six months of increasingly unpleasant torment. On this relentlessly sunny afternoon, Simon had ambushed Mortaumal from behind a billboard advertising the benefits of ‘Jezebel’s Gymnasium for Fabulous Fitness’, dragged the object of his unwanted attention behind it, thrown him on his face in the dust and sat on his legs. When fruitless flailing of arms failed to free him, Mortaumal had just decided to humiliate himself by screaming for help when Simon dragged his shorts down. Shocked, or perhaps excited at the absence of underpants, the bully allowed his grip to slacken enough for his victim to slither away and tear down the street, school bag flying, shorts barely back in their usual place when he was stopped by a busy road. A q...

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Table of Contents 1 Mortaumal 2 Leon 3 Shrude Aywun 4 Confidences 5 Death 6 Mrs. Pettie 7 Dying 8 The lawyer. 9 Self Defence. 10 Pissed Off 11 Leon and Hugh 12 Family life 13 Fystie 14 A day at the river 15 School 16 School work 17 Mr. Brawn on Women 18 A visit 19 Beach Bully 20 Debriefing 21 Abuse 22 Rescue 23 Marshall on Childhood 24 Paying for It 25 Fystie Returns 26 Life with a lawyer 27 Further Education 28 Sergei 29 Zoltan’s Mother 30 The God Question 31 On Top of the Mountain 32 Marshall meets Angelo 33 Perdita 34 The Beach 35 Bullies 36 Ultimatum 37 Farewells 38 A Change of plans 39 Impersonation 40 Julian 41 The Truth 42 Elbert 43 A Social Occasion 44 A Room With a View 45 School 46 Mr. Preggy 47 The Basement Flat 48 The cop 49 Miss Bussty 50 Brawl 51 Perdita’s present 52 Stefan 53 Perdita Perdue...

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A revolution replaces the Queensland government with a coalition of religious fundamentalists who have strong ideas on how their subjects ought to live, and how to enforce compliance with their draconian laws. Readers have asked what happened to Robert and Bart, the heroes of Rough Justice. They thought I had left them in a bad place…and so I had. Others wanted to know what happened to Sebastian and Jarek between the end of Jarek and the beginning of NumbaCruncha. A good question that requires an answer because what happened could all too easily be the political future for us. So, Fidel is a prequel to NumbaCruncha, and a sequel to my other five novels—Rough Justice, Dome of Death, Sebastian, Jarek and Mortaumal. Fidel is fifteen when the story begins sometime in the near future. He’s running away from home to the big city where he falls into trouble, then miraculously falls out again, and grows into a sturdy, well-liked young man. Like most people he is too busy living to notice that a relatively quiet revolution is taking place, replacing the government with a coalition of religious fundamentalists who have strong id...

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1 Fidel Fidel was scared. Shit scared. He felt like throwing up and probably would have if he'd had any breakfast. He had to stop thinking about it or he’d chicken out. His whole life had been one long worry that he’d done something wrong and would be punished…but this was sharper, more urgent, more exciting too if he could only stop thinking about all the possible consequences. Taking a deep breath he shouldered the backpack that had been hidden in a corner for weeks, let himself out of the shed, crossed the back lawn and tapped on his brother’s open window. Hylas appeared, rubbing at sleepy eyes. ‘Fidel! What’s the matter?’ ‘I’m off.’ ‘Now? But you…’ ‘Shhh! You'll wake Mum. I just wanted to say goodbye and tell you I love you.’ ‘Where are you going? I love you too! Will you write?’ ‘Brisbane. Of course I’ll write. Don’t tell Mum anything. Pretend to be surprised I've gone.’ With a cheery wave that even Hylas knew was fake, Fidel adjusted his pack and ran off before his courage ran out. Twenty minutes later he was sticking out his thumb on the David Low Way. Almost immediately an elderly couple in a battered T...

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Contents 1 Fidel 2 City Centre 3 The Karims 4 What to do? 5 Bart’s enterprise 6 Arnold Jurgenz 7 Bart and Robert 8 Lance 9 Luck 10 Arnold’s Gym 11 Natural Fitness 12 Hylas 13 Brothers in Brisbane 14 Hylas Meets Natural Fitness 15 And Hylas Makes Five 16 JECHIS 17 Lance Returns 18 Disintegration 19 Inspection 20 Plans 21 The Administrator 22 Ciao Natural Fitness 23 Peter and Jon 24 A Forest Retreat 25 On The Run 26 Unpleasantness 27 Travelling On 28 A Meeting 29 Justice 30 F.N.Q. 31 Protectors 32 A Blast From The Past 33 Oasis 34 Tests 35 Developments 36 Job Interview 37 The Vote and After 38 Sanity – Insanity 39 Nothing Lasts Forever 40 Decisions 41 Ciao Oasis 42 Research 43 Solutions 44 The Institute 45 Settling In 46 Endgame ...

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A savage race whose main source of food is humans are fast running out of supplies and so must attack their rival race, who they believe are the cause of their growing food shortages....

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It was late at night, I held firm with such tight grip the weapon I carried then I heard screams and as I looked around, all I could see was a burning bush; the entire place licked up by flames, the moon light blocked by a thick smoke that mantled the surroundings. All of a sudden, about three of them ran out of the bush with their body enshrouded with fire, something burst in the flames like big drums accompanied by a hissing sound which irrupted. The smell of sulphur and burning flesh took my nose hostage but for some reason, I stood and watched the horror with my feet grounded defensively. The invaders took siege of the bush holding their torches as they continued to set it ablaze. I went round and saw people being butchered by the invaders, anyone that jumped out of the burning bush was instantly killed. The sight was awful and it seemed there was nothing I could do. I also noticed the invaders were bigger in size compared to the ones that were being hunted, burnt and killed. The sound of their voices and cries in the fire weakened my heart. I could not fathom why I was there or why I could not do anything. The attack was...

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Acknowledgments Dedication I am Buga The dead Purican prince The brides Head on a platter The sun sets on the Redicans Tempest The guardian Friends and foes ...

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This book was written after having an epiphany. I literally woke up from a dream and began writing. This story is appropriate for any reader age 9 and above. You'll find no gratuitous violence, foul language or nightmarish scenes. What you will discover on these pages is an adventure unlike anything I had ever dreamed about before; a fantasy tale worthy of reading aloud and a cast of characters that could only have come from deep within a creative mind. In The Hero's Chamber, two young men take a reluctant journey to find something that hasn't existed in thousands of years. Their guide may not be trustworthy, their fate is almost certain death but without this effort their world, the original Earth, will die. Our adventurers are led by a young woman who must remain unseen, she is forbidden to speak and yet without her there can be no success. Join this unforgettable group as they struggle through an epic journey that none of them expected, none of them asked for and none of them may survive....

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In the early morning hours of July 5th 2006, I woke up from a dream. Since then, I’ve tried to write down what I experienced; to express what I saw, to tell the story of my dream. The reason for my effort and the purpose of this book is to get the images, the story, the characters, and the emotions out of my head. With my dream finally down on paper, at least the first half of it, I know that I will be able to put aside the unreasonably detailed visions that have danced through my head for years. After you read it, I hope you understand why I had to write it down. ...

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FRAYED EDGES FRIENDS MR. MILLER THE KINGDOM AS IT WAS FIRST STEPS AN EARLY DEPARTURE THE WASTELANDS HEAVY BURDENS DAYS TURN TO WEEKS KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVE CONSEQUENCES FIRST IMPRESSIONS EASY TRAVELING BASE CAMP A SLIPPERY SLOPE THE HERO’S CHAMBER STRANGE ATTRACTORS THE WANDERER’S WAY PROMISES FULFILLED UNEXPECTED GIFTS SUNRISE 275 THE CALL WISDOM 292 ...

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Sarah is travelling to rural Maine to visit an old friend, Midge Parker, who disappeared under peculiar circumstances almost a decade earlier. She drives 400 miles only to discover that Midge has moved on again without leaving any forwarding address. But the journey's end offers an unexpected revelation....

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《铁血除弊事》是一部精彩万分的悬疑谍战网络文学，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造较为成功之外，关键在于本书的时代背景：1950年6月，朝鲜战争爆发，美国出兵朝鲜，杜鲁门下令第七舰队进驻台湾海峡。 故事就是在这一历史关键转折点铺展开来的，局势对当时的国民党非常不利，五月舟山、海南相继沦陷，若战事无法继续扭转，台湾就岌岌可危了。山雨欲来风满楼，此刻的台湾岛内民众要求反腐消除积弊的声浪此起彼伏，蒋总裁为了挽回民心，同年下令枪毙了陈仪，把228事件的历史罪责都归咎于陈仪一人。 为了挽救濒临灭亡的国民党政权，蒋建丰结合当年自己在上海打老虎时期的失败教训，重新组建起了一支铁血救国会，目的是希望铁血救国会能够在香港反腐缉私事务中发挥积极作用，找到国民党内部大老虎们在香港走私洗钱的确凿证据，自己也好借此机会在岛内开展整顿党务工作，从而肃清党内的腐败分子和内奸，净化党员队伍。唯有如此，台湾岛内新的币值改革才有成功的一线生机。 为了推行新的币值改革，铁血救国会不惜远赴香港搜集情报，然而一场看不见的血雨腥风正在等待着他们，在朝鲜战争疑云密布下，各路人马在香港这座弹丸之地粉墨登场，展开了一场你死我活的殊死较...

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《铁血除弊事》是一部精彩万分的悬疑谍战网络文学，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造较为成功之外，关键在于本书的时代背景：1950年6月，朝鲜战争爆发，美国出兵朝鲜，杜鲁门下令第七舰队进驻台湾海峡。 故事就是在这一历史关键转折点铺展开来的，局势对当时的国民党非常不利，五月舟山、海南相继沦陷，若战事无法继续扭转，台湾就岌岌可危了。山雨欲来风满楼，此刻的台湾岛内民众要求反腐消除积弊的声浪此起彼伏，蒋总裁为了挽回民心，同年下令枪毙了陈仪，把228事件的历史罪责都归咎于陈仪一人。 为了挽救濒临灭亡的国民党政权，蒋建丰结合当年自己在上海打老虎时期的失败教训，重新组建起了一支铁血救国会，目的是希望铁血救国会能够在香港反腐缉私事务中发挥积极作用，找到国民党内部大老虎们在香港走私洗钱的确凿证据，自己也好借此机会在岛内开展整顿党务工作，从而肃清党内的腐败分子和内奸，净化党员队伍。唯有如此，台湾岛内新的币值改革才有成功的一线生机。 为了推行新的币值改革，铁血救国会不惜远赴香港搜集情报，然而一场看不见的血雨腥风正在等待着他们，在朝鲜战争疑云密布下，各路人马在香港这座弹丸之地粉墨登场，展开了一场你死我活的殊死较...

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· 第一节蒋建丰驱车探病房谢穆澜病榻思情人 · 第二节 前线战事沦陷频传 重整币值事在人为 · 第三节梁复生掀怒骂狂潮蒋建丰谈孤臣孽子 · 第四节行辕会议众说纷纭出兵朝鲜意见不合 · 第五节谢国栋后海逢玉英白发红颜续写佳话 · 第六节精锐部队蓄势待发以战养战计划泡汤 · 第七节梁复生抒郁勃之气蒋建丰论黄埔精神 · 第八节谢梁二人喜结良缘训练中心开筵设酒 · 第九节谢穆澜枕边莺声泣露梁复生灯下验对枪伤 · 第十节徐寅贬谪基隆监狱CC派系势如危卵 · 第十一节梁复生冷嘲热讽徐寅蒋建丰过问行总舞弊 · 第十二节黄蒲诚甄别洪门中人蒋建丰灯下阅批点将 · 第十三节前线急缺运输工具谢老率众战略南下 · 第十四节谢国栋感慨武装和平梁复生一行劈波斩浪 · 第十五节宋子亮诧异戏园突访谢国栋设计巧献金条 · 第十六章 宋子亮携美眷参加晚会 战斗同盟酝酿绑架计划 · 第十七章 壮汉夜袭铁血救国会 谢穆澜孤胆勇夺手枪 · 第十八节 梁复生损兵折将受阻香港 蒋建丰摘埴索涂临危受命 · ​第十九章 铁血救国会全军覆没 谢穆澜为爱命丧黄泉...

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Science fiction adventure predicting future after few centuries.

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A journal on one of Florentin Smarandache's adventures!

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În Vestul Sălbatic ..................................................................... 5 Oraşul fantastic ........................................................................ 8 În ţara lui Pelé ........................................................................ 15 Florentin la Florenţa ............................................................... 87 Cu „carozza” spre Veneţia ................................................... 126 Turnul din Pisa ..................................................................... 134 Eterna Eladă ......................................................................... 154 Civilizaţia incaşă .................................................................. 200 The Wild West ....................................... 5 Fantastic city ................................... 8 Pele country ................................. 15 Florence Florentine .......................................... 87 With "Carozzi" to Venice ............................. 126 Tower of Pisa ............................................... 134 Elad Eterna ................................................ 154 ...

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 Глава 1. Конец света, как и обещали. Провинциальный городок, каких не счесть в России. Тихая улочка с магазинами и кинотеатр Родина. Мир затих, глубокая осень. А, где то бушуют страсти,и льется кровь. Войны. И огромные свалки , результат прогресса человечества. Где то в опере идёт представление , ставят Гамлета,где то выставка картин, спортивное состязание. Человечество живёт на полную катушку.   Молодой человек, по имени Михаил, читает книгу о болезнях крови. В комнате горит лампа. Вечер.Его родители мирно на кухне ведут беседу. Как твоя работа? - спрашивает отец. Да, ничего , устала очень, эти проверки,люди с ума посходили- говорит мать. Понятное дело , край на первом месте по сельскому хозяйству, надо же соответствовать- заключает папа....

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Un vizitator de-a pururea prefaţă Continui seria fotojurnalelor instantanee cu episoadele turneelor ştiinţifice din Taiwan şi China. „Aventuri chineze” este o carte despre o conferinţă de calcul granular din Taiwan (în oraşul sudic Kaohsiung), între 4-11 noiembrie 2011, plus un tur ştiinţific desfăşurat în perioada 11 decembrie 2011 – 6 ianuarie 2012 în patru oraşe din China: Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, şi Hangzhou. A visitor for ever foreword Continuing instant fotojurnalelor series episodes scientific tournaments in Taiwan and China. "Chinese Adventure" is a book about granular computing conference in Taiwan (in the southern city of Kaohsiung), 4-11 November 2011, plus a scientific tour ran from December 11, 2011 - January 6, 2012 in four cities in China: Beijing , Xi'an, Shanghai, and Hangzhou....

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CHINA (fotojurnal instantaneu) 19.12.2011 Din nou la drum, la drum, la drum. În China. Nu mă mai satur de excursii. Simt că trece timpul. Nu știu cum să-l umplu mai bine. Pe freeway, până la aeroport, mă cicăle Lilia la cap. Ba merg prea repede, ba prea încet. E ceaţă, ploaie, lapoviţă. Vizibilitate redusă. Cică-i e frică. 18 zile „chineze”. O nouă lansare în necunoscut. Viaţă la viteză infinită... (scriu în aeroportul din LA unde avem de aşteptat şapte ore... pînă la miezul nopţii...) ABQ – LA – Tokyo – Beijing. CHINA (fotojurnal instantly) 19.12.2011 On the road again on the road, on the road. In China. Never get tired of sightseeing. I feel that time passes. I do not know how to fill it better. On the freeway, to the airport, I Lilia CICA head. You are going too fast, too slow ba. It's fog, rain, sleet. Visibility. They say I'm afraid. 18 days "Chinese". A new launch into the unknown. Life at infinite speed ... (write in the LA airport where we waited seven hours ago ... until midnight ...) ABQ - LA - Tokyo - Beijing....

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De uma infância pobre e sofrida à irresistível ascensão aos salões dos grandes reis; de um começo sem esperanças ao despertar de um poder inigualável, invejado e temido, Merlin, é levado a se tornar o homem mais influente da Idade das Trevas. Confidente supremo do rei Artur e maior conselheiro da corte de Camelot. Misterioso e enigmático. Amado e odiado. Druida, monge e mago. Na Britânia do Século V da Era Cristã – abandonada pela queda do Império Romano à barbárie dos invasores saxões –, Merlin surge para impor um novo tipo de rei a um povo abatido e desesperado, alterando, para sempre, não apenas o destino dos britânicos, mas de toda a humanidade. A saga de um homem determinado a erigir uma civilização de paz e justiça numa terra devastada pelo caos e a guerra em uma aventura épica e brutal que equilibra realismo duro com doses amargas de magia....

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O druida, então, abriu um sorriso malévolo aos soldados saxões. Hengist gritava às suas tropas para se manterem firmes, mas sua vanguarda ruía à medida que um resoluto Merlin avançava, a passos largos, na sua direção. A defesa saxônica se fragmentava perante o pavor supersticioso imposto pela figura aterrorizante do druida. Face à derrota iminente, Hengist se desesperou, girando seu machado e galopando para Merlin. O druida estancou diante do ataque rápido e brutal do rei saxão. Sem tempo para conjurar um feitiço protetor, Merlin percebeu, tardiamente, a estupidez de seu erro. Em sua soberba e imaturidade, ambicionara vencer sozinho a batalha. Agora, contudo, sua queda restauraria o ânimo dos saxões, desgraçando o contingente britânico. Merlin experimentou o fragor das narinas do cavalo e o tremor do solo sob seus cascos potentes. O machado de Hengist se projetou para lhe separar a cabeça dos ombros....

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Três sinistras histórias do escritor Marcelo Hipólito, autor dos romances Lúcifer: o primeiro anjo e O Mago de Camelot: a saga de Merlin para coroar um dragão....

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As luzes da alvorada despontaram pálidas no horizonte, quando o lobo finalmente despertou. Suas entranhas ardiam em fogo e agonia. Se a maldição do lobo liberava a besta adormecida no interior dos homens, aos lobos concedia-lhes o fardo da humanidade. Assim, o lobo ferido deixou o tronco berrando de dor. Ele se transformava: seus pelos caíam e as feições caninas suavizavam. Um impulso incontrolável ergueu-o nas patas traseiras. Estas viraram pés; as dianteiras, mãos. Suas garras tornaram-se unhas. Sua face amalgamou-se num misto de homem e fera, careca, livre de sobrancelhas, com orelhas e nariz curtos e achatados. Apenas seus olhos retiveram o aspecto genuinamente lupino. O animal se tornara um homem-lobo, consciente e racional: o oposto do feral lobisomem. E como homem-lobo a primeira consequência de sua metamorfose atingiu-lhe com uma força estonteante: na forma implacável, inédita, desesperada, de um pensamento. E como ser pensante, o homem-lobo descobriu-se existir. E seu pensamento inicial foi: “Quem sou eu?”. E este foi seguido por “De onde eu vim?” e “O que eu farei?”, perguntas embaladas em estranheza e pav...

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- Razão e Fúria. - O Inquisidor. - A Bruxa da Montanha.

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In the Old West, not everything dies.

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DJ, now on foot, slaps a newly loaded magazine onto the Bulldog and walks toward the knoll. She does not see a particularly wicked-looking ZOMBIE DROVER stalking her, meat cleaver in hand....

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FOREWORD Sarusai Hiryu Once upon a time, a poet wrote “An Apologie for poetry”. Well, he succeeded in deserving the applause he accorded. But now, here’s poetry – and prose - that genuinely needs to be ‘apologised’ for … let us see how the spiritual descendants of our renowned apologist fare… Bon courage, mes ‘hypocrites lecteurs’. Et bienvenu, mes ames soeurs...

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Excerpt : Synthesis per this one year of 50000 tons of this Diamonds with quality per one ton from this One Trillion $ USA .

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Acest volum se vrea a fi (este) un volum de texte încrucisate, ca meandrele soselelor mexicane, fara gropile noastre, un mic-joc de doi, picant si cu zv'c sarcastic, ca un gulas din Ardeal (nu am zis GULAG!) ...uor la lecturi (f)estivale, ca sa zic aa... de navetisti... O naveta inter-spatiala, adica între spatiile noastre carpato-v'lcene-dunarene si cele neo-mexicane, unde se pare ca avem afinitati cu exotismul cactusilor si colorismul sop'rlelor, de dorit fiind si cu ai nostri, care nu vor fi niciodata ai lor... Ceva care sa fie usor la cap si ne-greu la stomah... Ceva de noptiera, seara, ca somnifer cu efect neagresiv, o carte de recitit, pentru confort si neuitare... si a supararilor care fac bine.Pagini care dovedesc ca ardelenii se înteleg bine cu oltenii, mai ales în America de Nord.O carte ca o... bicicleta cu doi pedalisti: unul în contra-timp cu celalalt! Ne înelegem atunci c'nd ne certam! Dupa o vreme de harta, unul zice paradoxist: ¿ Pai eu ce ziceam, omule ?¿Sa fie o carte uoara, agreabila, nu prea groasa, doua registre pe acelai spirit, cum suntem....

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NEZICERI Proz scurt prostmodernist Gheorghe taie lemne Gheorghe nu taie lemne Gheorghe taie Gheorghe Gheorghe taie fumul cu cu itul Gheorghe nu taie lemne Gheorghe taie frunze la câini Gheorghe ucide balaurul Dar cine e ti tu b , Gheorghe? H r uire sex-tual Ce a f cut Mardap: Mardap s-a n scut Mardap a avut 3500 g. la na tere. Mardap a Mardap n-a Mardarap a plâns Mardap Mardap... i ce dac ! Ce ne intereseaz pe noi?!...

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Aye, art thou among the misguided creatures this world doth call writers? Then, my child, This waifling of a booklet is for thee……

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It’s been one long day for Lisa and her headache is living proof of it. Most of it she blamed on the full moon outside. Things always got crazy this time of the month, but this month was exceptional. She needed sleep bad and only hoped the nightmares that haunted her would leave her alone for at least one night. They don’t. She wakes up as usual screaming only to find out that her nightmare has just begun, because she’s not alone in her room. One man has been gruesomely tortured to death in a ritualistic killing. An entire police precinct has been reconstructed down to the smallest detail in an abandoned warehouse and a mysterious stranger known only as Flint seems to be the cause of it all. It’s a case that is fast turning into one big headache for Lisa Tauranto a detective for the NYPD, but it gets much worse when her past, that she’s tried so hard to bury, rises up to engulf her in its golden grip once again. Lisa is ripped from the existence that she so pain stakingly built for herself into a mixed up world of intrigue, where nothing is as it seems. It’s a fight to survive and to protect what she is sworn to, but will ...

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Human relations interest the author. The intricacies of life, the struggle for existence are all raw material for him. The last story Aa Paattu Nirthu (Stop that Song) is about a 5 year old girl who has an HIV infection, and is being boycotted by the inmates of the flats in the building. A really sad story....

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It was her 5th birthday. Waiting at the open door for her friends, who never came, she got tired and fell asleep. When her father came from office she was woken up. He took her in his arms and went to the decorated sitting room, where the birthday cake with her name inscribed on it was kept. The cone shaped caps she had bought for her friends to wear for the party were heaped on a table without any takers. The small carry home packets containing chocolates and balloons for the little guests lay slumbering on the table. He pulled a chair in front of the teapoy on which the cake was kept. The knife with a red ribbon tied on it was kept by the side of it. He took the knife and handed it over to Suji. Her mother Malathi switched on the tape recorder, and stood ready with the camera to click. The song Happy Birthday was heard from the tape recorder, like an obsolete message coming from a strange unknown world. Suji raised her head and asked her mother, ‘Mom, please stop that song.’ (Aa Paattu NIrthu...)...

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Stories: Karutha Thambratti Kalikkalam Oru Onathinte Katha Ayalkkaran Avasanathe Whistle Parichunadanavatha Nadan Swapnam Choochiyum Inambichiyum Valiyoru Album Vaikiyodunna Vandikal Engine Viplavamundakkunnu Kunhimathu Chirichukodirikkunnu Kathayilekku Nadannupoya Stree Theevandi Kayariyittillatha Penkutti Mattoru Vathil Oru Pappakkadakkariyumayi Pranayathilaya Katha Aa Paattu Nirthu....

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A Novella by Sidney Grey.

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Like a dumb waiter he drops, searching for further purgation. A birthing breed of angel vision blooms in the ashes of his cataracts. The secret world within unfolds as his inner light ignites. Aztec pattern lines shock electric at all sides. Wallpaper trappings of crying cherub limelight sing organic smile symphonies of tears and Incan stucco into cluster groupings of Sephiroth Argus eyeballs – staring hallucinating mind frames into Mozart paradigms of ‘Ode to Joy’ perception processions, while brain hemispheres synch worldly pleasures around themselves, colliding emotions into sacred Renaissance sustenance, tickling thoughts like a chimney sweeping feather duster of forget-me-nots and lilac pansy posies breaking their bosoms apart with sacral chakra springtime morning espresso shots. All the Templar hidden holy grails clink and clack around his head during the last supper’s engagement party, becoming ritualistic first of the season dinner motifs, ringing supper bells, pin drop crispy, around Grecian Olympia ribbon dance twirling songs a’ spire sparkler popping into peaking discussions filled fat with Romanticized Latin. Fortune spu...

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He’s expendable, vulnerable and flat-broke; the ideal candidate for his employer of last resort, the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. But his part-time employment opportunity at McDonald’s is a pretty close runner-up. That’s because retired special agent Avery Dick takes on the dangerous, difficult assignments for his Uncle Sam that others shun because they’re just too damn life threatening and not career enhancing in the slightest. Avery doesn’t have a career anymore and his dissolute lifestyle doesn’t count for much anyway. That’s often the case for those who served and protected their country for many years. Otherwise, his career prospects and personal circumstances are just hunky-dory. But despite his unorthodox investigative style and bumbling mannerisms, Avery’s often called to active duty to solve the tough cases---and maintain plausible denial for the big suits in the State Department....

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Five year old Gabe runs away from home. While in the forest he meets Lep and Elita and climbs a rainbow. On Top of the Rainbow he must make the decision to cross over to a land of delight or go back to his family that he loves. Come and visit with Gabe, Lep and Elita as they discover the importance of family love....

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Rich Shapero’s TOO FAR follows a pair of ultra-imaginative six-year-olds, Robbie and Fristeen, through a transformative summer spent exploring the woods behind their remote Alaskan homes. As their family lives become increasingly unstable, the children travel deeper and farther into their private world. The forest—and the gods who inhabit it—becomes their refuge until, at summer’s end, they are forced to choose between the crushing prospects of the real world, and the lethal demands of their ideal one. ...

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He’s expendable, vulnerable and flat-broke; the ideal candidate for his employer of last resort, the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. But his part-time employment opportunity at McDonald’s is a pretty close runner-up. That’s because retired special agent Avery Dick takes on the dangerous, difficult assignments for his Uncle Sam that others shun because they’re just too damn life threatening and not career enhancing in the slightest. Avery doesn’t have a career anymore and his dissolute lifestyle doesn’t count for much anyway. That’s often the case for those who served and protected their country for many years. Otherwise, his career prospects and personal circumstances are just hunky-dory. But despite his unorthodox investigative style and bumbling mannerisms, Avery’s often called to active duty to solve the tough cases---and maintain plausible denial for the big suits in the State Department....

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This story is about two peoples who fights with each other.

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The past two years have been uneasy ones for Roric. Rumors of a dark cult and its increasing influence have been spreading throughout the Southern Settlements. Roric fears that its only a matter of time before it invades the Valley Lands with its darkness of belief. Will the people resist its dark influence? How can they? The people have already drifted from the faith of their fathers and are ripe for a takeover of their souls in a war of the spirit. Something has to be done, but what? A war has begun in which a sword might not even be raised to win the hearts of the people. How does one fight an idea that has the backing of a dark leader that endows his followers with powers that terrify the soul? The enemy has a complete work of dark import, while Rorics people have but the tattered remnants of the word of God caused by a tragedy long ago in their past. How can Roric inspire faith in the people, when the people don’t have the instruction they need to resist darkness’s wiles and deceptions? A bold plan is called for and Roric finds the means to accomplish it buried in a secret place far below the mountain that Thunder Ridge castle ...

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Número de Factor Crítico dedicado a la Guerra Fría

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Editorial 6 Malas pulgas. La Guerra Fría no ha tenido lugar. 9 Entrevista a Enrique Vila-Matas 15 «Yo fui un agente de la Stasi» 15 Graham Greene, el hombre que dibujó el mapa 28 De On the Beach a The Road, o los sueños apocalípticos de un niño de los 80 35 La máscara de Dimitrios; Eric Ambler 53 Literatura de los escombros 72 Usted y la guerra fría 79 Audiovisual God Bless America, de Bobcat Godthwait 89 Moonrise Kingdom, de Wes Anderson 95 Breaking Bad, de Vince Gilligan 98 The Deep Blue Sea, de Terence Davies 103 Cómic Iron Sky, de la ucronía al crowdfunding 109 Moowiloo Woomiloo, de Molg H. y Néstor F. 121 Mis amigos pueden a los tuyos. Avenging Spiderman, de Zeb Wells y Joe Madureira 126 Humor cristiano, de Alberto González Vázquez 130 Holy Terror, de Frank Miller 136 Before Watchmen, de varios autores 142 Ensayo En días idénticos a nubes; de Ana Pérez Cañamares 150 El primer humor. Papel Carbón, de Fernando Iwasaki 153 Harold Bloom; Novelas y novelistas 159 Novelas y novelistas. El canon de la novela; de Harold Bloom 170 Manual de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, de Boris Vian 183 El tigre de Hircania. Ensayo...

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He’s expendable, vulnerable and flat-broke; the ideal candidate for his employer of last resort, the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. But his part-time employment opportunity at McDonald’s is a pretty close runner-up. That’s because retired special agent Avery Dick takes on the dangerous, difficult assignments for his Uncle Sam that others shun because they’re just too damn life threatening and not career enhancing in the slightest. Avery doesn’t have a career anymore and his dissolute lifestyle doesn’t count for much anyway. That’s often the case for those who served and protected their country for many years. Otherwise, his career prospects and personal circumstances are just hunky-dory. But despite his unorthodox investigative style and bumbling mannerisms, Avery’s often called to active duty to solve the tough cases---and maintain plausible denial for the big suits in the State Department....

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Mathematician and author of over fifteen books published in Romania, Morocco, France, and USA, and winner of the poet contest literature from Bergerac, initiator of Curenlului Paradoxist now that the Corporate, holder of Honeywell computers (Phoenix · Arizona), Florentin Smarandache, in the 38 years old, consciousness is the magic word, and the fragility ~ and Flint. Putting their lives in the text, it gives us an exciting diary emigrant radiography in an area ecruţătoa unusual in that penetrates beyond the experience and you notice you expressed a rudimentary language, the desire to define the orientation and strategy self multiplied daily surface. 500 years after Columbus's first step into the world No AU a Romanian rediscovering America....

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Set in newly-independent Scotland, this short thriller covers a range of controversial topics including: War, and how to avoid it Peace, and how to ensure it Independence, and how to attain it Education, the why and the how And, of course, Myth and Magic. And in the process adds a whole new dimension to the Independence debate. It contains the astonishing twists you have come to expect, but never foresee, from AnElephantCant. ...

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Chapter 1 The Children Chapter 2 The Commander Chapter 3 The Background Chapter 4 The Visitor Chapter 5 The Requests Chapter 6 The Analysis Chapter 7 The Threat Chapter 8 The Strike Chapter 9 The Agreement Chapter 10 The Failure Chapter 11 The Game Chapter 12 The Arrival Chapter 13 The Aftermath Chapter 14 The First Minister Chapter 15 The Breakdown Chapter 16 The Plan Chapter 17 The Escalation Chapter 18 The Truth Chapter 19 The Proof Chapter 20 The Explanation Chapter 21 The Catalyst Chapter 22 The End ...

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This is a fictional account of events leading up to the violent overthrow of today’s liberal media institutions. The novel is not written from the perspective of the messengers, but the real reasons for the media’s behavior and one sidedness: the puppet masters, those at the top who are really calling the shots. The Brian Williams(s), the Diane Sawyer(s), the Walter Cronkite(s); those are, or were, simply the mouthpieces, the talking heads, the emissaries, the window dressing, the lipstick for the otherwise ugly pig those at the top had turned into roses for millions of Americans over the past century. The publishers, the CEOs, those lurking behind the scenes, hidden from view, not noticed by the public, but making damn sure their ideas, theories and beliefs become a permanent part of Americana. For what purpose? Power...power to influence elections, power to put like-minded minions into public office, the power to cover up the truth, or make certain the truth never saw the light of day. Power to safeguard those they consider friendly, those they consider allies, those who will do their bidding...all without being seen...a good...

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Review by: Frank Lee on July 22, 2014 : Great book! Even though the author classifies this is as fiction, make no mistake. There are facts in here. Also there are familiar players in here (renamed of course). Barack Obama, Hitlery Clinton, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and even John McCain... all present and accounted for. What is fiction is what happens... very enjoyable read! It should be a wake up call for dum dums who still think US News sources like CNN and MSNBC are "unbiased". ...

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Acknowledgements Prologue Day of Reckoning Four Years Earlier The Capitalists Coming Storm CPAC Rescue Operation Future President Another Mission First Logical Steps Getting Grilled Campaign Begins Plan is Discovered The Mole Election Approaches Publishers Threatened Martinez Wins! McKinley’s Last Order Last Mission as Americans D-Day Future Partners Meet Saving His Team Going Rogue Assassinations Unlikely Partners Breaking Scandal Fallout of Election It’s a Go Chatter Unthinkable Occurs The Hours Following The Days Following Epilogue About the Author Other books by Frank Thompson Connect with the Author Excerpt From: Frank B. Thompson, III. “RTF LIARS Violent Overthrow Smashwords June 23, 2014.” iBooks....

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Stress affects us all at some stage in our life. However stress is ultimately our own choice and is not an inevitable outcome to difficult experiences. Through well established meditation and mindfulness practices we can begin to change the habits that precipitate the stress response and change our habitual behaviour to become a more calm and happier person. This is a handbook that explains how stressful patterns of behaviour manifest and how we can develop new pathways that can result in an alternative approach to difficult situations including relationships, work, financial and health issues....

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We all have experienced some level of stress at some stage in our life. This could be mild frustration at not getting what we want, when we want it, such as standing in a long queue at the supermarket or experiencing a computer crash just as we have completed a long email. Stress can also manifest as anger and even rage. Some people manage to overcome these events and quickly return to a calmer state of mind. Others cannot seem to let go of the stress and always feel on edge, or annoyed most of the time. When we feel frustrated, annoyed or in a bad mood we can very quickly descend into anger and despondency. This is because we are already stressed and any adverse event will trigger an even more stressful state of mind. The definition of stress is a physical, mental, or emotional response to events that causes bodily or mental tension. Therefore, stress is a mentally originating phenomenon, which will also have an effect upon the physical body and can manifest in many forms such as: Tension, frustration, anger, weakened immunity, ill health, and poor concentration. Prolonged exposure to stress will inevitably have an advers...

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Stress is a choice

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It was the summer that everything changed for Johnny. The first thing he did was change his name from Shankadeep to Johnny Fingers (or just fingers for short.) He was not happy. His new name was not sticking. His friends continued to call him Shank and the only one he could get to call him fingers was that weird dude at the comic book shop. He would call out “Word Up Fingers Ogilvy “ whenever he came in to buy the latest issue of HATE comics or Bone. Here is a breakdown of all the other things that happened to Mr. Fingers during the summer. 1) Someone whom he became very close to during the summer (hint- its a new really cute girl neighbor) She dies of multiple bee stings while eating a poisonous mushroom. 2) He learns to travel between multiple alternate realities by a secret organization with the weird acronym (BNWP.) 3) The World is saved. However, everyone gets turned into a monkey. 4) He meets a really cool girl who on top of likening all the same types of stuff that boys like (video games, farting, making jokes about people’s mothers.) is also gorgeous, an excellent shot with a bow and arrow and owns...

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The real title of this book should be Highland Park Borough of Vampires, Werewolves, Midgets and Hobo Riots (see page 24 pictures of the Hobo Riots of 1918) Highland Park notably contains some other of the following interesting facts which for some reason have been left out of these two previous books regarding the Borough. At the end of Cleveland Ave. there is municipal water drain which is contains a portal which is a break in the time space continuum (it actually leads to Midget-Ville, Luxembourg.) For more information refer to chapter 17 of the Newberry Award winning book “It was the summer that everything changed.” Highland Park is the birthplace of Bubblegum Rock. “Love Goes where my Rosemarie Goes was written here.” By Gene “Rocky” Steinmetz. He latter went on to murder his family and bury them in their local municipal garden plot. It is Home of one of the Secret Uranium Processing Plants used to make the Oirst Atomic Bomb (Cleveland Ave. once again!) There is much more, but as you know there is only so much you can Oit on the cover of a book....

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A new edition of the sonnets of William Shakespeare complete and unabridged. ISBN: 978-1-932023-43-5. https://www.facebook.com/williamralpheditions

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138: When My Love Swears That She Is Made of Truth When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth, Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed. But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old? O love’s best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love loves not to have years told. Therefore I lie with her and she with me, And in our faults by lies we flattered be....

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By Way of Introduction 1: From Fairest Creatures We Desire Increase 2: When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow 3: Look in Thy Glass and Tell the Face Thou Viewest 4: Unthrifty Loveliness Why Dost Thou Spend 5: Those Hours That with Gentle Work Did Frame 6: Then Let Not Winter's Ragged Hand Deface 7: Lo in the Orient When the Gracious Light 8: Music to Hear Why Hear'st Thou Music Sadly 9: Is It For Fear to Wet a Widow's Eye 10: For Shame Deny That Thou Bear'st Love to Any 11: As Fast As Thou Shalt Wane So Fast Thou Growest 12: When I Do Count the Clock That Tells the Time 13: O That You Were Yourself But Love You Are 14: Not from the Stars Do I My Judgment Pluck 15: When I Consider Every Thing That Grows 16: But Wherefore Do Not You a Mightier Way 17: Who Will Believe My Verse in Time to Come 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day 19: Devouring Time Blunt Thou the Lion's Paws 20: A Woman's Face with Nature's Own Hand Painted 21: So Is It Not with Me As with That Muse 22: My Glass Shall Not Persuade Me I Am Old 23: As an Unperfect Actor on the Stage 24: Mine Eye Hath Play'd the Painter and hath Stelled 2...

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He’s expendable, vulnerable and flat-broke; the ideal candidate for his employer of last resort, the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. But his part-time employment opportunity at McDonald’s is a pretty close runner-up. That’s because retired special agent Avery Dick takes on the dangerous, difficult assignments for his Uncle Sam that others shun because they’re just too damn life threatening and not career enhancing in the slightest. Avery doesn’t have a career anymore and his dissolute lifestyle doesn’t count for much anyway. That’s often the case for those who served and protected their country for many years. Otherwise, his career prospects and personal circumstances are just hunky-dory. But despite his unorthodox investigative style and bumbling mannerisms, Avery’s often called to active duty to solve the tough cases---and maintain plausible denial for the big suits in the State Department....