The London Eye and its 800 riders are the target for Efraim, an Iraqi terrorist. Funded by his half-brother, Yusuf, the corrupt chief executive of a Moroccan charity, Efraim travels to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Chechnya to build the necessary shaped charges. Paul, a British financial consultant, is sent to investigate the Moroccan charity by its British parent organization. He is joined in Marrakech by Naomi, the operations director of the British charity. Naomi is a beautiful Israeli, who speaks seven languages and is an accomplished musician. Will Paul and Naomi discover Yusuf’s corruption and his link to Efraim? …

Coop’s Corner Collection: Inspirational Stories and Poems is a marvelous collection of short stories and poems that reinforce such noble characteristics as love, duty, respect, honor, self-sacrifice, patience, humility and compassion. Readers will put themselves in the stories and find wisdom and truths that they can live by. "William Cooper is a wonderful dreamer. He puts together his little stories like the child with the still impressionable mind that dreams of a better world for all of us. And you can tell he writes his stories so that everyone can read them … adults and children alike. Parents don’t have …

Under Arrest by Tom Parks is a true story of a young rebel who gets arrested and ends up behind bars. It tells of the 10 months out of the author’s life and 10 months where he witnessed just how cruel people could be to each other. More a nuisance rather than a proper thug, this is an insight into the young, mis-guided mind. The law-abiding general public never see the inside of a prison cell, receive a prison sentence, or be on the wrong side of the law. Harrowing and emotionally stark in places, perhaps that public should know …

About 500 years pass between the first story and the last in The Mountain of Long Eyes: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy. This wonderful collection of science fiction and fantasy stories range from a Native American shaman using magic to battle modern-day terrorists in "Mountain of Long Eyes," to space opera mysteries in distant galaxies in the story "Beyond Space." A character playing a prime role in two of the stories is a woman who flees a planet ruled by a repressive theocracy as a teenager in "Crime and Consequences." Her adult story is told in "Beyond Space." …

The Rapture Effect is an out of body experience that occurs when the Creator causes the soul to leave the body of a human being. After leaving the body the soul is beamed up to Christ the King who is magnificently exalted in the sky above Planet Earth. When the soul reaches its destination it is metabolized into a resurrected or glorified body. This new body is perfect in every way and far superior to the mortal body that was left behind. This miraculous event is reserved for the Elect who were chosen by the Creator before the creation of …

Blind but able to see auras, Starla Moon’s world is anything but dark. Her white hair, ivory skin, and crystal-pink eyes target her for human ridicule. Her ability to communicate silently with animals allows them to guide her without stumbling. She is different, definitely not human. Starla is comfortable living on her animal reserve, tucked quietly into the Idaho Mountains. But 48 hours after her father’s death, she finds herself face to face with Victor, a roguish vampire who wants to kill her. Her magical powers ignite, freeing her from his clutches. In a hasty escape, destiny opens the door …

There is nothing in the world that affects us more than the death of a loved one, especially a child. Stephanie Cole found that out first hand when her unborn daughter died unexpectedly one week after her due date. Stephanie stumbled through the death of her daughter, using creative expression as a tool to navigate her way though the darkness. This book is a collection of the writings and artwork that she created in response to her loss. "Still. is the poignant exposition of the reality that besets more than 25,000 pregnant families each year in the US. Stephanie Cole’s …

In a collection of short stories composed of laments, commentaries, musings and rants, Life: Such As It Is looks with unbridled elucidation at a variety of topics. It cogitates society’s newly found ‘political correctness’ which provided liars, cheaters, bad singers and untalented actors with excuses, apologies, and acceptances they would never merited had we all not lost our minds! In the words of the author: We make the life we have, and to sit around and gripe about the crappy stuff that happens to us because we’ve made bad or stupid choices is utter nonsense. We were so busy bringing …

In a world filled with magic and mystery, young people can be inspired to succeed. Such is the message of the Brazilian children’s classic, Ariela Aparecida and the Valley of the Waterfall's Mist.Within this magical forest setting, young Ariela Aparecida lives in the mountainous Brazilian interior. She is absorbed by the life of the vineyard that sustains her family’s village, toiling each day to care for the vines and learn the secrets of their growth.One day, she is visited by a phantom samba dancer, who appears in the mist from the waterfalls. The phantom leaves Ariela with a silvery hoe …

Um mundo repleto de magia e de mistério serve como fonte de inspiração para motivar crianças e pré-adolescentes. Esta é a mensagem do clássico infantil brasileiro, Ariela Aparecida e o Vale da Neblina da Cachoeira. É neste ambiente de floresta mágica que a jovem Ariela Aparecida mora, no montanhoso interior do Brasil. Encantada com o vinhedo que sustenta a aldeia de sua família, ela se empenha cada dia para cuidar das videiras e aprender o segredo do crescimento das vinhas. Um belo dia ela recebe a visita de uma dançarina de samba fantasma surgindo do meio da neblina da cachoeira. …

The Andromeda Incident is a sci-fi fantasy novel about the disconcerted and mixed-up life of Emrys Myrddin Calyx, his adventures and misadventures in the twelfth and twenty-first centuries. It describes how Emrys is born aboard the Starship Americus, to a weak-willed and somewhat frail Earthling father and a compassionate, black panther-like humanoid Myrddissian mother. It also explicitly depicts how he, Emrys, is experimentally created double-sexed, a bio-genetic mutation allowing those born "that way," to change sexes via a simple telepathic command. And how, despite being born that particular way, Emrys still experiences a very fulfilling and adventurous life. By reading …