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From an early age, Ben Baker knows that "when dad is mad, someone is going to get hurt." He sees it when his father bashes his mother in the head with a shotgun and experiences it through frequent beatings with brooms, rakes or whatever tool is handy. The physical pain is matched by the emotional damage of his father repeatedly calling him "the stupidest and laziest boy in the world." This mistreatment takes place while working on the family farm...

The new ideas of the new era give some new feeling to the human being. If there is something missing in this Kali-yuga, it is trust. Do not understand who is right and who is wrong. If you look from the wrong side, everyone looks wrong and on the other hand, if you look at the right side, everyone looks right. Now the biggest thing is how to identify who is right and who is wrong. In this competition, a person sometimes argues with someone and sometimes...

Dive into the mesmerizing world of "MEGASTAR" and experience a poignant tale of music, love, and love lost. Nineteen-year-old Addison Stone, raised by a mentally unstable single mother, becomes an overnight international singing sensation. Still carrying the scars of his youth, he struggles to come to grips with his sudden fame and fortune. Will it suffice to fill the void left by his tumultuous past? With a twist of fate and a bit of kismet, Addison...

En medio de los años sesenta en un pueblo remoto, dos familias se encuentran viviendo la prueba más fuerte de su vida. Una chica enamorada, un joven despreocupado, una madre calculadora, un sacerdote cómplice y una curandera vengativa se reúnen en una serie de circunstancias que se irán entrelazando para tratar de mantener el honor y el buen nombre familiar. Solo durante La hora rosa se conocerán los secretos que Cecilia guarda en lo más hondo...

Edward Horner was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but the spoon is tarnished as he suffers from a debilitating lack of self respect and self confidence. This has dire consequences for him in his later years as he squanders his inherited fortune due to his irrational determination to prove himself. It also creates an inability to confidently implement his own creative ideas.Edward's marriage to Cynthia fails as he avoids the responsibilities...

My dear girl! I could never fall in love by letter. Though I have no doubt you are a notorious breaker of hearts, not to mention a princess in disguise, and if I were a few miles closer to Toot-above-the-Batch I would be in great danger. From the safe distance of another continent, I will admit to a modest desire to see how your pearl becomes you, even to know the color of your hair and eyes, but this is mere curiosity, I assure you. -Your knight,...

In a crippled airplane thousands of miles from home, Tris must prove she can lead...Propelled by grief and natural ambition, pilot Tris Miles is not content with her job as a First Officer for tiny Clear Sky Airlines. She wants to be a Captain-the only way she knows to prove her worth as a pilot and atone for a deadly mistake. To further her career, Tris accepts a prestigious job with Tetrix, Inc. But her dream of becoming pilot-in-command twists...

It's 1850 and New South Wales, Australia is awash with gold. Bushrangers are in the press, their names on everyone's lips: Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, John Peisley, Dan Morgan, Captain Thunderbolt. They roam free, uninhibited, spending big in the shanties. The girls love them, these wild boys. Teenager, Larry Cummins, decides to throw his hand in with them. He'll think about consequences later. Bail the coach. Grab the bank's cash. Scarper. Take...

Nearing the end of his life, Old asks himself, "Does my life ultimately have any importance in any universal scheme? Am I just taking up space? Have I wasted the time given me? What effect have I had on others? Have I unknowingly, worse, knowingly, hurt others in some fashion? What's my worth? These are playful existential questions with no pertinent answers for me. So I'm putting down my cane and picking up my pen. I'm going to sift through the sands...

Five-Stars: "Ulf Wolf has created a magical tale that crosses continents and cultures, seamlessly weaving Scandinavian and Indian folklore and establishing an underlying message of universal connectedness. It is an engaging story of relationships: a son's to a mother, an actress' to the world, the myths of one culture to another. The novel is rich in literary detail: astute readers will recognize references to Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale, and film...