Dreams Like Clockwork
Dreams Like Clockwork

Author: Leah Ross

Publisher: Leah Ross

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13:

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Truth is supposed to be the great equalizer. Facts, evidence, sworn testimony. The hallmarks of justice. But when proof is hidden, reality becomes the province of perception. And perception is far too easily manipulated. Unseen threats turn to evil incarnate. Selfish privilege breeds corruption. And prejudice keeps those worthy of redemption from finding salvation. Truth is nothing but a dream. Imprisoned and forgotten, Emory Linsey has been cast out of every version of life he’s ever known, condemned for the atrocities perpetrated by his monstrous alter ego. No one’s interested in finding the tormented man beneath Wraith’s mask. No one wants to believe that he’s anything but unrepentantly insane. They only want someone to blame for the crimes they can’t understand. Resigned to his fate, Emory draws the shadows around him as he’s done for his entire life and hides from the world. The wretched don’t deserve to hope and dream. Dr. Gabriel Norris is an esteemed psychiatrist with a bright and promising career, a handsome intellectual, a coffee snob. He’s content in his predictable, sheltered life and his unremarkable domed world. Helping his patients navigate the convoluted avenues of their dreamscapes is about as much risk as he’s willing to take. But when he’s invited to rehabilitate the most dangerous patient at the country’s top treatment facility, it’s an offer he won’t even consider refusing. This is his chance to help someone who truly needs his expertise. He’s seen practically everything that the human psyche can throw at him by now. He can handle this assignment too. From opposite sides of their world, Emory and Gabe must unravel the web of lies threatening to trap them. Perception looms like an impenetrable wall and it will take everything they have to break it down and find the truth. Not even love can save them from corruption. If they hope for freedom and a future together, then they’ll have to overcome fear itself. They’ll have to dream up something stronger. This work is intended for a mature audience and contains mature content. For a more comprehensive list of content tags, please see this book’s information page at the author’s website. Keywords: mm romance, steampunk romance, gay romance, science fiction romance, mm gay romance, post-apocalyptic, alternate universe

Dealing in Dreams
Dealing in Dreams

Author: Lilliam Rivera

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 148147216X

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“A novel exploration of societal roles, gender, and equality.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The Outsiders meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this “daring and dramatic” (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) dystopian novel about sisterhood and the cruel choices people are forced to make in order to survive. At night, Las Mal Criadas own these streets. Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but Nala quickly grows weary of her questionable lifestyle. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make it to the Mega Towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city’s benevolent founder and cross the border in a search of the mysterious gang the Ashé Riders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles crews and her own doubts but the closer she gets to her goal the more she loses sight of everything—and everyone—she cares about. Nalah must choose whether or not she’s willing to do the unspeakable to get what she wants. Can she discover that home is not where you live but whom you chose to protect before she loses the family she’s created for good?

Devin's Dreams
Devin's Dreams

Author: Warren Wansley

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-06-24

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 1387058754

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Devin's Dream's is a book written for today's youth to encourage them to reach beyond their limits. This book will encourage anyone that reads Devin's Dream's to pursue greatness in their own lives.

Clockwork
Clockwork

Author: Mike Michalowicz

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0525534024

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Do you worry that your business will collapse without your constant presence? Are you sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive? What if instead your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit? It’s possible. And it's easier than you think. If you're like most entrepreneurs, you started your business so you could be your own boss, make the money you deserve, and live life on your own terms. In reality, you're bogged down in the daily grind, constantly putting out fires, answering an endless stream of questions, and continually hunting for cash. Now, Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit First and other small-business bestsellers, offers a straightforward step-by-step path out of this dilemma. In Clockwork, he draws on more than six years of research and real life examples to explain his simple approach to making your business ultra-efficient. Among other powerful strategies, you will discover how to: Make your employees act like owners: Free yourself from micromanaging by using a simple technique to empower your people to make smart decisions without you. Pinpoint your business's most important function: Unleash incredible efficiency by identifying and focusing everyone on the one function that is most crucial to your business. Know what to fix next: Most entrepreneurs try to fix every inefficiency at once and end up fixing nothing. Use the "weakest link in the chain" method to find the one fix that will add the most value now. Whether you have a staff of one, one hundred, or somewhere in between, whether you're a new entrepreneur or have been overworked and overstressed for years, Clockwork is your path to finally making your business work for you.

Dream Hunters
Dream Hunters

Author: Nazima Pathan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-08-01

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1398531901

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Set in a fantasy, reimagined India where dreams can be captured and bottled, young Mimi Malou must go on a quest to save the king and rescue her parents. A gorgeous adventure dripping in magic from debut author Nazima Pathan, perfect for fans of Starfell, The Hatmakers and The Kingdom Over the Sea. In the Citadel, we hunt. Dreams are our prey. If we catch them before they melt into moonlight, they can be recycled and sold for great profit. My family has been hunting dreams for generations. Capturing them as they slip away, and storing them in a soaring, magnificent library. Twelve-year-old Mimi lives with her Aunt Moyna in a centuries-old Citadel where she studies the ancient practice of making, capturing and recycling dreams. The Citadel was once run by Mimi’s parents who have been imprisoned by the king, accused of treason. When Mimi spies a royal visitor, she uncovers a plot to transform the Citadel from a place of gentle, healing dream craft to one of creating nightmares in order to poison the king. With only her dream creature, Lalu, and her best friend Rafi by her side, Mimi must escape the Citadel and begin a perilous journey across India. There are few people she can trust, but saving the life of the king is in Mimi’s hands alone... Praise for Dream Hunters: ‘Captivating storytelling’ – Abi Elphinstone, author of the Ember Spark series 'A glorious debut, packed with a spellbinding magic system, characters you’ll be rooting for from the very beginning, and an adventure that will have readers at the edge of their seats. I couldn’t put it down!’ – Natasha Hastings, author of The Miraculous Sweetmakers 'Dream Hunters is a thrilling adventure, threaded through with intricate magic, beautiful storytelling prose and characters you’ll want to run away with. I was drawn immediately into her world and didn’t want to leave!’ – Zohra Nabi, author of The Kingdom Over the Sea ‘An immersive and breathtaking adventure with dreams and nightmares at its heart. I adored the skilfully imagined magic – I can’t stop thinking about it!’ - A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series 'The most imaginative and riveting interpretation of dreams and nightmares for children since Roald Dahl's The BFG, a gripping quest of wonder and endless invention that shimmers with magic from the very first page, as tender as it is thrilling.' - Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild ‘Step into the dream-lit alleys of Mumbai with Nazima Pathan's magical debut where each page twinkles like a star in the night sky, and dreams are not just visions of sleep but doorways to fantastic adventures. Nazima’s vivid imagination and lush storytelling will keep readers wide-eyed long into the night, dreaming of their next adventure.’ - David Solomons, author of My Brother is a Superhero

Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream

Author: Solomon Jones

Publisher: Villard

Published: 2001-09-04

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0375506594

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The lawyer turned on the tape recorder, handed his client a cigarette, and lit it for him. Black drew hard, squinting as the smoke rushed into his lungs. "Where do you want to start?"the lawyer said, lighting a cigarette of his own. "I guess there’s only one place to start; at Broad and Erie." Johnny Podres, a politician whose record against corruption had been propelling him straight to the mayor’s office, is found murdered in a North Philly crack house. Enter Samuel Jackson, a.k.a. Black, a drug addict who knows better, a man embittered by the fact that he can’t seem to escape from his addiction to crack cocaine or, for that matter, from himself. Though he was once a family man with a wife and son, Black’s only concern these days is getting his next high, that is, until he stumbles across a friend and fellow addict, Leroy, and both become prime suspects in the Podres murder. Black and Leroy hook up with two female pipers: Clarisse, a registered nurse who is slowly losing to crack any semblance of a respectable life, and Pookie, who already has lost it. Soon the hunt is on for all four as they try to stay one step ahead of a police department under tremendous pressure to solve the case—because if a killer isn’t found soon, this could blow up into one of the biggest scandals in Philadelphia history. Solomon Jones weaves a suspenseful story against the backdrop of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and centers it on a group of drug addicts who, in the process of fleeing the law, come to terms with their own addiction, leading to some devastating consequences.

The Big Horn Ranch, My Dream Fulfilled
The Big Horn Ranch, My Dream Fulfilled

Author: Winston T. Hatch

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1796079146

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Everyone has their dreams, they are where we escape to when real life becomes too intolerable to endure. Mine earlier in life was a cruel and self serving father. Later in life it was a baby daughter born with birth defects, and only lived for eight months. I learned when I was very young the art of mind over matter and attitude control. The stories in this book are all fiction, but are based off of building my dream Ranch. They may or may not be achievable, I do not know. But in my dreams they are, and they are a collection of Problems becoming Opportunities.

Just a Dream
Just a Dream

Author: Dequan Von Smith

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1365136191

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Just a Dream is a collaborative novel written by 25 eighth grade students. Snow Dodds is a top high school swimmer, until he develops a fear of the water. Can he overcome his fear in time for the championship?