Violet has a secret that could change the lives of everyone she knows and loves, especially the regulars at the run-down café bar where she works. After losing her parents at a young age, they are the closest thing she has to a family and she feels responsible for them. Kai is a jaded music producer who has just moved outside of town. Seeking solitude from the stress of his job, he’s looking for seclusion. The only problem is he can’t seem to escape the band members and songwriters who keep showing up at his house. When Kai wanders into the bar and Violet’s life, he accidently discovers her closely guarded secret. Can Kai help her rediscover her self-confidence or should some secrets remain undiscovered?
Sixth grader Ethan Pero has never let his inability to see stand in the way of his big dream of becoming a supersleuth. One day after school, Ethan stumbles onto a pair of magical goggles and can hardly believe what happens when he slips them on. As his stomach flip-flops with excitement, Ethan is led into a dark hole behind a bookcase without any idea that a mystery of great proportions awaits him. After a strange voice inside the goggles leads him to a book with instructions on how to operate them, Ethan is brought back to reality where he must now use the goggles to help solve crimes that are occurring in his town of Tonawanda, New York. Along the way, Ethan summons help from Addison, the girl who makes his hands sweat, and Mikey, the classmate who is famous for getting Ethan into trouble with the principal. But when Ethan finally solves the mystery, he is left wondering if his neighbors, the town icon and librarian, are really who they say they are. A Supersleuth is Born shares the tale of an eleven-year-old boys journey to solve a crime in his hometown, with help from a pair of magical goggles.
Do you have secrets locked inside Deep, dark secrets you thought you had to hide Is your world sad and gray Do you think this is where you have to stay Do you think you're weak, not very strong And there's no one brave enough to help and bring along Do you wish that someone could understand And possibly have a better plan Open this book, and you will see That's not the way it has to be There's light and hope and people that care And spiritual beings that will always be there Don't hesitate one minute more Open the book; step through the door
Aashadezmariah is the cousin to MI Angelique and Ajourney- Se'dream. She joined the collection after hearing of the adoption of Le De'ja (another collection of poetic beauty). She expresses her inner emotions with the ups and downs of depression. She struggles to fit in with the artistic family. She expresses emotions that are unusually profound. Her style and grace adds to this royal relationship perfectly. Her bound spirit and intertwined passion of this section of art is sure to fit in with the collections previously composed.
Georgia Charles is on the brink of menopause when she mistakenly falls for a young temptress. After an up and down one-sided relationship she breaks things off and decides to write out her revenge. Sipping coffee at her favorite bar, Secrets Cafe, she picks out four people to base her characters on, not knowing that in reality they will all be entangled with the same secret.
Aloysius Tucker vows vengeance when a hacker terrorizes his ten-year-old cousin online. But the situation goes sideways fast, threatening to take Tucker off-line for good. #TuckerGate Promising his cousin that he'll get an apology from an Internet bully, Tucker finds himself in a flame war that goes nuclear after a hacker is murdered. Now more hackers, the whole Twitterverse, and a relentless bounty hunter agree on one thing—Tucker is the killer and he must be stopped. With death threats filling his inbox, Tucker battles Anonymous, Chinese spies, and his own self-destructive rage while chasing a murderer the online community has named the HackMaster. Can Tucker clear his name and build a case against the killer before the death threats come true? Praise for Hacked: "Outstanding...[A] bloody but supremely readable outing."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This outing, despite some nasty revelations about cyberbullying, is the most upbeat of the [Tucker Mysteries]."—Kirkus Reviews "Lock down your social media accounts, put some tape across your webcam, and close your blinds before you settle in to read this, because Ray Daniel—like his wry, world-weary hacker protagonist, Aloysius Tucker—is damn good at what he does. Hacked is more than just a thrilling story—it's also a timely takedown of internet outrage culture, and a harrowing exploration of the very consequences of online bullying."—Chris Holm, Anthony Award-winning author of The Killing Kind Praise for the Tucker Mysteries: "Compulsively readable...Against a meticulously detailed Boston background, the likable but undisciplined Tucker lurches from one crisis to the next."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Crisp writing, an engaging plot, and well-drawn characters make this...a corker of a mystery."—Library Journal (starred review) "A fast-paced crime thriller with an engaging narrator, quirky characters, and explosive secrets...4 stars."—Suspense Magazine
Pataphysica 4 present the strange "conclusion" to Alfred Jarry's 1907 Symbolist novel The She-Dragon, Part 1 having appeared in Pataphysica 2 (iUniverse, 2004). It also holds the central, pivotal chapter of the novel, which describes a battle that, while entirely modern, reads like ancient myth, conjuring such texts as the Bhagavad-Gita and Homer's Iliad. Annotations highlight Jarry's alchemical symbolism (among other things), alchemy being the ancient "art and science" studied in secret by such modern scientist/philosophers as Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton. Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions, and for Jarry, although there is no other imagination than the scientific, modern science has simply failed to keep up with the scientific imagination. Rounding out this otherwise rectangular issue are the works of several returning authors as well as some new ones. They provide additional musings on such themes as Jarry's alchemical/cosmological play The Pope's Mustardmaker, an amorous veteran of an internal war, microcosm and macrocosm, a fugitive writer apparently obsessed with conspiracy theories and baseball, a peculiar Grimoire on a new set of "Glorious Mysteries," and a terrifying invocation of the Thelemic Law of Rabelais (Jarry's literary "master") as adapted by Crowley. Strap on suitable eye protection and enjoy!
Two leaders, one lie, hundreds of secrets Kamiko and her friends get hurled into a world of adventure, when they find the note that will change their lives forever. The fate of the world lies in their hands, but will they know what to do? The group of friends must find the old Hunters, before they fall into the grasps of the Immortals, and even if they do. . . Will they learn the true ways or have the villains already won? But it gets worse. What happens when the Immortal leader isn't really the true leader? What happens when the only way to save the world, is if the greatest of foes must join together as one? What if the safety of the world lies in one simple girls hands? Janelle Concepcion has created a world where not everything is as it seems.
Become the Family That Prays Together. AROUND THE WORLD, married couples, parents, and individuals have learned to pray powerful prayers for their children, their spouses, their babies, their marriages, and their own lives, aided by the spiritual encouragement and guidance of husband-and-wife team David Kopp and Heather Harpham Kopp. Now, praying with power becomes a fun-filled family affair with the help of kid-friendly activities and ideas. Designed to capture the kids’ interest and meet many of mom and dad’s core spiritual needs, this fun, story-oriented devotional tool is perfect for every parent and child who wants to have a vital, Bible-based prayer life. This practical guide includes key scriptures, prayer and devotional text, Bible trivia, prayers for special occasions, “truth to go,” and more for the spiritually growing family.
