The fiction story was about Ashman, a civil engineer by profession with United Engineers Limited in Kuala Lumpur whose first marriage failed as a result of his wifes infidelity. After the split with his wife, Ashfah, his quest for a worthy successor saw him meeting with Azmah, who was married to an ailing husband. Suddenly, love blossomed between them in a long winding episode with Ashman registering his interest in a buy-out clause of her marriage should she become available by default. After the death of her husband, it was a case of so near yet so far for them to tie the matrimonial knot because of her fathers strong objection. The saga of their love ended in the untimely death of Azmah in an unlikely place, a nursing home, where she fell on to his arms before her dying breath.
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room." Good luck, Brotha! You've come a long way to get here. You've earned it." ...If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary school, when a therapist had informed my mother, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Pitts, your son cannot read." In Step Out on Nothing, Byron Pitts chronicles his astonishing story of overcoming a childhood filled with obstacles to achieve enormous success in life. Throughout Byron's difficult youth—his parents separated when he was twelve and his mother worked two jobs to make ends meet—he suffered from a debilitating stutter. But Byron was keeping an even more embarrassing secret: He was also functionally illiterate. For a kid from inner-city Baltimore, it was a recipe for failure. Pitts turned struggle into strength and overcame both of his impediments. Along the way, a few key people "stepped out on nothing" to make a difference for him—from his mother, who worked tirelessly to raise her kids right and delivered ample amounts of tough love, to his college roommate, who helped Byron practice his vocabulary and speech. Pitts even learns from those who didn't believe in him, like the college professor who labeled him a failure and told him to drop out of college. Through it all, he persevered, following his steadfast passion. After fifteen years in local television, he landed a job as a correspondent for CBS News in 1998, and went on to become an Emmy Award–winning journalist and a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes. Not bad for a kid who couldn't read. From a challenged youth to a reporting career that has covered 9/11 and Iraq, Pitts's triumphant and uplifting story will resonate with anyone who has felt like giving up in the face of seemingly insurmountable hardships.
The Second Mrs. Robinson is a chilling tale of passion and betrayal with all the suspense of a Mary Higgins Clark and the drama of a modern day Rebecca. Elaina Adams is newly divorced, wounded and vulnerable. Alex Robinson is a recent widower, brooding and intense, a genetic scientist with a mysterious past. He will stop at nothing to resurrect the love he shared with his late wife. NOT another book about cloning, this unique premise was inspired by real-life cutting-edge scientific research. For anyone who has ever loved and lost and dared to love again, The Second Mrs. Robinson will keep you guessing—right up to its unimaginable conclusion!
Jillian Murray takes a leap of faith plunging into 15th century Scotland. Her world turns upside down when she meets the dark, handsome Immortal, Merrick Ambrose. As her attraction grows for him, she finds murder, betrayal, and the Guardians, the Immortals' creators, who will do anything to keep her from Merrick. Is her love strong enough to save Merrick or will it be lost in time...
Abandoned and alone, thirteen-year-old Joe’s world is shattered when he enters a deserted council house and becomes trapped within a labyrinth protecting the last magical places on earth. There, Joe discovers a book charting this immense no-man’s land, without time or place, its thirteen doors each leading to a different realm. Hunted by sinister foes, the boy is forced ever deeper into both the maze and the mystery of his missing parents. What will he find at the labyrinth's centre, and can it reunite him with the family he so desperately needs? Crossing through diverse landscapes from Victorian Britain to fifties New Orleans, The Stranger's Guide to Talliston is inspired by the internationally famous house and gardens dubbed 'Britain’s Most Extraordinary Home' by the Sunday Times. It is a classic YA tale of adventure that introduces readers to an otherworld hiding in plain sight, cloaked in magic and steeped in imagined history. Yet beyond its fearsome huntsmen and battling magicians dwells the secret that lies within all of us – the power to live extraordinary lives. Every copy of The Stranger’s Guide to Talliston includes one entry to the Golden Key to Talliston Grand Draw. Every year there is to be a grand draw to award the fabled Golden Key to Talliston to one fortunate child and their guardian. This will be determined by lottery at 12:00 midday on 6th October and include a private and exclusive holiday inside the magical house and gardens featured in this book.
For many years, Deedra Lee has had visions of faces and locations that she doesn't recognize. Having déjà vu moments, she hears others' thoughts. Her dreams are a kaleidoscope of landscapes that can only be found in the northwest. Deedra enrolls at the University of Washington. She hopes to follow a vision of the carvings that she has seen on the door of the library on the campus brochure. She is looking for explanations for her dreams and the voice in her head. Deedra feels as though she is losing her mind. A small band of immortals is working and living in Seattle. She gets their attention and the renegades. Blaine Bluestar runs across Deedra on campus. He immediately knows he has found his soul mate. Now Deedra is being watched by this small band of immortals for her own safety. She doesn't know she is immortal. Until she is ready to accept the truth, she cannot be found by the cartel that controls the renegades. Her energy isn't blocked, sending it out like a beacon. That will attract the wrong attention. Blaine goes underground to find out more information. The others carefully manipulate Deedra.
"I sensed the thrill of a stolen moment as my fingers brushed back a lock of auburn hair that had fallen in front of her left eye. I cupped her face in my hand, gently tilting it up towards mine so that our eyes met. I saw in them a passion that seemed to echo the intensity I was experiencing and was thus emboldened to make the first move. When my lips landed softly on hers, I felt a surge of excitement and danger." Where do you draw the line between fantasy and reality? Are you responsible for the content of your dreams? What about when your dreams begin to spill over into your waking hours? For months, Jill, a twenty-something lesbian, had been daydreaming about her sexy, Latina co-worker, Marie. Interesting things start to happen when her night dreaming begins to involve nocturnal trysts with her fantasy paramour. When the women discover they are having the same dreams, they raise the stakes on their telepathically shared nightlife. Their dream world shatters when Marie's nocturnal passion overflows into her daytime relationship with her violent, sexually addicted husband. In My Dreams illustrates the blurring of boundaries we experience when we enter the world of our dreams. It also reminds us that there are always consequences when we begin to act consciously on that inner world of the dreaming mind. Sometimes those consequences are harder than anyone could have anticipated.
The mysterious author of Dreams of a Stranger advises: reader beware. Unconstrained by interpretation or explanation, the lucid dreams and nightmares catalogued herein are hectic, morbid, and disturbing. From a mind overcome by night terrors, each dated entry is a challenge. Do you dare escape into such an estranging dreamscape of darkness and light?
