There's Something Weird Going On
There's Something Weird Going On

Author: ego_bot

Publisher: ego_bot

Published: 2024-05-23

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13:

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A young man uses hallucinogenic drugs to escape what he believes is a simulated reality. Two wildlife biologists discover video evidence of Bigfoot on a trail cam. A tree posits the origin of the Universe and the meaning of life. From cyber dramas about population decline and AI art to a planetary invasion by giant monsters shaped like an ancient religious symbol, There's Something Weird Going On offers ten tales of empathy for thinking beings in a rapidly changing world. Emanating from the heartfelt fiction of Ted Chiang and Greg Egan, and fueled by the existential angst of the modern era, this collection weaves morality and metaphysics, consciousness and conservation, and love and loss into visions of haunting optimism, offering an ember of solace to all souls who call this strange reality home.

There's Always Something Going Right
There's Always Something Going Right

Author: Tammy F. Small M. Ed

Publisher:

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780615332598

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Using Howard Glasser's nationally recognized system of relationship, The Nurtured Heart Approach, Certified Trainers Small and Triandis connect these constructs to common dilemmas, settings and situations in schools. Using specific activities, discussion springboards, and original ideas, this workbook provides educators and building personnel with hands-on tools for bringing out the best version of their students, staff and building environment. The Nurtured Heart Approach coaches significant adults in how to energize what is going right, to diminish energy to negative behaviors, and to empower students toward their capabilities to both follow rules and step into their own Greatness.

Kissing Shadows
Kissing Shadows

Author: Renée

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781869692032

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Do we ever really know or understand the motives of the ones we love? When Vivvie Caird is faced by the sight of her beautiful, strong-willed mother lying limp and speechless in a hospital bed, she feels empowered to begin unlocking the mystery that is her father's legacy. Vivvie's naïve undertaking soon finds a parallel in her mother's own account of what happened when her husband left home one day, never to return. A family, and a court must confront a devastating event that occurred in the midst of the hard times of last century. This fast-paced, page-turning novel takes the reader into an absorbing and moving world of shadowy relationships and intrigue.

The Girl in a Coma
The Girl in a Coma

Author: John Moss

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1929345259

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Allison Briscoe is your average fifteen-year-old-until someone tries to kill her. Shot in the head, her doctors and family think she is in a coma, but in fact, though she cannot move, she can think, she can hear, and she can dream. Each night, Allison lives vicariously through her pioneer ancestors, experiencing their adventures through their eyes. First, she enters the world of Rebecca Haun, a fifteen-year-old rebel who lived in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. To prove a friend innocent of murder, Rebecca betrays her Mennonite beliefs and joins the Women's Brigade with George Washington's rag-tag army at Valley Forge. And each day, Allison struggles to find a way to show her family that she is awake—a goal that becomes increasingly desperate when she realizes that whoever shot her has come back to finish the job.

Vampires at Midnight
Vampires at Midnight

Author: M.P. Starkweather

Publisher: Phoenix Eclipse Publishing

Published: 2023-06-28

Total Pages: 1531

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Two rival vampires walk into a bar–no, it’s not just a bad joke. That’s the story of how my life turned upside down. Or maybe right-side up. Because the one thing these powerful men agree on is that they want me, all to themselves. But becoming entangled with them opens me up to a world of danger and secrets that may yet get me killed, whether I accept their claims on me or not. All of which gets more complicated when my world is thrown for another loop and I wind up bringing a third vampire into the mix… Hope they’re prepared for the sexy wolf shifter I can’t stop salivating over. If the five of us can all get on the same page, though, maybe we’ll figure out a way to save this city we all call home.

Shadows
Shadows

Author: Arthur Jackson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-10-16

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1435754980

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The riddle held in a ships log from an ancient Chinese Junk holds the secret to the greatest human mystery of our age, or the end of existence. This time the problems not only embroil James Ellis, but the daughter of Professor Kathy Allison, Sharon Allison who has now become a rising star in the world of theoretical physics. The world becomes a maelstrom of aged mysteries and modern terrors as two different generations struggle to solve the same problem from two different directions. It is not a contest that either group can afford to lose.

Sadist Ii: the Duppy King
Sadist Ii: the Duppy King

Author: Kel Fulgham

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-11-16

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1465382682

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After suffering heavy losses at the hands of the Sadist, Patrick Stetson goes home to properly tend to his wounds. Three years later, Patrick is up for promotion and his life has almost returned to normal. But he learns the danger he fought once before is back, and this time it's hunting him. Paige Stetson left New York and moved to Boston leaving the past behind her. But her new found freedom is short lived once she receives the message encapsulated in a dream. Donald Jones found peace and happiness with his new family. Donald felt the call but ignored it until destiny showed up at his doorstep. Maria Fletcher withdrew from everyone after losing all she loved and cherished. Patrick was the last of her family, so she reached out to him and learned that Cal Johnson was still alive. It wasn't long before her help was sought by Norton Wyle, an ambitious federal agent who wants to harness the Sadist's power. The final judgment has begun, and in the eyes of the Sadist, all are guilty.

Seahorses
Seahorses

Author: Ian Wood

Publisher: Ian Wood

Published: 2019-05-29

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13:

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In the female empowering world of Terrene, a world very much like our own, but where young girls can have real power, a new story has arisen. Set on the beautiful Queensland coast in northeast Australia, four thirteen-year-old girls - and a boy this time - are all riders of the waves: they each have the power to call up a seahorse drawn from the crystal blue waters of the Coral Sea. But a life on the ocean waves leaves them all at sea when Petra Kerr, the Oil Baroness, starts pumping illegal oil in the area, threatening the precious ecosystem. It’s up to twins Melbourne and Sydney Fisher, Indonesian cousin Memberi Bambang, and friends Adelaide Brewer and native Australian Darwin Tonkin, to find a way to stop her. Their safe plan seems to be working - until Petra Kerr learns who they are, and decides to stop them before they can stop her. Like its predecessor Cloud Fighters, this is a top-of-the-line story aimed at middle-graders and young teens.

The Furnace of Gold
The Furnace of Gold

Author: Philip Verrill Mighels

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 3750429413

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Now Nevada, though robed in gray and white-the gray of sagebrush and the white of snowy summits-had never yet been accounted a nun when once again the early summer aroused the passions of her being and the wild peach burst into bloom. It was out in Nauwish valley, at the desert-edge, where gold has been stored in the hungry-looking rock to lure man away from fairer pastures. There were mountains everywhere-huge, rugged mountains, erected in the igneous fury of world-making, long since calmed. Above them all the sky was almost incredibly blue-an intense ultramarine of extraordinary clearness and profundity. At the southwest limit of the valley was the one human habitation established thereabout in many miles, a roadside station where a spring of water issued from the earth. Towards this, on the narrow, side-hill road, limped a dusty red automobile. It contained three passengers, two women and a man. Of the women, one was a little German maid, rather pretty and demure, whose duty it was to enact the chaperone. The other, Beth Kent, straight from New York City, well-the wild peach was in bloom!

Little Sister
Little Sister

Author: Isabel Ashdown

Publisher: Pinnacle Books

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0786043261

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No one knows you better than a sister—your dreams, your fears, your mistakes, and all your secrets. It was just that way when Jess and her older sister, Emily, were children. Born barely a year apart, they were deeply entwined, complementing each other in their differences. When Jess felt awkward and shy, Emily, the consummate big sister, was happy to take the lead. After a long estrangement, they’ve become close again. Jess moves into the comfortable Isle of Wight home Emily shares with her husband, step-daughter, and toddler. Any misgivings about the past are swept away and forgotten. And then, on New Year’s Eve, little Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care. Jess is in shock, unable to remember what happened. Emily, traumatized, watches helplessly as her life unravels. But as the search intensifies and the police detective’s questions grow more pointed, a different picture emerges. Behind the image of a seemingly happy family—Daisy’s doting teenage sister, Chloe, loving father and husband, James, and siblings Emily and Jess—there are devastating deceptions and long-ago choices that can never be unmade. And underlying everything is the story of what really happened to drive Emily and Jess apart years ago. Unfolding through shifting perspectives, Little Sister is a brilliantly plotted, dark, and constantly surprising tale of love, rivalry, and broken loyalty that reveals how far one sister might go to protect—or destroy—another . . .