The lives of two young boys from starkly different worlds collide amidst the chaos of the Syrian civil war. Hasan, the wealthy son of a police officer, lives in a luxurious villa and hopes to become a surgeon in the future. He tries to keep his privileged life a secret as he is aware he is indirectly complicit in the suffering of many people. Jamal, on the other hand, is living in a simple neighborhood, his dreams filled with promises of democracy, a future where freedom reigns and his father to finally come back home. In order to continue fighting for freedom and human rights, Jamal wants to become a journalist. Together, they experience a war-torn society, where laughter is silenced and dreams are stolen.
Following the unexpected death of her father, Suzette Rousseau finds struggling to survive on the streets of Paris. A job as a laundress takes her to the doors of the most opulent brothel in Paris, where her fearful acceptance of the mistress' offer of beauty, comfort, and shelter and an encounter with a handsome English Lord change her life forever.
The universe is vast, as far as we know it's endless. We don't know what's truly out there but we can always imagine it. The possibilities are limitless and now come, take the plunge into its vastness and find out what might be. Some of these stories will be joyful, some sad, some full of love, some maybe more intertwined on second glance and some might come with a warning sign attached. This isn't about what's reality and what isn't, it's about what could be and how much we can imagine.
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M
18 years ago a devastating conflict resulted in the death of most superheroes and villains. Only a handful survived and turned the table, but the catastrophic impact marked the world for years to come. Now, memories of the heroes linger in movie and comic books to celebrate those who have fallen. Arisu Nakamura is Highschool student who is a huge fan of the old and always admired them and after an experiment of her friend failed she gets the chance to become one of the heroes she always looked up to. But being a hero is not easy. Will she prevail and bring hope to the city, or will she fail and show that heroes are of the past?
I live in a glass coffin. It only has room for me, nobody can join me and I can't leave. (The Glass Coffin) Frequently rooted in mythology, the poems in this volume borrow figures and images in an attempt to make sense of contemporary experience. They explore themes like love, grief, mental health, and coping with chronic illness. Experimenting with form and tradition, they investigate the depths of emotion and trauma. Little glass coffins in themselves, the poems encapsulate and showcase aspects of the human experience. Enveloped in hues of blue and green, this debut anthology promises to captivate and inspire.
Undercover officer George Raffield's job was to pose as a student in the small town of Midlothian, Texas and infiltrate the high school drug ring. When Raffield's cover became suspect, word spread through a small circle of friends that the young officer would pay with his life. No one stopped it. On a rainy fall evening in 1987, Raffield was lured to an isolated field. Three bullets were fired-one unloaded into his skull. The baby-faced killer, Greg Knighten, stole eighteen dollars from Raffield's wallet, divided it among his two young accomplices, and calmly said, "it's done." With chilling detail, Carlton Stowers illuminates a dark corner of America's heartland and the children who hide there. What he found was an alienated subculture of drug abuse, the occult, and an unfathomable teenage rage that exploded at point blank range on a shocking night of lost innocence...
Having been raised by her stepfathers hate and heavy hand, being loved by a mother who lacked the strength of leaving and having learnt that life is nothing more than a chess game with everyone out to screw her over, Jeanney dwelled in fear and loathing. Convinced that she needs to be selfish in order to succeed in an unkind world, she fills her heart with bitterness and discards the idea of loving anyone but herself.
Three hundred years ago, Roone, the legendary Artefix, put an end to the vicious war between Erethia and Pyria. Now, childhood friends Lyra and Adax must navigate the depths of their abilities, and decide where their loyalties lie: with their homeland, mighty Erethia, or Pyria, land of myth? But much like Erethia's citadel, power is not always what it seems. Are they ?
Rebecca Kaylynn is a 19-year-old girl living in Manhattan in New York City. While her life seems to not exactly be exciting, she is being forced by her mother to travel through a specific route in Europe. As Rebecca finds out, this was the route her mother traveled along by herself as a teenager. She didn't find this idea particularly amusing as she fought her anxiety and depression, but it turns out this trip helped her just as much as it helped her mother in her teenage years. Discovering different friendships and meeting new people, she starts to see the beautiful side of mankind and untangles her past experiences.
