Download or read book Vows of Gold and Laughter written by Edith Pawlicki and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vows of Gold and Laughter written by Edith Pawlicki and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meeting of four lonely immortals will change them - and the world.High in the Heavens, an immortal court celebrates the betrothal of Jin, Goddess of Beauty, and Xiao, God of Pleasure. But as soon as the vows are made, the Sun Emperor collapses from a death curse.Raised away from the Sun Court after her mother's murder, Jin is called a useless goddess, but she is now the emperor's only hope. The curse's cure is locked in the Underworld, and even though the court dismisses him as a hopeless alcoholic, Xiao vows to help his betrothed find the lost key.They hire a thief who is more interested in stealing the groom than recovering the key, and begin their search at the legendary grave of the Great Warrior - only it turns out he never died. Tens of millennia old, he is a master of everything but his own heart.Their journey takes them from the icy peaks of the White Mountain and the lush banks of the Kuanbai River to the palace of the Sea Dragon and the halls of the Moon Deer, through court intrigue and bloody battles, power struggles and magical traps. The Heavens, Earth, and the Underworld will forever celebrate their triumphs - and mourn their mistakes.
Download or read book Wedding Vows Under Fire Series 1 Gold Bands in the Fire written by Lanette Zavala and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalie and Joseph Reyes have everything any young couple could desirea loving marriage, children together, wealth, and enterprise. But the demands of a controlling mother-in-law and her husbands unaccounted hours spent in places unknown to Natalie threaten to drive a wedge between them. With dwindling trust in her beloved, accompanied by mysterious symptoms within her body, Natalie agonizes like a single mother within her marriage. Relatives who witness Natalies faith can only wish for her problems. A dishonorable past and faithless tendencies threaten to shatter the love between Shasta and Javier Reyes. Unaware to all their family, a violent face-off occurs when Natalies psychotic cousin torments and imprisons two serial killers attempting to kidnap her. Cousin Tiphany Taylor hopes to marry the wealthy father of her children until reality forces her to make a heart-wrenching decision about their lives together. Alicia Reyes goes on a manhunt for her meddling widowed mother and finds a homeless man to groom for the mission. The shattering worlds of the prominent Reyes and Taylor families blend as a distractive force against the couple, who married from each family. Surrounded by everyone elses drama, Natalie and Joseph rarely find time to strengthen what she sees as a starving marriage.
Download or read book The Laughing Monsters written by Denis Johnson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denis Johnson's New York Times bestseller, The Laughing Monsters, is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game. Roland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years' absence, he returns to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to reunite with his friend Michael Adriko. They once made a lot of money here during the country's civil war, and, curious to see whether good luck will strike twice in the same place, Nair has allowed himself to be drawn back to a region he considers hopeless. Adriko is an African who styles himself a soldier of fortune and who claims to have served, at various times, the Ghanaian army, the Kuwaiti Emiri Guard, and the American Green Berets. He's probably broke now, but he remains, at thirty-six, as stirred by his own doubtful schemes as he was a decade ago. Although Nair believes some kind of money-making plan lies at the back of it all, Adriko's stated reason for inviting his friend to Freetown is for Nair to meet Adriko's fiancée, a grad student from Colorado named Davidia. Together the three set out to visit Adriko's clan in the Uganda-Congo borderland—but each of these travelers is keeping secrets from the others. Their journey through a land abandoned by the future leads Nair, Adriko, and Davidia to meet themselves not in a new light, but rather in a new darkness.
Download or read book The Laughing Guide to Change written by Ora Prilleltensky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The motto of this book is smarter through laughter. The Laughing Guide to Change combines humor and science to make you happier and healthier. To improve your well-being you need to master your behaviors, emotions and thoughts. These are important drivers of change that can be learned and practiced every day. To reinforce the learning, the scientific part of each chapter is followed by funny stories. In the Behaviors chapter you will learn how to set a goal and create positive habits. In the Emotions chapter you will study the secrets of cultivating positive emotions and managing negative emotions. After reading the Thoughts chapter you will be able to master the art of challenging negative assumptions and writing a new story about yourself. The Laughing Guide to Change is a user friendly manual for tackling different aspects of well-being, from psychological to interpersonal to physical well-being. If you are interested in improving your personal, family, or occupational life, this book is for you. The book will motivate you to take action through a series of achievable steps. The humor will keep you entertained, while the science will keep you engaged.
Download or read book Lucian s Laughing Gods written by Inger NI Kuin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language monograph about religion and Lucian of Samosata
Download or read book Going to the Dogs Wedding Novellas Boxed Set written by Zoe Dawson and published by Zoe Dawson. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dog Park Babes tie the knot! A four-part mini-series meant to be read after the first four Going to the Dogs novels. Can be purchased in this convenient discounted boxed set or separately. Fetched Poe's getting married! Before she can say Zombie Apocalypse, she's off to Vegas where all her friends and family are assembling. They have to put a wedding together in a week. Can the dog park babes come to her rescue to get this hitching to come off without a hitch? Ah, wait, The Terrible Two are involved. Tangled Callie and Owen only have one barrier between them. Owen's past. She wants to hear about it. He doesn't want to spill. Will their marriage survive? Handled Brooke and Drew don't quite see eye to eye about Brooke's businesses. He wants her to slow down and she thinks she can do it all. Will the disagreement spill over and tear them apart? Captured Harper and Caleb found some common ground, but now that it's time to tie the knot, Caleb's pride might end the marriage before it even begins. Beware of dogs, romance and deep belly laughs! Going to the Dogs is a romp through the urban jungle of New York City to find true love, the perfect cocktail, and expensive heels. Dog is a man’s best friend, but sometimes a woman just needs a hot man in the city. This series will appeal to a mature crowd, especially fans of Sex in The City.
Download or read book Kimberly Gold written by Stella Perkins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kimberley Gold follows the trail of a family as they survive life in early Sydney. It is the story of my grandfather, whom I never met, a man who changed his name as he tried to change his destiny. We all have secrets and hide the truth with lies, but how many of us believe our own fabrications? Where is the truth? Does it lie within these pages?
Download or read book The Living Sword written by Pemry Janes and published by Pemry Janes. This book was released on 2021-05-08 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eurik was found adrift by the san and raised by them. Though he had read much about the outside world, he'd never considered leaving home. Not until his teacher revealed what he had inherited from his parents: a living sword, a sentient blade of rare power . . . and with it, the names of his father and mother. Reluctant to go, yet curious, Eurik sets out to discover who they were, and what happened to them. But is he ready for all the attention his heritage will earn him? Can he survive in a world he has only read about?
Download or read book Rone Isa written by Robin Murarka and published by Robin Murarka. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT SECRETS RESIDE IN ENOYA'S ARTIFICIAL MIND? From the acclaimed author of AKIN, Robin Murarka's Rone Isa traverses that border between science and literary fiction, weaving a futuristic dystopian world seeped in technology and wonder. "Leaves behind a properly haunting set of afterimages ... gracefully and poetically rendered." - Kirkus Reviews "Robin Murarka has delivered a tour-de-force in the provocative, daring Rone Isa." - San Francisco Book Review Garbled noise, quickly becoming coherent, strange messages, and soon, she is revealed, calling herself 'Enoya'. The engineer, Dargaud, locked in his small, decrepit loft, marvels over his creation, unaware that she is observing him as much as he is observing her. Set in the futuristic metropolis of Agnus Sistra IV, Rone Isa follows the newly birthed artificial intelligence, 'Enoya', as she learns about the world of man, trying to comprehend abstraction and violence, much as a child would. Dargaud, the engineer that created her, also explores the newfound equity in her abilities, and basks in the carnality afforded to him through her achievements. Reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Rone Isa delves into the depths of artificial intelligence and its relationship with humans. What secrets reside in her artificial mind? And will Dargaud's excess destroy him?
Download or read book The Sorceress of Lansheer A Song of Silver Gold written by Beverley Fowler and published by BookLocker.com. This book was released on with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solzanna of Lansheer was Sorceress Advisor and Protectress of Imperial Peace in the vast Lansheean Empire. Although Feraco the Great held an uneasy throne, the threat of Solzanna’s power discouraged many a would-be rebellion. But the winds of change were blowing, and a dastardly plot was brewing in the Imperial City. Jago the Dalo was spoiling for trouble when he stumbled across it. Bored to death in somber Lansheer, he readily agreed to pit himself against the empire’s great sorceress. But as the challenge unfolds, he begins to suspect that the gods were meddling again, and perhaps he had bitten off more than he could chew.
Download or read book Scorched By Love A Slow Burn Gay Romance MM written by Hayden Templar and published by Hayden Templar. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fiery Romance Ignites in the Flames of Fate and destiny Experience the heat and passion of an unexpected encounter in this sizzling tale of love and choices. When firefighter Keat heroically saves Aiden from a raging inferno, their connection ignites like a flame. But as their feelings intensify, they discover a clash of desires: Keat yearns for a deep, meaningful relationship, while Aiden seeks a partner who can provide financial stability. As the sparks fly, Aiden faces a difficult decision. Will he forsake his search for security and follow his heart, risking it all for love? And if he does, can he repair the damage caused by his initial hesitation? In this emotional rollercoaster, join Keat and Aiden as they navigate the complexities of their evolving relationship. Will love conquer all, or will the shadows of doubt and missed opportunities extinguish their chance at happiness? Find out in this captivating romance that explores the power of true connection and the choices we make for love.
Download or read book Laugh with the Moon written by Shana Burg and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother’s recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare. Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language. Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, working on the floor among roosters and centipedes. When Clare’s new friends take her on an outing to see the country, the trip goes horribly wrong, and Clare must face another heartbreak head-on. Only an orphan named Memory, who knows about love and loss, can teach Clare how to laugh with the moon. Told from an American girl’s perspective, this story about how death teaches us to live and how love endures through our memories will capture the hearts of readers everywhere.
Download or read book Bad Panda written by Swapna Haddow and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you sick of being utterly adorable?Tired of being cuddled and hugged?Fed up of having your head confused for your bottom because you just so happen to be SOOOOPER-DOOOOOPER fluffy?Lin: If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you're in the right book.Everyone thinks that Lin is the cutest panda in the world. So much so that they ship her off to the local zoo, away from her beloved brother, to be ogled at by the masses. But Lin HATES being cute, and now she will do everything in her power to prove that she's the baddest, meanest, most un-cute animal in the zoo.Laugh-yourself-out-of-bed hilarious, the first in a new series from the creators of DAVE PIGEON.
Download or read book Laughing Shall I Die written by Tom Shippey and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
Download or read book Return for the Gold written by Margaret Hall and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting historical novel set on New Zealand's West Coast during the goldrush era. Mary Kendrick lives with her family in an isolated community in South Westland, New Zealand. They are awaiting news of the conviction of the men who took the community’s horde of gold at gunpoint, and hid it nearby. Daily life in the settlement – where the men dig gold on the beaches, and fell trees inland for cattle pasture, and where the women are engrossed in domestic work and childcare – is woven through with anxiety that the robbers will come back for the gold, especially once news breaks that the dangerous John Southern has given his jailers the slip in Lyttelton Harbour. Feisty, funny, affectionate and resourceful, Mary is seventeen, teacher to her siblings and neighbours, and anticipating her marriage to Nik, who is away most of the time clearing bush and preparing their farm and house. A bright, likeable protagonist, Mary is worth any modern girl’s attention. Drama and suspense are provided by the trickle of news from Christchurch about the trial and Southern’s ‘escape’. John Southern turns up in disguise, fooling Mary only momentarily. She rides for help; the men stake out the site of the hidden gold; there’s shooting, some blood and a death, but they get their man and the gold.
Download or read book The Gold Falcon written by Katharine Kerr and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the land of Deverry as never before in this new high fantasy romance series inspired by Celtic mythology. Reincarnated as young lovers, Nevyn and Jill test the bounds of their own magic while facing powerful enemies. Orphaned by a cholera epidemic, Neb and his young brother are sent to the desolate farm of their last living relative. But when the savage Horsekin tribes begin raiding the villages along Deverry’s western border, the brothers must flee for their lives. A chance encounter with Salamander—a bard and master of dweomer magic—proves their salvation, as he brings them to the shelter of Tieryn Cadryc’s dun. Here, Neb finds love with his soulmate Branna only to be dragged into a war for the very survival of the kingdom. And though both Neb and Branna are gifted with dweomer magic, they are also facing powerful enemies they have fought before in past lives they no longer remember.
