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Ansible: Season One (The Ansible Stories Book 1)   Kindle Edition "My mind has touched the stars, wearing a thousand faces..." It is the twenty-fifth century. The planet's most ambitious project is Starmind, an Islamic research institute that transfers the minds of volunteers, called Ansibles, across space and time to make first contact with other sentient beings in the universe. Marooned in alien bodies on alien worlds... Each of the Ansible Stories follows one team of brave minds across the void. These are their reports, their transcripts, their distress calls, the only accounts of what they have found.  This edition includes the complete first season of Ansible: Ansible 15715 Ansible 15716 Ansible 15717 Ansible 2/Ansible: Paradise REVIEWS "I’m a thug. I read Stephen King all day. Nothing can scare me. This book, however, kind of freaked me out." - Keyoka Kinzy,  SciFi Bloggers "Litore's elegant prose seeps into the soul, stoking our fe

The Gnostic Notebook: Volume Four: On the Fruit of Knowledge and the Precession of the Ages   Kindle Edition What is the Fruit of Knowledge? Is it connected with carnal knowledge, or is there a deeper meaning? What is the significance of the angel with the flaming sword that guards the way to Eden? How did the vengeful and jealous God of the Old Testament become the loving and forgiving God of the New Testament? What does the word 'Jehovah' actually mean and why does its nature change throughout the Biblical narrative? In the previous volume, Lambert revealed the mysteries hidden in the Bible's first creation account. Now he returns to Genesis and continues with the second story of creation. Follow along as the author methodically unlocks the Biblical text, revealing events far earlier than the 22nd of October 4004 B.C., when, according to James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, the world was created.  What the author finds will forever change how you thin

The Very Thought of You (Love Everlasting)  (The Thorntons Book 2)   Kindle Edition Fall in love with THE THORNTONS, a family filled with sexy alpha males, passionate women, and lots of heart, all set in a delightful small town in the Pacific Northwest. Each book in the series is connected but can be read as a standalone. BOOK DESCRIPTION:  Megan Flannigan wants only two things in life: to run her bakery The Rise and Shine, and to avoid the handsome and insufferable Officer Caleb Thornton. Caleb has made her life difficult ever since he arrested her over a decade ago, and her one wish is that he leaves her alone—while they both continue to deny the attraction that sparks between them every time they meet. Her wishes are dashed when her bakery is robbed. To make matters worse? Caleb is assigned to the case—and now he’s the officer charged to protect Megan from a dangerous criminal.   Caleb Thornton decided to become a police officer to atone for a tragic adolescent mistake.

18 Cranes (Kaifeng Chronicles)   Kindle Edition In the late summer of 1630, 23-year old Li Bing writes the provincial level imperial examinations, the first step towards entering the Chinese civil service. He is tormented by a dream of 18 cranes, and as he awaits his exam results he seeks out insights from those around him to help him understand his dream. In the end, he learns more than he imagined. This is the first book in the Kaifeng Chronicles series of novellas.

Why Me?   Kindle Edition by  Sarah Burleton     (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars         1,645 customer reviews See all 7 formats and editions In the blink of an eye, Mom ran up behind me and pushed me into the fence. Instinctively, I reached out my arms to stop my fall and ended up grabbing the live fence. My hands clamped around the thin wires, and my body collapsed to the ground as the electricity coursed through it. I opened my eyes and saw my mother standing over me with the strangest smile on her face. “Oh, my God, I’m going to die!” I thought in panic. Imagine never being able to close your eyes and remember the feel of your mother’s arms wrapped around you. Now imagine closing your eyes and remembering your mother’s tears splashing down on your face as she is on top of you, crying as she is trying to choke you to death. My mother left me these memories and many more during my traumatic childhood. After many years of struggling with trying to understand “W

White House in a Gray City: A Breathtaking Memoir of a Jewish Orphan Boy who Survived the Holocaust Itzchak Belfer: I have lived my entire life in his light! Through the intimate and authentic perspective of his student, we encounter Janusz Korczak, a pediatrician and adored teacher. In 1912, Korczak established a unique orphanage that is to this day a beacon for educators. There he gave children the freedom to develop and manage their talents. They learned about mutual responsibility and caring and how to create a righteous human society. Korczak was murdered by the Nazis at the Treblinka Death Camp when he refused to abandon his children. I will never forget those times; this is a memorial volume The author, Itzchak Belfer, was raised and educated in Korczak's orphanage. We read of his flight from the Nazis through the Polish forests to Russia to become the only survivor in his large family and his attempt to immigrate to Israel, only to be waylaid in a Cypress de