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Midst of My Confusion tells the story of a violent, defiant, and survivalist Chicano whose reality in the barrio is intensely brutal. The main character is Joaquin, a young vato who has lived his entire life in the barrio of his small town. But the peace of a small town is short-lived. Fights occuring everywhere, so Joaquin and friends he's grown up with all bond together for protection, a gang. His destiny changes during a business trip to Mexico...
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Catlips Incorporated exemplifies the strength of friendship, perseverance and the unwavering sheer determination and courage to stand proud and do the right thing, despite the odds. Though the feline and canine characters may be a bit unconventional for some, their struggles against the undesirables within their community is a familiar scenario to many.
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This is the story of my friend Daniel, his story is one to build bridges and not walls. Bringing everyone together through Jesus Christ. We should be one union united, not divided.
Daniel grew up with a very "difficult childhood."
People perceive the idea of a "difficult childhood" as something terrible. People only pay attention to the negative consequences of a difficult childhood, such as traumas, a lack of self-confidence, and other unpleasant...
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Rhea and Cynthia Evers are teenage sisters who have been shielded from the truth their entire lives. After their mother is killed in what appeared to be a robbery gone wrong, Rhea, the elder, discovers a chest full of secrets hidden away in her parents' closet. The chest makes her think back to the night their mother died and how strange her mother had acted. Why would their mother hide mysterious leather bound spell books, odd charms, and strange...
6) Apotheosis
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What is it like to live much of your own life in the full shadow of the world's greatest ever athlete; a behemoth of such nature and kind that he totally dominates the worlds of basketball, football, and boxing simultaneously? And accordingly, in this shadow, become extremely rich and extremely powerful; powerful beyond all manner or belief. To ride the tail of the dragon and, yet, still not be your own man? Ask Benjamin Gold. He knows the answer...
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Lorelei Abrahms knew she'd never be famous. She'd never change the world. Lorelei's just an introverted college student losing faith in her dreams as her life plods onward with no meaning. That is, until she discovers she has strange powers and someone wants her dead. When Lorelei first sees the sparks coming from her hands, she worries it is all in her mind. She tells her best friend Heath, but he seems more interested in separating her from Patrick,...
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"What Came First?" follows four complete strangers as their lives become intertwined in the biggest traffic jam in Seattle's history. Caught up in the maze of metal and mortal are a twenty-something slacker with no clue about where his life is going, a conspiracy-addled recluse who thinks this is another piece to the puzzle, the tween daughter of a traveling evangelical preacher hell bent on breaking the rules, and finally a young woman who wakes...
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Thirty years of social work at the Silver Birch housing project in Scarborough come to an abrupt end for Tony Price after he rescues a woman and child from an armed dope fiend. Burnt out and vodka-soaked, he is forced into retirement. During the hot summer of 2016 he moves with his wife, Brenda, to historic Kingston, Ontario. Though closer to their twins who attend Queens University, Tony is bored and at loose ends. Then a homicidal madman appears...
10) The Golden Curse
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Seventeen year old, Kirk Andrew Lawley, hates his life. He keeps to himself at school because of what he is. However, it's not your typical teenage angst. Kirk is cursed. His ancestors were ruthless warriors that burned down small villages and took countless lives. What they did was despicable, but that wasn't what started this curse. It was his ancestral uncle that did the dirty deed by killing an animal for sport. Unfortunately, this animal was...
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Meet Adam Taylor. He is a black mage: a magic-wielder who draws power from the essence of shadows. He is also a loner who prefers only his own company and dreams of power simply to make a living with it. He shuns and pushes away others, making him an extremely rude and antisocial miscreant. On the inside, though, he is a sensitive soul who doesn't quite know the meaning of love and friendship. Gene London, meanwhile, is a famous attorney who has a...
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Zeld has never done anything grand with his life, like fighting a dragon or riding on a cloud to save the king. In an age of magic and mystical creatures his life is about to change. You see, Zeld's father was murdered and his family forced into exile. Now that he is of age, he will be returning to his homeland and enrolling in the Castles and Caverns School of Knighthood. The Hess family, who murdered Zeld's father and captured the de Saxon castle,...
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In the Vegas Underworld, magic is money and henchmen wield magic. H is a mob enforcer for the highest-ranking capo in the Vegas Underworld–a city that coexists in a parallel plane with Las Vegas and where dead casinos experience a magical rebirth. He's one of the few wielders with the natural ability to manipulate new magic, a mysterious avant-garde energy allowing him to marry techware with ancient magic. At the start of the annual magic convention...
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When Charlotte's master is killed by a cruel warlord who turns her life into a living hell, she goes on a quest for revenge that takes her across a magical underworld struggling to adapt to the influx of humans trying to colonize it.
It's funny how an extracurricular in college (and a world-spanning daemon attack) can change your life. Post-Y2K, Charlotte Metaxas is a mild-mannered accountant by day and high priestess of a coven of occult programmers...
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Dj has to learn very fast to overcome not having parents in an absent childhood, betrayal, envy, greed, etc. The city of Cleveland has always been HEARTLESS will Dj make a way for him and his little brother Jae Jae? Or will the streets be his demise? FEDS are in the city and someone close to him is trying to put in the triple cross. First District Detectives Moore and Dean may not be his only problem.
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Four years after the events of Part 1, 21-year-old Adam Taylor has moved to a new city, Almin. Here he plans to make a new start of things by attending a new school, learn new magic spells, and make new friends. And although love is not on his mind, he ends up falling for Amy Graine, the beautiful daughter of the CFO of Entercor Contracting. They are of two different disciplines of magic--him being a black mage and her being a white mage--yet they...
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This fascinating historical novel brings to life the Chinese court of Zhu Di, the Yong Le Emperor, who reigned from 1403-1424 and made China a world power. The story is narrated by the fictional eunuch Ma Yun, who served in the emperor's court. Replete with military campaigns, religious ceremonies and the philosophical foundation that informs the Emperor's decisions through times good and bad, Journey of the North Star will appeal to readers interested...
19) Chasing Dragons
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Sebastian is the owner of a bookstore café in Hong Kong who provides informal counseling services to an array of offbeat characters. His quiet life is suddenly upended when he meets Chloe, and their relationship takes a startling turn, as it begins to parallel the relationship of a pair of mythical dragons from Chinese history. The lovers struggle with questions of mortality and immortality, before a choice is made that pulls them apart. From the...
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With no conscience for consequence, Purple Mike is sent on a mission to corrupt: Target: Anyplace, a drug-free zone in North America. After infecting human victims, along with his band of outlaws, Pot, Pill, and Powder, Purple Mike wreaks havoc in the small town. Everything changes when he falls for Sally Sue. Newly infected with feelings, Purple Mike tries to undo all the damage he's done. But, time is running out and he plain don't know how to clean...
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