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Tommy Somebody, a 15-year-old high school student, discovers he has the power to see through the eyes of others, hear, smell, and touch through them as well. He is asked by a school mate, Susan, if he's seen Samantha, a girl who had to walk by his house but never showed up as anticipated. He uses his newly discovered abilities to assist a local detective, Detective Isaac Banks, in the finding and rescue of Samantha from a serial killer who's evaded law enforcement for many years.

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At the heart of this luminous tale is Ahana, an ardent student of literature whose world begins to unravel, and expand, on her eighteenth birthday, when she meets Krishna-a mysterious traveller and explorer of consciousness. Their encounter marks the beginning of Ahana's extraordinary inner odyssey: a journey across dimensions and lifetimes, plunging ever deeper into the secret realms of self-realization and unveiling layers of reality hidden from ordinary sight.

As Ahana's quest deepens, the novel unfolds like a mandala-blending poetry and philosophy, emotion and insight. Here, the ancient truths of Vedanta-Atman, Brahman, Advaita-are not distant doctrines but intimate revelations, lived and breathed through the heart of a young woman awakening to her eternal Self. In Krishna, Ahana finds not a myth nor a distant deity, but a presence closer than her breath-nearer than the beat of her own heart.

Somewhere among the Stars offers a vision of Vedanta that is not dry or austere but a glorious embrace of existence-a Vedanta that is integral, dynamic, and complete. It is not merely a novel-it is a portal into fictionalized spirituality, a genre unto itself where story, life, and revelation entwine.

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The Princess, the Speed-King, and the Sultan of Llang-Llang

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How Three Writers Pulled Off the Wildest Hoax of the Jazz Age

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In 1929, a news story too crazy for most times, but just perfect for the exuberant Jazz Age, spread through America's newspapers, and even overseas. During that year, readers were titillated with a tale of Twenties extravagance to out-Roar them all. They bought it hook, line, and sinker, and fondly recalled it for decades thereafter. But the elaborate tale was fictitious. A fabulously daring and artful hoax. The perpetrators, three ambitious writers, each bearing the royal title they brought to the task, got away with it.

Incorporating extensive research and newly-discovered sources, John Locke, an expert on the writing world of the 1920s, tears away the veils of secrecy for the first time, spinning a fast-moving journey of discovery through fabled times. Unfolding like a great mystery, we discover the rich lives of the hoaxers, how they united in strange purpose, how their globetrotting lives inexorably converged on the hoax, how they engineered its spread, and how their intimate understanding of the Jazz Age made them masters of their scheme. Not even jazz was spared.

It's a story spanning East and West colored with unbridled ambition, struggle and success, hoaxes and deceptions, war and peace, the romance of adventure, and the flattening of nineteenth century traditions beneath the steamroller of modernity.

Above all hovers the tantalizing mystery of motives-why did they do it?

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870 years of solitude. Seven years of waiting. One impossible choice.

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Brianna Van Demir has spent 870 years learning to be alone.

She's outlived empires. Watched the world transform from candlelight to neon. Built and abandoned more identities than she can count. And through it all, she's kept one promise: never let anyone close enough to hurt her again.

The last time she broke that rule, she lost everything.

Now she's a prosecutor in Charlotte, hiding in plain sight, dispensing justice in a courtroom while feeding from willing donors in the shadows. It's a careful life. A controlled life. A life that's kept her safe for centuries.

Then Daphne arrived-brilliant, stubborn, impossibly patient-and spent seven years waiting for Brianna to let her in.

Brianna should have sent her away. Should have disappeared into another identity, another city, another century of solitude. Instead, she made a different choice. A dangerous choice.

Because something is hunting the Valensi of Charlotte. Something with weapons that can actually kill them. And when an old enemy resurfaces with obsession in his eyes and blood on his hands, Brianna will have to decide what matters more: the walls she's built to survive, or the woman who makes survival worth fighting for.

WIDOW is the second book in The Valensi Chronicles-a story about grief that spans centuries, love that defies reason, and the terrifying courage it takes to let someone see you as you really are.

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The High-Performance Playbook for Women Designing Life on Purpose

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Slay Your Way: The High-Performance Playbook for Women Designing Life on Purpose - Empowering Moms to Overcome Burnout, Reclaim Time, and Build a Thriving Life Are you a busy mom, woman entrepreneur, or high-achieving professional feeling overwhelmed by burnout, juggling motherhood, business, marriage, and self-care? You're not alone - and you don't have to hustle harder to find balance. In this transformative women's personal development book, high-performance coach and business strategist Sandi Glandt shares her raw, relatable journey - from a tear-streaked bathroom-floor breakdown after motherhood to building a joyful, aligned life of success without sacrifice. Slay Your Way is the ultimate guide for women seeking work-life balance for moms, overcoming mom burnout, and achieving high performance without exhaustion. Discover the Slay Framework to: Reclaim your time and energy with proven systems for busy moms

Overcome burnout and redefine productivity on your terms

Build unbreakable habits that protect your peace, power, and joy

Grow your business or career while thriving in motherhood and marriage Release perfectionism, set boundaries, and embrace intentional living

Rediscover your identity beyond wife, mom, and boss

Filled with emotional real-life stories, practical strategies, and end-of-chapter journal prompts, this empowering book for women gives you permission to stop "doing it all" and start living with clarity, freedom, and unapologetic success. If you're ready to move from surviving motherhood burnout to slaying your day - your way - this women's empowerment and self-help book is your playbook. Join thousands of women transforming their lives. Reclaim your joy, power, and purpose today.

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Do you know how to avoid spankings? Did you realize that telling lies can get you out of trouble? Do you know why it's not a good idea to suggest to a teenage girl's parents that she might win a beauty contest at the Hogzilla Festival? The answer to these and other vital questions are found in this book, a collection of stories the author first posted on Facebook. Jimmy Allen grew up in a small town in Georgia, during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, in a family of "big talkers," including four uncles who were great storytellers. He continues that tradition in Keep on Pedaling, sharing homespun stories of hard work and easy play, little victories and big defeats, the good and bad, happy and sad times of growing up. But Jimmy's stories are not bound by time and place. Human nature is at the heart of each story, where you'll meet familiar people in situations that mirror your own. The kid who hides a firecracker in his mama's sugar bowl, the boy who's fleeced out of his spending money at the fair, the war veteran who can't seem to reclaim his old life, the football coach who learns how to overcome adversity--these people have a lot to teach you about how to keep on pedaling.

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We no longer live in a world shaped by facts-we live in a world shaped by narratives. Narratives that are engineered, repeated, and reinforced until they become unquestionable truths. They shape how you see the world, what you fear, who you trust, and even how you define right and wrong. But here's the problem: you didn't choose them.

Behind the headlines, the outrage cycles, the trending content, and even the "facts" you're fed, there's a calculated system of manipulation at work. It's not a theory. It's not fiction. It's propaganda; modernized, digitized, and more dangerous than ever before.

This book pulls the curtain back.

Modern Propaganda dives deep into the psychological machinery that drives public opinion. It breaks down the strategies used by political regimes, media conglomerates, corporations, movements, and even well-meaning organizations to control perception, emotions, and behavior at scale without you ever realizing you're being played. From behavioral levers and stimulus conditioning to algorithmic manipulation and emotional anchoring, every tactic is exposed.

You'll learn:
The core strategies of psychological manipulationHow propaganda is constructed, framed and deliveredWhy facts alone no longer matter in shaping public opinionHow propaganda bypasses logic and targets identity, fear, and group psychologyHow narratives are reinforced until they become unquestioned truthHow to identify, analyze, and dismantle manipulative messaging in real timeCounterpropaganda strategies

But this isn't just an academic analysis-it's a battle plan.

You'll walk away with practical tools and mental frameworks to spot manipulation in marketing, politics, news, social media, culture, and even in your own belief systems. You'll stop being the target-and start becoming the analyst, and the strategist.

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The Strange tale of Alfred Russel Wallace

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The story of an extraordinary life and adventure told in the form of a fiction biography.1858: The Malay Archipelago. In the remote tropics a young British naturalist, Alfred Wallace, toils in obscurity. He collects specimens: beetles, moths, ants and birds that sell for pennies apiece in England.One night, suffering from fever and hallucination, Wallace solves the greatest mystery of the era: the origin of species. To circulate his discovery, he contacts a distant acquaintance Charles Darwin. Unbeknownst to Wallace, Darwin has been secretly penning a near-identical version of the same evolutionary theory for twenty years. Darwin soon achieves world-renown and Wallace earns, if nothing else, widespread grudging respect. But then Wallace returns to England where his advocacy for ideas ranging from socialism to spiritualism launches him on a collision course with the men at the very heart of the scientific establishment, including Darwin.The Evolutionist tells of one mans determination to seek out his own truths in his own unique way and the price he pays. From oppressive jungle to mid-Victorian London, this is a disturbing tale of money, class, faith and discrimination

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Do you love your natural hair? Some of the world's most inspiring black women tell us about their attitudes to, and struggles with, their crowning glory. Kinky, wavy, straight or curly, this book will help you celebrate your natural beauty, however you choose to style your hair. With an overview of the politics and history of black hair, the book explores how black hairstyles have played a part in the fight for social justice and the promotion of black culture while inspiring us to challenge outdated notions of beauty, gender and sexuality for young women and girls everywhere. The power is in our hair. And we've come to tell the world what ours can do! Interviewees include: Annika Allen, co-founder Black Magic Awards and podcaster, UK; Samantha Allen, arts activist, Singapore/UK; Doreene Blackstock, actor, UK; Sienna Brown, writer and filmmaker, Australia; Dawn Butler, Member of Parliament, UK; Sokari Douglas Camp, artist, Nigeria/UK; Deitra Farr, blues, soul and gospel singer-songwriter, from Chicago, USA; Ruthie Foster, is an American blues singer-songwriter from Texas, USA; Jamelia, singer-songwriter, broadcaster and author, UK; Judith Jacob, actor, radio presenter and fitness instructor, UK; Angie LeMar, comedian, presenter, producer, UK; Lynette Linton, artistic director theatre, UK; Nnenna Okore, artist, Australia; Anita Okunde, climate activist, Ireland; Chi Onwurah, Member of Parliament, UK; Olusola Oyeleye, writer, director and producer, UK; Djamila Ribeiro, feminist philosopher, Brazil; Vivienne Rochester, actor, UK; Kadija George Sesay, writer and curator, UK; Cleo Sylvestre, actor, singer, writer, UK; Carryl Thomas, actor, UK; Nellie Travis, blues singer, USA; Rianna Raymond-Williams, sexual health advisor and social entrepreneur, UK. Photos and illustrations throughout

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Zainab Raghdo, Saskia Calliste, Stella Dadzie, Jamelia Davis, Cheryl Robson, Stella Dadzie

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A collection of 3 plays by Jonathan Moore. 'This Other Eden' (Guardian Criticss Choice): A story of passion. A wife and a mother. Her son and daughter. Her husband. The London Irish. Limboland. The hunger for a sense of a real culture. The desire for freedom... A tough play about a womans soul, told with beauty, humour and hope.... the play burns with passion and indignation. Daily Telegraph'Fall From Light:' A young composer writes a new opera. The Director rejects it, but his lover, a young Diva, takes him to the council estate, where she and the composer grew up. There they meet Girly and his gang... A tale of art, savagery and redemption.'Treatment' (Fringe First): Liam is part of a violent street gang but wants to escape. Trapped between two worlds, he has to choose between the dark allure of violence and the healing power of love.

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Jonathan Moore, Gregory Hersov, Greg Hersov

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Named one of the top 10 books on Rock in 2023. The two decades of freedom and creativity that were the 1960s and 1970s are captured in this book with photos by iconic photographers of the day, and text by top French music writer Philippe Margotin. Exploring pop rock icons from the Beatles to Bowie. Pop Rock Icons takes us into the extraordinary world of London, England at the time of the greatest countercultural upheaval that the country has known. A real musical revolution began at the beginning of the 1960s, led by the Beatles, further ignited by the Rolling Stones and many others. The incredible rise of rock music continued until the end of the 1970s, when Punk arrived and launched a new wave of DIY rebellion.In photographs which capture the spirit of the times, [re]discover the optimism of the Beatles; the Stones dark rhythmnblues; the energy of The Who; the innovation of prog rock with Pink Floyd and Genesis, as well as the explosive heavy metal of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. The 70s gave us the glam rock of T Rex and the gritty pub rock of Dr Feelgood, without forgetting the rock giants: Led Zeppelin, Queen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and the unclassifiable David Bowie.

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Philippe Margotin, David Sinclair, Cheryl Robson, David Sinclair

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In this epic novel about the motor-racing heroes of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, legendary characters battle to win incredible races on switchback roads along the edges of ravines. Exploring the relationships between the champions as much as the sporting events themselves, this is a thrilling tale based on true rivalries, triumphs and disasters during a fascinating period in European sporting history.

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Taking place over a delicious two-course Chinese meal, From Shore to Shore blends live music, drama, English, Cantonese and Mandarin to tell an uplifting story of love and loss, struggle and survival. Three stories, three lives, three journeys, to find a place called home. Cheung Wing is escaping from war, Mei Lan's had enough of the potato peeler, and Yi Di wants the impossible - her parents' approval.

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Welcome to the Press Conference from hell!Join ex-community artist and self-proclaimed peoples champion Vince Fine as he launches his ArtWorks project nationally. Vowing to end poverty, benefits, worklessness and even mental health issues, Vince and his loyal sidekick Michelle take on all-comers to persuade them that ArtWorks Works!A satire about the nature of well-funded community projects which misuse the arts to get people off the dole.

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Why do some women either have to, or choose to, live secret lives? We all have secrets, but what drives these women to hide part of themselves from others?This book explores the hidden lives of a diverse group of women who operate with a degree of subterfuge, mystery or deliberate deception. From Freemasonry to fetishism, from Wiccan followers to espionage, the reasons for secrecy are as different as the women themselves. Together, they represent a rich tapestry of female experience, sensitively recounted by the author as she delves into each womans secret.

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A powerful coming-of-age story.Iris is making a train journey in India for the first time with her boyfriend. When she steps down off the train for a bottle of water at Shambala Junction, she finds herself stranded and alone. She becomes caught up in the drama of stallholder Amans battle to recover his lost child and this tests her courage and beliefs about who she is and what she cares for. Along the way, she is seduced by India, in all its vivacity and charm. -Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction

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With the rise of interest in dramas such as Netflixs Adolescence which aired in the UK in 2025, and a spate of crimes such as the Otley Run attack in April 2025 where the perpetrator posted online about his intentions, which were rooted in hatred and misogyny, this is a timely and much needed book.The author explores the men behind the movement and the misinformation that surrounds them. Incels are not cartoonish villains, but real people. The internet has been their route to communication and connection, but it has also led to them becoming mythologized. Who are these men? What are their motivations? How has our misunderstanding of the movement made it even more dangerous and, most importantly, how do we change it?

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Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew has crumbled. Implored to defend what is left of his fathers decaying legacy, Hamlet now faces the greatest moral challenge: to kill or not to kill.Adapted with Shakespeares text by award-winning playwright Mark Norfolk, this fast-moving version gets straight to the heart of a young mans dilemma.Contains interviews with adaptor, Mark Norfolk, and director Jeffery Kissoon (star of stage & screen: RSC, NT, Brooks The Mahabharata, BBCs Grange Hill, Star Wars: The Force Awakens; he also adapted and directed Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man).This fast-paced, all-Black, contemporary version of Hamlet has appeal across audiences young and old, those studying English and Drama at school, those recently introduced to Hamlet through popular TV adaptations and classic drama audiences. In particular, lovers of traditional drama and Shakespeare, schools and Black African & Caribbean audiences (including previous Black Theatre Live tours). Students studying Shakespeare and/or drama studies.An Education Resource Pack (CC) has been designed to give teachers and students information about the play, this production, and practical classroom games and exercises linked to the National Curriculum; presentation, discussing, role play and performance, improvisation, and writing.

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William Shakespeare, Mark Norfolk, Jeffery Kissoon, Mark Norfolk, William Shakespeare

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Macho men or metrosexual guys? Mummys boys or blokes under their missus thumbs?Self-made entrepreneurs, pukka professionals and successful executives with their Mercedes Benz lives and designer-clad wives; husbands, sons, uncles, brothers and fathers  these successful, soulful and spirited Asian men have come a long way from their origins but theyve all got roots! The Trouble with Asian Men is a vital, tender and hilarious insight into lives that surround us every day, from the award-winning theatre company that brought us East is East.The Trouble with Asian Men is a revealing verbatim comedy which has played to sell-out houses internationally.

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Sudha Bhuchar, Kristine Landon-Smith, Louise Wallinger, Sudhar Buchar

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The apparently simple story of a toll-collector who works in a booth on the motorway, watching people come and go, while his life remains static. But then an invisible force begins taking over, its only tell-tale sign, a terrible, obliterating sound like a scream, that seems to come from nowhere. As time goes by, the flow of traffic on the motorway slows and diminishes. The world appears to be coming to an end...An ode to love and loss comparable to the work of Samuel Beckett, in which everything is both ordinary and extraordinary and every man is truly an island...

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Laurent Graff, Cheryl Robson, Claire Alejo