In the heart of a revitalized Prague, the "Best Year of Your Life" is for sale.But for Caroline, a high-end hair stylist to the neo-feudal elite, the price of beauty has never been more literal.While styling the hair of the city's new Prince Regent, Caroline overhears a chilling secret: the city's prosperity is fueled by L'Avenir, a company that grants clients a year of peak health and success, only to harvest their remaining life force whe...

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and witness the most audacious act of all!By day, he's Pico Emerson, the endearing, pie-in-the-face, Compo the Clown, bringing joy and laughter to adoring crowds. But when the greasepaint comes off and the lights dim, a different kind of performance begins. Arthur is a phantom, a whisper in the shadows, a world-class jewel thief with a flair for the dramatic.His next target? The legendary

One witness. One secret. One lie that could topple a government.Peter and Thomas lead a life built on careful discretion. Devoted to one another, they have spent years navigating London in the shadows, avoiding the judgmental gaze of a society they don't quite trust. But their quiet world shatters one night during a walk along the river Bance. Out of the darkness, they witness a hooded figure fleeing a scene of carnage, leaving behind a woman—Mandy—clinging to life...

THE MOSTLY HARMLESS AND USELESS GUIDE TO NOTHING VERY USEFULBarnaby was a man of simple pleasures, namely collecting bread-bag tags and being professionally average. His life's greatest crisis was the day he was replaced by a velvet rope. That is, until he accidentally boarded a galactic garbage scow while looking for the Number 42 bus.Now, Barnaby is the only thing standing between the universe and total linguistic collapse. Drafted as a "Neutral Arbiter" i...

The perpetual drizzle of Neo-Seattle has always been Maya Vance's only constant, a fitting shroud for a life lived on the fringes, defined by forgotten code and the ghosts of a past she'd painstakingly buried. But the rain-slicked ruins offer no sanctuary when a dead-man's switch, a final, desperate message from her estranged father, Leo Vance, detonates her carefully constructed reclusion. A data packet, encrypted with a complexity that hums with his genius, hints at a conspiracy reaching...

Each day calls us to tend life beyond ourselves. Dancing with the Ten Thousand Things helps you answer that call and become a more powerful healing presence.You have the innate ability to be a healing presence. Imagine amplifying your gifts and applying them in your family life, friendships, work, organizations, and community. Transforming care and compassion into effective action will become your way of life.This book outlines the journey of waking up through bein...

Arthur Pringle died as he lived: pointing out a typo in a spreadsheet. He expected a tunnel of light; he got a flickering fluorescent hallway that smelled of industrial floor wax and damp wool.Welcome to the Afterlife, a sprawling, infinite office park where hope goes to be filed chronologically. Here, your "unfinished business" isn't a metaphor—it's literal, indestructible luggage. And if your suitcase is too heavy with secrets, regrets, or that one time you didn'...

"In the unforgiving heart of London, two souls adrift in the urban fog forge an unexpected bond. Arthur, a disgraced scholar haunted by a lost past, and Elara, a fierce young beggar with a boundless imagination, find solace and purpose in a shared notebook. Against the biting cold and gnawing hunger, they weave tales of defiant dragons, resilient queens, and the quiet acts of kindness that illuminate the darkest corners of their lives. But as winter deepens and their fragile sanctuary crum...

Candy's life was a symphony of ashes and servitude, a cruel melody played out in the shadow of her stepsisters' scorn. But a whisper of power, a glint of steel, would shatter that fragile existence forever. Under the chilling tutelage of Morwen, a Fairy Godmother twisted into a ruthless spymaster, Candy sheds her rags and embraces the art of the kill. No longer a cowering servant, she is a ghost in the shadows, her delicate glass slipper now a weapon, its fragile beauty concealing a deadly...

The forest whispers tales of innocence lost, but this isn't that story. Yara, known as Little Red, isn't some naive maiden waiting for rescue. Her keen eyes, sharpened by years of navigating the unforgiving forest, saw past the charming smiles and velvet words long before the big bad wolf showed his true form. She sensed the predator in his lingering gaze, the hunger in his feigned concern.This time, the wolf picked the wrong prey. When he finally sheds his disguise, expect...

Honeymoon in HidingOne key. Two witnesses. No place to hide.David and Chutikan's honeymoon in Italy was supposed to be the romantic climax of a year-long long-distance love story. From the vibrant streets of Thailand to the quiet hills of the UK, they had finally found their "forever." But on their third night in Rome, a moonlit stroll through the Eternal City turns into a waking nightmare.After witnessing the brutal stabbing of a m...

A fictional memoir. Except when it isn't.From a cell in Bridgeton Prison, Timothy DiAngelo looks back upon a curious life.From a '50s Texas boyhood to a '60s Santa Monica youth; from years of overland world travel to mysterious disappearances and deaths; from friendship and family to sideshow freaks, the story weaves across 35 years of changing locales and unforgettable characters - humorous, ethereal and profane - and with equal threads of both slapstick and poignancy.