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...Three chronic bachelors, on their way to Kosani (Kumayun Hills), have just completed their breakfast at a roadside modern `Dhaba` and the cashier for this solid group of three looks towards his companions, as if to seek their consent to signal the `b...

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...This novel is based on the plot that describes the life of a young lady having worked as Assistant Professor at the University level. These days, she is engaged by a Trust, interested in promoting `mental illumination through peace of mind and s...

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...A story of a young woman's liberation. With the help of a seasoned mentor, a reporter learns to relax and have fun, dream about love and excitement and realize her dream. http://www.behappyinlife.com ...

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...me to think that 1million people will be joining me in spreading the word on positive thinking and positive focus, until it reaches all of humanity.... ...h your help, I know we can do this. Please enjoy this free story, reflect on it and be inspired to live a happy life. Then, send it to your friends... ...olleagues and to your executives. I welcome and appreciate your feedback on this story and others and would love to read your review and testimonia... ...had been the chief editor’s secretary for over 12 years. She was an older woman – the team’s mother. She knew everything about everyone. She was m... ... so people will notice you. You don’t want to end your life a single old woman, do you?” “But I don’t like red. It’s disgusting. It’s unnatural, ... ...Katherine Johnson managed to do it in a very special way. “Jay,” an older woman called her name, while she was looking down at her notes. Jay stood... ...ener. “Here, take this, there are worse things in life”. On the bench top were three sketches of the 7-year-old girl. Jay poured the hot chocol...

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...Old World Evil vs New Age Passion ... A centuries old djinni betrayed...A modern career woman and wife bereft...Can this thoroughly mismatched couple find comfort and vindication in each other's arms? More importantly, can Kane and Therese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon...

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...his chest and bringing the most precious pain. He took a deep breath, held on tight to the ache, reveled in it, storing it for future reference. He wa... ... it would have to do until she figured out exactly how and when this other woman—her competition—would come into the picture. All she had now were her... ...ay—clean and spicy—tried to garner some comfort as she released her breath on a long hot sigh, closed her eyes and braced herself to eat crow. Jury re... ...cursed, bolted upright, threw back the comforter and slapped his bare feet on the wood-finish floor. "I don't believe you're starting this all over ag... ...ch more than an inch taller than she is and she can't tell if it is man or woman. It is covered in earth- toned cloth from head to toe and she can onl... ...nconsciously nodded at the director ticking off her job history before the woman glanced up at her again. "Very impressive." "Thank you." "I noticed o... ...ambitions all enclosed within the manila portfolio—and folded her hands on top. Therese waited for the don't-call-us-we'll-call-you spiel, surprised w... ...r heels and the mist—larger, black and orange, vibrating angrier—is at the top of the stairs. How did it get up there so quickly? When? She sees the ... ...se sighed long and hard as she stopped and glared down at the dog over the top of her grocery bags. Marsh glanced up at her with his adoring five-goin...

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...ali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven into the rich backcloth of ?THE CURSE OF KALI?. In this turbulent setting are a man and a woman whose destinies are inextricably linked, their love yearning to flower despite every obstacle. For more information visit http://www.audreyblankenhagen.co.uk. ...

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...book) ISBN: 1-4033-8038-4 (Paperback) ISBN: 1-4033-8039-2 (Dustjacket) This book is printed on acid free paper. ... ...h their so-called sacred ’rumels’ (a scarf or cord) and secretly burying their bodies. They lived on the proceeds of their homicidal activities and ... ...a could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the interior, however, the British ... ... KALI WAS AVENGED!! viii THE CURSE OF KALI 1 Chapter 1 India-1851 Gavin studied the woman who lay asleep: her blue-black hair spread on... ...whelming him, as he turned away from this harlot, who bore no resemblance to the gentle, reserved woman he had married. THE CURSE OF KALI 3 Engla... ...r, well why not to my little, auburn haired cousin, Helen. She will do just as well as any other woman.” ‘Not a very romantic acceptance, Uncle, wh... ...pe trimmed with arctic fox fur to THE CURSE OF KALI 19 match the little fur hat perched on the top of her dark auburn curls was, indeed, a striki... ...bin, listening to the storm’s mounting intensity. She had no alternative but to venture up on the top deck to reach the companionway leading to the ... ...pantaloons, their red pugrees and cummerbunds bearing the crest of the East India Company. At the top of the Audrey Blankenhagen 48 steps stood a...

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... A revolution replaces the Queensland government with a coalition of religious fundamentalists who have strong ideas on how their subjects ought to live, and how to enforce compliance with their draconian laws. Readers have asked what happened to Robert and Bart, the heroes of Rough Justice. They thought I had left them in a bad place…a...

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...ng a deep breath he shouldered the backpack that had been hidden in a corner for weeks, let himself out of the shed, crossed the back lawn and tapped on his brother’s open window. Hylas appeared, rubbing at sleepy eyes. ‘Fidel! What’s the matter?’ ‘I’m off.’ ‘Now? But you…’ ‘Shhh! You'll wake Mum. I just wanted to say goodbye and tell you I love you.’ ‘Where are ...

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...Returns 18 Disintegration 19 Inspection 20 Plans 21 The Administrator 22 Ciao Natural Fitness 23 Peter and Jon 24 A Forest Retreat 25 On The Run 26 Unpleasantness 27 Travelling On 28 A Meeting 29 Justice 30 F.N.Q. 31 Protectors 32 A Blast From The Past 33 Oasis 34 Tests 35 Developments 36 Job Interview 37 The Vote and After ...

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... person was the boss of the other one. In view of the mutual affinity, this boss visited the other’s residence for delivering in person the `invite` on the occasion of her marriage with an NRI doctor. In a couple of years, the marriage of both these persons reached the stage of irretrievable breakdown, as both were feeling suffocated with the behaviour and attitude of th...

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...e total absence of modern amenities for leading `a moderately comfortable life` at in-law’s home. … Satyam Joshi too is fascinated by this news item on the channel. In a minute, he ejaculates, “Bravo! This young leader has emerged so strong. He’ll certainly show the right way to outdated leaders, stuck in rhetorics.” His wife Ramla says, “It’s all drama. … Nidhi delib...

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...Teenage twins James and Samantha Blake are caught up in a seemingly random terrorist bombing while on a school trip. Many of their friends are killed. When the twins wake up in hospital, their lives have changed forever.The doctors are amazed at the speed with which James and Sam recover from their injuries and, when the t...

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...than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. All characters in this publication are... ...w.elucidox.com Cover design Andrew Clarke www.clarke-design.co.uk For more news on the Class Heroes series, see www.classheroes.com Table o... ...mantha Blake sat up in her hospital bed. She tried to read the article about her on the 24/7 Interactive News website, but her eyes kept flicking ne... ...ospital, pointing at fragments of glass on the ground and a broken window at the top of the huge building. The reporter said that eyewitnesses had c... ... together in classes, in the playground, and on the bus. And you’re wearing that top.” The top that Philip was referring to was an unofficial school... ...d physique of a gymnast. She wore black lycra running trousers and a black sweat top. She looked at the next house along the road. There was a dist... ...ently. It was comforting. Sam saw another movement in the corner of her eye as a woman in a white coat came closer. Sam fell asleep again. Sam drea... ...e threw her husband a look but said nothing. There was a knock on the door and a woman in a white coat came in, with an air of brisk efficiency. “A... ...in, with an air of brisk efficiency. “As you can see she’s doing very well,” the woman said, without seeming to direct the comment at anyone in part...

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...A C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are Laughing The Con M... ... wooden cart from remaindered construction materials. They painted it green and mounted it on large, thin-tyred, wheels borrowed from an ancient pr... ..., thin-tyred, wheels borrowed from an ancient pram. They attached to it a partitioned table-top confiscated from the greengrocer down the lane. Ever... ...sting with candies, whistles, and rattles. Still, he never gave up his crib, installing it on top of his squeaking vehicle, and filling it to its t... ...ng with candies, whistles, and rattles. Still, he never gave up his crib, installing it on top of his squeaking vehicle, and filling it to its tatt... ...icate hands. My grandfather had one love: my grandmother. A ravishing, proud, raven-haired woman. A framed retouched photo of her hung, imposing, o... ...ed disparity between dark and fair. Thus he fell in love and made her his only world. This woman sat by his side, adjacent to his azure pushcart, da... ...er? What could you have you done?" (you chalky, myopic, intellectual). Right behind him, a woman past her prime, face coated, breasts nestled in a ... ...ast, carrying a small plastic bag with severed handles. A pair of worn jeans spill from the top to cover some half-deleted lettering. We bid farewe...

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...In a world torn apart by a ruthless dictator, humanity is enslaved and on the verge of extinction. The governments have fallen. The cities lie in ruin. The only hope is a man who has been in exile for over a year....

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... in the world, this change was painful and wrought with strife. It began on May 7 th , a day that began like any other day. People around the world... ... a cancer, one that has raged out of control. It is time to mark this day on the calendar, the 7 th of May, as the beginning of a new age. As God ... ...lank face- plates. They were emotionless and relentless in their pursuits. On their shoulders were extraordinarily bright lights. They would come in... ...olding his rife and with minimal efort, he made a twenty foot leap to the top of another large chunk of bridge. Soaring through the air, he twisted ... ...a moment then joined them. Josh fol- lowed. When he got all the way to the top, he saw Talbot and Andromeda staring in the direction behind him. He t... ... Talbot rode shotgun. Vincent got into the driver’s seat. The convertible top was up; afer all, October nights in New England usually didn’t lend t... ...ading to New Haven,” Triton said proudly. “Do you have any identity on the woman who managed to cause the damage?” asked Callous. Triton shook his he... ...till schools, he may have very well been on a football team. “Who was the woman on that motorcycle? What’s her name?” The young man didn’t respond. ... ...ess body dropped to the ground. “Why are you doing this you monsters!?” a woman, prob- ably in her thirties, stood up and screamed. Triton didn’t eve...

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...nal's Scraped concrete The shelved rows of the poor men Hear the sound die on the pavement In a gradual dying echo. A cigarette succumbs to the voice ... ...ir. I swallow its ambrosia Of depth and ask myself Why I ever married the woman. There is void. Then a hollow answer calls my name and says "it was t... ...nd men of cotton suits, pushing a product. Lost, I drink my coffee alone on the stoop. She had asked to fix me breakfast But I would not let her. My... ...g consumption, was what we left Our wives for; and then hardened ourselves on The springless cushions of the sofas of our friends Whom we eventually f... .... It is after having Put him to bed for a nap, and then the pot, That this woman who would dab the bile From his bed like one who napkins a spill from... ... Which predominates over the bathroom urinal And aggravates his senses. No woman to do these tasks, And then to rim her hand Under the butt; No woman... ...r paycheck so she could Go to K-Mart and have something. But now years on top of each other, Uncountable to her, She continues guiding The few of the... ...ed from its threads, and your stuffing falling out. For a little maddog on top of four joints Makes a person see the unsealed human fragments That had... ...er hearing the creaking and scraping of the opening barn door Plowing The top soil of the dry earth. Thinking: he would never kill my shadowy corne...

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...to, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer ... ...ng with a new day tripping over the corpse of the earlier one the way dogs on the Bangkok sidewalks were walked on. It was early in the relationship o... ... his prostitute-model were tripping into each other. When she put her hand on his leg he would stiffen and both his legs would slightly slant away fro... ...d, she was fully cognizant of these subliminal calculative moves and how a woman was played. She knew that she was desiring him more as a consequence... ...off the ground. Have you ever wondered that?" "Ka," meaning yes, the woman in the backseat croaked like a crow. "I'm trying not to question it. ... ...ing to build up on themselves so that they were free of all discomfort. A woman was more that way than even a man based on his judgments and to be le... ... cards in this Thai way of forgetting one's impoverished roots. Feeling on top of the world, he comported the male gesture of having one arm clutching... ...e walked through the gate to a woman sitting within the park on a sheet on top of a grassy knoll. He sat on the sheet in front of her and before the ... ...tty government officers on their meager salaries, as well as the well-paid top tier, didn't need to be cloistered in the political issues that mired t...

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...ews. For information address rai-tavius@secretofthesands.com Visit Rai Aren & Tavius E. on the World Wide Web at: www.secretofthesands.com ... ...eb at: www.secretofthesands.com To the myriad of life on earth and all its mysteries and magic that inspire us an... ...le as torchlight flickered outside the entrance. Several battle-hardened soldiers pounded on the door, trying to force their way in. Inside the tem... ...y are you looking at me like that?” “Why did you go running off all of sudden like a mad woman? One minute you’re sleeping quietly, the next you fr... ...g hieroglyphs. How- ever, the most prominent symbol was the first one they had seen on the top of the chest. It was the only one on the lid, an intri... ...reak anything.” They examined the chest further, but it seemed to be just a simple lid on top, no latches, nothing to undo. “Well, I don’t see any ... ...ov- ered. As they examined the finds, they saw that this time the ankh was carved on the top and bottom of each of the cylinders. Inlaid in each of ... ...nting were wearing long flowing robes. The man was tall and clothed in emerald green, the woman in a golden gown. Both had large amulets around thei... ...e too wore a circlet of gold atop her head. She was widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in Kier- ani society. She was small-boned with delica...

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...oject. Note Each day I receive devotional writings by e-mail, and read them on desk and wall calendars. I often wonder how to apply that day’s “lesso... ...inating, and have many quotes and verses tucked under the laminated covering on my desk. Each one reflects a bit of my personality and beliefs, as do ... ... Israelites who had no experience in battle.” Judges 3:1-2 ( NLT) B eginning on January 1, 2006, my church began the Bible in 90 Days reading challeng... ...h for the right word, the right nugget of truth that will mark their work as top-notch. Ultimately, they know the gut-wrenching faith it takes to turn... ...est, a hushed reverence falls over the sponsoring guild. Crème de la crème. Top dog. Top banana. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. Wr... ...30). Through his words, the wisened David speaks to me about interviews with top-notch New Y ork agents, writing a weekly newspaper columns or a note ... ... because of one very small statement by my cowboy, Raul Escobar. He told the woman of the house in Argentina, “I…I think I’m a Catholic.” She replied,...

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...For years, Julia Campbell has lusted from afar after her girlhood crush, Cade Taylor. Now the shoe is on the other foot and Cade is limping along helplessly behind her size seven pumps. Two successful attorneys arguing opposite sides of a high profile DUI manslaughter case, there's more than just a failed affair spirited deba...

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... 5 Prologue Present The media waited at the top of the courthouse steps when Julia arrived. She pressed a hand bene... ...ame moment, Cade lifted his head with that devastating, familiar grin still on his lips and spotted her at the top of the steps. His smile slowly f... ...th that devastating, familiar grin still on his lips and spotted her at the top of the steps. His smile slowly faded, replaced by an intense set of ... ...g, his cutting words hurt. “I’ll see you inside, counselor.” Julia turned on her heel and pushed through the media barricade. She’d be damned if ... ...arlier “Good God!” That was the last thing Julia heard before she landed on her butt. The large stack of loose papers she carried fluttered to t... ...ulous.” Julia wadded up one of the wrinkled sheets of paper. “A look every woman can aspire to with a few thousand dollars, some colored contacts a... ...keys in the bottomless pit that was her purse. She shoved her sunglasses on top of her head and brought the purse closer, balancing it on her uprais... ...ould get away with dating a stripper. “Cade, where have you been?” A young woman, petite and blond, called down from a large deck attached to the b... ...ed. Her gaze swept the suddenly silent table. “Whatever happened to that woman? The one who hit them?” Doug spooned another bite of sherbet int...

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...her?” My eyes scanned the silent faces of the stable hands as I laid my hand on Josephine’s steaming neck, listening to the black mare suck hard to g... ...demoiselle Claire, it was me,” said Giraud, the chief hand. “I was bragging on Josephine to some friends at the tavern, that you could ride her with... ... her over a jump, and she couldn’t take it. She would have won.” His gaze on me grew defiant. “I lost twenty sous.” “You fool,” I cried. “Josephi... ...m; that was always for the chorus girls or singers. I was merely the horse woman and not sought after by admirers, whom I would only have discourag... ...e of it.” I looked up at him. “That is all.” “Claire, I have known only one woman’s kiss, and that one was quite ... reluctant. If what I ask of yo... ... from my touch and slipped his mask back into place. “I have never known a woman, but I have read many texts from the Middle East. Some of them tel... ...th a violin, a piano, a pipe organ, and sheets of music spread all over the top of every surface there. A beautifully appointed bed was off to one ... ... 20 fastening the red garter around my thigh and draping the lacy stocking top over it in a perfect fold. On my right foot, his thumb traced a gentl... .... no. I cannot wait to possess you.” He moved away from my touch and was on top of me before I could blink, sliding in between my thighs like we had...

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...nd from the day one when I read his first book, I agreed with him totally on everything—to my surprise. I read him more—it was the same. It was as th... ...le reason why I decided to publish his words—this is my eighth book based on him. Hoping for many more to come... So enjoy your private moments wi... ...e ever come across before. The hundred thousand books of clichéd thoughts on spirituality, psychology and self-help available today offer you ways t... ...ust respond to every stimulus. _______ You must respond. If there is a woman, there must be a physical response to that. Otherwise, you are a cor... ...ody. What is responsible for man remaining an animal is that culture, the top dog. Following somebody, that has not helped you at all. Why be a chea... ...y. It doesn't matter what the object of that search is—God, a beautiful woman, whatsoever—it is all the same search and that hunger will never be ... ...e not an individual at all. Only when you are free from what every man and woman has thought and felt before you will you become an individual. Such ...

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...in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the questions surrounding his death? What will happen to Amire, the woman he loved in his previous life? And, most important, can he resolve his marriage?now t...

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...unger brother's head. He'd finally take a deep breath and would release it on a long tired sigh. "You sell. It's the same thing. Can't you see that?" ... ...im. Kelly listened to the responding squawk. Squads dispatched. Ambulances on the way. Everything right out of a TV drama. His fifteen minutes of fame... ...Ben leading Amire several feet away where he gingerly helped her to a seat on the bottom step of the campus stairs. She was bleeding from a shoulder a... ...eant it and had been on his way to proving it when Ben had appeared at the top of the steps New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 7 carrying an ar... ...sed it was better than "boy" or "sonny" or, worst of all, "nigger". But on top of the condescending tone, the guy kept staring at him with these big c... ...ell-formed and symmetrical, maybe even pretty—if his memory of the strange woman's face served him right—just small. And different. Kelly slid his han... ... told him no. No way was this current berth an improvement. A picture of a woman's face—his new face—flashed before his mind's eye: long wavy honey-bl... ...l. What homeboy nowadays didn't? Not too many that Kelly knew. "Next up, a woman dies in Cedars Sinai Medical Center in L.A.. The victim of vanity or ... .... He wasn't used to this type of attention. He gasped when Edge kissed the top of each breast, shocked by the unfamiliar warmth pooling in the pit of ...

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...nd a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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...tion by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was provided by Professor Emer... ...till after our Death XIX. That to Philosophise is to learn how to die XX. On the force of Imagination XXI. The profit of one man is the dammage of an... ...ation upon Cicero XL. That the taste of Goods or Evils doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them XLI. That a Man should not communicate his ... ...ld brasse lavers, Flies over all, in aire unpraised soone, Strikes house-top beames, betwixt both strangely wavers. And there is no folly, or extrav... ...e Lucius Cossitius upon his marriage day to have beene transformed from a woman to a man. Pontanus and others recount the like metamorphosies to hav... ...ne, and all the inhabitants thereabout have both knowne and seene to be a woman-childe, untill she was two and twentie yeares of age, called by the ... ... himselfe to overleape another, he wot not how, but where before he was a woman, he suddenly felt the instrument of a man to come out of him: and to... ...man will to like injuries. Royall Majestie doth more hardly fall from the top to the middle, than it tumbleth downe from the middle to the bottom. B... ...ertue shee seekes after; which as the schoole saith, is not pitcht on the top of an high, steepie, or inaccessible; hill; for they that have come un...

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...n two different things to two lovers and Katie's Maps is an offbeat love letter to a vast collection of maps. Extracts from a travel journal tell one woman's life story in All the Beaches are Made of Pebbles and find out what Australia and underpants have to do with Claudia wanting to leave her husband of forty years inThe Road is Long. Extracts from a travel journal tell ...

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...SHY FEET Part One Thirty-seven years ago, I was born into debt. I arrived two weeks early, surprising both my mother and the woman whose hair she was cutting. Before I’d even entered the world, I owed my mother the price of her customer’s leather loafers. Thirty years ago, a teacher told my mother to keep an eye on me. I was “frighteningly astut...