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Abandoning your dermatology practice for a lamp store should normally be cause for concern, but this was Orson's one shot at eeking out an existence uniquely his own. In Mirror Box, Orson Ranier walks the tightrope dividing self-determination and insanity, but his passage comes with a small but not insignificant fee: his right hand. Orson is helped, or perhaps hindered, by two puppeteers of ambiguous motives, and a purple-eyed demon named BEAD, whose desires are all too clear.

"Beaucoup de gens m'ont parlé de leur vie étudiante. "Une toute nouvelle période de ta vie," qu'on m'a dit. "Tu vas apprendre à être un adulte. Tu vas apprendre à cuisiner toi-même, à faire tes courses, tu vas rencontrer des personnes totalement nouvelles." Mais personne ne m'a mis en garde contre les vieux dieux qui fouillent dans les poubelles. Mais bon, soyons juste, personne ne peut tenir Darius responsable de- enfin. Tout ça." L'histoire d'un homme qui rencontre un dieu, événement qui, en soit, n'est pas le plus étrange qui lui arrivera ce mois-ci.

By 1850, Japan had been closed to the outside world for centuries. It was a secret, hidden world. And deep within Edo (now Tokyo) was Yoshiwara - "The Floating World." The center of pleasure. And within Yoshiwara was the Hidden House. The place that only the very wealthiest could afford. The place where the geisha were...special. And in the Hidden House lived Midori No Me. Half Japanese, half foreign Barbarian, born to captivity. She was trained to dedicate her life to serving the wealthiest men in Japan. Defiled at thirteen when her virginity was sold to the highest bidder. Possessed by the greatest actor in the kabuki theater. Stolen from him by the most powerful yakuza in Edo. The geisha who escaped from the Floating World. The Geisha with the Green Eyes. If you enjoyed "The Valley of Amazement" by Amy Tan or "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden, you are sure to love "The Geisha with the Green Eyes," a sensual, sentimental, and fascinating historical romance by author India Millar. INDIA MILLAR started her career in heavy industry at British Gas and ended it in the rarefied atmosphere of the British Library. She now lives on Spain's glorious Costa Blanca North in an entirely male dominated household comprised of her husband, a dog, and a cat. Millar enjoys writing about strong women who fight for what they want. In addition to historical romances, India also writes popular guides to living in Spain under a different name. Her Romance Noir series is highlighted on her website, indiamillar.co.uk. RED EMPRESS PUBLISHING is a full-service publisher offering traditional and new services for their authors to help them succeed and stand out in an ever-changing market. Red Empress Publishing is actively seeking submissions by women and people of color as part of the company's philosophy of diversity and inclusion. They are currently seeking submissions in all genres of fiction but especially romance, mystery, fantasy, and historical fiction. Authors can submit their books and request more information on Red Empress Publishing's official website http: //redempresspublishing.com. Be sure to also follow Red Empress Publishing on Facebook and Twitter for all their latest news and releases.

In a world where everyone has a soulmate, uniquely powerful mage Royiora and reluctant assassin Kalo collide in the worst of ways.Royiora Daralkaen, the only mage alive able to use all five kinds of magic, has a near idyllic childhood in the country of Porescalia - before war breaks out with their antagonistic neighbors, Kloria.Kalo Porla, a naturally magic-proof individual known as a Null, is trained to be as an assassin by the authoritarian empire known as the Domain.When Kalo and his partner assassin are sent to kill a mage and his apprentice, it starts a journey neither man was prepared to begin.Content warnings: harm to children, physical and psychological abuse, implied (off-page) rape, violence, mature language, minors in implied sexual situations (teenaged romance), implied sexual situations, bigotry towards fictional races, and suggestive language.

This nonfiction book, which reads like a novel, was written by a dog lover for other dog lovers to enjoy. It traces the first four trips Kel and Carolyn took their adopted shelter dogs, Bea and B.B., on. Among the places they visited on their first cross-country journey, which began in late September, were St. Louis, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; the Northeast Kingdom way up in Vermont and New Hampshire; Salem Massachusetts; Baltimore, Maryland; Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Olive Branch, Mississippi, with many stops along the way in smaller towns and villages. Readers who have been to these places will experience these same cities, small towns, and villages in a totally different way by reading Dog Vacations. They'll feel like they're riding right along with the foursome. Since traveling with dogs results in many surprises, much humor, an abundance of joy, some challenges, a few trials, and the triumphs of overcoming them, plus that always abiding unconditional love all dogs give to their human companions, you'll relish reading this book if you love dogs. After the catastrophe that hit on their very first trip, undaunted, the second excursion in November took them to the West Coast. Along the way to San Francisco, they spent a night in Tucumcari, New Mexico; explored the Grand Canyon while staying in Flagstaff, Arizona; stopped in at Calico, California, which is a ghost town; discovered one of the best kept secrets in California - the small beach town of Cayucos on the Central Coast; and later made their way home through Bakersfield, California; Sedona, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Amarillo, Texas. Thinking Texas would be a fun place to go in January for the third journey, the foursome drove all the way down to South Padre Island off the southernmost tip of Texas staying in Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi. They learned a valuable lesson about the monsoon season in this large state but still had a good time even in the rain. The last trek in this first book was back to Sedona, Arizona, to stay longer since they'd fallen in love with the Forest Houses resort which they had only rented for one night there on the way home from California. This time their trip was during late May, and the scenery had changed considerably from that of November. Instead of booking the Barn House, they settled for the Tree House and were happy with the balcony looking down on the pathway where they all four watched people and their dogs hike by. Besides doing lots of fun and interesting things with "the girls," their special nickname for Bea and B.B., Kel and Carolyn also rode their hybrid bicycles on some treks during most of the aforementioned trips. There are two more books in this Dog Vacations series - Book 2: The Next Six Dog Vacations and Book 3: Bea and B.B.'s Last Four Dog Vacations. The newest series is entitled Have Dog Will Travel which has the first of four books now published: Book 1: B.B. Goes West.

Chet Leather can see things others can't. Ghosts. Demons. Lies and truth. This sight beyond sight has made the supernatural a part of his life. But things get even stranger when the devil takes his friend's soul in a deal gone bad. To save his friend, this haunted cowboy must ride into the herd from Hell and rescue the lost soul from the devil himself.The whole damned world is Hell bent for Chet Leather. It's going to be a hell of a ride.Hell Bent for Leather is the first story in Six-Gun Supernatural, a series with tales of a West much weirder than what's in the history books. It stars Chet Leather, the haunted cowboy.Approximately 63,000 words.

"In 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as "strong Muslims," his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry's eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns out to be disarmingly like many other clever adolescents, and bears witness to a history with whose reverberations we continue to live. It also serves as an intelligent and critical guide for the reader to the movement's unfamiliar debates and preoccupations, motives and intentions. Fluently written, intellectually gripping, exciting, and often funny, Life Is More Beautiful than Paradise provides a vital key to the understanding of a world that is both a source of fear and a magnet of curiosity for the west"--