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Ten years after Jason Miller killed his best friend in Afghanistan, another drug overdose results in him being sent to White Oaks Mental Hospital to be evaluated as a suicide risk, or so he believes. Soon, Jason realizes the one thing he has in common with the other patients: they are all alone in the world, with no one to follow up on anything being done to them. What, at first, appears to be a chance to finally get clean and start rebuilding...

An employee needs the paycheck to pay the rent, the mortgage, the car payment, student debt, the credit car bill, the utilities, and a host of other bills. Volunteers, on the other hand are not motivated by a paycheck to stick it out when the manger is chewing someone out or things get uncomfortable. The volunteer is simply motivated by making a difference and being a part of the organization. Their commitment hinges on how vested they are wit...

Dem Amerikaner Jack Moore wird in China der bestialische Mord an einem Fotomodel angehängt. Brutale Gefängnisschergen versuchen, ihn durch Folter zu einem Geständnis zu zwingen.Vor Gericht fordert die Anklage die Todesstrafe - Moores Schicksal scheint besiegelt. Durch einen Zufall gelingt es ihm, aus der Haft zu fliehen, doch aus der feindseligen chinesischen Hauptstadt gibt es praktisch kein Entkommen...

Meg Hurley is haunted by nightmares containing messages from a woman who claims to be trapped inside her subconscious. Feeling trapped herself, in a job at a dysfunctional government office, Meg just wants the messages to stop. An unexpected idea for a machine intended to cure her consumes Meg's otherwise uneventful life. As the machine nears completion, her nightmares manifest themselves in the real world, sending Meg on a terrifying journey ...

Dem Amerikaner Jack Moore wird in China der bestialische Mord an einem Fotomodel angehängt. Brutale Gefängnisschergen versuchen, ihn durch Folter zu einem Geständnis zu zwingen.Vor Gericht fordert die Anklage die Todesstrafe - Moores Schicksal scheint besiegelt. Durch einen Zufall gelingt es ihm, aus der Haft zu fliehen, doch aus der feindseligen chinesischen Hauptstadt gibt es praktisch kein Entkommen...

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A call for peace by the most dynamic leader of the Arab world. At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East, King Abdullah II of Jordan is almost unique in enjoying widespread popular support. He is the ultimate modern-day monarch, as comfortable at a business conference as he is at a meeting of the Arab League. In this prescient memoir-cum-manifesto, he makes an urgent plea to push for a solution to the Arab-Israeli crisis. He write...

It's 1981, and Bryant thinks his move to New York will be the beginning of a new life. But the men he meets are being threatened by a mysterious illness. Could transforming into a Night Creature save him and his loved ones from certain death? Book Two of The Immortal Testimonies travels back in time to the gay community's darkest days.

Jeremy is stuck, like most young New Yorkers, in a world between adolescence and adulthood. Just when he thought that he was an average, blend-in-with-the-crowd gay kid, he becomes the victim of a terrible act of homophobia. Thankfully, a mysterious something comes to his aid. Garth is a gargoyle, trapped in stone and cursed to live an immortal life. Human and monster must become friends and confront the mysterious and magical events of the pa...

The actors in the 1922 production of Weinstein's Wonderacts have a secret: they aren't just performers, they're members of a Circle, a coven dedicated to enlightenment through magic. To enhance their power, they have their eye on the new girl in the cast, Margarite, a natural witch. But the coven's leader, Vincent, isn't satisfied. He's hungry for more, to become a Complete Man. He turns to a mysterious wanderer for counsel, but could the teac...

Ouida, ' the pseudonym of Louise Ramé (1839-1908), was one of the most productive and widely read Victorian writers. This volume offers a radically new view of Ouida, engaging with perceptions of popular and women writers, conceptions of 'high' and 'low' literatures, theatrical adaptation of fiction, and issues related to imperialism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Its usefulness to scholars is enhanced by bibliographies of Ouida's published...