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What if you lived in a world where homosexuality was the norm and all forms of heterosexual behavior were illegal? Hadrian's Lover is set in the near future at a time when the human population has grown to such excess that the earth is no longer able to sustain humanity's astronomical numbers. Poverty, starvation, and disease are rampant. Only the country of Hadrian seems able to defend itself against the ravages of an overpopulated planet by ...

What if accepting yourself meant being rejected by everyone you knew? In the twenty-second century, the country of Hadrian struggles to be an example to the world while continuing its isolationist policy. It is a country where being homosexual is the norm and preferred sexual orientation, while heterosexuals are blamed for overpopulating the earth and destroying the environment. But despite genetic engineering of the population by Hadrian's sc...

5 stars! "A fabulous book... don't read in public if snorting with laughter may be a problem!" - Ali the Dragon Slayer - reviewer "5 stars! ... this book has it all. A romantic, fun and entertaining chick lit...the perfect recipe for a fabulous summer read." - Lazy Sunday Book Reviews For Maggie Parsons there's only ever been one man: the stunningly delicious Luke Henderson. Unfortunately, he left her, without explanation, after their 'first n...

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Champagne & Lemonade is a delightful collection of eclectic short stories, taking readers on a journey to different times and places, meeting a sparkling cast of well-drawn characters. Nibble the fish is desperate to escape his boring old pond. A new breed of super hero has been born and his name is Bob Cheesecake. Dumpton Hospital's staff have a somewhat unconventional approach to looking after their patients. Robert Hood is on a mission to s...

Envy is as old as mankind. Crimes are committed because of envy, politics are based on envy, institutions have been designed to regulate envy and there are powerful reasons to avoid being envied by others, for example, underachieving. The psychoanalyst Melanie Klein believed that envy was innate, but in Envy in Everyday Life forensic psychotherapist Patricia Polledri demonstrates that this is not the case, showing instead that envy is a form o...

Death is never the end....It is simply a new beginning......Afterlife" What do you do when your life falls apart? Who do you turn to for help? This is a story about how to come to terms with the tragedy of losing a loved one. Fox is lost, consumed by grief, unable to move on with his life. Until one day he has an epiphany, so strong that he decides to go on a quest around the world to search for the meaning of life. He meets all the wise creat...

Blending reality, history and legend, about a time when women were considered as important as men, taking power in an oral society that worships the Goddess. A whole Celtic Druid world is laid out before us, incorporating beliefs, technology and the natural environment.

Living proof that a stammer need not hold you back'. Leys Geddes Kala Ramachandran struggled with a stammer and it became so debilitating, she thought it would be with her her whole life. But then she embraced mountaineering. And finally found her voice. This is her story. 'It is a given we will have obstacles in life, some of us from the very beginning. Kala's story is one of perseverance, of overcoming, of hope. The world she grew up in didn...

Delightful guide to life written by a devoted father for his daughter after she recovered from cancer and found herself ready to embark upon the journey into adulthood.

Grace Backer had a life full of tragedy. But despite everything, she raised her son, Tom, with her secret intact. Tom is a prodigal child, destined to escape the slums of the East End of London for a better life, circumstances will make him flee his loving mother and their home much sooner than expected. Tom starts a new life in Odessa, Russia, and with the help of new-found friends starts a business. At last, he is finally accepted into a new...

On 31st October 1517 Martin Luther pinned ninety-five theses on the Castle Church door, Wittenberg, criticizing the Church of Rome, they were printed and published by Lucas Cranach and caused a storm. Nine young nuns, intoxicated by Luther's subversive writings, became restless and longed to leave their convent. On Good Friday 1523 a haulier smuggled them out hidden in empty herring barrels. Five of them settled in Wittenberg, the very eye of ...

Two Voices, One Story This is the true story of a girl called Amy and the English "mother" who adopted her from an institute in China when she was just a baby. It's a story about love, family and identity, and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter. When Amy came to be adopted in 1999, China's then notorious one-child policy had given rise to a generation of missing girls. Amy was one of them, destined to life in an orphanage if she ...

...Preceded by Chaos is an illustrated short story about a young Emergency Medicine doctor struggling to stay sane in a crazy world.

Enter the highly competitive world of Standardbred horse racing, in this exhilarating debut from an insider.

My Mind My Master: The Eternal advocates the extraordinary power of the mind: how we can learn to harness this power, our physical energy and health can dramatically improve.

In this book, Pompy and Titany learn about sharp things.

In this book, Pompy and Titany learn about hot things.

Austin The Cornish Miner embarks on an adventure taking him underground, through dangerous tunnels and out to sea.

Monty Python editor recounts the crucifixion of the famous comedy team - which exposed amazing contradictions in the actual Biblical story - and questions whether Jesus actually suffered the same fate.