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Awakenings - which inspired the major motion picture - is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and their extraordinary transformations.

Oakley has been my best friend since we were eight. We live together, work together, and our lives are completely intertwined. His past girlfriends never understood how close we are, but Oak says the right girl wouldn't be threatened. I'm not so sure. Now we're both dating a pair of best friends who seem to get it. The four of us click instantly, and for once, everything feels… easy. But then a dare leads to a kiss, and suddenly, nothing feels easy at all.

When Melanie left her sheltered, bizarre childhood behind for college, she was determined to embrace her new life, but forgetting her past proved impossible. Though she tries to live a normal life, she shuns anyone who tries to get close to her. Kyle is determined to break through Melanie’s walls, but when she makes it clear she doesn’t talk about her past, he doesn’t push. He struggles to give her space even as he fights his growing desire to get closer.

In my search for truth I was compelled to write and publish my first Book entitled "AWAKENINGS". As I continued my studies and research I became aware of more truths not covered in my first book so I added a second book simply entitled "AWAKENINGS II" The third and final book of the series is of course entitled "AWAKENINGS III".

The last thing she remembers is being shot at point-blank range just as a roiling warp storm engulfed the Calaphrax Cluster. Now, she finds herself awakening on a distant Ecclesiarchy stronghold and indebted to a magos called Metik, who has brought her back from the brink of death. Shortly after her resurrection, Sabbathiel is called to an audience on the planet Hulth by a high-ranking inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus, Heldren, who informs her that after being lost for so long, the members of her former conclave no longer trust her.

A truly vegan lifestyle is more than just the food you eat; it's the shoes on your feet, the clothes in your wardrobe, the contents of your cupboards and your make-up bag. Whether vegan for moral, ethical or environmental reasons, Lucy Watson demystifies how to live a holistic vegan life, whether it's something you've been practising for years or a way of life you're just discovering.

In this collection of more than 80 stirring letters, essays, and stories, discover the unique journeys of the spirit that AAs have taken on their paths from alcoholism to recovery - and the practical ways they put their spiritual values into operation in their everyday lives while maintaining or attaining sobriety. Spiritual Awakenings includes stories from the pages of Grapevine magazine contributed by AA members who’ve found comfort and strength in so many ways.

Lieutenant Commander Ashton "Ash" Haze has always embraced two things in his life: adventure and women. But when he awakens on an alien planet, there's no time for anything other than survival - or so he thinks.

Billions of years before the first Sentient life existed, The Keepers – The Children of Time – were stewards of the universe. Paschia, the most powerful Keeper of all, spent his life focused on only one thing: discovering his purpose. Through a series of journal entries, Paschia documented his awakening, growth, philosophy, and the eventual rift that tore him and his siblings apart. In his wisdom, he coded secret messages into his journals, and hid them so that only his most trusted allies might one day uncover the secrets of his life’s work.

In Nocturnal Awakenings: Messages from the Divine, Khalid A. Haaziq delves into the profound spiritual potential of nighttime awakenings, exploring them as sacred opportunities for divine communication and personal transformation. This enlightening book guides listeners through the mysterious and often misunderstood phenomenon of waking up in the middle of the night, offering practical insights and spiritual wisdom to transform these moments into powerful experiences of growth and connection.

Religion was created to provide organization and unity, with each different religion and/or denomination having their preferred way of doing things. Beliefs and opinions varied, sometimes drastically. Most major religions worshipped different gods, while some shared the belief in the same god. There have been many names for these gods with the mythology to accompany it. With so many choices, how does one know for sure who God is?

After many weeks of painful recovery, actually during my recovery, I started to experience physical changes. At first it was my personal thermostat that seemed different, as the heat and humidity bothered me more than usual, but my tolerance to cold also seemed higher than usual. My tolerance to pain became apparent later, not that I didn't feel pain, but I could withstand more pain than what was normal for me.

Viola is a Parisian librarian by day and parkourist by night. The last thing she wants is an arranged marriage (ick) with a man (double ick). If Viola can fund the library and keep it open, she might keep her job and freedom, might being the key word. To make matters worse, strange magical shades keep attacking her, threatening her physical safety. Viola knows magic is real and wants to be part of that world, but she can't find a way out of her mundane life. She can only vent her troubles to her confidant, a lady gargoyle . . . though the statue has never spoken back.

When the hottest guy I've ever seen teaches one of those weird New Age, self-help seminars at my company, I don't exactly pay attention to the content of the presentation. I just know I want to see him again. He's flirty and charming, and I find myself asking him on a date. I'm usually all about casual hookups, but Cody is different. He doesn't care about my family's money or that I'm the owner of an NHL team. He wants to get to know me for me. His sunshine personality is addictive, and I'm worried that one hookup won't be enough.

No one walks around the Buddhist holy places in India. Not today. They travel by bus with good reason. The Buddha’s homeland is now one of the most desperately overcrowded and poverty ridden places on the planet. It is also very dangerous. But Nick Scott and Ajahn Sucitto decided to do just that: to walk for six months and for over one thousand miles, sleeping out at night and living on alms food, just as the Buddha would have done.

On December 31, 1981, high atop a snowy mountain peak in the rugged interior of British Columbia, Canada, 98 beautiful people eat, drink, laugh, and dance inside the opulent grand ballroom of the Sinclair Resort Hotel. The clock strikes 12, a cheer goes up, and the music swells; balloons drop and streamers swirl. Then blackness. Fifteen seconds later, the power returns and every living soul inside the ballroom has vanished. Forty years later, preternatural investigator Lively Deadmarsh and his psychic twin sister have been brought in to solve this decades-old mystery once and for all.

Schon ein ganzes Leben lang hält Ethan seine brutalen, düsteren Triebe geheim. Niemand weiß, dass hinter seinem zurückhaltenden Wesen ein ständiger innerer Kampf gegen den Drang zu töten tobt. In der Hoffnung, diesen Gelüsten zu entkommen, entschließt er sich, seine Heimat zu verlassen. Doch gerade, als er in der Fremde etwas Frieden gefunden hat, tritt plötzlich Emma in sein Leben—und es offenbart sich eine gefährliche Bedrohung aus ihrer Vergangenheit. Ethan ist bereit alles aufzugeben, um Emma zu beschützen.

Isabelle möchte nicht dasselbe Schicksal wie ihre Eltern erleiden. Daher hat sie sich völlig abgeschottet von der Welt. Trotz ihrer Entschlossenheit allein zu bleiben, gerät ihre Welt aus den Fugen, als jemand aus der Vergangenheit an ihre Tür klopft. Stefan ist von der großen Ansammlung an Vampiren in Isabelles Haus überrascht, fühlt sich jedoch sofort zu der lebendigen, stets frechen und willensstarken Isabelle hingezogen. Zu seiner großen Überraschung tut Isabelle alles in ihrer Macht stehende, um Stefan zu meiden und sich vor ihrem Verlangen zu verschließen.

Inzwischen ist es viereinhalb Jahre her, dass Julian aus Aidas Leben verschwunden ist. Aida lebt nun in Boston und kämpft darum, ihre Rechnungen bezahlen zu können. Das Letzte, was sie erwartet hat, ist Julians plötzliche Rückkehr. Sie hat hart daran gearbeitet, den Schmerz zu überwinden, den sein Verschwinden in ihr verursacht hat ... zumindest redet sie sich ein, sie hätte ihn überwunden.

Auf der Flucht vor seinen Entführern glaubt Jack noch, seine größte Sorge sei, seine Freunde wiederzufinden und den Wilden, die ihn verfolgen, zu entkommen. Doch dann stolpert er über Charlie. Auf einmal weiß er nicht mehr, was gefährlicher ist: Die Vampire, die ihn jagen, oder die Frau, die so geheimnisvoll ist wie die Insel, auf der er gefangen ist.