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Two surfers are lost in separate incidents half way around the world . . . In WIPEOUT! when a big-wave rider vanishes under a liquid mountain at Waimea Bay on O‘ahu and his life-insurance company refuses to pay, Kai Cooke is hired by the surfer’s pregnant wife, Summer McDahl, to prove he’s dead. Did Corky McDahl expire in the boiling soup or pull off the most daring skip-trace ever?

There are texts that describe enlightenment. And there are texts that describe the one who is seeking it. This is neither. The Siddhartha Tragedies is a manuscript said to exist in a scriptorium where only unfinished lives are recorded—lives that never fully resolve into history, yet continue to unfold wherever consciousness mistakes itself for a separate seeker.

Throughout history, seekers, mystics, saints, shamans, and visionaries have reported extraordinary encounters with sacred realms, spiritual teachers, heavenly cities, initiatory trials, and transformative revelations. Though separated by culture, religion, geography, and time, their experiences often reveal strikingly similar patterns—suggesting the existence of a universal initiatory process woven into the fabric of spiritual reality itself.“The Initiations into the Mysteries” explores this timeless journey of awakening.

The Spiritual Reality of Ghosts and Lost Souls: Understanding Earthbound Spirits through Phenomenology and Ontology • What are ghosts? What are lost souls? And what do encounters with them reveal about the nature of consciousness itself? For centuries, reports of apparitions, hauntings, spirit encounters, and communications with the dead have fascinated humanity. Yet beneath these experiences lies a deeper question: What actually survives death, and how does consciousness continue beyond the physical world?

Throughout history, seekers, mystics, saints, shamans, and visionaries have reported extraordinary encounters with sacred realms, spiritual teachers, heavenly cities, initiatory trials, and transformative revelations. Though separated by culture, religion, geography, and time, their experiences often reveal strikingly similar patterns—suggesting the existence of a universal initiatory process woven into the fabric of spiritual reality itself.“Initiations into the Mysteries” explores this timeless journey of awakening.

There is a power that does not destroy in order to rule. It does not overwhelm the soul to break it. It does not withdraw when the soul is weakest. It remains. This power is God’s mercy. In Mercy: The Path to Becoming Holy, mercy is revealed not as sentiment or abstraction, but as a living divine force that enters the deepest places of human struggle—where identity has hardened, where hope has collapsed, where suffering has become internalized and silent. This is not a philosophy of consolation. It is a testimony to transformation.

"How was the bridge party last night?’‘ "It was fine until the police came and looked under the bridge!" Remember when comedians actually told jokes instead of just talking about themselves and their sex lives? This collection of gags in the style of radio comedians, vaudeville and music-hall turns from the old days will have you in stitches and will make you realize the old ones are still the best. If you like this book, why not try the others in the series—'The Old Fashioned Joke Book' 2 and 3

A Lad from Liverpool is a collection of life stories about a boy growing up in a large, poor, happy family and having rather a good time of it all. His journey takes us from the streets of wartime Liverpool, England to the sidewalks of 21st century New York, through the failures and successes in his various careers and the grief and joy in two long marriages. It is a story about taking risks, enduring loss, starting over and above all, having fun.

A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing...

Double double acts Newman & Baddiel and Punt & Dennis join forces in the radio precursor to their iconic TV show Launched in 1989 on Radio 1, The Mary Whitehouse Experience rode the alternative comedy wave for four series until 1990, winning a Sony Gold Award and sparking a hit BBC TV spin-off...

Maybe discipline seems like a hard word to you—implying nothing but challenge and duty. Yet most of us see the value in cultivating spiritual disciplines, and we long to be more consistent in our relationship with God, even in the midst of our busy lives. Combining biblical teaching, poignant stories, and insightful reflection questions, Barbara Hughes explores 15 vital disciplines in this classic book—helping us to mature as godly Christian women and giving meaningful shape to our lives.

Welcome to Book Club! Emma has it all. Jules knows it all. Rosa's seen it all. Marianne's done it all. Lucy watches it all. And Lydia wants it. All.. The wine flows as freely as the secrets, but this is Book Club and Book Club has its rules. But someone is breaking them. And someone is letting her. She wants your life (And your books recs) and she'll do anything to get it. When Emma gets arrested at Book Club, it leaves everyone around her reeling. The women scramble to protect their friend and restore the peace, and Lydia will do anything it takes.

Meet the kind-hearted Doctor Dolittle, a country physician who learns to speak with animals and sets sail on an extraordinary journey filled with exotic creatures, daring rescues, and heartwarming friendships. This classic tale invites listeners of all ages into a world where compassion and curiosity for all creatures can bridge every divide. Perfect for young listeners and nostalgic adults alike, The Story of Doctor Dolittle remains a magical celebration of understanding the natural world.

David Jones always knew his family had secrets. He just never expected one of them to be a prison sentence for all of humanity. When he finds his grandfather’s WWII journal, he expects war stories —not a warning to “leave the planet as soon as you can.” The pages reveal an impossible truth: Earth isn’t a homeworld. It’s a half-million-year-old detention colony, monitored by fallen Elven guardians and a justice system that never stopped watching. And David’s bloodline sits right in the center of it.

Charlie had no idea that over the summer of her tenth birthday she would have to venture into the wilderness to try and find her missing father. She also had no idea that on this adventure she would encounter a bear more up close than she ever could have imagined. There were so many things she had no idea about, and wouldn’t, until they happened.

Arcana, the secrets and mysteries of a land remade by Angels of Light and Darkness, remains in the tales, tomes, and relics scattered through Erilan, a war-torn continent of once-great kingdoms. Seven hundred years ago, the War of the White Crown decimated the races Galadorian, Croe, Toran, Daiman, Ur, and Daemon, and much of their history was lost. Four unlikely heroes, with secrets of their own, set out to reclaim the forgotten lore and tokens of magic that hold the hope to oppose the dark and malevolent forces that are rising to overwhelm the land once again.

Set in the late nineteenth century, A High Wind in Jamaica recounts the perilous fate of seven children, as they board a ship which soon becomes captured by pirates. The Bas-Thornton siblings, raised on a plantation in Jamaica, are sent home to England after a high wind obliterates their family house. But once the pirates seize their ship, the Captain flees the scene, abandoning the children to fend for themselves. As gripping as it is brutal, A High Wind in Jamaica is a poignant tale of survival, adventure and having to grow up long before one's own time.

After an attack on earth, all reflective surfaces become weapons to release monsters, causing a planet-wide ban on mirrors. Despite the danger, the demand rises, and 17-year-old Marty Callahan becomes a distributor in an illegal mirror trade—until he’s caught by the mayor's son, whose slate...

The Reconstruction Essentials Collection gathers ten works on slavery, emancipation, race, memory, leadership, and the long aftermath of the Civil War. This collection offers a powerful body of testimony and historical reflection on the central struggles of nineteenth-century America.

Drawing on George Washington's writings and those of his closest confidants, Lillback argues that his deep Christian faith informed his values, thinking, and behavior that went on to shape history...