An Intimate Terrorist Love Story is a satire on marriage and personality disorders, with the emphasis on terror. This story is black satire, and no false pretenses were harmed or erased in the making of this manuscript."When they get caught it's not because they're stupid. It's because they are doing the impossible. False pretense requires the intelligence and resources of the Military Industrial Complex to be successful. One lonely product of institutional negligence by design is ...

In the Spring of 1943, college students embraced their role in the war, participating in scrap metal drives and military drills. Turner Williams, a junior at North Carolina State University, was ready for more: he eagerly awaited Army orders to show up for active military duty. Inspired by patriotic fervor, he also imagined that he would return as a commissioned officer better positioned for his future.It didn't turn out that way. Turner's experience of war would be shaped as an in...

Mesoamerica experienced a significant flourishing in the years beginning with Early Classic period, through to the Maya civilisation and culminating in the eventual fall of the Aztec civilisation in the 16th Century CE. Through these treasures of fine art and architecture we can uncover the mysteries of the myths, gods and religions of the time and appreciate the true cultural legacy left behind. Did you know that flat top pyramids such as the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan...

What if making a million wasn’t the pinnacle — but simply the beginning?Make a Million Look Small isn’t just about wealth — it’s about shifting the way you see what’s possible. It’s a new lens for looking at abundance, success, and your place in it all.Through powerful stories, mindset principles, and a perspective shift that will stay with you for life, Dr. Peggy McColl invites you to expand your vision, open your heart, and elevate your beliefs a...

"Abundance is your birthright ... however, awareness is the key to attraction. I have watched Peggy McColl study, manifest and teach this information for 30+ years. If you want abundance, she can sure show you how to get it.” – Bob ProctorUNLOCK THE POWER OF NOW – CREATE THE LIFE YOU DESIREWhat if the life of your dreams isn’t somewhere off in the distance… but is waiting for you in this very moment?In The Moment of Ali...

Prologue"Facts are mere accessories to the truth, and we do not invite to our hearth the guest who can only remind us that on such a day we suffered calamity. Still less welcome is he who would make a Roman holiday of our misfortunes. Exaggeration of what was monstrous is quickly recognised as a sign of egotism, and that contrarious symptom of the same disease which pretends that what is accepted as monstrous was really little more than normal is equally unwelc...

PrologueYou're not telling me anything because I'm too stupid to listen, and too young, and you're too old, and we don't speak the same language.Under the observation of a pathologist, I would have been a John Doe, a no-account dead man in a reasonably clean shirt. I would have been an unidentified frozen corpse with multiple contusions having a set, no, a series, of previous abrasions and bruises as if I lived the life of a street fighter; Injurie...

Welcome to the very first cozy mystery anthology release in an ongoing planned series of anthologies compiled by the team over at A Warm Mug of Cozy!A Warm Mug of Cozy was launched in October 2022 to promote the cozy mystery genre through interviews, reviews, resources, and news for readers and authors alike. Its creators, Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, are established multi-genre authors themselves who love promoting books, stories, movies, shows, and art that inspire people.

Your life is a puzzle. Fit all the pieces.A man wakes up on the ground. He can't remember who he is, where he is, or why he has just woke up in the early morning dawn on a small and uncomfortable patch of grass next to a marina. His first goal, find out where he is. The second and most important, who he is.With no recollection of his name, and nothing in his pockets save a wallet containing a business card for a construction company, a single key and a small amount of cash,...

I QUIT: There's nothing unusual about waking through the slime of a dream about rape and loss and misery, but when I grope the pillow beside me for my fags, the first as yet unformed flutter of panic forces my eyes open.It’s true then. A feeling as intense as the death of a loved one...SALT CUTS: I could see them swagger down the hill, bulging poly bags thumping against their sides, like a warning.MARTIN AND ME: We never noticed how the tide had rushed silently past...

EDINBURGH IS MEANT TO BE a new start for the Gillespie family. Rachel has enrolled as a mature student at university, while Andrew is spending more time with the kids. But Rachel's 'new start' morphs into 'new affair' with fellow student, Ryan. Or is it Stevie?Either way, her lover is not what he seems. When the past surfaces in the guise of a name on Rachel's library ticket, the affair turns nasty. And then her teenage daughter unwittingly discovers the deceit and the family begin...

BABY AND ME-Tobacco Free. Quitting smoking before a child comes into your life. The book outlines the smoking cessation program created to reduce the burden of tobacco use for parents who are looking forward to starting a family and want to do so smoke-free. "Quitting smoking is one of the most important step a pregnant woman can make to have a healthy baby. The Baby & Me-Tobacco Free Program is a proven method to help women quit smoking and stay quit after the baby is born. By reducing th...