A PI ready to sail off into the sunset.A brilliant scientist murdered. Can his experiment live on?Even your closest friends have secrets.A young scientist, with several different names, has figured out how to use DNA to create true artificial intelligence. Then he's found dead and the only record of his process is missing.Former cop and private detective, Tommy Case, wants nothing more out of life than to sail off into the sunset on his sailboat, NOMORR. But a...

In 1650 France a few weeks after Simone Gireaux accidentally becomes a vampire she is headed for the bright town on the other side of a lake. There, she hopes to learn how to survive among mortals. But screams in the forest lead her to a small settlement taken captive by a ruthless vampire and his mortal minions.Le Taureau urges her to join him and his Family. She is Vampire and they of the settlement are but mortals. But a marauding band of vampires destroyed her village, murdered...

He remained a myth throughout his life – almost a horror story. To many just a rumour, and to others, UK's most feared gangster! Nobody knew him. Now it was his turn to tell his story and expose several truths regarding organised crime and corruption. But how much can he reveal – how much can we believe? A life of blood, fear and regret compiled with a search for understanding and empathy. Is he looking for forgiveness? Or does he only have a tale to tell? We've all read about villains – h...

Verbatim Theatre Methodologies for Community-Engaged Practice offers a framework for developing original community-engaged productions using a range of verbatim theatre approaches.This book's methodologies offer an approach to community-engaged productions that fosters collaborative artistry, ethically nuanced practice, and social intentionality. Through research-based discussion, case study analysis, and exercises, it provides a historical context for verbatim theatre; ou...

Death is an Albatross.How does a happy, naive 14 year old girl become an agent for Death and Justice?"It's said that bad memories prepare you for life. If so, we're ready. If I hadn't met Silas, I wouldn't have any memories any different than any ordinary girl. If I hadn't met Silas, there's a good chance I'd be dead. Funny how things work out." ---Beth Portman"Girl At Sea is a beautiful, dark, but ultimately triumphant book about recognizing evil that exists...

If your soul is sent to Hell by mistake, you had better hope your loved ones can afford a Soul Retriever. These men and women who brave the depths and horrors of the underworld to rescue the unfortunate spirits who have been incorrectly relocated there are not easy to come by, but it’s the only way to bring a pure soul to its rightful place in Heaven. Getter is one such Soul Retriever, and on top of his day-to-day grind against demons, wormholes, golems, and worse, he happens to be the sub...

In Hell by mistake? Better hope your loved ones call a Soul Retriever.When an innocent soul is accidentally sent to Hell, loved ones can hire a certain specialist to return the soul to Heaven Gate. However, if the specialist dies in Hell proper, his soul is trapped there for eternity. These specialists who risk damnation are known as Soul Retrievers.Getter has begun an assignment he takes personally, perhaps too personally: retrieve the soul of Brittany, a ten-year old girl...

Love, Life, Revenge, or something more sensible?Revenge is on 270 year old vampire Simone's mind when she journeys to New Orleans in the 1920s. By chance she saves Amalie Chartres's life, and they become unlikely friends. Soon she meets Amalie's boyfriend, Fin, who quickly becomes much more than a friend.Simone hunts for Armand Joubert, a Ghost Vampire, undetectable by other vampires, who murdered her mortal friend, Charlotte. Unable to defeat him, Simone enlists the aid of ...

Buddhism is essentially a teaching about liberation - from suffering, ignorance, selfishness and continued rebirth. Knowledge of 'the way things really are' is thought by many Buddhists to be vital in bringing about this emancipation. This book is a philosophical study of the notion of liberating knowledge as it occurs in a range of Buddhist sources. Buddhism, Knowledge and Liberation assesses the common Buddhist idea that knowledge of the three characteristics of existence (impermanence, ...

Down Home is a 29,000 word science fiction, vampire, mystery novella featuring Simone Gireax, from the Blood Justice and Blood on the Water novels.Around the year 2050 the Earth has been taken over by vampires who can walk in the sun, called Sunvamps. Simone Gireaux, Justine Kroft and two other vampires along with 180 mortals have escaped Earth to an unfinished space station called Haven where they've been hiding for fifteen years.Henry McKay, who escaped to Haven as a teen...

We all know for a fact, that the earth; is the only place which life abundantly comes forth in, however, do you know the real reason the earth is even here? We, as the human race are extremely troubled with understanding this, because, we are accepting the wrong information for a fix; more self educational knowledge just doesnt seem to be working out well for our social downfalls. An offering is being made quite clear to the reader and hearer of this book by a power that isnt set up by man...

Buddhism, in its diverse forms and throughout its long history, has had a profound influence on Asian cultures and the lives of countless individuals. In recent times, it has also attracted great interest among people in other parts of the world, including philosophers. Buddhist traditions often deal with ideas and concerns that are central to philosophy. A distinctively Buddhist philosophy of religion can be developed which focuses on Buddhist responses to issues such as the problem of su...