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...mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion. -McNally Robinson Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are...

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... prominently, it’s very unusual,” she said. Mitch nodded, “It’s usually accompanied by a series of hieroglyphs. And look at it, it has detailing in... ...ey ring and handed it to Bob. “It’s for this locker here,” he said as he walked over to a series of lockers at the Rai Aren & Tavius E. 34 back... ... her face. Finally, she performed a detailed examination of Axiana’s eyes to complete the series of tests. “Your eyes are showing signs that somethi... ...ld be outcasts, left with nothing, shunned by our families and our society. It was just a fantasy, Zhek!” She took a deep breath, letting her words ... ...have led them to pursue their passion in storytelling. Secret of the Sands is their first novel. They are currently working on the sequel, Destiny o...

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... because what happened could all too easily be the political future for us. So, Fidel is a prequel to NumbaCruncha, and a sequel to my other five novels—Rough Justice, Dome of Death, Sebastian, Jarek and Mortaumal. Fidel is fifteen when the story begins sometime in the near future. He’s running away from home to the big city where he falls into trouble, then miracu...

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...oes.’ ‘I’ll remember that next time I'm depressed. Do you enjoy doing…things with the boys? How much do they charge?’ ‘I’ve never done it. It’s a fantasy. I'm perfectly happy with my wife but I keep remembering the first time we had sex; we were about the same age as you are now, with smooth, firm flesh. I've often thought it’d be nice to experience that youthful feeli...

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... am, back at a truth I learned long ago and have used in more than one of my novels: Nothing enters my life that isn’t caused or allowed by God, nothi... ...n writing (or should be). I had, and still have, much to learn about writing novels, but one thing I know, I need to continually work at my craft, lea... ...allen out of God’s hands. But the promise above is a living promise. I write fantasy, psychological horror, science fiction, romance. All of these are... ...w SF writers are religious, let alone Christian. They worship humanity. Many fantasy writers kneel at the altar of Gaia. And nowadays, most of the hea... ...e. Some of us write humor while others present the truth through legends and fantasy. Once our manuscript is complete, we market our message according... ...g enough to read the scripture verse on my desk, then quickly put together a series of stories about Christmas and mailed them to the editor of our sm... ...er, 63 the first to grab my pompoms and do the believe in yourself cheer. A series of stumbles landed me in the dark and I packed away my pompoms. Th... ...mpoms. The darkness hit me a few years ago, with the publication of my first novel. I thought I was walking in the daylight, on the right path, no stu... ...n early America. Christine Duncan is the author of the Kaye Berreano mystery series. She resides with her husband in Colorado. Visit Christine online ...

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...n untitled photograph to an old magazine advertisement to an out-of-print novel to an antique postcard to an obsolete computer program. It is not p... ...rican Publishers); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illust... ...n Mifflin Company); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America); • libraries and archives (e.g., Library Cop... .... Berard (181) (describing a group of users who are interested in a radio series whose original right holders were known, but also known to be decea... ...ook, or a movie studio that wishes to create a film version of an obscure novel. There are a few other important aspects about this particular categ... ...ir use of works for scholarship and commentary purposes); Heitmann (182) (novelist and playwright afraid to quote someone for fear of being sued, but... ... 212 Ramos (39). 213 Perkins (205). 214 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (“SFFWA”) (607). 215 SFFWA (607). 216 ... ...k, if it wanted to make additional derivative works (such as a television series based on the original motion picture it created), it would need per... ...‘Joint Sports Claimants’’) and motion pictures and syndicated television series (‘‘Program Suppliers’’) requesting commencement of a cable rate ad...

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...n untitled photograph to an old magazine advertisement to an out-of-print novel to an antique postcard to an obsolete computer program. It is not p... ...rican Publishers); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illust... ...n Mifflin Company); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America); • libraries and archives (e.g., Library Cop... .... Berard (181) (describing a group of users who are interested in a radio series whose original right holders were known, but also known to be decea... ...ook, or a movie studio that wishes to create a film version of an obscure novel. There are a few other important aspects about this particular categ... ...ir use of works for scholarship and commentary purposes); Heitmann (182) (novelist and playwright afraid to quote someone for fear of being sued, but... ... 212 Ramos (39). 213 Perkins (205). 214 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (“SFFWA”) (607). 215 SFFWA (607). 216 ... ...k, if it wanted to make additional derivative works (such as a television series based on the original motion picture it created), it would need per... ...‘Joint Sports Claimants’’) and motion pictures and syndicated television series (‘‘Program Suppliers’’) requesting commencement of a cable rate ad...

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...ak of the Upper Worlds. When we read the Torah we look at it as a “historical novel,” but when a Kabbalist reads in it, he sees completely different... ...undings. Anything he can’t understand, but wishes to, he compensates for with fantasy, based on analogy, speculation, and rational continuation of w... ...pment does a person begin to feel “that” world. Only then is it clear that no fantasy could possibly help one imag- ine it. T H E D E S I R E F O R ... ... Y S T I C I S M A N D T H E S U P E R N AT U R A L 293 ator). The prayer is a series of corrections that is conducted by a spiritual coupling betwee... ...voided. Man naturally learns only by his own mistakes. FA N TA S Y Q: What is fantasy in Kabbalah? A: Fantasy is a combination of knowledge that stem... ...reader to the depths of their soul. The Science of Kabbalah: is the first in a series of texts that Rav Michael Laitman, Kabbalist and scientist, des... ...y into the Upper Worlds. Introduction to the Book of Zohar: is the second in a series written by Kabbalist and scientist Rav Michael Laitman, which w...

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...ng the hard work of this author. Author Acknowledgments This is my second novel but without the usual suspects, the novel would still be sitting arou... ... to thank Meredith for reading and critiquing the very first draft of this novel. Your suggestions and questions helped improve the story. I must th... ...k JD Hollyfield, my gifted, talented and awesome cover artist. You make my novel shine. I want to thank Dianne Dykstra for all the discussions we had... ...s. I thought you might like the story. There are a few more books in that series if you wish to read them.” “May I, please?” Eagerly, Laylah handed h... ... books by authors Elissa Malcohn, K.L. Nappier, and other science fiction/fantasy/paranormal authors, Lakisha can be found writing down the adventure...

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... - J.Cross/Stone 2 THE MYSTERY OF JAMIESON STONE A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... .... He had chosen Colombia University -- the name alone was ironic and somehow fed into the fantasy of his double life. After graduating with top honor... ...” Greene asked as if he were referring to a completed installment of a weekly TV dramatic series. “Who told you that Mr. Stone’s tragic death, whic... ...g neatly. Something for everyone, he mused. He tried to sleep, but his mind raced with a series of incongruities. What was the intruder looking for... ...peration.” “The ‘Cipher of Satan’,” he scoffed. “Even the name sounds like a Steven King novel.” “That may be so, but you can’t dismiss the possibi... ...d to the beach. The sun was about to set into a dark blue ocean as they walked between a series of sand dunes. The small group reached the ocean’s e...

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...arried, she could have been more. Except for Noppawan, who was a flagrant novelty, he couldn't quite decipher how whores and wives were all that diff... ...d to rise without his presence enthralled him. Having lots of money was a novelty and flaunting this novelty to patrician and plebian, proletariat an... ...unate enough to wander into such an animal sanctuary. Learning had been a series of refreshing stimuli slapping up against him like a cool breeze. It... ...g round eyes so eagerly on the savage world around you. Personally it is a novelty to me and I don't mind it at all. Do you remember how you felt when... ...f a wind through a cracked door or that numb sensation of lying alone, the fantasy of his masturbation eluding him, and his semen flowing on his skin ...

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...I love writing romantic tales of heroism and adventure in other worlds. My novel 'STARQUEST is published by The Wild Rose Press as an Ebook and will be available in paperback on December 5th 2008. I am working on edits for the sequel 'Children Of The Mist''. Watch this space for further details... I...

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... the mirror. Then a couple seconds later it was gone and there was nothing novel to see. It was just a reflection of himself staring back at him, this... ...eir marriage] Nawin? [As the marriage was new, her irritation was new; and novel and so it seemed to transcend the barrier of the door to mix sweetly ... ...er. It was one which, even with the right artist, would not work well as a series, let alone as one image and yet there it was projected onto the canv... ...hem, were the right one to depict it. As this was not a given second but a series of changes in a few minutes of a man's life, he soon saw these scene... ...ught, which the movement of those images brought down upon him. Within one series of loosely concatenated images, one dream, he (he or something simil... ...again with a mischievous grin, he thought of this use of the source of the fantasy for pleasure, the Laotian, without much compunction. Then he thoug... ...le are filthy rich, and I guess seeing large literal animals is a bit of a novelty in cities like Bangkok where they are so used to the open exhibitio... ...a woman was more sordid as a consequence. In this morning encounter with a fantasy and a hand had he not, despite himself, been enraptured by that dar... ...ether the phantom of that tacit, gentle soul of a woman and the possessive fantasy of the rough and naughty Laotian were trying to overtake him. They ...

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...Her published novels include, The Blue Flame, The Emerald Dagger, and The Silver Angel, the first three fantasy novels in her Daradawn series. She has also co-authored, Shadow Worlds, a science fiction suspense work with Darrell Bain, and ...

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... mauled tunic had separated as the soldiers lifted him, and Ben had seen the series of slashes upon the mage’s body. They were so evenly spaced that t... ...n-fiction, and was a 2002 Independent eBook Awards Finalist. Barbara’s first fantasy novel is The Blue Flame, the first book in this series. The Silve... ...n, and was a 2002 Independent eBook Awards Finalist. Barbara’s first fantasy novel is The Blue Flame, the first book in this series. The Silver Angel,... ...ist. Barbara’s first fantasy novel is The Blue Flame, the first book in this series. The Silver Angel, the third book in the series, due out in 2004, ...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, th...

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... THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de fo... ...k poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pa... ...y leading authors, reviewers, and critics, among them: JAMES MICHENER, novelist: “I am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” C... ...d: “I wanted to write something great... During the war, I conceived of a series of island poems, bucolic, legendary, praise of this life.” And he m... ...as. SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 131 Cercolas, my mother, Aesop—each summons a series of images. When each one died, I thought: How can I go on? Now my t... ... The placid sea carries a few boats, small clouds on the horizon, a series of silver cat’s-paws; and as though through a sheet of green glas... ...re us, bare us to the quick of lime. The arith- metic of memory multiplies fantasy. Poetry, succor me in this hour of need, help me as you have: I ha... ... wanted a lively yet serene play, with a mixture of philosophy, humor and fantasy: I wanted a play to fit the new mode, free of symbolism. I walked...

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...In Christ’s Journal, the author takes a daring step in this unique novel and places the reader for the first time in the shoes of The Fisherman. In this finely crafted and historically realistic portrait of the ancient Biblical world, Bartlett recreates the moving story of the last mont...

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...AL: In Christ’s Journal, the author takes a daring step in this unique novel and places the reader for the first time in the shoes of The Fisher... ...y leading authors, reviewers, and critics, among them: JAMES MICHENER, novelist: “I am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” C... ...lf feeling it is not fiction but actually experienced fact.” JAMES PURDY, novelist: “An important writer... I find great pleasure in his work. Reall... ...er. This afternoon I walked about Solomon’s city to an impressive ruin, a series of roofless rooms, fallen columns, weeds growing through marble flo... ...ogies, and, as the founder of Literary Olympics, Inc., is the editor of a series of multi-language volumes of international poetry that honor the wo...

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...ound none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read them....

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...mocracies like to promise more benefits along with lower taxes. A fanciful fantasy without fiscal foundations. It‟s Mother Goose without her accounta... ...government had said that punishment was a reason for imprisonment. What a novel and unprecedented idea! But the court found that the Convention allo...

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...he reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones — and open a hidden world of long-guarded secrets. http://ansonchi.webng.com...

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...rm, however, it goes much deeper than that much, much deeper! This didactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to ... ... this note is — important or else I wouldn't have written it. This didactic novel is based on Asian culture, specifically East Asian culture which i... ...lture which includes Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc. This novel is not based on the Asian culture of Russia, Tajikistan, or even I... ...mmer when my parents purchased a new BMW 550i, — because the outdated BMW 3 series that we had was exactly that outdated. They explained — that we, ... ... drink tea inside an Asian household. As we sit down, Auntie asks Gabriel a series of questions: What medical school do you plan to attend? How are ... ...would you wear that? So if I translate what Auntie's “ ” really asking, her series of questions would be the following: What medical school would acc... ...k by the Dalai Lama, in which he explained that romance is an illusion and a fantasy. If you look up the word romance in the dictionary, you'll get t... ...you'll get the definitions: imaginative, fictitious, and the aforementioned fantasy. In other words, romance isn't real, just like Hollywood isn't r... ...eme. It cannot be seen as a positive thing. It's something that is based on fantasy, unattainable. So, on that basis it cannot be seen as a positive...

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... J. Morgan 2 The ‘Love Bites’ Series Book One Love At First Stake By J. Morgan Love ... ...bag lying in a pile of rubble near the door. Donatello let loose an operatic series of coughs — hacking really, all wet sounding and icky. The sick... ...already moving through it.” Okay, felt like I just stepped into a bad gothic novel. Who talked like that anymore? Ooohhhh! Rudolpho is moving thr... ...ea of being brazen, wanton or any of the thousand other words in the romance novel purple prose thesaurus. Yet just touching him made me burn with ... ...et is good.” Better even. “I knew being a Slayer would be just like a Sheri novel.” Somehow, I knew that Kenyon would come up sooner or later. “I...

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...s readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinating case studies, Boyle explains why gene sequences, basic business ideas and pairs of musical notes are now owned, why jazz might be illegal if it were invented today, why most of 20th century culture is le...

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...278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ix development I write about here, and novelist Cory Doctorow has either blogged it or influenced it. I have work... ...aving been given the ability to forbid people to copy your invention or your novel, you can make them pay for the privilege of getting access. You hav... ... 11:04 AM Page 5 these technologies will be patentable—only those that are novel and “nonob- vious,” something that goes beyond what any skilled per... ... government position for an acquaintance, produced a fascinating and lengthy series of comments on a new “Rudiments of English Grammar,” discussed the... ...er to have an intellectual property system is only the first choice in a long series. 13 Even if one believes that intellectual property is Thomas Jeff... ...steful and used the power of the copyright to suppress them. This is no mere fantasy, Macaulay tells us. After praising the novels of Samuel Richardso... ... that their views are important because they encapsulate neatly an important series of truths about intellec- tual property. We should listen to the J... ...o uses her sexuality for profit. Put them together and you have bookends—male fantasy and male nightmare. Was that Mr. West’s point? Perhaps. The song ... ...es’s song, not just because it sounded good but to contrast the image of the fantasy woman from Charles’s 1950s soul, who is faithful, sensual, and al...

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...ound none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read them....

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...intelligent action and we need it now. “Population control is not a novel approach in either the animal or the human kingdoms. Lemmings take... ...the blackened dome. Then came the planets and the moon. The clear celestial fantasy, an unknown phenomenon to those who live in lighted smoggy cities... ...ree with you on reducing the prison populations. A few years ago I did a TV series on crime and prisons in different parts of the world. Some, like i... ...r leaders. “I’ve been thinking of writing a book or working on a TV series on my voyage. I need my friends to help me understand what I will...

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...y those with clear unprejudiced minds. Given the tendencies of humans for fantasy, it is amazing that science has been allowed to exist. Many fear t... ...ame conclusion. For example, if we take the three numbers 2, 4 and 8 in a series and ask you to name the next number. You might say 16 or 10, Both w... ...Wong Kim Ark case grants citizenship to the children of legal aliens, in a series of cases called the Slaughterhouse cases, the court noted that ‗th... ...on in some areas, such as when life starts, then assume the truth of their novel and non-Biblical idea, then force their followers to accept it. ... ...aphy means fewer sex crimes. Japan, which produces a large amount of rape fantasy pornography, has the lowest reported sex crime rate in the industr...