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On November 11, 1943, the Nazis invaded Cansano, forcing its two thousand inhabitants to make a tough decision—fight and be killed or sent to a POW camp, stay behind as servants to the Nazis, or move into the unforgiving mountains of Abruzzo while the Nazis used their village as a home base. Giovanni Ruscitti's family chose the latter and spent the next few months living in horrendous winter conditions in the rugged mountains. When the war ended, they returned to a village so ravaged by the Nazis that, today, the town has less than 200 citizens and remains in a dilapidated state.

Cocktales and Nibbles is a collection of 12 stories, ranging from the shortest such as "Lite in the Sky", which was my first story written in 1973, to the lengthy "A Universal Threat", written in 2017.

What happens when a cop decides to take on a lion? Nothing good, I'll tell you that! Officer Bazzar just wants to get on with his life, but there's a lion who won't leave him alone! How is he ever going to get rid of him? Buy now and find out!

This book spotlights John Lewis, known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement, having helped organize the March on Washington and the Selma Voting Rights March, and for his lifelong dedication to public service as a member of the House of Representatives. John Lewis was never afraid to get in good trouble.

Triumph. Tragedy. The empyreal. The infernal. Even the mundane, filtered through the fantastical. Superheroes are, appropriately enough, a sort of super-genre, encompassing all other story types. This YA anthology features thirteen short stories that creatively turn superhero tropes on their head, while still paying homage to the genre that has found fans for more than eight decades. And there will be no mistake—superheroes don’t have to just be generic handsome white dudes.

Magician Leopold Kazsmer, the great enchanter, and his cadre of unusual friends, make the deadly journey to the Library of the Damned, a structure fluctuating between the worlds, filled with the archives of the centuries, to find a way to rescue Leopold’s father who is trapped in the darkest depths of Gehenna and to break the covenant Leo has made with the dread Unholy Hosts. They have suddenly called upon him to fulfill their agreement, and because he is bound to them, he has no hope but to obey. It seems that what they most desire is to destroy Leopold’s world.

A small book containing three small stories. Abysmal Accusations: A court case between ex-lovers regarding their claims as to the actions of the other.

Jeff Chase is finding his way as a werewolf in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, even though he might have screwed up big with the only woman who can help him navigate this new paranormal world...because he MIGHT have fallen for her. Aw, who is he kidding? He DID fall for her, but the girl isn't having it. She doesn't want to be another notch on his bedpost. Not like the girl he boinked, who had just become a werewolf too...and was found dead on the beach.

Gregory Flynn is a normal man. A normal man with regrets, at least until he discovers a genie. With this genie, however, he can only wish for things which don't battle the laws of physics and which don't directly affect other people. Stuck at a crossroad, Gregory documents his journey within a diary as he tries to stabilise his life and fight each new problem.

Do you like to decipher clues? Join four friends as they try to solve the mystery surrounding the silver statue with eyes that glow like precious rubies. When Jared is compelled to buy the dragon, he and his friends are catapulted into a clue-solving adventure that could ultimately take their lives.

Lucas was barely 10 years old, but he felt more grown-up ever since they declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. Suddenly there were a bunch of new rules he needed to follow. When he heard on the news that stores were running out of toilet paper, he thought it must be the end of the world! Lucas was not incredibly happy with these new rules, but the one that bothered him the most was having to physically distance himself from his friends.

A fun story about many different animals and insects who attempt to give comfort to the lonely pond.

Brin's pack leader sends him on a mission; all he has to do is find the only Diar coin left in the world to save his pack from extinction. How hard can that be? Just takes a little focus, right? Right. Until he meets up with a Jarra, a beautiful little lady who's doing some focusing of her own. Jarra's determined to save her sister from the Dead Walkers. To do that all she needs is Brin's Diar coin.

Tinker and inventor Michael Bishop wants nothing more than to leave his painful past behind and focus on his machines. But when his daughter Eva is stricken by the same magical disease that robbed him of his late wife, Michael devotes himself to finding a cure, no matter the cost.

Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.

Evie Dunn, a young, teenage girl, finds her normal life disrupted by the presence of a giant spider on her window. When it comes out that the spider isn't just an abnormal size but has, in fact, evolved at a heightened rate alongside all of the other insects in the area, panic spreads.

After getting caught in the middle of an intel retrieval, Sebastian finds himself within the Apocalypse Control headquarters during a difficult time where no one knows who to trust. Against his better judgement, he opts to be a part of the spy organization and quickly finds himself falling into a new lifestyle. And, what's more, he likes it.

Fighting in my view can be classed as an art form, not the drunken scuffles outside of the kebab shop at closing time but equally matched fighters who have spent a lifetime training for that moment, not only physically but mentally. Every move that they make, offensive or defensive they have likely practiced many thousands of times for that split second in time. Now call that what you want, but I call that art!

Embark on a Sudoku journey with "How to Play Sudoku for Beginners: An Easy-to-Follow Guide." This comprehensive book is the perfect companion for anyone curious about Sudoku. Here's why you should make it your Sudoku companion: Accessible Learning: Dive into the world of Sudoku with clear and straightforward explanations that make it easy for beginners to understand the game's fundamentals.