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32 produkter
Wake Up Call
E-bok, 2019
15 kr
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This is a true life, non-fiction story of my choking dream and hearing a loud voice which woke me up from that horrible dream; only to find myself choking in real life. Did that "wake up call" save my life?
Australia Fair?
Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Making of Modern Australia
Av James Walter, Carolyn Holbrook
Häftad, 2026
312 kr
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Who advises politicians about the issues that impact our daily lives, and how has their advice changed over time?In Australia Fair? authors James Walter and Carolyn Holbrook explore the world of departmental officials and political advisers who wield significant influence in shaping our society and …
Artie Armadillo and Friends: Aw-Shucks - Who Needs Friends
E-bok, 2012
15 kr
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This story is about obeying your mom, staying safe and the importance of friendship among woodland creatures.
Willow Weep for Me
E-bok, 2012
17 kr
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This is a short story about a woman who is in a horribly abusive relationship. Her husband is manipulative, and controlling, and has threatened to harm her if she ever tries to leave him, and when all hope seems lost, there is a fantastic rescue, causing her to become what nature truly intended her …
Give Up the Ghost
E-bok, 2012
16 kr
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This is a humorous micro fiction story about an unlikely partnership in which a human has asked a ghost to show him the ropes in the area of sex, but by allowing the ghost to enter him, he has unleashed an entity that doesn''t understand the meaning of safe sex.
Carousel
E-bok, 2012
17 kr
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This is a short flash fiction story about a happily married couple who take a ride on the now antique carousel on which John originally proposed to his wife, Marta, in 1935, which is now housed in a museum. They made a vow at that time to love each other FOREVER.
Final Tear
E-bok, 2012
16 kr
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This a short flash fiction story of a woman who has all she can take from her abusive husband. She resolves that she has cried her final tear as she faces her abuser.
One Helluva Drop
E-bok, 2012
17 kr
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This is a short story of a distressed teen, deep into heroin addiction, who prays to be saved. She overdoses and finds herself dropping into Hell. Her prayers are answered through a Divine intervention with angelic protection, giving her another chance for recovery.
Checkmate
E-bok, 2013
30 kr
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This is a horror short story about a hard-headed, down on his luck writer who is befriended by a Russian gypsy. The gypsy is sure the writer''s life is in peril, but the writer doesn''t believe him, even though he keeps getting warnings from other sources as well. He finds himself in a goth …
Designing Kitties
E-bok, 2013
15 kr
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This is a humorous short fiction story of pet cats who design a clever plan to keep their owner home to play with them, by hiding something of hers that she would not dare to go out of the house without.
Advice
E-bok, 2014
31 kr
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This is a exciting short story of interracial love, when two writers from the United States meet in Paris at a Writers'' Salon and Retreat and sparks ignite. They fall in love at first sight and first write, having a thrilling romantic and sensual stay in the City of Love, only to have an elegant …
Collision
E-bok, 2014
53 kr
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This a fictional short story of a black family on vacation and traveling by trailer in 1958. On the home stretch of their trip back to Dayton, Ohio from Mexico City, they stop off at Paris Landing State Park in Tennessee and discover from a racist trooper that the area where they parked is for …
Mask to Die For
E-bok, 2014
40 kr
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This is an intriguing short story depicting some of the horrors of slavery: A large cotton plantation, a cruel slave owner and evil overseer, a dutiful wife, a beautiful mulatto house slave, a loving friendship, a plot of escape, the magic of a Hoodoo conjure man, a Halloween masquerade, a Mask, …
Solo Act
E-bok, 2014
41 kr
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This is a way-out, short, suspenseful fictional story about an evil clown who escapes from prison to leave behind his evil past and his evil clown brothers to go "Solo." He is also searching for a woman to help him change his evil ways. There is a pursuit, a conflict, a stalking, a UFO, an …
Dragon to Love -Part I: Astini's Story
E-bok, 2015
21 kr
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This is Part I of a short, general fiction tale about a beautiful maiden who lives in the magical Kingdom of Epania, A Land of Dragons. She is a very selfish and very lazy young lady who only thinks about herself and no one else. She has been cautioned by her family not to let her hair ripple the …
Verdant Law - Green Lives Matter
E-bok, 2015
42 kr
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This is a short fantasy fiction story involving a young woman who is a human trafficking victim bought by the leader of the Satan''s Hellhounds MC. He feels that women and nature are to be used and abused. The gang goes on a backcountry camping trip to conquer a forest wilderness rumored by locals …
Behind the Gates
E-bok, 2015
17 kr
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This is a short, stranger-than-fiction story about getting locked inside a large cemetery. It has a hint of humor, because humor lightened the stress I was feeling in my gut with the prospect that darkness would soon be advancing. I trembled at the thought that the Woodland Hills Cemetery ghosts …
Dragon to Love - Part II: Prince Trilaine's Story
E-bok, 2015
21 kr
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This is the continuation of the trilogy, A Dragon to Love. This tale introduces Part II: Prince Trilaine''s Story. It shares the life and adventures of Prince Trilaine, with his loving parents, Queen Manya and Prince Laramar, of Beles. You learn about his knighthood training, where he excels in …
Controversy
E-bok, 2015
26 kr
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This is a short fiction story about an interracial couple who encounter the traditional Dutch Christmas character, Zwarte Piet or Black Pete, who is St. Nick''s menial helper, on their vacation to the Netherlands; who experience a racist incident; and who find themselves in the middle of the …
Ooze
E-bok, 2016
33 kr
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This is a short, action-packed, science-fiction story of a 19 year old young man who''s a geek and whose mother is urging him to get a job...telling him that there is more to life than playing video games. She tells him that he must ''start pulling his weight'' at home, and share the financial …
Cat's Cradle
E-bok, 2016
33 kr
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This is a short fantasy fiction story of a young woman who finds herself mesmerized by a handsome man in a pub. She leaves her drink to go to the ladies room to compose herself, thus committing a major faux pas. The man offers to walk her home after she starts feeling woozy, thinking he''s going to …
Bad Feeling
E-bok, 2016
31 kr
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This is an exciting short fiction story about a young girl who was referred unknowingly to a training school for young witches, about a cult extractor assigned to rescue this young girl to expose the questionable practices going on at the school, and about an arranged marriage to the devil.
Warped
E-bok, 2016
29 kr
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Read this scary short fiction story about former college roommates who are gifted a collectible, but warped, vintage Ouija Board. They are warned to fix the warped board before they play the game or bad things will happen. They fail to honor their promise to fix the warp before they play and …
Soul Food
E-bok, 2018
23 kr
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This is a short fiction story about townspeople being lured to a new restaurant called Old Scratch. The devilish hook to get the people to come to the Grand Opening is based upon the sins of greed and gluttony. This a a great story to understand the depths the devil and his minions will stoop to, …
Hope in the Struggle
A Memoir
Av Josie R. Johnson, Arleta Little m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
201 kr
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How a Black woman from Texas became one of the most well-known civil rights activists in Minnesota, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment Why do you continue to work on issues of justice? young Black people ask Josie Johnson today, …
Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify
Essays
Häftad, 2020
216 kr
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The compassionate and redemptive story of a prominent Black woman in the Twin Cities literary communityCarolyn Holbrook’s life is peopled with ghosts-of the girl she was, the selves she shed and those who have caught up to her, the wounded and kind and malevolent spirits she’s encountered, and also …
We Are Meant to Rise
Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World
Av Carolyn Holbrook, David Mura
Häftad, 2021
234 kr
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A brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota In this significant collection, Indigenous writers and writers of color bear witness to one of the most unsettling years in the history of …
Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography
Häftad, 2014
270 kr
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For 100 years, Australians have sought their reflection in the Great War. This book tells the story of what we saw.Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won’t do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national …
Great War
Aftermath and Commemoration
Av Carolyn Holbrook, Keir Reeves
Häftad, 2019
300 kr
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The legacy of war is complex. From the late twentieth century as we moved closer to the centenary of the start of World War I, Australia was swept by an ‘Anzac revival’ and a feverish sense of commemoration. In this book, leading historians reflect on the commemorative splurge, which involved large …
Lessons from History
Leading Historians Tackle Australia's Greatest Challenges
Av Carolyn Holbrook, David Lowe m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
340 kr
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In Lessons from History, leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian …
