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Hitler's Cuckoos

It was Winston Churchill who coined the phrase “Hitler’s Vengeful Cuckoos” returning to foul the nests of a once-friendly nation that had given them loving sanctuary. A compelling, at times harrowing story based on a situation which really happened early in World War Two, during the conquest and occupation of Norway and covers an aspect of it of which many of us were not aware. This moving story more than most, shows in sharp detail the inescapable horror of the betrayal and occupation of a once-friendly nation. This story will deepen our understanding of what it costs and how precious peace can be and why sometimes we have to fight for it.

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Multiverses

In her exploration of the multiverse theory, Alvarez deals with several griefs created by the loss of two pregnancies, a beloved granduncle, her infant son, and finally her father, in the span of just four years, by constructing multiple alternate realities in which one or more of these people survived. In this process, Alvarez deals frankly and sometimes even starkly with death and its consequences on individuals and families. The book directly addresses the questions that plague many people who grieve: What if I had done this instead of that? Would it have mattered? Is there such a thing as fate? The topic of family and loss is a natural one for Alvarez, whose family emigrated from Cuba after the communist revolution, leaving all that they had ever known and loved behind, counting on the gamble of a better life in the United States. Like many immigrants at the time, they spent four years in Spain, where Alvarez was born, before moving permanently to Miami, Florida, where Alvarez still lives. This part of Alvarez's past informs a string of poems set before the main event of the book, the death of her son. The main string of the book's narrative is memoir; Alvarez suffered a miscarriage in 2016 that she explores briefly in a few poems (all the poems are titled "versions" numbered according to the narrative string they belong to). In 2017, she lost her beloved granduncle, Arturo, a grandfather figure. In 2018 she gave birth at just 27 1/2 weeks to twins, a boy named after her uncle and a girl. Thought it seemed at first as if her "micro preemies" were doing well, Arturo died of sepsis just twenty-six days after being born. She would spend another 66 days in the NICU until her daughter, Sara, was safe enough to bring home. A year later, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and then died unexpectedly of a heart attack. This real timeline is woven into alternate timelines where some of these people survived or never existed, begging the questions, What if? and Why? The poems are written in narrative style, bypassing the opportunity for pathos such a storyline might involve. Alvarez's language is sure-footed and unflinching, not unwilling to delve into the darkest parts of memory and desire. The narrative strains are woven in such a way as to have the poems speak to one another instead of following chronology, yet the reader could tease each narrative string out of the braid using the poems' titles, providing two ways to read the book. Whichever way the book is read, however, it reinforces the themes of the importance of family, the longing for reconciliation, and the questioning of faith. The book's darkness is tempered by its never-ending supply of hope, in the form of the alternative narratives each of which is a version of the poet's life untainted by fear and loss.

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Eyes Over Earth Book One

Like a bolt of lightning, Jim's body is transported in half a second. Arriving aboard what he considers the little house of horrors.

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A YOUNG MAN'S AWAKENING

‘A Young Man’s Awakening’ is an epic story set in the 19th Century. The story of a young man from a strict religious background escaping from the Irish potato famine to Liverpool, a world so completely different from anything he could ever have imagined existed. A lawless city where anything goes, where sex in all its shades is part of everyday life, child prostitution, brothels and brothel-owners becoming rich by catering for all shades in sex and eroticism. A city infested with corruption at the highest level, crime danger and fear around every corner, where he finds he has to fight as a bare-knuckle fighter to earn respect, money, or simply to stay alive. Finally making it to New York, where he finds the situation just as lawless and corrupt with fear around every corner where again he is forced to fight as a bare-knuckle fighter in his struggle to earn to survive finding himself getting into conflict with the Gangs of New York. ‘A Young Man’s Awakening’ also takes a hard look at slavery, racism, classism, the law and the effects of all these things on a young once innocent man. It is a story that will absorb you, entertain you, and stay in your thoughts for a long time

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Don't Cross the X

Winner of Inkitt's Horror story contest. Inspired by true events, Don’t Cross the X is a historical, heartbreaking story of a woman’s tragic life after crossing paths with the local witch. In 1919, twenty-two-year-old Pearl Hayes leads a blessed life with her husband and two sons in rural South Carolina. But when she crosses a large X etched into the dirt near a local blackberry field, she comes to find that she has entered into the realm of a force of evil she has no hope of stopping. Slowly, her life deteriorates, and through her misery she knows who is to blame: Hazel Sullivan—who is known, to the town of Walterboro, as a witch. Eighty-two years later, in 2001, Pearl Hayes can no longer remember her past—all that she knows is the grief and longing she feels deep in her wounded heart. Then, when her estranged great-granddaughter and great-great-granddaughter come to visit her at her nursing home, the memories of her prior life come rushing back to her. At the end of her harrowing life, Pearl is desperate to tell her story to what is left of her family, and to deliver a warning: that the evil that took her life from her will come to take theirs, too. Evocative, poignant, and heartbreaking, Don’t Cross the X illustrates the indomitable strength of the human spirit in the face of despair.

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The Dragon Orb

The fate of a kingdom rests on the shoulders of three young wizards who couldn't be more different. For 100 years it protected them… …and now the magical barrier is about to fail. What waits on the other side? As the magical barrier protecting the kingdom of Alaris begins to fail, and a fomenting rebellion threatens to divide the country in a civil war, three young wizards are thrust into the middle of a power struggle. When the barrier comes down, the truth comes out. Was everything they were taught about their kingdom based on a lie? Will they all choose to fight on the same side, or end up enemies in the battle over who should rule Alaris? For lovers of dragons, magic, wizards, political intrigue, and adventure don't miss this first book in a great fantasy series.

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Deacon

Deacon Short Stories by David Milton McGowan First European to cross North America and reach the Pacific. He mentioned several times in his diary that “the natives where very friendly and accommodating.” Were they actually friendly or just trying to get the interlopers out of their country as fast as possible? Was the communication all done with translators, in the trade language of Chinook or all in one of two European languages? Find out within “Marker of Stone” part of the “Deacon” collection. Includes the rhymes, “Native Sons in WWI”, “Inclusion” and “Education”.

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Dark Rose

Private Investigator Davis Lewis has fallen on hard times. The ex-Army sergeant and former police detective has spent his last $1.50 on a cup of coffee at The Corner Diner when, by chance, he runs into Tessa, a grade school friend and a high school sweetheart. His fortunes change soon thereafter with a big case: Rescue a billionaire’s young trophy wife, Rose, from the hellhole called Underground City. Davis is successful and reaps the monetary benefits, plus a reference to another wealthy client, who hires him to find his missing sixteen-year-old daughter. Davis’ relationship with Tessa blossoms and wedding bells are in their future after one last case – helping Rose escape her sadistic husband. “Dark Rose” is an entertaining read with twists and turns as Davis, and Tessa, unravel the mystery surrounding a desperate woman named Rose.

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Milijun

A tangled web of alien intrigue traps a mother and son in its deadly embrace… When aliens capture Laura’s teenage son, it’s going to take a lot more than a mother’s love to get him back. After infiltrating a military research base, Laura discovers a terrifying secret: their plans to engineer humans for galactic exploration. Laura battles to save Jason, several mothers-to-be, and herself from alien control. But she quickly realizes the aliens have their own mission for her. Soon she faces a choice, take a chance at an impossible escape or accept the aliens’ vision of a new humanity. Milijun is the first installment of an action-packed sci-fi alien invasion series. If you like tales of first contact, secret military operations, and the people caught in the middle, then you’ll love Clayton Graham’s fast-paced sci-fi thrill ride.

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