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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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Beyond the Fence

Frustrated by constant praedial thieves, Victor Buddom erects an electrified fence on his property in rural Jamaica. After a man is electrocuted and another brutally murdered, the fence becomes the centre of a shocking mystery. The handsome and experienced Inspector Donovan Black is assigned to the case, but things take a turn for the worse when his colleague is found murdered on the Buddom property. Determined to uncover the truth, Inspector Black launches his investigation but an ingenious plan to conceal murder sets him off on conflicting leads. With puzzling and chilling evidence pointing to several persons, including a respected businessman and the undercover leader of a criminal gang, questions emerge about whether the police will manage to unearth the real story. A searing and suspenseful tale filled with plots and counterplots, blackmail and seduction, the exciting thriller leaves the reader constantly guessing and on the brink of unimaginable reveals.

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In 1970, John Kowalski is one of many young, naive teenage soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in an unpopular war. Dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers, these newbies suddenly found themselves thrust into the middle of a terrible nightmare. On-the-job-training is intense, however, most of these teenagers were hardly ready to absorb the harsh mental, emotional, and physical stress of war. When coming under enemy fire and witnessing death first-hand, a life changing transition begins...one that can't be reversed.

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Backfired

Nick was willing to go to any lengths to be with his High School crush. Some would say he had an unhealthy obsession with Jeanie, but he had dreamt about this for his whole adult life. He didn?t think it was unhealthy...He only wished it had come sooner. Some would also say, you should be careful what you wish for.

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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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I Am Watching You

What would it take to make you intervene? When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of ituntil she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as shes decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girlsbeautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballardhas disappeared. A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and shes not the only one who cant forget. Someone is sending her threatening lettersletters that make her fear for her life. Then an anniversary appeal reveals that Annas friends and family might have something to hide. Annas best friend, Sarah, hasnt been telling the whole truth about what really happened that nightand her parents have been keeping secrets of their own. Someone knows where Anna isand theyre not telling. But they are watching Ella.

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