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A tower block collapses in London. Hundreds are killed. Except a man standing alone on the roof, who walks out of the rubble unscathed. And things are about to get stranger, because Dr Helen Ash is pregnant. But she hasn’t had sex since her husband died 18 months ago. What connects her unexplained pregnancy, a mysterious phone message from a woman who died in the building collapse, and the man on the roof of the high-rise?

In this retelling of a classic tale, there was a royal baby cursed to become a sleeping beauty, the lovely Princess Dawn...but now, learn also of her two handsome brothers: bold Crown Prince Randolfo and the younger, artistic, and handsome Prince Halcyon.

For Sergeant David Griffin, a "peacetime" Marine, Beirut was a chance to prove himself capable to the generation of Marines who had been blooded in the Vietnam War. For Corporal Steven Downs, Beirut was a struggle to separate the civilian from the soldier, his distrust of the politicians' decisions from the military mission. For all the Marines serving in Lebanon, it was another war in a foreign country where the enemy could be anywhere or anyone.

Vicky met Antonio, a handsome half-Italian gigolo from North London, when she was with her sugar daddy Gerald at a party on his yacht in Cannes. Antonio was constantly staring at her across the room, but he had an older woman hanging on his arm. She knew it probably wasn’t his wife as she looked much older than him. Vicky asked Gerald who she was, and he told her she was a widowed countess from Germany and her name was Claudia.

Nick Fairfax needs a sugar daddy to pay for his last year of art school. After being disinherited and kicked out of his house for pursuing his dream of becoming a photographer, Nick heads to the exclusive club, Smoke, where young men sell themselves to the highest bidder. Nick gets in trouble with a man who won't take "no" for an answer. Lord Bane Dunsaney comes to his rescue. But does the mysterious billionaire pose a greater danger to Nick than the one he saved him from?

When Father Wheatley decided to convert from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic, he thought he had fully considered the sacrifices he would have to make. He understood the strain the change would put on his wife and children, and the challenges he would face to be accepted as a married Roman Catholic priest. He even acknowledged that reactionaries in both religious camps would oppose such a spiritual changeover.

Racist Senator Graham's naive white daughter attends a party at the infamous all-black Zeta Beta frat with her bestie Becky. What she doesn't know is there is a new strain of weed known as 'Pumpkin Spice' for it's extreme mind altering effects on white girls. Watch her slowly succumb to the evil machinations of the Black New World Order (BNWO)!

Elowyn “Winnie” Stokes nunca imaginou que ajudar sua mãe em uma faxina, em um dos dias mais quentes do verão escocês, mudaria sua vida daquele jeito. Se ela soubesse, teria recusado o convite de Caleb, o filho rico dos patrões, e nunca na vida se envolveria com ninguém da elite daquela cidade. Mason Eastwood é alucinado por futebol americano. Seu maior sonho é morar nos Estados Unidos e jogar em um time da NFL ao lado do seu melhor amigo, até que isso se tornou impossível, e um completo pesadelo. Quando Caleb morreu, a vida de ambos virou de ponta-cabeça.

Never have I ever seen so many transsexuals as I have in Thailand, and I have quite a few stories about my encounters with them over the years. They are literally everywhere, and not only Lady-boys or Katoys, as they are referred to over here. Thailand is truly the strangest place in the world, where the word normal does not apply to most of the population.

Genesis Decoded: Esoteric Interpretations from the From the Bible Overview: The Creation and Fall (Genesis 1-3): Examine creation and the Fall through an esoteric lens, uncovering insights into human nature, spiritual struggle, and the impact of humanity's first disobedience. The First Families and Early Humanity (Genesis 4-5): Cain, Abel, and Seth’s stories teach lessons on sin, redemption, and divine purpose, while Enoch represents spiritual transformation.

A test pilot with fuel enough for 10 minutes vanishes for 10 hours - and returns with a fantastic tale of alien contact. This premiere episode of Dimension X originally aired on April 8, 1950.

For as long as Yang Ruying can remember, the empire of Er-Lang has been occupied by Romans, whose advanced science and military make them Gods. But these Gods are not kind. Their only gifts: cruelty, opian, and destruction. When Antony, the second Prince of Rome, uncovers Ruying's power, she becomes what she always feared: the perfect assassin. As tensions mount and rebellion stirs, Ruying can no longer deny that peace is a death sentence for Er-Lang. A death she may not be willing to deliver.

When Zorka Circus performs, its big top roars with laughter and cheers, but when it moves on, children vanish from the European towns it leaves behind. Circus security chief Rurik suspects a killer hides among the international performers, but they close ranks - they've always viewed lightning-scarred Rurik as the monster. Nevertheless, he's determined to find the culprit and stop them before anyone else dies and the only place he can call home is ripped apart by the murders.

Anybody looking from the outside would think that Emily had the perfect life, living in beautiful five bedroom cottage overlooking the common, and married to high ranking government official. Emily’s life looked perfect, but because of her boredom and sexless marriage, she even contemplated suicide.

This novella is the next installment in the episodic Succubus Schemes series featuring a succubus named Helen and her girlfriend Amy, a mage. They navigate, figuring out what they want to do next, while helping a dark elf survive attacks from her political rivals back in New York.

The Sealers have activated an ancient weapon Blood Tear. Lucienne must destroy it before it kills her. But Prince Vladimir, her first love and strongest ally, has joined forces with her enemies over the one kiss she shared with Ashburn--the kiss that is denied to him by the Siren curse.

Ms. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the “spirit realm.” In this other place, she is prepared by the Holy Spirit to challenge the restrictions placed upon Black female bodies in the United States. Growing into her spiritual gifts of astral flight and time travel, Donna meets the spirits of enslaved Africans, conducts spiritual warfare against sexual predators, and tends to the souls of murdered Black children whose ghosts haunt the inner city.

Tristan and his friends soon learn that Malice, a dangerous demon, is assembling her army of zombies, and it’s up to them to stop her before she conquers what’s left of the world. They must find the hidden Apocalypse Grimoire, which holds the key to Malice's defeat. But to do so, Tristan must cope with his forbidden powers.

Die Psychologen Hetty van de Rijt und Dr. Frans Plooij erläutern die acht Entwicklungssprünge in der geistigen und körperlichen Entwicklung eines Babys. Sie zeigen, wie Eltern sich und ihren Kindern helfen können, die herausfordernde Zeit der ersten 14 Lebensmonate gut zu überstehen. In Oje, ich wachse! erfahren Sie, dass Kinder mental und körperlich nicht gleichmäßig, sondern in Schüben wachsen. Die acht großen Entwicklungssprünge eines Babys gehen mit viel Unruhe und Geschrei einher und bringen Eltern zuweilen an den Rand der Verzweiflung.

Aslan McTavish is the Magical Beast King who rules the Forbidden Forest, one of the kingdoms in the Aurora Realm. My name is Lilly, and I have lived in the basement of a manor all my life with my beloved mother, working away like a pair of slaves for the people who live in comfort upstairs. After my mother’s death, I am told that I am to be sacrificed to the magical beast who rules the Forbidden Forest, in return for the village’s protection, wealth, and prosperity.