Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Literature & Fiction

In the distant future, the villainous trillionaire, Abraham Goldstein, funds a top-secret project to travel to the divine dimension and meet the god of his people. Upon reaching the divine dimension, he finds out that God is dead. He also finds the technology necessary to take God's place and become a god in the eyes of men.

Close To Me is a collection of tracks to excite the imagination and satisfy your every secret desire. Irish audio author Gaelforce is well-known for his warmth, humor, and intoxicating sensuality, as well as his deep love and respect for women. His passion is to bring pleasure, self-confidence, and healing to his listeners. No matter the scenario, you will feel safe and valued. Using immersive soundscapes and a revolutionary 3-D microphone, let Gael entice you into his seductive world. Seductive, enticing, intimate. Let Gaelforce spirit you away to your own private place.

The Tar storyline continues as Emilia Augustine is distraught over Spike's crimes and jets off to Iceland to distract herself with a winter road trip around the frozen bitter country. The first book in the Tar collection showcased the origin of a strange new drug and it's connection to an ancient myth. The Tarmaker is about realization and confrontation, asking who you can truly trust, and what lies beneath lust, love, and betrayal. Emilia, Spike, Willem, Mick, and Marjo are all in for a curious ride.

Tar is a new drug on the New York City scene with a problematic side effect. Emilia Augustine created the drug but doesn't know how to go about selling it, she contacts a street wise drug dealer named Spike to do the selling for her. What Emilia doesn't know is how a new drug can affect people, it taps into people's wants and needs, problems arise dealing with greed, lust, and addiction.

He was awake again and hankered after the female flesh that had driven him; before and after his death. But this time he was focused on just one: Felicity was happy with her lot. She was now almost divorced and had achieved a good settlement from her ridiculously rich husband. There was only one thing missing from her life at this time and it had been so long that she was scarcely aware of it: a satisfying sex life. The creature sensed that and was about to bring her repressed desire sharply into focus.

Meet Kyle King - a 30-something cop who has already accumulated the bitterness of a retiree and spends most shifts lapping the streets of Fullerton, California, with 90s hip hop as his siren song. Sick of having his own hands cuffed by the rigidness of traditional law enforcement, Kyle yearns to pursue the next generation of criminals who are making a mockery of the police force and running amok in cyberspace. The keyboard warriors have had free rein of the virtual world for too long without any accountability - until now.

Christie was desperate to find some money. Her dad had been made redundant; it looked like they were going to lose the family home. Then she found out about a Russian girl that auctioned her own virginity and that set her thinking. One thing led to another, then Christie and her best friend Sal found themselves being sold for a small fortune to rich foreigners.

When the oil and gas ran out, civilization collapsed. Now, centuries later, mankind is once again beginning to discover the secrets of the past...starting with clockwork.

“The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive, and bow in deepest humility to wait upon God for it.” Humility is a classic by Reverend Andrew Murray, and remains a popular source of inspiration over 100 years after its first publication.

Satan-worshiping Prince Prospero in 12th-century Italy holds a macabre masked ball in the midst of a deadly plague. The hedonistic nobles believe that Prospero's castle walls will keep out not only the countrysides's peasants, but the lethal Red Death as well.

Based on the award-winning screenplay and set in Brisbane, Australia, unpredictable Tara’s a leftist rebel who is struggling to stop her life sliding out of control. Her sister Pandora, the far right Prime Minister, stands for all that Tara opposes, seeking to take away basic human rights under the guise of "protecting Australia from terrorism". During their feud, where it’s green versus red, both sisters see themselves as wearing the white hat. Tara plots a way to get access to their father’s time machine, so she can go back in time to stop her sister.

When college student Samantha Lawrence takes her eyes off the road for just a few seconds to send a text, she swerves out of her lane and hits Kevin Wyland as he rides his bicycle. In a panic, she drives away. Consumed with overwhelming guilt and fear of criminal charges, Samantha decides to do whatever it takes to avoid being identified as the hit-and-run driver. Kevin struggles with anger, bitterness, and a crisis of faith. As their lives intertwine with increasing frequency, Samantha and Kevin both turn to Joy for advice and guidance.

Hiko Shimuzu is not a nice man, but he is ingenious. Ingenious enough to find a lost artifact capable of catalyzing a revolution in China? Maybe. And that's close enough to draw the attention of powerful forces that won't hesitate to kill to keep their secrets safe. Meanwhile, Matthys Rossouw is in hot pursuit, unaware of the full scale of the danger he faces.

Years after the outbreak of a mysterious pandemic, hardly any survivors are left in the quarantined wasteland of North America. Hunger and the menace of man-eaters are nothing compared to the ferals–those who were infected and mutated by the virus. The ferals have an unquenchable need to hunt and kill, and even a single bite will quickly transform human into a rabid beast. Two survivors, the pregnant Megan and her brother David, leave a deserted colony to seek a safer haven.

5 Hot and Steamy real-life erotic confessions. Included in this female perspective series are: My Boyfriends Sister, Pool Party, Feisty Bunny, My Best Friends Husband, and Carpark Climax.

Now a riveting new audio production, Holding a Mirror Up to Nature: Shame, Guilt, and Violence in Shakespeare takes advantage of scenes performed by acclaimed actors to dramatize how much Shakespeare’s tragic heroes exhibit the psychology of those who commit violence in the contemporary world.

Aria and her sea-people stayed separate from the realm of men, but when she catches a chance look at Prince Fabio celebrating his birthday on his galleon, she can’t help but fall for him. A tempestuous storm sees the Prince cast overboard, and Aria rescues him from a certain fate. She uses her limited time on land to claim the real prize, taking the Prince as her first and doing everything she can with him in the time she has.

When I am 8 ½ stone, I will be able to shop in Topshop. I will be able to go swimming and not displace all the water and create a tsunami. I will fit in changing rooms without banging my elbows or exposing the moon of my arse through the curtain when I bend over. I will be able to fit behind the narrow benches at Ronnie Scott’s to listen to jazz instead of being offered a chair at the end of the row. I will be promoted and not have my desk moved inside the stationery cupboard for being off-brand.

By turns dark and light, funny and poignant, this unforgettable collection of stories takes us right to the heart of what it means to be young in today's world, from a CBCA award-winning author.

From the best-selling author of Mercy. Avicenna Crowe's mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of being stalked. Now she is missing. The police are called, but they're not asking the right questions. Like why Joanne lied about her past, and what she saw in her stars that made her so afraid. But Avicenna has inherited her mother's gift. Finding an unlikely ally in the brooding Simon Thorn, she begins to piece together the mystery.