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From the creators of the number one best seller The Box Under the Bed horror anthology and its number one best seller sequel Dark Visions comes Nightmareland: a horror anthology with 23 stories from 14 authors. A high school girl with something to prove to herself, and possibly to her parents, goes to a rundown shack deep in the woods to try a new drug that will give her the worst nightmares of her young life. A "Nightmareland" injection opens a person's biggest fears to them - and then you are on your own for however long it lasts.

When Dora heard the art gallery was displaying a mirror that could show a girl her true love, she had to see for herself. Looking at its reflective surface, she learned the claims where true. The image in the glass was not her own. Rafe was out to dinner with his family, when he looked over at a mirror and saw a woman staring back. Even more surprising was the voice he heard as he approached the reflection. She claimed to be his true love, but he didn’t believe in love.

Carola Lembeck ist Mitte 40 und erfolgreiche Leiterin des städtischen Museums in Hoelven, einer kleinen Stadt im Herzen Deutschlands. In einer alten Villa am Stadtrand lebt sie gemeinsam mit Butler Gerhard und ihrer Mutter. Letztere wird heute 70 Jahre alt und soll zu eben jenem Anlass von der Stadt die Ehrenbürgerschaft erhalten. Zwei Tage zuvor wurde im Smithonian Museum in Washington der weltberühmte Blue Hope Diamant gestohlen. Er gilt als Unglücksdiamant, um den sich viele Legenden ranken.

Who’s the hunk Cindy sees in the mirror? Life working at the art gallery was pretty ordinary, until Cindy’s employers brought home three antique mirrors from Italy. Rumored to be magic, they boasted the ability to show a girl her true love. As Cindy unpacked the mirrors, she was startled to see a man looking back where her reflection should have been. James Michaels was shocked to see the woman’s face in his mirror while he shaved. A police officer, he was accustomed to things he could explain.

When Carol overhears her father's plans to force her into a marriage, she takes matters into her own hands. Changing her name and appearance, Carol sets out to face the world alone. Bill Preston is on a fast track to having the part in a play he always wanted. His life was going just as planned, until he played the part of a groom and found himself harboring very real feelings for his pretend bride.

Willa Cather had a secret. She called it "the thing not named" and did her best to take the details to her grave when she died in 1947. Her last will and testament stated that her letters could not be published or quoted. You'll love this new and personal look at the world-famous author because it brings into focus the tremendous struggle it took for a confused little kid and a cross-dressing adolescent to become the one and only Willa Cather.

This 32-day program offers techniques and exercises for dealing with life's inevitable downturns, whether it be simple tension headaches, cancer, or other maladies that may affect your well-being. Bring yourself back to stress-free living with exercises in meditation, positive self-talk, guided imagery, visualization techniques, journaling, prayer, and more!

Living with inflammation can be painful and difficult, and inflammation can result in a lot of chronic and debilitating illnesses. No one wants to go through life in pain or unease. This can be averted by following the simple and practical steps in the book. Starting a new lifestyle with an anti-inflammatory diet can be difficult. This is why the Anti Inflammatory Diet book was written, to explain the process of inflammation and how it can be eliminated. The anti-inflammatory diet is way more than weight loss, it affects overall body health.

The magic of love is in the air. College student Mallie is on her way home when she gets hit by a car, and falls into a coma she can't awaken from. Daniel is a lawyer whose plans change drastically because of a brain aneurysm. From two different worlds, they find themselves unconscious and fighting for their lives, two doors away from each other in the same hospital. What they don't expect is the magic that brings their souls together.

A collection of coast-to-coast murder and mayham, including these unabridged short stories: "Vaudeville" by Whitley Strieber, read by Roddy McDowell; "Lucky Day" by Mary Higgins Clark, read by Betsy Palmer; "Starstruck" by Jon A. Breen, read by James Stacy; "Snookered" by Gerald Tomlinson, read by David Birney; "It Was Bad Enough" by Ron Goulart, read by Arte Johnson and Gee Whiz; "My Lovely" by Betty Buchanan, read by Joan Rivers.

Den 5. september lidt efter midnat ringer Dødsrådet til Mateo Torrez og Rufus Emeterio. Dødsrådet kan se ud i fremtiden: Både Mateo og Rufus vil dø i dag. De to kender endnu ikke hinanden. Spørgsmålet er, om de kan nå at finde hinanden, kærligheden og en mening med livet på den tid, de har tilbage. Kan man leve et helt liv på kun et døgn? En gribende undersøgelse af, hvad vi lever for: dem vi elsker, oplevelser og chancen for at efterlade et meningsfyldt bidrag, uanset hvor småt.

In this classic of the UFO literature pantheon, Helen and Betty Mitchell are approached by humanoid space aliens at a coffee shop in St. Louis, Missouri, in the late 1950s. Taught how to communicate with the space people from Mars and Venus, they receive messages from their new friends. Finally, they are taken on a spaceship voyage. This is the account of their experiences and the messages they were given by the aliens: Abolish nuclear weapons, create educational television programming, and become vegetarians, or possibly face extinction.

Simon Snow er den absolut værste udvalgte, der nogensinde er blevet udvalgt. Det siger hans roommate Baz i hvert fald. Og det kan godt være, at Baz er en ondsindet vampyr, men han har jo ret! Halvdelen af tiden kan Simon ikke engang få sin tryllestav til at fungere - eller også sætter han ild til ting og sager. Hans mentor gør alt for at undgå ham, hans kæreste har slået op med ham, og der er et magi-ædende monster, som går rundt med Simons ansigt på. Baz ville have nydt alt dette, hvis han altså havde været her. Det er starten på deres sidste skoleår på Watford School of Magicks, og så har Simons plageånd ikke engang besværet sig med at dukke op.

Det er svært for den 16-årige Aaron at finde glæden ved livet efter farens selvmord. Med støtte fra sin mor og sin kæreste Genevieve er han dog langsomt ved at komme ovenpå igen. Men da Genevieve rejser væk i et par uger, møder Aaron tilflytteren Thomas. Thomas gør ham glad, og efterhånden går det op for Aaron, at han er mere end bare en ven. Problemet er, at det blandt Aarons gamle venner slet ikke er i orden at have følelser for en anden fyr.

A Collection of Sayings of Mama 'Nem: The Wit and Wisdom of Mama, Muhdear and Othermothers is an intergenerational collection of folk expressions (or sayings) that heralds moral lessons, discipline, wisdom, and love of women (sometimes referred to as village elders), whose sayings and teachings were designed to press into our psyches rich lessons they knew we would need as we came of age and beyond.

An enthralling drama of courage, love and determination in time of war from master storyteller Betty Burton. As World War Two breaks over Europe, Eve Anders is already a veteran from the Spanish Civil War. But now she's called to a very different kind of action: to come home to train for the newly formed SOE. When Eve left her home town of Portsmouth, she'd never intended to return. Poor housing, poor wages and poor opportunities forced her to make a clean break.

Poverty and factory work have filled Lu Wilmott with a determination to make something of herself. The call to Spain is irresistible: she can live up to her ideals and finally be the woman she’s always wanted to be. Signing up as a driver, Lu leaves her past and becomes Eve. One of the few women in charge of heavy vehicles, faced with constant danger, she falls for Spain. But here ‘Eve’ encounters an old love. Can she find room in her stretched new life for romance?

It was 1969, and all the rules were changing, when Betty, a woefully single French teacher on Long Island, met the handsome but edgy new teacher at her school -- a hippie just back from Woodstock. His vitality opened up a new world to her, but when they married his rages turned against her, and often ended with physical violence. Like millions of women who discover they've married an abusive man, Betty was forced to make daily decisions to suppress her feelings or risk confrontation, to keep it secret or report, and ultimately, to live with it or leave. Part gripping story, part warm-hearted look at the '70s, and part therapeutic journey.

The journey begins with a young Beth on a camping trip. When suddenly she finds herself in the swamp, it is an angel that helps her out. This was her first encounter with the God of the universe and it wasn't to be her last. Fast forward and Beth is longing to escape a relationship filled with domestic violence. A strange vision and an encounter with a stranger is what propels her forward to putting her faith in the Lord Jesus.

Unconventional Poetry, Volume 1: Love Edition has 22 different poems about love, deceit, desire, and betrayal. The Love Edition of Unconventional Poetry is a short, thought-provoking book.