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It's Exit to Eden meets The Rum Diary! Spend seven days at the hedonistic tropical paradise of a swingers resort in Mexico. Just enough time to get into some very sexy trouble! Ryan and Jenn are still newbie swingers in many ways when they arrive with their friends, lovers, and playmates, Bruce and Paige, veterans of this trip. As this foursome tries to wring out every last drop of pleasure that Aphrodite's Resort and Spa has to offer, they're confronted with the realities of life at home, as well as complexities of exploring a life less monogamous.

A selection of poems and choruses read by T. S. Eliot himself, recorded in 1959. Poems : A song for Simeon, Ash wednesday, Family reunion Act II, Marina, Mr Eliot's Sunday morning, Murder in the cathedral Part I, O light invisible from the roc, Portrait of a Lady, Preludes, The love song of Alfred Prufo, Triumphal march from Coriolan.

The rugged beauty of the Mount St. Helens wilderness is being haunted by a killer. Hikers, loggers, and local residents are dying in horrible, mysterious ways, and lawmen Bud O'Brien and Charlie Redtail are forced to think it just might be a monster...maybe Bigfoot itself.

Clara Barton was one of those diminutive New England women of the 19th century who was determined to make the world a better place. What Susan B. Anthony was to women's suffrage and Harriet Beecher Stowe was to the cause of abolition, Clara Barton was to the humanitarian impulse of the American people to help the unfortunate victims of war and disaster.

Restaurant critic Derek Schumaker, notorious for his bitter reviews, is about to visit Daisy's Tea Garden, and Daisy and Aunt Iris are simmering with anxiety. A bad word from the culinary curmudgeon could really hurt their business. But how can he resist her cucumber sandwiches with pimento spread - not to mention the cheesy cauliflower soup and strawberry walnut salad? Schumaker takes a to-go order when the afternoon tea service is done, which Daisy hopes is a good sign. But when he perishes from a seizure, it looks like his food was dosed with something deadly.

This piece looks at the Crop Circle Conspiracy, seeing it not only as a magical event but also as a social phenomenon that shows how people deal with uncertainty. This article looks into where crop circles came from, the different ideas about how they were made, and what they really mean. It means that the real secret is not who the makers are, but why people are so interested in them

Tech billionaire Elizabeth Pollock awakens to find herself strapped to a wooden pole in the middle of a clearing in the dark heart of the Amazon. Surrounded on all sides by tall trees and dense vegetation, she soon finds out that hidden within this ancient and primeval rainforest are creatures thought to have died out hundreds of millions of years ago. It isn’t long before she comes to the terrifying realization that this all pales in comparison to the individual or entity that has brought her here.

The Cross Intents trilogy is an action-packed view of spiritual warfare and the interaction of the natural with the supernatural, centered around the time of Christ. In The Birth, book 1 of the trilogy: it is up to a small team of angels to prepare for the coming of the King. They must keep the location of His birth hidden from the enemy while preparing all the human players who will have a crucial role. The mystery of the ages is about to unfold.

The Cross Intents trilogy is an action-packed view of spiritual warfare and the interaction of the natural with the supernatural, centered around the time of Christ. In The Baptism, book 2 of the trilogy: now all the spiritual forces know the King has taken on flesh. Mortal flesh. The angelic team must protect the King from the wave of destruction unleashed by a relentless enemy until He is old enough to begin His campaign. The mission in the Middle Realm remains a mystery, but the dangers in the Physical Realm are very real.

Lasadi doesn't like strangers on her ship, but she'll need a bigger crew if she's going to steal a mysterious artifact from a dead pirate's long-lost space station. She takes a chance on a charming grifter named Raj, along with a skilled hacker and her genius little brother. And it's...nice? If Lasadi isn't careful, she's going to start enjoying having a crew aboard. Raj's last bit of luck capsized right before he ran into Lasadi, and this job could finally get his life back on track—as long as Lasadi never learns the truth about his past.

Merlin is alive! Ethan, Guinevere, and his friends must rescue the legendary wizard. But first, they have to find him. With only vague clues to give them direction, Ethan must pool all of his resources and knowledge before it is too late. At the same time, there's a magic-using Ogre who wants him dead, a corrupted city trying to summon an evil goddess, and the strange insect queen who wants to eat his brain. Ethan will need to use all of his cunning and unravel the mystery of the strange dragon glyph before his world collapses around him.

Ethan and his companions are recovering from the Tomb of Pendragon, but a new adventure calls. They have found an ancient journal belonging to the legendary wizard, Merlin, and it has directions to the ancient city. But dangers lurk on the road to Camelot, and possibly in Camelot itself. Before they know it, Ethan and his friends are swept into an adventure that may unveil untold secrets - or release untold evil.

Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts, with witches, but for Lee Barrett it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown - where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives - to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV. But the only opening is for a call-in psychic to host the late-night horror movies. It seems the previous host, Ariel Constellation, never saw her own murder coming.

Isabel Preston spent her teenage years with a mother who struggled to pay the bills in their suburban home as she covered up the whereabouts of Isabel’s absent father. Fueled with anger, frustration, resentment, and pain in her heart, Isabel loves nothing more than to be defiant toward her mother by refusing to attend college with a full scholarship. Instead, she spends most of her time running the streets with a crime lord named Bruce Tripson.

Knees in the breeze. That’s all I really want, but nothing ever goes the way I want. Bodies are piling up, Petra is too scared to talk, and the club is scrambling to figure out just what is going on. When I signed on with the Kings of Vengeance, I figured I’d get my time with my knees in the breeze, but someone has other plans for the Kings. Soon they’ll find out we aren’t called the Kings of Vengeance for nothing. Vengeance will be ours.

It's good to be a God...until you're not. Robert Hoskins was once a High Fae and the God of Hades. But now he's human again, having been stripped of his powers by the Goddess Gaea and sent to an alternative Las Vegas where the Fae rule with an iron fist and magic is the law of the land. Gaea sent him here for a reason, and if he ever wants to get home, he'll have to find out why. That's not an easy task when you're constantly fighting Demons, Demi-Gods, and other assorted nasties. Working as a cop in this Sin City isn't easy, especially when you've lost your powers.

The Last Marine: Book One is author T.S. Ransdell’s vision of a future American dark age where all civilians serve at the pleasure of the government. In this dystopian tale Joel Levine, a journalist/historian for the government, is given the task of creating a history to remind people why the bygone American warrior culture was dangerous to them. To do so, Levine is given Government VIP status to interview the last known veteran of the disbanded United States Marine Corps, Sean Harris, incarcerated for the remainder of his life for murder and treason.

When evolutionary biology professor Dr. Zack Hitchens loses his wife in a senseless accident, he decides to follow her dreams all the way to the roof of the world - the peak of Mount Everest. On the infernal mountain, Zack and his teammates battle sickness, whiteout conditions, avalanches, the oxygen-starved minds of other climbers - and something else. Something primitive and consumed with rage. Something seeking revenge. Something downright abominable.

Memphis Johnson loves his Montana ranch. It is something he has worked hard for all his life. When his Pa died, he swore he would give back by helping others see the beauty in the land, as Pa did for him. But with that can come trouble and even heartache. One unfortunate girl begins a different kind of hard work for Memphis. He tries to help her learn the ropes and tame her wild ways. His heart opens too wide for her, and he finds he has to change tactics fast or lose her.

College student, Chelsea Carerra, is in desperate need of money to get her autistic brother into the right program, so she accepts a job as a maid in Holland for the summer break. What she doesn't know is that the owner, Alex Silverhaus, isn't the man she expected. Instead of being greeted by a wealthy older man, she finds a gorgeous playboy fighting to make the movie he's always dreamed of.