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Oliver Caradog saves a small boy from a white dragon. Unable to find his family and suspecting him to be not entirely human, he names him Jude and takes him home to be cared for by his wife in the realm of the tyrant King Vortigern. This is a fantasy fiction short story based on the real history of Wales, a beautiful and wild country where dragons have always lived.

Buddu and his endearing friends take us on a journey of learning about self-hypnosis, Reiki healing, Ikigai, and a host of fascinating lessons. This adventure is full of wonderful wise quotes known as "The Knowings". Why not join us and discover such amazing characters ranging from Horace the Hare, Mr. Prickles the Hedgehog, and other unique creatures who are students of Buddu the Cornish Bard.

A name can be a powerful thing. Oliver only ever had one until the meeting of a former pirate revealed another. A heinous murder then brought the two together. He wasn’t prepared for this life, but acting the part of a pirate demands a grim, determined resolve he must quickly master. Oliver’s name being his most valuable asset, others will try to use it for their own gain. It is now his burden to discern friend from foe in the harsh world he’s been thrust into.

How is it that one Austrian man, diminutive in stature, an unsuccessful Viennese street artist, a mediocre soldier, came to lead a nation into another devastating World War? All of this cannot be achieved by one man alone; other influences and circumstances contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler. There were many supporting players and acts in this story, long before Hitler was even born.

During the financial devastation of the 1920-'30, a group of German Industrialist assume control of their government by supporting Hitler and his Nazi Party's rise to power. Goals of nationalism turn in a quest for global Aryan supremacy, leading a world to war. In 1943, the Sentinels learn of an attempt by the same industrialists to smuggle their "Fortunes of War" out of Germany before the Allied forces invade. Fearing the wealth will be used to finance the organization of a Fourth German Reich, the Six Sentinels gather together.

The Follow-up to the Award-Winning The Wisdom of Hobbits, Mimetic Theory & Middle-earth: Untangling Desire in Tolkien's Legendarium, by long-time author Matthew J. Distefano, delves deeply into J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, using René Girard's mimetic theory as the primary lens through which to view the good professor’s legendary texts.

After a short spell in the trenches in 1915, Jack Cunningham, a miner from the North-East of England, finds himself recruited as a tunneler to dig mines under the German lines, becoming involved in the underground warfare between the two sides. Telling his story through a series of flashbacks, he is tormented by a voice inside his head, questioning his memories and his obvious guilt at surviving when others didn’t, swinging between varying states of confusion and control over his situation and over what is and isn’t real.

London faces the worst disaster in its history…It was to be the day the American President drove in state through the streets of the UK’s capital city. But the lethal combination of a gigantic freak storm and an unusually high tide launch a devastating thirty-foot surge of water up the Thames. By the middle of the morning London’s streets are already under several feet of water – and the level is still rising. What follows is a catastrophe on an unimaginable scale.

Nicaea, 1097. Daniel has gone from a petty thief living in the shadows of Constantinople to a budding squire serving the gruff Sir Hendry. He’s earned his place among the crusaders, proving himself capable during the capture of the impenetrable city, but he is still a meager player in a massive army of princes and lords.

During the turbulent late 1950s (Eisenhower Era), the New Sentinels are called upon to reveal a hidden plot (Operation Ajax) to topple Iran's Parliamentary Government, reinstate the exiled Shah, and take over Iran's oil industry, the fourth-largest in the world. When British and American oil interests secretly orchestrate a coup to seize control of Iran's oil fields in 1953, a small group of humanitarian visionaries and conscientious allies must conduct a high-stakes underground operation to protect a utopian community of farmers and foil the world powers' greedy ambitions.

When a mysterious threat is received at a government laboratory and a terrorist attack precipitates a multi-agency response, DCI Greg Geldard is called in to investigate. As he delves deeper into the case, he finds himself on a dangerous path. Someone he cares for is put at risk before he can close in on a violent criminal driven by hate. Fires of Hate is a gripping and suspenseful listen, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and L J Ross.

Everyone thinks their summer camp officers are evil. Every summer camp feels like a fight for survival. Every child thinks there is something lurking in the woods. But maybe this time they’re right....

Fen was a good guy pretty much his entire life up until the day he died. After his death, Fen woke up in a strange place without any memory of himself or the events that led to his death. This new place was unlike anything he’d seen on Earth, but that wasn’t his biggest problem. Fen’s biggest problem was the sword at his neck and the big man asking him to tell the truth. But telling the truth seemed wrong, out of place. Lying seemed like the easiest and fastest way to keep his head. So he lied.

An incredible power has awakened in Rekco—something beyond his comprehension—something that could change the fate of all those around him. Searching for the Eminent: The Collapse of Reality concludes the story of Last Thesi and the mysteries surrounding the Eminent, revealing all truths—for better, or worse.

Fitzwilliam Darcy is a successful young barrister with a bright future. His late uncle has guided his career, made him his heir, and even selected a bride for him—sight unseen—whom he’ll meet and marry upon her majority. Who could have predicted that making the acquaintance of Miss Elizabeth Bennet in Meryton would throw those careful plans into disarray? Elizabeth Bennet doesn’t know what to make of “Fitz” Darcy, who intrigues and draws her notice like no other.

George’s spells are more likely to flood the fortress than clean the dishes, but when a dragon carries off his twin sister, their magical bond pulls him on a quest to save her.

Darcy has always emulated his wise and honourable father, George Darcy. But following a sinister act of betrayal by a former family friend, his father rejects his most benevolent principles. When Georgiana forms a friendship with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Darcy convinces his father to allow the association to continue. However, Elizabeth soon presents a thorny problem: she entices Darcy as no other lady has before, and with his father's current outlook, he would not approve of her as a daughter-in-law.

An ancient secret passed down since the dawn of time. A powerful Order sworn to protect it. One man’s vision to reveal the truth and trigger the greatest evolutionary leap in human history. A dark force hellbent on stopping him.

When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk. But there is something there that is new, yet very, very old.

World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving many nations and resulting in significant political, social, and economic changes worldwide. The war began with the German invasion of Poland, leading to the formation of two major alliances: the Axis powers, comprising Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Allied powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.