The best-selling author of "When The Bough Breaks, Blood Test," and "Over The Edge" delivers the most stunning novel yet and featuring psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past--Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that he desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she is dead, an apparent suicide. Driven by guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of Sharon's life -- a journey that will take him through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, into the dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.

These fairies are crafty! Rainspell Island is hosting an Arts and Crafts Week. Rachel and Kirsty can't wait to try all the different creative activities! But Jack Frost has other plans. He likes making chaos more than making art. Now that Kayla the Pottery Fairy's vase is missing, ceramic projects are in trouble! Can Rachel and Kirsty put a stop to Jack Frost's antics before he ruins everything? Find the special fairy object in each book and help save the arts and crafts magic!

I can\'t run anymore. The race is ending. Sam makes a shocking discovery about the last 13 that will change everything. The shattering revelation will set the race on a dangerous course, more terrifying than even his worst nightmares. With the world in turmoil and their enemies circling closer, the last 13 assemble in Egypt to fulfil the prophecy. Can they all make it to the end or will the power beyond the Dream Gate be lost to evil forever? The last 13 is complete. The battle ends now.

An unexpected saviour ensures Sam lives to continue his search for the last 13. His next all-too-real nightmare leads him to Paris and the Council of Dreamers. With Solaris seemingly one step ahead of Sam's every move, unlikely alliances form. Treasure beyond belief beckons, while tragedy strikes at the very heart of the Academy. Will Sam and his friends survive and stay ahead of the game, or is the world doomed?

Since time immemorial, stories have been a medium of imparting knowledge, wisdom and learning that has been handed down from one generation to the next.

Written in simple language, 100 Desi Stories to Inspire You keeps the tradition of storytelling alive through a compilation of short stories that will appeal to a wide readership. The stories are invaluable life-lessons on situations we experience in our everyday living. From creativity and innovation to teamwork and leadership; from love and courage to maturity and confidence the tales are thought-provoking and cover almost every human emotion.

The presentation of the stories in this book is unique – each story ends by asking pertinent questions, making the reading experience interactive and introspective.

Our ancestors have always used stories of gods and saints to ward off our fears, instill confidence, and to teach us the difference between good and evil or right and wrong.

A country where many faiths exist side by side, India has a rich heritage of holy narratives. At the heart of every philosophy lie tales of foresight and wisdom. Such stories impart invaluable lifelessons. With an exhaustive collection of rare gems from Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikkhism, Jainism & Buddhism, 100 Desi Stories: Wisdom from Ancient India is a treasure trove of short narratives all set to tickle your brain.

Each story ends by asking pertinent questions, making the reading experience interactive and introspective. Dive into the world of these desi narratives to enhance your problemsolving skills!

Stories and anecdotes are the best way to convey a powerful message. Here is a collection of inspirational and motivational stories, which everyone will enjoy reading and you can learn something from each story too. Written in an interactive form every story, presented in this book conveys a special message for the readers, to get inspired to achieve something great and outstanding in life. One of the special features, in the presentation of the stories, is that the ending part of the story is not revealed. The readers have to think for a while and come up with their own answers. The stories adorned in this book deal with a variety of subjects like human relationship, personality development, time and stress management, moral ethics, spiritual values, etc. This book will appeal to preachers, speakers and teachers and readers of all age groups. Just like we need food for our body, we also need food for our spirit that comes as touching and motivational stories, they can give us power and make us feel better. Hope that these stories will help you become inspired!

This is one of the many inspiring books from the renowned Motivator Dr. G. Francis Xavier. Evidently, this harvest of stories has been gleaned from lands he visited and books he read. Xavier, who conducts full-house personal growth courses has brought out this compendium in an interactive form, making the reader give the answers at the end of the story, which is a novel approach. Stories and examples are the best way to inspire, and this volume can be gifted to anyone. It is useful for preachers, speakers and teachers. The book appeals to readers of all ages except the morose and irredeemable negaholics (negative thinking addicts) and anti-reading teenagers. It has stories to inspire and promises uninterrupted chuckles till the end. There are also quotations on success.

The 103 series brings you concepts, discoveries, paradoxes, journeys, mysteries and stuff from fields as diverse as science, travel, sports and history. Including the profound and the playful, the books take a look at subjects with a fresh and sometimes, whimsical eye. The lucid language makes complex ideas accessible, so that you will want to read the books from cover to cover and also dip into them for years to come.

This is it. My nightmares have finally come true. Sam's deepest fears become real as his enemies grow more numerous and ever-more powerful. Struggling to stay one step ahead, Sam must locate 11 more Dreamers and solve the next piece of the puzzle. Can Sam and his allies unlock the secrets of an ancient journal to reveal their final destiny? Sam is far from home, with the fate of the entire world in his hands. He must find the last 13. The race is on.

This is where you die, Sam. The nightmare is real and Sam must face his destiny. Will the chilling prophecy and the ultimate battle against Solaris come true? Nothing could have prepared Sam for this terrifying new life as one of the last 13 Dreamers. From New York to Egypt, to Italy - the search for the rest of the last 13 will take Sam across the globe. He cannot do it alone, but who can he really trust? He must find the rest of the last 13. The race has begun. 13 books. 13 nightmares. 1 destiny. Are you one of them?

Literary Awards Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Older Children. I click my fingers and everybody dies. Sam wakes from his nightmare to discover the terrifying reality. It will come true. Kidnapped from school and finding out his parents aren't who he thinks they are, Sam is suddenly running from danger at every turn. Nothing will ever be the same again. With his life and identity shattered, Sam's salvation is tied to an ancient prophecy. He is in the final battle to save the world, up against an enemy plotting to destroy us all. He alone can find the last thirteen.

Literary Awards Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (1984), Locus Award Nominee for All-Time Best Science Fiction Novel (1987).

Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In India, there are a few more steps: Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy. Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl. Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family. Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married. Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don't agrees. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it?

At the end there is only darkness. With the final countdown now only days away, Sam and Eva must brave the dangers of Antarctica to find Alex, the twelfth Dreamer and Gear. An impossible, amazing discovery underneath the ice will bring them all closer to the end of the race, but with betrayal on every side, how can they make it out of there alive? Sam must unite the last 13. Time is running out.

In this gripping graphic novel, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his steadfast assistant Conseil set out on an expedition with the US Navy to track down a mysterious sea creature that poses a threat to international shipping. Despite months of searching, they are unable to capture the creature, and during one encounter, they are thrown overboard, only to discover that the "monster" is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, helmed by the enigmatic and imposing Captain Nemo. Thus begins an epic journey that takes Aronnax, Conseil, and the daring Canadian harpooner Ned Land on a remarkable 20,000 league (nearly 50,000 miles) journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne's enthralling tale of undersea exploration has captivated readers for generations.

When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it. Yet, along with almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years: Who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What purpose lay behind the transformation? What would become of the Star-Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could drive HAL, a stable, intelligent computer, to kill the crew? Was HAL really insane? What happened to HAL and the spaceship Discovery after Dave Bowman disappeared? Would there be a sequel? Now all those questions and many more have been answered. In this stunning sequel to his international bestseller, Clarke has written what will truly be one of the great books of the '80s. Cosmic in sweep, eloquent in its depiction of Man's place in the Universe, and filled with the romance of space, this novel is a monumental achievement

"I destroyed all those who might help you. You're on your own now, boy." Still heartbroken by the loss of his mentor, Sam discovers the next Dreamer is someone very close to him. Together they must travel to the other side of the world to find the eleventh Gear. On his voyage with Hans, Alex's dreams grow ever-more powerful as he encounters pirates, deep-sea peril and the harshest climate on earth. He will need all his resourcefulness just to survive. Racing to find the Gear in the Australian Outback, Sam and Eva must also outrun their enemies in the race for the Dream Gate. Can they reach it in time? Sam must find the last 13. The end is approaching.