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There’s something endearingly raw about Corker’s Creek … and what lies beneath its cover is not all tranquil. In the small rural town of Corker’s Creek in the Wimmera district of Victoria, Australia, Rory Clark is the local GP and his life-partner, Danny Adkin, is a paramedic based at the...

On Christmas Eve, a family has gathered around the table for the obligatory dinner. The father, once an imposing figure who terrorized his children, has suddenly fallen prey to Parkinson’s. Yesterday’s tyrant is now trapped inside a disintegrating body. André, the eldest child, is nearing 60....

A heartwarming story of how a trip to the grocery store helps to teach what love and family really mean.

Scientists will soon know so much about biochemistry that it will be possible for any fairly smart college student with some fairly cheap equipment to create deadly new viruses. This will make it possible for terrorists to kill billions of people.

This e-book is designed for use by teenagers and young adults in their English composition courses. It deals with the literary - as opposed to the literal - side of writing. Most course syllabi use the label Creative Writing to name courses in which this e-textbook would be appropriate. I prefer the...

Brilliant and tense, Dany Laferrière's first novel, How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired, is as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published in Canada in 1985. With ribald humor and a working-class intellectualism on par with Charles Bukowski's or Henry Miller's, Laferrière's...

A woman is cursed by a Jinni to be his slave, and looks for an opportunity to escape. Don't miss this dark fantasy short story.

Best Seller - These Marines battled two unknown and unseen enemies, one was the impending chemical attacks by the coming enemy and the other was each other boredom. With deadly attitudes and skill, they found themselves training, mentally preparing, and taunting each other endlessly for entertainment....

Americans during the first decades of the 21st century have enjoyed a very high standard of living; even though we may vary greatly in wealth, few people in this country actually go hungry. Most enjoy adequate nutrition and shelter and medical care and transportation and communication services; many...

"None of that matters, Vance." Andromeda said. "To tell the truth, I only went after Goldenmoon because I was bored. I planned to skim off some gold, and then be on my way to another part of the Belt. I didn't expect your father to die; I never wanted that. And I never expected to get...

The doctrine of the eternal security of the believer is a very important doctrine. It is also a doctrine that is non-negotiable and cannot be compromised. Some things we believe and teach are so intertwined with the Gospel that to deny them is to deny the Word of God. This is one of those teachings....

Dating, Courtship and Betrothal: Sorting Out Marriage Matters With Bible Principles is a book whose time has come. The book is written from a Christian perspective that takes the Bible quite seriously. If you are looking for answers from the Scriptures, this book may be just what you are wanting. In...

This book is designed for use in English composition courses. It focuses on the generally accepted practices by those writers who attempt to present the unvarnished truth. Unlike the literary writer, one who writes on a literal level does not wish to suspend reality but rather to present his thoughts...

What difference does it make if you are a Baptist, or an Episcopalian, or a Catholic, or a Lutheran, or a Methodist, or anything else? I think there is a big difference. In this book, we explore why I believe being a Baptist is so important. The church you attend is important because in a true church...