Xlibris Nz: 203 books

It is 1960s Singapore and a time of turbulence: political argument in Malaya, invasion threats from Indonesia, and the Cold War is spreading through Southeast Asia. Sarah is a clever young officer sent to monitor the radio waves and provide military intelligence for the British. Pearl is the young...

A group of journalists enters the vast South American rainforest in search of an ancient temple that is endangered by the country's ongoing guerrilla warfare. When a tragedy strikes, they quickly realize they are in for a life-or-death situation and not all of them will make it out alive. What follows is a series of events that will reveal the dark secrets one of the group members holds.

The sequel to In The Beginning tells of the changes to the earth as it begins to renew itself. It also tells of the people remaining on the earth who struggle to understand what is happening and learning to live in a new world while teaching each other survival techniques and compassion and preparing themselves, and each other, for what is to come.

This book is a selection of creative writings. They consist of Zoë’s thoughts from the darkness of burnout and depression through her journey into the light. Zoë has drawn inspiration from the people who have guided her through recovery. Zoë wishes to thank all of them for their patience and support and for believing in her.

In The Common Sense Spell Book, you will learn how to create magic. Real spells, keyed to you and filled with your own symbolism that work with your own strengths. It begins with what you need to know and consider before you start, what you need to do to create and cast a spell and what should be...

This is the story of five young women who are trapped in a cave during a massive earthquake and the change in the world around them when they finally escape; their journey to find family and their trauma in the new way of life they are forced to live; the people they meet on their journey, friends...

Their life began in style with wealth being part of their heritage going back to their grandparents days. Tragedy strikes the twins at the age of seven and their lives get turned upside down and not for the better. Graham and Sassy at seven years old barely live to survive with Graham being the protective...

Has it become a problem to be a youth, or it is a blessing? Some say they are energetic yet mischievous. Others still say, they dont know what has become of this age group of young people. Indeed, the wind sometimes takes charge and blows youth far and wide out of tract, losing focus and direction....

Katherine Betham is a new Author with the release of her first Poetry Classique, The Order it shall Be, LIFE. Katherine is a New Zealand born Samoan Woman and Mother of four children, Liam (19) Jamie (17), Blaine (11) and Elyse (9 years). Katherine was born at Wellington Hospital on the 24th August...

Waipuna, the Maori people, are Polynesian by heritage who migrated to New Zealand in about the eighth century AD from Polynesia. The European explorers arrived in the seventeenth century. Most place names are Maori, hence the name Waipuna. Wai is water in Maori and Puna describes spring water that...

This is a very Popperian approach to evolutionary study. Karl Popper was a philosopher of science, who took science very seriously, and had a profound influence on the chemists and zoologists where I did my undergraduate degree. The book starts from about 1600, when people accepted that life continued...

Putting Tradition on Trial challenges the commonly-held beliefs that the Son of God was resurrected on either the first day of the week or the Sabbath day by comparing three popular Bible versions with literal translations of the relevant ancient Greek texts, thus enabling the reader to clearly discern...

An old man and a young Born Again Christian meet in a library. The younger man wants to save the old man before he departs this world. His enthusiasm is diminished when Neil, an agnostic, proceeds to give his opinion of well known scriptures in the Bible. With humour, Neil teaches Jason how to dissect...

The story covers the immediate rise in rank of a Dominion Fleet department head to command of his vessel, a space-going battle ship. After assuming command of the Dominion Ship, Maelstrom, Graffs close friend is murdered as part of a plan to instigate a war with bands of refugees and settlers that...