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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.

A bounty hunter is haunted by a painful past he believes is tied to a ruthless villain. A young boy on a spiritual quest finds his future threatened by that same man. In the dense forests of the American Northwest, their fates intertwine in a raw, psychological Western. But the drama onscreen in the forgotten 1951 film Pick Up the Gun, My Son is only half the picture.

The Clara Conjecture is a new interpretation of historical facts. In 1938 Germany occupied Austria. Professor Lise Meitner, no longer shielded by her Austrian passport from measures against Jews, was fired. An equal of Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, she had led the world's best theoretical physics institute for nearly 30 years. In Berlin she designed the experiment that would split the uranium atom to produce energy.

Kat's Dilemma is a work of fiction. Created out of bits and pieces of research into the social and cultural challenges encountered by women and men in America at the turn of last century. Only two of the characters are based on real life people in the history of my family. Katherine Gehm was my great grandmother. Some of the known family incidents and resulting emotions are reflected in the character Kat. Johann Wuenderlich was a young German Lutheran who immigrated to the US, converted to Methodism, and returned to Germany to introduce and spread that Christian sect.

In this raw and haunting fictionalized memoir, the author pulls back the curtain on a childhood riddled with secrets, suffering, and survival. She and her sister endured a world no child should ever know a life of fear, cruelty, and unimaginable pain, hidden behind closed doors. It was a hell they were forced to survive, with no escape and no one to save them. But even in the darkest moments, she found strength-strength to endure, to fight, and to rise above the horrors that tried to break her. With unwavering faith and resilience, she carried a truth too painful to speak-until now.

Coming from a dysfunctional family, and then losing his best friend in combat, TJ had no hope for the future. He neither wanted nor needed any friends- the loss was too painful. His depression continued until he crossed paths with an unlikely canine, facing turmoil of its own. Would an improbable intersection of two lives make a difference for one or both?

By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife. By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife.

Removed from the shadow of death as the Queen of King Henry VIII, Anna of Cleves revels in her new life as the King's "good sister". A new Queen has risen, the young Catherine Howard, and as court and country try to pit Anna against Catherine, the Lady of Cleves strives to show only friendship and support to the new Queen and the royal family.

From the tin mines of Cornwall to the iron ranges of America—seven generations, one family, and the cost of going underground. In 1748, Richard Caddy signed his name in a Cornish parish register, leaving the first written proof his family existed. Before that day, there were no Caddys—or if there were, they left no marks.

Eleven-year-old Akash Patil lives happily with his mother and extended family in a small, secluded community on the American East Coast—a haven for South Asian immigrants. However, an unforeseen tragedy in his town sets off a harrowing sequence of events, disrupting the peace within his family and close-knit neighborhood.

In early 2021, the stock value of PwnShop—a dead to rights bricks-and-mortar retailer disrupted by the digital downloading of video games—inexplicably ballooned overnight. While much has been written about the mechanics of the meme stock short squeezes, no one has yet clarified the chaotic drama of what was happening inside such a company during its zeitgeist moment.

Hollywood producer Ben Howell built an empire on dreams, but died keeping his darkest truth locked away. When his estranged son, Will, discovers a mysterious key among his father’s belongings, it unlocks more than just a hidden journal. It unleashes the voice of a seventeen-year-old boy named Benji, trapped forever on the decks of the Titanic as it plunged toward disaster.

The Old Writer is losing the plot. Struggling to complete the long-overdue thirteenth and final volume of his cult ‘Leepus’ series of bizarre detective novels, he is exhaustingly distracted by the anarchic reality of his family life. Rude Jude, Jilted John, Vile Viola, ASBO Angie, Cracked Jack and Obscene Irene are the characters of his life story—relatives and children whose dysfunctional lives conspire to undermine his efforts to find them resolution and redemption.

In this historical fiction following Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, join the story from Scotland in 1746. This dramatic story is based on the true events surrounding the Jacobite Rising in the mid 1700s, in which the young prince is embroiled. In Bonnie Prince Charlie’s attempt to tamp out a revolution he finds himself entangled in politics, love, life, and the crushing weight of royalty.

Charlotte learns the truth behind the execution of the Royal Romanov family of Russia, revealed to her by the surviving grandson of Tsar Nicholas II, the last full blood Prince of Russia. One of the World's biggest mysteries and tragic events is uncovered after a century of numerous speculations. She must face the threats and dangers from the governments in power wanting to keep the truth hidden. Should she tell the world the secrets being buried or stay silent as the shadow group behind the Monarchies of Europe insists?

On the evening of July 27th, 1890, Vincent van Gogh, aiming for his heart, shot himself with a revolver. He missed. Today, Vincent van Gogh is considered one of history's most brilliant artists, revered by millions the world over. However, he sold only one painting in his lifetime, spent years in insane asylums, and died penniless in a garret. Haunted by his failures, riddled with addiction, and debilitated by mental illness, van Gogh eventually took his own life. What were the circumstances that led to such a fatal decision?

Karl Marx: The Divine Tragedy presents a groundbreaking exploration of Karl Marx’s life, revealing the man not just as a revolutionary thinker, but as a flawed prophet consumed by his own radical vision. Robert Orlando traces Marx's descent through the lens of Dante’s Divine Comedy. unveiling a deeply spiritual and haunting journey through the inferno of Marx’s personal and ideological struggles.

Occupied France, 1942: Psychiatrist Dr. Adélaïde Hautval is arrested for defending a Jewish family. When she’s deported to Auschwitz and assigned to the women’s infirmary, she’s ordered to assist with sterilization experiments under SS doctors—including the infamous Josef Mengele. As the line between healing and harm blurs, Adélaïde makes a choice that could cost her everything. London, 1964: Two decades later, one of the Nazi doctors is on trial—and Adélaïde is the key to exposing the truth.

Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging, and she’s embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she’s climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow. Clara is a handful. The “It” Girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch, and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is even more scandalous. Hoping to impose a little order on Clara’s chaotic life, Paramount persuades Daisy to sign on as Clara’s personal secretary.

My character has been shaped by two opposing forces; the pressure to conform to social norms, and the pressure to be true to myself. To be honest with you, these forces have really torn me apart. They’ve pulled me one way and then the other. At times, they’ve left me questioning my whole entire existence. But please don’t think that I’m angry or morose. I’m not. Because through adversity comes knowledge. I’ve suffered, it’s true. But I’ve learnt from my pain. I’ve become a better person.