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Graffi Urbani: Viaggio nella street art di Napoli e provincia – Journey through street art of Naples and province

About Graffi Urbani: Viaggio nella street art di Napoli e provincia – Journey through street art of Naples and province

Is street art a cultural movement or only another way to express an artist’s personality? Does it give a sign of society or it’s only a matter of beauty? We are going to walk together around one of the biggest open-air exhibitions, discovering artists, origins, and hidden meanings of Naples murals. Turn the first page, an adventure is about to start.

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Five Days With You

About Five Days With You

Fresh from signing her divorce papers, Chloe has no idea her luck is finally about to change. Her best friend convinces her to take a vacation to clear her mind and find herself after her divorce. Chloe signs up for a retreat in Hawaii with the idea of just yoga for a week. Instead, she gets lost on a hike and finds herself on the property of Adam, a local ARMY veteran who rescues dogs off the streets. Chloe and Adam only have days to figure out this spark between them before she flies away. Is the spark big enough? Or will their fling just become another vacation romance?

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Sovereign Servants – The Sending

About Sovereign Servants – The Sending

In a virgin earth, which is yet undefiled by the baneful touch of man, can mankind preserve the earth’s maiden glory? What or who can protect this virgin earth from the inevitable corruption and wickedness of humans that is doomed to defile and disfigure this perfect world?

An Epic Fantasy set in a prehistoric Earth.

A time when the earth was yet undefiled. A time of which no history remains.

A tale of destiny and purpose; told through scrolls of prophecy, action, emotion, drama, and a slowly unraveling, deep lore.

A King with a blameless character and rigidly upright moral compass; his younger brother, the Prince who looks at the world in shades of grey, but holds absolute devotion and obedience to his elder brother.

The elder brother, the Sceptre; the younger, the Sword. The righteous King, who stands on faith and hope. The sceptic Prince, whose faith lies in his sword; and hope, in vengeance.

What happens when suffocating guilt and scars of the past threaten a father’s ability to parent?

What happens when a tiny kingdom has to face the threat of a full-scale war from the largest empire? How will this small nation engage this threat of seemingly insurmountable odds as they face an empire more than four times its size?

SUMMARY

The first instalment in the VIRGIN EARTH series, ‘Sovereign Servants – The Sending’ follows the lives and exploits of two brothers: The elder brother – King Jeraash Ehbed, and the younger brother – Prince Jared Ehbed. Following the two brothers who hold to dissimilar views of morality, it explores the various ends of the philosophical prism with infinite vertices, and also creates slow-moving paintings of the most earthed facets of the human experience.

Immerse yourselves in an enchanting fantasy world that offers a ‘drink-in the moment’ experience. With a wide range of diverse characters, the book sets up a platform for the reader to enjoy an abundant supply of fascinating and variegated character dynamics and get invested in relatable, interesting, and well-defined characters.

The deep lore of the Virgin Earth is only teased in this first instalment, leaving a lot to be discovered in the sequels. Its slow-paced storytelling indulges readers in a ‘drink-in the moment’ experience with fascinating characters, engaging action, a deep lore, and human stories in a fantasy setting.

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Miranda The Mermaid and The Magic Something: Short Storybook For Kids (The Merpeople of Atlantis 1) Kindle Edition by Melanie Voland and Rosa Voland

About Miranda The Mermaid and The Magic Something: Short Storybook For Kids (The Merpeople of Atlantis 1) Kindle Edition by Melanie Voland and Rosa Voland

Miranda The Mermaid has a very happy life with her grandmother in a beautiful castle, in the underwater lost city of Atlantis.

But because of a tragedy in her past, she sometimes feels sad, and worries that something bad like that might happen again.

Then one day, Miranda notices the difference between a story and a magic story, and discovers a whole new world of imagination and creativity, and a wonderful way to help herself and her people at the same time.

A lovely, deep, meaningful, heart-warming story that they will love, with multiple great themes about life and relationships for kids.

Miranda The Mermaid and the Magic Something is a multi-layered story with many sub-plots and micro-stories about magic and adventure, woven into the main story, that are also designed to be story prompts to inspire kids, or anyone, to create their own ‘magic something’ stories.

This is the short story e-book version of the original paperback book, which is a much longer and better value dual-purpose storybook and coloring book in one. As well as this story, the original paperback book contains lots of great coloring pages, and illustrations of the story and characters and makes a great gift for kids any time.

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HELLROSE

About HELLROSE

Over the past 150 years, HELLROSE psychiatric hospital has become one of America’s most feared establishments.

After being plagued by flashbacks to a terrifying past, a psychiatrist, Dr. Lisa Williams, tries to repair her life by helping a new outlandish patient who has his own horrifying history.

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The Secret World, The Himalayan Journals of Explorer M.G. Hawking

About The Secret World, The Himalayan Journals of Explorer M.G. Hawking

Free on Amazon September 3rd thru September 5th. This book reveals the compelling reality underlying historical traditions that have endured from the very threshold of history to the present day, the innumerable accounts of a ‘Secret World’ concealed deep in the immense wilderness of the Great Himalayan Range. 5-Stars: “A mysterious world. Undoubtedly, this is an intriguing read. It searches for answers to the most guarded secrets and deeply hidden mysteries of our time. Riddles that have their virtually untraced roots in the distant past of our human history.”
Years ago, on an extended trek into a closed and largely unexplored inner region of the Himalayas, in an isolated valley surrounded by vast snow fields and towering ice peaks, explorer M.G. Hawking chanced on a small village where he encountered remarkable men and women, introduced to him as masters and sages.
This anthology, The Secret World, contains detailed narratives of Hawking’s experiences, including first-hand accounts of the psychokinetic abilities he witnessed and in-depth descriptions of his discussions with the extraordinary people he met, revealing the esoteric knowledge and practices that make such extraordinary abilities possible.
Scholars relate that the first extant mention of this now legendary secret world appears in the scriptures of the pre-Tibetan Zhang Zhung culture which arose some 4000 years ago on the remote Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Comprehensive references continue through the millennia in numerous esoteric texts: the sacred B’on treaties, manuscripts of the Kalki lore, the Puranas, the earliest texts of the Kalachakra Laghutantra (c. 500 B.C.), in the even older Kalachakra Mulatantra (c. 900 B.C.), and in the ancient wisdom traditions of civilizations throughout the Himalayan regions of Asia and beyond. The Zhang Zhung and Tibetan scriptures refer to the secret world as Shambhala I lam-yig, B’on treaties as Olmolungring, Hindu histories as Aryavarth, Chinese as Hsi Tien, and Russian traditions as Belovoyde.
This book presents incomparable narratives for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge and personal power, and especially fascinating for anyone interested in exploring the realities of the legendary secret world of masters in the Himalayan wilderness. 2020 Edition Kindle Unlimited Book. For more information, please see the description and ‘Look Inside’ feature on the book’s Amazon page. Thank you.

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Black Hole Radio – Bilaluna by Ann Birdgenaw

Black Hole Radio - Bilaluna by Ann BirdgenawAbout Black Hole Radio – Bilaluna by Ann Birdgenaw

What happens when you have an active wormhole in your garage? Hawk finds out when he invites the new girl Celeste to the space club. The Black Hole Radio summons them down the hyperspace highway…. all the way to Pooponic’s moon, Bilaluna, which is inhabited by giant cyborg insects! Mutated Earth insects – but how did they get there? And how can they stop the climate disaster that forced them to leave Pooponic from destroying their beautiful new home on Bilaluna?

Join Hawk, Matt and Celeste on another intergalactic adventure as they are carried over the treetops by giant cyborg flies, race on the backs of cyborg roaches through an alien rainforest and sip nectar with the Queen Bee at a totally incredible intergalactic tea party! Stay tuned!

“…Young readers won’t have any trouble following the characters’ adventures and the author’s vivid descriptions will keep kids and adults entertained. Black Hole Radio fuels the imagination, while also imparting an important message….to always follow your passion and believe in yourself.”
— Entrada Book Review

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Eye on the Prize: the Art of Deception

About Eye on the Prize: the Art of Deception

KC’s second novel is pulsating with riveting suspense and filled with surprising twists.

‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.’ (Gandhi)

Tragedy strikes Marco’s family when he is in middle school, and his dreams are shattered in the blink of an eye. Life offers him a second chance and he finds love. His career is doing well, but he is not making nearly as much money as he envisioned. His sense of entitlement makes him feel that he deserves so much more for everything he has endured.

Marco devises a brilliant plan for a get rich quick investment scam. He is not above taking anyone’s money, including the mafia. Money, greed, and lies deceive everyone involved while Marco keeps his eyes on the prize.

Is money really worth the price and will he live to tell about it? Find out in this page turning story that will take you on a ride full of twists and turns and leave you with a surprise ending. If you like the Wolf of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can, this is a must-read. You will not be able to put this book down.

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MAKIN’ IT HOME: 10 Rules to Help You Make It Home Safely from a Police Encounter by A. L. Jaxan

About MAKIN’ IT HOME: 10 Rules to Help You Make It Home Safely from a Police Encounter by A. L. Jaxan

Parents, we all know that when police fulfill their duty to serve and protect our communities, they serve a necessary and beneficial purpose. Much of the time, they do. When they fail to honor their duty, we—Black, Hispanic, indigenous, and brown people, those struggling with mental illness, and poor people of all backgrounds—are disproportionately the targets of police misconduct.

I have identified ten behaviors that will greatly reduce police aggression during a routine encounter. These behaviors are the basis for ten easy-to-remember rules designed to facilitate conversations with your children, whatever their age. By following the rules covered in this book, we can help bring bad policing to light. When citizens handle police encounters correctly, there can be no acceptable or legally defensible reason for police to use excessive or deadly force.

No one deserves to die simply for disobeying routine police commands. Too often, though, minor breaches of conduct during police encounters—even those stemming from justified nervousness or fear—give bad cops a reason to step tragically out of line. This photo/picture book for families seeks to do away with such flimsy justifications, once and for all.

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Hold On To Me

About Hold On To Me

Sandra suffers a tragedy that is quickly followed by a divorce. She never thought anything could hurt as much as losing her sister Kristy, God was she wrong. Completely deflated and defeated, comfort comes from a man she’d spent years avoiding, Ronald. Would he be the one to save her from her pain, or would he cause her more?

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Hello I’m Teacher Dino

About Hello I’m Teacher Dino

Parents who decide to school their children at home commit time and energy to an activity that was once left to
specialized professionals. Even in the states with the most permissive home-schooling laws, parents must learn
what is normally taught to children of a given age, find materials and projects that teach specific skills, and learn how to use their own time and that of their children productively. The vast majority of home-school parents hope
their children will attend college and so must also learn how to assess their children’s progress against higher education admission standards.

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The Villainous Viscount Or the Curse of the Venns by Lucinda Elliot

About The Villainous Viscount Or the Curse of the Venns by Lucinda Elliot

Free on 9/5/202`1-9/6/2021.
Just as Lord Venn is making a passionate proposal to the sixth heiress on his list, a hooded spectre appears in a flash of lightning.

This hereditary curse is becoming inconvenient – particularly as Venn is next on the list to come to a terrible end.

Clarinda Greendale has other reasons for rejecting Venn besides the curse: – such as his being a wild, brawling social outcast and a fortune hunter.

Harley Venn dismisses the history of the curse as a series of conjuring tricks.

Clarinda would like to help Venn fight the curse if she could; she just does not want to marry him and take on his outrageous household in the haunted Stoke Castle.

Besides, wholly unlike the rackety Venn, Clarinda is spiritual and serious minded, and has the unusual ambition of keeping her independence. They make an incongruous pair, though the wicked Venn has always set off unmaidenly tinglings in Clarinda.

Meanwhile the curse closes in. Can the drunken charlatan Venn hires to help him prove that it is all a hoax be of any use at all?

The author’s fifth novel to win the coveted B.R.A.G medallion for outstanding self-published fiction, this historically accurate and sensual spoof of classic Gothic should delight readers with a lively sense of humour.

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Dig Into Small Space Gardening for Beginners by Morgan Becker

About Dig Into Small Space Gardening for Beginners by Morgan Becker

Small space gardening is a constant exercise in creative design. Finding ways to fill in bare spots both inside and outside our homes with growth and color. But selecting various plants that we can enjoy is easy. Getting them to a point where they will flourish year after year… that’s hard. Many times over people will buy a beautiful plant at the local nursery only to see it wilt away as they attempt to care for it. Not for any lack of interest or effort, but simply because they took a wrong step.

Even if you can only spare 30 minutes a week, I know anyone can start a small, successful growing space. No design is too small to enjoy. Start with a couple of pots or a wide planter on your windowsill. Become comfortable with the basics. After that, I’d be willing to bet you’ll be thinking about your whole backyard for next season. Everyone is capable of becoming a successful home gardener.

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3 Word ABCs; Amusing Animal Antics

About 3 Word ABCs; Amusing Animal Antics

A kid’s alphabet book. Your imagination is the only limit to learning the alphabet with these animal antics. The letters are creatively matched with colorful eye catching illustrations of animals in the midst of shenanigans. Layers of learning: focus on letters, then words and silly concepts create fun. In last pages use the compilation scene to find and identify all 26 animals.

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Immortal Blood: Book 1 of The Immortal Descendants

About Immortal Blood: Book 1 of The Immortal Descendants

A true-blood heir of an otherwise extinct fae bloodline, a thousand-year-old magic spell, and a lycan attack—now my eyes are wide open to a world full of monsters.

I have an innate fear of fangs, so when I learn that the super-hot guy that saved me is a vampire hybrid, I’m just as scared as I was when my life was hanging in the balance. But it’s not just him that makes me hot under the collar as I find out what I missed over the centuries.

Turns out, it’s not just lycans who want to take a bite out of me. As every monster takes an interest in me, I soon learn my blood is a curse. And as I learn about my history, it’s not only myself I need to worry about… The truth of what I am places my friends and family in danger, too.

But it’s the vampire royals, with their ridiculous demands, that leave me in the most perilous situation of all. If I pay their price, I turn traitor to my nation. But fighting back means I may have to sacrifice the two things that matter more to me than life itself.

If you like Jennifer L. Armentrout and Bella Forrest, you’ll want to dive right into this new paranormal series.

So scroll up and one-click Immortal Blood now.

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Down the Rabbit Hole, A Mystical Adventure by M.G. Hawking

About Down the Rabbit Hole, A Mystical Adventure by M.G. Hawking

Free on Amazon September 6th and 7th. This short story is an enchanting tale with a message for all ages, that real magic is not an illusion but something we all possess. “Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” —Goethe
The title of this story, “down the rabbit hole,” is of course from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), a wonderful children’s story by Lewis Carroll in which a charming young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a strange, dreamlike world. “It was much pleasanter at home,” thought Alice, “when one wasn’t always being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t gone down the rabbit hole, and yet, and yet…”
“Down the rabbit hole” has become a term used for referring to a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, often mystical or magical, and, in this story, an encounter from which one will emerge with increased knowledge, widened horizons, enriched imagination, and a sense of greatly enlarged possibilities.
In Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass (1871), near the end of her encounter with the White Queen, Alice protests that “one can’t believe impossible things.” The White Queen famously retorts, “I daresay you haven’t had much practice. When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Unlike the White Queen, I do not advocate believing impossible things. But it is much to be hoped that this short story and the anthology that follows it will encourage the reader to consider all the possibilities and therefore believe at least one magical thing—perhaps even “before breakfast.”
This charming fantasy will have you and your children engaged and laughing. Even better, it will leave them with the message that they have within them all the spirit and magic they’ll ever need. Mystical, whimsical, and richly entertaining from the opening scene to the unexpected conclusion, this inspirational short story will transport you to a wonderful place and resound in your heart long after the last works have been read. For more information please see the ‘Look Inside’ feature on the book’s Amazon page. 2020 Edition Short Story. Includes a bonus Anthology Section, e-reader page count 97 (estimated, actual count varies depending on the reading device used). Thank you, and enjoy!

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The Devil that Guards our Land

About The Devil that Guards our Land

Snippet: Watching a magic show for 3 hours will get you bored. But you can watch magic tricks being exposed for more than a day.

The story of two brothers who fight to protect their tribal village from outsiders. A superhero story where the magic is already revealed before the reader.

The story is a superhero movie where the reader knows the secret behind the trick, while the characters doesn’t. Watch the magic unfold before the characters and just imagine how would they feel.

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The Scales of the Space Whale: A Short Story

About The Scales of the Space Whale: A Short Story

So there I was, trapped in a separatist prison on the wrong side of the Kanab system. Perhaps, if my pacifist starship had actually done its job instead of debating the finer philosophical points of the non-aggression principle, I wouldn’t have been here.

But now, my only two choices were to help the separatists harvest the diamond scales of a space whale—an incredibly dangerous feat that no one had ever survived—or to let the separatists kill me. And the one overseeing all this was a girl who hated my guts.

How could things possibly get any worse? Please don’t ask!

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