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  Wasteland Mandala - N A

  Oma Nipa

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  How is existence stitched together, and what worlds reside between its seams?Wasteland Mandala is a genre-b(l)ending literary novel that follows a first-person narrator through repetitive cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Each consecutive world explores a specific struggle against ignorance, domination, and cruelty. Weaving together threads of fable, myth, poetry, philosophy, and surrealism, this novel laments the suffering of sentient beings and speculates about their redemption through collective endeavor, while carrying the reader on waves of melancholy, lyrical prose strewn with absurdist, sing-song verse. Each consecutive world carries its own integration and disintegration. Throughout, the author plays with and explores the limitations of language, attempting to dissolve its meaning and sentiment into the world in watery ways, sometimes curling around or seeping underneath the narrative structure.

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  The Dahlia Chronicles

  JT Thilbertson

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  In this follow-up to the trilogy, the three surviving 'generals' undertake their search to find Dahlia, along with recovering the last two of Ashley's songs which were co-written with her, and eight months' worth of Ashley's missing diary entries.In between following the progress of the search, the story periodically flashes back to 1972, chronicling Ashley's three days on the lam with Dahlia in Australia's Kimberley Region...When at long last, the generals finally find her, they also find quite a mess. They put their talent for cooking up schemes to the ultimate test as 'Captain Delray' and the crew attempt a spin doctoring operation of international proportions on her behalf... with just a scosche of help from Dalia's late favorite 'dizzy sheila', of course.

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  The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook

  Laura Lee Hope

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  "Fresh air, green fields, and a brand new mystery—the Bobbsey twins have arrived at Meadow Brook!"
  
  The Bobbsey family is packing their trunks once again! In The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, Nan, Bert, Flossie, and Freddie leave the paved streets of Lakeport behind for a summer stay at a sprawling country estate. For the twins, Meadow Brook is a paradise of new experiences—from learning how to milk cows and gather eggs to exploring the mysterious "deep woods" nearby. But where the Bobbseys go, excitement is sure to follow. Between a missing farm animal and a strange encounter at the old swimming hole, the twins find that life on a farm is every bit as thrilling as the big city.
  
  The Magic of the Countryside: This volume captures the idyllic charm of rural America at the turn of the century. Readers join the twins as they discover the rhythms of nature, the hard work of harvest time, and the simple joy of a hayride. It's a story that celebrates the outdoors and the curiosity of children when placed in a brand-new environment.
  
  New Friends and Familiar Faces: While the story features the beloved Bobbsey quartet, it also introduces a cast of colorful country characters. The twins learn valuable lessons about community and cooperation as they interact with the farmhands and neighbors of Meadow Brook.
  
  A Mystery in the Meadows: True to the series' formula, a gentle mystery keeps the pages turning. Whether it's investigating strange noises in the barn or tracking down a lost treasure, Nan and Bert use their growing detective skills to solve the puzzles of the countryside, proving that a sharp mind is useful no matter where you are.
  
  Escape to the country with a classic family favorite. Purchase "The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook" today.

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  Broken Bond

  Kerry Barnes

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  Bonds are tested in a gripping story of betrayal, vengeance, and deadly ambition . . . 
   
  Carrie and Dottie raised Billy and Jesse Murphy to have each other’s backs, no matter what. 
   
  But on one fateful night, as Billy takes his girlfriend Willow on a date, his world takes a devastating turn. 
   
  A few days later, after a shocking revelation, the bond between the two brothers is broken – maybe forever. 
   
  At the same time, Cas Ferrier’s life is set to nosedive for a completely different reason. A long-buried heist, thought forgotten, returns with a vengeance, unleashing a ruthless killer with a thirst for bloodshed. 
   
  Family is everything to Billy, and when he witnesses a disturbing scene that can never be unseen, Dottie wonders if Billy will ever be the same again. 
   
  With revenge on their minds, will Billy and Cas uncover who is behind the series of devastating events?

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  The White Maiden - From their...

  Hanns Heinz Ewers

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  Hanns Heinz Ewers was born on 3rd November 1871 in Düsseldorf, Germany. 
  His first published poem was at 17 on the death, after a reign of only 99 days, of the German Emperor Frederick III. 
  A stint in the German military was cut short after only 44 days because of his myopia.  Writing was to be the way forward for him with a book of satiric verse published in 1901. At the same time he co-founded a literary vaudeville troupe that toured central and eastern Europe before censors and expenses forced its closure.  An inveterate traveller he was in South America when the Great War enveloped Europe and he relocated to New York. 
  From here his story darkens. Although by now a successful and admired author he was arrested in the U S in 1918 as a German Agent on the pretext of his travels and a falsified Swiss passport. Interned, he was released in 1921 and returned to Germany.  He claimed only to be raising money for the German Red Cross. 
  His literary fame is decidedly easier to clarify. His novels beginning with ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ in 1910 are dark, they bristle with evil intent and are littered with characters who have a dubious moral compass and yet, along with his short stories, are brazen, brilliant feats of literary narrative. 
  He also wrote and published plays, fairy tales, opera librettos, critical essays and lectured for many years on ‘The Religion of Satan’ and was one of the first to write scripts for the cinema, which he considered a legitimate art form. 
  As the Weimar republic began its chaotic death throes Ewers became attracted to the rising Nazi Party.  At first he was warmly received despite disagreeing with its anti-semitism (his most famed literary character had a Jewish mistress) and he was even commissioned by Hitler to write a biography of the Nazi martyr Horst Wessel.  This together with his own homosexuality culminated with his works being banned in 1934 and his assets and property seized.  It took him many years to have the ban lifted.  This association rightfully clouds his personal reputation but has meant his literary contributions are also overlooked and neglected. 
  Hanns Heinz Ewers died of tuberculosis on 12th June 1943 in his Berlin apartment.

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  Blood of the Guardian

  Ashley Capes

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  Never and Rikeva are stranded. 
  Defeating the Burnished King has come at a heavy cost. Never and Rikeva find themselves trapped in the time of his ancestors, captured by Amouni Guardians. 
  Guardians who immediately brand Never as a mongrel – and Rikeva as a worthless, 'untamed' commoner. Yet before seeking their execution, the Amouni decide to harvest Never's blood in order to further the goals of their purity-obsessed empire. 
  Discovering the hard way that his powers are no longer the peerless advantage they once were, Never is forced to cooperate with untrustworthy allies on a desperate quest to escape and keep Rikeva safe long enough to find their way home… if one actually exists.

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