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The seven billion people of the Clarke Belt Cities are desperately seeking ways to return to their homes on the ground, after being stranded in Geostationary Earth Orbit by the cutting down of their centrifugally-supported space escalator by which they had temporarily migrated to cities built up there, to live in while the Earth’s ecosystem was being cleansed and jump-started back to a long-term viable condition again. Now, how can they get back down? “It’s Down To Earth” is a science fiction novel in a series by Jim Cline about efforts to rejuvenate the planet by gaining high efficiency electrical lift access to high earth orbital space resources of constant solar energy, total recycling of toxic materials, high level rocket launch facilities, and plenty of room to live; all made possible by building various space access hoop structures electro-dynamically supported by kinetic energy stored circulating within themselves.
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For thousands of years, more than 3300 words printed in the Bible remained untranslated. Find out what Moses, Jesus and the prophets really said to the people of their time.
Biblical Symbolism, Part I: Application (ISBN 978-0-9780267-4-5), explains why and how the Dictionary works. Part I: Application, is offered as a free download at http://inhousepress.ca/#ebooks
The second part (Dictionary), an “Indispensible Tool for the Understanding of the Hidden Meaning
of Scriptures”, can be ordered and downloaded directly from INHOUSEPRESS (URL above) for $8.50 US, payable through PayPal.
The eBook is the result of extensive study of a considerable number of scholarly volumes, the inspired writings of Emmet Fox, and many months of long days at the Library of Religious Studies at the University of McGill, in Montreal. The author created the Method of Application of the Dictionary of Biblical Symbolism to unravel the mysteries of the past. His system enables us to discover the original meaning, which Moses, the Prophets and the Evangelists intended for us to hear.
Stanislaw Kapuscinski has written several other books on esoteric topics such as “Key to Immortality” (Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas), “Visualization - Creating Your own Universe” and three volumes of Essays entitled “Beyond Religion”, which will soon appear as eBooks.
Under the penname Stan I.S. Law, has authored more than a dozen novels, all exploring human potential. His books are available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Barns and Noble, Froogle, AuthorsDen, Chapters.indigo.ca, and directly from INHOUSEPRESS.
Excerpts can be read at http://stanlaw.ca/dic.html
(1 votes, average: 10 out of 10)
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Dr. Jim Sagacity is a Marriage and Family Therapist that has the special ability to see deep inside other people. He can see their souls. He volunteers at a Philadelphia hospital in order to be as close to death as possible, for during most fatalities, he watches the spirit of the recently deceased depart this world in a display of pure joyous wonder. Throughout his life, he celebrates his ability in secret, focusing on the sheer elation of these transitions, until one day he is shown that not all souls are willing or able to take that all important step to the next realm. Weaker souls, small and dim to Jim’s eyes, face a darker fate.
With a new understanding of what death might mean, Dr. Sagacity joins a group of other specially gifted people in hopes of assisting those spirits he believes lack the strength to move on to a new existence. Pooling their incredible and supernatural talents, they pinpoint those individuals that are facing death in the very near future. Jim Sagacity experiences the complexities of working with others focused beyond the constraints of this physical realm, but within a society attentive to the normal realities of death, despair and even murder. He finds that not everyone shares his views, that the truth can often be distorted, and that the world he lives in can be a very difficult and dangerous place.
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The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker. On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant substances. He could help to deliver a baby in the morning and witness the last moments of a dying man in the afternoon. He deals with road accidents, knife attacks, domestic violence, drug overdoses, neglect and suffering. And you think you’re having a bad day at work? Tom blogs about his experiences at the end of each shift. His Random Acts of Reality website has a huge following with over 30,000 visitors every day. He is an internet legend and a remarkable writer. His first book, Blood, Sweat & Tea came out of nowhere to be a surprise bestseller in 2006. Readers were stunned by the stories he had to tell and impressed by the sheer quality of his writing. Critics who sneer at blogs-to-books have never read this one. More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea charts the past two years of Tom’s life as an ambulance worker. He is tired, he is frustrated and he is more pissed off than ever but he still manages to capture the more moving, heartwarming and inspirational moments alongside the chaos.
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‘We finished the rocketbelt, and from then on there was murder, kidnapping, and all kinds of other stuff’ - Brad Barker
When three friends set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000, or ‘Pretty Bird’, shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. This gripping book also reveals the secret history of the flying jetpack, involving Nazi scientists, James Bond, and the US Army. From sci-fi to reality, this is the true story of the amazing rocketbelt.
‘A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended.’ - Popular Science UK
‘A can’t-put-it-down murder mystery that shows how obsession and betrayal can lead people to commit dastardly deeds.’ - General Aviation News
‘Begins with a brief history of rocketbelts that’s probably the best ever in print.’ - Beam Jockey
‘The story has all the markings of a Hollywood blockbuster, and is a bizarrely unforgettable read.’ - The Crack
‘Reads like good movie material.’ - BBC Focus
‘There’s probably a Tarantino movie in this somewhere.’ - Fortean Times
‘This book is a must have.’ - Airwalker Society of Rocketbelt Enthusiasts
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Allow me to introduce myself. I am Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed world traveler and story-teller. Of course you have heard of me, for my tales of the great heroes and their adventures have been repeated far and wide across the land. In truth I am probably better known in any case as an adventurer in my own right than as a teller of the adventures of others. From storied Aerithraine, where I once had the pleasure of spending a fortnight in the company of the Queen, to distant Holland, I have wondered the world being a friend to those in need of a friend, a protector to those in need of a protector, and a guardian to those in need of a guardian.
Eaglethorpe Buxton is a fool and a hack. You couldn’t find a writer of less wit and style.
- Dextius Winterborn, Story-teller’s Guild.
Without a doubt, the biggest liar that ever walked the world.
- Sir Roderick Bairn, Adventurer
That boy will never amount to anything. Mark my words, he was born to hang.
- Margram Buxton, Father
Who? I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of him. Yes. No, I’m sure I haven’t.
-Queen Elleena I of Aerithraine
Join Eaglethorpe Buxton as he adventures across a magical world to help… a poor orphan child? An elven princess? Who can know for sure, when it is Eaglethorpe himself who tells the tale?
Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess is a short book by Wesley Allison, author of His Robot Girlfriend, and Princess of Amathar. Available now as a free ebook.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 10)
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The newest novel set in the Star Rigger Universe, ETERNITY’S END features the search for the legendary ghost rigger ship Impris and her crew, whose fate is entwined with interstellar piracy, quantum defects in spacetime, galactic coverup conspiracies, and deep-cyber romance.
“It’s onward with [a] one-man Light Brigade, straight into the jaws of doom and destiny. He finds true love, cognitive dissonance, divisions among the enemy, ambitious schemes, another mission–this one deeper than anyone has ever gone before into the substrata of the Flux–and a final resolution that leaves the reader both breathless and satisfied.” –Analog
“A galactic epic that’s much more than space opera, filled with both drama and bold ideas. Who would have thought a futuristic pirate story could be so original and smart?” –David Brin, author of The Uplift War
I was pulled into *Eternity’s End* by the notion of a Flying Dutchman spaceship, and found so much more than I expected. I just loved this book. The Flux and the Flux interface fascinate me. Carver pulls off the admirable feat of making something illusory, subjective, and “virtual” feel utterly real and yet profoundly unknowable–he vividly describes what is essentially indescribable. The frisson of the unknown grows persistently more eerie the deeper the characters go. I loved the Narseil, and the process of getting to know them through Legroeder’s eyes (and especially the mild estrangement from human culture that I felt at one point, making me realize how immersed we’d gotten in Narseil culture). I enjoyed the heck out of the pirates and the cyber enhancements. The opening chase scene is only the beginning of a wild roller-coaster ride–you get a breath to look around now and then and ponder some intriguing new information, and then the author throws the next twist at you and you’re off again. There are “silent running” scenes with all the tense appeal of the best submarine adventures, and exhilarating dogfights, and character interactions fraught with intense and complex psychology. This is topnotch space adventure and an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but it works on many deeper levels, too. I am dying to read a sequel. Please write one, Jeffrey Carver!
– gofalus, Amazon.com
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Mike Smith’s life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike’s life is about to change.
From the author of “Princess of Amathar comes the tale of the year 2032, when robots are common… not to mention, cute.
Folding back the two flaps of the box lid, Mike looked down to find it filled with packing peanuts. Brushing some of them out of the way, he almost immediately found a patch of smooth white skin. It was remarkably real looking—pearlescent on the surface and kind of peachy pink beneath, but not a single blemish or mole or hair upon it. Mike brushed more packing peanuts out onto the floor and uncovered more skin, and then plastic with black hair inside. Finally, setting the knife on the coffee table, he tipped the box over, dumping the contents into the center of the floor. White packing went everywhere. The Daffodil rolled out and came to rest on its side, facing away from him. It was curled up tightly into a ball.
At first, Mike thought he must have ordered the wrong robot. Curled up as it was, it looked like a child. He just stared at it for a moment; at its naked back and buttocks and its black hair wrapped up in plastic. Finally he kicked around through the packing peanuts. There didn’t seem to be a manual—just a single sheet of paper marked “Quick Setup”. He picked it up and looked at it. There were two pictures and no words. The first picture showed line drawing of the back of a human-looking neck, except that the neck had three round holes in it and below them a button. The second picture showed the button being pushed by a line-drawn finger. Next to the button and the finger were the numerals 1, 2, 3. Bending down, Mike lifted up the plastic wrapped hair and examined the Daffodil’s neck. There were the three holes and there was the button. He pressed it and counted aloud “one, two, three”. Then he let go.
(4 votes, average: 7 out of 10)
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This is a story of love, murder, social climbing, and class privilege set in 1940s New York, a city peopled not only by fictional characters but also by the real celebrities of that time. When the showgirl Ann Arden meets Billy Grenville, heir of a New York high society family fortune, it turns out to be love at first sight. They get married, but Ann has to face her indomitable mother-in-law Alice, the patrician matriarch who strongly disapproves of the union. Ann starts her difficult social ascent, which is suddenly interrupted the night she shoots her husband and kills him, claiming that it has been a terrible accident. But even if Alice Grenville has no doubts that her son was deliberately killed, she nonetheless uses all her influence in order to save the family reputation by ensuring her daughter-in-law’s acquittal. From this moment on the Grenvilles and their upper-class friends build up a protective wall around the tragedy and, as a result, the two Mrs Grenvilles find themselves bound together in a solid conspiracy of silence that they will have to pursue for the rest of their lives.
A Must for Anyone Who Goes to Black Tie Balls in New York
This book, like the author’s book “People Like Us” is a fascinating fictionalized account of the Billy Woodward murder in 1955 by his social climbing wife. The book includes a magnificent account of how Ann Woodward lived with her guilt and ostracism for twenty more years until she and, separately, her offspring finally committed suicide. For New York City residents who are even mildly interested in the New York social scene and its various “levels”, this book is a must. It is better than “Bonfire of the Vanities” and crosses the span of four decades, making it a sort of epic novel. Note that William Woodward the 3rd just committed suicide on May 2, 1999 bringing the real-life story to a close, except for the fact that his wife is contesting his will which said that she should get nothing of the vast unlucky fortune.
–Allen MacCannell, Amazon.com
Gossipy and fun
A quasi-fictional book, this is a delicious story about the higher echelons of New York society in the 1940’s and 50’s. It was inspired by the real life of Ann and William Woodward, and William’s murder in 1955 by his wife. She was acquitted of any wrongdoing. But the murder’s way besides the point here. The fun of this book is the insider view of those high society circles. Dunne, a writer for Vanity Fair, dishes about these folks with a giggle and takes great pleasure at exposing them and their snobbish ways. The main focus is Ann Grenville (Woodward), social climber extraordinaire, who sets her sights on Billy and his money and his lifestyle. She’s a showgirl and his family wants nothing to do with her. Once they marry, she schemes constantly as to how to get accepted in those tightknit circles that usually don’t take kindly to outsiders. And she does get eventually get included, even if she’s talked about behind her back. The parties and the hobnobbing and the backstabbing all escalate and get out of hand, of course, and lead to one fateful night. A fun, gossipy, mindless read — I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was.
– Fanoula Sevastos, Amazon.com
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Peter Carrot-Top is an adventure series novel that takes its readers into the land of Baja, where battles takes place between the mystical wizards of the forest and a boy by the name of Peter Carrot-Top. Peter Carrot-Top was the first ghost child to be born on earth when his parents were exiled from Baja eleven years ago. Peter developed extraordinary powers with the ability to make things disappear into a black hole. His parents tried to hide his powers and where they were originally from; but as Peter got older he started asking question about who he really was. His parents could no longer hide the fact that Peter was different from the other children, with his orange hair and extraordinary gift. Peter and his parents went to the secret forest to talk to the oracle and ask if they could enter back into Baja. Peter’s parents told him of a time when the Carrot-Tops were considered royalty in Baja; of how Baja is a child’s favorite place, with fields made of popcorn and plants that produce honey milk. Peter and his family were welcomed back only to learn that they had to save the world that once exiled them by battling twelve headed monsters, seven deadly wizards, and a host of mystical creatures to preserve and save the fantasy world every child should see.
This book was fun. I could visualize the character’s performing as I was reading. Yolanda is very creative. I hope to see more works soon.
–Wanda Almberg, Amazon.com
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Things don’t go well for Toby after he moves in with his grandmother and starts school in a new town. After an encounter in the school cafeteria, he finds himself waiting in the Principal’s office. While there he discovers a book that lets him travel back and forth to another world where he meets an eccentric hermit and makes new friends. Toby soon finds that his new friends are also having problems and he has to decide how to help them.
At home, Toby is still adjusting to his wacky grandmother. She drives a customized VW, collects cat figurines, and sends him to Alice’s Food Emporium to pick up exotic foods.
Then Toby discovers he’s not the only one who knows about the book. He is chased by bullies, has more meetings with the Principal, and is being watched by a mysterious librarian. Can Toby help his new friends and keep the book from falling into the wrong hands?
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Bring some laughter (the good, non-pointing kind) back into your bedroom and find out why the whole sex thing is even more fun than you thought it was! In these 36 short stories, articles, and guides you’ll visit the world’s most honest singles bar, enjoy Valentine’s For One, see what happens when mountain folk make porn, and find out why it’s vitally important to stop saying that things suck.
A note from the author: if you enjoy stories about humiliation, domination, infidelity, deviant sexual perversions, or mans inhumanity to his genitalia, you are so in the wrong place. “Giggling Into the Pillow” is full of hysterically funny erotica and bizarre essays, and, much like the author himself, is guaranteed to get a laugh in bed.
Finally — a book about sex that’s funny on purpose. — Cathy Winks, co-author of The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sex
It’s more like what you’d get if Mad magazine was published by a nudist colony headed by Mel Brooks… — Debra Hyde, PursedLips.com
(1 votes, average: 10 out of 10)
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Fall Love tells the intertwined stories of four twenties-something artists and professionals adrift in the bad old pre-AIDS New York of 1980. From a summer of love through an autumn of deceit and regret, we follow the lives of Althea, Jeanne, Paul, and Bryce from self-sacrifice to self-knowledge. We watch them as they travel in and out of the city, to Block Island, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Within the city, we are taken through public schools in Harlem and the far-flung reaches of the Bronx and Brooklyn. We learn about modern dance and theater companies in downtown Manhattan, and experience the contrasts of a life in a penthouse and a studio apartment.
“In the novel, Whitehouse sets up a classic scenario of the travail of a fledgling artist who seeks a critique of his work in a new form by his peers… Her poetic handling of language and of sensuous detail is superb: in her descriptions, especially, of the intimacies of lovemaking, she is at the same time graphic and subtle, provocative and sensitive; in her portrayal of the unspoken emotions - about death and its aftermath, of fear, of pride, and of hurt - she conveys powerfully the cruel effects of all those coincidences of life.”
Anne Whitehouse’s website
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Europe isn’t always the most exciting place in the universe, especially in the nineteen fifties, but when sightseeing with the Doctor something’s always about to happen… When innocent people seemingly at random start disappearing around him, the Doctor must take action. Is he strong enough to face the one responsible? Will he ever be able to look at himself in the mirror?
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The story of one man’s sexual obsession, miscommunication and heart break with “the love of his life”. And of him ultimately finding true love.
Kevin meets Alexandra and instantly falls head-over-heels in love with her. He knows she is the love of his life, but can not understand her casual interest in him. He tries to make her love him as passionately as he loves her. But discovers that you can not make someone fall in love with you, no matter how much you give of yourself.
How can he understand her feelings when he can not understand his own? How can he make her love him when he does not understand what love really is? Their relationship is doomed from the start.
Then Kevin meets Jasmine.
Jasmine shows Kevin just what true love really is. And through her he finds out just how much you might have to give if you really love someone.
Contains scenes of an explicit sexual nature.
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Angered that his wife would sleep with his brother, Ethan swore revenge. To his surprise, he becomes involved with the one person his wife never wanted him to get close to…her daughter, Nicole. Once Ethan leaves his wife penniless and then breaks Nicoles heart his revenge will be complete. Too bad Ethan didn’t expect to fall in love with Nicole.
Crossing the large bedroom, furnished in black wood and purple - his favorite colors - he picked up her purse and opened the organizer. Did she purposely write in her lover’s appointment times knowing he could look, or did she think he was just too stupid to look? Either way, he had found out about the many lovers of Lynne Gray-Black about two months ago or the thought of her sleeping with other men didn’t bother him as much as he thought it would. He had never loved her in the beginning.
- Excerpt
(2 votes, average: 9 out of 10)
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