Thursday, 19 June 2014

Today's Kindle Books

Today's Kindle Books


More Bargain and Free Books for 6-19-14

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:42 AM PDT

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A Time For Healing
by Tamelia Tumlin
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Christian Fiction
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“It shows everyone that we should have more faith in GOD, we sometimes forget we have God with us….” -Carla H.

As an active church member, veterinarian Jaci Sinclair believes the Christian message that forgiveness is open to all … all except her, that is.

Years ago, Jaci made a life-changing mistake, and now she’s sure she doesn’t deserve the one thing she wants most — a family of her own.

But when Hunter Grant walks into her life, her world is turned upside-down. Not only does he make her desire a family even more, he shines a lamp on the one thing she refuses to see.

An ex-FBI hostage negotiator, Hunter has lost the thing he treasured the most — his family. Filled with bitterness and anger towards God, Hunter vows never to let anyone close to him again.

He moves to Yellow Rose, Texas, trying to forget the tragic deaths of his wife and son — deaths he should have prevented. Wanting to lose himself in the sleepy little town, he is not prepared for the powerful feelings Jaci stirs within him.

When Jaci and Hunter’s worlds collide, they’re forced to face the demons that haunt their pasts and hinder their future together. But for everything there is a season … even a time for healing.

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The Candidate’s Daughter
by Catherine Lea
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
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“Absolutely spellbinding … completely unputdownable.” -Karen Dionne, internationally published author of BOILING POINT and FREEZING POINT

The plan is simple: kidnap the daughter of Senate candidate Richard McClaine, take the money and run. Nobody gets hurt, the kid goes home alive.

Twenty-two-year-old car thief Kelsey Money thinks it's the worst idea Matt and his drug-fueled brother have ever come up with. But Matt's the planner. He's the one Kelsey has always depended on.

Then she discovers the part of the plan she wasn’t told – that six-year-old Holly McClaine has only twenty-four hours to live. So Kelsey makes a decision.

To save Holly she’ll have to betray Matt. It’s a dangerous move. Especially when she finds out Holly isn’t the only one that’s now surplus to Matt’s requirements.

Across town, Elizabeth McClaine has no idea what her daughter was wearing when she disappeared. When Holly was born with Down syndrome and a cleft palate, Elizabeth placed her only child in the care of a nanny while she fought postpartum depression.

But when Holly is kidnapped and Elizabeth discovers the detective leading the hunt has already failed one kidnapped child, Elizabeth knows she cannot fail hers.

Now both women have twenty-four hours to find Holly. Because in twenty-five, she'll be dead.

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50 Most Delicious Cheeseburger, Hot Dog, Reuben, Philly Cheese Steak and BLT Recipes
by Donna K. Stevens
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Cooking
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“Thanks to this cook book I was able to impress everyone with my cooking skills.” -Val

If you are a young and aspiring cook seeking to learn new dishes or simply looking to add some fun into your daily recipes then this eBook will be your perfect guide. With this guide you can hope to:

1. Experience an entirely different universe of cooking.

2. Learn how to make countless recipes.

3. Find out useful Nutrition information about these recipes.

4. Always leave your guests astonished.

5. Add delicious flavor to your life!

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Against the Wind
by Virginia Kelly
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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Falsely accused of fraud and murder, FBI Special Agent Michael Alvarez is on the run, desperate to clear his name. But in the midst of a hurricane, he’s forced to depend on ex-lover Blair Davenport, the woman who rejected him six years ago.

With a killer closing in and her FBI agent brother hot on Michael's trail, Blair must decide if she's willing to risk her heart again with a man who lives too close to the edge.

As desire flashes between them, will the danger they face bring them together, or tear them apart forever? Second chances can be passionate … and deadly.

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The Mystic Wolves
by Belinda Boring
Rating: 4.1 Stars
Genre: Paranormal
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What would you do if a simple errand takes a deadly twist, turning you from cautious prey to dangerous predator?

Someone is trying to send a deadly message to Mason, arranging the deaths of those he loves and it puts the entire pack and Alpha on high alert. Darcy understands the primal instincts driving her beloved Mason’s commands.

With the help of those he sets as protectors, she learns about herself and the things she’ll need to help support her Alpha and pack.

When events turn dire however, one truth offers her strength – once given, oaths are unbreakable … even if it means risking it all.

 

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Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:26 AM PDT

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BARGAIN BOOKS



Face the Wind and Fly
by Jenny Harper
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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“Jenny Harper's narrative weaves together many complex strands of personal and professional problems….Beautifully and sensitively told….” -JY

Kate Courtenay is a wind farm engineer who finds herself in a tricky position – both at work and at home.

After fifteen happy years of marriage, Kate discovers that her charismatic novelist husband is spending more and more of his time with a young fan.

In despair, Kate throws herself into her work, a controversial wind farm that's stirring up tempers in the local community.

Sparks fly when she goes head to head against the wind farm’s most outspoken opponent, local gardener Ibsen Brown – a man with a past of his own.

But a scheme for a local community garden brings the sparring-partners together, producing the sort of electricity that threatens to short-circuit the whole system.

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Grief Healing Techniques
by Calistoga Press
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Non-Fiction
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“…a very informative and encouraging book.” -Laura O.

After losing a loved one, grief can be overwhelming and seem impossible to conquer. Grief Healing Techniques gives you manageable, effective steps you can take to work through your grief on a daily basis, so you can start to find your new "normal."

Grief Healing Techniques speaks to anyone who has ever suffered a major loss. With Grief Healing Techniques, you will be able examine your emotions and learn basic strategies for self-care to help you through this difficult time.

Grief Healing Techniques helps you rebuild your daily routine, with tips for planning your meals and activities, finding a support network, and healing through journaling and meditation.

Grief Healing Techniques gives you practical support for working through grief, with:

• Useful insights on the physical effects and emotional range of grief
• Practical approaches for rebuilding your daily routine
• Advice on whether to pursue professional help….and much more!

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Unfinished Business
by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Paranormal
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“…an entertaining story…The dialog is witty, and Angela’s running commentary with her mother is so realistic, it will remind readers of their own mothers!” -InD’Tale Magazine

Amazon Bestselling Author

Stay-at-home mom Angela Panther is living the good life. Happily married with kids, a house in the suburbs and a fantabulous best friend – she’s got it all.

But hours after Angela’s mother dies, her ghost pops in for a visit, leaving the door to the other side wide open. Suddenly Angela’s life is filled with ghosts – ghosts who need her help.

Now she must find a way to balance the needs of the living along with the unfinished business of the dead, while keeping her mother’s feisty ghost in line.

Hilarious and bittersweet, Unfinished Business tackles the emotional rollercoaster of mother/daughter relationships, and the desperate desire for one last chance to tell someone we’ve lost how we feel.

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Paper Phoenix
by Michaela Thompson
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Mystery
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“Wickedly delicious… What makes (Thompson’s) book so particularly wonderful is the way it accomplishes the detective novel’s covert mission of urban analysis and social criticism.” -San Francisco Examiner

First comes divorce, then comes murder…

…or at least sweet thoughts of murder. Maggie Longstreet has plenty of them after slimy, ambitious Richard trades her in for a more recent model.

She's so depressed she can barely get out of bed when Larry Hawkins, a seemingly not-at-all depressed acquaintance, commits suicide out of the blue. Suddenly Maggie goes on high alert, remembering something her evil ex said about Larry—something highly suspicious.

And from there, it’s just a short segué to a bracing new development:

"When some women get divorced they go back to school, I thought. Some do volunteer work at the hospital, or join communes and learn to birth calves. Some have affairs with inappropriate men.

My new interest is burglary. Maggie Longstreet, former wife and mother, past president of the Museum Guild, now starting a career as a second-story woman."

Fortunately, Maggie isn't alone in her adventure—a very attractive, much younger man proves a lot more fun than Richard ever was. In fact, the real delight of this witty, sly mystery is seeing Maggie come alive again after a suffocating marriage.

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The Storms That Fated Us
by J.P. Summers
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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As Tia Deltoro’s twenty-third birthday approaches, she looks forward to meeting up with her old high school friends and hitting the ski slopes.

But what was supposed to be a relaxing weekend getaway in a cottage overlooking the mountains turns into a hellish nightmare when Tia unmistakably recognizes the person delivering their firewood.

It has been five years since Tia graduated from New Holston High, yet she remains emotionally shackled to her past, or more specifically, to her ex-best friend Carson Rodriguez, the man holding the bundle of firewood.

When he accuses Tia of setting up their chance meeting she fires back, running him off.

Unfortunately for these two former friends, Mother Nature decides to show them an intervention they’ll never forget!

The drastic shift in weather conditions causes Carson to return and wait out the horrific weather conditions in the confinements of the cottage with Tia.

While the storm rages outside, the two distance themselves to opposite sides of the living room for their own protection. Tia keeps herself distracted by looking at the old high school yearbooks she had packed in preparation for planning the upcoming reunion.

Through a series of flashbacks, the memories come flooding back. She can’t help but wonder how things could have gone differently if her ex-boyfriend hadn’t always lured her back into his corrupting grasp, or if Carson’s on-again-off-again girlfriend Erin hadn’t been so conniving.

In the end, all of the jealousy, secrets, and lies severed the ties that had held their friendship together.

With the strong winds from this blizzard of mass destruction leveling their only means of shelter one window and roof tile at a time, only one question remains…

Will Tia and Carson be able to put aside their anger towards each other long enough to survive another storm?

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Special Offers
by M.L. Ryan
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
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Meet Hailey – possessed by an otherworldly being who was trapped in her Kindle.

Hailey Parrish is quick-witted, irreverent, and hasn't had a date in three years. She only wanted an eBook reader because her collection of paperbacks threatened to take over her small living space.

Little did she know that the “special offers” that prompted the purchase included much more than a reduced price in exchange for a few ads.

The device came pre-loaded with the essence of Sebastian Kess, an erudite womanizer with magical abilities from a parallel dimension.

When she inadvertently releases him and he inhabits her body, she finally has a man inside her, just not in the way she imagined. And soon her predicament introduces her to yet another supernatural, the handsome could-be-the-man-of-her-dreams Alex Sunderland.

Can Alex and Hailey find a way to return Sebastian to his own body and stay one step ahead of the criminals who want to keep him where he is?

 

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Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:16 AM PDT

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The Pirate Takes A Bride
by Shana Galen
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Historical Romance
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“…adventures on the high seas, stubborn strong women, outrageously handsome heroes, and a great love story….” -Jackie

Ashley Brittany is living a nightmare. She's been mistakenly married to the one man she despises. Months ago, Lord Nicholas took her virtue then scorned her. Now, Ashley will do anything to have her revenge…anything but expose her ugly secret.

Nick Martingale has a secret, too: he's Captain Robin Hood, a pirate with a fearsome reputation. But when Nick learns his archenemy, the Barbary pirate Yussef, attacked innocents Nick has sworn to protect, he can think of nothing but vengeance.

Only one person stands in his way. His wife.

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Bad Dreams
by J.D Faver
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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“Romance, suspense, an awesome series. Bad Dreams has an interesting premise and delightful characters–this book has it all.” -Pamela L.

When Chloe falls in love with an old Victorian, she convinces Rafael to buy her dream house. She envisions their children playing on the extensive grounds and harvesting fruit from the long-neglected citrus orchard.

Undisturbed for decades, ghosts begin speaking to her. Now, with renovations underway, the house begins to divulge its secrets. Who knows where the bodies are buried?

Meanwhile, Rafael and his team of deputies are busy trying to protect the community from a ruthless home invasion gang.

The lower Texas coast is at risk on more than one plane, as the robbers target area citizens and tortured spirits are torturing the ones he loves.

Rock-solid and down to earth, Rafael is hard-pressed to accept the whole ghost thing, much less the measures Chloe takes to combat the spirits, but she goes into full battle mode, enlisting the assistance of a curandera to help her vanquish supernatural evil and release her young daughter from their possession.

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My Splendid Concubine
by Lloyd Lofthouse
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Historical Fiction
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“Drawing on heavily researched passages with great dramatization, ‘The Concubine Saga’ is a strong pick for historical fiction collections, highly recommended.” -Midwest Book Review

Robert Hart (1835 – 1911) was the ‘Godfather of China’s modernism’ and the only foreigner the emperor of China trusted.

In fact, Hart played a crucial role in ending the bloodiest rebellion in history—the Taiping Rebellion—and he owes this success largely to Ayaou, his live-in dictionary and encyclopedia, his Chinese concubine.

About a year after arriving in China in 1854, Robert Hart falls in love with Ayaou, but his feelings for her sister go against the teachings of his Wesleyan-Christian upbringing and almost breaks him emotionally.

To survive he must learn how to live and think like the Chinese and soon finds himself thrust into China's Opium War, where he makes enemies of men such as the American soldier of fortune known as the Devil Soldier.

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The Prince’s Man
by Deborah Jay
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
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“Enchanting and exciting….full of action!” -Toni M.

Rustam Chalice, hedonist, dance tutor and spy, loves his life, never better than when he's bedding a gorgeous woman.
So when the kingdom he serves is threatened from within, he leaps into action.

Only trouble is, the spy master, Prince Hal, teams him up with an untouchable aristocratic assassin who despises him. And to make matters worse, she's the most beautiful woman in the Five Kingdoms.

Plunged into a desperate journey over the mountains, the mismatched pair struggle to survive deadly wildlife, the machinations of a spiteful god – and each other.

They must also keep alive a sickly elf they need as a political pawn. But when the elf reveals that Rustam has magic of his own, he is forced to question his identity, his sanity and worst, his loyalty to his prince.

For in Tyr-en, all magic users are put to death.

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Apocalypse Cult
by Alex Siegel
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
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APOCALYPSE CULT is the first book in the Gray Spear Society series. They are God’s secret warriors, His henchmen, His assassins cloaked in shadows. When lives and souls are at risk, He sends the Gray Spear Society to save mankind.

This time the enemy is the Church of One Soul, a cult that intends to kill thousands of unsuspecting tourists in Chicago. But this is merely the first step in plunging the world into a devastating war.

The Society has only a few days to destroy their elusive foe, despite interference by overzealous federal agents.

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Yoga, The Back Pain Cure
by Howard VanEs and Dr. Rick Harvey
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Genre: Non-Fiction
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A big problem with most back care programs is limited treatment options. Pain medications often mask problems, allowing further damage to occur because warning pain is not felt.

Physical therapy is limited by what insurance companies deem necessary, and lastly surgery, a costly option, is often ineffective.

The good news is that yoga therapy can help relieve your pain while at the same time improve flexibility and strength.

Yoga is great for healing back pain and at the same time is a practice for your entire mind and body. Most people find they sleep better, their mood improves, and they enjoy an enhanced sense of well-being.

This book features two yoga therapy practices. The first is for acute back problems which means you're in pain right now.

This practice is designed to bring structural balance back into your body and gently stretch key muscles, reducing pain and helping you heal. The second practice is designed to build strength and flexibility which helps prevent future problems.

 

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Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:04 AM PDT

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Wren’s Nest
by Deanne Durrett
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Christian Fiction
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“Wonderful story! Hard to put down. God’s love and lessons are all through this book. We can see how everything is in God’s timing.” -Adrienne from Florida

During a late-night thunderstorm, Joe Chandler open his cottage door to a young man hovering over his sister. They're drenched and shivering, and she's in labor. Joe, a retired cop, assists the birth.

As the newborn gasps his first breath, Joe vows to protect the child and his mother from whatever drove them to his door.

Joe soon learns that Sherman promised to protect his sister while her husband is deployed. Now, they're on the run after a surrogate mother disappeared and an unscrupulous lawyer altered his files to name Loren (Wren) as the surrogate.

A ruthless gangster with hired thugs is in pursuit of the child he mistakenly believes to be his grandson.

While Joe and his team of retired cops guard Loren and her baby, Sherman teams up with Blake Adams (the Phoenix Connection) to intercept the hired thugs as they follow a trail that leads straight to Joe's cottage (Wren's nest).

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Temptation by Fire
by Tiffany Allee
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Paranormal
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“Sinful and sexy in the most decadent way! Tiffany Allee is a fierce voice in paranormal romance!” -NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Miller

When Ava has a vision of a man’s violent death, experience tells her she can’t stop it from happening. For once, she’s wrong. She saves him, but in doing so enters a world of manipulative demons and the men who hunt them.

Driven by the memory of his murdered family, Karson toils in the violent, thankless fight against demonkind. Masquerading as humans, demons are always a step ahead. But just when he thinks vengeance will be his, Ava shatters his plans and twists his focus.

Her powers have pushed her away from human contact, but this tattooed hunter with a battered heart draws Ava in. Working with the pretty little psychic is a challenge Karson can handle.

But keeping his hands off of her is nearly impossible. With demons on their trail and Ava determined to make things right, keeping his heart safe will be just as tough as keeping Ava alive.

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Following Jane
by Samantha Scordato
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Young Adult
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“The characters are beautifully drawn, the dialogue realistic, the descriptions of the countryside lyrical.” -Mary K.

Lizzie Price had never understood when her mother told her adventure was just around the corner.

When her mother dies of cancer, she invites Lizzie to undertake an adventure she never expected: A scavenger hunt thought up by none other than Jane Austen to “find the universal truth as well as a handsome reward.”

Lizzie travels through the whole of England to chase down the clues and discover the treasure that Jane left behind.

When a handsome, young pop star, Graham Harris, catches Lizzie finding one of the clues, he is intrigued by her and determined to help her solve the mystery as well.

So tag along with Lizzie and Graham as they begin their adventure by. . .Following Jane.

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Chasing Charlie
by Kathy Carmichael
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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“A once innocent plan becomes an entangled romance that lasts a lifetime. Funny and sweet. A most entertaining combination.” -Carol Bozovich, Rendevzous Magazine

USA Today Bestselling Author

Raised in a family of rodeo champions on a South Texas cattle ranch, Charlie wants only one thing: to avoid thrill-seeking cowboys.

Davis Murphy, cowboy wannabe and one of Dallas’s most eligible bachelors, needs a pretty and witty faux fiancée so his widowed mother will marry her longtime gentleman friend.

Charlie, his local librarian, seems the prefect choice. Charlie’s first reaction is to run, but she’s promised herself to step out of her plain-jane routine.

When Charlie accepts, Davis’s plan is set. But now Charlie’s sweet ways are challenging his bachelor heart.

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The War Never Ended
by Simon Hammelburg
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Memoirs and Biographies
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The War never Ended – Memories of Holocaust Survivors is a fascinating, soberly written book that reads like a novel but consists of facts, some of which have never been widely published.

When living in Los Angeles, the author received phone calls from 1200 people in reaction to a campaign raised to help American Jews and other individuals file claims for property they had lost during the Nazi regime in what would later be Eastern Germany.

Many of these phone calls were unrelated to the issue of filing the claims. On many occasions someone simply needed to talk to a complete stranger who lent a listening ear and understood.

The conversations were usually long monologues about experiences in concentration camps like Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, even Sobibor. The victims talked about their escapes from the hands of the Nazi’s, and about their harsh return after the liberation.

When the process of filing claims was finished, the author found himself in the possession of a wealth of information, not only about the experiences of Holocaust survivors but also about the post-war generation.

The personal, moving and candid witness statements and memories were all transcribed and verified, and provided shocking insights into the psychological aftermath of the first and second generation Holocaust victims.

It was felt important to make these stories and memories accessible to a larger audience, especially to young people. The author Simon Hammelburg is a holocaust educator, lecturing in Europe, the United States and Israel.

We should never forget what happened during World War II, and how this impacted generations to come. For countless people the war never ended.

In this book, the memories of Holocaust survivors and their children have been intelligently woven into characters that play a role in the main storyline;

the main character, himself a child from Jewish parents who both survived the Second World War, is trying to come to terms with the loss of a beloved one, Daisy, by traveling back to the place where they first met and were happy together.

The book ends with the Kaddish for Daisy, attended by a circle of dear childhood friends, all of them from emotionally damaged and traumatized families.

In their youth, they used to escape their homes on Sundays to meet at their Clubhouse from Ichud Habonim, a worldwide Zionist organization. The clubhouse served as a safehaven where they could be children and have fun.

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Chasing the Star Garden
by Melanie Karsak
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Genre: Science Fiction
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An opium-addicted beauty. An infamous poet living in self-imposed exile. An ancient treasure about to fall into the wrong hands.

Melanie Karsak’s Chasing the Star Garden takes readers on a thrilling adventure from the gritty opium dens of gaslamp London to the gem-colored waters of the ancient world.

Lily Stargazer, a loveable but reckless airship racer with a famous lover and shattered past, reluctantly plunges into a centuries-old mystery in a steampunk romantic adventure best described as Dan Brown meets Mary Shelley.

It all begins on one of the worst days of Lily's life. She just lost the London leg of the 1823 Airship Grand Prix.

To top it off, a harlequin fleeing from constables shoved a kaleidoscope down her pants, told her to fly to Venice, then threw himself from her airship tower. What's a girl to do? For Lily, the answer is easy: drink absinthe and smoke opium.

Lily's lover, Lord Byron, encourages her to make the trip to Venice. Lily soon finds herself at the heart of an ancient mystery which has her running from her past and chasing true love and the stars along the way.

 

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