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When Lloyd Fouracre left a party with his friends in September 2005, the night before his 18th birthday, nobody could have guessed that within an hour he would be dead. Encountering a gang of drunken teenagers spoiling for a fight, Lloyd and his friends were attacked-leaving him with injuries so numerous and severe that he stood no chance of survival.Shattered by his loss, Lloyd's older brother, Adam, knew life would never be the same again. Spurred on by the senseless tragedy, he founded the Stand Against Violence charity. Over the course of years, Adam's efforts would send him on a real-life game of snakes and ladders, experiencing demoralizing setbacks and incredible highs-finally achieving the support of many, including Paul Sinha from ITV's The Chase and even Her Majesty The Queen. Today, Stand Against Violence is firmly established and continues to educate and inspire thousands of young people each year all over the UK.When September Ends tells the story of how Adam Fouracre turned a devastating loss into an opportunity to help others. It also offers the perspective of the charity's least likely supporter-one of Lloyd's killers-and describes the impact of a global event that would change everyone's lives.

A brilliantly imaginative work of surreal science fiction, Sound Distortion is Kurt Gailey's first novel. This strange and hilarious tale of teenage survival makes technology and genetics seem like old friends. With loads of music culture references, wordplay, and brain teasers, Sound Distortion will have you coming back for more-like your favorite song.Praise for Sound Distortion by Kurt Gailey: "A Clockwork Orange meets rock 'n roll glam, Sound Distortion incorporates all the electric extravagance and eccentricity of the '60s." -Risking Nostalgia"... thought provoking ... keeps the reader interested in wanting to know what comes next. It's also an easy read and very imaginative." -Natalia Wolfgramm Pikula of The Jets"Once you read it, you cannot unread it." -Jack Steeples of Adrenalin O.D

Dumped and devastated, Finell Everson can't get a decent night's rest. Two years after being left by her fiancé for another woman, her sleep is still plagued by nightmares. But Finell is determined not to let her circumstances ruin her life. Struggling to find her footing again, she discovers solace in the mysterious messages left on her office desk by an anonymous admirer.Just as things begin to look up, Finell's ex waltzes back into her life, hoping to rekindle their flame. But when she rejects him, things take a turn for the worse, bringing chaos crashing all around-a chaos that's calmed by the arrival of an unexpected someone who injects new hope and a sense of purpose into Finell's life. Suddenly, a future filled with true love becomes a real possibility...if only she can break free of the clutches of her past.Can Finell find the courage to embrace the promise of a nightmare-free life in the arms of her true love? Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride of passion, endurance, and the quest to conquer heartache as Finell fights for the love that she deserves.

Trauterose: Growing Up in Postwar Munich is the compelling first-person account of Elisabeth Haggblade, who was orphaned at birth at the height of World War II and spent the first eleven years of her life under the care of a former S.S. officer and his family.Like many she knew and met during her formative years, Elisabeth was marked both physically and psychologically by the traumatic events of the war and its aftermath, where negotiating daily life during the most tenuous time in Germany's history often felt like a balancing act. Yet through it all, faith and the help of others prevailed.Trauterose is the account of one person's search for humanity in existence-a cautionary tale on the inherited guilt created by rampant nationalism, and a painfully honest and often humorous view of the world through the eyes of a young woman who found her way to freedom and purpose.

Death: A Love Letter casts a raw, unflinching stare into one man's personal abyss-a powerful search for purpose in a life torn asunder by tragedy and loss, and an inspiring chronicle of the discovery of self-love. More than just a collection of poetry, it offers a deeply personal and ultimately courageous view of the author coping with complex post-traumatic stress disorder through the purgative power of the written word.

Whitey's Kid is an autobiographical memoir of Dr. Bernard (aka "Bernie") Koire (1928 - 2018), the son of a notorious Jewish gangster, decorated Korean War veteran, and one of the pioneering plastic surgeons of Beverly Hills.Bernie grew up in Kensington, Pennsylvania-up the Delaware River from Philadelphia. It was a 200-year-old immigrant entry point and then a failed industrial ghetto for the Irish, Polish, Italians, and Jews. The streets were mean-instructive and formative for him, especially as the second-generation son of a mobster. Bernie's future seemed dim at best, but he literally was a fighter, with a passion for discovery and learning, who excelled in school. Over two tumultuous decades, Bernie finds himself in numerous difficult situations, some dangerous and others hilarious. And despite the odds, he emerges from his background to become an early innovative plastic surgeon with a zest for storytelling, adventure, risk-taking, and world service. When not practicing in Beverly Hills, Bernie travels with his wife Nina to perform surgery on medical missions in remote locations around the world. While on these trips, he finds adventure and mishaps, including encounters with characters such as the Shah of Iran and Mother Teresa.Whitey's Kid traces some of the earliest evidence of the mob connections and volatility of the Philadelphia-New York mob turf wars which ended in the mysterious and unsolved death of Whitey Cohen. The book introduces the impact on his son of the experience of living with a "made" guy in the Jewish mafia. It traces the life and times of a street kid to a leader in his chosen medical field. The book celebrates a child who was forged in the reality of being worse than fatherless, and translated that experience into an inspiring tribute to hard work, risk taking, persistence and perseverance. Bernie is a stubborn visionary who never fully abandons the lessons of the streets and is filled with a passion for risk, travel, and occasional visits into his dark side without apology.

In a game as timeless as that of good versus evil, hardship and loss are inevitable. In Sylvio: Checkmate, the seventh book in the contemporary paranormal book series, Rachel learns that lesson well. Just as her powers begin to grow in exponential leaps, she is savagely attacked and taken hostage by a being more cruel than any she has ever encountered. Stripped of her preternatural powers and unable to fight for herself, Rachel must rely on those she loves to save her.Led by Sylvio, a vampire who walks the line between light and dark, Rachel's team of rescuers sets out-but their quest will not be an easy one. Wrestling for control of his own mind, Sylvio finds himself at a critical crossroads. Will the price of freedom from a life of everlasting darkness mean losing everyone he loves?

Octavia Arlette Peterson is a survivor. Growing up in foster homes and struggling with childhood obesity only strengthened her resolve to do something extraordinary with her life. Now that she's an award-winning author and a creative writing professor for her local community college, it seems she has it all . . . except for one thing: the love of a good man.All of that changes for Octavia with the arrival of her new next-door neighbor-the handsome and talented Sebastian Warwick, a renowned classical pianist and composer who turns out to have a connection to Octavia's past.Although they are drawn to one another, Octavia and Sebastian soon learn that mutual affection may not be enough. Standing in the way of their coming together are Sebastian's crippling doubts about himself-a doubt that stems from his own childhood traumas, and one he must come to terms with if he can ever be the man Octavia truly deserves.The debut novel by author G. Louise Beard, Right Next Door is a modern-day love story that harkens back to the golden era of romance. It is a story of overcoming obstacles, offering forgiveness, reconciling with the past, and standing proud.

Camila Rose Barnes is a strong, independent, and single woman living at a time in history when such things are almost unheard of. As a result, she has to fight twice as hard for everything that is rightfully hers.When her brothers conspire to take over her part of their parents' inheritance by marrying her off to a widower with two small children-Garrison LaRue, the sheriff of a small rural town hundreds of miles away-Camila's life is thrown into a tailspin.Forced into servitude and locked into a contractual obligation she did not agree to, a resolved Camila decides to do what she must in order to eventually regain control of her life. But complications arise when genuine feelings begin to develop between her and the handsome sheriff. Soon, Camila finds herself torn between her determination to return to her old life and embracing the new life that awaits.

It''s impossible to grasp the extraordinary political and social changes that unfolded during the tumultuous years from 2016-2021. From Trump through the ongoing Covid pandemic, anxiety reigned. The period heralded an implosion of the psyche, as techno-capitalism fostered a culture of alienation, divisiveness and conformity from the complexity of lived experiences. Living in an Age of Survival chronicles this period in the process of its unfolding.James Batcho moves through the USA, Thailand, China, Taiwan and South Korea as he screens the emergence of a frightening, reactionary politics. Key issues of our time-science, religion, social media, ecology, inequality, State control-are explored through readings of Nietzsche, Deleuze, James, Beauvoir, Arendt, Han and others. Resisting conformity to the binaries of Democrat vs. Republican, the author instead offers a series of nascent fragments to critique and antagonize the failing strategies of liberalism.Embracing the virtues of artistic expression, sensation and "difference," Living in an Age of Survival is an impassioned plea for vital, radical creativity in how we contribute, individually and collectively, to our shared futures.

Anthology of Hope is a collection of poetry and prose as curated, edited, and published by Glass Spider Publishing. Note from the editor, Vince Font: Amid the dark and dismal days of late 2020 and early 2021, I found myself at an emotional and psychological nadir, searching anywhere I could from the safety of my home for confirmation that the spark of human decency-of compassion for the weak, of humanity toward the oppressed, and whispered kindnesses amid a nationwide scream fest-was still alive. I found that proof in words. Those words, along with the names of the individuals who wrote them, are contained within this book. I thank them all for showing me that hope can still exist, even in the bleakest of times-and for reminding me that all we have to do to exterminate the darkness is to call upon those carrying the light.

Valeen and her friends Laura, Luke, and Ian step through the Gateway into the realm of dragons. Once a lush, green forest filled with color, magic, and mythical creatures, it is now a dark, abandoned, and desolate place. After they encounter Cornelius, the new self-proclaimed ruler of the realm, they are compelled to stay and unravel the mystery of a treacherous and brutal overtaking. With the help of friends they make along the way, and facing new challenges to restore the magic of the realm, they are forced to confront their fears and uncertainty to bring back the life force that once thrived in this world.