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The 1920s in the United States were known as the "Roaring '20s" and the Jazz Age, a time in the nation that glorified hard and fast living. Nobody personified the age or wrote so descriptively about it better than F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose name became synonymous with the times after penning the epic The Great Gatsby.

An experimental novella reimagining the main figure of TS Eliot's classic poem of memory, hopelessness, and loss in a contemporary setting. "No one wants to hear a lonely middle aged man talk about cities or memory. No one wants to know that the world exists in a kaleidoscope of colors. For one man, indigo is life, and he does not have time for the man for whom yellow is."

Leonardo welcomes Mona Lisa Ghirardini into his studio in the city of Florence to paint a portrait that was never delivered to the owner. Da Vinci kept the painting and started a long romance with Mona Lisa that lasted over 20 years. The portrait accompanied Leonard during all his traveling and through different homes. This dramatic fiction recreates the relationship of Leonardo with the Gioconda, with his assistants Salai, and with the world and his relentless search for truth and beauty.

The Man Who Painted Fire and Other Poems of the Quantum is a small collection of poems spanning several decades, centered upon the mysteries of cosmic fire and the elemental forces in our corner of the universe, the divine presence in our search for life, love, and being, and the light illuminating the darkness of what seems to be an unforgiving and endless cosmos.

Some places along the North Atlantic are described as being at the end of the world. There are two kinds of people there, those that have always lived there, and those that come...to escape the world. In a remote fishing village on the North Atlantic, an ensemble of tormented souls battle the elements, striving to free themselves from the past, and find some kind of spiritual restitution.

The story of two lovers caught in the maelstrom of illicit drug trafficking, Mafia wars, and political strife in 1970s Montreal, culminating in one of the biggest bank robberies in history.

Gideon Gideon is a multidimensional voyage of the soul through a whirling fusion of past, present and future; exploring the illusion of death, transfiguration...and the mysteries of the quantum. It is centered upon Martin, the "gordy man", a jazz trumpet player, a cynical searcher of some spiritual truth, and Dr. Ahasuerus, a Faustian Persian mystic and businessman, and the struggle between Good and Evil, as Ahasuerus seeks to ensnare Martin, his trusted friend Mr. McPhee, and others in the quest to secure the head of John the Baptist.

This audio book contains a detailed summary of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Norse fantasy short stories set in the world of Midhgardhur, featuring sword and sorcery adventures with Vikings and shield-maidens!

Fiction drama based on the clandestine relationship of Sigmund Freud with his sister-in-law Minna Bernays, who, to make things even worse, lived in the same house with all his family. This relationship has been lately confirmed with historical evidence and has been one of the best kept secrets in Freud's life. Martha Bernays and her sister Minna lived together 40 years in Vienna with the 5 children of the Freud family, and shared the love of one of the scientists.

In this biography of a key figure in Korean Church history, Rev. Sang-Dong Han (the founder of the Korean Presbyterian Church in Korea, Koshin, denomination), Rev. Koon Sik Shim, a personal friend of Rev. Sang-Dong Han and person who also experienced various stages of Korean history as "a living witness", recounts the life and work of Rev. Sang-Dong Han. This book is a "must have" for all those who are interested in Korean history and learning how it relates to American and world church history.

For many people the wedding day is one of the most important days of one's life. Much effort is put into the wedding day, The financial cost and the stress of the day is huge to say the least. However the joy of being married supersedes all the hassle of the day. Wedding days are wonderful because it is the gateway towards a wonderful married life, a time of love and sharing between two people plus the opportunity to have godly offspring.

All loose strings from the prequel are tied, filling in the spaces where the years promptly passed by—it's not just ritualistic murders and extended youth kept a secret in Lopthena's family. After Vesthelland gives way to devastation, a powerful enemy of Astara's seeks to take the whole north as their independent kingdom, far from their strange, hostile native lands, just as the wars for Norway start.