Showing titles in Metaphysical & Visionary

They're not machines, cyborgs, demons, or monsters, and yet they are all of those things and more. Spawned from a horrifying program of gruesome human experimentation, they walk the earth as living nightmares. For decades they served their masters by secretly manipulating world events, eliminating enemies, terrorizing humanity, and toppling nations. But then they found themselves facing the power of the Quantum Man, and the terrifying fury of his cybernetic daughter.

His new novel, Angels of Destruction, opens on a winter’s night, when a young girl appears at the home of Mrs. Margaret Quinn, a widow who lives alone. A decade earlier, she had lost her only child, Erica, who fled with her high school sweetheart to join a radical student group known as the Angels of Destruction. Before Margaret answers the knock in the dark hours, she whispers a prayer and then makes her visitor welcome at the door.

When Nostradamus is hired to find a foreign spy by Venice's ruling Council of 10, the only clues they can offer him are the spy's intercepted messages, encoded in a seemingly unbreakable cipher. Nostradamus turns to his able apprentice, the young swordsman Alfeo Zeno, whose unique talents may prove essential to unraveling the truth.

Prince Onwin wants Cain to do the impossible. He wants him to assassinate the fae queens from Dimension Beta. By doing so, he'll end the fae civil war on Feary Prime and save the natural order. The problem is, Cain has a bargain with the courts from Prime, Alpha, and Beta. He can't act directly or indirectly against any of them without incurring a massive penalty to his magic and wellbeing. But it's possible there might be a loophole he can exploit.

Dans son appartement de Rio, une femme commence sa journée, seule face à une tasse de thé. Sa bonne l'a quittée le matin même. Il y a une première rupture du rythme quotidien de cette femme. C'est pourquoi elle entame une interrogation sur le cours habituel de ses jours. Après avoir décidé de faire le ménage dans la chambre de la bonne, elle découvre qu'elle a vécu de longs mois à côté de quelqu'un resté totalement étranger.

Be careful what you wish for. A year earlier, with the help of enigmatic industrialist Michael Walker, all of Penelope Drayton Spence’s dreams had come true. Now, as one of the country’s top journalists, she has discovered what she thought would make her happy was only making her busy. After months of avoiding her, Michael Walker burst back into her life with an outlandish plan to launch his controversial “Hermes” satellite into space. But she soon learns someone just as resourceful and well-financed is willing to go to any lengths to stop the launch.

Edmund Gunderson—former Terran governor of the colony world of Belzagor—returns eight years after the planet has gained independence, drawn back for reasons he can’t quite explain. Things have changed significantly since he left, and he plays his part well—slightly pompous, former government official—for the tourists he encounters on the way down. But this is more than a simple sight-seeing visit. As Gunderson comes face to face with the consequences of his former attitudes and actions, he finds himself on a journey—both physical and spiritual—to the legendary mountain of rebirth.

Gaia's New DreamCoat opens us to a story that unfolds simply by asking those wise shepherds of the Earth in the Devic and Faerie Realms to assist us in learning how to transform Earth and ourselves. In the process, we will have to ask ourselves what will happen if we don't act in a timely way to support Gaia's greening. The Light Loom weaving that is being made by the various characters from the subtle realms must be complete and activated before Gaia can no longer sustain human life.

The White Feather is a poignant, romantic, and sometimes tragic novel set in both the battlefields of World War I France, and in a small, Cotswold village named Claybourne-on-Coln. This engaging novel presents the reader with unforgettable characters, courageous and cowardly, generous and self-serving.

After discovering the secrets to the Gaalderkhani tiles - ancient computers that house not just memories but untold destructive force - Caitlin O'Hara's son gets accidentally thrust back in time. In order to save him, she must master the power of the tiles and figure out what the Gaalderkhani's modern relatives are searching and killing for. Can she put the pieces together and bring her son back home again?

I dream of dead people. My dreams control me. Until the day I control them. My waking life is a nightmare. Dreams should give me a break, except they don't. I dream of people who are dead: their best moments, their worst moments, and far too often, their deaths. Now, my dreams begin to revolve around Victorian-era Lucy and her happy, mundane life. It's a welcome change from my nightmares, especially when her super-cute future cousin-in-law is around.

The New Atlantis (1627) is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon in which he describes a vision of the future of human discovery, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humanity. The novel portrays a utopian world where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the dominant qualities of the inhabitants.

Todos nós, em algum momento, já ouvimos essa passagem da carta de São Paulo aos Coríntios. Mas será que realmente compreendemos sua mensagem? No final do século XIX, o jovem missionário Henry Drummond é convidado a substituir um famoso pregador. A princípio a plateia fica contrariada, mas logo é cativada por sua análise das palavras do apóstolo Paulo. Esse sermão, The Greatest Thing in the World, tornou-se um clássico e sem dúvida é um dos textos mais bonitos já escritos sobre o Amor. Drummond o decompõe em nove elementos.

A fin de transmitir sus vivencias, Marlo Morgan editó por su cuenta y riesgo esta novela que, meses después de ver la luz, se convirtió en un extraordinario best seller internacional.

David's life has been picture perfect until a terrible accident disrupts his whole world. Overcome with emotion, he slips into a blind rage only to find himself transported to another dimension. Through a stranger he meets on the "other side", David learns more about his world than he could ever imagine - and that there is a force of evil aiming to destroy the Universe as he knows it. With the help of his sister Debbie, his best friend Brian, and his ever-faithful dog, Kona, David must learn to channel his new found abilities in an attempt to defeat evil and save the Universe.

Using a compelling novel format, the audiobook demonstrates how to apply lean thinking in a healthcare setting. It illustrates the situations, characters, and plant politics you will most likely face as you progress through your lean healthcare journey. As the story unfolds, you will discover the way of thinking and behavioral changes required to implement proven Toyota Production System (TPS) methods, tools, and thinking in healthcare.

They reach the shore, barks and joyful laughter swallowed by the crashing waves. Suddenly, an odd-looking object in the sky draws closer. As dark clouds loom, a flicker of unease crosses Scotty’s face. Before he can react, an eerie glow surrounds both boy and dog. In an instant, they vanish without a trace. Now aboard an alien ship, Scotty faces a reality far from home. The walls breathe, the corridors pulse and his fear deepens.

Avram Davidson's six Jack Limekiller stories create a rich and colorful world where the magical and inexplicable coexist with the outboard motor and the escalation of the American war in Vietnam. British Hidalgo is "a place that you can put your arms around" - welcoming and friendly to the visitor, but uncanny beings dwell in the bush and roam along its coast.

Spanning six decades of the 1800s, this mesmerizing story is a fictional biography of Marie Laveau - one of the most haunting characters in New Orleans’ history. Part of a long line of voodoo priestesses and healers, Marie tells of the mystery, passion, and violence that pattern her life. Like her grandmother, Marie sees visions from an early age. She never knew her mother, who practiced a spiritualism so potent she was murdered by those who feared her.

Suffering from complete amnesia, a man is found close to death on a beach and on a freezing cold winter's day. Although he has no idea how he does it, he finds that he has the ability to alleviate pain and suffering from those in need of help. On meeting anyone, he instinctively knows the evil that they may hold in their heart and mind. This ability leads to the arrest of the most prolific child killer in England.