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Many of us think about ghosts and ghost stories happening anywhere, but particularly in and around houses. But ghosts appear to be everywhere, and there are many reasons why they might appear too. This short ghost storybook is part of a trilogy series, based on actual, real-life personal stories. We are never alone, so to speak.

James Barrie grew up in a family where the mother was the dominant figure. When he was six years old, his elder brother died in an accident, a trauma from which his mother never recovered. As his mother played a dominant role in his life, her pain and suffering affected Barrie deeply and changed his life forever.

In April 1912, schoolteacher Valerie McElroy and her eight-year-old sister Ruby booked passage on the RMS Titanic for a return trip to America after visiting an aunt in London, England. When the supposedly unsinkable passenger liner hits an iceberg, Valerie and Ruby find themselves apparently safe after being put on a lifeboat. But things go further awry when Valerie finds herself knocked off the crowded lifeboat and into the cold sea.

Generalmente se nos suele enseñar la Edad Media como una etapa de oscuridad marcada por guerras continuas entre señores feudales y por un cristianismo hermético. Un estudio a fondo nos demostrará que no es una imagen completa, ya que sólo tiene en cuenta el ojo occidental. Breve Historia del Imperio Bizantino nos presenta la historia del otro lado, la historia de la Edad Media vista desde un imperio majestuoso que supo conservar, desde su inexpugnable capital Constantinopla, durante más de un milenio los valores y la cultura del antiguo Imperio romano.

Joining together, nine Babylonian necromantic sorcerers were appointed as secret protectors of the royal court and the city by the King. In the shadowy halls of Babylon’s underground temples, they met under the veil of night, engaging in the most secretive of esoteric rites. In their ancient Akkadian tongues, they shared their dark secrets, communed with the dead, and joined with sister witches for intense sexual magic rituals.

At the heart of each of these great classic stories is an adoptee with an indomitable spirit who becomes the heroine (or hero) of her own life. "The bravery it takes for an unwanted orphan to forge their own path in life was as great when these stories were written as it is today," says narrator Alison Larkin, who draws on her own adoption experience to bring these stories to authentic new life.

Peter Pan is a story about a free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and who never grows up. His never-ending childhood is filled with adventures. He lives on the mythical island of Neverland where he is the leader of the Lost Boys gang. They live side by side with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and only occasionally interact with ordinary children from outside the Neverland.

Women’s fiction author Irene Stoddard thought she had it all with a successful husband Robert and their daughter Patty, while making a good life for themselves in Boston. But that all changed when, in the middle of Patty’s eighth birthday party, Irene caught Robert in their own bed with a sexy neighbor. In spite of feeling devastated by this betrayal, Irene chose to stay in the marriage for the sake of their daughter.

A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the airmen who experienced it. On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as "The Great Escape"; an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, and daring.

Peter Pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling's proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land where they encounter the Red Indians, the Little Lost Boys, pirates and the dastardly Captain Hook.

There’s nothing easy about having cancer. For most people, cancer is a hard, reluctant journey through rugged, unfamiliar terrain. Ultimately, however, there are really only two ways to face cancer: in our own strength or with the help and strength that God supplies. Strength for the Cancer Journey provides empathetic, daily reminders that God is present for anyone facing the challenges of cancer.

Dóta has dwelled 16 years among the trolls. She knows nothing but the darkness of her family’s cave. Her mother says humans are beasts who would slay them all. Yet the gods of Asgard whisper in the night: Dóta is a child of men, a monster unto monsters. To discover her human side, Dóta must take up her bone knife and step into the light above. Secrets await her in the human realm — beauty, terror, the love of a princess.

Set within the lush playground of Maui, Hawaii’s famed Kaanapali Beach Resort, this soap opera style audio tale of adultery, dark secrets, revenge, and murder revolves around the anticipated grand opening of Kaanapali Palms Hotel, the latest luxury accommodation on the island’s western shore. Multimillionaire CEO of Kaanapali Palms, Ben Crawford, is not above getting in bed with organized crime to make dream come true. A widower, his 19-year old daughter, Leigh, means everything to him. Forgotten is the child he abandoned long ago, never imagining this would come back to haunt him.

In the year 2020, graduate student and Victorian Era enthusiast Katie Judson finds herself living in 1890 London, England, and beyond, courtesy of a mysterious stairwell. There, she meets fellow American Spencer Brennan, a member of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Force, who is in search of his younger sister, Felicity, who has been forced into prostitution on the dark streets of Whitechapel. As they attempt to rescue her, Katie and Spencer must also grapple with their mutual passions, romance, and the mind-bending nature of time travel.

Crimson Wilkinson may have narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of Delilah, but the cost of that escape proves to be a hefty one. As the first Amarant vampire in centuries, she is struggling with controlling both her demanding thirst and her insurmountable new powers. If that weren't enough, the Salem coven is without a leader, and Crimson owes them greatly. If she does not step up as their new leader, they may join her growing enemies and crush her. The stress of it all begins to go to her head, and she fears she is losing her mind.

Felicity loves her new status as Lucifer's first Earthly helper. The tasks are spiritually taxing, but the passion she enjoys in his arms is nothing shy of Heaven. But things aren't what they seem. And when she falls into a trap that takes her away from Lucifer, she'll fight like Hell to get back to him. Lucifer thought existence would be a happily-ever-after now that he had his first love beside him after millions of years and was redeemed in the eyes of Heaven. But when a mysterious murder turns into a wild demon chase, all Hell breaks loose. Literally.

Lorelei always believed she was cursed. Not only can she see the ghosts of the world all around her, she can pull a person's soul right out of their body - a skill that comes in handy when you're the adopted daughter of the crime boss of Las Vegas. But Lorelei wants a new life, one where she can help people rather than kill, so she runs away and invents a new identity as a medical student at a university.

A fictional world brought to life, a dark romance that promises eternity, and a secret that threatens to end it all. Crimson Wilkinson is a teenage girl who, having survived a dark childhood, finds her escape in reading a popular vampire series. After some investigation, she becomes an active part in the very true vampire stories the world thought were fiction and falls in love with their author, Nicholae Albaric, the sweetly lonely vampire celebrity.

While New York Times journalist Felicity Claire works on breaking a big story about a viral weapon being manufactured by a pharmaceutical company, her plans get derailed when she’s assigned to interview the Devil himself. Tired of Hell, the Devil has escaped his prison and come to Earth to revel in the pleasures of the light, eventually becoming somewhat of a feared celebrity. When Lucifer turns the interview into a game of seduction, Felicity gets pulled into a world that blurs the lines between lust and love, between good and evil.

Phoenyx Blake has a secret. When she wakes in a dungeon with three strangers, she is forced to face it, which isn't easy seeing as her cellmate Sebastian has starred in her dreams. As days pass, they learn they are each bound by one of the four elements and they have been abducted by an ancient society that plans to sacrifice them for powers they didn't know they had. Can they master their elements before time runs out, or will the intense flame between Phoenyx and Sebastian extinguish before it ignites?