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Of all the places to be transported by magic against my will, a tropical island doesn’t seem too bad. Unfortunately, it’s teeming with blood casters who want me dead. On the bright side, I’m not alone; my friends are here too, and we’ve faced tougher odds together before. But the dangerous magic on this island isn’t like some of our other foes, and there are places some of us can’t even go without triggering deadly blood magic spells. To make matters worse, the leader of the blood casters is here, and she is a witch to be reckoned with.

Olivia and her brothers were born into a world where supernaturals and humans exist together. The problem: Humans don't know of their existence. Her and her siblings are forced to follow rules that have not changed since the beginning, and it doesn't sit well with one of her brothers, who chooses to go rogue and tries to make a change. In this new series filled with action, betrayal, romance, and sex, you'll fall in love with the characters, root for your favorite, and wish you were the partner to one.

First and foremost, I am not an expert on any of the topics discussed in this audiobook. I'm an average everyday person like most. Second, this isn't an audiobook about martial arts. Sorry if it comes as a surprise given the title, and a surprise because, yes, that is what I do for a living. So, you're probably thinking, "What is this audiobook about?" Well, I will completely admit, I've made a lot of mistakes and screwed up a lot of things. But I think one thing that I've been fortunate with is that I'm pretty good about learning from those mistakes.

Matilda is the only legitimate daughter of Henry I of England. She’s also the granddaughter of William the Conqueror and is a descendent—through her mother—from the ancient line of Anglo-Saxon kings. She is made a widow in her early twenties and is the only surviving heir to the throne of England. Now she must marry Geoffrey of Anjou, a boy ten years younger, and share the task of leading an often rebellious state. Before long she gives birth to three sons and provides her father with the male heirs he’s longed for.

Set in 2065, the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) guards Earth's oceans from their HQ base, Marineville. Led by Commander Shore, WASP agents battle against evil with the fearless and heroic Troy Tempest as captain of super submarine Stingray at the vanguard of protecting mankind. Together with hydrophone operator George 'Phones' Sheridan and the amphibious and beautiful Marina, Troy battles against underwater enemies the Aquaphibians, their submarine, Terror Fish and the persuasive power of their leader, Titan, the undersea Lord of Titanica.

Property Quadrants examines the four ways that real estate investing works and takes the listener through real-life stories of how I have helped people turn their lives around using the formulas outlined in the quadrants. The real-life examples also list all the numbers on passive income portfolios and explain how to get there.

When Ash gets a phone call from Detective Jenna Harkness, he knows he’s in for a whirlwind. She tells him an officer brought in a crazy man who might be of interest to him. The man thinks it’s 1969. But when Ash listens in when Harkness interviews the man—who identifies himself as Donald Douglas—he isn’t convinced that there’s much of a connection. That is, until Douglas lays eyes on Ash and spits in his face. The team soon discovers that Douglas is the latest hitman hired by the Gatekeeper to kill Heat. But they still haven’t figured out a way to stop the Gatekeeper.

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Bob is no ordinary Minecraft villager. Programmed with a Google AI algorithm, he is getting smarter, but still cannot be convinced he is inside a game. When he learns the truth, he starts on a journey that only "friendly AI" can make. How far can you follow Bob as his life gradually becomes more complex and his growing understanding of "reality" makes him question his place in the universe?

Behind each door lies something strange and terrifying. Here, the normal is made nightmarish, from howls of were-foxes to satanic car-boot sales. Creepy, terrifying and witty by turn, Silverweed Road deals in love, loss, isolation, loneliness, obsession, greed and revenge. As the screw turns with each story, Crook creates a world of pure imagination, constantly surprising, in a setting that is instantly recognisable but other-worldly at the same time.

Appearing in 1852, Basil was Wilkie Collins’s second published novel. The eponymous narrator is emotionally torn between two women: Margaret Sherwin and his sister Clara. His marriage to Margaret, a draper’s sexually precocious daughter, is to remain secret and unconsummated for the first year, as agreed with her father.

Fleeing with her brother to Scotland, Jane Delane boards a luxury cruiser in search of their estranged mother. Life is hard enough between nursing her brother back to health and nursing her own broken heart over having to leave behind Amos Hood, werewolf hunter, for her brother's own good—but then it gets a whole lot more complicated when she learns that Amos has, in fact, boarded the ship in search of her. As has the werewolf bent on making Jane like himself. Only his strategy is different this time—his time, he intends to woo her in his human form.

Here is Hugh Lofting's classic tale of the English doctor who learns how to speak to his non-human patients—dogs, cats, rhinos, and monkeys alike—as he travels from England to the jungles of Africa and back again. Doctor Dolittle's entourage of animal friends, including Polynesia the parrot, Gub-Gub the pig, Jip the dog, and Dab-Dab the duck, journey with the doctor and team up to help him out of one scrape after another.

Following an encounter with the Cybermen, the Doctor's life appears to hang in the balance—until, before the eyes of his companions Ben and Polly, his physical appearance is transformed! Disoriented after his regeneration, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the Earth colony planet Vulcan. Ben and Polly are disturbed—the Doctor isn't the man he used to be. The Doctor is also worried; the colonists have found the remains of two Daleks, which they plan to revive!

In London, early in the nineteenth century, five-year-old Mary Godwin, daughter of philosopher William Godwin, plays with her sister Fanny, mourns her deceased mother, and marvels as a hot-air balloon lands not far from the Thames River. Nearby, in Sussex, eleven-year-old Percy Shelley entertains his three sisters by telling them stories and performing tricks with chemicals and fire. A few years later, Mary and Percy meet and fall in love in the Godwin bookshop near Black Friar’s Bridge.

William Strunk, Jr., a professor of English literature at Cornell University, penned The Elements of Style in 1918 as a guide for his students in the proper use of grammar and composition.

The Bookworm Box is proud to present Two More Days, our second anthology installment. Much like the first installment, Two More Days is an exciting and unique listening experience with contributions from several of our charity's featured authors. Each author was given the same first sentence. Where they took that sentence was completely up to them.

Nina Anderson is free of the man who hurt her for so many years. Now, she can throw her whole heart into a relationship with her unearthly protector, Liam. She's thankful for the time she's been given with him but hates the restrictions. Nina is determined to find a way to make Liam human, even if it means putting her own life in jeopardy. Liam would give anything to be with Nina permanently, so when he's offered an assignment to investigate strange occurrences around, he jumps at the chance.

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of extraordinary power, exploring issues of mental health, the role of women in society, and the oppressive nature of the patriarchy. Told in the first person, the story follows the plight of a woman confined by her husband in a small room in an old mansion—ostensibly for her own good. As her boredom increases and her sanity deteriorates, she becomes fixated on the wallpaper in the room, the yellow design of which includes an image of a trapped woman.

The sole heir to the kingdom is destined to sleep for a hundred years. To hide this liability, the queen left her cursed daughter in the care of a trusted lord, while taking his son as her own. Rowan grew up hating the boy who had her crown and vowed to one day reclaim her place as queen. But when a neighboring king threatens a war they won’t survive, Rowan must work with the fraud prince to save Elenvérs. She pledges herself as his spy in the enemy court and lives in the heart of danger. If she can’t save her kingdom before the curse hits, there may be nothing left to wake up to.