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Jan Branch, an old friend of Melia, has come back to Salford. Her mother has died. She wants to clear the house and return home to the Far East, getting back to her serious business of gun-running. But she is distracted. She is accosted (and not in a nice way) by one of the youngest members of the Batter family, who seems to have gotten the idea that Jan can help him find his grandfather's buried "treasure". Jan has to slap the kid down, but she is intrigued. Jimmy Batter's lost fortune? It's worth more than a tired old house, she thinks, and determines to join the hunt.

With our first cry as we exit the womb to the time of our physical death, not many wonder about the things that transpired in our other lives, nor do they think about the purpose behind this one. We keep living automatically, never questioning why we feel as if we have done this before. Or believing that God has set this plan in place and nothing we do can change it...What happens when a person goes after the truth? What happens, when a person starts searching for the purpose of their being? The veracity of their existence?

Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world-record three-mile-deep mine shaft. EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources, and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company’s driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure. But far beneath the surface, where the rocks are so hot they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries. Waiting...and guarding.

The book dives deep into my experience. It highlights my struggles to survive the odds through balance, perseverance, and independence on my journey to fulfilling my true calling. Art has always been my saving grace.

Kate Burns grows up wanting attention from her Ma, but her Ma wants only money and Kate learns how to get both. She and her childhood friend, Lacey, run kissing lessons for cash in the janitor’s closet of Fenbrook High, and just like that, they find themselves in the sex work industry. From there, they go on to work at The Purple Panther, a strip club in Auckland. When Ma dies of cancer, Kate discovers that the men her Ma was always inviting over to their home were, in fact, clients. Ma was no stranger to sex work either.

Growing Up, Then Things Failed: How Did She Acquire Strength by Rhonda Maxine Boggi is a motivational book about her life story, the trials and tribulations she went through, and how she recovered from them.

Room 101 is the anti-Desert Island Discs. Instead of picking the tracks, books and luxuries they love, guests are invited to banish their least favourite things to Orwell's eponymous chamber of horrors. Twenty-seven episodes of the show were broadcast on Radio 5 between 1992 and 1994, and it went on to run for 18 hit series on BBC TV before relaunching on Radio 4 in 2023. This specially curated collection contains 16 of the very best editions of the original radio series.

Foray Into Hollywood is a captivating memoir that takes you on a journey through the life of Robert, a man who went from a small town in South Carolina to the bustling streets of Hollywood. In this book, you'll get an inside look at Robert's life as he chased his dreams of making it big in the entertainment industry.

The New Mythic: the new voice of 21st century speculative fiction. An all-new anthology of chilling horror, apocalyptic science fiction and awe-inspiring fantasy, by an award winning ensemble of international writers.