He thought of his wife and son. At this hour, they would be asleep, blissfully unaware of the ghastly events that were playing out on the Aegean. "We only have a small window of opportunity to get this job done before the night fishermen return to Mykonos and the morning fishermen go out. If they see us, they may become curious and ask what we are doing or worse still, inform the coast guard." Michael, an accounts executive from New York City, is devastated by the untimely death of his wife. His doctor recommends he takes a vacation. Michael travels to Greece, the ideal location to translate a nineteenth-century diary written by a French archaeologist, bought a few years prior at a book market in Paris. Unbeknown to him, the Aegean islands have recently experienced a horrific crime. During the theft of five ancient statues from the sacred island of Delos, fourteen archaeologists were murdered. With the help of Althea, a beautiful Greek lady from the island of Mykonos, Michael begins to translate the diary, but there are others who also have an interest in it. As a consortium of international agents carries out their investigation into the stolen statues, Michael finds himself an innocent participant, not only in their enthralling investigation but also in a kidnapping. It is a world that is foreign to him; a world fraught with intrigue and deception. "'In 1930 I was the Head Archaeologist on the sacred island of Delos'". Fabien stopped reading and looked at the Host. "I'm afraid this was where my grandfather started crying and rambling but I wrote down what he said as best I could. Shall I continue reading?" "Yes, do go on." "'We hid the treasure. Looking back, I know that what we did was wrong. Please tell the Greek authorities about the treasure and ask her citizens to forgive a greedy and dying old man.'"

''Football is a team sport, we play together and we win together. Sometimes it can happen that an individual or the defensive line make a mistake and we concede a goal resulting in a lost, it means we lose together, despite the criticism from the commentators or what will come out from the newspapers the day after. There should not be a finger pointing on and off the field, as every mistake should be considered as a team mistake since the game is a collective sport, you play to win and lose together and should always remember to play your hardest until the final whistle..'' As a kid, you are allowed to dream about anything you want, at least that is what people told you however, in reality, you should probably dream about what is possible. Diego's dream was to become a professional football player. He was born and grew up in Belvia, a town where playing football was the most realistic situation one could dream of to get out of poverty. With this in mind, he dreams and sets out to become a professional footballer...until a tragedy strikes him and his family, so the alternative options are not too many. Diego, who proved to be mentally strong, respected what life had to offer him, so he tried in every way to take advantage of the opportunity that this game could bring to his family. Football became his passport to a better life; he knew it and worked hard to accomplish this dream. Diego's character, motivation and love for the game of football can only be described by these few words: "On my fractured legs or bended knees, playing football is and will always be my passion''.

Thoughts from a Damaged Mind is a poetic collection that narrates existentialism through the eyes of a unique and personal experience. With a familiar and relatable language, the poet describes a deep feeling of isolation and estrangement towards the societal norms through which people are bound to be considered sane, whole, and normal. As the poet interrogates himself on many questions - how should we live our lives? What is the meaning of happiness? - an inner dark and unwelcomed guest seems to take over every positive emotion. The unwelcomed guest is depression, an illness that is too often stigmatized and misunderstood to the point of being compared to lack of determination rather than accepted as a problem afflicting one's mental health. The poet accepts it and comes to terms with his condition, and thanks to family, friends, and doctors he can begin to demolish the walls of loneliness that surround him and start a path towards recovery.

A middle-aged man believes he is suffering from a mental health condition. Gilbert Martin can "see" things that others don't and predict the future with disturbing dreams and visions. Whilst on a school holiday to France during his teens, he meets a girl called Margaux on Chatelaillon-Plage. Somehow, she manages to leave the beach with him and since then, she has inhabited his life: he talks to her, he chats with her and she answers back. Seeking a resolution, one way or the other, he decides to write a book about his experiences and uses the interest in his novel to garner the sympathy of the public and to make it easy for him to travel to France where it all began. Will he able to resolve the mystery and to discover if Margaux is real and who is she? A suspense-mystery novel of love, courage and perseverance that will make the reader dwell on how, no matter how extreme the situation someone is going through, life can be a surprising journey.

A young Syrian refugee feels the urge to enter a church in Germany, overwhelmed by the notes of Handel's Messiah. An elderly German woman and her neighbour whom she barely knows, an Arab mother of four, hug each other when they discover they have more in common than they thought. A retired teacher reflects on her roots when she meets a Spanish student in the Bavarian countryside. A tour guide recalls the civil war that tore her beloved Ireland apart only a few decades earlier. What do these stories have in common? They are stories of everyday people who, for one reason or another, feel displaced, outsiders, strangers to their surroundings. But sometimes a chance encounter, a shared experience, or maybe the notes of a song, are all it takes to feel at home again, and then, the other does not seem so different from us anymore. With her delicate writing, Sheila Gutknecht explores the concepts of identity, belonging, and otherness.

The author offers a detailed and realistic, sometimes enchanted, description of the current world situation. An eclectic tormented world full of problems, inequalities, injustices, degradation... What the author tries to do through his intricately crafted words is not only to identify the problems that afflict all the people of the world but to try to offer solutions to challenges that we face every day globally. His words are harsh but at the same time true, objective testimony, of a world that seems to have forgotten harmony, peace, and equality. He successfully stirs the reader to reflect upon the world we live in.

Sometimes you need a little help, even if you don't want to ask for it. Will is...enduring. With a sick sister at home and university to get through, he still spends most of his time smiling as if everything is fine. Until he meets 'the others'. Suddenly, everything Will knows is thrown out of the window, and he has to start all over. But maybe that leaves room for some hope. Rules don't apply to Will's new friends. Does that mean they can save his little sister? If she can be helped, maybe Will can be helped too.

Since 2020, we have been flooded with the anomalous wave of a worldwide disease outbreak-the COVID-19 pandemic-which has taken away so much, too much, maybe everything. This story deals with the importance and disruptive consequences of this pandemic, the fear that made us feel, the pain that made us carry in for so long. But, above all, it speaks of freedom, of rebirth, of victory, of love. "Honey! We are going to have our wedding as scheduled. Your doctor said that you are going to be discharged today," he cheered her up. "May God let it be!", she exhaled. She wanted to dance in joy inside the ward. She had survived triple tragedy. [...] Jovani had no clue about all that. "Meron! I can't wait to marry you," said Jovani. "Get me out of this Hospital on a white bride dress if it is possible," she joked.

Say That Again is a grammar and pronunciation book designed for Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced adult English learners, and it was born from Lorraine Bonython's passion for language and teaching. Convinced that too often adults are expected to memorize new concepts as if they were children, having the same amount of time and mind structure that a child has, she created an easier, faster, and practical way to learn this language. With the onset of Covid, many companies could no longer afford to pay for English lessons for their employees and many workers no longer had the resources to pay for their own classes. Saddened that so many people who wanted to learn English could no longer do so, Lorraine decided to write this book of pronunciation techniques which makes speaking in English simple and immediate.

In an imaginary Empire whose king is dying, everyone fears for the fate of the kingdom. The only heir of the Empire is Princess Anila, whose womanhood would not help her climb on the Throne. Without successors, the counts would become sovereigns again, and war for dominance would break out. In Dalday, Nufira decides to leave her village to become a King's Messenger. She not only discovers a strange world in which rules are not always familiar to her, but she will play a leading role in stabilising the Empire, due to her self-assurance, loyalty and common sense. A triumphant tale of life, showing that true strength and values come from within, regardless of appearance. An extraordinary example of a woman who stepped out of her traditional female role to recover a whole kingdom.

A logogriph in rhyming couplet, suitable for the ears of the youngest, but that does not hurt the memory of adults. A way to play on the meanings of some of the most important words for the first years of a child's life, which allows you to learn and not to forget. A book for the first steps, for every one of Us.

This is an account of a father's attempts to discover what has happened to his son, who disappeared in the Darien Gap Jungle in Panama, in Central America. Just how do you go about finding out what has happened to someone six thousand miles away in a Spanish-speaking country? At the start the father did not know for definite where how his son had disappeared, if he had had a companion or who that companion was, or if he had had a guide. The significant thing is that the search became a family affair (without divorce!), but then other people became involved - some complete strangers very generous and helpful, a genuine crook, and two largely incompetent detective agencies. After 9 months, it was resolved, free of any ransom demand, probably by direct contact with the guerrilla group, FARC, itself. When the two adventurers were released, the parents, Brian and Anne Winder, heard of ransom demands of $2.000,000 each which never reached them, and many situations where the two adventurers could easily have died, and their fate never be known.