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Muse (Hardcover)
Jennifer Ott
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R1,042
Discovery Miles 10 420
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Fade Razr (Paperback)
Cato; Edited by Tumika Cain; Cover design or artwork by Jennifer Ott
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R575
Discovery Miles 5 750
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Over a lifetime, author Jennifer Ott wrote about and related to
characters who walked different paths of loneliness and solitude.
Soon the truth of her life dawned on her. She was living in
lonerdom, a condition she describes as a loner's self-built kingdom
far away from the stresses of modern life. It is a place where many
retreat. Using her own life, and her fictional stories as examples,
Jennifer Ott weaves together a holistic perspective of loneliness,
including the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and
psychologists, but most importantly the support of family, friends,
guides and teachers. Secrets of a Recovering Loner is a book meant
to motivate and inspire those who have fallen into the well of
loneliness and discover the courage and the path back to the social
world.
Countess Katerina Vaduva roams Eastern Europe as a vampire for
nearly six hundred years experiencing the horrors of mortal man -
wars, plagues, genocide and torture. For centuries, she seeks
shelter and security in the castles of counts and sultans. When her
husband the Count of Slovakia passes, she pursues a new life with a
colonel in the Prussian military. While her husband quests victory
at battle, Katerina desires a naturalist scientist who seduces her
with knowledge and a greater understanding of herself. It is for
immortal love and the pursuit of progress she will risk her own
mortality.
During the 1960's, the measure of a woman's success is how well she
marries. This is the goal of Tempe, Arizona native Georgina
LaVigne, and she believes she made her mark when she wrangles the
son of a Nevada rancher, only to be disappointed to learn the life
isn't what she expected. Set out onto the Las Vegas streets,
Georgina has to fend for herself and quickly, still determined with
the goal to find a husband. She tests her luck as a cocktail
waitress but finds no worthy bet until her fate is sealed when she
meets Willy Sturgess, who offers her more than she anticipated -
family, love, opportunity and even hope. As with many people in the
late 1960's, Georgina finds herself submerged in heartache once
again. When a derelict-looking man wanders into her life a few
years later, he gives her what she needs most - a lifelong friend.
Often a person's path leads them to unsuspecting places with the
most unsuspecting people. It is this journey and strange array of
characters that lead us to where we belong.
After leaving an abusive ex, Andy Daniels heads back to Las Vegas
to reunite with Earl, the love of her life, only to find him gone.
Devastated from losing him, she realizes her life holds for her
several choices -return to her burnout hippie days at Berkley,
succumb to society expectations with a suitable companion, or hold
onto her faith in love and wait for her lost love to return. Andy
choses the latter. To her friends, Andy's clinging to love seems
futile and even a little pathetic, yet no one seems to be able to
deter her. As the years pass, Andy's love grows past her lover. She
learns to appreciate the love of friendship, coworkers, neighbors
and everyone who crosses her path, but mostly she learns to love
herself. Her love grows to such epic levels that she simply cannot
help to be a magnet and attract what she desires most of all-the
love she lost so many years ago.
From the outside, starlet Olivia Hammond has it all-fame, fortune
and a Hollywood hunk boyfriend. No one suspects her rising
self-doubts and anxieties. In order to escape the realities of her
chaotic world, she dives into an Oscar quality role of a young
woman trapped in the horrors of postwar Berlin. It is here that
Olivia feels most comfortable. Her real and fictional lives collide
when the director casts, Dimitri Malakhov, a Russian porn star, as
her costar. She immediately fears her image and reputation will be
tainted. Personally and professionally, she must face what
frightens her most-exposing herself, her fears, her imperfections
and her desires to the world. The experience of filming the movie
with Dimitri and being on location in Berlin destroys her
prejudices, and judgments. It shatters all her illusions and
perceptions. When liberated from her own confines, her life and
love truly shine.
This collection of essays examines the impact that the United
States entry into WWI had on the people and communities of Central
Pennsylvania. The authors in this collection explored how the
national events precipitated by American entry into the First World
War in April 1917 transformed the institutions and day-to-day life
of the men, women, and children living in communities in Central
Pennsylvania. Some of the topics explored include WWI's impact on
educational institutions (including local universities, the
Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and private preparatory
schools), the National Guard, the Red Cross, Camp Colt in
Gettysburg, conservation efforts, and photojournalism. The
narratives included connect these topics to life in Adams,
Franklin, and Cumberland Counties, as well as more in depth
explorations of activities in Harrisburg, Carlisle, and Gettysburg.
Earl Hollsopple lived on the edge of civilization in a deserted
shack for nearly forty years. His life was one beautiful night of
stargazing after another, until a helicopter flies overhead, and
exposing his meager world. It is a sign; it is time for him to
return to civilization Unknowingly, Earl's journey parallels
another he had deeply repressed, and that is his return from the
Vietnam War. The lone survivor of a plane crash, Earl waits for
rescue that never comes. He is left to find his way home alone. On
his quests, old Earl and young Earl learn lessons of survival,
overcoming isolation and handling conflicts; his travels teach him
not just about himself, but humankind. Reaching pivotal points in
both journeys, Earl meets fateful loves, leading to destinies that
are ultimately intertwined. Everything in life circles until we are
able to answer the riddles that plaque man and humanity. Only until
we take the journey, solve the problems of our own existence, do we
find our way home.
The Earth has stopped rotating and no one seems to notice, except
for bleeding-heart, supermodel Venetia DeMille. While Mother Earth
begins to fade into a silent death, Venetia clings to hope. She
solicits the help of a scientist, but no avail. Not to be hindered
in her quest to save the Earth, Venetia sets out on a journey
around the world to find like-minded people and caring souls - an
exuberant youth, a magical healer and a man of God. Although
together they are able to rekindle faith, their effort still does
not provide results. It is a mysterious meeting of four horsemen
that carry them to the east where they experience a connection to
the earth and each other. Could the forces that gather with their
united efforts prove to be the remedy to save the planet?
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