He came to me with a book titled, “The Codes of Forgetting.” It was his first printed book, written only for a single reader, me! He gave it to my hands only when we said our goodbyes and made me swear not to open it until he vanished from my sight. It was a fictitious account of a man and a woman and their intense love story. He concluded that novella with a question. A question that changed our life forever, and it was, "Will you marry me?”
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The ware and tare on a heart and mind. The constant sway of emotions you cant control. Bring you to the highest of feelings, then drop you so hard and so fast that you feel like ice.
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Thirteen years has passed since the day Madelyn had received the news that changed her world, since then she grew up with only her mother and grandmothers support and lived as if any day would be her last. A month before her birthday twenty-fifth birthday a tragedy struck her world again turning it upside down and leaving her alone in a world she thought she knew. She is pressured to move back to her father that had remarried and has a family of his own, forced to reconnect with a brother that had wished her dead and forced to pretend that there is absolutely nothing wrong with her. The only upside in this mess is the letters that her mom has left her to find and so she clung to them in hopes of finding her path again, meeting old friends and making new ones on the way. All seemed to turn for the better if it weren't for the attacks that came more often and much more severe, this is her last chance to make her finale decision. Should she stay or should she go? Like her mother said 'Monday's are especially made for you my dear, because that is when you need to make a decision of going through another week again'.
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Is this how I’m going to die? No! I will come back and take revenge! Died after being stabbed, Raymond was lucky enough to rebirth at ten years ago. During this time, his business empire is not bankrupt yet and the VR game The Legend of Calando which totally changed his life is not launched. Raymond will take his chance to succeed and revenge.
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“Boss, is that the… white dragon?” The dwarf was pointing at an enormous, dark figure that was fast approaching from above. The leader’s face turned very pale and his legs began to shake uncontrollably. The dragon’s wings blocked out the sun, plunging the skies above the glacier into darkness. The air turned so cold that it felt like the world would freeze over. “Boss let’s get out of here!” “It is too late,” the leader stammered. “Get ready to fight!” The mercenaries felt like their bodies were being torn to pieces as the freezing wind whipped through the great glacier. When the winds finally died down and they could see again, they found themselves face to face with the white dragon! He was staring ferociously at them, his eyes full of fire. He greeted them in a low, stirring voice. “Humans? Dwarves? Elves? Whatever you are, I would like to welcome you here to my research institute. I am Samuel White, the frostwing. What do you want to know?”
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Dancing at the fingertips of Death, Writing a legend of a lone thief, Telling the story of the thief’s road to the kitchen knife. Ancient spells of the necromancer from the immemorial tombs, The devil in the dark abyss of distant hell sighs, Ancient war songs by old bullhead priest from the orc tribe, The technological civilization lost in the goblin kingdom, Ancient ruins of the Tula Lyon Forest, The mysterious treasure on Emerald Isle, A strange race in the endless sea, There are different legends, With the same Enzes.
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Leo Collins is a money-laundering specialist, a Real Estate expert, and a Wall Street genius. He is wealthy and has connections to all of the local gangs. Things go south though, when he is arrested and released after only nine months; when his partners begin to suspect that he bargained for a lighter sentence by agreeing to roll over on them. In order to keep Leo quiet, a hit is put on his head, and, when three assassins barge into his hotel room, he has no chance. When push comes to shove though, rather than giving the assassins the satisfaction of taking his life, Leo leaps to his death through an open window. The minute Leo hits the ground, he blinks, and he finds himself back in 2002. He is 17 years old again, and he quickly realizes what a gift he has been given. He can take everything that he learned in his last life and make better use of those teachings. He can right wrongs. And he can get revenge on those that did him wrong.
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Samuel had been happily living in Vancouver for nearly a decade and, up until recently, things had been going very well for him. After four years, he’d graduated from the University of British Columbia. Then, on the recommendation of his best friend, he’d been offered gainful employment with Bankers Petroleum Lmt. as an H.R. Manager. Looking back on his life, he would come to call those years, his “Content Years”. Over the last year though, things had begun to go wrong. He’d made more than one bad financial decision; then, when it seemed that things couldn’t get worse, they did. Samuel was let go from his job. A month after that, his landlord came knocking on his door demanding missed payments. Now, with only three hundred dollars to his name, it’s anyone’s guess as to what will happen when the police come for him.
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**daily update According to legend, the Devilish and the Chosen coexisted together before the time of humans. They had great power but completely different personalities. The world stayed in harmony until they competed for control of human beings, resulting in the Glory War. After the war, a powerful force split everything and several worlds were consequently formed. Thousands of years later, humans rebuilt civilization and took over the world. But the Devilish and the Chosen continued to terrorize humans, determined to achieve world domination. Brian Cloon, the young son of a small grocery store owner, was born in this age of change. Despite the fact that he was not a person suitable to practice magic, he became the student of the unscrupulous magician Ron Bloomber by accident. Together with his three friends, Ken Millerys, Betty Frien, and Norry Fosteroy, he went on a journey to pass the test to become an apprentice of magic. Their adventures led them to what was later referred to in the scriptures as the Creation of the World of Seers.
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#Daily Updates# Vichy, the daughter of the President, comes from one of the powerful family of this country. Having fallen out with her father, she left the family with her true identity hidden. She then met a man who is handsome and super rich. Even he didn't know her past and true identity, they still got married. Vichy thought she met her Mr. Right, however, the only reason he married her was that he needs the marrow of their children to save his first love... --------- It was just a game of love, I didn’t expect to really fall in love with you.
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The competition was sponsored by Charles Luke, the handsome, high-profile, mature president and CEO of Luke Group. Elena’s roommate signed her up for a "competition" and she only went to the photoshoot to support her. However, owing to the trick played by an evil, little did they know that Elena would end up breaking into the world of Charles Luke.
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*updates everyday and back to Bad Sex* Alessa is sent by her fiancé to his Uncle Brian’s bed. Shocked and disgusted, she tries to escape but he doesn’t give up so easily… At the same time, Kevin, Alessa’s childhood sweetheart arrives out to save her from the abyss but soon the three of them are pulled into a whirlpool of power, money, love and desire. Thanks so much for loving my book Bad Sex! I am so flattered for all your comments and support. Love you all, my dear readers. Please support my other ongoing story What a Dominant Master!, a love story between a thief and a gangster!
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"Sometimes hiding in the shadows has its perks. Have you ever felt as though you were being watched, that at any given moment someone is waiting for the right moment to pounce! the dread that comes along with the fear. Even in the comfort of your own home, the fear never leaving your side - this little creation pf mine is about those whom disregarded all of my warnings, all the signs, everything! No matter, there time will come soon, fear not dear reader, i assure you by the end of this you shall return to your life unscathed. You have my word." - M.B ~~~ Originally written on Wattpad under the title "short horror stories" now renamed "Touch"
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She is a mafia queen and he is a Rich bad boy with an attitude that does not believe in love till he meets miss.mafia will they find love or worse
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Nick Lacey used to be an average, college guy. He never expected to find himself fighting for his life in a world doomed to death. The day of his big test, Nicks world is shattered when a fungal outbreak consumes mankind. Now, Nick must find a cure for this outbreak, but, will the monsters of this new world prove to be too much? Mae Adams; a charismatic, loving girl in a big world. Nothing could have prepared her for the day an outbreak rips across the world. She must learn to adjust to a cruel world in hopes of surviving. If she doesn't, the real monsters will soon find her. Disclaimer: The zombies in this story are based off of Naughty Dog's video game The Last Of Us. I do not take credit for the depictions of the zombies in this story. WARNING: This book contains gore, violence, cannibalism, sexual assault, foul language, and more. Please be cautious of reading if you are uncomfortable with any of these topics. Copyright: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Paolo Simoni è un avvocato genovese di grido che vive e lavora a Genova. All’età di 37 anni perde la moglie Alessandra, giornalista della più importante testata locale, in un incidente automobilistico e rimane solo con l’unico figlio, Mattia. Paolo ha un’ottima posizione economica, data dalla professione esercitata ad altissimi livelli che gli fa guadagnare meritatamente la fama di migliore fiscalista della città. Mattia, dal canto suo, è un ragazzo intelligente e in procinto di diplomarsi al conservatorio Paganini. Proprio nel giorno del diploma il ragazzo, dopo i festeggiamenti con i parenti, sparisce misteriosamente. Il caso viene seguito dal commissario Frandi, personaggio geniale e particolarissimo, conosciuto negli ambienti della polizia e della mala come “il marsigliese” per via della sua erre moscia e del suo modo di fare tra lo snob e l’estroso che lo fanno assomigliare ai colleghi d’oltralpe. Nel passato dell’avvocato genovese ci sono alcune ombre che potrebbero essere legate alla sparizione di Mattia, ma l’uomo è disposto a tutto pur di riavere il figlio. Il racconto scorre fluido tenendo il lettore sulla corda fino alla scena finale, degna di questo originale giallo all’italiana in cui la drammaticità della trama non fa cadere mai la narrazione nella retorica. Il giallo, tra colpi di scena, ritmi veloci e introspezioni psicologiche dei vari personaggi, descrive situazioni e ambienti con un velato e accattivante umorismo che evidenzia l’attaccamento dell’autore alla sua Genova. Attaccamento che non sfocia mai in un banale e anacronistico campanilismo.
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Max svolge la sua attività di progettista nella società di costruzioni fondata da suo padre, imprenditore senza troppi scrupoli, che ha ottenuto il successo anche grazie a rapporti opachi con certa classe politica.
La posizione sociale ed economica raggiunta ha permesso a Max di sposare Laura, donna del bel mondo, affascinante e brillante professionista.
Il matrimonio e la passione per Laura fanno sì che l’insofferenza di Max verso quel sistema affaristico, spesso corrotto, rimanga latente per alcuni anni, fino a quando cioè si prospetta la possibilità di un affare colossale, la costruzione di un villaggio turistico a spese di una pineta secolare.
Affare per la conclusione del quale l’appoggio politico sarà irrinunciabile, con tutte le conseguenti azioni del caso.
Troppo grande il salto per non mettere in crisi la coscienza di Max.
Lo svolgersi della vicenda lo porterà così, inevitabilmente, davanti a un bivio.
Imboccare una strada o l’altra sarà fatalmente una scelta senza ritorno.
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"Il Circolo Pickwick" fu il primo romanzo dello scrittore inglese Charles Dickens. Viene considerato uno dei capolavori della letteratura britannica. L'opera vuole essere un resoconto dei viaggi che il signor Samuel Pickwick, fondatore del Circolo Pickwick, compie nel maggio 1827 assieme agli amici Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass e Tracy Tupman, attraverso l'Inghilterra del primo Ottocento con l'intenzione di descriverne gli abitanti, fra situazioni paradossali e personaggi bizzarri.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 febbraio 1812 – Higham, 9 giugno 1870), è stato uno scrittore, giornalista e reporter di viaggio britannico.
Traduzione a cura di Federigo Verdinois (1844-1927), giornalista, scrittore e traduttore italiano.
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Una biografia romanzata che si presenta ed ha le caratteristiche di un’inchiesta giornalistica, proiettata su un remoto passato (il secondo secolo d.C. l’epoca degli Antonini). Publio Elvio Pertinace: chi era costui? Era un imperatore romano, il cui regno durò soltanto 87 giorni. Non è sbagliato definirlo ligure-piemontese, in quanto nacque ad Alba, ma il termine Pedemontium venne coniato soltanto nel XII secolo. Inoltre, Alba Pompeia si trovava all’epoca nella IX Regione Augustea, quindi in Liguria. Fonti storiche (Historia Augusta) sostengono: “Natus est Pertinax il villa matris, in Appennino”. Storici ottocenteschi ritennero di individuare una villa patris a Vada Sabatia. Di questa città, importante porto marittimo, era dunque suo padre, un liberto che commerciava in legnami e sposò Lollia Acilia, una facoltosa matrona di Alba Pompeia. Pertinace andò a Roma per divenire grammaticus. Scelse poi la carriera militare. Si segnalò per il valore di condottiero all’imperatore Marco Aurelio. Fu nominato governatore in Britannia, Dacia, Egitto, Siria, poi divenne senatore. Sotto Commodo cadde in disgrazia e venne esiliato per un triennio a Vada Sabatia. Il libro si basa su fonti storiche (Capitolino, Erodiano, Cassio Dione, Eutropio, Giuliano l’Apostata e, più tardi, Edward Gibbon) e pone in risalto il ruolo che Pertinace ebbe nella congiura contro il tiranno Commodo, figlio di Marco Aurelio. Rivela retroscena e si interroga sul personaggio che fu dietro la congiura: Settimio Severo. Pertinace venne ucciso dai pretoriani, tre mesi dopo l’uccisione di Commodo. I romani si chiedevano: “Cui prodest?” (A chi giova?). Compito di questo romanzo storico è rivelarlo interamente, facendo scaturire la sua figura di imperatore virtuoso e clemente, dotato di virtus e di pietas, un cristiano ante litteram o, per meglio dire, un cristiano naturaliter. Era,naturalmente, la Roma dei complotti, degli interessi oligarchici, del Senato in perenne lotta sotterranea con l’imperatore.
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Dopo venticinque anni di doylismo e dopo il breve mandato di Reid Turner, le Svetlands stanno per eleggere un nuovo cancelliere. I libdem sentono di non poter perdere e candidano la prima donna della storia del paese: Mirian Winchester.
Mirian è cresciuta alla dura scuola di partito, dove non puoi avere amici e dove i favori sessuali seguono delle regole da mercato azionario. Adesso tocca a lei raggiungere il potere... se riesce a prenderlo. Dalla cancelleria la separa solo la propria campagna elettorale. Il partito ha assunto per lei uno spin doctor di fama, Ray Brennan, bello, stronzo e agguerrito, ma non tutti i colleghi la sostengono come dovrebbero.
Mirian si troverà al centro di una campagna devastante, in cui dovrà comprarsi in tutti i modi i favori dei dissidenti interni, in cui dovrà dire addio a un vecchio amore e, forse, trovarne uno nuovo.
Consumandosi per poi splendere, degradandosi per raggiungere, infine, le vette del potere...
(Precedente edizione: Power Station 3 - Scalata al potere, Fiona Gray)
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CONTIENE SCENE ESPLICITE - CONSIGLIATO A UN PUBBLICO ADULTO
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La porta si aprì e la segretaria, una signora pesante sulla sessantina, fece entrare un tizio con la custodia di un tablet in una mano. Mirian lo squadrò freddamente. Era alto, molto alto, almeno un metro e novanta, con i capelli molto scuri, quasi neri, e gli occhi molto verdi. Aveva le gambe magre, ma le spalle larghe, ed era troppo pallido. Era perfettamente sbarbato, ma non portava la cravatta, nonostante il fatto che il completo blu scuro che indossava la prevedesse.
«Signor Harris, signora Winchester...» disse con una voce bassa, piacevole ma non calda. Si sedette sulla terza poltrona dell’ufficio senza che nessuno glielo dicesse.
Annusò letteralmente l’aria, incastrò la custodia del tablet contro un bracciolo, si posò le mani in grembo e rivolse a entrambi un sorriso soddisfatto. «Bene».
«Mh, sì, signor Brennan, lo speriamo anche noi» disse Harris, nel suo tipico tono un po’ distante. Si voltò verso Mirian. «Miri, come ti ho anticipato, il signor Brennan ha dato ottima prova di sé alle ultime amministrative. Ovviamente nessuno di noi si aspettava di dover correre così presto per le politiche, ma... be’, pensiamo che sia un’ottima scelta. Ha qualche domanda?».
Il sorriso soddisfatto di Ray Brennan non si mosse. «Per lei? No, segretario. Lei non ci serve più».
Briant inarcò le sopracciglia, un po’ seccato, ma poi rise.
«Molto bene. Mi levo dalle scatole. Buon lavoro».
Detto questo si alzò dalla sua poltrona e andò verso la porta. Ruotò la maniglia, ma prima di uscire si voltò leggermente verso Mirian. “Lo so, è uno stronzo,” le disse, solo con le labbra. Mirian sorrise.
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