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This book is about examining the possible reasons behind the vortex claims. Is it simply to attract tourist to visit the area? Is it real? What kind of scientific evidence is there for these claims? Is it physiological and simply just the power of suggestion? I am going to approach this subject with an open mind. Examining the geology, magnetism measurements, topography, physiology, and yes even the financial gain to the Sedona area for giving tourist claims of the vortex.

Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds–Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House–but they both share a love of solving mysteries. And when their eyes meet in the audience of the Drury Lane theatre one night, both girls are sure they’ve seen something suspicious on stage. Lizzie and Belle soon find themselves on the trail of a mystery–and becoming best friends. But can they work out what’s going on in time to prevent a murder?

I'm a ghost. A scholarship student at Ashen Oak Academy with a dangerous secret: I’m an Omega. My only defense is a dwindling supply of black-market suppressants and the quiet, unassuming life I’ve built. But my new professor, Alistair Stone, is no ordinary Alpha. He's ancient, powerful, and a demon in human skin, and his sharp gaze sees right through my lies. Forced into an unwanted collaboration to translate a dark and forbidden grimoire, I'm trapped. Every moment in his presence is a torment, pushing my suppressed instincts to the breaking point. He's a predator, everything my abused...

Creative destruction, what the economist Joseph Schumpeter called “the essential fact about capitalism," describes change or disruption in the economy caused by innovations that replace traditional technologies and practices. Creative destruction is a force so powerful that it has not only shaped economies but also politics, culture, and social relations. In clear and accessible prose, Dalton and Logan illustrate the nature and varieties of creative destruction, how it is central to innovation and entrepreneurship, and why it is important for economic growth.

Every plan has fallen apart. The Blood grasps the Shadowlands. Can any defeat the Great Seer? More importantly, can they stand against what she creates? Kealin can no longer be in the sunlight. Weakened and broken, he embraces the guidance of a Vampire Lord and has gained a new furry companion with a penchant for a magic he's never seen. If he is to help the others, he must learn to control his new powers, but the goblins swarming his new master's lands will complicate that and his Master has his own secrets....

Die Isla Isola, die aus dem türkisfarbenen Meer vor der italienischen Küste aufragt, ist der perfekte Ort für eine Traumhochzeit. In der prächtigen Villa hoch über den Klippen will die Künstlerin Claire Hunter den attraktiven Jack Compton heiraten, umgeben von Familie und engen Freunden. Doch schon bei ihrer Ankunft ahnt Claire, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Kurz zuvor wurden menschliche Überreste gefunden, und bald folgen weitere unheilvolle Vorfälle: bedrohliche Nachrichten, ein zerstörtes Brautkleid und das dunkle Geheimnis um Jacks erste Frau.

Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys in 2017, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Isla Dunbar set out ahead of the storm, determined to save the sailboat that carried her dead mother's name. The "Caroline" went down 15 miles off the Florida coast, and Isla was presumed lost. But was she? Two tears later, Isla's most prized possession, her mother's necklace, appears on Roland Dunbar's doorstep. Is it a cruel hoax, or could his daughter still be alive?

Discover the incredible true story of Anne Frank, a brave young girl whose words changed the world, in this inspiring new addition to the Her-story series! Imagine a world where your freedom is taken away, where every day is lived in secret, and your only friend is a diary. This was Anne Frank's reality. Born in Germany, Anne's life changed forever when the shadows of war and hatred spread across Europe. Forced into hiding in a secret annex, she found solace and strength in her writing, pouring out her dreams, fears, and hopes into the pages of her beloved diary, "Kitty." Join Anne on her ...

He’s not a vampire; he just drinks blood. Aaron Parker was born with a rare condition: canines too long, and a darkness he doesn’t understand. On the run after a violent act, he reinvents himself as “Fang,” a ghost in the system with nothing to lose… except his mind. Then one night, in a vampire-themed AOL chatroom, he meets her. She’s smart. Witty. Strange. And hiding secrets of her own. Fang doesn’t know her name, not yet, but he knows one thing: she’s not like anyone he’s ever met. And maybe, just maybe… she’s just like him. Years later, he finds her in real life. ...

Fire & Ice is a comprehensive guide to the incredible health benefits of these ancient practices. From the traditional Finnish sauna to the latest cryotherapy techniques, this book delves into the science behind these therapies and explores how they can improve your physical and mental wellbeing.

Valrin and his companions narrowly escaped their deaths and flee east. By chance, they have learned of a gaseous poison in the hands of the dwarves capable of slaughtering thousands. How will the Stormborn, with the power of the ancients at his command, find a way to stop them? Now, he must trust his shadow elf friend in seeking out the mysterious daughter of the Ice Mage. With her power of elemental magic and sorcery unlike any before her, she could prove a powerful ally. But will her own dark secret hinder his own task as Stormborn?

We’re all grown up, right? Or, are we? Do things in the night still make you wanna cry to Mama? Well, you can’t anymore, she’s not around. Time to face your demons, man or woman. Mama ain’t here, but all she ever wanted was to hear your laughter and to know you’re safe.

As the sun sets over New Orleans, two brothers, John and Wayne Carter, find themselves standing in a French Quarter alleyway, their clothes stained with blood, and their minds foggy. They have no memory of how they got there or what they have done. All they can recall is a new friend, Jacques St. Germain offered them a deal-work for him, and he will give them a home, purpose, and power.

A group of writers from Nashville pile into a car and head to the mountains of North Georgia for a work retreat - and a bit of drinking and gossip. They’ve booked a cabin in the woods with no internet and no cell service and, hopefully, no interruptions. Near the cabin, the friends discover the beautiful but decrepit Catwood Manor, abandoned decades earlier.

Catch the Sky is the first in-depth look at the life of a police helicopter pilot. Kimball pulls no punches, unfolding his nail-biting personal story in enthralling detail. From death-defying rescues to stories both bizarre and humorous, Catch the Sky puts you inside the helicopter cockpit for a breathtaking ride you'll never forget.

The cities of the Eastern states were hungry for beef. The problem was how to get it to them. Colonel Charles Goodnight had a plan that might work—if he had all the luck he needed. Things seemed to be going well, especially with the Floating Outfit on his side—Mark Counter, the Ysabel Kid, and Dusty Fog, the small Texan who walked tall. But what Goodnight didn’t need was an enemy like John Chisum....

When a photographic retoucher is commissioned to fix the abnormalities on a Great War portrait, he finds his own past and that of the subject beginning to connect. Are his personal nightmares returning, or is it something more? A short ghost story in the M.R. James tradition, "The Last Photograph of John Buckley" is a dark tale of past crimes and unfinished business.

They call him Spider. And people come to him when they have a problem. So when teenager Parker Cole approaches Spider at night school, he figures she's just another problem waiting to happen. But then she tells him about her father, who runs a cult called Cloudland based at the foot of mystical Mount Shasta, California. And then she tells Spider about her best friend, who is now dead, her body completely drained of blood. Spider wonders if the death is the work of a fellow vampire...or if he's now the target of a sinister game designed to lure him to Cloudland.

In the streets of our cities, the evil people seemingly walk freely. It seems that the laws of the land slide off of them like water off a duck's back, but imagine, if you can, the presence of hunters. Hunters of evil. Hunters who not only can but enjoy removing the evil element from the streets. Would you sleep better knowing there are such hunters out there? Would you walk the streets of your city just a little less afraid? It's something to think about, is it not? Hunters who remove the threat with a finality that the law never can.

At last, the Dwarf-King will learn why he was saved from certain death. But for some, death is truly a new beginning. The Rusis are a mysterious race capable of innate elemental magic. Trusting few and caring about even fewer, when Turgon realizes that one of his kind has been raiding Rusis graves in a land to the Far North he doesn't see how it concerns him. But the Rusis tells him of many more things: Necromancy, the joining of the shadow beings of the deserts with undead orc, and a long thought clan of dead elves gathering as a unified threat. This could not be ignored. Embarking on a ...