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Nominated for Commonwealth Short Story Prize & Masters Review Winter Short Story Award."I don't wanna die in the hospital... I just wanna stay with you at the final stage of my life!"'Becoming lonely it's hard to find peace and happiness'... Actually, Mr. Smith is gradually realizing it after losing his wife to leukemia but wants to live peacefully at his Avon Park duplex with his dearest pets. His pets Raegar and Mular watchfully safeguard him from all the dangers even from the threats of filthy thugs. This wicked give him two options, either he got to hand over his hard-earned pension or leave the duplex with the small proportion of land to them. But he isn't afraid of these ultimatums. He knows if they attack him or force him to leave then his watchful friends must come forward to help him survive... In fact, he has nothing to lose."No,don't feel lonely, I'm right by your side... We've to fight together to defeat other two wicked, we've to fight till the end for retribution!

Ten-year old Luis Matthews is a boy with serious problems. His parents, both computer wizards, vanished from their home without trace five weeks ago while working in the United States. To make matters worse, Luis has just been diagnosed with a serious illness. Back home in the UK and confined to bed, his grandmother orders a computer to cheer him up and Luis is astounded to discover that a magical computer mouse has arrived along with it! Micro Mouse (Mike), an intelligent cartoon-like character was invented by Professor Kosterlitz, Luis' godfather and a scientist at CERN, the Swiss particle physics laboratory. Luis is even more astonished to discover that Mike has an incredible power... he can allow humans to enter the digital world too! Luis invites his friends Cameron and Xander to join him on his adventures in cyberspace where they have lots of fun meeting all sorts of amazing characters. But in the real world time is running out for Luis. Where are Luis' parents? Who has taken them and why? As he gets weaker Cameron and Xander realise that they must find them if Luis is to survive. With the help of Mike and Pixel (Prof Kosterlitz' grand-daughter) the three boys travel the Internet looking for answers in a race against time!

Winner of the 2009 Gold Award in the Readers Favorite Book Review and Awards!Wit, Whimsy, Heartache, Tragedy, Triumph and Biblical Truth A magical adventure of animals traveling worldwide to Noah's ark Max, a Scottish terrier, takes his usual morning trot down to the loch where he hears a mysterious Voice humming in the reeds saying, "COME TO ME . . .FOLLOW THE FIRE CLOUD." He embarks on an unknown journey from Scotland, meeting other animals along the way including Liz, a brilliant, petite black cat from France. Max and Liz become the brave leaders for their group, and eventually, for the entire ark. The mysterious journey, filled with danger, humor, trials, and triumphs, leads them across Europe to the Middle East.The moment of arrival for these animals is spectacular as the ark is miraculously transformed into the animals' natural habitats. Throughout the prior one hundred years, Noah and family have to endure ridicule from villagers while building the ark. Now this family must painfully witness the loss of lives and total destruction of the earth through the mighty flood. After the journey to the ark, the voyage in the ark begins. Liz finds ways to keep the animals occupied, including daily exercise led by the flamingos and talent night where the animals entertain each other with their natural abilities. BUT a sinister plot develops. Someone is out to kill Noah and his family. Liz follows clues that lead her to discover a stowaway who has deceived them all. Max and Liz foil the plot, but at a high price. The end climaxes with unexpected twists and turns, taking the reader from despair to hope.

* Illustrated* Author Biography* Interactive Table of Contents* Free Audiobook DownloadThe Confessions of Saint Augustine [ Illustrated ][ Free Audiobooks Download ]Confessions is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of St. Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. Its original title was "Confessions in Thirteen Books," and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit.

* Illustrated* Author Biography* Interactive Table of Contents* Free Audiobook DownloadThe Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ]The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in July 1909. After two full-length tales about rabbits, Potter had grown weary of depicting lagomorphs, and initially did not want to create another rabbit story. She realized however that children enjoyed her rabbit stories and pictures best, and reached back to characters and plot elements from The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904) to create The Flopsy Bunnies. A semi-formal garden of archways and flowerbeds in Wales at the home of her uncle and aunt became the background for the illustrations.In The Flopsy Bunnies, Benjamin Bunny and his cousins Peter and Flopsy are adult rabbits. Benjamin and Flopsy are married, and the parents of six children called simply The Flopsy Bunnies. Food is not always readily available to the large family and they are forced to resort to Mr. McGregor's rubbish heap of rotten vegetables for sustenance. Mr. McGregor catches the six Flopsy Bunnies after they fall asleep in the rubbish heap and puts them in a sack, intending to sell them for tobacco. When McGregor is distracted for a moment, the sextet is freed by Thomasina Tittlemouse, a woodmouse, and the sack filled with rotten vegetables by Benjamin and Flopsy. At home, Mr. McGregor receives a sharp scolding from his wife when she discovers the vegetables and believes her husband is playing a trick on her.

One upon a time their lived a brave parrot in a jungle. The parrot was totally different from the other parrots of the jungle. Because it was a multi color parrot and bigger than other parrots. Once a hunts man caught him and sold him to the king of this kingdom. The King then provided the parrot with a nice name "Diamond" because he thought it shorn like a bright light in his Palace making everything sparkle. After that incident the life of this parrot was totally changed. Due to some reasons Diamond escaped from the King's Palace and became a leader of the united animals of the jungle. Diamond fought against the poachers and helped the animals to be united against the poachers. On that war King's army and the family of a wood cutter helped him. Meanwhile the life of the king and wood cutter's family was at stake. Because the cruel prince of another kingdom tried to destroy their life and tried to destroy the whole jungle. Would Diamond be able to save his friends and the whole jungle?????

* Illustrated* Author Biography* Interactive Table of Contents* Free Audiobook DownloadCranford [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ]The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The "major" event in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter, which in itself is only a minor portion of the work, leaving the rest of the novel at a low-key tone.