The story of Chip Oney's ongoing after-life communications with his fiance Lyn Ragan after his violent murder.

A thrilling journey through China's dark criminal underworld, from a celebrated voice in Chinese literature When Hongyang is found dead after a night of debauched drinking, it looks as if his reign of terror has finally come to an end. Few in this insular community have much reason to mourn his passing: Hongyang is an infamous mob boss, a man with plenty of enemies. But now it seems that his years of crime have also earned him some very dangerous friends. As his funeral draws near, those who knew him come together to look back on a life characterised by corruption, deceit and a flair for violence. Their recollections will keep Hongyang's legacy alive, with terrifying consequences. From the master of Chinese noir fiction comes this explosive new novel about the power of one man, unravelled by a tangled web of secrets.

'Early nineteenth-century France had Balzac, we have Tim Pears' The Times For John, a potato isn't just a staple food, it's also something wondrous, the secret of his success and the key to the future. With his brother, Greg, he has turned his father's greengrocery business into Spudnik, Britain's largest dealer in potatoes. Now he wants to change the world by introducing, through potatoes, edible vaccines: plants genetically modified to provide an edible alternative to injections. But as John spins round and round the ring road avoiding his turn off to work he has to figure out how to tell his brother that deep in the Venezuelan jungle, volunteers have died during the latest illegal trials. Deaths that they have to find some way to hide. Wake Up is a book about our times, and how we are hurtling, almost silently, into a new age with implications that are unfathomable. Funny, fluent, and provocative it is a major new novel from one of our finest contemporary writers.

Through a loving and conscious attitude in the here and now, this work invites us to abandon the words that lead us to the ravings of the ego to bet on the awakening of the beauty that comes from humor, affection and passion through emotional communication. Letting go of judging each other to choose to discover ourselves in the depths of our sweet differences. The goal of this work is that we learn to be more creative in our social relationships and transfer that instinct to all areas of our lives. Awakening the artist within us in what we do most: communicating with ourselves and with others. Awaken Beauty is a philosophy that will infect you with a fervent desire to appreciate everything under the protection of courage and love. Bringing out all the beauty that is around us while discovering ourselves within. Seducing ourselves and others without qualms or judgment as we blossom in the beauty of adventure. BE INSPIRED AND LEARN WITH 100 EXAMPLES IN NARRATIVE AND 40 PROSE POEMS: A picture is worth a thousand words! That's why Awaken Beauty is a unique work, loaded with hundreds of examples of conversation in different contexts of seduction, relationships, dating, family, work.... All of them based on the author's own experiences and written as if they were excerpts from a novel. His goal is not only to offer you solutions, but to show you how to apply them while you enjoy an entertaining reading. Because the most important thing is not what we say, but how we behave while we do it and what we are feeling and transmitting when we communicate. Being the narration of those feelings a vital part of the examples of this work. On the other hand, his poems call us to reflection and to the development of our perceptions through his more artistic side. Focusing on bringing out the best in each person and each moment. THIS WORK CAN HELP YOU TO: Increase your emotional and social intelligence by better understanding human behavior. Flow naturally in your present while communicating with intelligence. Communicate with more sensuality, wit and courage. Increase your confidence while letting go of your fears and insecurities. Learn to meditate by modulating your perceptions so that your vision of life becomes more beautiful and enriching. Stop judging others to discover what makes them unique. Seduce by generating positive and artistic sensations. Reflect on whether what you say and do is congruent with your beliefs; motivating you to awaken positive emotions in others. Improve your delivery and your sense of humor from the psychological to the more technical aspects. Connect emotionally with others in any type of relationship. Harness the energetic power of sex to generate sexual tension in your interactions and learn to use it as a link to present awareness. Face rejection with sensuality, wit and persuasion. Develop social skills such as empathy, assertiveness and emotional communication. Live with more creativity and enthusiasm in all areas of your life.

Wake Up, Generation, a breakout new title from debut author Paige Omartian, will revolutionize the life of any young adult seeking purpose, passion, and direction. As a growing generation is characterized by a lifestyle of apathy and indifference, Paige uses biblical teaching and shares relatable stories to help young people break the chains and discover the God-driven mission for their lives. Readers will... understand their life’s sacred purpose wake up to the needs of the world around them develop a vision and mission statement for life realize how their own story fits into God’s design become equipped to live out the passionate, fulfilling life God intended Singles from Paige’s debut album, Wake Up, have appeared on Top 30 charts of Christian music, and extensive media coverage, including an appearance on the Today Show, has earned her a legion of fans. With a growing reach, Paige will connect with readers and help them understand that it’s time to wake up!

Naina is back from America, after four years of living on her own. A natural rebel, she has had some fairly life-altering experiences which Mum and Dad would not approve of at all if they get to know. But will her spirit and her stand be enough to fight the forces of parental pressure and heckling aunties baying for her nuptials? Back in the bosom of her conservative family, Naina cannot even begin to imagine the turn her life is going to take. It's wedding season, and she must now be married. Because every self-respecting upper-middle-class family in India do that, right? Marriage at the 'right age' to the 'right family'...whether she likes it or not. Naina's worst nightmares are about to come true. What hits her within a week of being at home completely changes her world and her life as she embarks on a journey that will define her and provide her an education that only life can. Ayaan, Rohan, Akshay, Shiven. Who will it be? Will she even have a shot at romance, being with someone she loves, irrespective of his caste, respectability or bank balance? She will have to summon all the chutzpah within to fight for herself. For her notions of love and living. Will she succeed? Like a chrysalis unfolding, will Naina, too, emerge with her wings unscathed?

I have tried to recall the tragic events happen in Ten years span from 1985 to 1995, in my life Some of the events: I call it Wake-Up Calls because those calls were an indications, a gesture, a warning to change the path I was following with the blinkers on my eyes. Call after call to awake me and put me on the right path. First call was a near miss accident where I would have been.. The second call, my elder brother died in a car accident and four weeks later my mother passed away. The third call, the three Ds, friends Devdutt, Damian and Dominic had an accident. Three warnings are norm but I had the fourth and final warning.. when I had to Wake-Up.