Condemned to death at the age of nine for his ability to manipulate the Web, which links the many worlds of humanity, Grailer must go underground, hiding his skills and testing his powers. Original.

On the surface of things, Sharon Lewis is a lot like any other happily married mother of three: she is the beating heart of a house full of kids, cooking and chaos, the one who always knows the after-school practice schedule, where her husband put the car keys and who needs a little extra TLC. Her kids and husband think she's a little spooky, actually, the way she can anticipate the tensions of any situation—and maybe they love her all the more for the extra care she gives them. Life is definitely good until the morning Heather Edwards, a pregnant teenaged friend of the family, kills herself. The reverberations of that act, and the ugly secrets that sparked it, prove deeply unsettling to the whole family, and stir up Sharon's own troubling secret: she has DID, or dissociative identity disorder. And the multiples inside the woman the world knows as Sharon seem to know what happened to Heather, and what may be happening to Heather's surviving sister. Will Sharon's need to protect the innocent cause her to finally come clean about her true nature with her family and friends, and not just in the anonymous chat rooms on the web where she's connected to others like herself? Will a woman with DID be able to persuade her quiet and respectable community that evil things can happen even in the nicest homes?

FieldOfAngelswritten by Janet Ritchie is a testament to the personal trials, tribulations, and sometimes wild and comical adventures she has had the unique opportunity to experience during her lifetime. One of the poems, which she wrote for her sister and soul mate, was transformed into an inspirational song and placed on a recent charity holiday CD project initiated by Ritchie and her friend and partner Beverly Bateman. The song is appropriately titled "My Angel" and is on theLetThereBeLovecompilation charity CD. After posting several poems including "My Angel" on several websites she received almost 100,000 hits and over 3,000 e-mails.These pages present proof that you can succeed in a world where in building a business, even the odds against you seem to indicate you haven't a chance. Ritchie was recently signed by Alphalam, Inc., Orlando, Florida for her outstanding "Poetry on Plaques." These are winning accolades from local retailers. Orders for her work are coming in on the Internet, as well. She has developed her own website at www.JRGodstypist.com, which is a platform to showcase her original poems that focus on life's lessons and little mysteries.The partnership between Alphalam, Inc. and Janet Ritchie is a milestone in the adventure she calls Life, and it is a "dream come true" for her. This is a woman who had lost everything but never seized upon this as an excuse for giving up. Instead, inspite of any obstacles, she has continued to strive for artistic freedom and success. At 60 years of age, she is once again building on her considerable writing strengths. She thought a few people might take an interest in her tempestuous but fascinating life. More than a few did. In fact, they came in droves! From all this came her "Poetry On Plaques" which are unique in that they are customized with poetry, graphics and photography specifically designed for the buyer, thus, very often "one of a kind" works, incorporating personal elements from each Buyer's life. The poems in this book are also available on these plaques.For more information on the author or where you can find her line of plaques visit her web site at www.jrgodstypist or e-mail her at [email protected] Her poems are posted on www.goodtimes2.com and www.eakles.com

The belief in angels is widespread in many cultures and religions, and numerous books have been written about these wonderful beings. And though more of us than ever sense that angels have returned to guide us to a higher plane of consciousness, uncertainty still persists: What exactly are angels? Do they really exist? What is the nature of our relationship with them? This new entry in the extremely popular Simply(R) series answers these questions, and helps us access their wisdom and loving guidance. Clairvoyant Beleta Greenaway enhances our "angelic understanding” as she discusses real-life encounters with angels; their role in the modern and spiritual worlds; accessing angels through meditation and prayer; the angelic hierarchy; angelic herbs and plants, angels in the afterlife; and much more. This beautifully designed book will be a comfort and inspiration to people of all faiths.

For more than 20 years, Network World has been the premier provider of information, intelligence and insight for network and IT executives responsible for the digital nervous systems of large organizations. Readers are responsible for designing, implementing and managing the voice, data and video systems their companies use to support everything from business critical applications to employee collaboration and electronic commerce.

Every year thousands of people say angels helped them in emergencies, healed their bodies, and offered prophetic visions. This book explores the supernatural world of heavenly angels, fallen angels, and angelic encounters with eyewitness reports.

Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Left Behind series are but the latest manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. In this groundbreaking book, Lynn Schofield Clark explores the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices. Relying on stories gleaned from more than 250 in-depth interviews with teens and their families, Clark seeks to discover what today's teens really believe and why. She finds that as adherence to formal religious bodies declines, interest in alternative spiritualities as well as belief in "superstition" grow accordingly. Ironically, she argues, fundamentalist Christian alarmism about the forces of evil has also fed belief in a wider array of supernatural entities. Resisting the claim that the media "brainwash" teens, Clark argues that today's popular stories of demons, hell, and the afterlife actually have their roots in the U.S.'s religious heritage. She considers why some young people are nervous about supernatural stories in the media, while others comfortably and often unselfconsciously blur the boundaries between those stories of the realm beyond that belong to traditional religion and those offered by the entertainment media. At a time of increased religious pluralism and declining participation in formal religious institutions, Clark says, we must completely reexamine what young people mean--and what they may believe--when they identify themselves as "spiritual" or "religious." Offering provocative insights into how the entertainment media shape contemporary religious ideas and practices, From Angels to Aliens paints a surprising--and perhaps alarming--portrait of the spiritual state of America's youth.