Ajuma, a brilliant final-year Pharmacology student, seemed to have her future perfectly mapped out—until the unimaginable happens. A shocking kidnapping unravels her life, exposing secrets that have been buried for decades. In the midst of the chaos, Ajuma stumbles upon a sister she never knew existed—Agnes, a woman on the edge of self-destruction. As Ajuma is thrust into a world of hidden truths and spiritual revelations, she embarks on a journey that will challenge everything she thought she knew. Confronted by prophetic visions and ancient wisdom, Ajuma must navigate a treacherous path filled with love, sacrifice, and a destiny she never anticipated. This powerful narrative delves deep into the resilience of the human spirit and the extraordinary power of choice. With her past and future colliding, Ajuma faces an impossible question: how far will she go to save a sister she has only just discovered?

By A Lovelorn is a collection of poetry and prose that talks about the ups and downs of love. It was written by the author during the cruel times she experienced when loving someone and most of the pieces in the book are about a love that was given but never returned. The book has 200 pieces subdivided inside four chapters named as follows: "a confession", "an unknown hunger", "an endless longing" and "a promise". The pieces are grouped according to what they talk about and are categorized within the said four chapters. Most of the pieces included in the book are proses written by the author five or six years ago when she first met the boy she talked about in every piece inside the book. Every line written by the author were based on a true and tragic love story that she experienced years ago. According to the author, she was in the most vulnerable state she ever did while writing the entire collection. By A Lovelorn is a real rollercoaster of emotions, filled with vulnerable and raw pieces that will touch all the readers' hearts and let them know that unrequited love is real and how painful it is to experience that kind of love at times like this. It will also deepen the belief of people that even if it was painful, there is always a way out as long as you will not give up in finding the road towards a new beginning.

Focusing on representations of a famous ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to today, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures. He follows embodiments of the ghost and monk in a variety of genres and media, including biography, drama, ritual, art, liturgy, film, television, and the Internet. Sourcing nuns, monks, laypeople, and royalty, McDaniel shows how relations with these figures have been instrumental in crafting histories and modernities, particularly local conceptions of being "Buddhist," and the formation and transmission of such identities across different venues and technologies.

If you could spill your entire house out in the backyard, how many trinkets of memories would you really take back inside? Through poems, I’ve decided to let go of feelings that burden me, and objects associated with them. Through poems, I hope to declutter and heal, and to make space for better things to come.

His good looks draw you in… You want to know what makes him tick. Your heart pounds when he’s nearby. You try to keep your secret passion close, but his touch is electric. All you can think about is him. It must be love. In this collection of romance short stories, Secret Singer - Cosima meets Fabian, the wannabe Opera Singer on her working holiday. The Bygone Boyfriend - Jennifer has business back in her home town, but the only business she’s interested in is Jason, the one who got away. The Day the Schedule Broke - Sandra works as a scheduler in a movie studio, and Dan, the CEO hopes she’ll schedule time for him. Morning Star, Evening Star, Superstar - Christy’s a photographer who has a crush on her subject, while Hunter will do just about anything to meet his idol. Shining Star - Jessica’s a writer, and Jason, the actor hired to play her main character, looks exactly as she imagined him. These loves ignore good sense and conquer all.

"Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures ... Listening to popular Thai Buddhist ghost stories, visiting crowded shrines and temples, he finds concepts of attachment, love, wealth, beauty, entertainment, graciousness, security, and nationalism all spring from engagement with the ghost and the monk and are as vital to the making of Thai Buddhism as venerating the Buddha himself."--Jacket.