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Amanda was divorcing her lying, cheating husband Charley when he was murdered. Now she’s stuck with his ghost and finds herself entangled in a kidnapping. The younger brother of her assistant, Dawson, has been kidnapped. Strange, though, that Dawson's never mentioned a brother, and when an e-mail arrives demanding a ransom for the boy, it's not the usual large sum of money in unmarked bills they want, it's computer code. WTF? Do the kidnappers really exist? Is Dawson’s brother only an Avatar from one of his computer games? Will Amanda ever get rid of Charley? Will she give up her Coke for a Pepsi? Will Global Warming melt her Magnum Double Chocolate ice cream bar? Okay, you need to test that last question for yourself, but the answers to everything else are in this book!
Book 5 in Charley's Ghost series When a deadbeat customer becomes obnoxious in Amanda’s motorcycle shop, she grabs a hammer and threatens to bash his head in so far he will be able to see his dirty underwear. Three weeks later the deadbeat is found murdered in her parking lot. Customers from the bar down the street report that Amanda left with him the night of the murder. Strands of Amanda’s red hair are found on the victim. The deadbeat’s ghost accuses her of murdering him. Charley cannot...or will not...provide an alibi. The situation goes downhill from there.
Death, aka Tod, has grown callous. His siblings, the Archangels, decide it’s time to do something about it. With their Father’s permission they assign Tod Guardianship of a young mortal—but things don’t go exactly as planned. Or do they? Dodging interference from his brother Lucifer who is determined to win Death’s charge over to the dark side, Tod reluctantly bumbles through a mortal life learning to paddle, windsurf, hike, ski, and climb along the way. This rollicking tale takes the reader from the beaches of South Carolina, to Rome, and into the depths of the Grand Canyon. On the way it offers glimpses into what it means to live, to die, and to love.
Olivia thought her life was going to be perfect after she was adopted at a legal age by the Brookes couple, who were well-known businessmen in New York. She later found out that the reason for her adoption was only for a marriage agreement because the Brookes couple only had a male child and needed a female child to fulfill their end of the bargain. Things got worse for Olivia when she realized her fiance, Kellan hated her to the core and had another woman in his life, and she had no choice but to go through with the marriage. Will Olivia be able to survive all the troubles she would go through in the hands of Kellan and his girlfriend who would do anything to get rid of her?
The bestselling love story behind the massive Hollywood film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan. They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip . . . Called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter when they needed it most, they are faced with each other once again, and forced to confront the paths they chose. Can true love ever rewrite the past? This is the new epic love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Notebook, The Lucky One and The Last Song. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved authors.
Five bodies in a well. One of them is the brother of a police detective. That man’s ghost is Charley’s new best friend. Amanda is thrilled that Charley can see him. Perhaps this means her ex-husband’s ghost is on his way to the light, to a higher plane, to Oklahoma, to anywhere so long as it’s away from her. But the new ghost isn’t leaving. He has an agenda, and it doesn’t involve finding his killer. Amanda, Charley, Jake, the medium Teresa, and the ghost’s brother Ross must hunt down his murderer before one of them is killed. Charley’s not worried, but the others don’t have his immunity to death.
Wayfarers is a table-top roleplaying game. Inside this book you will find everything you need to play. Whether you wish to play a wizard, mercenary, priest or rogue, or to create a distinctly unique persona, Wayfarers makes it possible. With dozens of skills, four types of magic, and over 500 spells, the possibilities for characters are limitless. For the Game Master, this source book includes hundreds of detailed creatures, enchanted items, and the vivid World of Twylos campaign setting. Useful analysis, optional rules, and a customizable system make creating and running adventures fun and exciting. So open these pages and grab your dice. Your destiny awaits, ...for good or ill. Visit the YOGC at: www.yeoldegamingcompanye.com
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces—extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. In this volume, David A. Rosenbaum reflects on his distinguished career as an eminent scholar in the field of human perception and performance. Offering a unique perspective on the cognitive psychology of physical action control, the book charts Rosenbaum's development as one of the pioneers of the field. Featuring a newly written introduction in which the author offers a unique insight into his initial work on the movement precuing technique, along with coverage of other phenomena and models related to the translation of mental life into physical behavior, the book is essential reading for students and researchers interested in human perception, motor control, and embodiment.
Bringing together international perspectives on the figure of the “monster” in performance, this edited collection builds on discussions in the fields of posthumanism, bioethics, and performance studies. The collection aims to redefine “monstrosity” to describe the cultural processes by which certain identities or bodies are configured to be threateningly deviant, whether by race, gender, sexuality, nationality, immigration status, or physical or psychological extraordinariness. The book explores themes of race, white supremacy, and migration with the aim of investigating how the figure of the monster has been used to explore representations of race and identity. To these, we add dis...