States are thought only to exercise power over the land of the living. Benjamin Ginsberg argues otherwise, exploring the state’s reach into the realm of the Grim Reaper, bureaucratizing death to strengthen the state’s hold on life. He notes that increasingly institutions are using the regulation of death as an essential source of power. They do this by not only threatening death to their enemies but also securing loyalty and obedience by extending citizens’ lives and promising to effectuate the postmortem fulfillment of citizens’ antemortem desires. The state treats the loyal dead with respect, sometimes offering them a place in the secular afterlife of honor and memory, while consigning the faithless to the void.

Instead of watching a soap opera for the streets, here’s one that you can read and it’s called “The Grim Reaper’s Diary”. So let’s take a walk inside the mind of the author, where the ghettos is Satan’s playground. Young Swag is a bag chaser and keeps a clip in his pistol that’s long as a ladder, even while on parole, with hopes of dying old and rich, but money doesn’t come easy, especially for those who try to get wealthy without having to die trying. Swaggah has a little sister named Kayla, and everyday that passes is harder than the next, and not just because everybody who Kay’ knows thats dead, had all died doing what they loved to do, unless someone did something stupid to get their loved one killed. Now Kayla don’t just believe in karma, she believes in warning signs, because everyone ig given one before the self- district, so pay attention to the signs before the last chapter of your life comes to an end.

Kaoru Minaguchi is a "no-lifer" who sucks at school, can't play sports, lacks any real talent, definitely doesn't have a girlfriend, or even a remote desire to change any of the above...until a certain grim reaper pays him a visit. Turns out, she's a reaper of "no-lifers" and if Kaoru can't find a way to become a true "real-lifer," he's as good as dead...! In an effort to stay alive and increase his odds of landing a girlfriend, Kaoru sends love letters to four different girls in school...only for all of them to say yes! But if anyone finds out about his four-timing, he'll be back to being a "no-lifer" and, worse yet, back to imminent death! Forget romantic comedies--this one's a thriller!!

Kaoru Minaguchi's being targeted by a reaper who goes after "no-lifers." When he sends love letters to four different girls in the hopes of getting a girlfriend and becoming a "real-lifer," they all agree to go out with him! With four girlfriends, he's got to be pretty strategic if none of them are to find out about each other... But what happens when he learns that one of them might have a reaper of her own on her tail...? Who could this new reaper's target be!? Every encounter's a desperate gamble in the exciting conclusion to this romantic thriller!!

Be careful what you reap. You might fall in love with her... One act of mercy before dying was all it took to turn soldier David Anderson into a reaper—an immortal who guides souls-of-untimely-death into the afterlife. But the closer he gets to atoning for his mortal sin and finally escaping merciless Fate, the more he feels his own humanity slipping away for good. Until he encounters Sarah Griffith. This skeptical scientist can't be influenced by his powers—even though she has an unsuspected talent for sensing the dead. Her honesty and irreverent sense of humor reignite his reason for living—and a passion he can't afford to feel. Now Fate has summoned David to make a devastating last harvest. He'll break every hellishly-strict netherworld rule to save Sarah...and gamble on a choice even an immortal can't win. "A highly enjoyable, intelligently written story." - New York Journal of Books "I hope to see more of what I hope will be a long running series. Highly recommended and 4.5/5 Stars." ~ Douglas Weeks, Bitten By Romance "Grave Intentions has great characters, a very entertaining story line and a good amount of action. I really enjoyed this story. I laughed, got choked up and sighed in appreciation…Lori Sjoberg definitely did a fantastic job making her characters relatable." ~ Tome Tender "It's a great love story, and a great start to a new series." ~ RomFan Reviews Originally released in 2013. Second edition 2019. Note: This book has a few minor changes compared to the 2013 edition. It also includes a bonus alternate ending that wasn't included in the first edition.

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As he nears his fifth birthday, Sam's curious dreams of a lost child begin to steal quietly into his waking state. Sam's mother, Grace, watches with growing fear the disturbing changes taking place in her charming, spirited son – the fighting at school, the bed-wetting, the meteor showers of defiance. Grace is determined to find out what lies behind Sam's nightmares, and the search will take her deeper and deeper into layers of love and bonding buried beneath the surface of the family, and into its molten heart. Cry Baby is a story about boyhood and motherhood, about what binds families, the past to the present, about suffocation and deliverance. It is at once a stinging satirical slap across the face of barren suburbia and a poignant hymn to the extraordinary beauty in ordinary lives.

What was the martial arts world? Sword lights, sword shadows, grudges and enmity, the love between a child and a girl, this was the martial arts world. People of the martial arts world were always involved in matters of the martial arts world, and wherever there were people, there would be people of the martial arts world. Humans were the martial arts world.

Ancient Power. Organised Crime. Welcome to Tower City. Matthew Norton is a lawyer facing his darkest days. It was once his job to argue the difference between justice and revenge. He’s no longer sure there is a difference. Finding closure means plunging deep into Tower City’s criminal under-world and waging war with the most bloodthirsty assassin the city has to offer. He’s hired someone who might be able to help; a dangerous outcast with enemies of his own. Together they’ll burn Tower City to the ground if they have to. *** The Firebringer is part one of the Tower City Chronicles. Five books set over five weeks. A fast-paced urban fantasy series like no other!