Mailer's superb account, written as it was happening, of the first attempt to land men on the moon 'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.' A Fire on the Moon tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. It is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themselves and with his own anxieties and terrors about the extremity of what they were trying to achieve. Mailer is both admiring and appalled and the result is a book which is both a gripping narrative and a brilliant depiction of the now-forgotten technical issues and uncertainties around the mission. A Fire on the Moon is also a matchless portrait of an America caught in a morass of introspection and misery, torn apart by the war in Vietnam. But for one, extraordinary week in the summer of 1969 all eyes were on the fates of three men in a rocket, travelling a quarter of a million miles away from Earth. With an introduction by Geoff Dyer.

Sometimes the end is really just the beginning... Dracen Lloyd is the final Guardian looking for her artifact. Believing she's a danger to her brethren, she leaves the vineyard to seek solace. What she finds is a man named Lucas Kyle. Luc isn't quite sure how he got to where he did or who this woman is who saved him. All he knows is the craving he has for her eclipses everything else. The longer he's with her, the more he falls. Will he be able to remain in her life, or will circumstances take him from her before he's ready to let her go?

Ramesh Sangle, in his ongoing endeavor to write his third novel, adopts a biographical approach. However, his professional background as an engineer occasionally infuses technicality into the narrative, leading to some parts feeling tangential. Yet, due to its basis in reality, such technical aspects may have been inevitable. Interestingly, he maintains his own name for one character in the story, presumably portraying himself. The narrative unfolds with the introduction of Ivan, a Jewish colleague of Ramesh from their apprenticeship days. Through a series of events, Ivan's character evolves, tracing his journey through life, struggles, and eventual migration to Australia with his spouse. Ivan is depicted as a principled professional with a robust value system, which not only elevates his self-esteem but also necessitates sacrifices. The conclusion takes an unexpected turn. As Ivan enters his fifties, he emerges as a mature individual, inwardly confident, and adept at confronting new challenges with composure. This transformation underscores Ivan's psychological evolution, marking a compelling denouement to the narrative.

“The moon was red on the night my mother died. Fat, fairly bursting, as I remember, it rode so low in the sky that it grazed the backs of the leopards who hissed and spat and cursed it for interrupting the hunt. It caressed the thorny tips of the acacia trees, bending them, seeming to crush them with light.” In The Red Moon, newcomer Kuwana Haulsey has crafted a strikingly beautiful coming-of-age story set amid the turbulent history of modern Kenya. The novel centers on Nasarian, the daughter of a successful Samburu herdsman and his Somali fourth wife. On the verge of adulthood, Nasarian finds herself trapped between the demands of her traditional tribal life and her desire to live abroad as a writer. When her parents die suddenly, Nasarian's plan to escape her sheltered world is undermined by her scornful brother Lolorok. Disgusted by Nasarian's refusal to be circumcised and thus initiated into the traditional role of wife and mother, Lolorok allows his sister to be inherited by a distant cousin. Nasarian is convinced that no matter how hard she fights, she will never be allowed to call her life her own. She is dogged by the memory of her father, who was caught in the midst of a brutal war, branded with the name Mau Mau, imprisoned as a terrorist. She is haunted by the spirit of her mother, captured in a bloody raid and destined, like Nasarian, to be an outcast. Nasarian runs away, sparking a sweeping journey of discovery that evokes fifty years and three generations of her family history. Weaving ancient myth and folklore into the tapestry of Nasarian's personal quest, The Red Moon chronicles the yearning of a brave young woman while simultaneously depicting a nation's equally fierce search for a truthful and lasting spiritual independence. Stunning in its revelations, The Red Moon portrays incisively a way of life rarely glimpsed by those who have not experienced its richness and survived its terror. With an intensity rare in modern fiction, The Red Moon takes readers into the heart of an incredibly courageous young woman.

When Jonathan visits his eccentric grandfather for the first time in years, the teen is haunted by nightmares and a foreboding feeling. His curiosity leads him into the attic, where he discovers an unopened trunk and his grandfather suddenly appears with a key. As the lock clicks and the trunk opens to reveal a cross and parchment, Jonathan has no idea that he is about to discover his destiny. Jonathan's grandfather orders him to never touch the cross or the paper to his skin and hide them away, but Jonathan soon learns that he has been chosen by the Bwoaillee who will help and protect him. After Jonathan returns home, more confused than ever, his grandfather passes away. With the goal of finishing high school and becoming a man of God, Jonathan thinks he finally has his life on track. But his innocence is dramatically undone when he is summoned by the God of the Dead himself Samhain, who wants to retrieve the special artifact in Jonathan's possession. As a lightening strike propels Jonathan back in time to meet the magical Druid King, he must attempt to return to his real time without succumbing to the temptations of a beautiful goddess. But he is about to discover that only the Druid Moon holds the answers.

The story of the quiet, suburban community of Seaville, California and the hunt for a serial arsonist continues in this the 3rd novel (Volume I) of the Seaville Wildfire Trilogy. Join all the characters from the first two novels, and new characters moving into the story, as the plot takes another huge turn in the evolution of a 21st century community, and its ties to characters in Tennessee and New York. As Dr. Roger Sterling works to find his kidnapped children, he learns that there is much more to his community than he ever imagined. Just as a wildfire can break open vegetation that has been lying dormant for years, giving it new life; so too, a wildfire can also break open the secrets of a community that are lying dormant, giving these secrets new life, for better or for worse. Exactly whats behind the Moon becomes increasing apparent as the entire Seaville Valley becomes engulfed in a huge firestorm, and the community struggles to survive its own destructive impulses. Come and enjoy another thrilling ride into Human Nature and its increasing complexities.

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From the author of the highly praised Trophy Chase Trilogy comes this exciting swashbuckling tale of a pirate sentenced to die for the crime of mutiny. As he awaits his fate, this pirate (none other than the delightful Smith Delaney from the Trophy Chase Trilogy) ponders his life and the events that have brought him to this fate. In the process of remembering, and in grappling with mercy and justice as they have been played out in his life, a tale is spun, a tale of true hearts wronged, noble love gone awry, dark deeds done for the sake of gold, and sacrifices made for love. In the end, our pirate will come face-to-face with himself, with his own death, and with a God who promises grace where none is deserved. Readers of Christian fantasy will once again be swept away by Bryan Polivka's compelling storytelling abilities. As Publisher's Weekly said of the author's first book, "readers will be flipping pages eagerly."

Explaining the process and energetics of Daoist internal alchemy, the author describes in detail the practice of Nei Dan, the alchemical firing practice of Daoism that has until very recently been a closely guarded secret. Drawing together a huge amount of esoteric material on the hidden aspects of Daoist practice, he presents theory and practice coherently for Western practitioners. He offers his own experiences of each stage of attainment, describing the tangible results that should appear, and provides guidance on the practicalities and potential pitfalls of alchemical training.

‘A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them’. At the end of the twentieth-century an old woman sits among the birch trees and thinks back over her life, her loves, and the joys and tragedies that have befallen her family and her people. She is a member of the Evenki tribe who wander the remote forests of north-eastern China with their herds of reindeer, living in close sympathy with nature at its most beautiful and cruel. An idyllic childhood playing by the river ends with her father’s death and the growing realisation that her mother’s and uncle’s relationship is not as simple as she thought. Then, in the 1930s, the intimate, secluded world of the tribe is shattered when the Japanese army invades China. The Evenki cannot avoid being pulled into the brutal conflict which marks the first step towards the end of their isolation... In The Last Quarter of the Moon, prize-winning novelist Chi Zijian, creates a dazzling epic about an extraordinary woman bearing witness not just to the stories of her tribe but also to the transformation of China.