"Our world is full of the ghosts of unspoken words and memories."

Could You Ever Live Without? encompasses love, hope, relationships, dreams, our fears and our triumphs, our heartbreaks and our losses. The book delves into the soul and asks which of these vital components of life is the most essential, the one that we truly cannot live without: the one that makes us human.

When everything is taken away, amongst the shattered pieces of life what do we need the most? What do we need to exist, to live, to love? The book asks again and again, Could You Ever Live Without?

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"This is a strange and violent place." Wrecked on an unchartered island, his ship and crew lost in a storm, Captain Trebane struggles to survive amongst the island's deadly community of immortals. Beset by the peculiar, dark magic that pervades the jungle, and the curse which has driven its inhabitants to savagery, Trebane discovers that, beneath the island's tropical beauty, lurks the shadow of an age old evil. Battling to rescue the woman he loves from the cathedral at the island's heart, he encounters the reclusive skeleton leader of the savages, along with the island's other strange...

In 1899, Victorian England hovers on the brink of a new century, a new monarch, and an entirely new age. Soon, the world will be altered forever, but change is imminent on a more personal level for William Bury when he encounters a sinister, travelling circus on the edge of his town, and meets for the first time the charismatic illusionist Lacrimosa. William will meet the circus again, experience its magic, its darkness, and face the terrifying scheme that Lacrimosa has set into motion. Plunged into the world of the performers, and forced to confront not only Lacrimosa and his troupe, but the...

Contributors give contemporary presence to Asian studies through a variety of themes and topics in this multidisciplined and interdisciplinary volume. In an era of globalization, scholars trained in Western traditions increasingly see the need to add materials and perspectives that have been lacking in the past. Accessibly written and void of jargon, this work provides an adaptable entree to Asia for the integration of topics into courses in the humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, and global studies. Guiding principles, developed at the East-West Center, include noting uncommon...

A late honeymoon proves disastrous for Martin and Alex after a radio alert announces blood-testing procedures at a border they just happen to be travelling towards. The tests claim to prevent terrorism. When they reach the border Martin is cleared, but Alex is not. At this point the mayhem begins and marks the start of an unbelievable sequence of events. This is a superb conspiracy story with a brutal, unpredictable and emotional ending that will blow your mind