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Broken Pieces is a drama that will captivate you as a reader. Spencer is a world-renowned lawyer who experiences situations in his life. Spencer grows up in a middle-class environment with both parents. However, he is faced with obstacles that he does not fully understand or have any prior experience with. Spencer is known for getting the job done whatever the cost. Spencer understands that friends are important and is keenly aware that his college buddies provide him with a feeling of belonging, bring fun and laughter, lend an extra hand, offer emotional support, and give guidance when he needs it. However, Spencer doesn't realize that their influence goes well beyond the moment. Spencer's identity is further shaped by his close friends and the women he has dated. However, his humility does take a toll on his relationships with the people in his life. He doesn't try to be vindictive with situations that occur in his life, but in the end, he has to take a stance. By the end of the book, you will have praised Spencer, cried on behalf of Spencer, and relate to many of the life experiences he encounters in the book. How will it all end? What would you do if you were Spencer? This is a must-read!

Focusing on personal transformation, the narrative chronicles Michael Sims' journey from a violent gang member to a dedicated activist. His story serves as a powerful message to the younger generation, encouraging them to channel their anger and aggression into constructive actions. Through his experiences, Sims aims to inspire change and promote a life free from violence, offering hope and guidance to those facing similar struggles.

The author shares a profound passion for people development, emphasizing the fulfillment derived from contributing to others' success and growth. This book serves as a guide, reflecting the author's experiences and insights aimed at inspiring and empowering readers to foster personal and professional development in themselves and others.

The narrative unfolds as the dimension clock arrives at its long-awaited destination, setting the stage for an exploration of time and reality. Characters must navigate the complexities of their new environment, confronting challenges that test their understanding of existence and time itself. Themes of adventure and discovery are woven throughout, as the journey prompts profound questions about fate and choice in a world where time can be manipulated.

Long before 1984, Star Wars, or The Hunger Games, Victorian authors imagined a future where new science and technologies reshaped the world and universe they knew. The great themes of modern science fiction showed up surprisingly early: space and time travel, dystopian societies, even dangerously independent machines, all inspiring the speculative fiction of the Victorian era. In Frankenstein Dreams, Michael Sims has gathered many of the very finest stories, some by classic writers such as Jules Verne, Mary Shelley, and H.G. Wells, but many that will surprise general readers. Dark visions of the human psyche emerge in Thomas Wentworth Higginson's "The Monarch of Dreams," while Mary E. Wilkins Freeman provides a glimpse of "the fifth dimension" in her provocative tale "The Hall Bedroom." With contributions by Edgar Allan Poe, Alice Fuller, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others, each introduced by Michael Sims, whose elegant introduction provides valuable literary and historical context, Frankenstein Dreams is a treasure trove of stories known and rediscovered.--Provided by Publisher.

'Fascinating ... A stimulating contribution to our never-ending fascination with Holmes himself, and, even more perhaps, his genial creator' Sunday Times A medical student at the University of Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle studied under the vigilant eye of Dr Joseph Bell. He observed as Dr Bell identified a patient's occupation, hometown and ailments from the smallest details of dress, gait and speech. Although Doyle was training to be a surgeon, he was cultivating essential knowledge that would help him to define the art of the detective novel. From Doyle's early days surrounded by poverty and violence, through to his first days as a surgeon, Michael Sims traces the circuitous yet inevitable development of Arthur Conan Doyle as the father of the modern mystery. The incomparable Sherlock Holmes emerges as a product of Doyle's varied lessons in the classroom and professional life.

"The Adventures of Henry Thoreau-chronicling the ten years in his life beginning with Harvard in 1837 and ending as he walked away from Walden Pond after living in his long dreamed-of cabin for only two years--tells the dramatic (and at times heartbreaking) story of how a troubled young man found a meaningful life in a tempestuous era"-- Provided by publisher

A revealing chronicle of the iconic American writer's formative years evaluates the decade between his graduation from Harvard and his departure for his Walden Pond cabin to describe the influences that rendered him an advocate for non-violent activism and environmentalism. 30,000 first printing.

A scintillating new collection of the best Victorian ghost stories, as suspenseful and entertaining as anything written today, by the editor of Dracula's Guest and The Dead Witness

The best Victorian detective stories, now in a scintillating new collection by the acclaimed editor of Dracula's Guest.