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"An amazing, enthralling story. . . ravishing and explosive. Wake is awesome!" – Books with Bite Enter the world of Amanda Hocking's Watersong, a place of breathtaking beauty, immortal power—and terrifying secrets. Gemma Fisher seems to have it all—she's carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He's always been just a friend, but this summer they've taken their relationship to the next level, and now she's falling harder for him every day. But Gemma doesn't know that her ordinary life is about to change forever. Penn, Lexi and Thea are strangers in town for the summer—and they've been watching her. Three sisters with mysterious powers, they invite Gemma to join their exclusive circle, and it changes her in ways she never imagined. Suddenly she's stronger, faster, and more beautiful than ever. But her new powers come with a terrifying price. And as she uncovers the truth, she's is forced to choose between staying with those she loves—or entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets.

From Homer's Odyssey to Pirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries. Among the Mermaids is an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts, and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticized mythological creature. Compiled by Book of the Bizarre author and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura, Among the Mermaids includes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker, and W.B. Yeats, along with tantalizing trivia, facts, first-hand accounts, and speculations about mermaids in popular culture. Some facts about the fluid and the fair from the book: Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy + many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious.)Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings.Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize remains unclaimed.

Delve into an extraordinary world of dark magic and savage beauty in New York Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking’s Watersong series, where love is the most powerful weapon of all. Together for the first time, read all four novels in the Watersong series in a low priced eBook bundle: Wake After a night with three mysterious girls, Gemma Fisher wakes up with amazing new powers. But they come with a price that forces Gemma to choose between her old life and entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets... Lullaby Harper Fisher’s normal life is upended when her younger sister Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of beautiful girls. Vowing to get her sister back no matter the cost, Harper must face dangers unlike any she’s ever experienced; but will Harper still love Gemma once she learns the truth? Tidal Gemma and Harper are facing the fight of their lives: they’ve finally found a way to break Gemma’s curse to make her human again, but the deadly creatures who cursed her are determined to kill Gemma before she has the chance... Elegy An ancient curse robbed Gemma of everything that matters most: her friends, her family, and the guy she loves. Now that she has the scroll that binds her curse, Gemma finally has the chance to get her old life back. But Gemma and Harper realize that destroying the scroll is not as easy as they hoped.

"Vague" began, as it happened, a few months after "England's Dreaming" left off: in the post-punk diaspora of late 1979. Turning nineteen years old in sunny Salisbury, Tom Vague began by featuring local punk bands as well as all the major acts that passed through or nearby - the Banshees, the Cure, the Ruts, Joy Division, Red Krayola, the Gang of Four, Clash, Adam and the Ants. It wasn't a pure punk fanzine - it was too late for that - but matched punk irreverence with the overall feeling of experimentation that still existed at the end of the 1970's. Over the first few issues, "Vague" continued to work out the possibilities of independence - in all senses of the word - that had been pioneered in 1976 by Mark Perry (fanzines) and in 1977 by Buzzcocks and the Desperate Bicycles (seven inch records). The whole point about fanzines and DIY singles was that you didn't have to do what everyone else did. So "Vague" mixed up reviews with Perry Harris' cartoons and what Tom describes as 'stream of consciousness prose' that reflected the chaos and the intimacy of the moment. Vague followed the post-punk strands - from the Ants to Goth to Crass to Psychobillies and Positive Punks - through to the mid 80's, and Tom's commentary precisely dates the changes. In the notes for Issue 12, July 1982, he observes that 'it was around this time that the number of exaggerated Mac Curtis haircuts increased around London and Theatre of Hate indirectly started the punkabilly cult, which consisted of disillusioned young Ants fans and reformed punky types, largely Londoners. Suddenly everyone started to look like Kirk Brandon'. Tom Vague recorded the present without any thought to posterity. Because he noted the moment so thoroughly, he became a historian, providing a record of Punk's most obdurate and persistent strands. In documenting the chaos of the 1980's from within, he has preserved a forgotten narrative of that decade: not Live Aid, New Romantic Pop or Thatcher, but a dogged and anarchic strand of youth culture that persisted into the flowering of rave in the early 90's. This collection should be read by any serious enquirer into the period." (Jon Savage : 2017)

For the man she loved, she gave it her all. Even the child of a mistress could be seen as having come out ...But she didn't get the response she wanted.She went from disappointment to despair. She only felt that her hopes were all gone ..."Song Huaishuang, do you really want to die that badly?"The man's voice was cold, with a hint of anger that could not be hidden."Song Huaishuang, remember, in this lifetime, regardless of whether you live or die, don't ever think of leaving me!"