The Spirit Gate

I stopped reading Sword and Fantasy books years ago because they all felt like retreads. This is completely different from the "same old, same old" trilogies that line the shelves. It's an excellent book, full of vivid characters who are human in many ways but from a really alien set of cultures. (One of the most interesting parts of the book is the way she introduces you through the different characters to the different cultures that share this world.) As in 24, people die unexpectedly, minor characters grow in prominence, and there's a new adventure around every corner.

The Capitalist Spirit

An inspirational collection of thought-provoking wisdom for all ages from Yale Hirsch
Yale Hirsch has been a practical investor his entire life, and has always offered his readers a wealth of intelligent information as founder of the Hirsch Organization. Over forty years ago, Yale Hirsch created the Stock Trader's Almanac. The Capitalist Spirit is an extension of the methods he used in creating the Almanac, and here, readers will find the same breadth and depth of information, along with a healthy dose of inspiration.

At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice-that of life itself. Now she introduces us to a terrifying world in which the cost of magic is just that...in which the fuel for sorcery is the very fire of the human spirit, and those who hunger for magical power must pay for it with their lives

Spirituality and Health - January/February 2010

Spirituality & Health is for people who wish to explore the spiritual journey - the journey to self knowledge, authenticity and integration. It offers you inspiration for the practice, people and ideas of the current spiritual reawakening.

What happens to a teenage girl who starts hearing voices? The answer is vastly different for two girls living in two different eras.
When a "spirit" contacts Lucy Phillips at a séance in nineteenth-century Manhattan, Lucy quickly gains fame as a talented medium who can impart knowledge about the future to wealthy socialites. Lucy is grateful to this "spirit," who communicates with her from beyond, for giving her a life of luxury she’s never known before. By contrast, Lindsay Miller is hospitalized in modern-day New York City for schizophrenia when she starts to hear a girl’s voice in her head.