An epic, sweeping tale set in wartime France, The Silent Hours follows three people whose lives are bound together, before war tears them apart: Adeline, a mute who takes refuge in a convent, haunted by memories of her past; Sebastian, a young Jewish banker whose love for the beautiful Isabelle will change the course of his life dramatically; Tristin, a nine-year-old boy, whose family moves from Paris to settle in a village that is seemingly untouched by war. Beautifully wrought, utterly compelling and with a shocking true story at its core, The Silent Hours is an unforgettable portrayal of love and loss.

Stunning."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Whisper Ridge is a multimillion-dollar piece of architectural majesty that once housed a unique program for paroled murderers. The program never got off the ground, however, despite the passion of Alexandra Cantrell, daughter of a notorious Mafia don, and her husband, Joshua. Twelve years later, the uninhabited house is in ruins. It remains a strange monument to dangerous secrets...until Joshua's bones are found buried deep in the forest. "The inventive plot of The Silent Hour surprises right up to the end."—St. Petersburg Times Private investigator Lincoln Perry isn't thrilled about having to unearth this enduring mystery—one that continues to capture the media's attention. His new client is no picnic either: Parker Harrison served fifteen years for murder but claims Alexandra Cantrell's intervention saved his life. Following a trail that leads straight to the heart of Cleveland's organized crime scene, Perry finds himself immersed in a case that challenges his abilities as a detective and his commitment to that calling. Now he's glancing over his shoulder at every turn—and pushing the bounds of safety even as he backs away... "Michael Koryta is one of the best of the best...his Lincoln Perry is going to be around for a long, long time."—Michael Connelly

Lisa Sharp and her husband Chance Benson have always shared one goal: to protect their families at all costs. Since they were teenagers and intruded on a man in the bathroom of Londons Ritz Hotel, overhearing his plans to bomb a local gentlemans club, they have vowed to protect their families always. Arriving in Canada with their son for the Christmas holidays, the last thing the couple expects is for their only child to be kidnapped. The couples only hope is the legend of the silent brotherhood, which they believe will help to keep their son and his cousins safe just like it did years ago

This collection of short stories has Aryan Munda Characters from real life situations. The word Aryan comes from Aaron the brother of Moses in the Old Testament. The Mundas are Aryans: the Children of Aaron and the descendants of Levi according to the historical data. Elizabeth the cousin of Mariam spoke Mundaic. The Mundaic people are Aaron’s Tribe: the sons of Amram, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob and Leah. One group of Aaron’s tribe speaks Mundari and another Sanskrit in India which are both Semitic languages. The Sanskrit has about 40% of vocabulary from Mundari languages. The first group of Semites: Mundas in about 4000 BC, the Second group of Semites: the Aryan in about 1500 BC and the last group today known as Jews: the Mundaic speaking group came to India about 700 BC.according to R.C Mazumdar. But all those who call themselves Munda are not all Mundas but a few. The original Mundas are fair and swarthy not black. A good number of them are from Dom, Ghasi and Lohra/Lohar/Asur tribe and are integral part of Munda Society. They speak immaculate Mundari like the pure Mundas. The characters of the story are the Mundari group who passionately seek to achieve their goals in life but they face uncompromising challenges in their life. Because they believe in purity of relationship, in puritanical love. Read the stories to know what and how the characters face moral challenges of life, what influences their decisions and what happens to them finally.

The author of "The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice," Stephen Leacock, was most famous as one of Canada's leading early 20th-century humorists. Yet, he was a professor of economics and political science at McGill University in Montreal too. In this book, he mixes his well-known humor with his deep expertise in economics and politics to examine the eternal economic and social justice questions. He addresses the problems in both systems of socialism and capitalism, pointing out the strong and weak sides of both. Although the book was printed more than a century ago, the thoughts and approaches published in it are very modern and can be used to assess today's political and economic state.

THE SILENT SCREAM As an early teenager, Sharon moved with her family to a part of the country not far from where she had grown up, but culturally, it was a million miles away. She endured the hardships of not being accepted in school or in the community and then one day she realized that she was a stranger in her own family. Sharon tried to reason whether her parents had always been that way or if they had been coerced into accepting a strange way of life. They had become treasonous enemies against her very soul. Eventually she was forced to change, or become, a good actor in order to survive to adulthood. She "felt confused not knowing what to do or where to go, she was only sixteen..." Thinking she would endure a loveless marriage and build a normal life for herself, she made mistakes. She had no intention of letting the children she bore become a product of that destructive environment - she would flee one way or another. Later in life, thousands of miles away, she encountered even greater challenges than she had experienced in the place from which she had escaped Relative power governed the world of her teens. A turn to politics showed her another world of falsehoods. Greed, money, and the search for truth ruled her life as an adult. There was no winning; no life of normalcy - until the truth finally set her free. Like following a true compass, she found her refuge and learned that success is a journey not a destination.