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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven i...

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... quality of life and his will to live. I hope you do not think it indelicate of me to raise this matter so soon.’ Helen looked up and stared, almos... ...se nasty children are well chastised by their parents for their unkindness to you.’ ‘It does not matter now, Rosita. My handsome cousin, Gavin, resc... ...d up a long, semi-circular gravel drive bordered by rhododendrons, oleanders, hibiscus and other exotic bushes, many of which were not familiar to H... ...hed in rose pink and grey, looking out at the Indian night. The sweet scent of jasmine and other exotic perfumes wafted towards her and looking up a... ...ce, obvious in the way she bit her lip, was not lost upon Rosita who questioned her, ‘What is the matter, querida?’ ‘He still thinks I am that littl... ...e centre of each arch was suspended a brass vessel burning aromatic oils, perfuming the air with exotic scents. By the entrance to the hall stood a... ...of the table was a magnificent vase of Dresden china in the shape of a swan which was filled with exotic blooms. Audrey Blankenhagen 80 The walls... ...apkins for the guests to wash and dry their fingers. Gavin guided Helen through the menu and the exotic names of the delicious dishes. Helen was gl... ...udge your lover too harshly. If he is the man I believe he is, he will be worthy of your love no matter what he has done,’ and Helen wondered if the...

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...omething neurotic about it all, some pent-up aggression that is almost palpable. Matters didn’t improve in the queue to the idling taxis and my mo... ...it on and inserted the diskette. It contained a strange file that wouldn’t open no matter what I tried. This was the first time in days that I f... ...xcruciating pain. “The cancer,” – he volunteered unnecessarily – “it’s killing me.” Matter of factly. “Some fools in the SD and the SS even learne... ...r that!” “Whether or not he treated the Jews leniently, at least until 1941, is a matter for a debate among historians that goes back to the 1970s... ...told this dénouement, I was shell-shocked and devastated. I often wandered what do exotically-sounding medical conditions like a collapsed lung or a... ...t go to such great lengths and he definitely wouldn’t fire his best - and, for that matter, his only – research librarian over a trifle. There was s... ...coffee and I will tell you everything you wanted to know about Madagascar and other exotic destinations the Nazis had in mind for the Jews.” Chapt...

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... It's for luck and the b— Jury had known and she hadn't. And now it didn't matter because she wasn't pregnant anymore and she didn't have a husband an... ...d that term almost as much as Riano did. "I think you're too beautiful and exotic to be from anywhere as mundane as New York." Desert Dreams by Graci... ...real and she didn't think Sahir or Darius would be able to hold her job no matter how hard they tried if things came to that. Therese almost laughed o... ...ot like it when she was upset. And this upset him that her vexation should matter so much. Ah! Such trivialities! Kane berated himself, sprung from hi... ...hould, that he is the enemy, the killer and the taker. Her body is another matter, cannot struggle, and does not want to leave. "Mawla..." He whispers... ... for wanting Sahir Binte? He was, after all, a genie-man. And Sahir was an exotic and beautiful countrywoman, a genie-woman. Who was she to compete ag... ...rabia." "We all have to be from somewhere," Therese drawled. "It's just so exotic and far away." Therese thought she'd like to exotic her sister's-in-... ...ver football players with Justice and Riano; in the kitchen when he traded exotic Arabian recipes with Jamilah and Marilyn for their African and Spani... ...c and jazz concert. Darius leads Jury to his table upon where all sorts of exotic trinkets lay. He solicits Jury's time, offers one of the trinkets at...

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...he sexual experience arena any day. She heard his latest girlfriend was an exotic dancer named Babs. A stripper. Lord help her, Julia still got u... ...think about the way he deftly evaded her question or that it really, really mattered to her how he answered. He pulled the truck into her driveway... ...ng establishment in town.” Cade polished off the rest of his sandwich in a matter of minutes while Julia took smaller, slower bites, enjoying the q... ... “I suppose,” Cade said with a casual shrug, “when you’re in love it doesn’t matter.” “Love-shmove.” Julia snorted with disgust and leaned back on h... ... realize he had practically forced himself on her. What the hell was the matter with him? He was losing his mind, that’s what. He wanted her so ... ...go along with the boxes of files she prepared for the opposing counsel. No matter how often she redirected her thoughts, they inevitably routed back...

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...e of the two resulting heaps in the strongbox in our room. He pleadingly commands me: "No matter how much I beg and threaten, order or cajole – do ... ...oise distracts him. Without braking, he turns around and enquires: "What is it? What's the matter?" "There's an Arab woman here" – one volunteers t... ... hair braked, cropped, atop her shoulders. Janusz, taken aback, studied her as one would an exotic species. His hands, two violent spirals, breached... ...e fiercer the cascade, sculpting the loam to form lakes of mud and rustling froth. Another matter that greatly occupies me is the in-depth perusal ... ...es from the dark stain that encompasses my squirting manhood. A beautiful woman is another matter altogether. If she happens to detect me, it has t... ..., I discharge meticulously, in a thin and measured trickle, free to ruminate on theoretical matters or to consider the last woman to have abandoned ...

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...Far above the clouds, stars, moon and sun, was fairyland. It was a magnificent place filled with exotic flowers of rainbow colors, snow-dusted mountains, sapphire lakes, and trees greener than green itself. Of course, there were many fairies too, dazzling the exquisite land as far, and farther than eyes can see. The love...

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...ds, stars, moon and sun, was fairyland. It was a magnificent place filled with exotic flowers of rainbow colors, snow-dusted mountains, sapphire lakes... ...e hurry up and go No, no, I won t go. I can t leave you behind and go... No matter what happens to me, I d rather stay here with you, Candleena so... ...you, Candleena sobbed. She loved her little brother so much that nothing else mattered. It was almost sunrise. She knew that in another few minutes ... ...e. She only wanted to take the water to her brother as quickly as possible, no matter what happened to her. She felt herself tightening into wax. 12 ...

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...e pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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...d these. He liked to meet authors and publicists, and anyone else for that matter. Jake firmly believed that networking was largely respon- sible for ... ...ed to try a new tack – write about a man for a change, or twins, or try an exotic locale. You could even try a mystery.” Twins! What a fun idea. They ... ...me time. Jake noticed her anxiety. “It’s only a thing, Lacey. What does it matter if you bang it up? It can be fixed.” He added quietly, “Unlike me.” ... ... responded joyfully but after several minutes he pulled away. “What is the matter?” she asked. “I can’t do it anymore. It’s gone limp on me, and I’m t... ...tired anyway. I’m sorry.” “Oh, darling. Please do not be sorry. It doesn’t matter. I love you, no matter what.” “Yes, well, I thought for one last tim... ...arned about the cancer. Not having it, even for a short time, was all that mattered to her. She felt clean again. Jana had stocked her cupboards at ho...

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...self as King's Champion when Caelan claims the throne. She is willing to give up everything... her childhood, her life, even her heart for Arnhem. No matter the pain it bri...

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... it, Aislinn doesn’t get along with anyone, Caoimhe realized. But it doesn’t matter. As a noble, Aislinn shall have no trouble finding herself a h... ...gerly shook his hand. “The prince.” “Aye,” he said simply, as if that didn’t matter. “Who are you?” Aislinn ignored him. Even his bed clothing wa... ...rage in coming here. Skills can be taught. However, strength is a different matter entirely.” Aislinn opened her mouth, ready to interrupt. As if... ...ptly, he stormed away and Aislinn wondered if he approved or not, not that it mattered either way. “Who ever heard of a female knight,” another voic... ... and gold of the rat’s clothing contrasted with her darker skin, giving her an exotic look. She raised her arms and flourished, “The kingdom of Arnh... ...was greatly shocked by this, although it also made a great deal of sense. No matter how much ladies try to Nicole Zoltack 20 ingrain manners ...

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...ammer from a previous night of quaffing Laos Beer, so be it. What would it matter to him? Perception was more fleeting than even the beings who were p... ...rock thrown in a creek begets one ripple that begets another it would not matter. He would not be able to successfully delude himself for long; at be... ...y escape (scaling the prison walls of the subconscious as the boy did), no matter how many thousands of dollars in baht he was commissioned to paint h... ...elieved to relieve himself of fluids and issues, he could have allowed the matter to stay there, but he wanted a guarantee that nothing like this woul... ...to an examination of his self- absorbed ruminations on decadent living, no matter how critical and regardless of the domestic nature, like this one in... ...noodles, boiled eggs, sticky rice and mangos of the more wealthy almost as exotic as French cuisine, and out of respect to them ostentatious, flickeri...

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...everything else forward, and might defy the state of cooled and coagulated matter that was destined to rejoin all the hot spewing energy of the unive... ...Box, a KFC, a McDonalds); and this vexation would cause her to relinquish matters of the mind, and forfeit the possibility of higher thought - not t... ...ual end. Composed or decomposed, all was temporarily cooled and coalesced matter that would sizzle with the rest of space when the sun at last becam... ...otched spinal cord surgery, either, just botched memory; but none of that matters, does it? -- just that we can be with each other now and forever.” ... ... reasons for loving him, self-centered motivations that they were, did not matter. No matter if one was a homeless wench or the princess of Monaco, ... ...rns for; and it is that that is a relationship’s ruination, no matter how exotic the venue; for when wildflowers need to have a more practical purpos... ... passing tree, street sign, pedestrian, and motorist along the way seemed exotic in form, alien grandeur. I actually loved those outings. Sometimes ...

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... and ragged loincloths are the trend this season and every other for that matter. Imps hang out downstairs in the cesspools of the demonic domain an... ...d of the fiery cesspool himself, the concerned party has no choice in the matter. Without warning, one finds him or herself transported to the boss’... ... can be tamed with love, affection and God’s word. Schools are schools no matter where you live, not every child is easily tamed, not all have a con... ...er as helpers for children’s activities or any other church roll for that matter. Parents find it easier to grasp their own kids by the ankles, as t... ... on deaf ears. He had started the ball rolling and now it would only be a matter of time before living it up in the big city. Philip ventured out to ... ...stor stressed for many years. He feared she, in later life, would take up exotic dancing; Kelly Bracken is a highly decorated policewoman. A new cha...

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...not talk to him and then at the inquiry on if he was upset-- Oh, what did it matter? Sang Huin's head hurt thinking about it. He put his hand on his f... ... motion was the substance that often caused contemptuous laughs. What did it matter? What did any of his actions towards others matter? Everyone came... ...and obligations that could go awry. He did not know. He did not know that it mattered. Anyhow, here his lusts were pursued cathartically in part and ... ...f that he continually wanted to be in the present moment as fully as this no matter how banal or what lonely patterns it consisted of. It was better ... ... on to. They all could perceive the horror of everybody and everything so no matter what they did--even killing themselves--it would all be equivalent... ...hands." Chapter Twenty-Two He had assumed the continuum of excitement in the exotic anomaly of living together with a man. In the first month of liv... ... photographs of her fall from her flowery notes of love as well as all those exotic European stamps and paper currency from her trips here and there."... ...ce within her living room. He had large, thoughtful, eyes; and to her he was exotic and unpretentiously wholesome like latent mushrooms in a vast fiel... ...sexual or heterosexual bliss) abandoning earlier partners who were no longer exotic dopamine inducers. Maybe, she thought, the vile was inside hersel...

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...d her helmet, her euphoric glow untarnished by Sandra’s complaints. It didn’t matter what kind of horses she rode the rest of the morning because it ... ...ne prodded him awake. He settled back, content. Undercover work was largely a matter of patience: watching, asking questions and, if needed, prodding... ...aid. “Jock’s hot. If the horse has four legs and a heart beat, the post won’t matter.” Kurt focused on Stetson Man. Faded jeans, denim shirt, oversi... ... up in a trailer. She’d never been entrusted with such a pricey horse, and no matter how hard she tried to block the fear, it edged in, knotting her... ...id softly, eyes shining. Something kicked in his chest and he turned away. No matter how her voice wrapped around his name or how pretty her smile, ... ...turned and gave Sandra a confident thumbs up. “Don't leave Skippy out of your exotics. There’s a chance Country Girl will be in the money too.” “Ok...

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...er feet. “You’re giving Mr. Connolly the wrong impression. It’s a trivial matter, after all.” He raked the scarves into a bundle and shoved them ... ...er master was to make their small hoard of rent or grocery money vanish, no matter how clever Morgan’s hiding place. “If you would only act again,... ...o America for a farewell tour. They blathered on and on about nothing that mattered, averting their eyes from his bandaged hands, showing no dismay... ...” “I’m not in the mood for games, Camilla. Leaving home is never easy, no matter how inhospitable it has become.” “No need to be so sour. This ... ...nyone in this state, Morgan. If there were only me to consider, it wouldn’t matter. But there are those who refuse to give up on me, someone who de... ...eart 45 So simple an action would not have excited Helene, a woman of more exotic needs. Daniel reveled in the way Morgan strained to meet his eve...

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...ieved in the beneficial healing results of positive thinking and mind over matter. He hadn't believed in God in a long time, though he had been assure... ...creen or the three real-live ones in the room that had woke him. It didn't matter which cause he was frigging up now, whether he wanted to be or not. ... ...ink—" New Life Incognita by Gracie C. McKeever 31 "Look Dagny, it doesn't matter what I think. You're going to do what you want anyway. You always ha... ... Kelly didn't answer, tried to concentrate on the pain. Heal it. Mind over matter. He'd done it before when he'd had these attacks. He could do it aga... ... the on-call neurosurgeon would later describe as "an aneurysm". It was an exotic term, a word so far-removed from Tyler's reality and vocabulary, he ... ..., had mapped out all the details down to the payment and the location—some exotic island for which a lot of his brothers down at the precinct would ha... ... woman? For unlawful imprisonment? It wasn't like he'd had a choice in the matter. He was just as much a victim as Dagny—maybe more so. He hadn't aske...

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...god to believe in. But I‘ll defend to the death my right to my beliefs—no matter how unscientific or parochial. Everything I believe in is true.‖ ... ... The White Queen said to Alice ‗believing in impossible things is simply a matter of practice‘‖(1) It seems that we all want to believe in impossible... ...physical world. ―Philosophers usually see the world as basically ‗matter‘ or as basically ‗idea‘. The materialists believe that ideas come f... ...er‘ or as basically ‗idea‘. The materialists believe that ideas come from matter. The idealists believe that idea is primary— usually that primary id... ...usually that primary idea is God—the supreme idea, the ultimate of spirit. Matter then comes from God, the ultimate idea. ―Certainly not all ... ...man history. And the needs they now felt emphasized food and shelter, not exotic vacations and designer clothes. ―Some Western countries... ...ould sustain your life with partridge eggs, which were very expensive and exotic, would you be obliged to do so? The answer is no, they‘re too expen...

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...narrative like a collective dream. The Hoomans believe the weather to be a matter of chance, a science of equations and circumstance with the odds he... ... Theo, he said to himself. You may have amnesia but you’re not crazy – no matter what the doctors think. He breathed a sigh of relief. It was good t... ...he answer sat at the back of Theo’s throat and he couldn’t swallow it, no matter how hard he tried. His mouth ran dry and the room fell silent as th... ... changed everything. Fear, ha- tred and murder can encircle the world in a matter of minutes. A voice on a radio can incite millions to rise in viole... ...ion. ‘Is it not beautiful?’ he gasped, his stern eyes melting in awe. ‘No matter if I have seen a million desert nights fall, no matter if I have co... ...Theo looked up and read the lettering on the door: Library of Ancient and Exotic Scriptures. He straightened himself out and knocked on the door. In...

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... skin belts, Indian silks, spices, saris and all sorts of aphrodisiacs and exotic trinkets.‖ —―Some of that still exists, but as India has ent... ... councils, the Supreme Court of India ruled that reducing population was a matter of national urgency and did not impinge on the citizens‘ fundamenta... ...But they grumble that, ‗If I can lead, I should be on the town council no matter how many children I have.‘‖ ―That‘s the classic self-centere... ...the voters. Democracy is not efficient like a totalitarian system is. No matter how essential a program is, we have to wait for the average voter t... ...gious world? ―For the safety of a society do women, or men for that matter, have the right to cover their faces from the surveillance cameras?...

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...ne recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few years would have made it necessary to trust to hearsay or probable conjecture. On the other, there is necessarily much more reserve; nor are the results of the actions, nor even their comp...

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...are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few years would have made it necessary to ... ...complete idea of the man as he was. Many letters relate to home and family matters, such as it would be useless and impertinent to divulge; and yet it... ...quite early at six. My tutor said that, without any absurd feelings on the matter, he should not think himself of going to such a thing in Lent. “It w... ...ays, ‘His speeches were singularly free from the bombast and incon- gruous matter with which Eton orators from fifteen to eigh- teen are apt to interl... ...t, I should be his guest, and therefore any similar act of mine would make matters worse. You can therefore see why I wish T ues- day to be the day fo... ...t seem needful to account for the catastrophe. Altogether, these lads were exotics in New Zealand, and exceedingly fragile. In the very height of summ... ...ound theology of the Church of England; the fragrance is rather that of an exotic plant; here and there I mean—though I feel angry with myself for dar...

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...o crystallize about it, and after a time the Boynes had laughingly set the matter down to their profit-and-loss account, agreeing that Lyng was one of... ...he gesture of one who handles something harmless and familiar. “What’s the matter with you this afternoon, Mary? I thought you’d got bad news.” She st... ...enhouses, among the spiced scents and waxy pinks and reds of old-fashioned exotics,—even the flora of Lyng was in the note!—she learned that the great... ... And when?” “He went out of the front door, up the drive, Madam.” It was a matter of principle with Trimmle never to answer more than one question at ... ...tances of Elwell’s death. And then people are talking of it now; the whole matter’s been raked up again. And I thought, if you didn’t know, you ought ... ...ed: “He will not understand you here any better than he did on earth.” “No matter,” she said; “I shall be the only sufferer, for he always thought tha... ...stimation.” Mrs. Roby, returning to Hillbridge from a prolonged sojourn in exotic regions—the other ladies no longer took the trouble to remember wher...