Bøger af Alex Stone

Here My Story is set at the MN State Fair. It has talking dogs, the King and Queen of Love, air drums, alien abductions, a message to mankind, lots of State Fair food, and a young man who is trying to piece it all together.

Polly decides it's time to reveal a family secret she has kept hidden for many years is it too late for the truth?.And is her relationship with her mum and son Luke beyond repair?.Corey hasn't spoken to her brother Daniel in seven years but decides to make it up with him to please her family.When ex-girlfriend Amy turns up she reveals a secretthat brings them closer together.Victoria has been getting to know her mum and sister Katie after being estranged from them for many years.But when their relationship breaks down.She questions if she is better off without them.And when Victoria finds out she has a secret sister.Can she have the Christmas she always wanted?.

Dreams & Dust is a unique book and an important contribution to the evolving new historiography of South Africa. It is an overview of the 58 (mostly) short-lived republics that have existed in South Africa since 1795 - and an equally-fascinating 20 fictional ones (Bapetikosweti, Fook, Wakanda etc).

There are eight musicians and a dog staying at Dr. Benjamin Lund's rehab center The Relaxing Spot. The pastries are excellent, but the new guest Violet Death could be trouble. Dr. Lund is also facing a hostile takeover from Cyril Pendleton and his female thugs. What will happen? And most importantly, who will win the annual talent show?

A collection of short stories written during the 2018 NaNoWriMo

Pulmulla is worried her vision of the future will come true.Biligiri just wants to get home. Besides, he's in love for the first time, and will be a father in 22 months.Tant-Meisie is lonely and going around in circles. She meets famous and eccentric people though.Hannibal Solo thought he was retired - until Carroll came along, and she's hard case.On top of this, he has voices in his head."Absorbing and lyrical, and poignant in the elephants' message. Like Heathcote Williams' Sacred Elephant before it, Taken deserves a wide readership."-Gareth Patterson, author of The Secret Elephants and Beyond the Secret Elephants."A writer of striking originality with qualities of daring and humour that are rare. Like Lloyd Jones, Alex has the ability to create a landscape so vivid the reader feels he is walking down a dusty road or in the hold of a ship."-Elizabeth Smither, novelist and Poet Laureate of New Zealand"There is energy and confidence on every page. The way you inhabit your lines is remarkable."-Lloyd Jones author of Mr Pip and Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Award."I was greatly impressed by Taken - an accomplished and poignant story. Here was a writer of considerable potential should he decide to write longer fiction..."- Tessa Duder CNZM OBE, author of the Alex quartet, winner of Storyline Margaret Mahy Medal."I've read and re-read your story, and I think this: It is intriguing, beautifully-crafted, moving and poetic... It brings the knowing eye of elephants to bear on the reader, creating the feeling of injustice I always have when I'm close to them. It's a parable of imperialism. For all these reasons and more, I loved it."-Bruce Ansley, author of A long Slow Affair of the Heart, A Fabled Land, and Coast: A New Zealand Journey, winner Best Illustrated Non-fiction Book at the New Zealand Post Book Awards"Beautiful, eye opening, exquisitely absorbing, gentle and powerful."-Danielle Mathieson, New Zealand artist

Corey has never stopped carrying a torch for her ex-boyfriend Steve when they reunite her brother Daniel does everything he can to come between them and when she is pushed to the limit one night changes their relationship forever.When Polly finds out her sister had a secret daughter adopted as a teenager she tries to find her but when Harmony's adoptive mother finds out who Polly is and the truth about Harmony's adoption is she ready to have her heart broken?

After divorcing husband Christian Stacey begins a relationship with best friend Corey.When Polly Stacey's step-sister Corey's ex-wife and the person closest to her finds out she isn't happy.Has it ruined their relationship?.Kaleigh is in an abusive relationship with girlfriend Casey she see's no way out until Stacey helps her and they become good friends.When Kaleigh begins to have feelings for her does she feel the same way?.After Polly survives an abusive relationship new love Margie comes on the scene is she willing to take a chance on love?

Polly is living the American dream with a successful acting career and a house in L.AWhen she and wife Corey decide to divorce they must start a new chapter without each other.Corey feels lost after her divorce when she finds love with a close friend she begins to heal .But finds hiding a family secret harder than she thought.Stacey has a successful in Hollywood after a major film role.Happily married to husband Christian her mother-in-law is making things difficult.She begins to wonder can love conquer all or is real happiness just around the corner.

Polly is seventeen and is training to be a hairdresser when she is spotted on Oxford Street in London as a glamour model.As she becomes a celebrity it changes her life forever but life in showbiz is not all she thought it would be.When manager Adrian tries to control her career music boss Steve offers her the chance to manage her and a new start.Polly must decide if she still wants to be a star after all.

When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit. Years later, in New York City, he plunged headlong into a vibrant underground magic scene populated by a fascinating cast of characters: from his gruff mentor, who holds court in a rundown pizza shop, to one of the world's greatest card cheats, who also happens to be blind. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, Stone pulls back the curtain on a secretive community organized around a single need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others. In trying to understand how magic fools us, Stone uncovers a wealth of insights into human nature and the nature of perception. Through his investigation of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, history, mathematics, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works—and why, sometimes, it doesn't.

Polly has a successful career as a glamour model when she gets a role in a movie it takes her career to another level.And she becomes a hollywood star unhappy in her marriage she leaves her husband for close friend Corey.And she must start a new chapter in her life with Corey's parents refusing to accept her sexuality and secrets from her past.Can they have the happy ever after they deserve?

Alex Stone, part of the underground magic circuit, is determined to take his lifelong hobby to the professional level, to reach the pinnacle of this bizarre world and become a master magician.