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Angel of Light | A story of loyalty, betrayal, revenge and finally, forgiveness.
It begins when Maurice Halleck, Director of the Commission for the Ministry of Justice is accused of wrongdoing, then dies in a suspicious car accident. A suicide note and confession are found. Kirsten and Owen Halleck believe their father, was killed by their own mother and her lover. The Hallecks are direct descendants of John Brown, who was hanged in 1859, a martyr in the struggle against slavery. "He is an Angel of Light, " Thoreau said of him.
In this novel Oates explores our political heritage, American history and the search for the truth. with a mounting drama that plays like a Greek tragedy. |
The Ants Go Marching! | The ants are marching through the rain, but there is always something to distract Little Ant! Can you find him on each page, even though the column of ants gets bigger? Can you count the ants on each page? Rows of ants help introduce the concept of repeated addition. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom. |
Eiger Dreams | This title describes mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships. This book presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the limits of the possible - from the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent, to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a white-out on Mount McKinley. |
Brother Demon | Twelve 18-year-old girls get into witchcraft and form a coven, along with a slightly older Red Witch.
Not too long ago, Red Witch somehow got a for real grimoire which allows her to cast magic spells and play black magic.
The Autumnal Equinox sabbat is near. Red Witch tells the girls that the Autumnal Equinox sabat will be conducted skyclad, in the nude.
The girls are both a little excited and a little scared. However, it's a new experience and they're gonna do it.
One girl and her brother go to Red Witch's place and are placed under a real magic spell. They all strip to nude and then walk to the place of the coven circle.
Red Witch then leads the brother into the center of the coven circle. Red Witch has laid out a pentagram on the ground and she leaves the naked brother inside the pentagram.
Red Witch then forms the girls into a coven circle. Red Witch then uses her grimoire to play black magic.
A demon appears in the pentagram and transforms the brother into an impossibly handsome, improbably muscular Horned God that no woman can resist.
The Red Witch wants the Horned God sexually.
The other girls, not so much.
Particularly the sister. |
A Woman Clothed In Sun | From the pleasures of her sheltered world in the bayous to the treacherous vastness of the great Southwest and beyond forever quenching her thirst for all the passion and adventure life had to offer wildly beautiful Rachel Delys fled the memories of her battle-slain lover and the fury of the Civil War. Across a tempestuous landscape, three men tried to tame her one who seduced her, one who ravaged her, and one who would bring her at last to the peak of sublime rapture and depths of soul-searing love! |
The Wilderness Survival Guide: The Practical Skills You Need for the Great Outdoors | Untamed, endlessly harsh, and sometimes dangerous: the wilderness might not sound like an ideal holiday destination, but the numbers of survivor men and women is growing every year. And with this guide to every outdoor experience, they'll be ready to face the elements. From finding food to building shelters, assembling a survival kit to avoiding toxic plants, starting fires in any weather to finding water, it is filled with critical skills. |
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Paranormal | On hit TV shows, in best-selling books, blockbuster films, video games, and comics, pop culture has been overrun by hordes of vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts, wizards, and other paranormal creatures. Luckily, the authors of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series are back with all-new, expert advice designed to help readers fend off the furry, fanged, freaky, and frightful. This classic handbook format is packed with new illustrated instructions for crucial scenarios ranging from the domestic (How to Host a Cocktail Party When Your House is Haunted) to the scary (How to Survive a Zombie Attack in the First Day, First Week, and Long Term) to the practical (How to Break Up with a Vampire). |
The Arrogant Lord Alistair | *Also published under the title, A Woman Of Little Importance.*
Miss Charity Wynyate had little more than nerve on her side when she appeared at the doorstep of Ashbourne House. Yet she demanded that the haughty Duke of Ashbourne recognize her little nephew and niece as his responsibility and stood up to his rude rebuff.
The duke, however, had a way to deal with her. He told his son, Lord Alistair Ashbourne, to handle this worrisome wench.
Lord Alistair was the most handsome rake in the realm. He had never met a woman he could not bend to his will - one way or another. But then again, he had never met a woman quite like Charity |
Pangalax (Veya Trilogy, #1) | Aveyana's world will never be the same.
After an unexpected attack claims her mom, seventeen-year-old Veya is forced to abandon the only home she's ever known and the only boy she's ever loved to make a new life on Pangalax, a US space station.
Heartbroken, angry, and homesick, she resents her dad's decision to move and his demand to hide her unique abilities. As she suspected, appearing normal proves to be nearly impossible, especially around Kye, a way-too-handsome officer who is determined to break through her walls.
But can he be trusted?
Can anyone be trusted?
As Veya uncovers the deep, dark secrets of Pangalax, her very existence becomes threatened. Only one person can save her.
Is she willing to forget the past and trust him with her life? |
The Art of Survival: A Crime Mystery set in Scarborough | The Art of Survival asks: What will fear push ordinary people to do? What happens when little girls get lost? DS Theo Akande is investigating the disappearance of eight year old Victoria Everidge. Her mother, Yvonne, is a desperate woman. What is she capable of? Eminent journalist and newspaperman, Stan Poole, dies leaving a filing cabinet full of secrets. As these leak out, his daughter, Hannah, begins to question her own girlhood. She is losing her way. Her best friend, Lawrence, newly an item with Theo, finds it hard to remain supportive. Instead Hannah clings to her work as a trainee counsellor and to her client Julia. Julia is apparently no little girl lost, but appearances can be deceptive. Then a body is found. This is Kate Evans' second novel, her first, The Art of the Imperfect, was long-listed for the Crime Writers Association debut dagger. |
A Secret Encounter (Amish Secrets #2) | Shunned in his late teens, Joseph Bender has lived a difficult life the past few years. He's convinced he's finished with the Amish and God, until he meets kindhearted Anna Smucker. Life on the streets is a stark contrast to the comforts of an Amish community. Will Joe be able to overcome the trials set before him to find a new life of love? Can a secret encounter change his life forever? Inspirational Christian Fiction, Approx. 225 pages |
Darkest (The Dark Side #3) | When his past destroys Eva's trust in her Master, can he win her back?
As their turbulent, complex relationship deepens, Nathan Darke is increasingly aware that Eva Byrne has become much more to him than his submissive. She's in his home, in his family. And in his heart.
Eva hasn't found it easy to trust, to believe in herself and in a relationship that can last. But happiness, once so elusive, is within her grasp. Nathan is her Master, her lover and her soulmate.
However, no sooner do they manage to find a fragile balance between them--a way of entwining both their worlds--and start to build a future, than their past comes crashing back to destroy their emerging love. Jealousy and hate brutally shatter Eva's and Nathan's delicate trust in each other, and their life together crumbles.
Can they overcome the crushing pain of betrayal and deceit to regain some sort of future together, or are some wounds just too deep to heal? Are some risks too great? Some rewards just not enough?
Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of dominance and submission, including sex toys, pain play, anal play, paddling, restraints and steamy phone sex. Warning: involves post-natal depression and mentions of suicide.
Publisher's Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of a serial.
Pre-Order: 8th March 2016
General Release Date: 19th April 2016 |
The Dust Will Answer | 1978: The wave of gentrification has yet to break over downtown Los Angeles, and vast swathes of the warehouse district lie nearly abandoned next to the sterile trench of the city's concrete-clad river.
Lenny Strasser, a straight-arrow type with a taste for shady places, plunges into that world to discover that sometimes the only distance between two points is a very crooked line. When Lenny's friend Dave Larrabee nags him into helping him track down a missing girlfriend, Lenny suspects that the girl doesn't want to be found. He knows her all too well: she was his before she was Dave's, and she'd gone gleefully missing from his life one time too many. Worse, he's not entirely sure he's over his feelings for the theatrical and self-centered Kate.
But this time it wasn't one of her ordinary infidelities--she may have fallen, again, into the hands of the charismatic Nighthawk, who could lead her into territories where the danger is real and role-playing no protection from harm.
The quest takes them into hobo jungles and punk squats by the LA River--and into an after-midnight darkness of moral ambiguity that changes Lenny's life in ways he'd never dreamed of. |
Mayhem and Magic | Freelance thief-for-hire Asa Ward's latest job is heisting a powerful magic relic from a gangster's lair. But what should be an easy payday quickly becomes larceny the hard way--when he's dragged into a three-way crime war where mind-bending, body-racking magic is the most lethal weapon of all. And just when Asa thinks he's scored, the ruthless kingpin he's ripping off strikes back...threatening the only life Asa values more than his own. |
Kekkaishi, Vol. 19 (Kekkaishi, #19) | Student by day, demon hunter by night! R to L (Japanese Style). Yoshimori and Tokine have successfully vanquished the thousands of butterflies that swarmed on Karasumori High School. But the mystery deepens when the perpetrator of the attack turns out to be a medium that delivers a warning of unspeakable horrors to come! Perhaps some answers lay in the past of Yoshimori's family... By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art. |
Eliooo: How to Go to Ikea and Build a Device to Grow Food in Your Apartment | By following the instructions in this book, you will become the manufacturer of an idea. This book is an instruction manual for a product that only exists if you build it. Here are the instructions. I have designed this device so that you can produce your own food, using some inexpensive ikea boxes and the directions in this book. This system uses hydroponics, a farming technique that can be used to grow plants in water instead of soil. The reason for using hydroponics is very simple: hydroponics allows you to save up to the 90% of the water used in traditional agriculture systems, requires much less space, and provides you with full control of the nutrients required by the plants at each stage of their growth. Another great thing about hydroponics is that you don't have to worry about watering the plants. The system i have designed combines different hydroponics techniques. These are adapted to make them easy to use at home. This means that you become a farmer, perhaps an urban farmer. However, this book is not a book on urban farming, nor is it a general book about hydroponics. This book is a manual that will show you how to build and run a simple hydroponic system with some inexpensive IKEA boxes. I call this system ELIOOO. |
The Black Monday Murders #3 | "A FULL CONFESSION"
Solve one murder, uncover thousands. |
Yuletide Mishaps | Abby Devereaux is a successful restaurant owner in NYC. She has the love and support of her family and friends, but her love life is non-existent. When she meets Ben, her luck starts to turn in the boyfriend department...until Christmas hits and she has to go away for the holiday to the countryside to stay with her family. Little did she know that Ben is already involved...with her younger sister. As Abby tries to get through the holiday, she and Ben go through mishaps that could tear them apart for good and family secrets come out of hiding. |
Going It Alone (Sapphire Falls; The Natural Love #2) | He'd stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but a chance encounter with a stranded traveler on Valentine's Day will prove it's never too late for love.
Even the most loving of families face conflict at one time or another, but any kind of discord makes Sierra Jones-Roseman physically ill. Since childhood, she's been her family's mediator and peacekeeper, so she shouldn't have been surprised when she gets a phone call from her long-lost sister. Reconciling a five-year absence won't be easy, especially when her sister refuses to come home, forcing Sierra to leave the safety of her northern California commune for the first time. What's begins as a journey of trepidation turns into an exhilarating adventure as Sierra experiences some of what the wide, wonderful world has to offer, including Logan Hamilton.
Being a long-haul truck driver is tough on married life, a fact Logan learned the hard way. Twice divorced, he's reconciled himself to a solitary life on the road until he rescues Sierra Jones-Roseman who's stranded on a dangerous stretch of highway. Something about the wide-eyed innocent reignites Logan's dreams of home and hearth in Sapphire Falls, the small Nebraska town where he grew up, but can a man who's been alone for so long learn to love again? |
Zara Phillips The Biography An Intimate Portrait of a Royal World Champion | The only daughter of Princess Anne and famously dubbed a 'rebel Royal', Zara Phillips has long been the subject of media interest. However, her considerable sporting success received little attention until she won gold at the 2006 equestrian World Championships.
Brian Hoey looks beyond the public image to reveal the real Zara, from her parents' divorce and her mother's subsequent remarriage, to her relationships with other royals including Princes William and Harry, her sense of style and sometimes controversial love life, and her rise to the top of her chosen sport.
This is Zara's story, from her earliest years and her relationships with other Royals, to her love life, the independent streak that saw her branded a 'Royal rebel' and her emergence as a world-beating sportswoman. It is a fascinating tale of determination, the search for independence and the will to succeed on her own merit.
This book includes Zara's contribution to the British Team that won the 2007 European Championship. |
When Kingmakers Speak | "WKS is a well written thriller that builds up gripping suspense, yet reveals enough to keep us deeply engaged and anxious to know what is going to happen next. Set in the early sixties, the novel reflects some of the fundamental but hidden issues besetting Singapore. Not yet fully independent, not yet a nation, it was a period when the island was caught between a British colonial world not quite withdrawn, and a national one not quite born, when the Communists remained a serious urban threat and gangsters had considerable influence. The main plot turns around a planned assasination and is linked to a sub-plot involving Sato, a Japanese soldier-samurai who had remained in hiding after Japan surrendered, and whose values and actions are guided by a combination of Bushido and Christianty." Edwin Thumboo, Professor Emeritus, National University of Singapore |
The Hopi Way | From first-hand experience, the author tells of daily life among the Hopi Indians in Northern Arizona--their beliefs, rituals and Catcina (Kachina) ceremonies. The interaction and conflict between the Anglo and Indian cultures are presented from the viewpoint of the Hopi family. Robert Boissiere, born in Paris, France, came to the United States after World War II. A member of the French army, he was imprisoned in a Nazi prison camp from which he managed to escape and join a group of Basques in the Pyrenees. After moving to California, Boissiere found himself on an artistic and spiritual pilgrimage to the Hopi villages. There he was adopted by a Hopi family and became a participant in their cultural life. "The Hopi Way" is based on his experiences living as a Hopi. He is also the author of "Po Pai Mo," also from Sunstone Press. |
The Harcombe Diet for Men | The Harcombe Diet(R) For Men: Real food, unlimited quantities and rapid results; Just 3 simple rules - to get you to your ideal weight and keep you there for life. |
Spoiled Brats, and Other Stories | In his collection Spoiled Brats, Simon Rich takes his absurd, culture-skewering style to new heights, marrying the literary polish of writers like Karen Russell and George Saunders with the humor of Steve Martin to deliver truly dazzling tales.Spoiled Brats is about the battles we fight with the ones who love us most: our parents. In Family Business, a young chimpanzee offends his working class father by choosing to become a research animal instead of joining the family grub-hunting business. In Proud Mom, a young mother is so besotted she doesnt realize her child is actually, truly a monster. And in Animals, the fate of a terrified classroom hamster hangs in the balance when a notorious kid is picked for hamster care duty. |
Meet the Dallas Cowboys | "An introduction to the Dallas Cowboys professional football team. Includes information about the team's history, stadium, star players, and uniforms. Features include: a true/false quiz, photos, vintage trading cards reproductions, maps, and records. Table of Contents, glossary, additional resources and index"-- |
Raw: An Erotic Street Tale | Chastity Jones is the real thing. She's beautiful, she's classy, and she's got money to spend. Other people s money. As long as there are men around, 19-year-old Chastity will be rolling in their dough. It wasn't always like that her father was sent to prison when she was 16, and after being placed in a foster home, she was brutally raped. She runs away, and starts stripping at a men's club, and there she catches the eye of Legend, a mysterious and handsome 6-4 hunk with straight black hair that hangs over his shoulders. His brownstone parties are famous attended by celebrities, ballers, and hustlers alike. But the real parties are in his basement; sex parties that include girl-on-girl action, and even kinkier fare. His parties are so successful he easily clears $25,000 to $40,000 a weekend. For Chastity it's love at first sight but, try as she might, Legend only treats her like a little sister and under his tutelage Chastity is soon hanging with the big dawgs. They buy her cars, pay the rent on her condo, buy her expensive jewelry and take her on shopping sprees. But the man she wants most shows her no romantic interest; and that s Legend. And then she meets Hunter he's a drug kingpin with millions of dollars, and also Legend's cousin and he falls for Chastity in a big way. Suddenly Chastity is caught up in a whirlwind of money, sex, drugs and danger and the only way out lies in death. |
Boscobel | Historical novel based on the adventures of Charles II in 1651. |
Doctor Who: The Seeds of War | Humanity is emerging from a long, exhausting war. Against an enemy so powerful, so implacable, it seemed unstoppable - right up until the moment it stopped.
Now, despite its 'victory', the human race is on its knees. The Doctor and Mel join its struggle for survival to try to ensure it has a future.
A race against time takes them from the Great Tower of Kalsos to the Reliquaries of Earth. In an epic journey across the ten systems, their fates are intertwined with one family. The Tevelers are to feel the effects of war more than most...
The Doctor has a plan. Mel is sure he can save the day. But something is lurking. Watching. Waiting. A presence the Doctor knows of old. But just how far does its influence pervade?
The Eminence awaits... |
No Rest for the Wicked: A John and Sarah Jarad Nantucket Mystery | When state archaeologists lift the lid on a suspicious steamer trunk buried in Nantucket's landfill, Detective John Jarad's world explodes. The trunk's contents reactivate intense interest in the island's most notorious cold case crime, the Baby Alice Spenser kidnapping in 1921.
Sarah Jarad has a slightly different life focus. Halfway through a twin pregnancy, Sarah is convinced that she is losing her mind. She can't shake the feeling that she's being watched. She'd like to blame her paranoia on raging hormones, but that doesn't ring true. Sarah fears that her control freak ex-fiancee Mason has finally tracked her down, and that Mason is on Nantucket, plotting revenge.
As John pursues the Baby Alice investigation, myriad family scandals emerge from the Spenser's privileged and gilded past. Events flare white-hot when a copycat criminal snatches a second child. John and Sarah must race against the clock to unmask the kidnapper and expose these modern day threats.
Offering an array of colorful island characters and an intricate plot filled with surprising twists and reveals, NO REST FOR THE WICKED promises to be the perfect summer beach read. |
The Well Meaning Killer | A maniac is terrorizing Baltimore. The Wishing Well Killer is depositing his victims like they were the kitchen trash stuffing their bodies in plastic garbage bags and throwing them down abandoned wells in the Maryland countryside. For veteran homicide detective Phil Jenkins and FBI agent Megan McKenna of BAAT, the Baltimore Aggravated Assault Task Force, the net they first cast to try and catch the killer with seems to have only hauled in a dead end. An insidious, under-the-table scam in the Maryland State foster care system involving unscrupulous lawyers. But when the madman they are chasing surprisingly surfaces in the middle of it all, Megan McKenna realizes that they know each other and still have some deadly, unfinished business between them. Megan calls FBI profiler, and former lover, agent Reese Ditrapano in on the case to try to get inside the warped mind of the killer before another victim goes down a well. But Reese s old feelings for Megan, and Phil Jenkins new ones, create friction in the investigation the perfect diversion needed for the lunatic killer who s finally found the perfect well. For Megan McKenna." |
Revelations: Valleyview Tales | After a dark secret shakes Kirk Hudson's faith, he escapes from the religious cult he's been a member of for over two years. He can hardly wait to see his mother and his identical twin again, but the night he arrives home, his brother is brutally murdered. Wracked with guilt because he suspects a cult member meant to kill him instead of his brother, Kirk is forced at knifepoint to return to the cult where he finds even more secrets. No one is sure what "Transfiguration Day" really means except the ethereal sister and devilish brother co-leaders. The deeper Kirk delves into each secret and the murder of his twin, the more dread he feels. But Transfiguration Day scares him most of all. |
I Am Plastic, Too: The Next Generation of Designer Toys | The designer toy explosion continues in Kidrobot's second book, I Am Plastic, Too, which features a worldwide survey of the newest, rarest, and most sought-after toys. By offering designers, comic book artists, illustrators, and graffiti artists a new outlet for their creative energies, these toys become miniature works of art, collected and coveted by fans everywhere. Showcasing examples from more than 140 artists and companies from six continents, this book includes images of scarce, limited-edition toys and extensive interviews with 13 of the hottest designers working today. Many of the most popular creators from the first book are back, along with new faces such as Amanda Visell, Brandt Peters, eBoy, Jon Burgerman, Kathie Olivas, and Tara McPherson.
Praise for I Am Plastic, Too:
"The scope of these plastic critters, which range from the abstract to the downright lewd . . . is wonderfully surveyed." --The New York Times |
Bridal Desires | Simone's delight at getting married to Daniel quickly subsides when he deserts her on their wedding night. Instead, she finds solace in the arms of Jim, her stepson that she's only just met for the first time. Gambling her marriage just hours after the ceremony, Simone asks her stepson to fullfill her ultimate bridal desire: to give her a child born out of forbidden love.
WARNING: This ebook is for adults only. Its 6000 words deal with the forbidden love of a bride for her stepson, described in full graphic detail.
Excerpt:
'Trouble in paradise?' he asked casually, turning around on his bar stool as his stepmom stepped closer in her wedding dress.
Simone didn't respond and threw herself down into one of the lounge chairs. Slowly Jim stood up and walked over to her. He sat down in the chair opposite hers, just like they had sat before Simone had gone to her room.
'Hey, what's up? Was it something he said?'
She looked up.
'He's not saying anything. Your dad's fast asleep. On his wedding night.'
Jim started to smile, but then corrected himself.
'I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh about this.'
He extended a hand to her.
'Come on, I can't stand to see you angry like this,' he said when Simone just looked at his hand instead of taking it.
She laid her hand in his and felt how strong his fingers were. When Jim stood up, she allowed him to gently pull her up with him. As he led her to the open area of the bar, she felt her anger slowly subside. He turned and looked her into the eyes.
'My dear, beautiful stepmother, may I have this dance?'
Simone knew that he was just flattering her to make her happy. She stepped up to him and laid her arm around his shoulder.
Apparently the single member of the bar staff that was still there had been watching what they were doing, and now turned up the music.
Jim pulled Simone closer, his hand on the small of her back, gently rubbing up and down with movements that were small enough to have Simone wonder whether he was actually moving his hand. He didn't say anything, but she could hear the sound of his breathing by her ear. She felt his slight stubble on her cheek.
For a few moments they just swayed along with the music, in each other's arms. There was no actual dancing going on, but Simone didn't mind. She was happy to be close to someone and able to press herself against him. For these few moments, she could forget her anger about her husband, and just empty her mind.
Simone was awakened from her mental rest by something Jim did. Or by something she thought Jim did. She could have sworn that he pressed the side of his lips against her cheek, as if to give her a kiss without her even noticing herself.
She raised her head from his shoulder and ran her hand down the sleeve of his grey jacket.
'Jim, I... We can't...' Simone didn't know what to say. Was she making more of this than there was to it? |
The Truth She Knew (The Truth Series #1) | "A bittersweet story of young love, independence, and soul-crushing manipulation. J.A. Owenby shines a light on the impact that mental illness can have on a family." --Dr. Sheri Kaye Hoff, PhD, Professional Life Coach
Mama didn't want me. In fact, she would've traded my soul back for someone different if God would've let her, but he didn't, so she was stuck with me.
For eighteen-year-old Lacey, life at home is a rollercoaster. She doesn't think she'll ever be good enough to truly deserve Mama's love.
But when Lacey enters college and meets Walker, everything starts to change. Suddenly, Lacey is face to face with the realization that maybe what she's always seen as normal really isn't. Her entire life--and everything she's ever believed about herself and her family--is abruptly hanging in midair.
Lacey is left facing two paths, and she has to make a choice. The first means walking away from everything she's ever known. The other means never really knowing the truth.
The Truth She Knew offers an honest and powerful glimpse into mental illness, the meaning of true love, and the psychological waltz that a daughter dances as she endures her mother's unpredictable emotions, manipulation, and abuse. |
Exalted Dreams of the First Age | Details Creation at the height of the First Age. Features everything players and Storytellers need to generate First Age Exalted characters, including high-Essence Charms for each Exalt type. Complete with stats for prominent Exalted of the period.
An alternate setting for use with Exalted Second Edition. Dreams of the First Age is a boxed set featuring the world of Exalted as it appeared during the wondrous golden era predating the Great Contagion and the Usurpation.
Includes:
*Lands of Creation, a 160-page setting book that details Creation as it was during the High First Age.
*Lords of Creation, a character resource that includes everything players and Storytellers need to generate First Age Exalted characters, including high-essence charms for each Exalt type and stats for prominent Exalts from the period.
*A 64-page guide to the city of Meru itself, jewel of Creation and capital of the Realm.
*Unique First Age battlewheel.
*First Age cloth map of Creation. |
Louise de la Vallière | Louise de la Valliereis the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonneand will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. Set during the reign of Louis XIV and filled with behind-the-scenes intrigue, the novel brings the aging Musketeers and d'Artagnan out of retirement to face an impending crisis within the royal court of France. This new edition of the classic English translation is richly annotated and places Dumas's invigorating tale in its historical and cultural context.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Flash of Bright | When Percy is seventeen, his life changes irrevocably, from one moment to the next. |
A World of Difference: Putting Christian Truth-Claims to the Worldview Test | Recent Barna research indicates that less than one in ten evangelical Christians hold a biblical worldview. A World of Difference seeks to change this disturbing fact by educating readers on how the Christian perspective is uniquely reasonable, verifiable, and liveable.
Author Kenneth Richard Samples faced a profound test of his own belief system during a personal life-and-death crisis. In A World of Difference, he uses nine distinct tests to compare the Christian worldview with current religious and philosophical competitors, including Islam, postmodernism, naturalism, and pantheistic monism. Samples tackles tough issues through this in-depth study of Christianity's history, creed, and philosophical basis. An excellent resource for readers who want their view of life and the world to make sense. |
Little Whistle's Christmas | It's Christmastime in Toytown. Lights are twinkling, bells are jingling, and children can't wait for Santa and his sleigh to arrive. Presents are wonderful, of course, but Little Whistle and his friends need something else for Christmas. Will Santa answer their letter and make their wishes come true?
In Little Whistle's first holiday adventure, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and artist Tim Bowers once again bring the cozy world of Toytown to life--and capture the magical spirit of Christmas. |
Designed for Murder | Some fashion statements can kill...
Mika Ito combines her two favorite things in life--textile design and live-action role-playing (LARP)--by creating costumes for her fellow Magic Battledome gamers. Lately, someone's been assaulting LARPers and stealing their costumes. Concerned for the safety of her friends, Mika hires Maltese Security...only to discover that the lead investigator is the super-hot stranger she just hooked up with.
Carlos Castillo is all too familiar with Magic Battledome. A former legend in role-playing circles, he was all about gaming, until things went very, very wrong for him. Now he's forced to return to the game undercover--as Mika's boyfriend--to find some answers. Only playing "boyfriend" with his gorgeous one-night stand is more temptation than a guy can withstand...
Someone wants the costumes enough to kill for them. And when it comes to murder, nothing is what it seems... |
Evaluating Reference Services: A Practical Guide | For many users, library means reference. To make sure these library customers are satisfied with what the modern library has to offer, one of the leading reference researchers has outlined practical methods for evaluating reference services. |
It's All True: Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey | Variously described as a work of genius, a pretentious wreck, a crucially important film, and a victim of its director's ego, among other things, It's All True, shot in Mexico and Brazil between 1941 and 1942, is the legendary movie that Orson Welles never got to finish. In this book, the most comprehensive and authoritative assessment of It's All True available, Catherine Benamou synthesizes a wealth of new and little-known source material gathered on two continents, including interviews with key participants, to present a compelling original view of the film and its historical significance. Her book challenges much received wisdom about Orson Welles and illuminates the unique place he occupies in American culture, broadly defined. |
Reflections from the Journey of Life: Collected Sayings of the Dalai Lama | Reflections from the Journey of Lifepresents quotations from the Dalai Lama selected from personal conversations with editor Catherine Barry. The Fourteenth Dalai Lama is known throughout the world for his promotion of justice, truthfulness, and compassion for all cultures, races, and religions. Inside these pages you will read the Dalai Lama's thoughts about:
*Happiness and Love
*Negative Emotions
*Responsibility and Interdependence
*Death
*Mind, Body, and Spirit
*Ethics and Science
*Religion
*Buddhist Teachings and Practices
The Dalai Lama is a symbol of peace and of the non-violent struggle against the repression of the Tibetan people. Buddhist tradition holds that the cumulated knowledge of all the Dalai Lamas is passed on to the next one. His wisdom comes not only from the knowledge bequeathed to him through lineage, but also from his life experiences and depth of empathy for humankind. The Dalai Lama shares his unparalled insight, tolerance, and understanding with a wide-ranging scope. |
Secrets of Romance (The Secrets, #7) | From best selling author Michelle Love...
An Alpha Billionaire Romance Part 7
With the arrival of Max's birth mother, something deep in Max changes.
He has no compassion or sympathy for the woman who chose drugs over him. He finds her disgusting and wants nothing to do with her.
Alexis's near death experience has left her with a calmness she'd never had before. Letting all her fears go, she wants to live every day she can being completely in love with Max.
His mother's arrival and how he acts about it makes Alexis uneasy.
She wants Max to find a place in himself where he can find some love for his mother, something he can't seem to do.
When things go badly,Max decides he can't allow his mother to stay with them anymore and sends her away never planning on her to return.
Alexis finds it hard to take and wonders how he'll deal with problems in their children, leaving her wondering about their real future together
** This is a hot and steamy romance series, ideal for fans of Ellie Danes, J.S. Scott, Cassie Cross, Hannah Ford, and Kelly Favor** |
Reindeer with King Gustaf: What to Expect When Your Spouse Wins the Nobel Prize | The first of its kind to explore the Nobel Prize experience! "Dad, some guy is calling from Sweden." It was 2:30am on October 13th, 1998, the youngest son in the Laughlin house had answered the phone. His dad had just become a recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.
Frantic and funny events of the next two months are chronicled as the Laughlin's academic household morphs into a madcap staging area for the family and thirty guests who will be in attendance during Nobel week. From tickets to Stockholm to clothing measurements, Nobel lecture preparations, attache assistance and a quick trip to the White House for a formal reception with President and Mrs. Clinton, readers will laugh out loud while gasping in awe.
The glorious Nobel ceremony and elaborate banquet is held each winter with a viewing audience of tens of millions. An intimate dinner with King Gustaf in his royal palace follows the Nobel evening in which Anita Laughlin finds herself the King's dinner partner for what becomes an evening of hilarious surprises, and yes, reindeer.
This book is laced with cartoons drawn by Bob Laughlin that evoke collective feelings of surprise and bewilderment as he and his wife ascend the steep learning curve of Swedish protocol together. |
Pearson custom anthropology: social and cultural anthropology: supplementary readings | The book consists of classical readings in social and cultural anthropology:
1. Body ritual among the Nacirema / Horace Miner
2. On joking relationships / A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
3. When brothers share a wife / Melvyn C. Goldstein
4. Arranging a marriage in India / Serena Nanda
5. The use and abuse of anthropology: reflections on feminism and cross-cultural understanding / Michelle Rosaldo
6. Some principles of exchange and investment among the Tiv / Paul Bohannon
7. Money is always personal and impersonal / Keith Hart
"Thus are our bodies, thus was our custom" : mortuary cannibalism in an Amazonian society / Beth A. Conklin
8. Betwixt and between : the liminal periods in Rites of passage / Victor Turner
9. The notion of witchcraft explains unfortunate events / E.E. Evans-Pritchard
10. No place to call home / Takeyuki Tsuda
11. McDonald's in Hong Kong : consumerism, dietary change, and the rise of children's literature / James Watson. |
Black Blood (Quentin Black Mystery #5.5; Quentin Black: Shadow Wars #1.5) | Is a vampire more or less dangerous when he's victim to a broken heart?
After Black spent weeks imprisoned and tortured by the evil vampire, "Brick," Miriam is still dealing with the fallout of her husband's nightmares and strange silences. When Black asks her to accompany him to New York for an extended business trip, Miri quickly agrees, but before they can leave, Brick ambushes them yet again.
This time, it's Miri he wants.
Kidnapped and blindfolded, she's positive he's using her as bait to lure her husband. But it turns out Brick wants her for an entirely different purpose, to act as psychic psychologist to his vampire girlfriend, Lila, who is suffering from trauma of her own.
Forced to work for a creature she despises, Miri finds herself drawn into his personal life in a way she never could have imagined or wanted, even as she fights to stay alive.
BLACK BLOOD is story in the Quentin Black Mystery world. It takes place between books five and six in the paranormal mystery romance series starring psychic detective, Quentin Black, and his partner, forensic psychologist Miri Fox.
Praise for JC Andrijeski's Writing
"Andrijeski delivers a whopper of an action flick..." ~ New Myths
"The sexual tension is scorching..." ~ The Muses Circle
"Amazing characters in an out-of-this-world scenario..." ~ The Indie Bookshelf
"The most impressive display of world-building I have seen in a while." ~ I (Heart) Reading |
Any Fin is Possible (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish #4) | Frankie was a completely normal pet goldfish ... until Tom's evil-scientist big brother, Mark, tried to murder him with toxic gunge! Luckily Tom and his best friend Pradeep shocked Frankie back to life with a battery, and he's been their zombified fishy friend ever since.
When Pradeep and Tom take Frankie for a sleepover at the museum, history really does come to life as their evil big brothers try to reanimate the cursed Cat of Kings mummy. Dodging death-defying booby traps, can our fishy friend avoid becoming a mummified kitty snack?
In story two, there's something fishy going on at sports day. All the athletic kids seem to be losing their sporting abilities, while Tom's evil big brother Mark has suddenly become amazing at every single sport. Can Frankie help Pradeep and Tom to foil Mark's evil plans? Or will Mark and his pet vampire kitten, Fang, take home the gold? |
The Hall Speaks #fallsemester | Landon's new life should erase his past--a past too shameful to mention. He's found safety and a home in the most unlikely place. Residence Life.
Dedicating his days and nights to helping students does a little more than keep him out of trouble. Now, he has a reason to work hard, to laugh, to care. Everyone on campus knows Landon, and not just because he's a talented young professional.
Girls act weird around him. Their grins grow wider and words stumble out of their mouths if he looks at them. But his interest in relationships couldn't be lower. He's been girl-free for years, and has to keep it that way.
He can almost smell fall approaching as the semester begins. And with his nine resident assistants (RAs) in place, he's feeling ready for anything...except her.
He's falling hard for Alana, one of his student-staff. His girl-free plan shredded when they talk. Given in to this attraction would ruin his world. But living down the hallway from her could blur the boundary-lines to oblivion. If only he could tell Alana how he feels without looking like one of those creepy dateline guys.
At least his job serves as a necessary distraction from his heart.
A resident that overdoses on laced shrooms, sparks rumors that there's a campus drug ring in the hall. Then, a loner student lurks around--refusing to speak, may be the biggest threat of all. Landon and his staff will have to use more than the ResLife manual to get through fall semester.
*This new adult contemporary drama follows the lives of nine RAs and their supervisor Landon. Filled with all the adventure found living in a freshmen residence hall, inspired by real RAs and professionals. *
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A Wish for Jamie | Dear Santa, I saw this nice little picture in the Suit section of the erotic photos, and kind of got me wondering. What do male employees do after hours?
If you could please stuff my stocking with a story using this picture you'd make my Christmas a little brighter!
Photo Description:A gorgeous, muscular man stands in the shadows. He is wearing dress slacks and a red neck tie with no shirt.
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Stuff My Stocking"event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
Read the story anthology. |
Inside AA | This is about AA and How It works |
My Name is Seepeetza | At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.
An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it. |
A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson | After her father is jailed for taking part in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion in Toronto, Arabella's upper-class mother is unable to cope. It is up to twelve-year-old Arabella to take care of herself and to pray for her father's safe return. |
Nagios: System and Network Monitoring | Nagios: System and Network Monitoringshows how to configure and use Nagios, an open source system and network monitoring tool. Nagios makes it possible to continuously monitor network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, PING, etc.), host resources (processor load, disk and memory usage, running processes, log files, etc.), and environmental factors (such as temperature). When Nagios detects a problem, it communicates the information to the sys admin via email, pager, SMS, or other user-defined method; current status information, historical logs, and reports can also be accessed via a web browser. Nagios System and Network Monitoringcovers the Nagios core, all standard Nagios plug-ins and selected third-party plug-ins, and shows readers how to write their own plug-ins. The book covers Nagios 2.0 and is backwards compatible with earlier versions. |
Outflow: outward-focused living in a self-focused world | Here is your field guide to not reaching, but lettingGod's love fill you with joy that flowsfrom you to your family, friends, neighbors, . . . world.
Written for everyday people, this book inspires readers to lead joyful, outward-focused lives, powerfully connected with family and friends...and in those connections, to naturally share God's love. It's a simple, organic strategy -- and Biblical.
Outflowinspires a vision for living an outward focused life and provides practical tools to make that vision a reality with:
A clear image (an overflowing fountain) that cements in the mind the five-step process by which readers can move from an inward to an outward focus 25 readings that support a five-week Outflowfocus, and Labs - practical activities readers can do to live an outward focus with their family, community, friends, and the world at large |
Guilt in Hiding (Martin Preuss Mysteries, #3) | The third entry in the Martin Preuss Mystery series finds the police detective called out to the streets of his suburban Detroit city to search for a van that has disappeared along with the woman who was driving and her passenger, a handicapped young man. Working through layer upon layer of secrets, Preuss exposes a multitude of contemporary crimes with roots in the twentieth century's darkest period. |
The Spider Jockey Academy: The Journey | The Spider Jockey Academy is not a school for the faint of heart. No bus takes you there; instead, you have to venture through some of Minecraftia's biggest wastelands to get to there. The few who are chosen end up dying before they can even set foot in the academy, and if they somehow survive, they have brutal teachers, a clique of students who despise them, and the toughest courses imaginable, all to earn the title of Spider Jockey. Who in their right mind would want to be a Spider Jockey? Find out in the first entry of this exciting new series! |
501 Italian Verbs | Here is a fine quick-reference source for language students, teachers, and translators. The 501 most commonly used Italian verbs are listed in table form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all tenses, identified by English infinitive forms. Verbs are both regular and irregular, and are presented alphabetically for easy reference. Added material related to verbs and verb usage is also presented, including lists of hundreds more regular verbs, idiomatic verb usage, and more. |
The Afterblight Chronicles #1: The Culled | He made a stand against the end of the world... The Blight arose from nowhere. It swept across the bickering nations like the End of Times and spared only those with a single fortuitous blood type. Hot-headed religion and territorial savagery rule the cities now. Somewhere amidst the chaos a damaged man receives a signal, and with it the tiniest flicker of hope. The chance to rediscover the humanity he lost, long ago, in the blood and filth and horror of The Cull. An exciting series of high-action post-apocalypse fiction set in a world ruled by crazed gangs and strange cults - 'The Afterblight Chronicles' begins here! |
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute | Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of verbs, from toss and tumble, jump and jam, to whine and whisper, sleep and slam. |
Night's Landing | New York Timesbestselling author Carla Neggers combines action, intrigue and romance like no one else in this classic tale.
Sarah Dunnemore has just returned to her family home in Tennessee when she gets news that her twin brother, Rob, has been seriously wounded in a sniper shooting in Central Park. She rushes to New York to be with him, only to come up against his no-nonsense partner. Deputy U.S. Marshal Nate Winter is the best, and he believes the official investigation is going in the wrong direction--especially when he learns that Sarah is extremely close to her family's famous neighbor: the president of the United States. Nate follows Sarah back to Night's Landing because he's determined to uncover the truth, and he will let nothing--not his and Sarah's growing attraction for each other, not the mounting danger they face--stand in his way.
Originally published in 2004 |
Change Your Life in 30 Days: A Journey to Finding Your True Self | Rhonda Britten, Life Coach on NBC's hit show Starting Over, guides readers on a 30-day step-by-step journey to help define goals and make extraordinary life changes in their lives, using practical insights, exercises, and inspiring wisdom.
For those who want to make a major life change but have been too locked in fear to start, the answers lie within this book. |
7 days | All that Apurva wanted was to live a happily married life with the woman he loved the most, but what he didn't expect to face was a drastic and dangerous challenge on the rst night of his honeymoon. He woke up the rst morning and discovered his wife to be affected by something he didn't have any clue about. He was faced with two options, either leave her and save himself or stay and nd a solution. What will Apurva choose to do? Will he be successful in his decision? 7 days is a romantic, psychological thriller with paranormal element in it." |
Mary (Get to Know) | Chosen by God
Mary was more than the mother of Jesus. She was a hero of the Bible. She said Yes! to God. Learn about Mary and her exciting place in history. Discover what it was like to grow up in Israel and be a part of Jesus life on earth. Mary part of the Get to Knowseries will teach you everything you need to know about this young woman whom God used to do great things!" |
Clincher (DS Fight Club Book 6) | The Pressure Fighter
Five years ago, Bridget Doherty walked away from a promising MMA career in order to salvage her failing marriage. Now, newly divorced, Bridget is training again with hopes that a new gym in a new city will reignite her passion-both personally and professionally.
The Former Chef
Ever since his heart attack, Nolan Harper is playing it safe-afraid to really start living again. Turning in his high stress restaurant career for a desk job drains the zest right out of him.
Southie meets Southerner
When Bridget steps in as Nolan's personal trainer, the fast-talking girl fighter from Southie intrigues the gentle Southern giant. These opposites definitely attract. But will Bridget and Nolan's pasts smother the fire that burns between them? |
War On Fear: What Would You Do If You Were Not Afraid? | What Would Your Life Look Like Without Fear?
Where would you go?
What dreams would you aspire to achieve?
Imagine the possibilities of living without fear.
In his new book, War On Fear, author, speaker and presidential impersonator, John Morgan, shares his personal struggles with fear to give you practical advice and guidance for victory over your fears.
After reading War On Fear, you will be empowered to become a more confident, positive person. |
Gardening Hints & Tips | The complete guide to success in the garden-No-nonsense tips that guarantee success in the garden, plus handy hints on low-maintenance gardening
The essential problem-solver-
Clever solutions to gardening problems to save you time, trouble, and money
Packed with ingenious tips-
Special tip boxes highlight standard techniques, traditional wisdom, ecologically aware alternatives, and money- and time-saving ideas
Expert advice-
Television host, journalist, and gardening correspondent Pippa Greenwood combines tried-and-tested solutions with modern, professional methods. |
Fly Tier’s Benchside Reference: to Techniques and Dressing Styles | This extraordinary book focuses specifically on trout flies, many of the methods discussed can be used or adapted to dress patterns for other species. This encyclopedic treatment of fly tying includes: selecting materials, thread handling, hooks, mounting and trimming materials, weighting hooks, tying techniques for underbodies, weed guards, tails, ribbing, gills, bodies, wings, legs, heads, eyes and more. Materials covered include beads, foam, plastic, tinsels, feathers, fur, you name it. With over 3000 full-colour photographs and over 400 tying methods discussed, all you fly-tying questions will be answered. The Fly Tier's Bench Referenceis the perfect companion for anyone who ties flies, keep it at your side and you'll find yourself referring to it continuously. |
The Fourth Door: The Houdini Murders | Someone has volunteered to spend the night in the haunted room at the Darnley House. The room is sealed by pressing a unique coin, selected moments before, on the wax. But when the door is re-opened, someone else's body is lying there, the seals are unbroken, and the coin has not left the possession of the witness. Things are never what they seem in this classic Golden Age mystery, with a new twist in every chapter. A second impossible murder occurs inside a house surrounded by virgin snow. The detective in charge believes he is dealing with the re-incarnation of Houdini, but in the end there is a rational explanation to everything, and it is left to Dr. Alan Twist to provide it. 'The Fourth Door, ' also known as 'The Houdini Murders' was the first best-seller of the French writer Paul Halter, widely regarded as the successor to John Dickson Carr; it won the coveted Prix du Roman Policier in 1987. Paul Halter has written over 30 novels, almost all 'locked room, ' including 'The Lord of Misrule' also available in English on Amazon. In 2006 his collection of short stories 'The Night of the Wolf' appeared, to critical acclaim. |
The School for Girls | L'Ecole des Biches. Patterned after the famous Dialogues of Nicolas Chorier, the original edition of School for Girls caused an immediate sensation in France, where it has since remained one of the most beloved classics of French literature. Readers were shocked and delighted with the audacious attack on Gallic morals and manners in the 19th Century, as revealed by the adventures of two young girls in raring to discover the real facts of life. The modern reader will quickly fall under the spell of this charming and impudent sex farce. |
Niya 2: Dreamer's Paradise | Love, true love, is the ruler of all things. Once you have acquired a taste for it... nothing else will ever satisfy your palate or taste the same.
Niya has already proven that she would kill for Jamilla, which should make their bond unbreakable. But when the dopamine fades and she is faced with her own demons, rescuing Jamilla from her problems just won't be enough to fill the void she has always felt within. What will happen when family issues, fame and reality sets in? How will Niya deal with a Hip-Hop career as she tries to repair her broken family? Signing to Green Note Records just may bring fulfillment and love when the sexy R&B diva, Brazil Noelle, swoops in and aims for her heart.
Jamilla is filled with so many mixed emotions that at times, she feels as if she will lose her mind. Her love for Niya is real, and knowing that, gives her just as much comfort as the writing career she chases. Yet, Jamilla is still battling with the fact that Niya is a girl. Will her fling with a male "straighten" her out for good? Or will it help her to realize that love has no boundaries? Either way, a decision must be made.
Join the tormented twosome on an undeniable thrill ride through dreamer's paradise, as they travel down the rocky road of self-discovery. Niya and Jamilla will combat their fears, distractions, love, denial, family, and sometimes each other, in the emotionally charged and action packed sequel to Niya 1: Rainbow Dreams.
With so many warriors fighting the battle of love...
Only one will win the war of hearts. |
Love: The Tiger | A day in the life of the king of the jungle, this lavishly illustrated story follows a single majestic tiger through a wordless adventure of survival as it hunts prey and defends itself from other would-be killers defending their territory. This exciting tale is told without narration or dialogue, conveyed entirely through the beautiful illustrations of Federico Bertolucci.
A beautiful, all-ages title that explores genuine natural behavior through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling, like a nature documentary in illustration. |
Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders: From Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century | The first of two planned volumes, Making Peoples begins with the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand and the development of Maori tribes in the eleventh century. |
The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq | The Lonely Soldier--the inspiration for the documentary The Invisible War--vividly tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006--and of the challenges they faced while fighting a war painfully alone.
More American women have fought and died in Iraq than in any war since World War Two, yet as soldiers they are still painfully alone. In Iraq, only one in ten troops is a woman, and she often serves in a unit with few other women or none at all. This isolation, along with the military's deep-seated hostility toward women, causes problems that many female soldiers find as hard to cope with as war itself: degradation, sexual persecution by their comrades, and loneliness, instead of the camaraderie that every soldier depends on for comfort and survival. As one female soldier said, "I ended up waging my own war against an enemy dressed in the same uniform as mine."
In The Lonely Soldier, Benedict tells the stories of five women who fought in Iraq between 2003 and 2006. She follows them from their childhoods to their enlistments, then takes them through their training, to war and home again, all the while setting the war's events in context.
We meet Jen, white and from a working-class town in the heartland, who still shakes from her wartime traumas; Abbie, who rebelled against a household of liberal Democrats by enlisting in the National Guard; Mickiela, a Mexican American who grew up with a family entangled in L.A. gangs; Terris, an African American mother from D.C. whose childhood was torn by violence; and Eli PaintedCrow, who joined the military to follow Native American tradition and to escape a life of Faulknerian hardship. Between these stories, Benedict weaves those of the forty other Iraq War veterans she interviewed, illuminating the complex issues of war and misogyny, class, race, homophobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Each of these stories is unique, yet collectively they add up to a heartbreaking picture of the sacrifices women soldiers are making for this country.
Benedict ends by showing how these women came to face the truth of war and by offering suggestions for how the military can improve conditions for female soldiers-including distributing women more evenly throughout units and rejecting male recruits with records of violence against women. Humanizing, urgent, and powerful, The Lonely Soldieris a clarion call for change. |
The Collectors' Society Encyclopedia | For those previously introduced to the mysterious Collectors' Society and its mission, eager to discover more, The Collectors' Society Encyclopediais the perfect full-color companion piece to the series. Within are detailed entries elaborating upon various agents and employees as well as key villains suspected of targeting and destroying Timelines. Backstories, relationships, secrets, and clues are revealed alongside a thorough bibliography of important Timelines and their designations. Profiles are also included of the Institute in New York City as well as Wonderland. Society fans and lovers of classic literature will undoubtedly delight in unraveling the secrets that lay within these pages. |
Sweet Evil (Preacher Man Series II - Wicked Christmas, #1) | A castle in Germany. Christmas is on the way. Snow is on the mountain peaks and carols are in the air. But the castle holds a dark secret. So dark that Preacher Man has to be reactivated and sent into the thousand year old citadel to put things right. But this time the evil is above and beyond anything he has experienced before. It is so powerful and so invasive it is enough to bring a strong man to his knees. Even a saint. Even Preacher Man. |
Up the Road Less Travelled | Climbing above 20,000 ft in the Andes; delving into the bowels of the earth in abandoned mines; facing hostile cape buffalo; finding a route on isolated buttes in the Grand Canyon; negotiating the deadly perils of government EEO regulations; researching gold and molybdenum deposits; shooting rifle competition at a National level; hunting in twenty foreign countries for creatures rarely heard of, and often with no interpreter available.
Been there. Done that.
At 70 plus years, still doing it. The Fat Lady has yet to sing! |
The Billionaire's Disgraced Lover (Billionaire Knights Book 2) | Chloe Ross walked away from her old life five years ago, changing her name and her appearance after the terrible tragedy that struck her. Now she finds herself revisiting the scandals of her past when her billionaire boss adds her to his negotiation team. And he's not taking no for an answer!
When Mike Knight offers junior accountant Chloe Ross a position on his team, he didn't expect her to prove quite so reluctant. Now he has to figure out if she's a corporate spy working for the competition or if she's harboring a secret that just might blow this whole deal out of the water.
When Chloe finds herself falling for the handsome billionaire, she will have to make a choice: reveal her true identity and risk losing him forever, or betray the man whose fiery kisses and passionate embrace are finally making her feel like a woman again... |
Twilight of Doom: A Taylor and Alan Adventure | Taylor's family had patiently waited a whole year for this. Being on vacation in Ocean City was the stuff kid's dreams were made of; cotton candy, sun, sand, waves, pizza, crabs, the boardwalk, and the carnival. For two whole weeks every year they packed their belongings and headed down to Ocean City, Maryland. Once there, their parents let most of the rules about healthy eating fall away during vacation. Taylor and her brother Alan are having the time of their lives doing fun activities like swimming, playing in the sun and surf, staying up as late as they want, to buying an awesome new kite. Everyone is getting along and having fun. Everything is picture perfect until they spend the afternoon at the carnival. The House of Mirrors, where you can be skinny and tall, thin or wide. But this House of Mirrors has something else besides mirrors in it, something Taylor and Alan have never experienced before. Something that will scare and amaze them-The House of Mirrors, where all is not as it seems. Taylor and Alan must find their way back from the Land of Spark, while helping the people that live there get out from under the control of the bad wizard. Can two children outsmart the powerful wizard, save the people that are from the Land of Spark, and possibly find their way back home? |
Meryton Vignettes: Tales of Pride and Prejudice | In this collection of six short stories, the people of Pride and Prejudice move on, grow up, and explore paths not taken. Time leads these beloved characters down roads of self-discovery, courage, and heartbreak. And sometimes the journey takes them to surprising places. |
Chaos (Silo Saga) | Eve rises to power in the Silo world due to her total lack of conscience. She uses this to step over, on, and around the people in the Silo society who are bound together by laws of non-violence. Using her basic instincts of self-survival, Eve is no match for people who seek higher planes of life. As she eliminates individuals who stand in her way, she suddenly discovers that there is more to this world than even she imagined. Eventually, she is brought into a mysterious white room where she hears the voice of the woman supposedly in charge welcoming her. Determined to destroy the woman and to grab the power for herself, Eve realizes that she needs others to overwhelm the law-abiding citizens who live in the Silo.
She searches and finds the outcasts in this society and goads them into action, pressing them to follow her in a wave of destruction. Can Eve achieve her goal of total domination? Are there other things that she doesn't understand yet about the Silo world which will stop her in her tracks? Or will Eve suddenly see the error of her ways and become a positive member of the society.
Read on to the dynamic conclusion to find out if the Silo society or Eve or both survive the CHAOS. |
Stanton Family Boxed Set | Lose yourself in four steamy novellas and meet the men of the Stanton family, who will melt your heart and scorch your sheets. Let author Audra North show you the passion and swoon-worthy romantic love that only the sexy Stanton men can deliver. This special edition boxed set features all four of the beloved Stanton Family novellas for one low price.
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Falling for the CEO
Finance genius Meredith Klaus prefers numbers to people, especially around the holidays. At least the large sum of money that's mysteriously vanished from the company accounts will distract her from the ghosts of Christmases past. Until her sexy boss asks her to be his last-minute date to a fundraiser gala, that is. A beautiful dress. A handsome man on her arm. A challenge she can't refuse. Can Meredith and Andrew find the missing money and fulfill their holiday wishes, or will Meredith be unable to overcome the demons of her past and lose her chance at happiness?
One Night in Santiago
Lily Stanton's vacation goes from bad to worse when a storm strands her in a foreign country, arguing with an arrogant--and very sexy--stranger over the last available hotel room. Successful CEO Bruno Komarov wasn't expecting the gorgeous woman checking in at the reception desk to challenge him over a room. Even more surprising, he actually enjoys their exchange. Lily proposes a compromise--she'll take the bed and he can sleep on the couch. It'll be strictly business. After all, what could possibly happen in just one night?
A Lesson in Temptation
Adam Harkness pulled himself out of poverty to become one of the world's most respected finance professors, but his personal life is non-existent. When he gets roped into a dance class, of all things, he doesn't expect it to change his life. Julie Stanton's hard work has paid off with her career, but finding the same happiness in the rest of her life is a challenge. When her former professor, the one she had a crush on in college, shows up at the same dance class, their tango becomes more than a dance; it becomes a lesson in how to love.
Healing Her Heart
Dr. Greg Stanton is looking for ways to de-stress in the aftermath of losing a patient, and getting hot and heavy with Carrie Jankowski sounds like just what he needs to forget his high-stress life for a while. He doesn't have time for anything long-term--his only focus is and has always been the well-being of the patients whose lives are in his hands. But when Carrie accepts his straightforward terms of a no-strings relationship, they realize too late that they won't be satisfied with sex alone... |
A Taste of Chardonnay (The Napa Wine Heiress, #1) | With enhanced author information such as Reader Letter, etc.
Join author Heather Heyford as she uncorks a sparkling new series following the St. Pierre sisters, heiresses to a Napa wine fortune who are toasting the good life and are thirsty for love...
Chardonnay St. Pierre's father is as infamous for his scandals as he is for his wine, and it's up to Char to restore the family name. The Challenge, an elite charity competition held in Napa, seems like the perfect opportunity for the socialite to cement her image as a philanthropist. But all eyes--including Char's--are on the Hollywood heartthrob who's also entered the race...
Long before his face was splashed across the gossip magazines, Ryder McBride grew up in a working-class family in Napa. He knows all about the St. Pierre sisters and their notorious father, and when he learns he'll be up against Char in The Challenge, he assumes the grape doesn't fall far from the vine. But the more they get to know one another, the more they begin to realize that nothing pairs better with a heated rivalry than a healthy pour of flirtation... |
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? | The ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead, but who will solve his murder? The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age, given shape by people's memories. Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. But what's the motive? And who--or what--could kill a ghost? When policing London's supernatural underworld, eliminating the impossible is not an option. DI James Quill and his detectives have learnt this the hard way. Gifted with the Sight, they'll pursue a criminal genius--who'll lure them into a Sherlockian maze of clues and evidence. The team also have their own demons to fight. They've been to Hell and back (literally) but now the unit is falling apart. |
The Spanish Duke's Virgin Bride | Revenge, passion and an arranged marriage...Duke Javier Herrera needs a wife in order to inherit his family's banking business. In Grace Beresford, whose father swindled Javier out of millions, Javier can take revenge and a convenient wife. At first, Javier just wants Grace's body. But this small price she refuses to pay...despite their explosive mutual attraction. How long can Grace remain his wife in name only? |
Hour of Darkness (Bob Skinner, #24) | Quintin Jardine's new Bob Skinner novel sees the Edinburgh cop faced with a case that calls every part of his life into question.
The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth. Days later detectives are called to a flat in Edinburgh; the kitchen is covered in blood, and the occupier is missing.
When the name of the woman from Cramond Island is revealed, it stirs unwelcome memories for those who knew her, Chief Constable Bob Skinner most of all. Now based in Glasgow, he has no reason to become involved in the case. Yet he does, unwittingly setting in motion a course that leads him to the toughest choice of his life, putting him in the midst of a personal nightmare, both life-threatening and career changing. |
Your Energy Speaks: Stories of Transformation through Energy Healing | Coming soon from Carolyn Cooper creator of SimplyHealed. |
Dejah Thoris #1 | Prepare yourself for Dejah Thoris as you've never seen her before! A shocking conspiracy unravels in Helium as Dejah's father has gone missing. In the wake of assuming the throne, Dejah learns secret information from her past that will have resounding effects on the kingdom _ and her life! Join Frank J. Barbiere (The Howling Commandos of SHIELD, The Precinct) and Francesco Manna (Vampirella #100) as Dejah discovers a secret past that will have her leaving Helium for an all-new adventure on her own! |
The Girl From Kilpatrick's and Other Stories | B.M. Bower, popular Western author of novels such as Chip of the Flying U, Her Prairie Knightand Lonesome Land,wrote dozens of short stories for early-20th-century fiction magazines, only a fraction of which were ever republished in book form. Here, unseen since their original magazine publication more than a hundred years ago, are eight short Western stories featuring all the classic elements of Bower fiction: action, humor, spunky heroines, thorough knowledge of the ways of horses and the lives of cowboys, and a deep acquaintance with and affection for the Montana landscape where the stories are set. |
A Treasury of Christmas Tales | These are mostly new stories, though it does include The Little Fir Tree. It was printed in the Czech Republic. A collection of short stories. |
Soul Chase (Dark Souls, #3) | A man she'd die for, a world she was born to defend... Only one can survive.
For twenty-five years, Adrian has mourned the loss of his soul mate, Angie. He's content to live as an outcast...until a series of abductions forces him out of seclusion and into the arms of the very woman he loved and lost. Angie's reincarnation, Emma.
Emma is on the run, hunted by soulless creatures whose one goal is to possess her soul. They have taken everything: her home, her identity, her mother. Left with no other choice, she must trust her fate to Adrian, the enigmatic stranger who comes to her rescue. An immortal being whose illicit touch makes her blood burn and awakens an inexplicable desire in her heart.
Emma follows Adrian to his isolated community in Arizona, where she is assailed by visions of a past life. As passion ignites and her enemies close in, Emma is drawn into a world where nothing is what it seems and where love could prove the greatest weakness of all.
Warning: Contains a dark, tortured hero, a hunted woman who can't remember loving him, a nasty villain hell-bent on destroying the world, and a timeless love story you won't soon forget. |
Unforgotten, Volume I (The Resurrection Tower, #3) | The Reaver hunts them while they are awake. The Eater of Dreams stalks them while they sleep. In light of these and other menaces, how can Kara Kinfolk, Tal Stormgren, and companions new and old ever reach the elves? Old magics are awakening, most of them horrific, and none more so than the ancient, haunted city of Jorim-Sa. It lies between them and their salvation.
"The Resurrection Tower lies in wait at the end of a long road, a journey between awake and asleep, life and death ... between the heavens and the hells. Through numerous wars on numerous planes, it has stood watch. No one knows why. Yet the tower must be understood if this world and others are to be saved." |
Stacked to Death (Jamie Brodie Mystery, #7) | Library work-study student Austin Sharp upset a lot of people. When Jamie Brodie finds Austin dead, strangled to death in the library stacks, the police have plenty of suspects. When another library work-study student is found strangled, the focus of the investigation shifts - both students were from the same hometown. Then a third student is found dead. A serial killer is on the loose, and the police send in detectives from the elite Homicide Special unit.
And their favorite suspect is Jamie. |
Walking on My Grave | In the latest Death on Demand Mystery from the New York Timesbestselling author of Don't Go Homebook seller Annie Darling learns murder and money go hand in hand...
Annie's friend and fellow shop owner Ves Roundtree is a very wealthy woman. Her rich brother entrusted her with his estate and upon her death, his fortune is to be divided. Several cash-strapped islanders are in line to collect life-changing inheritances. The problem is, Ves is very much alive.
She hosts a dinner for the prospective beneficiaries and feels a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the wintry season. Not long after, Ves suffers a bad fall that was no accident. Everyone at the table had a motive but not a shred of evidence was left behind.
When one of the suspects is found floating in the harbor and Ves disappears, Annie and her husband Max spring into action to catch a calculating killer before greed takes another life. |
Instant Intuition: A Psychic's Guide to Finding Answers to Life's Important Questions | Anne Jirsch is a psychic with an extraordinary gift, revealing her own unique techniques for effortlessly developing clairvoyant ability in this guide. Following Anne's fascinating life story she describes--with practical and straightforward exercises--how to switch on psychic skills as well as her own revolutionary approach--Etheric Energy Techniques (E.E.T)--which enables one to tap into a person's thoughts and emotions, no matter where they are. Using Anne's methods of Future Life Progression, this book provides the tools to find quick answers to life's compelling questions on love, relationships, work, and success. It is packed with real-life stories and simple and effective psychic exercises, quizzes, and case studies, showing how to gain immediate insight into any area of life. |
The Sensible Necktie and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes | From the author of The Cotswolds Werewolf comes a new collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches in the vein of Conan Doyle, revealing for the first time the secrets behind the theft of the hobnailed boots, the mysterious madness of the Right Honourable Wilfred Crabb, the case of the haunted public house, the curious and seemingly supernatural events surrounding a remote hotel on the east coast, and the truth behind the strange disappearance of Cyrus Thicknesse, the man in the sensible necktie. "I must say, Holmes, I am a bit surprised to see you taking an interest in something based on sympathy." "You do not think me sympathetic?" "Of course I do. But you have said yourself that it is the rational challenge and not the human aspect that draws you to your cases. Humans are mere factors in a problem, I think were your words." "Did I really say that? Hm, well, I am an odd sort, am I not?" |
Mrs. Hudson in New York | Accompanied by Holmes and Watson, Mrs. Hudson crosses the ocean to attend the wedding of her cousin's daughter. They disembark to discover that the young lady's fiancee, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, stands accused of an attempt on the life of JP Morgan and the death of his aide. A self-declared enemy of Morgan and the robber barons, the ballplayer ran from the scene of the crime and,when captured, was found in possession of a gun with two spent cartridges, the same number and caliber as that used in the attack. Before a wedding can be held, the unacknowledged sage of Baker Street will lead Holmes and Watson along a path of investigation taking them from JP Morgan's mansion to the gambling dens of New York's Tenderloin. With the enthusiastic assistance of Samuel Clemens, the reluctant assistance of Morgan, and the cautious assistance of a leader in the African Broadway community, they will identify the financier's attacker, frustrate efforts to corrupt the game of baseball, and rescue the prospective bride and groom from would-be assassins before returning finally to the comparative quiet of 221B Baker Street. |
Not Quickly Broken (Chop, Chop, #7) | While romance has always been a strong part of each of the books in the series, Not Quickly Broken is the first novel written by L.N. Cronk to be actually classified as a "Romance" novel. Readers have known for a long time that Jordan and Charlotte were meant to be together, but that doesn't mean that things are going to be easy.
In addition to hearing Jordan share about his early years with Charlotte, readers will also enjoy a glimpse into David and Laci's lives once again.
This is Book 7 in the Chop, Chop series and you really need to start with Book One - Chop, Chop - to fully appreciate everything that happens in this story. |
Waking Up in Charleston | The moment Amanda defied her rich and powerful father to marry Bobby O'Leary, Big Max disowned her. Even now, with Bobby dead and Amanda mired in debt, he refuses to forgive her.
But Caleb, the new man in Amanda's life, is determined to mend fences between father and daughter. He also has a far more personal mission--to make Amanda and her family his own. But when she learns how close he is to Big Max and the secret Caleb's been hiding, there's every chance she could walk away.
As a pastor, Caleb's used to calling on a higher power for help, and heaven knows it's going to take a miracle to fix this before it's too late.
"Once again, Woods proves her expertise in matters of the heart as she gives us characters that we genuinely relate to and care about. A truly delightful read!" --RT Book Reviewson Moonlight Cove |
Ondine (Ondine Quartet, #0.5) | "I shouldn't get involved."
Rebellious and headstrong, sixteen-year-old Kendra Irisavie doesn't have much respect for authority. An ondine with the powerful gift of Virtue, she uses her tough attitude and Empath magic to navigate through high school and keep others away.
Because being an ondine also means keeping secrets.
Kendra and her mother are Rogue water elementals in the middle of an ancient war. They hide among humans, their survival constantly threatened by monstrous Aquidae demons.
Along with a rigorous training regimen to mold Kendra into a lethal fighter, her mother has instituted four rules to keep her safe.
Trust no one. Relationships are weaknesses. Emotional attachments are dangerous. Be responsible only for yourself.
But when Kendra witnesses a classmate in trouble, she intervenes and her decision to break the rules comes at a price.
Sometimes, humans could be more dangerous than demons.
Ondineis a short prequel novella for the young adult urban / paranormal fantasy series, the Ondine Quartet. |