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A Warrior's Heart
A Marastin Dow Warriors Novella
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Only the most ruthless Marastin Dow are allowed to live, and Evetta and Hanine have murdered enough of their own to stay alive, but they desperately want a different life. When they meet two human brothers fighting for their lives, the sisters are in agreement: this alliance could be their only chance.
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Where the Stars Rise
Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
Follow twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors on their journeys through Asia and beyond. Stories that explore magic and science. Stories about love, revenge, and choices. Stories that challenge ideas about race, belonging, and politics. Stories about where we come from and where weare going....
by S. E. Hinton
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling The Outsiders
Continue celebrating 50 years of The Outsiders by reading this companion novel. That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that...
Why You're Wrong About the Right
Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
And on your right, ladies and gentlemen, please observe The Conservative (Conservitus Americanus). This fascinating species in-habits vast territories across middle America, but rarely reveals itself in coastal urban areas. It is commonly believed to be uptight, humorless, and devoid of compassion,...
The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett
A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life, and Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The Nobel Prize winning author Samuel Beckett is a literary treasure, and this work represents the only comprehensive reference to the concepts, characters, and biographical details mentioned by, or related to, Beckett. Painstakingly and lovingly compiled by acclaimed Beckett scholars C.J. Ackerley and...
Proportionality Principles in American Law
Controlling Excessive Government Actions
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essential check on government power. These concepts all embody the fundamental value that government and private...
The Transatlantic Hispanic Baroque
Complex Identities in the Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex processes of identity formation in the transatlantic world of the Hispanic Baroque. Identities in the Hispanic world are deeply intertwined with sociological concepts such as class and...
Healing Together
The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed care organization in the country. It also happens to have the largest and most complex labor-management partnership ever created in the United States. This book tells the story of that partnership-how it started, how it grew, who made it happen, and the lessons...
by Prof. Mick Price, Dr Matt Spangler, Annie Vénien
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;
Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;
Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue)
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
LIGHTSPEED was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction. The whole point of this magazine is that science fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Science fiction is about people and for people—all kinds of people, no matter where they're from or what they look like.
The...
by S.E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
A Beauty and the Beast short story with a thrilling twist. This sexy page-turner will turn the fairy tale on its head!
Lisa Tootles steps through an enchanted doorway. On the other side is a Prince that has been cursed.
Sharden is running out of time. Cursed before he was even born,...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
Lily's Cowboys: Second Chance Book 1
Second Chance Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Find out what happens when an unusual woman suddenly appears to help three brothers struggling to become a family again in this sexy romance with a twist! Sometimes life begins after you die. At least it has for Lily O’Donnell. Lily had always wanted to find a love as beautiful as her parents had....
Twin Dragons: Dragon Lords of Valdier, Book 7
A Dragon Lords of Valdier Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
USA Today Bestseller! New York Times Bestseller!
Among the Valdier, twin dragons are feared above all others.
Within a prison camp on a mining asteroid, Melina has disguised her gender for years….
Cree and Calo have earned Creon’s trust, but the infamous insanity that besieged...