Keeping Secrets: Book OneFor gay teens in the South, Erwin High School is as good as it gets. The prevailing liberalism means being gay doesn't have to be the focus of your life—which frees up seventeen-year-old Jason Strummer to take on the role of bully. Jason understands his beauty and power and has a reputation to match his attitude. No one but his best friend suspects the cruelty Jason hides behind is a ruse to keep his hellish private life out of the...

Keeping Secrets: Book TwoOut jock Tommy Johnson and former bully Jason Strummer have settled into a surprisingly comfortable routine. They’re even planning a special camping trip for just the two of them for their one-month anniversary. Tommy doesn’t think things can get any better—until Jason’s past catches up to them.Jason’s stepdad will stop at nothing to put Jason back in his place. As Jason spins out of control, Tommy tries desperately to hold...

For Scotty Riesen, hiding his sexuality in Ma's Trick, Louisiana hasn't been easy, given his secret relationship with his next-door neighbor, football star, and fellow closet case, Jean Lafitte. One night he decides that living in the closet is no way to go through life. He comes out, but he isn't prepared for the backlash from his parents and friends.Scotty takes a bus to New Orleans to make a new life for himself. Playing janitor and dancing boy at the gay bar Burnt Reflections i...

Thomas Derrik is about to have the worst Christmas of his life. Three days before the holiday, he finds out the father he doesn't get along with is arriving on Christmas Eve, his ex-lover and new brother-in-law will be staying at his estate until the New Year, and his beloved brother, Edmund, has died.Luckily, Edmund's last holiday scheme may well save Thomas's Christmas: Henry Appleby, a young lord fresh from the Continent, has arranged to court Thomas. But the family tragedy and ...

In Ohio State Football: The Forgotten Dawn, Bob Roman draws on extensive archival research to tell the untold story of the early days of football at Ohio's flagship public university. The game was different. Fields were rarely level and often rocky. Eleven men played both sides of the ball, quarterbacks were often the smallest men on the team, and coaches were not allowed to communicate with the players during a game. The travel was different. The faculty of rival Ohio Wesleyan forbid thei...

Keeping Secrets: Book TwoOut jock Tommy Johnson and former bully Jason Strummer have settled into a surprisingly comfortable routine. They're even planning a special camping trip for just the two of them for their one-month anniversary. Tommy doesn't think things can get any better—until Jason's past catches up to them.Jason's stepdad will stop at nothing to put Jason back in his place. As Jason spins out of control, Tommy tries desperately to hold...

Understand the future of clean energy with this timely introductionHydrogen is a clean fuel that can be used to power fuel cells whose only biproduct is water. This flexible energy carrier can be produced from a range of natural processes and domestic energy resources, and it has potentially widespread applications. In an era defined by global climate change and the search for sustainable energy, hydrogen energetics is a field with transformative potential....

Delve into this collection of wickedly erotic takes on some of the much-loved fairy tale classics The Maiden Cinderella by A.J. Roman Cinderella thought she was the only girl in town not going to the palace tonight for the prince's birthday party, until she found the magic she needed from her own fairy godmother. Soon, she finds herself at the palace, alone with the prince, having a celebration all their own. Unfortunately, her magical evening ended too soon, but not before the prince deci...

Dear Future AI Enthusiast,Are you curious about artificial intelligence but find the topic too complex or intimidating? You're not alone. That's why "Crafting a Harmonious Future: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Embracing AI" is a must-read for you. Aimed at individuals aged 25-50 with little to no background in AI, this comprehensive guide demystifies this groundbreaking technology in an easy-to-understand and practical way.From understanding the evolution of AI to grappling wi...

Is it too late?How can I entice you to read this book to maximize your Wealth, Health and Happiness (WHH) Continuum? Some have maximized each of these individually but very few, collectively. Our world places a misdirected premium on the pursuit of abundance at the expense of well-being and joy. Wealth without health is lifeless, health without authentic happiness is meaningless, and lasting happiness, a true one that endures, is born from a life delicately balanced.What if...

This manual is designed for the use of hydrogen as a fuel in the fuel cells. The turn of the century has seen a realization of moving towards clean energy due to a variety of considerations ranging from global warming, anxiety to living in a healthy atmosphere, depletion of fossil fuels, oil slick in Gulf of Mexico resulting in disasters and so forth. Innumerable debates in the literature has led to the identification of hydrogen as the safest and efficient fuel over the other available fu...

In Signposts, Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter have assembled seventeen essays, by both established and rising scholars, that showcase new directions in southern legal history across a wide range of topics, time periods, and locales. The essays will inspire today's scholars to dig even more deeply into the southern legal heritage, in much the same way that David Bodenhamer and James Ely's seminal 1984 work, Ambivalent Legacy, inspired an earlier generation to ta...