Pete Enders works as an emergency room nurse practitioner, often disheartened seeing the hopeless plight of prostitutes who routinely suffer violence. One bright spot is his new wife, Molly. Molly's sister is also a prostitute, and while trying to help her, Molly is injured and ends up in a coma. Pete is devastated. His life begins a downward spiral and he loses his job.Samantha, a prostitute he knows from the ER, tells him one of her friends has been beaten by their pimp and they ...

Two young people from completely different worlds meet by chance. A friendship and intimate connection develops very quickly that goes beyond death, so to speak. A little love, but with no chance of a happy ending. That's how you really were, all your money, your fame, your victories and your fans didn't stop you from being like a real friend to me in this difficult moment. It was important to you not to let me down at that moment and I am very grateful to you for that. I would personally ...

Life and legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first black American military aviator... from his childhood to WWI hero, 47 chapters of his life from the time he ran away from home, alone at the age of eight to find freedom and equality in France. This is based on a true life. It is a series of fictional interviews with a man whom I never met.

Birder and naturalist Scott Harris shares first-hand accounts of the inspiration and joys of birding from a who’s who of the birding world.Why We Love Birds brings together a chorus of birders to solve the mystery of what draws so many different types of people to the hobby. To learn more about this community he loves so much, writer and naturalist Scott Harris interviewed an incredible mix of bird people—from some of the biggest names in birding, to risin...

After middle-schooler Stephanie makes a wish on a shooting star, the absurd becomes reality in this heartwarming tale of the highs and lows of growing up.Being twelve isn't easy. Dealing with the pressures of junior high is exhausting, and for twelve-year-old Stephanie, life is about to get a whole lot more complicated. Sitting by her bedroom window, Stephanie sees a shooting star. Longing to find someone she likes or at least the chance to meet her celebrity crush...

A real estate veteran and Wall Street Journal Real Trends Top 250 agent offers a “code to the lockbox” of the oftentimes mystifying home-buying process, providing unconventional and overlooked keys to success centered on self-awareness and vision-building for potential homebuyers.There is an emotional world underneath the home purchase which every prospective homebuyer must traverse. That’s because in truth, buying a home ...

Unique in its approach, An Invitation to the Sociology of Emotions treats neophytes as its primary audience, giving students a brief, but thorough, introduction to the sociology of emotions. Including research examples, exercises, and lists of further reading, this text explains as clearly as possible some of the most interesting theoretical concepts that animate sociological research on emotions. In this new edition, the author updates the volume with recent research on emotion m...

Learn to draw manga style!In Draw Manga Style, artist and online art educator Scott Harris shows you the key principles of drawing anime and manga—starting with the fundamentals, then illustrating how to create a wide variety of characters—by following his easy step-by-step tutorials.Manga Essentials. The first 20 lessons teach solid drawing fundamentals that demonstrate how to draw manga cha...

In 1958, 27 years after Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World", he took another look at his remarkable fable and résumé the development since. His understandings are most alarming in his time already. They are even more alarming almost another half century later and shockingly up-to-date, considering recent developments. His prophetic view proofs once more, how terribly precise and visionary it was.

In 1958, 27 years after Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World", he took another look at his remarkable fable and résumé the development since. His understandings are most alarming in his time already. They are even more alarming almost another half century later and shockingly up-to-date, considering recent developments. His prophetic view proofs once more, how terribly precise and visionary it was.

As the twentieth century closed, the veterans of its defining war passed away at a rate of a thousand per day. Fortunately, D-Day paratrooper Joseph Beyrle met author Thomas H. Taylor in time to record Behind Hitler's Lines, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. It is a story of battle, followed by a succession of captures, escapes, recaptures, and re-escapes, ...

Follow the adventures of SS Wotan in the first installment of Leo Kessler's infamous Dogs of War series.The Vulture's eyes gleamed as he watched the exhausted men crawling up the slope through the slippery mud, under the knee-high barbed wire. It was 1942 and SS Assault Regiment Wotan was training and recuperating after its gruelling struggle in Russia. They were glad to be out of the fray for a bit, but it would not be for long until they were thrust back into action. For what non...