He was her hero. She might be his salvation.HollyGrief taught me how to survive, but it’s my little brother who keeps me grounded.I’m his only family now, and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep us afloat even if it means working for Sergei Petrov, the charming, infuriating man who turns my world upside down.It’s hard not to fall for the caring man who makes my brother smile.He’s strength and love. Safety and stability.Have I finally found a man I ...

Caught red-handed in an attempted ambush, two of the Eight Thunder Gods reveal themselves before the 7th and 8th Squads. But despite the difference in their forces, things are looking rather bleak for the humans when the only exit to the training space is destroyed. What will become of the Demon Defense Force in the face of the overwhelming power of the wrathful gods?! Let the all-out battle in Shangri-la begin!

This offer of leading-edge thinking reframes the debate on national security at the dawn of the Third Space AgeDuring the First Space Age, President Eisenhower rallied democracies to defend freedom while preserving peace at a time when the hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles threatened humanity. Nearly seventy-five years later, the world stands on the cusp of a third era of space exploration, where space is simultaneously a domain for warfighting,...

On a cold January day in 1751, Jonathan Edwards—powdered wig, black robe, Geneva bands—stepped into the pulpit of a wooden mission church on the Massachusetts frontier. Before him sat several dozen Indians in breechcloths, leggings, and moccasins. He began to preach.For generations, history has treated this moment as an exile: Edwards, dismissed from the most prominent pulpit in New England, retreating to the wilderness to write philosophical treatises while largely ignoring the pe...

The Hemisphere Comes FirstFortress Americas: A New Monroe Doctrine argues that America’s security begins at home—not in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia. The Western Hemisphere, stretching from the Arctic through the Amazon and down to Antarctica, has become the decisive strategic theater as China, Russia, Iran, transnational cartels, and terrorist networks expand their influence throughout the Americas.The unipolar era has ended. A tripolar world,...

Crowe considers the theological richness and practical implications of the New Testament General Epistles with particular sensitivity to their place in the flow of redemptive history.

The Tampy aliens' living spaceships are far more powerful than humanity's non-biological technology. Can they—and should they—be tamed?Throughout the universe, space horses are among the most coveted of species. They are starfaring creatures with telekinetic abilities, tamed and controlled by the Tampy aliens—who aren't willing to share their understanding of the creatures. Despite diplomatic government intervention, human poachers are determined to capture and con...

Political science is a wide-ranging discipline which covers American politics, global studies, public administration and policy, and more. The study of politics and policy can produce rewarding careers in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Unfortunately, the path from studying political science to a rewarding career is not always a clear one.This book provides information and tools that help students explore the connections between their classrooms and car...

Whitney Houston's first two albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), propelled her to international fame and produced a record-setting run of seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Yet those triumphs were accompanied by criticism that she had diluted her racial identity to appeal to white audiences. With her third album, 1990's I'm Your Baby Tonight, she confronted those charges by more fully embracing a Black musical lineage...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a standalone Cosmere novel of demons and destiny. Illustrated by Tran Nguyen.In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a child was born in the last cold hour of the last cold day of the last cold month. Let us call her December.As an orphaned foundling, December grew up doing her best to fit into the roles society prepared for her. But after a transformativ...

Kessoku Band’s big tour is drawing closer, but the group still has oodles of preparation to do. They've gotta buy a van to lug their gear around, come up with some merch to sell, and even…sit for a radio interview?! That’s a high bar for an introvert like Hitori “Bocchi” Gotoh, but she’ll need to pull herself together as she and her friends take their first steps onto a larger stage!

Tanaka does his job and does it well. So when he’s taken in for questioning by the Magical Labor Standards Board over a bogey charge of falsifying his timesheet and working unsanctioned overtime, he knows something must be up. But he didn’t expect to be attacked by megacorporate geezer President Jingawara right away! Tanaka faces his toughest opponent yet in the form of another magical midlifer, and even Pretty-Boy Transformation Mode might not be enough to save him this time…