Following the death of his predecessor, President Kyle Kane steps into office with the country on edge and a domestic terror network-Black Sky-still lurking in the shadows. As investigators uncover foreign ties, shell corporations, and a conspiracy reaching deep into government, Kyle realizes the attack was only the opening move in a much larger, more dangerous game.To stabilize the nation, he makes a daring choice: nominating Senator Adrianna Marzoa, a Republican who defied her pa...

Are you in a long distance relationship? Do you want to get to know your partner better? Do phone calls sometimes feel like hard work? Do you find yourself wondering what to talk about apart from how your day was? Pick up these 201 fun discussion questions for couples. These questions will spark fresh conversations, make you laugh, and help you get to know each other better. Questions span topics related to childhood, family, work, passions, life now, the future, what if, a...

"Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them . . . Highly recommended." — Library Journal, starred reviewThis updated and expanded edition of One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries—including two new contemporary narratives—creating a comprehensive, multifaceted ...

“The thinking person's guide to Islam in a post-9/11 America” —Publisher’s WeeklyIslam, the least understood of the world's great religions, is balanced on a precipice between the past and the future, between fanatical fundamentalists and progressives advocating peace. Noted Islamic authority Michael Wolfe moderates 35 expert speakers, writers, and leaders, including Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and Karen Armstrong, the bestselling author of A History of ...

When America teeters on the edge of political chaos, Democratic-Republican candidate Jack Seaward takes a bold gamble: a unity ticket meant to heal a fractured nation. His running mate, Congressman Kyle Kane, is young, charismatic, and unshakably principled. But when a ruthless Speaker of the House unleashes a personal attack that exposes Kane's private life, Seaward's campaign is nearly derailed.As polls tighten and Election Day looms, Kane must battle not only smear campaigns and...

A lonely, openly gay high school senior never expects kindness from the hockey crowd-until a handsome Russian exchange student steps between him and a brutal group of bullies. What begins as an unlikely friendship soon grows into a secret romance forged in the shadows of small-town prejudice, frozen hockey rinks, and the aching hope of first love.As Kyle Kane struggles to survive his final year at Riverside High, Vladimir Kostainov becomes both his fiercest protector and his greate...

The 10 essays here are the result of a conference devoted to the study of medieval technology in April 1995. Taken together, they aim to help dispel the common misconception that medieval people somehow had to toil in a world bereft of technical innovation and ingenuity. The authors of the papers, all experts in their fields, show the Middle Ages not only to be a time of considerable technological development, but also the ways in which the technologies of building construction, manufactur...

From cosmic destruction comes cosmic justice.Dylan Townsend, Isaac Barret, and Dr. Kate Minter get to travel on their first summons across space and time with Evaran and M. The trip will take them to the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy in 40,322 AD, where they encounter a mystery with many moving parts.The United Star Federation, or USF, is a human empire still healing from the aftermath of a visit by Antion, another cosmic being who killed the first Evaran’s...

When everything appears hopeless, sometimes all you need is a cosmic helping hand.Dylan Townsend didn’t expect to spend his twenty-second birthday on an alien moon in the Andromeda galaxy along with Isaac Barret, and Dr. Kate Minter. They have no idea how they were transported from Earth to an alien world and then put in quarantine. They’ve lost hope of being rescued and have resigned themselves to spending the rest of their lives on the moon.The Systral Em...

The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones.Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well...

Your worst enemy is sometimes yourself.Evaran and the gang travel to the NGC 4696 galaxy in the Centarus cluster, a part of the Hydra-Centarus supercluster, to deal with a summons. The world they arrive at is under a dimensional invasion by brood-like creatures. However, there is something of high value to the gang there, and they drop in to investigate.What they find will lead them to Keloton, city-ship and home of the Hoxscarus. One problem is that Evaran...

Even cosmic beings need help sometimes.Evaran and the gang travel to another universe to investigate something that should not have happened. What they find embroils them in a cosmic conflict. Although they’re happy to meet Sivaran, another one of Evaran’s plane forms, the situation is not good.One problem is that Wardax, the supreme ruler of the Zayt Empire, has been sweeping across the galaxy with his enforcers and infected swarms. His assimilation has en...