An arrogant cad and self-proclaimed eternal bachelor meets his match. He cuts his swath through dating sites, the bar scene and at work flirting, playing and repeating. He has always been careful, avoiding temptation and entanglement. On the tail end of a business trip, he lets his guard down. Then she walks though his doorway. He does not know that the hunter is about to become the hunted.~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~I'm about ninety-five percent done with this stupid policy letter....

A feisty wife, her doting man, and her prank that he not only meets, but also exceeds. She imagined something so wild and bizarre to tease her man that she planned ahead and changed his travel arrangements to support her challenge. She had no idea that he could possibly meet her absurd challenge. Everyone gets more than they bargained for as the games unfold.

After seven years, all she wanted was a healthy, handsome, rich, powerful, in shape, and loving man, who would take her and love her until she forgot her name, while she could lounge by their pool and work as she pleased! That was really not that much to ask!She had superpowers! How could it be so hard?~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~Rose stared at the ceiling of her dorm room.Even with a thousand college students traipsing in and out at all hours, the place was way t...

A wild tale of exhibition, illicit activities, and a chance encounter.Excerpt:The first Philippine woman to my left was easily as tall as I was without her 6" heels and introduced herself immediately after 'ma' left. With her heels she was well over six feet tall. She also carried amazing tits as big as my head, but she had weird eyes that were far too wide and for some reason looked a little lopsided. She also had a giant nose that looked out of place on her even with her ...

Jesse Helms (1921–2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth century. Though Helms’s thirty years in the US Senate are most remembered for what he opposed rather than what he achieved, he was a central figure in modern conservativism.In this concise interpretive biography, William A. Link centers Helms in the political realignment of the late twentieth-century South and the national ascendance of modern conservatism. Helms helped...

Focusing on the cultural conflicts between social reformers and southern communities, William Link presents an important reinterpretation of the origins and impact of progressivism in the South. He shows that a fundamental clash of values divided reformers and rural southerners, ultimately blocking the reforms. His book, based on extensive archival research, adds a new dimension to the study of American reform movements.The new group of social reformers that emerged near the end of...

This unique book is the first to bring together a group of influential China experts to reflect on their cultural and social encounters while travelling and living in the People’s Republic. Filling an important gap, it allows scholars, journalists, and businesspeople to reflect on their personal memories of China. Private experiences—vivid and often entirely unanticipated—often teach more about how a society actually works than a planned course of study can. Such experiences can also expos...

An introduction to the concept of “migration stigma,” along with new analytical frameworks to deepen understanding of the experiences of immigrants, their descendants, and native-born residents in immigrant-receiving societies.Due to economic crises, sociopolitical instability, and climate change, international migration is likely to persist if not increase in the future. Meanwhile, struggles to secure widespread acceptance of immigrant populations are evident worl...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

With the fall of house Isteshia, the Reptile War has come to an end. Arc now controls the eastern part of the continent. With his marriage to Kaimaya, he plans to unify the four Isteshia branch families, and decides to recreate the Ancient Kingdom of Fafnir as well. Retta, meanwhile, plans to crash Arc's coronation ceremony and get a good look at the man who appears to be entwining himself with the empire. What will happen during the meeting between two of the most powerful men in the cont...

Riku is settling into his new house, sleeping with a new housemate each night, and just when he thinks he's getting adjusted to a new routine, his past comes calling. His older sister, Sakura, has suddenly come to visit! Just what befell them in their mysterious shared history? Meanwhile, Reito and the others engage in tense negotiations with Izanami, all in the name of finding a cure.

Arc has been reborn as the "Black Dragon," with the power of Macht. He tests his new power on the inexperienced maid Wenna, pitting her in a duel against the swordswoman Celine. Meanwhile, Arc's father has fallen ill, and Arc's uncle has come to claim the throne of Nargala. Can Arc use his newfound power to protect his country as well as bending Wenna to his will?