Lauren Divian is thrust into a world where aristocrats play a ruthless game of power, fighting for the loyalty of knights in a deadly dance of politics and honor. In this realm, securing a knight's trust isn’t about wealth—it’s about respect, skill, and surviving the dangerous web of courtly intrigue. As Lauren navigates fierce competition and shifting alliances, every decision raises the stakes. Can she forge bonds strong enough to survive the storm, or will her ambitions be shattered by ...

A girl is born into a family of cowboys, with a name that seems to determine her destiny. But she’s not having it. Her red hair and rambunctious personality get her in plenty of trouble along the way, but her vigilant heart and mind keep her moving forward. Then a seemingly unending string of tragedies knock her and her family back, for several consecutive years. Injury, loss and illness do their worst, but the broken and battered girl refuses to give up on her hopes and dreams. Her inspir...

Eric 'Boots' Greene is a professional drummer who has played for artists such as Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z, P-Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Common, Jill Scott, and more!!! He has written this book to show the real life of being a musician, father, artist, producer, and man.

On February 15, 1991, Captain Steve Phillis was leading his wingman, Lieutenant Rob Sweet, on their thirtieth combat mission of Desert Storm flying the A-10 Warthog. They were tasked with attacking Iraq’s vaunted Medina Division of the Republican Guards—by far their most dangerous mission of the war.Near the end of their attacks, Rob was forced to eject from his aircraft and began a five-minute parachute ride down to the troops he and Steve had just finished bombing. Steve, an expe...

Blizzmosis Wants to Get a Pet by Fuzzy Boots is a delightful and heartwarming tale for young readers! ����✨ Meet Blizzmosis, a lovable fuzzy bear who lives in a cozy home surrounded by tall pine trees ����, a tranquil pond ����, and plenty of woodland friends ��������. But something is missing-a special pet to keep him company! ����Join Blizzmosis on a whimsical adventure as he explores which pet would be just right for him. �������� From dogs and pigs to bats and fish, Blizzmosis ...

For centuries, the jagged coastline of Scotland was a graveyard for maritime trade. The treacherous reefs and unrelenting storms claimed countless ships until a single, obsessive family decided to tame the untamable. This is the gripping saga of the Stevenson family, generations of brilliant engineers who risked their lives to construct lighthouses on the most hostile rocks in the sea. Their crowning achievement, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, was built on a submerged reef that was only exposed...

We live in a world where society sometimes makes us hide our true feelings about who we truly are. Both of my characters have lived an adverse lifestyle; they both have had to deal with tragedies, which made them enter the darkness of the world around them. One a bartender who lived companionless for years, the other is an isolated newly released inmate. They meet late at night, and both feel a deep attraction for each other. Within twenty-four hours, they become familiar with one another ...

Eighty years of lessons from the Black freedom struggle, labor movements, and internationalism.Raised among the entrails of chattel slavery in Durham, North Carolina, Walter shares political reflections and lessons from decades of movement experience. This includes 1950s and early 1960s mobilizations against Jim Crow apartheid laws and welcoming Freedom Riders to Durham, followed by later 1960s student and labor organizing with the Progressive Labor Party, early Bl...

A new history of Ottoman TunisThe first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Kheireddine Barbarossa. However, it was not until 1574 that the Ottomans finally wrested control of the former Hafsid Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia), retaining it until the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. The Regency of Tunis was thus born as an imperial province, and individuals originating from throughout the vast territory of the Ottoman Empire settled ...

Caravan have a history that stretches back over half a century, with a catalogue of music that ranges from progressive rock classics to pop gems that really deserved to be hits. Lumped into that strange category known as ‘the Canterbury Sound’.This book traces their history, track-by-track, over eighteen canonical albums, stopping off to examine the plethora of live and BBC session releases that have swollen their back catalogue like a girl who grows plump in the night. Beginning wi...

Crime and Criminal Justice, Third Edition provides accessible and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system, as well as innovative chapters on victims and criminal justice policy. Utilizing a format that′s designed to increase student engagement and critical thinking, each chapter is followed by two Current Controversy debates that dive into a critical issue in criminal justice. They challenge misconceptions and provide a balanced debate...

It's time to write it all down. I don't know how much longer I'm going to stay. I'm writing it for me and I'm writing it for you, even though you'll probably never see it. I'm talking to you, Christa, and to no one else.Filled with yearning for lost love, writing against the backdrop of a world in chaos, Alex records an intimate account of his time with Christa, his half-Swedish girlfriend, who disappeared seven years earlier in opaque circumstances.In an isolated ...