Everyone knows the legend of the Minotaur. But that's all it is to them - a myth. And even then, the myth only tells the tale of a monster slain by a hero. Has anyone bothered to ask the supposed monster for his side of the story? Of course not. And I should know. I am that "monster." I am Asterion, The Minotaur, and the first of my kind. And this is my story. You can decide for yourself who the monster truly is.

Get ready to make the biggest jump of your career.The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. But you're ambitious. You want to cross that chasm. And your organization needs you to cross it in order to join its bench of stars who will lead with empathy and humanity and ground the organization's strategies in a meaningful, mission-driven, and purposeful way.The Lea...

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the co...

It's Halloween, and Pine Hollow Stables is getting some special visitors—a group of city kids. The Saddle Club girls are planning a treasure hunt and trick-or-treating for the children. Best of all, Stevie Lake's old school chum, Dinah, has come to help. Stevie can't wait to pull some pranks on her friend!Things go awry when it becomes clear that Dinah and Saddle Club member Lisa Atwood don't like each other. Lisa suspects Dinah of flirting with Stevie's boyfriend. Even worse, Stev...

Lead generating is necessary if your goal is to stay in business. The ways in which to create business is endless and we should explore several ways to do so. Whether you are involved in real estate or another business, this book is for you. Take a journey into the lives of the 9 co-authors as they detail their lead generating tactics to develop successful business outcomes. the authors share their tactics, strategies and struggles on th way to enjoying the level of success they have achie...

When a fatal equine virus breaks out at a nearby stable, The Saddle Club has to endure forty-five days of waiting and worrying about whether the disease will reach Pine Hollow. Then Carole realizes that one of her favorite horses may already be infected, and she decides to take matters into her own hands and hide the horse. Can Carole protect Pine Hollow? Or will she discover that there is nothing she can do to keep her worst nightmare from becoming reality?

A bold and impassioned meditation on injustice in our country that punctures the illusion of a postracial America and reveals it as a place where authoritarianism looms large.Whether the issues are protest, labor, patriotism, or class division, it is clear that professional sports are no longer simply fun and games. Rather, the industry is a hotbed of fractures and inequities that reflect and even drive some of the most divisive issues in our country. The nine prov...

When Veronica diAngelo, a rider at Pine Hollow Stables, discovers that her stirrup leathers have been cut before a hunter jumping exhibition, everyone assumes that practical joker Stevie Lake had something to do with it. After all, Stevie recently served her friends pancakes made out of plaster of Paris, and it’s a well-known fact that Stevie and the rest of The Saddle Club can’t stand Veronica.But would Stevie try to sabotage another rider – and risk injuring her valuable Arabian?...

Every minute of every hour of every day,there are American Bombers in the air,loaded with nuclear weapons,ready to fly into action at the mere spark of the right radio signal.These are the planes of the Strategic Air Command.What happens once that signal flashes is described vividly in this tensely dramatic novel.The command came to the men of the 843rd Wing,high in the air near the Russian border.Asking no questions,obeying their standing orders,they headed st...

From the author of Mistress No More comes a sexy, exciting novel that's sure to thrill fans everywhere. Niobia Bryant's Mistress, Inc. follows Jessa Bell, an ex-mistress who decides to turn over a new leaf when an affair with her best friend's husband ends in his death and Jessa lying in a hospital bed. After landing a book deal and time on national talk shows, Jessa appears to be a changed woman. But leaving the past behind is harder than she thought, and when her darkest secrets are expo...

A riding team from Italy is coming to Pine Hollow, and Stevie volunteers to entertain them during their visit. It's a job that stuck-up Veronica diAngelo wanted for herself, and now Veronica is determined that Stevie will pay!Suddenly, with the big weekend approaching, Stevie finds out someone has "volunteered" her to organize the annual school fair, to run the Children's Hospital Festival, and to debate for election as class president. They all take place on the same day--just whe...

When one of Pine Hollow's students makes a terrible mistake, causing a tragic accident, Carole is done with riding forever. Unless Stevie and Lisa can remind her what friendship and the Saddle Club are all about.