A little raindrop named Mooki and his friends are lured up into a cloud by a seemingly kind spirit being. At first life is good on the cloud but soon it getting very crowded, very cold and very uncomfortable. The spirit then tells them to line up and get ready for their big adventure. Holes appear in the floor of the cloud and the spirit tells them they need to jump through but Mooki refuses to join the mob. His parents had always told him, freedom lay above in the bright sunshine. They al...

A cornerstone of Welsh mythic tradition, this enchanting new edition of the Mabinogion brings Lady Charlotte Guest’s classic 1877 translation back into the light.Drawn from the medieval Welsh corpus, this collection includes the revered Four Branches of the Mabinogi and some of the earliest surviving stories of King Arthur. Offering insight into the world behind the words, six thoughtful essays introduce the history and endurance of these ancient narrative...

This is Volume VII of sixteen of the Oriental series looking at Buddhism. Initially published in 1930, this study discusses the doctrines of the author of the Pali book ‘Milindapafiha’ and the Milinda-Questions and their and the author’s place in Buddhism.

One of the most important texts in the literature of Buddhism, the Jātaka contains stories that celebrate the previous lives of the Buddha. The future Buddha may appear in these "jātakas" as a king, an outcast, a god, an elephant — but in whatever form he takes, he exhibits some virtue which the tale then proceeds to inculcate in the reader.This superb selection of 47 stories of the Buddha — among them "The Bar of Gold Jātaka," "The King's Lesson Jātaka," "The Gem-Thief Jātaka," and...

Hannibal, a name that terrified millions.Long before that pale shade Lecter came on the scene, the original Hannibal shook the foundations of the ancient world.Few remember the man who opposed him. But those who do never forget.Ride with the Roman Legion.Fight the Carthaginian hordes.Risk daring rescues.Escape from the enemy’s grasp.Survive defeat to fight another day.Join Decurion Scipio and his companions as...

Las Vegas. It's a bad town to be a good man in.Tony Fortune does not consider himself to be a good man. His business is sin - or rather - helping people get away with sinning in a city that's built for it. And that's the way Tony likes it.Tony is a Concierge Detective. A private investigator the casinos lend out to their wealthiest clients when they get into a jam. His job doesn't usually involve solving crimes, rather, it is about solving problems and helping the wealthy...

I was just looking for a tattoo.I didn’t expect to walk into seven ex-cons who watched me like I was the next thing they’d ruin.One second, I was a single mom trying to keep my life together.The next, I was standing inside Swan & Rose…Surrounded by danger wrapped in ink and muscle—And something in me cracked wide open.Seven men.Criminal pasts.Sin written across their bodies.They’re wro...

Improve your photography technique under the expert guidance of two established photography professionals, who will help you nurture and develop your camera handling skills and master landscape photography. With years of providing their expertise on photography magazines and books, Daniel Lezano and Ross Hoddinott have now created the ultimate audiobook guide, with essential information and self-help tasks for photographers wanting to capture their best-ever landscape images using their DS...

VeronikaI crashed the double wedding of two of the scariest Irish Kings to get information. Information to help me find my best friend’s sister, who was abducted. All I had to do was hack the phone of one of the mafia members.He was the perfect target. A disinterested enforcer playing with fire, probably not too bright. Someone I could manipulate.Instead, while I’m upstairs in his hotel room pressing past the security shield on his phone, he’s press...

Winner of the 2023 Passionate Plume Award for Steamy RomanceCarlyI love being single. I don’t answer to a significant other or any children, and I get to see the world on the company dime.Next stop? Milan. The longer than expected layover in New York is a bit of a bummer, but the night I spend with two strangers from my flight? H.A.W.T. I don’t know which I enjoy more—the way words roll off their tongues in their incredible Italian accents, or the way they use those...

Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea…I never imagined myself as a pawn in a dangerous game between two cartel bosses. But that was before I discovered I’m secretly one of their daughters, and suddenly I’m not just a girl, but an asset in need of protecting.At least two of my new guard dogs are Ben and Baz, a pair of twins I grew up with—and wow, have they grown. Not only do they handle security for Drake Stavros—the sexy, haunted billiona...

These four MMF short stories bring the heat with the kind of immersive writing that takes you right into these characters’ worlds, from the hard streets of the LA underground crime scene to an Australian vacation, to a London college town and a luxury NYC loft. Each story is completely different from the next, but they all share one thing. Whether it’s their first time or a long-term thing, these guys are bi and they don’t hold back.After You by Ophelia BellLazarus wants so...