A novel about crossing the border in the opposite direction: from wealthy, suburban Texas into the wild heart of Mexico. Alma Price is seventeen — shes smart, shes angry, and shes going to Mexico. Her grandfather lives there, or so she thinks, although its hard to know whats true with a lying mother who raised her amongst the blond brigade of their rich Texas neighborhood. Sick of suburbia, Alma hops a bus, crosses the border, gets a disguise, and winds through the thugs and witches and whore...

Daniel and Asin have returned to Karlak after their time with the Army. Now they must complete the Dungeon but to do so, they'll need to upgrade their equipment, Skills and Levels. Taking a Quest, the pair must now journey across the Kingdom of Brad to complete it and learn a few life lessons in-between.An Adventurer's Heart is Book 2 of the Adventures on Brad LitRPG series that combines traditional fantasy worlds with game mechanics.

Sweat Equity goes inside the multi-billion-dollar trend toward endurance sports and fitness to discover who's driving it, who's paying for it, and who's profiting. Bloomberg's Jason Kelly profiles the participants, entrepreneurs, and investors at the center of this movement, exploring this phenomenon in which a surge of people—led by the most affluent—are becoming increasingly obsessed with looking and feeling better. Through in-depth looks inside companies and events from New Yor...

A new Dungeon. New friends.And more danger than ever.Daniel Chai's tight-knit adventuring party has now grown with the addition of two new members. The silent Ranger and the maverick Enchanter make for new, interesting dynamics - at a time when the team must face their greatest challenge yet. As one of two teams to enter the newly re-opened Dungeon, the pressure to perform and clear the Dungeon floors have increased.The Adventurers ...

A football book full of on the field action perfect for middle grade readers.In football, most touchdowns are scored in two ways. First, give the ball to a player and let him run. Second, the quarterback throws the ball to a receiver who takes it in for the score. Leo wants to be a wide receiver—the player that catches passes and scores touchdowns.But his coach isn't so sure that the position is right for Leo. He must figure out how to help his team in othe...

Trapped in the Abyss by the underhanded scheme of a fallen prince, Thorn and his companions are in for a long walk through the Devil-infested wasteland.Hunted by corrupted Devils, Thorn's only option for making it out alive is taking a chance on the mysterious inheritance of a long-dead Elven High Mage. As he races back to Angoril he will have to figure out how to help a collapsing outpost of escaped slaves or risk being stuck in the Abyss forever.With forc...

They say it isn't about how many times you get knocked down....Barely surviving his struggle with Arhtu the Cursed, Thorn is determined to turn his successive defeats into overwhelming victory. But first he has to fight through Devilish plots, an Orc siege, and an ancient threat capable of wiping his team out without any effort.The stakes have grown, and if Thorn is going to lead his friends through the danger of the looming Orc threat he will need every ad...

As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China's reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it's also a problematic interlocutor for others.In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists David Shambaugh has assembled fifteen leading international authorities on China to create ...

All Gifts Have Prices, All Choices Consequences.In the land of Brad, Classes are how people survive and grow. Shifting from Class to Class, studying and expanding ones skills and leveling up is the way to progress.Amongst the Classes are the Adventurers, brave souls who delve into the Dungeons emplaced by Erlis, high goddess to cleanse the corruption in her veins. Without cleansing, the monsters formed from the corruption will spill out into the world, caus...

Ensnared and framed, Thorn is on the run. But it’s not him who needs to be afraid …Barely had Thorn entered the Tower to begin his climb when he finds himself running afoul of a merchant cartel and the floor’s Adventurer’s Guild. Now, adrift with a young woman and an old sailor and at the top of the guild’s wanted list, Thorn finds himself hemmed in on every side.When a place to lay low turns into an encounter with pirates, a crazy plan begins to emerge. Wh...

Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street in Philadelphia, is a house tainted with the memory of unbelievable horrors. What police found there was an incredible nightmare made real. Four young women had been held captive—some for four months—half-naked and chained. They had been tortured, starved, and repeatedly raped. But more grotesque discoveries lay in the kitchen: human limbs frozen, a torso burned to cinders, an empty pot suspi...

One war has drawn to a close, but another has just begun.It was supposed to be an easy victory lap in the capital city, but life around Thorn is never that simple. New responsibilities, underhanded nobles, a shadowy cult, and a struggle for the throne of Northern Angoril all promise to make life exciting...if he can survive.Thorn falls deeper into the political struggles of the Empire when the capital is rocked by a terrible murder and is forced to learn th...