Kidnapped by goblins at the age of three, young Al's life was saved by his grandfather's dazzling magic--sparking a fascination that would shape his destiny. Determined to wield such power himself, Al devoted the next twelve years to relentless study and training. But even after all that preparation, his true journey is only just beginning.Now an official adventurer, Al sets out to uncover the legendary Book of Spells, a rare tome said to hold secrets beyond imagination. Yet as he ventures...

Abbi Drucker can't keep her last encounter off her mind. The couple who'd inadvertently given a show, the effect it had on her and her coworker, Colin Montrose. So when she runs into the woman she watched in the building next door while getting coffee, and that woman offers Abbi another chance to watch them, the jolt she gets from the rush of desire is stronger than the double espresso she orders.Abbi just discovered that voyeurism gets her excited, that watching another woman in t...

Rebecca Lemon illuminates a previously-buried conception of addiction, as a form of devotion at once laudable, difficult, and extraordinary, that has been concealed by the persistent modern link of addiction to pathology. Surveying sixteenth-century invocations, she reveals how early moderns might consider themselves addicted to study, friendship, love, or God. However, she also uncovers their understanding of addiction as a form of compulsion that resonates with modern scientific definiti...

Long, long ago, more than six hundred years before the time of Christ, the Greek city of Athens had gone to war with Megara to get possession of the island of Salamis. The war had lasted so long that every one was tired of it; the poorer men, because they had to leave their farms for their wives and children to manage as best they could; and the richer ones, because they had to fight and endure hardships instead of amusing themselves, and living at their ease at home, as they did when ther...

Lyrical and explosive, this debut book of poetry explores a young man's experiences as a brain surgery patient, plumbs the depths of our greatest fears: death, pain, and illness, and emerges to find eroticism, wild new hope, and the wisdom to see the world in a wholly new way.Lyrical and explosive, this debut book of poetry explores Alex Lemon’s experiences as a brain surgery patient. Mosquito blends autobiography and poetry, bearing witness to a young man’s journe...

Satsuki has been dating her boyfriend Itsuki for three years. They now live together and are considering marriage, but it's far from smooth sailing. While she is struggling with that at home, one day Satsuki discovers at a company barbeque that Itsuki has been cheating on her with her coworker, Kana. When she freezes in the face of this discovery, her attractive and popular junior, Fujisaki, suddenly asks her out...! He's always kind and looking out for her. So, when he asked her out, it w...

Bill Lemon is a veteran shooter who has mastered the art of creating evocative nude and glamour images in an endless array of locations and scenarios, achieving striking, evocative portraits every time. In his newest book, Bill teaches readers how to re-create some of his favorite portrait looks outdoors, where the stakes are high, the light is every changing, and environmental unknowns lurk at every corner. Presenting 60 main images, Bill provides readers with a bottom-up look at the stra...

Is it because we're alpha and omega? I don't even like this guy, but whenever I'm with him, my body gets hot, and I can't take my eyes off him... I want to touch him. That's... strange, isn't it? Akari is twenty-six years old was born as the rare gender omega. On the surface, omegas are given "special treatment" due to a promotion for diversification. However, Akari still finds it hard to live in such a society. She was teased during puberty, and companies wouldn't take her seriously when ...

Since tsarist times, Roma in Russia have been portrayed as both rebellious outlaws and free-spirited songbirds—in each case, as if isolated from society. In Soviet times, Russians continued to harbor these two, only seemingly opposed, views of “Gypsies,” exalting their songs on stage but scorning them on the streets as liars and cheats. Alaina Lemon’s Between Two Fires examines how Roma themselves have negotiated these dual images in everyday interactions and in stage performances...

"You Deserve to be Happi" is a Children's Song Story that teaches how to say "Happy" in eight different languages, including Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Inspired by the fun she had with her siblings after shool, adventure with Loren Lemon and her husband by reading this book, listening to the song, and watching the Music Video on YouTube. Also in this book is a collection of two other Song Stories. You can learn to say "Goodbye," "Goodnight," and "I love you" in several languages. Be sur...

Is it because we're alpha and omega? I don't even like this guy, but whenever I'm with him, my body gets hot, and I can't take my eyes off him... I want to touch him. That's... strange, isn't it? Akari is twenty-six years old was born as the rare gender omega. On the surface, omegas are given "special treatment" due to a promotion for diversification. However, Akari still finds it hard to live in such a society. She was teased during puberty, and companies wouldn't take her seriously when ...

Zhuo Qingyan, a member of the current generation of special forces, nicknamed Solitary Falcon, had been blown away from her mission and landed on a cliff. When he opened his eyes again, he was like the concubine of the Shang Shu Manor of the Darkhan Empire — the Fourth Miss, a fool. An imperial edict bestowed the marriage to the current emperor's uncle, the Prince of the Ghost Face. With a shake of her body, she became the imperial aunt of the current dynasty. A useless king and a foolish ...