As a broke artist, Stefan jumped at the chance to star in one of the exhibits put on by the enigmatic artist known as De Luc. After all, the gig itself seemed simple. All he has to do was stand around and look pretty, but De Luc's shows always blur the line between art and social experimentation. De Luc's latest exhibit asks his subject to put their fate in the hands of complete strangers… literally.

When Nate started to prepare for a visit to local Pride fest, he never expected to be in the parade... nor did he expect to be the main attraction!(content notes: This is a gay male focused hyper/macro growth story.)

Jasper has a big problem. The beast in his pants is so huge that he can't find another guy willing or able to handle it, and so, he seeks out the help of an alchemist known to be able to help with these issues.(Content warnings: This is a gay kink fic about dudes with really big ones or really small ones)

From alien worlds in a distant galaxy, to alien worlds in our own, take a mind-bending journey in an epic tale. Will it pack a refreshing punch in Science Fiction, as you do? Will it pack much the same in Metaphysical Fiction? Find out in the novel. Read Azhurahn Shift.Experience, with the protagonists of the tale, the unstoppable new winds of change sweeping them past everything familiar. Go with them, in enlightened resolve, through metaphysical and physical transformation, off w...

A LITTLE RED APPLE RUNNING AWAY CHASING HIS DREAMS, REFUSES TO STAY. BUT WILL IT BE HAPPY BEING SOMETHING ELSE? READ THE BOOK TO DISCOVER WHAT THE STORY TELLS. Would you change into someone else if you could? Or would you choose to be you? This illustrated rhyming story talks about the importance of being yourself. In the world of constant prompts and influences to be more and better, the little book is a reminder that we are all perfect in our own way.

Introducing Perfectly Timeless Timing, a collection of poetry and a reading experience that can lift you out of your everyday limits in time, on a remarkable journey through certain human, natural and mysterious realities, when a sense of timelessness takes over and the ordinary can suddenly become the extraordinary.Perfectly Timeless Timing offers up not just an absorbing and sometimes rousing experience, but also a calming and inspiring one. And, it does that by way of covering a...

This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers an exciting cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America. Builder portraits are especially prized by railway historians because they are the exacting official photographs of new models taken before repairs, alterations, and weathering altered their original appearance. The builder portraits reprinted here were selected from the William A. Rogers collection, a pricele...

Almond and peach species have global importance as food crops as well as use in landscaping including restoration and reforestation. Because currently available breeding germplasm has a very narrow genetic base, genetic improvement programs are turning to wild germplasm as sources of improved quality, productivity and resistance traits. This germplasm is also enabling the dramatic modification of traditional cropping systems as with the transfer of self-fruitfulness from related wild almon...

This book shows that Shakespeare continues to influence contemporary Irish literature, through postcolonial, dramaturgical, epistemological and narratological means. International critics examine a range of contemporary writers including Eavan Boland, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, Frank McGuinness, Derek Mahon and Paul Muldoon, and explore Shakespeare’s tragedies, histories and comedies, as well as his sonnets. Together, the chapters demonstrate that Shakespeare c...

Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate c...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of almond growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany, production, processing and industrial uses. Almonds are an important crop; they are highly regarded for their flavour, nutritional properties and culinary uses, and almond oil is used widely in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical production. They are easy to transport and have long storability, facilitating global dissemination. Demand is constantly increasing and g...

Jake and Caldwell were best friends for their whole life and roommates through college until a freak accident changed everything, but Jake has a plan to put things (more or less) they way they used to be.