Rumors of Tyrant Ta'set's killing sprees have spread throughout the known universe. Or are they truths?Vayen's hold on his deadly Arpex abilities is slipping. If he loses control, he'll be executed and his mission of unification and peace will die with him. Desperate to help Vayen maintain his precarious balance, Anastassia is willing to offer him a week with another woman as a diversion from his dark urges. Can she live with her decision if he wants more?I...

Deep in the enemy land of Atheria, one young woman escapes her captors only to find herself alone, unarmed, and starving.Torn from her life of privilege and the arms of her ma'hasi lover, Sahmara is unfit for life on the run. The well-being of her family is unknown, and if Zane isn't dead, he's now a slave. No one is coming to save her.Desperate, Sahmara prays for help.She does not expect her prayer to be answered by an ancient woman with a thirst f...

Aliens, time travel, distant futures, and far-off worlds. A collection of five short stories.Poverty has shaped Tia's life since childhood, labeling her a roach. A day without hunger pains or despising looks is pure fantasy until she accepts a job offer to explore a wondrous deserted city on a distant world. All she can think about is the life-altering payout she'll receive in six months.A hundred roaches are set free in the city of crystal spires. Their mi...

Vampires full of tragic pasts and dark secrets are delicious.Lavina feeds off the memories of others, the more traumatic the better, but once she's fed, they're fixed: looking for redemption, good...so very vanilla. Lavina craves triple dark chocolate.Stephanos is called to America to help his sire take over the blood-rich city of Northchester. The job, like all the others before it, is simple: kill the target, cause a little chaos, and enforce compliance w...

Vayen's quest to keep the Narvan at peace has left him scarred both inside and out.Struggling to hide his hallucinations, memory loss, and flashbacks from everyone, he's been advising the Narvan on a consultant basis from the distant colony of Pentares, but he longs for the comfort of home.When Anastassia thinks she might again be able to host a link, she's eager for them to return to the Narvan. Stepping back into the advisory position they'd both left beh...

No duh! Not only are Jason's parents divorced--his mother acts like he has the plague and his father thinks shouting is the ultimate motivational tool--but his best friend has moved to California. It gets worse: his father decides to remarry and it turns out his stepbrother is Mr. High School All-American. Jason finds solace in a chatroom when he strikes up romance with cyberpal. She wants a picture...of his stepbrother. Oops.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold with...

A lonely monkey and a family of cats, what could these two possibly have in common?In this whimsical tale, animals can talk and live rather like humans. Come spend Christmas with this motley crew of characters, intent on playing shenanigans while learning a powerful lesson during Christmas. No need to bundle up in this hot clime, it is Christmas, Africa-style.

A true story of what happened to my married daughter and my relentless search for answers concerning her untimely death and the unusual circumstances surrounding it. Since she now has no voice, I felt compelled to share her story, to be her voice, and to seek truth and justice for her. By relating this unbelievable experience of loss, I am hopeful it might help others recognize similar situations in their lives and reach out to those needing a helping hand.

Published in 1983. One response to the recent concern about pupil discipline in schools has been the creation of support centres: off-site special units to which disruptive pupils are sent for varying periods of time for education and supervision. The Inner London Education Authority had a substantial network of such centres. Yet the concept of these units has aroused some criticism: they have been labelled as ’sin-bins’ and as dumping grounds for adolescents.This book is based on ...

This jointly authored book extends understanding of the use of sport to address global development agendas by offering an important departure from prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches in the field. Drawing on nearly a decade of wide-ranging multidisciplinary research undertaken with young people and adults living and working in urban communities in Zambia, the book presents a localised account that locates sport for development in historical, political, economic and social ...

France, 1791.Amid the political turmoil of the French Revolution, another revolution is taking place, an ambitious project to remeasure the Paris meridian, thus determining the precise distance from the North Pole to the Equator in order to calculate a new base unit of length, the meter, establishing a rational system of measurement based on nature that will unite all people of all nations for all time.A young surveyor and would-be savant sets out for Southern France, charg...

Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond.As the late Sister Jean wisely says, "I've seen so many changes in the last 102 years, but the important things remain the same."Part life story, part philosophy text, and part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense has...