This project is cheekily named the French Kiss Tattoo Project, because friends and tattoo artists John Stone, Tiwan, and El Bent brought together 123 master tattoo artists from around the world to collaborate in pairs to explore the broad stylistic approaches of tattoo art. The result is a fresh collection of tattoo flash ranging in style from traditional and photorealism to new school and Japanese tattooing.With nearly 200 pieces of flash in total, this title invites enthusiasts to...

This is the continuing story of Jack and Diane, a married couple treading the dangerous waters of the cuckold lifestyle.Previously Diane had fallen under the spell of Dan, a handsome muscle man. Her "Bull." Now we watch Diane move on to other men. Other Bulls.We meet Eugene, a huge African American whose wife cannot meet his needs. Donald, the leader of a biker gang. The mysterious Deacon as well as several others, who form Diane's "BullPen" and who each make his own unique...

Jack has an ideal life. A beautiful home, a gorgeous wife and a golden parachute that allowed for an early retirement. Jack has "performance issues" that have led his gorgeous wife to be dissatisfied. However, his wife, Diane claims she has a solution. But will that solution destroy their marriage and Jacks ideal life?

Upon the vast continent of Canazar, the echoes of the ancient war between dragon and mankind linger in the shadows of a murky past.Join Markus upon his quest as he seeks The Eye—a mystical artifact forged in a time when dragons and mankind were locked in a fierce battle.After long years of imprisonment and torment, the dragon lord’s vengeance knew no bounds, following its catastrophic escape that left the land scarred and desperate for salvation that came as The Eye. A crea...

Fuller Sight is a metaphysical novel. Much of the book takes place outside of time as we know it. Danny Anderson is an 18-year-old young man who has decided that he needs to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the girl he loves from throwing away her dreams of becoming a doctor. He kills himself by running his father’s car into a bridge’s concrete abutment.Upon his death he meets his mother, Nora Anderson, who died nine years earlier. She is his guide for the remainder of the bo...

This book highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic and social impacts have been felt around the world. In large cities and other urban areas, the pandemic has highlighted a number of issues from pressures on urban labour and housing markets, shifts in demographic processes including migration and mobility, changes in urban travel patterns and pressures on contemporary planning and governance processes.Despite Austra...

A broad examination of the rise of nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and racism throughout the worldThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism provides expert insight into the complex, interconnected factors that are influencing patterns of human relations worldwide in a time of rising populist nationalism, intensified racial and religious tensions, and mounting hostilities towards immigrants and minorities. Analyzing the underlying...

Malton, Old Malton & Norton Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Yorkshire. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the historical context in which they are set, and through the author's factual captions for every p...

Poet and cardiologist John Stone is a man of many voices. A gifted verse maker, he exhibits in his writing the qualities of a compassionate physician, a musician, linguist, naturalist, and down-to-earth yet whimsical grandfather, son, husband, and brother. Selections from four previous books together with twenty-two new works compose this exquisite volume, a “best of the best” sampling from a beloved poet.

Military strategy is concerned with the translation of armed force into intended political effects. As such, it constitutes one of the most important activities of the past two centuries; and yet during this period it has not always been practised very effectively.In this book, John Stone seeks to explain why this has been the case by examining various instances of strategic practice drawn from the period between the eighteenth century and the present day. He contends that, to be t...

The management of quality has emerged as the key development issue for education in the 1990s and beyond. In the context of education, quality is an ellusive concept and difficult to define. This text offers practical ideas and suggestions from which the reader can choose to meet their own particular needs in a field where there are seemingly an infinite number of possible approaches.

Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of patterns of race and ethnic relations across the globe.Stone and Rizova employ a neo-Weberian comparative approach to explore how evolving systems of group conflict have been - and continue to be - impacted by changes in th...