For readers of Majapahit (Herald van der Linde) and The Golden Road (William Dalrymple) – a sweeping narrative history of Srivijaya, the great maritime empire that dominated the trade routes of Southeast Asia and connected Indonesia with China, India and the wider world for centuries.

Bitten by the least expected.Tala is awarded a golden opportunity to study magical amphibians in the Briarhaven wild’s. She is thwarted by a handsome shepherd shrouded in mystery and contradictions, yet Tala stands resolute in her determination to finish her work. Whatever the consequences.Zev is a shepherd hiding in the Briarhaven wild’s with a life-threatening secret. When he first meets Tala, he warns her away, afraid she will uncover his full identity. Unexpected twists...

Why learn about wine? Fun, wanting to seem sophisticated, business entertaining, a desire to learn new things… There are probably as many reasons as there are wine-lovers.Join two old friends, one an expert, the other a complete amateur in their real conversations as they spent a very good year learning about wine - an unpretentious, amusing and straight-forward guide to the world of wine.

A delightful collection of cozy fantasy stories set in the coziest of worlds!Grab your picnic basket and favorite cold beverage because the latest offering from the Cozy Vales scribes has hours of summer reading waiting for you!This anthology features stories set during Summer's Tide, a two-week holiday celebrating life, love, and nature. Summer's Tide culminates with High Summer, where residents enjoy a day of festival frivolity and an all-night celebratio...

It's all puns and memes until cats start disappearing.Willa the werewolf cat is taking the internet by storm, and Katrina, a dedicated member of the Loves Cats online community, is swept up in the frenzy. But when she starts receiving puzzling messages from a user named Catman007, her online experience takes a dark turn. As she unravels puzzles and gets closer to the heart of a mystery, she realizes that she might need more than her cats' nine lives to survive..."

A paradise island that isn’t what it seems.Brianna is stranded on a mostly deserted island full of riddles, puzzles and traps. She is saved by an infuriating mysterious stranger, Nathan Riley. Brianna wins the heart of his little girl and agrees to become her governess on Riley’s Paradise Island.Brianna is determined to learn the tricks of the island while unraveling the cryptic Nathan and his charming brother Jackson. She is manipulated into falling right ...

After 16 incredible seasons in the NBA, Dwyane Wade is calling it a career. During his unforgettable run with the Miami Heat, Wade captured three NBA championships, an NBA Finals MVP, and was a 13-time All-Star on his way to establishing himself as the most popular figure ever in Miami sports, the best player in franchise history, and undoubtedly a future Hall of Famer.Dwyane Wade: Heart of the Heat is the ultimate tribute to this superstar as he wraps up a legendary caree...

This story is written by a lifelong pothead. Me. Most of it is probably true, if not a little exaggerated. So, if there's any question on the veracity of my tale, I'll refer to you elsewhere because only those who were there know the truth.What I can tell you is how overwhelming it is to have someone's life in my hands while secretly wondering what the hell to do next. But here I am, everyone looking for me to save them. No matter, I'll keep my guys alive if it's the last thing I d...

You're not losing customers to your competitors. You're losing them to the version of your business that shows up when nobody is watching.If you're honest, the experience they get probably changes depending on who they deal with, how busy things are and whether anyone is paying attention. From the inside that feels normal. From the outside it feels inconsistent. Customers start to hesitate a little more, compare where they never used to and stop talking about you w...

A corrupt organization, overly sensitive to security threats and with connections to the local police, decides to eliminate a nuisance – a minor threat to a major deal. His jaw throbbed with pain. He didn't know why he'd told the big idiot, "My brother is going to kill you all." Samuels looked at Iello. "He actually said his brother's going to get us." They all burst out laughing. Then the brother arrived, and the dying began. Sometimes, seemingly insignificant threats can have devastating...

The Indiana Hoosiers are College Football Playoff National Champions! Indiana, our Indiana. These words rang out as the Hoosiers crested to what was once an unthinkable victory, capturing the first football national championship in school history. They did it for the Cream and Crimson, they did it for each other and they did it without falter. Never Daunted: Indiana's Perfect Run to the College Football National Championship is the complete chronicle of this historic, ...

Discover Majapahit, the mighty empire in Southeast Asia that many have never heard of. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Majapahit kingdom reigned supreme in eastern Java, and its influence stretched far and wide, throughout present-day Indonesia, parts of the Malay peninsula and the island of Tumasek, now Singapore. Majapahit's army famously repelled Kublai Khan's invasion, and its formidable navy humbled even the renowned Portuguese mariners. Walk the bustling streets of Majapahit, a m...