Once a catamite to a noble, Jean grew up and returned to the imperial capital of Joachim as Duke of Erhardt. In the dying days of the empire, Jean Erhardt paves the way for a new world. All the while, he searches for his Little Pearl, the mysterious benefactor who granted him freedom and altered his fate. At a grand banquet filled with the empire's elite, Crown Prince Maximin recognizes Jean's hidden past—a secret that could destroy Jean's plans.“I wonder how m...

This book explores the life, theology, and lasting influence of Joachim of Fiore (1135–1202), a visionary medieval theologian whose eschatological ideas revolutionized Christian thought. Known for his doctrine of the three ages—the Age of the Father, the Age of the Son, and the Age of the Holy Spirit—Joachim's progressive vision of history profoundly shaped theological interpretations of divine providence, apocalypticism, and spiritual renewal in both medieval and modern contexts.T...

Entrate nell’entusiasmante mondo di Hollywood.Libro 1 – Se ti amassi.Incontrate Chaz Duncan, un attore sicuro di sé e piuttosto arrogante, che conosce la sua anima gemella Megan Davis, la sua nuova consulente finanziaria.Libro 2 – Un amore da red carpetCome si può tenere segreto un bambino? Quinn Roberts, un attore molto sexy, giura che il bambino che chiama “Junior” non sia suo. Susanna Barnes, assunta per prendersi cura del bambino, è scettica. Perché quell’...

Pete Sebastian, Coach Bass, thought he had his life under control until smart, alluring Jo Parker sashayed into a front office job with the Connecticut Kings. He locks horns with the beautiful female when she implements new ideas to clean-up the team’s rep. Was she there just to push him around or was she the one woman he’s been seeking?Struggling toward success in the man’s-man world of the NFL, Jo Parker has relied on her brains and determination. Her job at the Kings has one hur...

Within these pages are stories about choices made under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. What happens when a chef decides to cook a vampire filet? Why does a mother desire and, at the same time, dread her child coming home? Which door conceals the tiger and which the lady? What does a witch do when she desperately wants a child? There are many more stories to delight readers within the pages of this incredible anthology.Thirty authors have written twenty-nine stories with ...

In this memoir, the son of Nazi Germany's foreign minister looks back on his life, examining their relationship and his father's role in World War II.On 16 October 1946, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's wartime Foreign Minister, was executed at Nuremberg, convicted on four counts including deliberately planning a war of aggression and war crimes.In this first English language edition of his memoirs, Rudolf von Ribbentrop candidly describes his relationship ...

With danger lurking around any corner, Eden Wyatt, CIA covert operative, traveled solo. Hopping from one brief affair to the next, she’d be damned if she’d get a guy killed for loving her. But a chance meeting with a sexy, smart Major on New Year’s Eve rattled her resolve.Hunted by assassins, Eden had forgotten how to trust. Wary, ever on the alert, the stunning woman, ready to kill or be killed, knew what she wanted. Would she dare break her own rules for Major Tom Davis?B...

They are the stuff of nightmares, these creatures in the shadows and under our beds, yet we can't look away.Fear is part of the allure, after all—drawing us into the woods, into the mist, into the dark water, while others run the other way.We yearn to be craved by what wishes to consume us.Open yourself to 23 twisted trysts from authors and illustrators: Hannah Birss, Terry Campbell, Monica Chen, Sam Crain, Astra Crompton, gaast, Arlo Z. Graves, Joachim Hei...

For fifty years The Jazz Book has been the most encyclopedic interpretive history of jazz available in one volume.In this new seventh edition, each chapter has been completely revised and expanded to incorporate the dominant styles and musicians since the book's last publication in 1992, as well as the fruits of current research about earlier periods in the history of jazz. In addition, new chapters have been added on John Zorn, jazz in the 1990s and beyond, samplers, the ...

Ötzi the iceman could not do without wood when he was climbing his Alpine glacier, nor could medieval cathedral-builders or today's construction companies. From time immemorial, the skill of the human hand has developed by working wood, so much so that we might say that the handling of wood is a basic element in the history of the human body. The fear of a future wood famine became a panic in the 18th century and sparked the beginnings of modern environmentalism.This book traces th...

Exciting news for the Wild Soccer Bunch: They are now playing in a club league! Julian the all-in-one defender is looking for his dad who left home years ago. He wants to invite him to their first championship game. While searching for his dad, Julian runs into Mickey the bulldozer and the Unbeatables. What happens next, tests Julian’s character and the resolve and friendship of the Wild Soccer Bunch. The Wild Soccer Bunch takes over the world!

Fabio, the son of a famous Brazilian soccer player, wants to join the Wild Soccer Bunch. But Fabio's father has other plans. He makes his son play for the Furies, one of the best youth club teams in the country. The Wild Soccer Bunch is devastated, but Diego has a different plan. He turns the Wild Soccer Bunch into a club team and challenges the Furies to a game! Can the wild Soccer Bunch survive the game? Can their friendship endure the test?