One of humanity's greatest modern threats involves an area of life we thought we had mastered: energy. For the last century our energy system has delivered rising prosperity, increased lifespans and largely eliminated famine. Now it is being dismantled – with confidence, with public money and with almost no scrutiny.In this short, sharp book, Richard Lyon – electrical engineer, petroleum engineer and energy economist – strips the energy debate back to the physics. What he finds is ...

Princesses Sophia and Rosalinda grew up opposite each other in every way: Rosalinda is beautiful, but lacks intelligence and grace, while Sophia is witty and charming, but ugly. When Rosalinda's true love breaks the curse that keeps her idiotic, it seems that Sophie will be forever forgotten, unless she can change her luck herself, and break her own curse. But can anything be that simple?

Something's stalking Sophie and it's not just her boyfriend's cute cousin.Pulled from a life of obscurity and chosen to succeed a dying Goddess, Sophie is thrown into a world where supernatural is normal. Sadly, she has made enemies, and as the corpses mount, Sophie fears for the people she cares for. But when someone she loves is accused of the killings, Sophie is convinced of their innocence.

Bestselling Series Re-released With Updated Covers. Rich, sexy and volatile, Sloane Michaels has a dark agenda that keeps his heart on ice. His extreme wealth gives him the control he craves and his skills as an ex UFC fighter the tools he’ll need to extract his ultimate revenge. But when the woman he never believed he’d see again crosses his path, Sloane is caught between the vengeance he needs and a sexual conquest he craves.Kat Thayne has been in survival ...

Join three bestselling regency romance authors, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, and Michele Paige Holmes, for three new regency romance novellas in A MIDWINTER BALL.MUCH ADO ABOUT DANCING by Heidi Ashworth. Two years have passed since Lord Northrup declared his intentions for Miss Analisa Lloyd-Jones and forbade any other man to court her. Angry at the neglect, Analisa stopped reading his letters, never even breaking the seals. Tired of waiting, Analisa joins the house party at Mrs. ...

A dangerous curse…Axel Locke is the sinfully sexy leader of the Wing Slayer Hunters–a group of supernatural witch hunters who have vowed to never give into the curse driving them to slaughter innocent witches. But when his little sister is death-cursed by a demon witch, Axel will stop at nothing to save her. He rescues a beautiful witch from a killer, intending to force her to magically cure his sister. The only problem? She has no idea what she is....

Sara Gaspard swore she'd do anything to find those responsible for her sister's death, but teaming up with the Sin of Pride is more than she bargained for.*****Desperate and dying, Sara Gaspard promises her soul to the Sin of Pride if he'll find the madmen responsible for ruining her life, but they soon discover her wish is more complicated than expected. Together, Sara and Pride delve into a twisted world of insidious plots, occult fanaticism, and paranormal disaster as th...

'Praying for the Devil?'With the war between the vampires and Varúlfur more brutal and blood-thirsty than it has ever been, Megan Garrick has been forced to seek sanctuary with the one person she hoped she would never have to turn to.By her side is her ever-constant companion, Lucius, the little boy who holds the key to opening the Gates of Purgatory and behind those gates awaits The Smiling Man himself.Now Megan fights a race against time to find the one being that...

Florizel repairs pipes and runs the Bohemian Club until his adventuring past hurtles headlong into his dull, respectable present. A gypsy beauty with a bizarre request and a disappearing conveyance convinces him to leave retirement and join an extraordinary group of adventurers atop a mystical clockwork mountain of a hotel.Steam beneath the Thames in a Clockwork Catfish. Hang on, if you can, to a stealth glider on a desperate flight to London. Some will flee in terror from an India...

Girl or goddess? Sophie has to decide.With the supernatural world in turmoil & her feelings for Connor intensifying, Sophie’s life is out of control, however hard she tries, her desire to do what is right is faltering.Life is complicated.Is the chance of happiness really worth destroying her future?One thing is certain. To realise her destiny, she must leave behind everything she loves.

Do not fall in love with girls on floating islands.Do not grab her letter from the sky and chase her unknown outline into the heavens.Do not follow little lights into the darkness and lose your way— or find it.Winifred Otiena lives in a city that shares a very special holiday with a floating continent: they send paper airplanes up to their sister land each year. The island in exchange passes down lanterns of every color back to earth. Winnie is young when she...

Have you felt 'left out' of the traditional relationship self-help books because you derive great pleasure from following your partner's requests and direction on many things in your life? Or do you respond to the natural inclination to guide, direct and protect your partner? Are your friends and family having difficulty understanding that your relationship works more like a captain and first mate on a boat?If so, this innovative book, Leading and Supportive Love, the Truth about D...