They call him Jig Dragonslayer - and who is he to deny a legend. After all, common sense - something in very short supply among goblins - has a lot to do with Jig's continued existence. Though he's been captured by adventures and dragged unwillingly along on their foolish quest, he's survived both the Necromancer and the Dragon. If people want to insist he's a hero, he isn't going to fight about it. But the trouble with being labeled a hero is that everyone expects you to keep doing heroic...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.The Crime Beat, Episode 8: San FranciscoIn Episode 8, Cole and Warren reconvene in San Francisco, hot on the trail of the mastermind of the nine murders. But when a Brazilian media mogul is killed while taking a selfie on the Golden Gate Bridge, they rea...

Over the past two decades, scholars and practitioners have taken a keen interest in the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP). These efforts have largely focused on and debated the merits of sport as a tool for development, diplomacy, and peacebuilding in under-resourced, underdeveloped, and conflict regions. Making sense of the positive contributions that sport can offer to such complex and multi-faceted issues requires understanding the various connections and meanings that indi...

The possibility that Polynesian seafarers made landfall and interacted with the native people of the New World before Columbus has been the topic of academic discussion for well over a century, although American archaeologists have considered the idea verboten since the 1970s. Fresh discoveries made with the aid of new technologies along with re-evaluation of longstanding but often-ignored evidence provide a stronger case than ever before for multiple prehistoric Polynesian landfalls. This...

Alcatraz Smedry is up against a whole army of Evil Librarians with only his friend Bastille, a few pairs of glasses, and an unlimited supply of exploding teddy bears to help him.This time, even Alcatraz's extraordinary talent for breaking things may not be enough to defeat the army of Evil Librarians and their giant librarian robots.

S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling post-apocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless.The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face...Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to th...

More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he's prepared to rule the Camelot of a new millennium: New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots campaign steadily gains strength unt...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 7: More Than 31 Hours of Classic Science FictionPrepare for another unforgettable voyage through the golden age of science fiction with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 7. Featuring more than 31 hours of classic storytelling, this outstanding anthology brings together fifty remarkable tales from the visionary authors whose ideas helped define the genre for generations.Explore distant galaxies, mysterious plane...

This ebook contains 60 short stories. They are of various genre in this ebook, but none of them are horror, mystery, or thriller type stories. These are just good stories you can read at bedtime to relax and go to sleep. These stories shouldn't give you nightmares or bad dreams. There’s nothing dirty or cuss words in any of these stories. Sure there may be ghosts in some stories, but they are not the scary kind (no all ghosts are the scary kind). Just relax, read, and enjoy.

SOCIETY CALLS HIM THE DEVIL OF LONDON . . .Lord Vaughn, Viscount Darlington, has a dark reputation for sinful pleasures, putting off even the most ardent mamas who crave his title for their unmarried daughters. They say he's dangerous enough to ruin a woman with just one look . . . but he can't resist the pleas of a woman who needs his help. This rogue might yet be redeemed.SHE'S THE DARLING OF THE TON . . .All of London ad...

There is a book in this ebook plus it starts with a short story. None of them have cuss words or dirty scenes. This book is good for bedtime reading as it shouldn't cause bad dreams.

This ebook has 9 short stories of various genre. None of the stories contain cussing or dirty scenes. These are just good stories for bedtime reading.