A LAST CHANCE FOR HONOR...For years, Star Commander Joanna has had to live with the shame of the Jade Falcon defeat at Twycross, and the nightmares of the heroic Aidan Pryde flaunting his bloodname in her face.Now, with the arrival of the new Star Colonel Ravill Pryde, who will lead them against the Wolf Clan, Joanna must once again fight for her chance to recapture the glory of her victory at Tukayyid. But will her advanced age bring her to defeat again, or will being a Ja...

THE COMPLETE STORY OF CLAN JADE FALCON’S MOST REVERED WARRIOR!THIS BOX SET CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING NOVELS:WAY OF THE CLANSIn the 31st century, the BattleMech is the ultimate war machine. Ten meters tall and armed with devastating weapons, it is an unstoppable engine of destruction.In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors. The result of generations of controlled breeding, Clan Warriors...

THE FINAL SHOWDOWN...In 2786, the elite Star League Army fled the Inner Sphere, abandoning the senseless bloodshed ordered by the Successor Lords. Now, almost three hundred years later, the Clans, heirs of the Star League Army, turn their eyes back upon their former home. Nothing will stop them from raising the Star League banner over Earth once again.For two years, the Clans’ lethal BattleMechs have overwhelmed the armies of the corrupt Successor Lords. Now, at the gates o...

BATTLE IS IN THE BLOOD...As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior—even those who are freeborn. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete f...

MANY WAYS TO DIE..."Dispatch Horse to the planet Huntress!" The orders to investigate the secret experiment being done by the Falcons on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld came down from the Jade Falcon Khan herself. But does the covert mission require the natural bravery of a freeborn warrior—or do Horse's genetically engineered comrades consider him expendable?The perilous trek is dead-ended by a crash landing—right into a Smoke Jaguar trap. His 'Mech confiscated, his DropShip do...

THE PRICE OF HONOR...Truebirth: Born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan's fearsome BattleMech war machines.Freebirth: Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their truebirth superiors. Depised for their imperfections, they fight where and when their Clan commands.Aidan has failed his Trial of Position, the ranking test all trueb...

This early work by Robert Thurston Hopkins and Forbes Phillips was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'War and the Weird' is a novel about strange occurrences on the front lines of the Great War. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the wor...

The Incredible Life Of Willie Sharp Act 2Saved By John The Pope Once again, we find ourselves on the magical streets of North Oakland California, where everything is not what it seems. We follow John Mungu a young brother whose life was upended by the tragic death of his father. Come travel with us as young John struggles on his adventure to get clean from addiction. Cue our favorite whimsical wizard, Mr. Willie Sharp a.k.a "Salamander," who guides the young warrior to his place of redempt...

This engaging guide traces the history, cultivation, and culture of coffee, as well as the major factors influencing the industry today. Robert Thurston provides a readable, concise overview of coffee from the time the seeds of the coffee fruit are planted to the latest ideas in roasting and making beverages. He considers cultivation and its challenges, especially climate change; new research on hybridization; the history of coffee and cultural change surrounding it around the world; devic...

Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an imaginary—but, in many ways, quite real—community that ruled much of the world. Among them, racism became more virulent. To probe the importance of the body, this book brings together for the first time the many areas in which the physical form was newly or more extensively featured, from photography through ...

Robert Henry Thurston's present book 'A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine', as evident from the title itself, gives the history of the development and changes in the model of the steam engine. It was first published in the year 1886.

Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough reexamination of the background, dynamics, and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US can only be partly understood through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, but must also be seen in the context of a global conversation about changing cultural meanings of 'race'. A deeper comprehension of the course of mob mu...