**2024 Best Book of the Year Award by the GLBTQ Division of the National Communication AssociationFinalist for Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Anthology**For a generation of gay men who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming sexually active meant confronting the dangers of catching and transmitting HIV. In the 21st century, however, the development of viral suppression treatments and preventative pills such as PrEP and nPEP has massively reduced the risk of acqu...

Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink—and seventy million are women and the children wh...

“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones.In this collection of o...

Australian History For Dummies is your rough-and-ready tour guide through Australia's whirlwind past. We'll introduce you to the people and events that have shaped this "Land Down Under" (and why it's called that). You'll see how Indigenous Australians lived in Australia for over 65,000 years. You’ll be there as British colonists explore Australia's harsh terrain. You'll delve into the recent past, giving you insight into modern-day Australia and what's next.Australia is a...

The events in Queen City Ruby take place shortly after Carolina DanceAn elite ex-special forces operative. A teenage target. Ruthless jewel thieves. And nonstop action that’ll leave you breathless.Orlando Black doesn’t go looking for trouble—it always finds him. When he crosses paths with a terrified teenager fleeing a crew of cold-blooded jewel thieves, instinct kicks in. Black gets the kid out alive—but that’s just the beginning.The stakes skyrocket whe...

Scott Gunn’s fists are deadly fast, so he must show restraint or someone could get hurt.But when an oppressive real estate developer and his gang of brutal thugs terrorize the city, Gunn is forced to take the gloves off to defend his friends, neighbors, and family.In a citywide showdown, Gunn punches his way through gangbangers, crooks, gunmen, and rival martial artists.Will his fist be fast enough to protect all he holds dear, or will his city cr...

From Africa to his hands and a superhero is born…Calvin Bush lives an ordinary life in Chicago and is stuck in a dead-end job that doesn’t fuel anything inside him – except rage. He knows he’s made for more but has no idea what that is until a single invite to the museum changes everything.Calvin encounters two magical gauntlets, Zamani and Baadaye, but he’s not the only one who has his eyes on them. A mysterious man in a black kabuki mask is lurking in the...

A city on edge. A corrupt power play. One man caught in the crossfire.When a teenager is critically wounded by police in a case of mistaken identity, tensions erupt in a small Florida town. The community demands justice, and the spotlight turns to the mayor—a man determined to clean up the streets and restore hope. But behind the scenes, a ruthless government official with ties to South Florida’s criminal underworld will stop at nothing to hijack the election… ev...

Orlando Black made a vow. The law had other plans.The expert martial artist and battle-hardened ex-special forces veteran has seen enough violence for a lifetime. But when a run-in with a small-town sheriff with a bone to pick leaves Black in handcuffs, he’s plunged into a deadly race to clear his name and expose the corruption in the local police department.Someone is in a body bag—and the sheriff is dead set on pinning the murder on Black. When he finds...

Collects Taskmaster (2002) #1-4, Taskmaster (2010) #1-4, material from Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #2, Age of Heroes (2010) #3. No job is too tough for Taskmaster! First up: corporate sabotage against Stark Industries under the employ of Iron Man’s on-again, off-again foe Sunset Bain! But that soon brings the Taskmaster into direct contact with Tony Stark himself — and a SWAT team loaded for bear! But nothing will keep the multiskilled merc from his million-dollar payout - Viva Las Vegas...