Battles form ahead. Bonds are strengthened. Balance must be restored.Blake is eager to expand the [Unnamed Ranch] and help the gorls under his care thrive. With Glessal, Slanna, Ranne, and Kaena by his side, life has never been better. Blob Ross is happy, Vanel and Larissa are interested in joining the Ranch, and Raknar is no more.But as Blake soon learns, peace is a fragile thing in the world of Ylege.Troubling reports emerge from Edgedown and the ...

His ranch established. His family growing. His troubles just beginning.Blake has turned the [Unnamed Ranch] into a bustling haven for slimes and those in need. With his mana gorl Glessal and darkness gorl Slanna by his side, life seems perfect. But there are a thousand fingers in a thousand pies, and all of them spell danger for Blake's slice of heaven.As Blake works to strengthen his ranch and protect his growing family, he finds himself at odds with Edged...

Unlikely rancher. Unclaimed land. Unimaginable beauties.Blake was searching for simplicity, but fate had other plans. After an unexpected turn of events lands him in the fantastical world of Ylege, he's endowed with extraordinary physical abilities and inherits an unclaimed farmstead at the world's edge. Things seem to be falling into place until he encounters the gorls—beautiful, magical, sentient slimes.As Blake learns the ropes of ranching blerps—the sma...

Men's Romance Gallery: Volume 1 includes short fiction from the best authors in the genre.This collection features seven original Men's Romance shorts. In its pages are tales of men meeting extraordinary women: supernatural beings, alien species, powerful warriors, and creatures from myth.- Between Moves by Leon West - A mountain rescue worker who plays chess with Death, confronts his past, and for the first time sees a future for himself- The Blade...

From two of the world’s leading intelligence and espionage historians comes the definitive—and most unsettling—account of the assassination of Leon Trotsky.Exiled from the Soviet Union and living under constant threat, Leon Trotsky believed that by 1937 he had found sanctuary in Mexico City. What he did not see was the vast clandestine machinery Stalin had already set in motion—one that beyond Europe and, crucially, into the United States itself. Drawing on newly u...

Kann man im Gefängnis freier sein als draußen? Könnten wir jemals »gut« sein, wenn wir nie Scham oder Reue empfänden? Was macht einen Menschen der Vergebung würdig?Andy West unterrichtet Philosophie in Gefängnissen. Er führt mit den Insassen Gespräche über ihr Leben, erörtert ihre Ideen und Gefühle und hört ihnen zu, wenn sie neue Wege finden, um über ihre scheinbar ausweglose Situation nachzudenken. Doch immer wenn er ein Gefängnis betritt, wird er auch mit seiner...

From two of the world’s leading intelligence and espionage historians comes the definitive—and most unsettling—account of the assassination of Leon Trotsky.Exiled from the Soviet Union and living under constant threat, Leon Trotsky believed that by 1937 he had found sanctuary in Mexico City. What he did not see was the vast clandestine machinery Stalin had already set in motion—one that beyond Europe and, crucially, into the United States itself. Drawing on newly u...

In The West at War, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together renowned scholars and public policy experts to reflect on perhaps the most pressing problem of our time-the West's increasingly bloody conflict with forces that seek nothing less than its destruction. In eleven provocative chapters, contributors deal with the internal challenges and external conflicts facing Western civilization in the context of the 'war on terror.' Ranging from the nature of Islam and the West, to ethics and terror...

Featuring a side of Tejano history too often neglected, author Arnoldo De León shows that people of Spanish-Mexican descent were not passive players in or, worse, absent from West Texas history but instead were active agents at the center of it.The collection of essays in Tejano West Texas—many never before published—will correct decades of historiographical oversight by emphasizing the centrality of the Mexican American experience in the history of the region.De L...

In 1978, Nancy Edwards left as a CUSO volunteer for Sierra Leone, where she spent three years working as a community health nurse and two years evaluating primary health care programs. Her stories of village life convey the ravages of tuberculosis; threats of witchcraft; and tragedies of deaths related to pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn tetanus. She celebrates local advocates for health improvements—mothers, traditional birth attendants, and village health committees.Acutely awa...

‘It seemed a terrible shame to meet my end in Iowa; I couldn’t imagine anywhere more disappointing to die. If I were a betting man I’d have reckoned on the most dangerous thing in this state being sheer boredom. The scenery hadn’t changed for weeks and I was slowly dissolving into stimulation-deprived madness. My current predicament, then – attempting to escape through cornfields from a gun-toting alcohol-soaked rancher – was not something I expected.’Just months after graduating fr...

Leon Nell’s sixth book to explore another captivating part of South Africa reveals a bounty of treasures that give the West Coast, or Weskus as locals call it, its particular allure. Beginning at Melkbosstrand just north of Cape Town, and ending where the Orange River meets the Atlantic Ocean, the book divides the coastal stretch into four discrete and easily explored regions. Coastal and inland towns are described, together with their main attractions, offering glimpses into early human h...