The Hotel is not what she seems...She is a complicated structure, catering to the needs of each patron. Some of those needs, shall we say, are specialized. Step inside, enjoy the glorious beauty of the Hotel, and perhaps accept an exclusive invitation.Dear Honored Guest,Enclosed you will find an exclusive invitation to the 31 Overlook Hotel Masquerade Ball. Due to the nature of the ultimate outcome of the festivities, the hotel has requested th...

The stunning architecture unveiled at World Expo 2010 Shanghai brings new atmosphere and style to the appearance of Shanghai. This vital book captures and presents more than 60 examples of architecture and design created and built for World Expo 2010 Shanghai in four chapters with content and design examples submitted by the architects involved in creating these landmark buildings. Chapter one covers the five permanent World Expo buildings including the famous Four Pavilions along the Central...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Point of Honor is the second in the series and winner of the John Esten Cook Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction.The year is 1864. Peter Wake, U.S.N., assisted by his indomitable Irish bosun, Sean Rork, is at the helm of the schooner St. James, a larger ship than his first command in At the Edge of Honor. Wake's remar...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Dishonorable Few is the fourth in the series.It is 1869. The United States is painfully recovering from the Civil War, and Lt. Peter Wake concludes the first shore duty of his career at Pensacola Naval Yard to become the executive officer of the USS Canton. Headed to turbulent Central America to deal with a former American naval o...

Eternal Bliss at Dawn’s Light is a multi-author literary fiction body of work that contains poetry and prose.Contributing Authors:NON-FICTION SHORT STORIESAYERS, MEGAN: Two, Too, To, TuCIMMONE, C.: The Common ManGONZÁLEZ, MIRANDA: A Lesson in GuiltMcDONOUGH, PATRICK: Taal VolcanoRAE, DAVID: Slight GhostsNOVEL EXCERPTSMALLWOOD, CAROL: The SermonART W...

In December of 1892 a little-known event changed world history, and its influence can be seen in headlines today. This 12th novel in the award-winning Honor series is woven around that event.Commander Peter Wake, U.S.N., is finally happy. In command of a newly commissioned light cruiser in the Caribbean, he is back at sea where all real sailors belong. All his years of espionage in the more sordid corners of the world are over. Ashore, he has the sincere love of a beautiful, fascin...

January 1889. German and American naval forces are engaged in an escalating confrontation in Samoa in the South Pacific. Warships are at battle stations. Naval reinforcements from both nations are on the way. The press in Berlin, Hamburg, Washington, and San Francisco is calling for national honor to be defended. At any minute, open warfare may erupt. All it will take is one spark.President Grover Cleveland orders Commander Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, to clandestinely...

Mindscapes and Dreams is a multi-author fiction short story collection.Contributing Authors:ABBUD, TREVOR*: Never Let Go*AMENDT, ZACHARY*: We Don’t Talk About That*ARGIRI, LAURA*: Cottage Industry*BEYER, JOHN*: A Shot of Reality*BROWN, TONY WAYNE*: A Hand that Won’t There*BOYD, AILA*: The Withered Willow*CODY-VOSS, SELBY*: In the Shape of his Hand*FEAZELL, CHRISTA*: Ivan’s World*GARNER, BENJAMIN*: The ...

Cmdr. Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, is in French Indochina in 1883 on a secret mission for President Chester Arthur. The novel opens with Wake aboard a riverboat on the Mekong River. The mission sounded simple in Washington: deliver the American president's reply to a confidential naval offer from the king of Cambodia, while clandestinely assessing the region's political and military situation. Wake figures it will take two more weeks and he'll be homeward bound. Six months lat...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Honorable Mention is the third in the series.It's the fall of 1864. The Age of Sail is passing, and Lt. Peter Wake finds himself again in Key West, but this time in command of the steamer USS Hunt. He quickly plunges into action as he chases a mystery ship during a tropical storm off Cuba, deals with a seductively dangerous woman ...

A Feast for the Mind is a multi-author literary fiction body of work that contains poetry and prose.Contributing Authors:ALWAYS, CLYDEATURETA, ADEIZABABCOCK, BRIANBAEZA DE VILLARREAL, ERIKABAKER, JOSHUABALLARD, AMYBEDETTI, GABYBELL, ELIZABETHBERNSTEIN, DENNIS J.BLACK, TIMOTHYBLEVINS, JAMESBOON, CARLBRAUN, HENRYBROSNAN, MICHAELBROWDER, CLIFFORDBURR...

Commander Peter Wake, U.S. naval intelligence agent, is in Florida in 1888 culminating an espionage mission to learn Spain's naval readiness in Cuba. He and sidekick Sean Rork are hoping to wrap it up and head home on their annual leave. But a beautiful woman from Wake's past shows up, begging him to find her missing son. He agrees, and thus Honor Bound, Wake sets off across Florida and through the Bahamian islands with a motley band, including a Smithsonian ethnologist, a naval architect,...