In Roaring Twenties Chicago, eighteen-year-old farm boy and hockey hopeful Brett Bennet is drafted to the big leagues of the city’s first ever team. His deepest secret catches fire when he meets the dashing but reclusive goalie, Jean-Paul Moreau. As they circle one another finding out who they truly are, their lives are changed in ways neither can control. Brett will need the help of freewheeling flapper Margret to find a way to break through Jean-Paul’s ice, and to navigate the high stake...

Infernal Instruments of the DragonAs the British Empire builds power based on new clockwork and steam technology, Ireland draws its might from its potent magical traditions. Only two boys with little in common can end the fighting between the two nations and prevent a terrible worldwide war.Gavin Haveland's dreams are in the sky with the airships, while his reality as a High Councilman's son means hiding secrets that will get him executed if reveal...

Prepare for a fierce battle as you step into a world where dragons clash with courage and ferocity. In these 17 gripping tales, heroes rise and fall, facing fire-breathing foes in epic confrontations. Each story unravels a unique conflict, from desperate towns defending their homes to warriors seeking vengeance.Meet the brave and the foolhardy, each with their own motives. Discover the price of power and the cost of survival. Will they conquer the flames, or will they be consumed?

Prepare for a fierce battle as you step into a world where dragons clash with courage and ferocity. In these 17 gripping tales, heroes rise and fall, facing fire-breathing foes in epic confrontations. Each story unravels a unique conflict, from desperate towns defending their homes to warriors seeking vengeance.Meet the brave and the foolhardy, each with their own motives. Discover the price of power and the cost of survival. Will they conquer the flames, or will they be consumed?

Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritageDuring the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies. Well over 300 Scottish Highland games and gatherings annually take place across the U.S. and Canada.Transatlantic Scots is a multidisciplinary collection that studies the regional organiz...

Travel Texas history in the shoes of lesser-known people who illuminate big stories in our Lone Star past. This curated journey through an eclectic collection of Texas history ranges across five centuries. Find captivating stories in Texas politics, arts, labor, literature, agriculture, oil, ranching, sports, and civil rights. There are heartrending struggles and inspiring triumphs of will. Rousing successes and crying shames. From the high school gridiron to armed uprisings, from the stra...

When 116-year old Rube Wingo reflects back on the start of his life, he remembers a dirt-poor Southern boy who lived baseball and dreamed of future diamond greatness. His positivity landed him in the game all right, but not in the role he envisioned. When happenstance then brings Rube to the Polo Grounds in New York City in 1922, he jumps at the chance for a piece of the big leagues. One of his first assignments is the daunting task of keeping the great Babe Ruth on the straight and narrow...

Stand-Up Stories brings you tales that you will not find anywhere else, all told by someone who made a living headlining clubs across the country for 16 years. It is the ultimate insider's look backstage. The glimpses into the world of comedy will have you laughing out loud from cover to cover.The 1980s were the golden age of stand-up comedy, the first time that professional funny people from television came to stages in towns all across America. It was new. The comedy was...

In "Michael Bakunin und die Anarchie" untersucht Ricarda Huch das komplexe Erbe des russischen Anarchisten Michael Bakunin und bietet eine tiefgreifende Analyse seiner Ideen und Theorien. Huch, bekannt für ihren präzisen und eloquenten Stil, verknüpft historische Ereignisse mit philosophischen Diskussionen und schafft einen literarischen Kontext, der Bakunins Einfluss auf die politische Theorie des 19. Jahrhunderts erhellt. Sie beleuchtet Bakunins Rolle als Protagonist der anarchistischen ...

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection.Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are ac...

In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route—and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her desperation, turns to the one person she thinks might help—she writes a letter to Sherlock Holmes.Reggie and Nigel Heath are relatively close in age but worlds apart in personality. The older of the two brothers, Reggie is a successful attorney with charisma to spare, but Nigel has always struggled to step out of his shadow. When Reggie leases space in a...

It had been hundreds of years since humanity and their Witch allies had been forced to retreat to the fortress cities after the disastrous war to eliminate the Magi Clans.Nuclear weapons had burned the skies, and Grand Magic pulled entire continents beneath the seas before the end, but the victory was secured, no Magi was left alive in their slowly recovering world.Or so they thought.Wolfe Noxus was born on the lower levels of a fortress city run by the Morgana Cove...