Riley Dawson is a psychotherapist with a lycanthropic affliction. She's a werecoyote, to be precise.A foundling adopted by wealthy parents, Riley led a privileged life until she fell in love with Fiona Bell, an evangelical preacher’s daughter. Raging hormones, the full moon, and the pull of Fiona Bell on her teenage heartstrings triggered her first transformation. Unfortunately, her parents witnessed the change and sent her off to college with a trust fund and an agreement...

This book examines the evolution of classical parody, from its origins in ancient Greece and Rome to its resurgence in modern times. The book explores two key periods: the first from the sixth century BCE to the second century CE, and the second beginning in the 17th century, continuing today. In antiquity, writers like Aristophanes and Lucian parodied their own culture, relying on audiences' deep knowledge of Greek and Roman texts. This “insider” parody faded with the ris...

Samantha Weller, a forensic scientist turned paranormal novelist, owes her life and writing career to a crow that saved her from certain death. When she buys an old bookend that looks like her avian muse, her world begins to resemble the plots of her novels.Determined to find the mate to her bookend, Samantha and her antiquarian sidekick, Liz, go on a search leading them to the beautiful and wealthy Gwen Laraway. Samantha is instantly smitten, but the age difference has Gwen second...

Snow falls hard outside the bar of a Boston hotel. Kay Westscott, a New York novelist and English teacher, is in town attending a writers’ workshop. Math professor Ann Ward is trying and failing to muster enthusiasm for a round of lesbian speed dating. When Kay spots Ann at the bar, she’s instantly attracted, and while it seems a romance writer might easily engage a single professor looking for love, Kay’s humorous flirtations do more to irritate than impress. Ann finds Kay’s pickup lines ...

Unlock the truth about sunlight with a groundbreaking exposé on how our sun-shunning culture is fueling a hidden public health crisis.For decades, Americans have been told to fear the sun, slather on sunscreen, and hide indoors to avoid skin cancer. Dr. Supple traces this sweeping shift from our sun-worshipping past to the present “sun-scare” society, revealing how dermatology campaigns and cosmetic industry messaging have overwhelmed the evidence for sunlight’s vi...

The Quintessential Exploration of the Role of Violence in Protecting Civil Rights This enhanced edition includes an index. "I do not advocate violence for its own sake, or for the sake of reprisals against whites. Nor am I against the passive resistance advocated by the Reverend Martin Luther King," Robert F. Williams wrote in his prologue to Negroes with Guns. "But where there is a breakdown of the law, the individual citizen has a right to protect his person, his family, his home and his...

Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks, plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams' vivid descriptions place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the thoughts running throu...

This meticulously edited Gaboriau-Mystery collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Monsieur Lecoq Series: The Widow Lerouge The Mystery of Orcival File No. 113 Monsieur Lecoq The Honor of the Name Caught in the Net The Champdoce Mystery Other Mysteries: The Count's Millions Pascal and Marguerite Baron Trigault's Vengeance The Clique of Gold Other People's Money Within an Inch of His Life

Vicious Impulses explores the life of a young man starting in the early 1950s, who even as a young boy, displayed criminal tendencies by committing a variety of crimes, for which he escaped prosecution. Then, as a teenager, he strangled his sixteen-year-old sister and discarded her naked body in a wooded area. He served only a portion of his sentence for his sister's murder before being paroled. He maintained a convincing façade of leading an exemplary life, but for how long could he fool ...

Embark on a journey of creativity and comfort with "Granny Square Bliss: Create Stunning Squares in Minutes." This book is not just a guide; it's a gateway to crafting beautiful, timeless pieces that bring warmth to the heart and home. Perfect for the less privileged, it offers an affordable, therapeutic, and fulfilling hobby that turns simple yarn into treasured heirlooms.Why this book?Economical: Utilize scraps and budget...

Pretty Black's Hole, a moral fable about the impact of family history on character development, begins in the Year of the Tadpoles, when Deakie Boy, descended from a long history of deformed family character—loose character folks in his words—has just turned thirteen. He declares himself different from the workers with whom he shares a migrant labor camp in Arizona, known affectionately as the Head. This difference gains him the favor of the Six Graces and their playmate, the Petty God of ...

A novel based on the Senghennydd disaster of October 1913, the worst tragedy in the story of Welsh coalmining when 439 workers, both men and boys, perished.