Until the riddle is answered, the curse will grow.It's been twenty years since a curse drove the kingdom of Strale into drought, leaving only a witch's riddle to offer clues how to break it. Countless people have tried and failed, their bones littering the kingdom's deserts.When one last, desperate plea goes out, the call is answered by the Knights of Sonus, an all-female band of mercenaries whose ancient order serves a water spirit. There is no one better ...

Assesses developments in genetic resources, genomic information and their application in marker-assisted breeding of cassava;Reviews advances in breeding new varieties with enhanced properties such as higher yield, enhanced nutritional value and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses;Discusses advances in understanding cassava pests and diseases and integrated pest management techniques

There's nothing Morghram hates more than storms, but when he sees a woman trapped in the sea with a wild storm fast approaching, fear of foul weather must be pushed aside.But saving Eona's life means getting tangled in her business. Shipwrecked in pursuit of the thief who ruined her life, her escort is lost, leaving her to pursue justice alone.Adventure isn't high on the list of things Morghram is looking for, but Eona's promise of rich rewards could change his life, restor...

Comprehensive review of pests and diseases affecting oil palm and methods for their managementReviews controversies about palm oil and healthDetailed coverage of key issues relating to the environmental impact of oil palm cultivation

The methods of interventional neuroradiology represent a distinct and difficult branch with in the new field of interventional radiology. The editor of this volume, Anton Valavanis, is a pioneer in this area, and one of the outstanding neuroradiologists in the world. Furthermore, he has brought together the foremost scientists and clinical neuroradiologists in the field to present the individual chapters. The book gives an overview ofthe state of the art in interventional neuroradiology. E...

Literary icon and great American novelist Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic.Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her ...

This book contains strategies that which diet is suitable for you, Keto Diet, or the Blue Zone Diet. The book starts with an introduction to the Ketogenic Diet and Blue Zone Diet. It then proceeds with discussing the different effects of both diets on the human body and system. It also includes a brief description of both diets and their advantages at the end of the book. I hope you enjoy it!

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The nasty thing with back pain is that it’s an icky kind of pain which either creeps up when we’re not expecting it and suddenly we have chronic back pain whereby we can hardly move at all or it explodes out of nowhere, we get an acute bout of back pain and we can hardly lie down, sit down or even stand up!Back pain is usually not a very serious health condition and most doctors treat it in a lethargic kind of w...

When she is offered the lead role in a bold, controversial new play by Axel Masters, the hottest off-Broadway director in the country, twenty-seven-year-old actress Cleo Martinelli is delighted. As rehearsals get underway, however, she finds herself having trouble getting into the mindset of her character, a woman whose firm-handed husband spanks her when she is disobedient. After Cleo’s difficulty playing her part convincingly leads to a public confrontation with Axel, she...

When trendy young artist Casey Reilly sneaks into Chicago’s most exclusive BDSM club under a fake name, she soon finds herself lying naked over the lap of handsome billionaire Jax Hunter as he gives her the first spanking of her life. Hunter’s dominance excites Casey more than anything ever has before, but after discovering her deception he has difficulty forgiving her, even after she accepts a thorough, humiliating punishment.   Hunter’s cold response to the truth abo...

Submerged in a toxic relationship and disconnected from everyone, she turns to the sea to decide her fate. Its decision? Toss her to the sea witch.Seventeen-year-old Malaya is cursed. In her family, every girl’s first love ends in death after falling for someone evil. Good thing Malaya’s dream guy isn’t monstrous.Except the curse is real and preventing Malaya from noticing how much he has gaslit and isolated her until she can’t be saved. With no other optio...

Internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies, a modern-day classic about three sisters' rebellion against a Dominican dictator, told by the sister who survives to tell their story"Beautiful, heartbreaking and alive . . . A lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujil...