A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, comprehensive account of Japan's history. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990s. Recent findi...

With more than half a million copies sold, Robert Mason's Chickenhawk is one of the best-selling books ever written about the Vietnam War. Critically acclaimed for its unflinching detail, the book is hailed by The New York Times as "a hypnotic narrative" and by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as "very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam." Fascinated with flying from a young age, Mason earned his private pilot's license even before graduating high school. He enlisted in the Army in 1964 ...

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • IACP AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fun, flavorful cookbook with more than 95 recipes and Power-Ups featuring chef Mason Hereford’s irreverent take on Southern food, from his awarding-winning New Orleans restaurant Turkey and the Wolf“Mason and his team are everything the culinary world needs right now. This book is a testimony of living life to the most and being your true self!”—Matty Matheson

CONANI’ve spent my life solving problems with my fists, and in the shadows behind the Decadence gates… I hunt. I'm a brutal monster until I crash my car and sharp-tongued nurse Hallie Morris shows up. She stitches me up and calls me good boy like she means it. Now she's the only thing I want to chase. She makes me feel like a man instead of a weapon. After falling for her, I was meant to run my last Chase. It shattered her trust, and left me more ...

Within these pages you will find some of the most hair raising stories ever. They come from nine of the most talented wicked minds you could ever imagine.Presented by The Creative Evil Female Mind and Other Evil Geniuses.Featured AuthorD. K. Mason who has thrilled readers with her books for a while now. No one is safe with her.along withAmber C Carlyle brings a new meaning to dark creepy places.Cathy Pace Matthews, all I can say there is she is wa...

When disaster strikes, one decision could mean the difference between life and death: Do you stay or do you go?Some preppers only think about their bug-out bags and evacuation routes, some preppers only think about fortifying their home—but few understand how to make the critical choice between the two when it matters most.In Bug In vs Bug Out, JM Mason cuts through the confusion with a systematic approach to making this life-saving decisio...

RaffaeleShe has no idea who I am. But when her fingers grazed my scar, she didn't flinch at the beast beneath.She's the girl I was born to destroy—the only one who ever looked at me like I was worth saving. The woman who died for me… ten years later.Our surnames split this city for a century. Romeo and Juliet? Only we're not dying for love—we're killing for it. And our story didn't end in death. It started there.I should've stayed away. Inst...

GiulaThey warned me no one survives the love of a scarred prince. I touched him anyway. And now I'm dead—just like they said I'd be.For years, I believed I was alone.Then I saw him again—a boy I once knew and never forgot.He's all muscle and perfection now—body of a god, a face that could stop traffic. But the scar and those blue eyes? I'd know them in the dark.He still believed he was a monster. But I saw the pain in his eyes. And i...

"Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference." –FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 1845The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter. They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed and unsettled their listeners. Like the Old Testament prophets, and more recent prophetic voices like Frederick Douglass, Dr. Eric Mason calls the evangelical church to a much-needed reckon...

Can you survive with beans and rice?Yes you can if you know how to use your stock of beans and rice to their full potential. Beans and rice are packed full of energy, nutrition, vitamins and minerals. And they can be used in multiple ways beyond just plain “beans and rice.”Can you imagine eating plain beans and rice every day? You would hit food fatigue very quickly. That would not be good for any prepper in a survival situation. But if you knew how to chan...

When fate brings two lost souls together, can they find the courage to explore their dreams?Mr. Smith, a man of great pride and passion, is alone in a busy world. He has lost his direction in the pursuit of societys expectations. Power, control, manipulation, and guilt are the ingredients of his life and, ultimately, his fall from grace. Like many, he battles low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and deep loneliness in secret. Success has enabled him to bu...

The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes is a trilogy that profiles Private Parson Sykes' evolution from enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia, followed by his enlistment into the Union Army, and culminating with his emancipation and return to the county. The first novel in the trilogy, subtitled Enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia, takes place in 1864 near the end of the American Civil War on the slave-holding Jacob Williams' middle class family farm in Southampton County Virgini...