Tracing the roots of earth science before the Civil War.Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South by James Corgan offers a rich and revealing examination of the origins and development of geological inquiry in the American South during the decades (1796-1850s) leading up to the Civil War. At a time when scientific disciplines in the United States were still taking shape, Southern scholars, educators, and naturalists played a critical—if often ov...

Osteoarthritis: The Facts helps patients and their carers better understand the condition, empowering patients with the knowledge and skills to actively take charge of their own health by knowing as much as they can about osteoarthritis, and finding out how this can be best managed. Part 1 details what osteoarthritis is, what causes it, who it affects, what the main symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, and what the long-term outcome is. Part 2 explains the potential aspects of manag...

"If you're so concerned about my humanity, Elena, then reach into my soul and find it, because I'm not sure I have any left."According to the FBI, I was considered a serial murderer after three kills.What do they call me after fifty-two?They call me the Silencer.One final bullet would have been all it took to stop me from taking another soul, and I would have been doing Meridian City a service by pulling that trigger.An angel crying for help...

HEALING WITH CASTOR OIL – NATURAL HEALTH SUPPORTCastor oil is one of the simplest and most effective natural tools for supporting the body's natural regeneration. Used for thousands of years, it is now rediscovered as a gentle, at-home practice that helps release tension, support digestion, improve lymphatic flow, and promote deep relaxation.This practical guide shows you exactly how to use castor oil packs safely and effectively — without ...

A moment is all it takes to change your life forever.Reid Carter—Road Captain for The Kings of Retribution MC. He was born into the life. A world where you live and play by your own rules.Tragedy strikes, taking the life of his younger brother Noah leaving him to pick up the broken pieces. Four years later he still wanders through his existence bitter and jaded by the hand he was dealt.Until Mila and her daughter walk into his life making him feel whole again.

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner and Britten to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the fi...

THEY BOUGHT ME AT AUCTION - CLAIMED ME AS THEIRS. Two purple, horned males with massive chests and arms as thick as my waist. They’re taking me to Zandia to bear their young. The only trouble is, I’m already pregnant… and if my former master finds me, he’ll tear me to pieces once his young is born. My new masters are firm but kind. They give far more pleasure than pain. Their planet is beautiful. But when they find out my secret, I have no doubt they’ll cast me out, and my life will be for...

One look. One touch. One sound of her beautiful voice and I’m hooked. Like a dream I never want to wake up from, she pulls me in and wraps me around her.Consumed. Driven with need.Fueled by an unrelenting desire to make her mine.One night, I take more than she has ever given before, which only leaves me wanting more.Needing more. Craving more.She’s the one I’ve waited for my whole life.

Seventeen years after the events in Under Your Scars, Caroline makes her yearly visit to Meridian City and is taken on a heartbreaking and bittersweet journey that gives her something she's been searching for her entire life: closure.This is a sequel novella to Under Your Scars: A Dark Romance Novel, and the series must be read in order.

The Zandians have taken back their planet. Now they need brides. All human females have been assigned to mates. Yes, mates, multiple. I've been given to three handsome males - cousins. Huge, purple and horned, they act like they want to eat me for breakfast. After what I've been through with previous slave masters, I don't know how I'll survive this. But I have to. It's adapt or be sent off-planet, which would mean my death, considering I'm wanted for murder. My mates cannot find out I'm n...

A crime thriller with a science fiction edge to it, in which Lawyer Patrick Brádaigh had it all—the perfect life, wealth, beautiful wife, and children—until he got involved with the mafia. By the time he realizes his mistake, it’s too late. There is no going back, and he’s been warned: if he makes a misstep, he’ll be paying in blood. With the hopes of keeping his family safe, he starts compiling secret records of all the mafia’s dirty dealings in his safe at home.Patrick’s wife ref...