Tyler Cree has never been good at the whole look and don’t touch thing.From the moment he was old enough to walk on his own two feet, he’s been looking for trouble.Trouble comes in many forms…quite a few of those forms being the female persuasion.Tyler knows what girls want—a bad boy. And he has the bad boy image down pat.Ex-military—check.Hot cop—double check.A bike between his legs and a devil may care attitude—oh, yeah.All the girl...

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Dream Man series...Charlotte “Lottie” McAlister is in the zone. She’s ready to take on the next chapter of her life, and since she doesn’t have a man, she’ll do what she’s done all along. She’ll take care of business on her own. Even if that business means starting a family.The problem is, Lottie has a stalker. The really bad kind. The kind that means she needs a ...

Whether you call them franks, wieners, or red hots, hot dogs are as American as apple pie, but how did these little links become icons of American culture? Man Bites Dog explores the transformation of hot dogs from unassuming street fare to paradigms of regional expression, social mobility, and democracy. World-renowned hot dog scholar Bruce Kraig investigates the history, people, décor, and venues that make up hot dog culture and what it says about our country. These humble sausages cross...

This is not a sob story. It's a story about the difficulties of growing into manhood and my own particular struggle with disabling anxiety that came along with it, and how I managed to find my way. That was more than fifty years ago. American life was more comfortable and comprehensible than it is now as we face the discords of what I call the long emergency. I still had a hard time. I observe that boys today are up against a whole lot more in their quest to become fully functional adult m...

Better Man is a story about love, heartbreak, and the difficult lessons learned while traveling the treacherous road of dating. Striving to become a better man, the author learns about his own values, what he's looking for in a partner, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is run. Getting through break-ups, navigating partners with differing values, and having the realization that just because sparks fly when you meet...

Lucian Freud is widely regarded as the greatest figurative painter of our time. Freud spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford and the daily narrative of their encounters takes the reader straight into the artist's studio, and to the heart of Freud's working methods, both technical and psychological.Full of wry and revealing observations, this is a book not quite like any other: the inside story of how it feels to pose for a remarkable artist, and be t...

Wesen aus dem Wald – oder Wahnvorstellung einer Mörderin?Geheimnisvoll, düster und faszinierend unheimlich: Grusel-Fantasy aus Norwegen für alle Fans von Tim Burton und Guillermo Del ToroDies ist die Geschichte von Cassandra Tipp, erfolgreiche Autorin, exzentrische Tante – und angeklagt, ihren Ehemann und ihren Vater brutal ermordet zu haben:Es ist die Geschichte von Pepper-Man, dem Wesen aus dem Wald, das Cassandra beschützt; eine Geschichte von blutigen Nächten und m...

A COVEN OF WITCHES. A SERIAL KILLER. AN INNOCENT GIRL AND A TERRIFYING PROPHECY. CAN THE MAN IN BLACK STOP THE WITCH KILLER OR IS HE TOO CAUGHT UP IN THE SPELL?“Maggie raced through the forest, leaping mossy logs and boggy spots, flying with the force of the encounter. Witches! There were witches, right here in her forest at Buntzen Lake. Suddenly, the amazement Macbeth had felt became very clear and very real, and these witches hadn’t even melted before her eyes. But they had made...

Dieser moderne Klassiker ist nicht nur ein nostalgischer Rückblick auf die Ära von Stan Lee und John Romita Sr., sondern auch eine gefühlvolle Geschichte über Erinnerungen.Peter Parker denkt an seine erste Begegnung mit Mary Jane zurück, die Tage mit der Clique, an seine große Liebe Gwen Stacy sowie an seine ersten Kämpfe mit Rhino, der Echse, demGeier und anderen.

In the captivating sequel of The Tortured King, ancient magic collides with modern trickery as a Wicca high priest embarks on a thrilling journey to defy the boundaries of time and challenge destiny. In his attempt to prevent the tragic outcome of The Vampire’s Game, goth magician/coven high priest,Estrada, initiates a preemptive strike against Diego and his vampire brood. Archaeologist Sorcha O’Hallorhan slips into her own time warp with a woman she once adored; and Conall Ceol, an Iron A...

Better Man is a story about love, heartbreak, and the difficult lessons learned while traveling the treacherous road of dating. Striving to become a better man, the author learns about his own values, what he's looking for in a partner, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is run. Getting through break-ups, navigating partners with differing values, and having the realization that just because sparks fly when you meet doesn't always me...

When it came to making money, Don Fertel thought that opening a casino on the Las Vegas Strip had to be a sure thing. I mean how many casinos do you know that go out of business? His did, in just over a year, and he didn't even see it coming. The year was 1973, and to say that he was in over his head would be an understatement. How was he to know that owning a gambling establishment would expose him to a who's who of the criminal underworld. This unbelievable true story looks back to a tim...