In a remote rural community on the island of Oahu, Lydia, a mysterious South American woman, walks into the home of artist Eve and her husband Joe. With Lydia’s arrival, the tumultuous sexual adventures begin, along with increasingly haunting misadventures. The mesmerizing Lydia enchants them with her freewheeling sexual confidence, and leads them both into a realm of ecstasy. Eve revels in the feeling of liberation as she explores increasingly wild fantasies, and yet, she begins to sense ...

Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century and to identify future challenges and opportunities. Considering government, NGO leaders, domestic philanthropists, and foreign foundations, the volume examines the historical roots and distinct stages of philanthropy and charity in China, the health challenges philanthropy must address, and the...

He's my best friend's older brother and the bane of my existence. He's also my fake boyfriend for the next week...I know that I should just tell my ex to F-off when he announces to our entire hometown that he intends to get me back.But then I'm given the option to make him miserable instead…Yeah, I definitely go with door number two.Even though it means fake dating my arch-nemesis.Jefferson Riley is my best friend's older brother and...

Keeping their hands off each other was never part of the plan… but neither was falling this hard.Rescuing Mia Hansen from the middle of a field during a storm is my job. I'm a conservation officer, not a hero. And definitely not a guy who goes looking for trouble. At least not anymore. I have a past, but I'm a rule-follower now. And I especially don't need the kind of trouble that comes with a sweet smile, killer curves, and a library card.But Mia is defini...

Myth and legend shroud her in mystery. Now hear her story. From paradise to exile, from immortality to the death of Adam, experience the dawn of mankind through the eyes of Eve, the woman first known... as Havah.Praise for Havah: The Story of Eve"A passionate and riveting story of the Bible's first woman."—Publishers Weekly starred review"Havah is nothing less than a masterpiece."—Nic...

Quando l’agente Eve Ronin arresta una star del cinema per comportamento violento, è determinata solo a svolgere il suo dovere, anche se è fuori servizio.Complice un video girato a sua insaputa e diventato virale, Eve si ritrova all’improvviso a essere una popolarissima eroina. Un regalo inaspettato per il Dipartimento dello Sceriffo che sta affrontando uno scandalo.Eve viene quindi promossa a detective, la più giovane donna della Omicidi nella storia del dipartimento.C...

In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of “reproductive futurism.” Edelman argues that the child, understood as innocence in need of protection, represents the possibility of the future against which the queer is positioned as the embodiment of a relentlessly narcissistic, antisocial, and future-negating drive. He b...

Meet Eve Aizawa. Soldier. Seductress. Super spy. Assassin. Gun for hire. And digital inmate.When rumors reaches Central Command that an infamous terrorist named Adrian Black has murdered and impersonated a tycoon named Jean-Val Cédolin, Eve is sent to confirm this information. Centcom fears that if a man as dangerous as Black has control over Cedolin’s unlimited funds, Black will start a revolution against the Imperial government.To Eve, this mission looks like a cakewalk. ...

Adam and Eve have lived three centuries on the world they cursed. Their descendants number over one-thousand, plus the dust and bones of others who walk only in memories. Mankind live behind walls and palisades, or protected by cliffs or water. The lands around Eden are no longer barren. Brave men and women hunt forests and grasslands in Cush and Nod. Predators hunt the hunters. Seth trains the Nephilim to kill beasts as large as tyranos. Adam and Eve fight other enemies alone. Only eyes t...

Global Reach of the Eve Gene: Mitochondrial Eve is a fictional book about the discovery of the Eve genome in the mitochondria of woman from generation to generation. This book highlights the knowledge and connections the Eve Gene supplies.

Yonnie's Reading Café Christmas Extravaganza is the neighborhood's annual holiday hit, and Kenyon "Yonnie" Hall is always the "hostess with the mostest". This year, though, something important is missing; Yonnie's newly-wedded husband, Shaun, who is deployed half a world away.Despite struggling to find his Christmas spirit and keeping the Bah Humbug from showing on his face, Yonnie soldiers on to ensure that the annual festivities go off without a hitch. But he hasn't abandoned hop...

Adam and Eve have walked a cursed world for five centuries. The cities of their descendants are scattered across Havilah, Nod, and Cush. Mankind invent tools. They write and make laws. Dark angels harass and tempt the sons and daughters of the First Parents while predators feast on their flesh. The Man and Woman who walked with God in Eden Paradise journey to cities in Havilah and Nod. Cain divides Nod with prejudice and violence. Adam and Eve urge peace while men and women invent war and ...