It was a time of shadows, whispers, and a war fought below the surface. Echoes of the Cold War uncovers the secret history of the Echo-class submarines; the silent giants of the Soviet Navy that were designed to be the ultimate answer to Western naval power.From the authorization of the high-stakes Project 675 in 1956 to the development of the deadly P6 cruise missile, this book explores the engineering brilliance and the harrowing failures of the vessels that carr...

A kingdom forged in blood. A throne built on shadows. A prince who never wanted to lead.For years, Caelan has hidden from the truth of his heritage, living as a stable boy in the remote fortress of Drel’s Watch. He believed his past was buried in the ashes of his family’s legacy, but the world has finally found him.When four mysterious Lantern Monks arrive at the gates, the quiet life Caelan built is shattered by a sudden, violent siege. Among the chaos, a ...

A world frozen by a failed god. A kingdom dying of thirst. A spark that could burn it all down.In the kingdom of Alare, the sun offers light but no warmth. Since the Great Eclipse shattered the sacred Covenant, a spiritual frost has gripped the south, turning lush forests into silver ash and the Great Spring into sluggish mud.Abike, known as the Porcelain Princess, lives behind palace walls, draped in coral and gold to hide the rot of a fai...

"You are already bound to me, whether you accept it or not. This bond—it isn't just a contract. It's fate."Elara thought her family's debts were just a burden of the past. She was wrong. When she is forced to sign a mysterious contract with the cold and commanding Cassus, she finds herself trapped in a world of ancient symbols, dark secrets, and a magnetic pull she cannot resist.Cassus is a man of shadows who sees Elara as his ultimate mission. To him, she ...

The sacrifice has been made. The hunt has begun.After Cassus’s devastating choice to sacrifice himself for her safety, Elara is left alone, consumed by rage and the weight of a bond that was supposed to save him. But she is no longer the pawn. She is a warrior hellbent on reclaiming the man who claimed her soul.As the enemies Varkos and Lilith close in, Elara must forge dangerous new alliances and embrace a power she has long denied. She is the key to ending an ancient curs...

A stunning biography of the magisterial author behind The Portrait of a Lady and The AmbassadorsHenry James is an absorbing portrait of one of the most complex and influential nineteenth-century American writers. Fred Kaplan examines James's brilliant and troubled family—from his brother, a famous psychologist, to his sister, who fought with mental illness—and charts its influence on the development of the artist and his work. The biograp...

Fred D. James was born into a reasonably wealthy Australian family but in his words 'was soon segregated from the wealth'. His life then took a series of astounding turns as he graduated from a normal childhood to a precarious association with hardcore biker gangs, street thugs, drug cartels, Chinese triads, guns, narcotics and God.Blending into normal society under the shroud of being a professional chef, his real life was hidden in the many 'societies within society' that few of ...

Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the effects of global inequality, racism, white su...

Actions speak louder than words can!This tale of Fabulous Fred helps us understand the importance of living our lives according to God's instructions. See how Fred responds to the unkind barnyard conversations when he is the target. His actions speak volumes.

The 'SPY THRILLERS - Boxed Set' unveils a captivating tapestry of espionage tales spanning different eras and literary styles. This anthology invites readers into a world of intrigue, deception, and adventure, encapsulating the essence of the spy genre through the ages. From thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuits to heart-stopping international conspiracies, the collection offers a riveting exploration of human ingenuity and ambiguous morality. The anthology's diverse narrative forms, from tight...

British football has always had a reputation for producing hard, no-nonsense, inspirational defenders in the mould of John Terry, Terry Butcher and Tony Adams, but how would the so-called 'hard men' of the modern game have fared in the trenches during World War One or on a salary of just £4 a week?Fred Keenor, captain and talisman of Cardiff City and Wales during the 1920s, was the original football hard man. He had an unparalleled reputation for delivering violent, juggernaut challenges ...

An anthology of the most important historical sources, classical and modern, on the subjects of presumptions and burdens of proofIn the last fifty years, the study of argumentation has become one of the most exciting intellectual crossroads in the modern academy. Two of the most central concepts of argumentation theory are presumptions and burdens of proof. Their functions have been explicitly recognized in legal theory since the middle ages, but their per...