The Hotel is not what she seems...She is a complicated structure, catering to the needs of each patron. Some of those needs, shall we say, are specialized. Step inside, enjoy the glorious beauty of the Hotel, and perhaps accept an exclusive invitation.Dear Honored Guest,Enclosed you will find an exclusive invitation to the 31 Overlook Hotel Masquerade Ball. Due to the nature of the ultimate outcome of the festivities, the hotel has requested th...

The stunning architecture unveiled at World Expo 2010 Shanghai brings new atmosphere and style to the appearance of Shanghai. This vital book captures and presents more than 60 examples of architecture and design created and built for World Expo 2010 Shanghai in four chapters with content and design examples submitted by the architects involved in creating these landmark buildings. Chapter one covers the five permanent World Expo buildings including the famous Four Pavilions along the Central...

Politics, love, and war swirl around Captain Peter Wake (USN) in Havana when the USS Maine explodes on a quiet evening in February 1898. Working with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt in the tense prewar days, carrying out a perilous espionage mission inside Cuba, and leading a disastrous raid on the Cuban coast, Wake is in the middle of it all.The Popular Fiction silver medalist in the 2017 Florida Book Awards, this is the first of three dynamic books set during t...

Mindscapes and Dreams is a multi-author fiction short story collection.Contributing Authors:ABBUD, TREVOR*: Never Let Go*AMENDT, ZACHARY*: We Don’t Talk About That*ARGIRI, LAURA*: Cottage Industry*BEYER, JOHN*: A Shot of Reality*BROWN, TONY WAYNE*: A Hand that Won’t There*BOYD, AILA*: The Withered Willow*CODY-VOSS, SELBY*: In the Shape of his Hand*FEAZELL, CHRISTA*: Ivan’s World*GARNER, BENJAMIN*: The ...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Point of Honor is the second in the series and winner of the John Esten Cook Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction.The year is 1864. Peter Wake, U.S.N., assisted by his indomitable Irish bosun, Sean Rork, is at the helm of the schooner St. James, a larger ship than his first command in At the Edge of Honor. Wake's remar...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Dishonorable Few is the fourth in the series.It is 1869. The United States is painfully recovering from the Civil War, and Lt. Peter Wake concludes the first shore duty of his career at Pensacola Naval Yard to become the executive officer of the USS Canton. Headed to turbulent Central America to deal with a former American naval o...

Eternal Bliss at Dawn’s Light is a multi-author literary fiction body of work that contains poetry and prose.Contributing Authors:NON-FICTION SHORT STORIESAYERS, MEGAN: Two, Too, To, TuCIMMONE, C.: The Common ManGONZÁLEZ, MIRANDA: A Lesson in GuiltMcDONOUGH, PATRICK: Taal VolcanoRAE, DAVID: Slight GhostsNOVEL EXCERPTSMALLWOOD, CAROL: The SermonART W...

In December of 1892 a little-known event changed world history, and its influence can be seen in headlines today. This 12th novel in the award-winning Honor series is woven around that event.Commander Peter Wake, U.S.N., is finally happy. In command of a newly commissioned light cruiser in the Caribbean, he is back at sea where all real sailors belong. All his years of espionage in the more sordid corners of the world are over. Ashore, he has the sincere love of a beautiful, fascin...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. At the Edge of Honor is the first in the series and winner of the Patrick D. Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel of Florida.The year is 1863. The Civil War is leaving its bloody trail across the nation as Peter Wake, born and bred in the snowy North, joins the U.S. Navy as a volunteer officer and arrives in steamy Flori...

It's 1879, and Lt. Cmdr. Peter Wake, U.S.N., is on special assignment as the official American neutral naval observer to the War of the Pacific raging along the west coast of South America. Chile, having invaded Bolivia, has gone on to overrun Peru and controls the entire southeastern Pacific region. Washington, concerned over European involvement in the war and the French effort to build a canal through Panama, has sent Wake to observe local events. During Wake's dangerous mission—as nava...

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. At the Edge of Honor is the first in the series and winner of the Patrick D. Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel of Florida.The year is 1863. The Civil War is leaving its bloody trail across the nation as Peter Wake, born and bred in the snowy North, joins the U.S. Navy as a volunteer officer and arrives in steamy Flori...

January 1889. German and American naval forces are engaged in an escalating confrontation in Samoa in the South Pacific. Warships are at battle stations. Naval reinforcements from both nations are on the way. The press in Berlin, Hamburg, Washington, and San Francisco is calling for national honor to be defended. At any minute, open warfare may erupt. All it will take is one spark.President Grover Cleveland orders Commander Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, to clandestinely...