This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of the key established and rising state actors are considered, as well as those of nonaligned countries, nongovernmental organizations, and international governing bodies.Recent studies on m...

Part space odyssey, part metaphysical thriller, NEWROPA is a luminous exploration of memory, identity, and the patterns that bind us all.

Two weeks. No strings.With Adam Callaway I thought I'd found the perfect fling. He was great in bed and only in town for a few hot nights.There was no way I could have known Adam wouldn't be satisfied with just sex. My craving for his body made me careless. I broke my rules. I let him in. I never thought two weeks could change everything. All I wanted was an escape, what I got was so much more.Something I couldn't live without once I had it.

A feel-good queer romantic comedy that New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CHRISTINA LAUREN calls "hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning."Luc needs a fake boyfriend. Oliver needs a date. It's the perfect plan… until real feelings get involved.Luc O'Donnell is a certified disaster. Tabloid drama, a wayward rock-star dad, and a trail of messy relationships have left his public image in ruins. The fix? A staged r...

A small island in Florida, three brothers, and one summer they never forgot...I take people’s dreams and turn them into reality. As the most famous home renovator on television, I take broken piles of bricks and beams and turn them into forever homes.That’s why it sucks so hard to see my dream and know that I can’t make it mine.But now London Anderson, the girl I fell in love with and who has haunted me since high school, has just inherited...

As seen on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch!No Life Too Small is the joyful and inspiring story of the world's first animal hospice, celebrating the power and beauty of nature, the strength of the human and animal spirit, and the importance of love, friendship and community. It will leave you with a tear in your eye, a smile on your face and a renewed belief in human kindness.A few years ago Alexis Fleming was bedridden wi...

The problem with small towns? Your first love never stays your last heartbreak.They say time heals all wounds, but whoever said that never met Memphis Styles—the man who turned my teenage dreams into an adult nightmare.Ten years ago, he shattered my heart into pieces so small, I'm still finding shards of it stuck in my chest.I thought I was safe. I thought I was over him. I even convinced myself I'd moved on.Then he rolled bac...

A hot-headed thrash Metal bassist struggles with his abusive family history that jeopardizes his future with his House Songstress fianace. World-renowned, Ramiro Espinoza, bassist/vocalist of the Heavy Metal band "IRATE: seemed to have it all. But, backstage his life was far from perfect. He grew up in home, where his father constantly threw the Bible in his face. Also, he, his mother and sister endured physical and emotional abuse at the hands of this mad man. Music was an outlet for Rami...

As a firefighter, I've dedicated my life to saving others but I couldn't' save my family.After losing my wife and unborn daughter, I was done with it all: love, happily ever after, a family.Then I met her—Stephanie Hartman. 5'10" of pure perfection.For over a year I've sat back and watched her tend bar at my local watering hole.I've witnessed the way she cares for others.The way she listens to their sob stories....

How to NOT fall in love with your best friend in 3 easy steps.1. NEVER sleep with him.2. DON'T wake up married to him in Vegas.3. DEFINITELY don't get pregnant with his baby.It's not Trent's fault I couldn't keep my hands to myself every time he looked at me.I was the funny best friend who harbored the secret crush, and he was the hottie on campus all the ladies wanted...and had.Poetic isn't it?T...

Alexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbreaking big-idea book, a deeply researched work of social and political history, and a vivid rendering of the defining themes of the twenty-first century.Oakland’s stories encompass everything from Silicon Valley’s prominence and ...

I swore to myself that I’d never cross that line with her.But when Savannah Monroe, my chief operations officer, shows up on my doorstep with a proposition that starts with her in my lap and a promise of *just this once…*breaking the rules suddenly seems so enticing.At fifteen years my junior and the smartest woman I’ve ever met, she’s by far the greatest asset at Baxley Tech.From the moment I hired her, we had a connection—as friends, as a mentor.