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One feels he’s not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn’t know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown.CyrusI was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn’t be? He’s a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest y...

In The History of Rome: Rise and Fall of the Empire, John Bagnell Bury surveys Rome from republican ascent to late antique transformation. Drawing on Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus, inscriptions, papyri, and coinage, he reconstructs institutions, economy, army, and civic culture. The prose is lucid and analytic, wary of moralized "decline," and attentive to structures and causality. Situated within a Rankean, source-critical tradition yet alive to religious and intellectual change, the book marri...

In this captivating novel, an erupting Icelandic volcano grounds all flights in and out of Europe, forcing four vacationing Americans to reckon with the problems they'd hoped to leave behind in Barcelona.Whitney and Will are a perfect couple by all appearances, their relationship rock-solid, and their engagement soon to be announced. Before their impending nuptials, however, Whitney suggests a lighthearted experiment: why not give each other three romantic "free pa...

A nation on the verge of a new era-and a girl caught between her past and the ever-expanding present.Now a Los Angeles Times Bestseller!The year is 1972, and the beaches of Los Angeles are the center of the world. Dropping into the embers of the drug and surf scene is Suzy Whitman, who has tossed her newly minted Vassar degree aside to follow her older sister into open skies and the borderless adventures of stewardessing for Grand Pacific Airlines.In Sela d...

Ten years after the death of Paragon: The World's Greatest Superhero, heroism has withered in the city.A hidden threat keeps superhumans in hiding until a teenage boy dons the red, white, and blue of Paragon once more and sets off a chain reaction that exposes the truth behind the hero's death and what preys on new superhumans in the shadows.Join Dasani Watson as he brings hope back to the city. Meet James, afraid of his own dark power, and Amy, a girl with devastating powe...

Foundations of Aviation Law is an easy-reading general primer into the often complex world of aviation law, written for aviation students as well as legal professionals who are looking for broad-based, introductory coverage of the subject. The text begins with basic legal concepts that build a foundation for in-depth exploration of aviation-specific subject matter. This allows the instructor to utilize one text in situations where a basic foundation in law is required before moving into av...

The Tales of Halziyon in its entirety was written because I believe in the power of Faith, Friendship, and Honor. In Tales of Halziyon, Yoder Hals grows from bumbling, insecure, spoiled brat to the leader of his band of uncanny friends trying to change and save his world from danger. How he makes those friends and proves his worth comes from the inherent goodness inside him, his untapped empathy and strength of character. I chose to write these fantastical stories because I feel that moral...

Gabriel is a killer for the mega-corporation that raised him, trained in the ancient arts of Bushido.Hana was kidnapped, forced into a world of depravity and darkness.When the two meet by chance on the grimy, rain-soaked streets of a frightening future Harajuku sector, it changes both their lives forever. For honor, Gabriel must now face the group of trained killers and soldiers that he swore loyalty to and bloody his white hare katana to protect the young girl and her stra...

John Bagnell Bury's The Rise and Decline of the Roman Empire presents a sweeping, source-driven narrative from republican ascent to the transformations of Late Antiquity. With lucid prose and philological rigor, Bury balances political chronicle with analyses of fiscal policy, military reform, law, and religious change, comparing East and West. In dialogue with Gibbon and Mommsen, he downplays melodrama, stressing continuities, regional variations, and the contingent play of borders, demog...

"Writing is a passion and I write about the hundreds of wild worlds that reside in my head. Each novel I create is a doorway into the strange and fantastical lands of my subconscious. Come, stay awhile and listen to my tales."A former kindergarten teacher and avid lover of written works, Daniel lives in Pennsylvania with his daughter and writes tales of fantasy and science fiction. His favorite authors are Roger Zelazny and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Daniel is a lifelong nerd o...

Yoder Hals is not a particularly impressive boy. He's fat, lazy, and painfully awkward. But when a Wizard comes knocking on his door and convinces him to play the role of Hero, how can he say no? With the help of an unlikely group of oddities Yoder must travel to the desolate land of Kurn where a powerful despot rules over his wicked people. Will Yoder live to fulfill the prophecy the Wizard spoke of, or was it all one big mistake? Join Yoder Hals as he follows an enigmatic and eccentric W...

The History of Ancient Greece follows the arc from the Bronze Age to Alexander, charting the rise of the polis, overseas colonization, the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, and Macedonian hegemony, with incisive chapters on law, religion, drama, and philosophy. Bury's measured, unfussy prose marries narrative to analysis, grounding claims in inscriptions, coins, and the testimony of Herodotus and Thucydides. In dialogue with Grote yet distinct in its constitutional focus and strict chronolog...