What if a curious question could lead you all the way to God? Tosh is a fluffy young rabbit with a head full of questions. Why does the sky sometimes cloud over and sometimes stay clear? Where did the meadow, the creek, and the forest come from? No one in his family seems to know — not his mother, not his father, not even the wisest rabbit in the meadow. So Tosh sets off with his best friend, a timid crow named Corky, and their spunky, straight-talking friend Dilly the field mouse, to find...

The Family comes first.I've been part of the Leone family since Don Massimo took me in when I was a boy.Now I sit beside his son, il capo, Don Sebastiano. Being a mobster is all I know and want. Even when betrayal comes knocking at my door.A teasing smile, the most striking cloud-gray eyes, an androgynous body wrapped in lingerie, and a belly chain around his narrow hips. Can a man be pretty? I must be drunker than I thought to wonder such ...

How technology and policy can come together to remove carbon from our atmosphere.Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is recognized as essential for meeting “net-zero” climate targets. The first definitive resource on CDR, this book is an accessible guide meant to provide a fundamental understanding of the science behind CDR and how government, industry, and academia can work together to combat climate change. Taking a deep dive into the history and intricacies of CDR, How...

Six years ago, Elira's husband gambled the most important thing to them in the Quadrant Trials. He thought he was outsmarting them, until he died screaming, and the empire took the payment anyway. Now Elira has entered the Trials herself, determined to burn the world down to get it back. But the man who kept her alive, her protector, the one she was falling for despite every vow she made, had been lying the whole time.He wanted her to lose. To be broken. To owe him everything....

Class D has decided to run a ramen stand at the Academy’s annual cultural festival! But when a demon’s plot to make a full comeback continues to unfold and a poisoned concubine plots to bring harm to our intrepid heroine, the cultural festival she’s been looking forward to is soon plunged into utter chaos!Laviange unleashes her hidden power and shows her true fury! How will Laviange fare when miscommunication raises its ugly head? And what will happen when the world finds out she’s...

Ezra Hamilton hasn't felt the warm spurt of blood flow through his fingers or the indescribable feeling of pushing a knife deep into someone's flesh in a long time. Too long.He's been watching a man stalk women, curious as to what he's doing with them. Ezra's never encountered someone with similar dark tendencies before, and what starts off as genuine curiosity turns into much more when Kaspian turns the tables on him.As their chemistry builds, so does the ...

Slavery was a continuous presence in the Pre-Modern Era, roughly 500 ce to 1450 ce, when changes in geopolitical forces, demography, and cultural background contributed to the nature of enslavement. Coercion as a way of life differed across sociocultural and economic realities, ranging from chattel slaves and war captives, to sexual and domestic slaves. This volume destabilizes the deep-seated idea that during the so-called “Middle Ages,” social and cultural relationships ...

He’s a notorious mafia enforcer and the beast lurking in the shadows.Bryan Quinn. Dublin Beast. Soulless criminal. Despised bastard. I protect my family, fight our battles, and uphold the Quinn legacy in Dublin’s brutal underworld. We have a code—the Quinn Laws—and while women are normally off-limits, Siobhan Daley betrayed us, acted on behalf of our enemy, and poisoned our father.She will pay for taking the life of someone I love—not that it’s the...

Self-Care Guide for the Solo Ager is a timely and deeply compassionate resource for one of the fastest-growing yet often overlooked groups in our community. With warmth, honesty, and genuine empathy, J. C. Dhukwe Mac (June) offers readers reassurance, understanding, and hope.Drawing on both lived experience and decades of supporting others through her work in counselling and community services, June gently guides readers through the emotional and practical realities of age...

Nina is excited to see her high school best friend Tahlia, but things have changed in the last two years. She is not the innocent ballerina Nina remembers. Tahlia now likes a new type of dance, one she can't wait to show Nina and her boyfriend Marcus.The characters in this short story are over 18 years of age.

At the height of the Cold War, when the world held its breath and every diplomatic maneuver carried the weight of potential catastrophe, one question haunted the corridors of Western power: what did the Soviet Union truly want, and how far would it go to get it? J. M. Mackintosh, writing with the precision of a seasoned analyst and the authority of someone who had watched the machinery of Soviet foreign policy grind forward across continents and decades, delivers a breathtaking examination...

My name is Liner Hellvilleshine, and I am the sworn knight of Sieg. After returning from a year in the Dungeon, I resumed my duties as a knight of Whoseyards, diligently carrying out a secret mission entrusted to me by Lastiara. The objective: Recover the blood of Saint Tiara that was flowing within the Jewelculi. With that mission nearing completion, all that remained was to await the resurrection ritual. But then, a person claiming to be Saint Tiara herself appeared before me, telling me...