The Desteen Nation will stop at nothing to reclaim their land.For eight generations, the Desteen have vowed revenge against the Sinanju.For eight generations, their hatred has simmered.For eight generations, they have trained…and now, the time has finally come to fight!With Sunny Joe stuck in federal court, will Stone, Freya, and their new friend Ruby Gonzalez be quick enough to stop an armored regiment from destroying the reservation? Or will War Feather fu...

LIVE. LOVE. KILL.Forget nukes! North Korea is about to get rocked as Chiun, Master of Sinanju, takes Stone and Dale to Pyongyang for a history lesson that they — and North Korea — will never forget!With Stone away, it's up to Ben and Freya to investigate the mysterious Gordons Initiative, only to face off with a sexy, indestructible android hellbent on destroying NASA!* * * * *ABOUT THE SERIES:This action-packed new series is based on the wildly popular ...

Bill 'Sunny Joe' Roam, a former Hollywood stuntman, leaves his home on the Sinanju reservation in Arizona to pay his last respects to an old colleague, bringing Stone and Freya, his grandson and granddaughter, along with him. But the respectful remembrance is quickly upset by Roam's former fellow stuntman-turned-action star, Stevie Sturgeon.Decades have passed since Sturgeon and Roam worked together, but forgiveness doesn't come easily to the washed-up movie star, who is still seet...

Are Freya and Stone, the deadly assassins-in-training, ready to call it quits? When they find their pasts, will Sinanju lose its future?When Stone discovers his long-lost mother, he's thrilled. But if he thinks that family life is going to be simple, he's wrong…dead wrong.Half a world away, his sister is exploring her heritage. But suspicion falls on Freya when the mighty warriors of her homeland are murdered. Someone is going to make her pay—in blood!

For over five thousand years, there have always been three binding rules for all Masters of Sinanju:Payment is always in gold. No checks.There is only one Master and one pupil.No woman will ever be trained in Sinanju.Sunny Joe Roam will throw the last two rules out the window in order to fulfill his tribe's oldest commitment. He will train both Stone Smith and his half-sister Freya Williams bith children of The Des...

SUGAR AND SPICE…and carbon-fiber bones.The woman known only as "14" has been genetically modified and trained from birth to be a ruthless killing machine — no mercy, no questions asked, and no survivors.In St. Louis, her latest killing spree has left dozens of innocent victims dead, and the questions are stacking up as fast as the bodies: what is her next target? Why is she doing this? And, most importantly, who is the mastermind behind the carnage?Stone and ...

Marcus Eames is the world's most dangerous spy. Cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless, he is feared by nations the world over. Everyone who has tried to catch him has died…painfully. But now that his small homeland of Nauru has revoked his citizenship, he is a spy without a country — and his skills are up for sale to the highest bidder.When a terrorist cell wants to destroy the power grid of the United States, Marcus is more than willing to help, and sets in motion a plan that pl...

CLOWN LIVES MATTER.Yours does not.Kwame Afoyalan is no ordinary man. He is HOMO MAGIS: a new, superior species. Haters, be warned: if you don't believe that "Homo Magis Lives Matter," you're a racist, you're a fascist — and you're next in line for execution!After fleeing from the dictator of Bughanum, his African homeland, Professor Kwame came to Barklee College. The school's gullible, radical students quickly fell in love with his philosophy of "Weak Power," where d...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Kein anderes Thema hat die europäische Politik in den letzten Jahren so beeinflusst wie die Debatte um Geflüchtete, Asyl und Migration. Dabei wird die Diskussion dominiert von Schlagworten, falschen Tatsachenbehauptungen und Scheinlösungen. Gerald Knaus erklärt in seinem Buch, worum es tatsächlich geht, und zeigt, dass humane Grenzen möglich sind. Der Migrationsexperte, dessen Analysen Regierungen in ganz Europa beeinflusst haben, erläutert, welche Grundsatzprobleme wir dafür lösen müssten...

In a period of increasing economic and social uncertainty, how do immigrant communities come together to advocate for educational access and their rights? This book is based on a 5-year university partnership with members from Indonesian, Vietnamese, Latino, Filipino, African American, and Irish American communities. Sharing rich examples, the authors examine how these diverse groups use language and literacy practices to advocate for greater opportunities. This unique partnership demonstr...