In a sensational follow-up to Echoes of Sherlock Holmes and In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, a brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canonFor the Sake of the Game is the latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times bestselling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of eras and forms. King and Klinger have a simple formula: a...

27 sizzling hot stories across 600+ pages guaranteed to keep you warm between the sheets, all in one affordable box set for your reading pleasure.Dive into worlds filled with werewolves, vampires, shape shifters, and even witches from the Viking age. Enjoy seven different collections of seductive works from four different authors. Lose yourself to the irresistibly powerful pull of alpha males, the sensual yet unexpected twists and turns of budding romance, and the ...

“My father had more than fifty children.”So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult―a radical branch of Mormonism―Anna and her siblings were constantly on the run with the other sister-wives. Often starving and always desperate, the children lived in terror. Even though there were dozens of them together, Anna always felt alone.

"THE STRENGTH WITHIN: OVERCOMING BREAST CANCER" is a deeply personal and inspiring account of one woman's journey through the trials and triumphs of breast cancer. This intimate diary chronicles the author's experiences from the moment of diagnosis, through the grueling treatments, and ultimately to the path of healing and recovery. With raw honesty and unwavering courage, she shares her fears, hopes, and the strength she discovered within herself. This book is a testament to the resilienc...

"Breathing Into Being: Discovering Meditation's Infinite Potential" is a transformative journey into the realms of tranquility, focus, and self-awareness. This book delves into the heart of meditation, dispelling myths and revealing its profound simplicity and depth. Explore the universal allure of meditation across cultures, supported by the latest scientific research on its neurological and physiological benefits.With approachable language, the book constructs the anatomy of medi...

In the annals of space exploration, certain moments stand out not just for their scientific achievements, but for the mysteries they may hold. "The Simpkinson NASA Archive UFO" delves into one such enigma, that's centered around Scott Simpkinson, a pivotal figure whose career spanned the earliest days of NASA's space endeavors until his passing in 1996. As a leader integral to numerous NASA missions, Simpkinson left an indelible mark on space history, yet his most intriguing legacy may be ...

The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection of race and gender is complicated and often creates more questions than it answers. How are Latinas elected? Are they served by this complex identity or hindered by it? Latinas in American ...

This vivid, sometimes tragic, and often humorous literary biography brings to life as never before the extraordinary talent and complex person who was Thomas Mann.Engrossing vignettes enable us to enter Mann's life and work from unique angles. We meet the difficult, even unsavory private man: hypochondriac and nervous, narcissistic and vainglorious, isolated and greedy for love, shy and often ungenerous. But we are also introduced to a man who lived an eventful life, was capable of...

This book examines the impact of and response to the rapidly growing English language learner (ELL) populations in the southeastern United States on K-16 schooling. Using examples of policy and practice from seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee), the book explores how the contemporary context of accountability regimes and neoliberal tenets affect educational responses to the increased linguistic and cultural diversity in schools and how these rea...

Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for t...

When the goddess culture was stolen and buried, so too were women's rites of passage into our wild, intuitive femininity and maturity.With Maiden to Mother, Sarah Durham Wilson excavates these ancient rites, guiding us through a sacred and crucial initiation from the immature Maiden into the archetypal Mother—the powerful, safe, compassionate, full-bloom feminine life force that exists within all of us.Becoming the Mother is every woman's birthright—regardless of w...

The Overprivileged, Underqualified manifesto is a direct and unfiltered examination of modern corporate life, where power disconnects from competence, and silence becomes part of the system.Through a personal and reflective lens, Giovi exposes the dynamics that shape organizations: decisions made before conversations begin, communication driven more by politics than truth, and environments that continue to function while quietly losing the voices that could have made them better.