A Fairy Prince Awakened. A Soul Alive Again. A Family Synthesized.Turning eleven was a big step in Prince Asher Lumaris's life. He had come of age for an apprenticeship and was excited to work alongside his Royal Alchemist father, Mathias. His grandfather, King Kairym, would also officially make the young half-human, half-fairy boy the crown prince of the Lumarian Kingdom.But, without warning, refugee humans from another nation started a coup. The last thing Asher remembere...

Turn your kitchen into your own personal seafood shack and oyster bar with 120 recipes from the James Beard Award-winning restaurant that personifies the allure of Maine.“This book is destined to be well-used and well-loved.”—Jenny Rosenstrach, New York Times bestselling author of Dinner: A Love StoryFrom one of the best restaurants in Maine comes a cookbook for easy entertaining and endless coastal-inspired cooking. Built...

This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and the current and future role of technology. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds w...

Azra Hemnoth, a baron from the Bazra Desert, must defend his city against the Zahrin raiders. Seldom do the raiders muster in this much force, but there are rumors they have a new leader. The rumors are not hopeful ones, speaking of a powerful sorcerer from a world beyond the borders of Antia, bringing with him whispers of a war that tears across the Anciantos Empire. Azra must fight to protect his family, his city, and the kingdom, or war will descend upon Antia, the likes of which would ...

Good evening,You hold in your hands, a collection of short stories of the most unfortunate verity. Bound within this volume are tales of revenge, mystery, kidnapping and unimaginable horror. Perhaps it is our duty to warn you of the sheer madness that you will find, if you choose to read further. In each story, you will find heroes, villains and monsters that defy the laws of sanity. Of course, these stories are meant to entertain… but they may, in fact, chill you.If you are ...

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow provides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools. By assembling a wide range of contributors—historians, sociologists, economists, and education scholars—the editors provide a comprehensive view of a community’s experience with desegregation and economic development. Here we see resegregation through the lens of Charlotte, North Carolina, once a national mo...