THE CURATOR OF BROKEN THINGS TRILOGY is a fast-paced family-saga that takes place over a century and across four continents. Multiple narrative threads take the reader through love, betrayal, and espionage in a story that spans from the last days of the Ottoman Empire to Paris of the Roaring Twenties to the prewar French Riviera to the World War II Allied landing in North Africa and to modern-day Paris and Los Angeles. In this trilogy, three generations of a family's secrets are ...

A socially awkward widow is forced to take boarders into her Paris home, in this smart, witty novel of love, loneliness, friendship, and metamorphosis.Living in France among people she hardly understands, Annie has had trouble leaving the house since the death of her husband. And since home happens to be a small place nestled in the heart of Paris, why would she ever want to? But when unexpected events threaten her beloved home, Annie has no choice but to find lodge...

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are maste...

Jax:She's my everything, my true soul. My entire world was rocked by Belle. So young, so dumb, I didn't realize until that night…Three years later and she's finally all mine. Not just my girlfriend- no so much more.Belle:I wasn't supposed to fall in love with my best friend's brother, but when you meet your true love, nothing can stop the fall.That's what happened with Jax and me.He's the one who holds my soul. And nothing can ever change that.

"Postal Riders and Raiders" by W. H. Gantz is an engaging exploration of the historical significance of postal services in the American West. The book delves into the lives of the brave individuals who risked their lives to deliver mail across treacherous terrains, highlighting their adventures and the challenges they faced. Gantz vividly portrays the era, capturing the spirit of the riders and the impact of their work on communication and community building in a rapidly expanding nation.*...

Building the St. Helena II tells the story of the 1970 reconstruction of an authentic, operational 1825 canal boat. The narrative unfolds in the small village of Canal Fulton, Ohio, along the surviving one- mile section of the 333-mile Ohio & Erie Canal, which in the 1820s connected the new nation’s western frontier to the thriving coastal states. Canal Fulton was at the leading edge of a national environmental movement to reclaim, restore, and reuse historic U.S. canals for educa...

I’m pleased to continue our Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK® series with another collection of great SF novels, published originally between 1959 and 2011. Fans of classic science fiction with enjoy this set. A highlight is The Asteroid Murder Case, by the late Arthur Jean Cox, which is based on a story by Ross Rocklin. (See Jean’s introduction for more information). Also included are:Not in Solitude, by Kenneth F. GantzFirst on the Moon, by Jeff SuttonThe Organ Farm, ...

With heart-wrenching reporting and incisive analysis, In These Times magazine has charted a staggering rise in inequality and the fall of the American middle class. Here, in a selection from four decades of articles by investigative reporters and progressive thinkers, is the story of our age. It is a tale of shockingly successful corporate takeovers stretching from Reagan to Trump, but also of brave attempts to turn the tide, from the Seattle global justice protests to Occupy to t...

Amia Grace has always been drawn to this old cemetery.Whether to write or to just to escape,it has always been her safe haven.Until she meets the McGavin Brothers.Two handsome, mysterious strangers hiding a possibly deadly secret.They know who she is, what she will become,even though she doesn't.One wants her soul. The other wants her power.Who will win?What do you do when your soul is not your own?

The Basics of IT Audit: Purposes, Processes, and Practical Information provides you with a thorough, yet concise overview of IT auditing. Packed with specific examples, this book gives insight into the auditing process and explains regulations and standards such as the ISO-27000, series program, CoBIT, ITIL, Sarbanes-Oxley, and HIPPA. IT auditing occurs in some form in virtually every organization, private or public, large or small. The large number and wide variety of laws, regulations, p...

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional contexts.The authors draw on their own racial and ethnic backgrounds to examine race and racism in the context of addressing necessary and often difficult classroom conve...

Postal Riders and Raiders is a captivating historical account that delves into the adventurous and perilous world of early American mail delivery. The book vividly chronicles the evolution of the postal system in the United States, focusing on the brave men—postal riders—who traversed vast, untamed landscapes to ensure the safe and timely delivery of letters and parcels. Facing constant threats from natural obstacles, harsh weather, and hostile encounters with outlaws and raiders, these ri...