She found him buried under the desert.She recognized him from television.Airman Onyx Rhinehart has spent her career following orders, trusting the system, and believing the chain of command exists for a reason. That belief ends the day the ground collapses beneath her feet and she discovers what the U.S. government has spent decades hiding — a ship that shouldn't exist, and a man who shouldn't be alive.His name is Damien Blade. He's powerful, dangerous, and complete...

The time is 2005. The place In Miami, Florida, the Magic City. Joan of Miami is a timely and captivating novel that intertwines the universal themes of the search for personal authenticity in an ever-changing materialistic world. Starting off against the vibrant backdrop of Miami's dynamic real estate industry, the story then rockets off to the dazzling heights of Manhattan's elite advertising agencies. There, Jean Molk, a 19-yearl old girl from a small town where family ties bind ever so ...

The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor's year behind the frontlines in Vietnam.Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the naïveté of a new medical intern. With this memoir, he crafts a haunting, humane portrait of one man's agonizing confrontation with war. With a wife and two children awaiting his return home, the young physician lives through the most turbulent and formati...

It's the first week of summer vacation and Walt is ready to spend it getting caught up on comics and sleep. Even though his mom has chores and stuff for him to do around the farm, he's looking forward to a nice quiet summer. When Walt finds himself running for his life, an unusual stranger comes to his rescue. Curious about the boy, the stranger decides to trust Walt with a secret which takes Walt on a journey into a world of myth, magic, and adventure.

Waking to find the world changing each day, Jerrod struggles to find out why he appears to be the only one who notices. While trying to understand what is happening to The City, Jerrod discovers that the woman of his dreams is real, but so is the danger that she is running from.

In the beginning, the horizon was marked with darkness and the heavens threatened to swallow all that was and could ever be. Then, one with the knowledge of that darkness sought a way to prevent the storm while harnessing its power. But despite all efforts, the darkness remained, unyielding.But as the darkness continues to stretch across time, a woman and her daughter may hold the key to undoing all that has come before and that which has occurred since.*2nd Edition*

While attempting to complete the work of a beloved colleague, Herbert George Li inadvertently transports a young college student through time, tearing multiple holes in the fabric of time and space. With the help of new and old friends, Herb and Alex must undo the mistakes of the past, repairing time before all of human history is erased.

They say it’s better to battle the devil you know. But what if you don’t recognize him before it’s too late?She knows her name is Amelia, but after waking up in a hospital battered and bruised with just the clothes on her back, it’s all she knows. Unable to piece together her shattered memory, she’s haunted by a vision: menacing faces and voices implying her nightmare is far from over.Relying only on her wits and her will to live, Amelia becomes a fugitive from a mysterious...

After witnessing the total destruction of life on Earth, Sonya is returned to her own time, with her memories of the future intact. With knowledge of her impending death, Sonya takes steps to unmake the future and to rewrite the events that would ultimately lead to her death and plant the seeds for the demise of human existence (3rd Edition).

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to think clearly. Yet few of us recognize opportunities to think in the first place.**You might believe you’re thinking clearly in the moments that matter most. But in all likelihood, when the pressure is on, you won’t be thinking at all. And your subsequent actions will inevitably move you further from the results you ultimately seek—love, belonging...

This is the first book to explore the full breadth and depth of the emerging discipline of sports diplomacy.Rooted in a definition of ‘diplomacy’ that focuses on negotiation, representation and communication, this book examines the increasingly important role that sport plays in the diplomatic practices of international relations, and the part played by an increasing range of key actors involved including states, athletes, international organisations, NGOs and governing bodies of s...

This drive through the dark streets of the Motor City "is one of the best in Akashic Books' noir series. You cannot go wrong with this anthology."— Reviewing the EvidenceFrom crime stories in the classic hard-boiled style to the vividly experimental, from the determination of those risking everything to the desperation of those with nothing left to lose, Detroit Noir delivers unforgettable tales that capture the city's dark vitality.The col...