In a kingdom ruled by deceit and desire, she learned early that love is the quickest way to lose. So she turned her heart to stone and her smile into a weapon.Daughters are meant to be pawns, wives are meant to obey — but she was never one to play by the rules. With wit sharper than any sword and beauty that disarms even the cruelest men, she moves through the royal court like a silent storm, weaving secrets, alliances, and ruin in her wake.Kings want her hand. Princes want...

Michael Rose observes the world with a passionate and playful eye, bringing the everyday to life. Whether drawing on his family history, his personal love story, the Scottish coastline, or the vocabulary of modern food criticism, what underpins his sharp observations is affection. Both social commentary and documentary, his poems address the heart and mind.

When the public envisions Atlanta during the Civil War, two primary images�of two unparalleled individuals�dominate: William Tecumseh Sherman and Scarlett O�Hara; however, there is more to the city�s Civil War heritage than a frowning general and a wily gentlewoman. Within the pages of Atlanta: A Portrait of the Civil War, discover the old city streets, period homes, and military fortifications of Atlanta in a number of rarely reproduced Civil War photographs. Taken from the Atlanta Histor...

Atlanta, the thriving capital of the New South, has a rich and fascinating history. In Atlanta Scenes, authors Kimberly S. Blass and Michael Rose draw from the works of some of the city�s earliest and finest photojournalists�Francis Price, Marion Johnson, Bill Wilson, and Kenneth Rogers�to bring that history to life. Atlanta Scenes documents some of the city�s noteworthy events, personalities, and landmarks, many of which will be readily identifiable. The images range from the everyday (ba...

The City in the Forest, Atlanta was a spot found in the wilderness of north Georgia for the end of a railroad line. It was thought few people would stay here, because most would be passing through to somewhere else. Instead, the people remained and the town grew, growing from Terminus to Marthasville to Atlanta. The city was defined by the rail lines, and for that reason, General William T. Sherman came with the Civil War. After he left the city in ruins, Atlanta rebuilt, rising from the a...

A common sense guide to thinking and communication styles that will help readers improve business performance.Business is complicated even in the best of times. We are not in the best of times, and it's more complicated than ever. ROE Powers ROI de-complicates business and provides for clear insight at every level of its organization.As a business owners, consultant, and advisor, Michael has had the advantage of observing both successful and failed...

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan was the key figure in an extraordinary, controversial and ultimately tragic episode during the Peninsula War. He was the commanding officer held responsible for the dramatic night escape of the French garrison from Almeida over a vital bridge. For this disaster he incurred the extreme wrath of the Duke of Wellington but whether this was fair remains highly debatable.

In this classic WWII memoir, a British commando recounts how the legendary Chindits invented modern guerilla warfare through operations in Burma.In 1942, British Army Colonel Orde Wingate was sent to Burma to organize guerilla units against the invading Japanese forces. Drawing on locally available troops, Wingate turned English and Scottish line regiments and Gurkha riflemen into the elite "Chindit" force (named for the traditional dragon guardians of Burmese templ...

Over the past 40 years, life in Timor-Leste has changed radically. Before 1975 most of the population lived in highland villages, spoke local languages, and rarely used money. Today many have moved to peri-urban lowland settlements, and even those whose lives remain dominated by customary ways understand that those of their children will not. For the Atoni Pah Meto of Timor-Leste's remote Oecussi Enclave, the world was neatly divided into two distinct categories: the meto (indigen...

While producing a documentary about Elvis’ early years, “Elvis: Return toTupelo,” I discovered a cache of never before seen Elvis photos from hislate spring tour in 1956. These remarkable photos show the singer as he wasjust on the cusp of becoming a star. They’re wonderful candid shots of himperforming, meeting his fans, relaxing between shows at a local arcade and athome with his family in Memphis. It was too late to include them in my documentary ...

The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition.Through a deft compilation of primary sources—letters, memoirs, and personal accounts from composers, librettists, and performers—Michael Rose re-creates for his readers the circumstances that gave rise to fifteen operatic milestones. From Monteverdi and Mozart to Puccini and Berg, each chapter focuses ...

If you or a loved one suffer with Bipolar Disorder, you’re holding the keys to hope!This book offers five gifts to help achieve recovery: • Practical tools for recovery including worksheets that help you go beyond mere survival to wellness—even happiness. • Comprehensive and understandable explanations of how to turn Bipolar Illness into Bipolar Wellness. • A promising nutritional approach that’s being tested at advanced psychiatric facilities. • The autho...