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Stephen Ross

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A Mean City Mystery

Some mysteries you don't solve.You survive!Thornton Thacker had never met a girl like Caroline Greer. It was love at first sight, and trouble thereafter.Thacker is no stranger to trouble. He's a trench coat-wearing teenage detective living in a city of shadows and sirens - a concrete jungle with more secrets than streetlamps - and he's made a habit of chasing the things that bite back.A missing Egyptian mummy, cryptic hieroglyphs, and a curse older than the con...

A topical, art-practice focused anthology that caters to diverse interests in aesthetics.Art and Its Significance is a highly engaging and readable anthology, which ranges from ancient Greek writing on epic and theater to contemporary issues relating to how art is impacted by augmented reality technologies. This collection offers a firm foundation in classic and modern aesthetics by a diverse range of authors from Plato and Aristotle to Judith Butler, Jacq...

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Gary Stephen Ross

He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then millions, of dollars in fraudulent loans. Despite falling deeper and deeper in the hole, Molony convinced himself he could win it all back. Before long, the mild-mannered assistant manager had bec...

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Stephen Debros, Ross Edwards

STEPHEN DEBROS was born in Zimbabwe. This collection of 30 poems and reflections examines contemporary life, relationship with a "higher power" and the pain and joy of being human. If you enjoy watching life from the inside and wonder how it all fits together, this is for you.ROSS EDWARDS is based in Cape Town, South Africa. In the madness of #IdentityPolitics he is deeply amused by the fact that as a Zimbabwean-born African, now living in South Africa, he is doubly entitled to cal...

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Jordan Ross Levi

With civilization on the brink of collapse, a lot of the blame has been put on the average citizen, but there’s been nowhere near enough discussion about timely solutions and what they can do to help. Among the discussion that does happen is a renewed interest in the idea of socialism. But hasn’t that already been attempted? Is Bernie Sanders trying to turn America into the next Venezuela, or could socialism actually save humanity?

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Routledge Worlds

The Modernist World is an accessible yet cutting edge volume which redraws the boundaries and connections among interdisciplinary and transnational modernisms. The 61 new essays address literature, visual arts, theatre, dance, architecture, music, film, and intellectual currents. The book also examines modernist histories and practices around the globe, including East and Southeast Asia, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East ...

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Seanan McGuire, Weston Ochse, Chesya Burke, J. C. Koch, Premee Mohammed, Josh Vogt, Lucy A. Snyder, Stephen Ross, Tim Waggoner, Lisa Morton, Douglas Wynne, Wendy N. Wagner, Jonathan Maberry

NEW WARRIORS IN AN ANCIENT BATTLE…The ongoing battle against the immortal Elder Gods enters the modern age. Magic, mayhem, and murder no longer reign in dusty books discovered in decrepit libraries. Today's monsters can be called by more than uncanny rituals in candlelit basements. Madness lurks on the internet and lives in the locker room. It breeds in the mall and ambushes its victims outside the club.But those who fight this vast evil have also moved int...

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Ava Ross

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Stephen Borne, Elle Sonali

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Monsters, PI

Do I dare trust my heart to Secret Agent Gargoyle?Angie: When my beer kegs turn up missing days before a big event, I hire Monsters, PI to track down my beer. Who's assigned to my case? Tuvid, the gargoyle who wrongfully accused me of gnome-theft.Tuvid's seven feet of gargoyle muscles with a killer smile. So, when our not-one-night-stand results in a marriage proposal—solely to save his gargoyle rep—I know I'm in trouble. My business plans ...

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Ava Ross

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Stephen Borne, Scarlett Dorian

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Monster Mate Hunt

I want to begin a new life far from my village. Will that life include an orc who vows to adore me?KailaWhen a man in my village makes demands I'm not willing to give into, my younger brother and I flee into the forest. It's the night of the Monster Mate Hunt, but the orcs who are gifted with brides in exchange for protecting the village will be too busy with the other woman to notice me. Until Turren claims me as his mate. I'm not interest...

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Ava Ross

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Stephen Borne, Scarlett Dorian

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Monster Mate Hunt

Can a wounded orc hero protect his treasured mate from a cruel captor?Nia: I spend my days healing those forced to battle in my stepbrother's arena and my nights hiding. I've resigned myself to the fact that with my burn scars, I'll never find love. Until my stepbrother commands me to heal his latest acquisition—an orc who was severely injured during capture. I've only heard of orcs, but I do my best to heal him and prepare him for the battles he'l...

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Ava Ross

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Stephen Borne, Scarlett Dorian

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Monster Mate Hunt

Can a lonely widow and an orc with secrets find true love together?LynethAfter my husband's death, my village pushes me into the forest during the monster mate hunt, where I'll be claimed as an orc's bride.I've vowed I'll never love another, but then I'm claimed by Madr, a strong, handsome orc who I suspect is hiding secrets. On his dragon-like vox, he flies with me toward his home. His warm arms keep me safe, and his teasing touch ...

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Ava Ross

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Scarlett Dorian, Stephen Borne

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Monster Mate Hunt

Alwen: A year ago, one of the males in my village hurt me. When he tried to do it a second time, I took care of that problem—permanently. Then I'm selected for the annual Monster Mate Hunt where two village women must enter the forest to be claimed as an orc's bride. If an orc tries to take me, I'll handle him just as I did the man in my village.To my dismay, I'm captured by a band of treacherous thieves. I'm planning my escape when an enormous, snarly orc attacks ...