More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the "Einstein of Sex," grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he's been largely forgotten.Journalist Daniel Brook retraces Hirschfeld's rollicking life and reinvigorates his legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In an era when gay sex was a crime and gender roles rigid, Hirschfeld taught that each of us is their own unique mixture of masculinity and ...

Shadows save me. Shadows guide me. Shadows fracture me.Our lands are fractured. They have been split into three since before my birth, but they were not always this way. Once, we prospered, magic filling our lands before it was locked away with them: the monsters.Now we suffer and starve even as our king grows stronger and richer. Then my sister is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. Unable to lose the one person I love, I take her place willingly, ...

Vegas is the city of illusions, and I’ve perfected my own.Under the neon lights, I’m Glitter.The stripper who leaves them breathless.The pickpocket who leaves them clueless.But behind the glimmer and gleam, there’s just me, shuffling distractions and fleeting touches to numb my grief.When I meet the Magic Twins, Vegas’ most renowned magicians, they see right through my façade and deal me a dangerous hand. They promise me a chance to feel alive again—...

My opponent thinks he's making all the right moves to crush me, but apparently, no one ever told him the Queen is the most dangerous piece on the board.I won't allow him to move me around like a pawn despite the emotional blow he dealt me by using one of my mates against me.I won't give up on my mates. I won't give up on my blood oath. I won't give up on me.He'll never take away the grit and determination that burns within me as the last of the Van ...

Being the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I am, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline. One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood-sucking creature I was born to destroy.Being admitted into the Dark Imaginarium Academy to hone my new skills as a vampire and to survive the blood lust is the first step towards achieving my revenge....

They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.With the lives of my loved ones on the line, I have no choice but to seek out the very people I swore to destroy with my Blood Oath.The clock is ticking. Moves are being made. New opponents have stepped into the light.Old enemies threaten to crumble everything I thought I once knew to the ground.Despite the chaos around me, one thing has remained true: I'm out for blood.This...

*Part one of a duet.No good ever comes from a red-head in a stolen dress with her worldly possessions at her feet.I should have known she was trouble when smoke and sin followed her into my bar and she challenged me to a game.She may have won my watch, but she started a war.As she slipped my Breitling off my wrist and onto her own, she gleefully announced she was the luckiest girl in the world.Yeah, lucky to everyone but me.Because the moment...

This audiobook is narrated using advanced AI voice technology, offering a clear and engaging listening experience. Paradise Lost is a timeless epic that unveils the drama of creation, rebellion, and the tragic fall of humankind. Through vivid imagery and profound emotion, it portrays the defiance of angels, the seduction of temptation, and the eternal struggle between obedience and pride. The story takes listeners on a journey from the heights of heaven to the depths of hell, and finally t...

**A New Yorker Best Book of 2025An illuminating portrait of a lost thinker, German-Jewish sexologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld.**More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the “Einstein of Sex,” grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he’s been largely forgotten.Journalist Daniel Brook retraces Hirschfeld’s rollicking life and reinvigorates his legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the ...

I did not intentionally get my butt stuck to a frozen toilet seat.I did not mean to spray my favorite singer in the face with pepper spray. Promise: I'm just a fangirl, not a stalker.Pop-rock band, Inked Pages, has just rescued this failed bookshop owner from a desolate rest stop. These four spicy rockstars plan to drop me off at home and skedaddle to their ultra-viral holiday concert.But the blizzard is a Christmas miracle in disguise.Twelv...

People are greedy, and Christmas intensifies this to sickening heights. Most don’t need the stuff they ask for—but I do. Which is why, while families enjoy their holiday cheer and traditions, they don’t see me slip in and out of their homes, snatching their possessions.This house should be like all the others. I’ve watched and planned. When the residents announce a last-minute vacation, it becomes entirely too easy. In, out, and it’ll be over.Until it isn’t. Until she

Part two of a duetMy world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.My gentlemanly façade is nothing but a memory.My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either.So we’ll slow dance in the flames until I’m nothing but ash and embers.