Amidst the land of Draconia, young Rowan embarks on a perilous quest with a singular goal: to win the heart of the prince and claim the throne.Yet, as fate would have it, the prince has designs of his own, and Rowan finds herself ensnared in a web of intrigue, seduction, and danger. In this realm where dragons reign supreme, Rowan's mixed heritage marks her as an outcast, serving as a pawn in the schemes of her cruel stepfather. As she struggles to keep her mystic ...

Behold, the Dragon-Born Trilogy Boxed Set, a spellbinding collection featuring three tales of adventure and self-discovery: Half-Blood Dragon, Magic-Born Dragon, and Queen of the Dragons. Traverse Draconia's treacherous terrain alongside Rowen, a half-blood maiden whose journey from outcast to legend will ensnare your heart and mind.As time slips through Rowen's fingers, her heart is torn between two princes of the Dragon Court, while her nights are plagued with om...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.CONARD COUNTY: CHRISTMAS BODYGUARDConard County: The Next Generationby Rachel LeeSecurity expert Hale Scribner doesn’t get personal with clients. Ever. But having evidence that could put away a notoriously shady CEO doesn’t make Allie Burton his standard low-risk charg...

NY Times bestselling author, K.N. Lee presents book one of the critically acclaimed urban-fantasy series critics and fans are calling Lucifer meets The Vampire Diaries.In a world where vampires and fallen angels have devised a peace treaty, humans either live their lives oblivious to the supernatural creatures living amongst them, or actively take part byselling their blood. The Vampire Registration System has kept everyone from killing one another...until now....

In Case Study Research, Bill Lee and Mark Saunders describe the properties of case study designs in organizational research, exploring the uses, advantages and limitations of case research. They also demonstrate the flexibility that case designs offer, and challenges the myths surrounding this approach.Ideal for Business and Management students reading for a Master’s degree, each book in the series may also serve as reference books for doctoral students and faculty...

Success comes in many versions. Personal success is often measured with a six-figure bank balance. But what if it's more personal and ethereal...?

THRONE OF DECEIT is fast-paced young adult fantasy filled with magic, betrayal, slow-burn romance, and a promises of an epic quest. Did I mention a sexy demigod? Mmm. Destan. ~ USA TODAY Bestselling Author Raye WagnerThe lord of the underworld wants one thing......the daughter to the wizard king.When danger calls, the gods of old unite to protect the innocent. Elise thought she was just another ordinary bastard--even if her...

This book provides an accessible introduction to the variational formulation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, with a novel emphasis on global descriptions of the dynamics, which is a significant conceptual departure from more traditional approaches based on the use of local coordinates on the configuration manifold. In particular, we introduce a general methodology for obtaining globally valid equations of motion on configuration manifolds that are Lie groups, homogeneous spaces, a...

Years ago a marriage ended for me, and a new life started. This book is partly a self-help book, partly a memoir of what I did to get my life back on track.I cover the steps taken to get life sorted out in eight self-contained chapters covering finance, work, legalities, social life, health and a few other aspects that need to be taken care of once you end up alone.How you take that next step after a marriage ends is up to you. This book is how I did it, and I wrote the boo...

Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of attempts to shape the world and the discipline of childhood studies can therefore make a critical and creative contribution to future-making.

A young girl in the Philippines uses music to connect with her grandmother as her memory fades in this warm and moving picture book perfect for fans of Pixar’s Coco.There is always singing in Lola’s house. Sammy Davis Jr. in the morning, Dean Martin in the afternoon, and all throughout the evening, old Tagalog love songs from Nora Aunor, Basil Valdez, and more. Lola always says: “If you want to hold on, you gotta sing your songs.”Her granddaughter ...

A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture.For one girl, summers used to mean helping Lolo run his sari-sari store, which was always brimming with goods for the neighborhood: shampoo packets for Ate Jane, rice and eggs for Tonton, and a sympathetic ear for anyone who needed it. “Sari-sari means a good variety—just...