![]() ![]() I’ve had the first from her Mount Trilogy books on my kindle for a couple of years. I’ve been meaning to read a book from Meghan March for a while now. *Ruthless King is book one of the Mount Trilogy* Keira Kilgore, you’re now the property of Lachlan Mount. She doesn’t know she caught my attention. I didn’t need to loan money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. ![]() You don’t know my name, but I control everything you see-and all the things you don’t. Get ready for the darker and dirtier side of New Orleans with a brand new alpha romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan March. Purchase at Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Genres: BDSM, Contemporary Romance, Dark Erotic Romance, Dark Romance, Erotic Romance Published by Meghan March LLC, Self-Published on October 17, 2021 ![]() This book may be unsuitable for people under 18 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.’īorn into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores? A mother struggling to repress her violent past,Ī son struggling to grasp his violent future,Ī father blind to the danger that threatens them all. ![]() ![]() At the head of this magical society sit the feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose, whose power is determined by playing The Game: a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death.Īs if his bizarre magical heritage weren't enough, Jack finds out that he's not just another member of Weirlind-he's one of the last of the warriors, at a time when both houses are scouting for a player. Soon, Jack learns the startling truth about himself: He is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people living among us. Ohio discovers hes the last in a long line of magical warriors chosen to fight to the death. ![]() And it feels great-until he loses control and nearly kills another player during soccer team tryouts. Cinda Williams Chima / The Warrior Heir (Large Paperback). Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high-schoolers. A teen from Ohio discovers he's the last in a long line of magical warriors chosen to fight to the death.īefore he knew about the Roses, sixteen-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At a time when most forty-something-year-old artists from the 1960s are totaling up their mutual fund yields and cranking out safe-as-milk reunion albums, Kramer’s The Hard Stuff burns and scrapes like a shot of raw whiskey with a broken glass chaser. ![]() Twenty-five years have passed and here's Kramer resurfacing with his solo debut disc. Along with fellow Motor City rockers Iggy & The Stooges, the MC5 did more to influence the punk rock revolution that would define the late ‘70s than any other band, save, perhaps, the New York Dolls. As the cultural arm of the White Panther Party during the late ‘60s, the Detroit-based band mixed radical, “power-to-the-people” styled politics with crunching power chords and primordial metallic rock and roll. The MC5 – with guitarist extraordinnaire Wayne Kramer – are one of those bands that has grown large in legend, receiving much more acclaim after their demise than they ever did during their brief artistic and commercial life span. ![]() ![]() ![]() She discusses the way obesity in and of itself is NOT disease, it just often goes along with disease, so we assume the weight itself is the problem when it is not. ![]() ![]() She argues that fat itself is not the cause of disease, rather the things that often correlate to fat, and yet we view fat people's health problems as self-inflicted and deserved as a way of blaming the victim. She argues that we should be angry at the commodification of our hunger, and the way our bodies are viewed as vehicles for profit and consumption. Even if I felt the book was flawed in a few ways, I think it's still incredibly valuable.There's a whole movement started by the book and it's a really empowering, wonderful thing.Įssentially, the point of this book is that the chips are stacked against higher-weight Americans, that our senses of hunger and satiety has been manipulated for the profit of food and pharmaceutical companies, and that no conventional diet has ever proven to have consistent long-term results. ![]() First I want to say that this book is a must-read for anyone who is overweight and has ever wished they were thinner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I pulled sweats on over my sleep shorts and yanked on my gray fleece hoodie before I staggered toward the door and opened it. ![]() ![]() Only halfway there I realized it was freezing in the apartment. Chun again (she’d bitched me out in Mandarin six times in the last month because the love of my life was a screamer), I rolled out of bed and walked toward the French doors that separated our bedroom from the living room. The noise didn’t stop, though, and since I didn’t want to hear from Mrs. IT WAS way too early for him to have the TV up so loud. This is a thank you to Amy, who inspires me to write better to Ariel, who is always there for me for Lori, who says the best things when I really need to hear them and Anastasia, who gets asked strange questions and just goes with it. To request permission and all other inquiries, contact Dreamspinner Press, 382 NE 191st Street #88329, Miami, FL 33179-3899, USA No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a hero. The Chronicles of Prydain have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children. Inspired by Welsh mythology, The Chronicles of Prydain are officially described by publisher MacMillan as follows: The second book in Lloyd Alexander’s fantasy novel series, also titled The Black Cauldron, was loosely adapted for the Walt Disney Animation feature. According to a story today at Variety, the studio is looking at developing a new Chronicles of Prydain movie franchise. Walt Disney Pictures is planning a return to the world of their 1985 animated feature The Black Cauldron. ![]() Walt Disney Pictures is planning a Chronicles of Prydain movie ![]() ![]() ![]() Which hasn't prevented some in the sciences from arguing precisely the opposite, from assuming even this last, most ill-fitting mantle, by suggesting that science's spirit of questioning will automatically infect the rest of society." They have no aptitude for it, no connection to it, really. ![]() And one of the things they don't do well is democracy. "It troubles me because there are many things 'math and science' do well, and some they don't. … The sciences march, largely untouched, under the banner of the inherently good. That said, I see no contradiction between my respect for science and my humanist's discomfort with its ever-greater role in American culture. "Let me be clear," Slouka writes in a careful effort to side with the angels, "I write this not to provide tinder to our latter-day inquisitors, ever eager to sacrifice the spirit of scientific inquiry in the name of some new misapprehension. The September issue of Harper's magazine features a piece by Mark Slouka lamenting the demise of the humanities in favour of math and science. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story concerns a ship sailing on the ocean of dust at the bottom and hunting creatures called dustwhales. His first novel, Involution Ocean, published in 1977, features the world Nullaqua where all the atmosphere is contained in a single, miles-deep crater. He won Hugo Awards for his novelettes " Bicycle Repairman" (1996) and " Taklamakan" (1998). ![]() He was also one of the first organizers of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, and is a frequent attendee at the Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop. This has earned him the nickname "Chairman Bruce". In addition, he is one of the subgenre's chief ideological promulgators. ![]() Sterling is one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement in science fiction, along with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, Lewis Shiner, and Pat Cadigan. In 1992, he published his first non-fiction book, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. He is the author of science-fiction novels, including Schismatrix (1985), Islands in the Net (1988), and Heavy Weather (1994). Sterling's first science-fiction story, Man-Made Self, was sold in 1976. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Journalism, 1976) ![]() ![]() ![]() “Asher is a once-obscure biblical name that is so easy to like and fits in with so many contemporary name trends,” Redmond Satran tells me. When it comes to boys’ names, Asher is number one on the list for the first time ever (replacing Henry). Which is why their latest list – based on an analysis of more than 23 million page views at Nameberry – is filled with a slew of options derived from royalty, literature, the Bible – and beyond. Company founders Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz have authored 10 bestselling books, including The Baby Name Bible and Cool Names for Babies, and suffice to say they’ve mastered the art (and science) of baby names. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it’s because it’s been ingrained in my head that it’s bad luck to name your baby before she’s born – it’s a Jewish thing).Īll this to say that I’ve been all over “The Hottest Baby Names of 2011” list released today by baby-name website Nameberry. Instead, I am dying to know what they’re planning to name their little bundle (though I don’t dare ask that, either. I’m done having kids but when I see a pregnant woman, I’m not tempted to ask, “Is this your first?” or “Are you finding out the sex?” – two questions that are actually really annoying. Lately I’ve been obsessed with baby names. ![]() |