Augmented. Strung together with the fibers of other species, the viscous bits of an alien, and a desperate wish and a prayer. Angel of Death. Silent assassin. Definitely not human. Or Sane. Michael Cassidy has been called everything, and yet, he’d rather be nothing at all. A void. An empty vessel for hire to the highest bidder. Spekter. His wife is gone. His everything. Kate. For five years, he’s teetered on the edge of death, hoping for it, inviting it in. But his heart still beats. Occasionally. Dr. Natalie Beck has made him an offer he can’t refuse. She and her colleagues want his help taking down Gene Corp, a genetic modification facility owned by the US government. Not to mention they have his wife’s body and refuse to give it back. All he has to do is train a ramshackle group of Augmented and prepare them for an attack on Gene Corp in seven measly days. Shrug. Why not. Spekter has a secret, one that will end Gene Corp, and likely himself, once and for all. I t’s a win-win, so long as he keeps his wee, black and barely beating heart far, far away from the darkly beautiful and very intuitive Ileana, AKA Little Raven. With fast paced action, characters that literally clamber from the pages, UNTIL THERE’S BLOOD is darkly humorous, ultraviolent and deliciously sensual. Spekter has never been a hero, but he is the savior of all.
Kate Cassidy refuses to believe her husband, Michael, is dead, even weeks later on her knees at his grave. Once the frontrunner in the Moto GP, he was killed by a hit and run driver mere hours after his last win. Like her soul, every dream, every promise of a better life, is shattered with the sudden loss of the man she'd lived her life to love. He wakes in a tank, absent the memories of who he was. Dr. Alexander Madison has made him a weapon, an assassin used to eliminate the targets of nefarious world powers. However, the carefully constructed world Dr. Madison and his cohorts have designed at BioTech Industries is about to unravel. They've underestimated the one they've labeled SOREN, and he's slowly making peace with the beast they've injected into his bloodstream. Michael wants his life back, but first, he'll have to get rid of a microchip in his brain, escape Madison's other creations, and forge a rocky relationship with a persistent detective. He's a pound of flesh from his wife's arms, and once he cuts Spekter's chains, retribution will finally be at hand.
Nearly a year has passed since Michael Cassidy escaped BioTech, and he and his wife, Kate, want nothing more than to move on with their lives. However, the being inside Michael only grows stronger and until he understands his past, he’ll never fully embrace his future. Bold and brazen, Ileana has recently escaped her captors. Their paths are destined to collide, and when they do nothing will ever be the same. In the world of the Augmented, a sacrifice made requires a sacrifice given. Only time will tell how many will fall in order to set the caged birds free.
TWO LIVES, FOREVER CHANGED BY VIOLENCE, MAGIC, AND LOVE The world is built on the bones of long-forgotten gods, and in the vast deserts of Ifriqya, Tamourte's adventurous life as a fast-talking con-artist and low-rent summoner barely masks his unwanted alienation from his clan. When an opportunity to get his fingers into a lavish caravan destined for the Empire of Ghana arises, Tam leaps at the chance, only to find himself confronted with an unexpected cargo. Sjau is more beast than human - a filthy, fevered wild man ranting- when Tam first sees him. And when pride and curiosity combined cause him to impulsively liberate the barbarian, it sets in motion a chain of events neither one of them are prepared to face. Faced with ancient magic, clockwork horrors and the might of an Empire at their throats, the worst dangers Tam and Sjau may have to face are their own, very literal, demons.
SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE WERE ALMOST THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. We think we know the history of Star Trek. Born at the height of 1960s popular culture, the five-year mission of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew faced early cancellation, bounced back with a series of beloved movies in the 1980s and gave way to a fleet of successful sequels and spin-offs that kept on exploring strange new worlds. In Lost Federations: The Unofficial Unmade History of Star Trek, author A. J. Black tells a different story. This is an alternate history of the franchise, one filled with roads not taken, from early 1960s feature-films and spin-offs, the original sequel Star Trek: Phase II in the 1970s, via epic planned movies such as Planet of the Titans and into many untold episodes, arcs and character stories from The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, all the way through to the modern era. Bringing together pre-existing material over decades for the first time in one space, plus some new reflections from Star Trek writers and analysis of how it all fits into the wider cultural trends of the last sixty years, Lost Federations invites you to boldly explore a history you may not already know . . .
Convincing action sequences, vivid world-building and fascinating magic. Best described as George RR Martin meets HP Lovecraft, The Glass Breaks is a fine example of British fantasy writing at its most entertaining' Guardian. Seventeen-year-old Duncan Greenfire is alive. Three hours ago, he was chained to the rocks and submerged as the incoming tide washed over his head. Now the waters are receding and Duncan's continued survival has completed his initiation as a Sea Wolf. It is the 167th year of the Dark Age. The Sea Wolves and their Eastron kin can break the glass and step into the void, slipping from the real world and reappearing wherever they wish. Wielding their power, they conquered the native Pure Ones and established their own Kingdom. The Sea Wolves glory in piracy and slaughter. Their rule is absolute, but young Duncan Greenfire and duellist Adeline Brand will discover a conspiracy to end their dominion, a conspiracy to shatter the glass that separates the worlds of Form and Void and unleash a primeval chaos across the world. 'Epic fantasy at its scary, fun, sarcastic, shock-laden best' THE BOOKBAG.
What if you knew everyone you loved was going to die? That’s the issue facing Arthur Mayhew. The summer started nice enough. His new girlfriend Hazel was coming to his home, Martha’s Vineyard Island, and he intended to give her a grand tour. They saw the clay cliffs, the quaint homes and gentle shores, and then he took her to the cave. An island myth spoke of a window opening on the longest day of the year, a window into the infinite. It proved to be something else. In a flash they found themselves back in 1779, and facing a host of challenges. They had to farm, Hazel had to deal with a male-dominated society, and they found love growing between them. Yet, in the background was Arthur’s knowledge of the massacre to come, and his uncertainty over what to do. Interfere and possibly cause a paradox or sit by and let everyone die. What would you do?
Tracing the history of the vast region of Siberia, compromising virtually all of north Asia, A.J. Haywood offers a detailed account of this land from its Mongol civilization to its infamous gulags to the present.
In Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S.: Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies, David A. J. Richards offers an investigative comparison of two central figures in late eighteenth-century constitutionalism, Edmund Burke and James Madison, at a time when two great constitutional experiments were in play: the Constitution of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Richards assesses how much, as liberal Lockean constitutionalists, Burke and Madison shared and yet differed regarding violent revolution, offering three pathbreaking and original contributions about Burke’s importance. First, the book defends Burke as a central figure in the development and understanding of liberal constitutionalism; second, it explores the psychology that led to his liberal voice, including Burke’s own long-term loving relationship to another man; and third, it shows how Burke’s understanding of the political psychology of the violence of “political religions” is an enduring contribution to understanding fascist threats to political liberalism from the eighteenth-century onwards, including the contemporary constitutional crises in the U.S. and U.K. deriving from populist movements. Mixing thorough research with personal experiences, this book will be an invaluable resource to scholars of political science and theory, constitutional law, history, political psychology, and LGBTQ+ issues.
A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling. Often referred to as “Liebling lowlife pieces,” the essays in The Telephone Booth Indian boisterously celebrate raffishness. A. J. Liebling appreciated a good scam and knew how to cultivate the scammers. Telephone Booth Indians (entrepreneurs so impecunious that they conduct business from telephone booths in the lobbies of New York City office buildings) and a host of other petty nomads of Broadway—with names like Marty the Clutch and Count de Pennies—are the protagonists in this incomparable Liebling work. In The Telephone Booth Indian, Liebling proves just why he was the go-to man on New York lowlife and con culture; this is the master at the top of his form, uncovering scam after scam and writing about them with the wit and charisma that established him as one of the greatest journalists of his generation and one of New York’s finest cultural chroniclers.
Although the idea of the reflective practitioner is embraced by many, there is still a need to understand how teachers' practical experience and the theoretical insights of researchers can be linked in teacher education. This book offers a framework for addressing this problem. It brings together 15 years of experience in teacher education and research, based on Korthagen's concept of "realistic teacher education" which is well known in Europe and gaining interest in North America. Set up as a journey back and forth between practice and theory, this book is not only about linking them but models how it can be done, providing both practical solutions and research-based theoretical foundations. Linking Practice and Theory: The Pedagogy of Realistic Teacher Education: * serves as a guidebook for teacher educators, with many practical ideas and guidelines; * prepares the reader for a fundamental shift in thinking about teacher education; and * uses an international perspective in analyzing real, practical experience in teacher education, in the Netherlands and in other countries.
#1 NY Times Bestselling authors WEB Griffin and WE Butterworth IV call Rogue Threat an "Explosive seat-of-your-pants thriller!" When a fleet of unmanned aerial drones disappears, the U.S. Vice President turns to Matt Garrett, still nursing the wounds he suffered in the Philippines. As Matt leaps into action, a terrorist commandeers Garrett's jet and a former Iraqi General with a startling link to Garrett's brother emerges from hiding. Matt discovers that international terrorists have kidnapped the world's leading expert on nanotechnology, who has enabled the missing Predators to locate, track, swarm, and kill...all by themselves. Meanwhile, the enemy has launched a flurry of attacks throughout America's heartland. The country is on edge as citizens wonder whether the terrorists have the capacity to deal a devastating blow with weapons of mass destruction. But Garrett is beginning to suspect that the true enemy may be all too close to home. A chilling tale of intrigue and power written by an author who has experienced combat up close, this is the story of a nation on the brink of chaos and a man about to uncover an unthinkable conspiracy. "A.J. Tata is the new Tom Clancy! " —Brad Thor, #1 NY Times Bestselling Author of The Apostle "I loved Rogue Threat! Vince Flynn and Brad Thor better watch out because there is a new player in the genre. I was pleasantly surprised the technology and military aspects were prominent, but did not overwhelm the characters and the story. Matt Garrett leaps off the page and readers will clamor to see what A.J. Tata has in store for him next. This is a must read.” —Author Magazine “Packed with adrenaline and action, Rogue Threat is riveting entertainment at its best! One of the very best thriller novels this year. Five Stars!" —The Military Writers Society of America "This Tom Clancy walks the walk."—U.S. News and World Report “Rogue Threat has is all: terrific characters, blistering narrative drive, and best of all, a killer of a plot. A retired brigadier general, Tata's clearly 'been there and done that.' And his expertise and experience shine through on every page of this powerful and timely book. Great stuff!” —John Lescroart, NY Times bestselling author of A Plague of Secrets
Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book, the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Nonfiction, and the PEN Center West Award for Best Research Nonfiction Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, historian and journalist A. J. Langguth delivers an authoritative account of the war based on official documents not available earlier and on new reporting from both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. In Our Vietnam, Langguth takes us inside the waffling and deceitful White Houses of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon; documents the ineptness and corruption of our South Vietnamese allies; and recounts the bravery of soldiers on both sides of the war. With its broad sweep and keen insights, Our Vietnam brings together the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war into one engrossing and unforgettable narrative.
Peter D. Buckow hasn't had much luck in his short life. An abused and neglected child, he struggled hard to overcome the disadvantages of his upbringing. He worked hard as Henry Blough's ranch hand, but when Brough tries to cheat the sixteen-yuear-old Buck of his pay, he decides to take his wages out in steers. Caught red-handed by the deputy sheriff, Peter Buckow is hanged with his own rope and left for dead. Except he didn't die. Given an extraordinary chance at a second life, now living as Diamond Buckow he is forced to decide between the easy path of violence and vengeance, or a life of honest hard work with no guarantee of success.
Augmented. Strung together with the fibers of other species, the viscous bits of an alien, and a desperate wish and a prayer. Angel of Death. Silent assassin. Definitely not human. Or Sane. Michael Cassidy has been called everything, and yet, he’d rather be nothing at all. A void. An empty vessel for hire to the highest bidder. Spekter. His wife is gone. His everything. Kate. For five years, he’s teetered on the edge of death, hoping for it, inviting it in. But his heart still beats. Occasionally. Dr. Natalie Beck has made him an offer he can’t refuse. She and her colleagues want his help taking down Gene Corp, a genetic modification facility owned by the US government. Not to mention they have his wife’s body and refuse to give it back. All he has to do is train a ramshackle group of Augmented and prepare them for an attack on Gene Corp in seven measly days. Shrug. Why not. Spekter has a secret, one that will end Gene Corp, and likely himself, once and for all. I t’s a win-win, so long as he keeps his wee, black and barely beating heart far, far away from the darkly beautiful and very intuitive Ileana, AKA Little Raven. With fast paced action, characters that literally clamber from the pages, UNTIL THERE’S BLOOD is darkly humorous, ultraviolent and deliciously sensual. Spekter has never been a hero, but he is the savior of all.
The Second Coming of Common Sense" offers for my fellow Americans consideration a current day rendition of Thomas Paine's American Revolutionary classic Common Sense. Today's "common sense" presents this concerned citizen's analysis of serious problems within our American "National System" the way America really works on a day-to-day basis. And most importantly, how We the People could prudently and practically decide to address and resolve those problems for our Common Good. And do it now! To say what needs to be said for the Common Good of our citizens -- the absolute goal being to initiate a Great American Discussion and Debate, that will coincide and collide with the 2008 U.S. Presidential and Congressional Campaign. This is an analysis of what is wrong in various public policy areas within our National System and how we could realistically confront and resolve such issues starting in 2008. This book objectively reviews critical issues, and presents real solutions to long-standing public problems - not in an attempt to convince or dictate, but to share objective perspectives and aggressive solutions to key public issues. "The Second Coming of Common Sense" is published with the intent of making your life and the lives of those you know and love, better.
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