My Spartan Hellion
My Spartan Hellion

Author: Nadia Aidan

Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)

Published: 2012-06-25

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1781840237

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When a spirited, Carthaginian slave and a noble Spartan general are thrust together, passion flourishes between the unlikely pair. But is passion enough to weather the turmoil of treachery, war and murder brewing in Ancient Sparta? Ripped from her home and forced into slavery, Lamia escapes from one master only to find herself the prisoner of another—handsome Spartan general, Thanos Aristaeus. Lamia vows never to surrender to Thanos, who openly desires her body. Yet, she never imagines he will also threaten to steal her heart. General Thanos Aristaeus couldn't have anticipated that his brief trip to Athens would yield him a spirited Carthaginian beauty...who despises his very existence. Lamia defies him at every turn, but Thanos soon learns that lurking beneath the surface of her vehement denials of him is desire—a desire which she fails to disguise and is equally matched by his own passion for her. Unable to deny the scorching attraction between them, the pair find themselves embroiled in a heated affair, one that is doomed to meet a bitter end when faced with the political turmoil brewing in Ancient Greece. Torn between their two worlds, Thanos and Lamia must ultimately decide if they are willing to sacrifice everything for a love they never imagined they would find. Treachery, war and murder—can an unexpected and unlikely love flourish when faced with such obstacles? Lamia and Thanos are about to find out.

Starcraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga
Starcraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga

Author: Gabriel Mesta

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-07

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0671041495

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This second novel based on the bestselling computer game describes the world of Bhekar Ro as a wasteland. When a violent storm unearths an alien artifact, Bhekar Ro becomes the greatest prize in the Terran Sector. Now, forces from the Zerg, the Portoss, and Humanity converge to claim the lost secrets of the most powerful species the universe has ever known.

Batal
Batal

Author: Iain Richmond

Publisher: Rogue Planet Publishing

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781946807120

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400 years ago missiles fell from the sky like rain. Ninety-nine percent of humanity is cleansed from the earth by fire and water. For those that survived the rolling firestorms and mountain-sized rogue waves, the radiation set in. Hunting and attacking every living cell, always searching, always waiting. Small pockets of humans evolved to live with the radiation and even thrive within its presence. To survive, communities searched and traded for DNA resistant to radiation. Batal Spartan travels from the fortress island of Skye Stone off the coast of northern Africa to the Hiroshima Archipelago in search of a woman from his past who has chosen him as her partner. All Batal must do, is avoid the Northern Horde hunting his group, survive the creatures of the sea, prove his worth to her and her clan and make it back to Skye Stone alive.

Mae West
Mae West

Author: Jill Watts

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003-04-17

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780195347678

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"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend? Sifting through previously untapped sources, author Jill Watts unravels the enigmatic life of Mae West, tracing her early years spent in the Brooklyn subculture of boxers and underworld figures, and follows her journey through burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and, finally, Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the big screen's most popular--and colorful--stars. Exploring West's penchant for contradiction and her carefully perpetuated paradoxes, Watts convincingly argues that Mae West borrowed heavily from African American culture, music, dance and humor, creating a subversive voice for herself by which she artfully challenged society and its assumptions regarding race, class and gender. Viewing West as a trickster, Watts demonstrates that by appropriating for her character the black tradition of double-speak and "signifying," West also may have hinted at her own African-American ancestry and the phenomenon of a black woman passing for white. This absolutely fascinating study is the first comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work. It reveals a beloved icon as a radically subversive artist consciously creating her own complex image.

Scorpion Dawn
Scorpion Dawn

Author: Emma Jane Holloway

Publisher: Rowan & Ash Artistry

Published: 2020-08-22

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1775027996

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When the prey becomes the hunter … Miranda Fletcher lives in a glittering world of aeronauts and artists, dance cards and dandies, but terror lurks outside the city walls. The countryside is infested with hungry abominations called the Unseen, and a single crack in the capital’s defenses invites disaster. Then Miranda witnesses a murder and learns the walls aren’t as secure as their magical protectors claim. But despite a string of bloody crimes, no one is foolhardy enough to question the mages, much less battle monsters at the gate. Except Miranda. When tragedy shatters her home, she’ll risk everything to get answers—and vengeance. Even death. Sometimes the smallest creature carries the deadliest sting.

The Longest Trip Home
The Longest Trip Home

Author: John Grogan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0061980889

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Meet the Grogans Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy navigating his way through the seismic social upheaval of the 1960s. On the one side were his loving but comically traditional parents, whose expectations were clear. On the other were his neighborhood pals and all the misdeeds that followed. The more young John tried to straddle these two worlds, the more spectacularly, and hilariously, he failed. Told with Grogan's trademark humor and affection, The Longest Trip Home is the story of one son's journey into adulthood to claim his place in the world. It is a story of faith and reconciliation, breaking away and finding the way home again, and learning in the end that a family's love will triumph over its differences.