Never King's
Never King's

Author: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Publisher: Paper & Silver, Inc.

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13:

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From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a Paranormal Suspense, Never King’s, the finale of the USA Today bestselling King series. KING IS DEAD, AND NOW THE CHILD HE LEFT BEHIND ISN’T SAFE … ANSIN Ding-dong, people. The wicked king is dead. And, yes, I take full credit. King had it coming. So now that I’m the most ancient, deadly badass on the planet, I can finally get on with my plan. Step one: resurrecting my bloodline. But to do it, I must win over Jeni, the one woman who can give me powerful children. If only she’d stop holding a grudge. So what if I killed the father of her baby? Sooner or later she’ll have to forgive me because there are bad, bad things coming her way, and I’m the only one who can protect her. But will she come around before it’s too late? JENI My love for King never made sense, but now that he’s gone, I’m holding it together (barely) for our newborn son. I must be vigilant because my enemies think he belongs to them. Unfortunately, the only one who can help is dangerous, evil, and a constant reminder of what I’ve lost. Then my worst nightmare happens, and he steps in. No demands. No bartering. Just help. Has he finally changed his evil ways, or is this a trick to get what he wants? Because without Ansin, my baby and I won’t get through this.

The King Never Smiles
The King Never Smiles

Author: Paul M. Handley

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0300130597

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Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living Buddha; and how a king widely seen as beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply political, autocratic, and even brutal. Paul Handley provides an extensively researched, factual account of the king's youth and personal development, ascent to the throne, skilful political maneuverings, and attempt to shape Thailand as a Buddhist kingdom. Blasting apart the widely accepted image of the king as egalitarian and virtuous, Handley convincingly portrays an anti-democratic monarch who, together with allies in big business and the corrupt Thai military, has protected a centuries-old, barely-modified feudal dynasty. When at nineteen Bhumibol assumed the throne after the still-unsolved shooting of his brother, the Thai monarchy had been stripped of power and prestige. Over the ensuing decades, Bhumibol became the paramount political actor in the kingdom, crushing critics while attaining high status among his people. The book details this process and depicts Thailand's unique constitutional monarch in the full light of the facts.

Free the Darkness
Free the Darkness

Author: Kel Kade

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9781952687013

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Raised and trained in seclusion at a secret fortress on the edge of the northern wilds of the Kingdom of Ashai, a young warrior called Rezkin is unexpectedly thrust into the outworld when a terrible battle destroys all that he knows. With no understanding of his life's purpose and armed with masterful weapons mysteriously bestowed upon him by a dead king, Rezkin must travel across Ashai to find the one man who may hold the clues to his very existence.Determined to adhere to his last orders, Rezkin extends his protection to an unlikely assortment of individuals he meets along the way, often leading to humorous and poignant incidents.As if pursuing an elite warrior across a kingdom, figuring out who he is and why everyone he knows is dead, and attempting to find these so-called friends and protect them is not enough, strange things are happening in the kingdom. New dangers begin to arise that threaten not only Rezkin and his friends, but possibly everyone in Ashai.

Hot Vampire Next Door
Hot Vampire Next Door

Author: Nikki St. Crowe

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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"Look at me," he says. "Look at me when I touch you."It's near impossible to ignore my vampire neighbor, Bran Duval, when he has a habit of shucking off his clothes while the blinds are up. He's playing games with me, but I don't mind a challenge.Only problem is, I'm supposed to pledge myself to a rival vampire family and now all I can think about is Bran Duval, black sheep of the Duval vampire family, and the wicked things he's promising to do to me in the dark.

Big Game A Story For Girls
Big Game A Story For Girls

Author: Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-01-02

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 936115270X

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The beloved girls' school narrative "Big Game: A Story for Girls" is set in the early 1900s. The story is centred on the experiences of several teenage girls who go to a boarding school. The main character, who is probably a pupil at the school, experiences growth on a personal level and deals with a variety of adolescent-related issues. The narrative examines issues of commitment, camaraderie, and pursuing personal goals in the setting of education. The characters participate in a variety of activities against the backdrop of a school, developing relationships and conquering challenges. The work highlights the significance of moral ideals, character development, and enduring friendships, as is typical of stories set at girls' schools. Readers may come across dramatic, comedic, and endearing exchanges throughout the story, all of which add to the overall ambiance of coming-of-age. The novel's core is its depiction of the protagonist's and her friends' transforming journey as they negotiate the joys and trials of growing up, even though precise narrative specifics may differ.

Renewal
Renewal

Author: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0691213461

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From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives Like much of the world, America is deeply divided over identity, equality, and history. Renewal is Anne-Marie Slaughter’s candid and deeply personal account of how her own odyssey opened the door to an important new understanding of how we as individuals, organizations, and nations can move backward and forward at the same time, facing the past and embracing a new future. Weaving together personal stories and reflections with insights from the latest research in the social sciences, Slaughter recounts a difficult time of self‐examination and growth in the wake of a crisis that changed the way she lives, leads, and learns. She connects her experience to our national crisis of identity and values as the country looks into a four-hundred-year-old mirror and tries to confront and accept its full reflection. The promise of the Declaration of Independence has been hollow for so many for so long. That reckoning is the necessary first step toward renewal. The lessons here are not just for America. Slaughter shows how renewal is possible for anyone who is willing to see themselves with new eyes and embrace radical honesty, risk, resilience, interdependence, grace, and vision. Part personal journey, part manifesto, Renewal offers hope tempered by honesty and is essential reading for citizens, leaders, and the change makers of tomorrow.

Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown
Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown

Author: J F Andrews

Publisher: Pen and Sword History

Published: 2025-05-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781399020312

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When William the Conqueror died in 1087 he left the throne of England to William Rufus ... his second son. The result was an immediate war as Rufus's elder brother Robert fought to gain the crown he saw as rightfully his; this conflict marked the start of 400 years of bloody disputes as the English monarchy's line of hereditary succession was bent, twisted and finally broken when the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, fell at Bosworth in 1485. The Anglo-Norman and Plantagenet dynasties were renowned for their internecine strife, and in Lost Heirs we will unearth the hidden stories of fratricidal brothers, usurping cousins and murderous uncles; the many kings - and the occasional queen - who should have been but never were. History is written by the winners, but every game of thrones has its losers too, and their fascinating stories bring richness and depth to what is a colourful period of history. King John would not have gained the crown had he not murdered his young nephew, who was in line to become England's first King Arthur; Henry V would never have been at Agincourt had his father not seized the throne by usurping and killing his cousin; and as the rival houses of York and Lancaster fought bloodily over the crown during the Wars of the Roses, life suddenly became very dangerous indeed for a young boy named Edmund.

Permanent Exiles
Permanent Exiles

Author: Martin Jay

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0231060734

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Charts the flight of some of this century's most important thinkers from Nazi Germany to the United States. Jay explores the theories of The Frankfurt School -- among them, the work of Theodor Adorno, Leo Lowenthal and Herbert Marcuse -- as well, such as George Lichtheim, Hannah Arendt, and Henry Pachter.

All the King's Men
All the King's Men

Author: Robert Penn Warren

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780156012959

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Willie Stark's obsession with political power leads to the ultimate corruption of his gubernatorial administration.