Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome lawyer husband? Double check. Then one night, a bullet rips through the right side of her skull and she loses everything. As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her... before he finishes the job he started.

    Against orders, he spirited them away to a dimension and gave them the job of protecting humans whose own hybrid experiment had escaped and become their nightmare. Rosie Storm thought she was getting a few weeks of tantrum-fueled asylum. The last thing she was expecting was someone like Carnal.

    One God of grace. John Douglas thought he knew the future God had for him--raise a family and grow old with his bride, Hannah. But then a deadly house fire incinerates his faith, destroying the man he’d been. Worship leader Jenni Dupont conquered her demons years ago and has the scars to prove it. But temptation strikes when her world is shattered, and this time she's not sure if God can carry her through. Bar waitress April Johanson lives with the secret trauma of an abusive past. Desperate to stay off the streets of Vegas, she’ll do whatever is necessary to pay the rent. When their lives intersect, God will ask them to do the impossible. To love Him even if… About Grace in the Flames If you love a deep, weighty, beautiful story, check out Grace in the Flames. *This inspirational Christian novel explores tough themes like grief, alcoholism, self-harm, and unwanted pregnancy.* It wrestles with faith-breaking circumstances that redefine the meaning of family and true friendship, and still delivers a heady, toe-curling love story. What readers are saying: "A story you won’t soon forget!" "I couldn't put it down, consider yourself warned" "This books deserves five stars...or even six!" "I was hooked from the first chapter" "My favorite book of 2016!" "With delicacy and nuance, Massaro loads the story with heavy issues...the message of God’s grace and the hope available to those who love him will connect with readers of faith." -- Publisher's Weekly "...emotionally evocative and profoundly moving...Highly recommended." --Cheryl Wyatt, USA TODAY bestselling author of award-winning Wings of Refuge series. Scroll up and grab your copy of GRACE IN THE FLAMES today!

    Seven men, all from the town’s Pakistani heritage community, were jailed for selling vulnerable young girls for sex. The convictions made national news, but for one girl the chilling headlines were all too real.      Holly Archer was just fourteen when her life changed forever after becoming embroiled in a frightening web of exploitation and abuse. Enduring countless violent rapes and death threats, she was forced to sleep with several men a night. As her abusers’ grip tightened, she fell into despair, twice becoming pregnant. Hours after her last GCSE exam, she took an overdose in a desperate attempt to end the nightmare that had become her life.      Her escape eventually came when, old enough to leave home, she fled to Birmingham. She moved house every six months, fearing her abusers would hunt her down. She eventually found the strength to return to Telford shortly after giving birth to a daughter, around the same time the police launched an investigation into the exploitation of young girls in the town. She underwent hours of rigorous police interviews but in the end decided she could not face her abusers in court.      Nonetheless, seven men were convicted of sex offences and jailed as a result of the investigation. Holly slowly began to pick up the pieces of her life and was given a job with a rape prevention charity. Having survived her ordeal, she now tells her full, shocking story for the first time.

    But when he goes out on a particularly tragic call, he realizes that some scenes are too devastating to forget. And yet, if it weren’t for that terrible night, he never would have met the woman who makes him want to risk his heart.   More than once, Harmony Banks has watched her perfectly ordered world torn apart by fate. Now she’s finding out that what she lost wasn’t as perfect as she thought—and it’s tearing her apart. The only thing that keeps her going is the kindness of a stranger: the firefighter who saved her life the night everything changed.   Preston isn’t like the men who have come before. For one thing, he’s far more genuine. And the love Harmony feels growing between them is almost too intense for her wounded soul. But if she and Preston can push past heartbreak, they’ll find that something incredible awaits in each other’s arms.  Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

    The disaster has captivated history buffs and non-history buffs alike, and it is easy to see why. Some of the most illustrious people of the day were on board: some survived, and some did not. Legends abound about whether the ship’s maiden voyage was cursed. And then there is the ship itself: arguably the most luxurious vessel to ever travel oversea. Inside you will read about... ✓ Conceiving of and Building the Titanic ✓ “The Ship of Dreams” ✓ Setting Sail ✓ The Passengers ✓ The Iceberg and the Sinking ✓ The Aftermath ✓ The Titanic Remembered and Re-Discovered The disaster holds secrets and stories of love and bravery, cowardice and greed. Explore these and other themes that surround the sinking of the grand ship, Titanic.

    Persecution, torture, devastation, and enduring the unthinkable remained for those who lived. This is the story of one woman who lived to tell her story. This is a narrative of how a young beautiful teenager, Helen Stein, and her family were torn asunder, ultimately bringing her to Auschwitz. It was there she suffered heinous indignity at the hands of the SS. It was also there, in that death camp, she encountered compassion, selfless acts of kindness, and friendship. Written by the award-winning, best-selling author of His Name Was Ben, comes a story of the resilience of the human spirit that will leave you thinking about Helen Stein and The Seven Year Dress for years to come after the last page is shut.

    With another thought, it transforms a field of mulberries. With a thought, a thousand fiends are killed. With another thought, ten thousand Immortals are slain... Only I alone… shall be everlasting»«A Will Eternal" is a xianxia webnovel by popular Chinese xianxia writer Ergen. In Chinese, the title and author are 一念永恒 and 耳根, respectively. This is the fourth novel written by Ergen, after his previous novels of «Renegade Immortal» (仙逆), «Beseech the Devil» (求魔), and «I Shall Seal the Heavens» (我欲封天). In first translated volume collected first 183 chapters of this book.

    Get your mind out of the gutter; I’m not talking about sex. I’m talking about saying yes to whatever comes my way in life. So when I had the chance to move to Europe after college, I said, yes. When I had the chance to open my own lingerie line, I said, yes. And when my stepsister got diagnosed with cancer and needed me to come home and help her raise her daughter, I said, yes. That’s me, Kenzie — the yes girl! In every area of my life but one —Love. Always the first to leave a relationship. Will I be able to say yes to love — to Kane — to being happy? Or will I simply come undone and be stripped raw? Kane Don’t let Kenzie fool you! She’s a master at hiding behind a laugh and a smile. Being an attorney, I prefer the facts. This story isn’t as light and happy as my yes girl would have you believe. No laugh can sugarcoat what we are facing: I’ve lost everything. I know what it’s like to be left raw. But sometimes that’s the only way to find love. To strip yourself down, let the other person see all your sh*t, and hope they love you anyway.

    . .On the eve of the end of the world--according to the Mayan calendar--Mari Guarez Roselli's secrets are being unraveled by her daughter, Lu.Lu's worry dolls are at-capacity as she tries to outrun the ghosts from her past--including loved ones stolen on 9/11--by traveling through her mother's homeland of Guatemala, to discover the painful reasons behind her own dysfunctional childhood, and why she must trust in the magic of the legend.

     Trust me, this isn’t what I wanted. Not that I mind a beautiful woman showing up at my door first thing in the morning. What I do mind is the baggage she’s carrying with her. My club tells me I have to press her for information. But I can’t get too close to her. The problem? I get too close to her. I can’t help myself. It’s just my outlaw way. The second I realize I need to get away, I discover there’s a connection between me and her. A murderous connection that is rearing its ugly head into my present and into my future. This wild fling is turning into something deeper… and Ava is about to learn the consequences of when you mess with an outlaw and his heart. *** Hey darlin’ You’re about to read my next release, REAPER'S KISS. Each and every book I write contains a part of me. Some of this is true. Some is this is altered from the original way it happened in my life. Some of it is all wild fantasy. Hope you’re ready… I know I am. See you on the other side. - Jax Stay social with Jax: Facebook: www.facebook.com/JaxsonKidman Newsletter (part of the Outlaw Romance Obsession team): http://eepurl.com/b9BDKb Email Jax: JaxsonKidman@gmail.com

    Coming out may not have been his choice, but ending his marriage was. With an ugly divorce looming and a vindictive soon-to-be ex-wife making his life a living hell, Krane finds his once comfortable life in the small Scottish village changed forever. Unprepared and unwilling to admit the truth, Krane has some tough decisions to makeFor years he’d felt dead inside, going through life but never actually living. He’d given up all hope of ever finding that one special person who would make him feel complete, but when he meets an attractive brunette with legs to die for at his brother’s BDSM club, Krane’s world is tipped upside down. I’m going to ruin you for every other man. You’re mine. I own you.” The heat and passion ignite instantly, scorching them both, and in the space of a few hours, Bailey became much more than a one-night stand. Every touch from Bailey was branded onto his skin, forever imprinted like the intricate ink-work covering his body, something which couldn’t be washed off or forgotten, but worn forever. "Bailey was showing Krane how life should be." Coming from entirely different worlds, both struggle to overcome their worries and fear of becoming part of each other’s life, but the searing white-hot heat which builds between them with every look can’t be ignored. With hesitant steps, Krane enters the secretive world of BDSM and Bailey cautiously re-enters the world he’s tried so hard to forget since the death of his lover and Dom. The world outside the club. “Krane screamed power. Bailey could sense it simmering across the room and filling his lungs with his alpha aroma.” There’s a sadness which clings to Bailey, and his unwillingness to open up about the dark secrets in his past makes Krane doubt everything, but he’s had enough of giving up and is prepared to fight for what he wants, and what he wants is Bailey. He just has to convince Bailey he wants Krane in return. Krane is a standalone book included in the Knights to Remember series. Other books include: Sebastian Dominque

    Starting at a new high school, in the middle of my senior year, in a new town, in a new state. I know no one. No one knows me. That's what I'm counting on.A year ago, Aurora "Rory" Pine was just a normal teenage girl - just as sweet and naive as the fairy tale princess she was named after.But this isn't a year ago.Rory is broken, and suffering from a new debilitating anxiety disorder, wrought with precarious triggers, she moves across the country to escape the source of her troubles. Her plan is anonymity, but that's easier said than achieved for the new girl having a panic episode outside of calculus. The worst part? There's a witness - and a gorgeous one at that.Sam is a walking trigger for Rory. Incredibly handsome, built like the star athlete he obviously is, and undoubtedly popular, Sam outwardly represents everything Rory despises about high school. But as the fates keep throwing them together, a connection sparks that neither ever expected, and certainly can’t ignore.But Sam has issues too, and Rory's past won't just stay in the damned past. When friendship evolves into something deeper, can a girl utterly destroyed by the worst kind of betrayal and a boy battling demons of his own ever have a normal relationship? Is that even what they want? Find out in NORMAL, a gritty story of trust and abuse, heartbreak and salvation, and if they're lucky - love. This is not a flowery romance - not for the faint of heart.ReCAP (Book 1.5)Rory and Sam fell in love in NORMAL, and we all fell in love right along with them. Now see it all unfold through Sam's eyes, and learn just how the new girl with anxiety issues stole the heart of the gorgeous heartthrob, and turned his world upside down.You already heard the story. The one of how Rory and I fell in love, supposedly, even if she couldn't handle it in the end. You know how it all went.Or you think you do.You only know her side. But I have my own point of view, and even Rory couldn't know my thoughts in those few months it took for her to go from being a stranger to my whole entire world.Every moment is permanently ingrained in my memory. In my goddamned soul. From the moment I stumbled upon the girl panicking outside of calculus - the one with the tight little body, the angelic face, and the fierce attitude - to the night she abandoned me in Miami. It was the sum of those moments that changed me irrevocably.Our story isn't over. I won't let it be. But this, this is what happened so far, the way I saw it.I'm Cap. Or Sam, to Rory. And this is my story.OKAY (Book 2)After the horrors she’s survived over the past year, Rory never expected to find the one thing she certainly wasn’t looking for – love. But after the painful realization that her past has left her a dangerous liability to the person she cares for the most, she finally understands that for her and Sam, love means letting go.Can two people hopelessly in love ever revert back to just friends? Neither Rory nor Sam knows for sure. But the one thing they do know – it’s the only choice they have.As Rory recovers from a devastating assault, Sam will do anything to make sure it never happens again. But how far will he go to keep her safe? Their choices will change everything, and they will either bring them back together or destroy them irrevocably.

    Billionaire icon. Consultant to kings. Golden-haired god. Cassian Court is a legend before he even steps foot on the remote island of Arcadia--but from the moment he locks eyes with Mishella Santelle, she can see only the man beneath the power, the presence, and the muscles...the bruised soul for whom hers has been destined...But destiny isn't a luxury for a woman of the Arcadian Court. Close your eyes... When six months of her life are bargained to Cassian in a multimillion dollar contract, Mishella must learn the rules of a more ruthless kingdom: New York City. In this glamorous jungle, paths are harder to discern, enemies are more cleverly camouflaged...and passions are impossible to ignore, especially when awakened by the man who can read her every desire with a glance, control her every arousal with a touch... And leap... Helpless against how her body and soul react to this man, Mishella dreads her heart is soon to follow--for the ghosts from Cassian's past will never free him to return her love. In six months, she'll simply be a memory to him...the naughty little toy he played with for a while...Unless she can prove the impossible.That their love is worth fighting for.

    The struggle to save the man who claims Zaire’s heart tests their newly formed bond. And proves there’s nothing Zaire won’t do for him.Only, sharing him might be an issue.While on a mission to retrieve a runaway wolf cub, Zaire and Lathan come across a beautiful, fierce young woman, Embry Caelitēs, who watches over the child with all the instincts of a mare guarding her foal. Separating the two is impossible, and Embry possesses powers that can help Lathan tame his beast. Unfortunately, Zaire and Embry are like oil and water, clashing at every turn. All they have in common is how much they’re willing to sacrifice for the ones they love.Surrendering to the wild passion of the animal within, Zaire’s tempered connection with Embry grows, but will it be enough as Lathan’s very existence proves too great a risk for any peaceful pack to take? As Embry’s past closes in on her, and their little cub faces the danger she tried to escape, will love be enough to keep them all alive?

    Across town, a young girl is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite the distance, a single even leaves their lives shattered.Britt must overcome grievous injuries, while Keller deems himself the KILLER that has to live with his selfish actions, and the path of death and misery left in his destructive wake.Two people. One incident. This is the story of the aftermath of a school shooting. KILLER effortlessly weaves the lives of two damaged souls, chance circumstances bringing them together in ways they don't quite understand and a traumatic background neither of them knows they share.  ***Keller Keating—"The fact I feel anything should let me know I’m headed in the wrong direction, headed down a path of darkness, destruction, and failure. A path that will dig out memories so painful I’ve created an entire persona to avoid dealing with them. Yet I know—I’m going down that path headfirst no questions asked, no matter the outcome.I might be a monster, but I’m a selfish one."Britton Reeves—"When his strength envelops me, every wrong becomes right, every anxiety melts away, every doubt disappears. I feel calm, safe, whole. The spark of life that’s been missing inside me burns bright, lighting me up like a solar flare, sizzling white-hot through my veins. Keller brings me out of the darkness and into the light."

    The motto of his rescue squad is Simpliciter Paratus: Absolutely Ready, but the only thing Nic feels ready for is vacation. After finding a damsel in distress on the side of the road, he can't help but spring into action.Julie is stranded, out of gas, and beautiful. She's also wearing her pajamas and can only remember her first name. When she won't let Nic take her to the hospital, they'll do the only logical thing: go back to his condo together.When Nic learns that Julie's family has been murdered and someone shows up looking for her, he knows this is a situation he can't handle alone. He needs the teamwork and the camaraderie of the entire Air Force 506th Rescue Squad to save the day.True Valor is the first installment in a five-book military romance series. If you like heartwarming chemistry, page-turning suspense, and wholesome romance, then you'll love this series starter.Buy True Valor to fall in love with a new series today!

    The Plutonian's former teammates, the Paradigm, have been forced to turn toward a savage former enemy and a slim chance for survival. But with little time and less options the Paradigm have no other shot at stopping the vengeful Plutonian. Have they unleashed something they cannot control?  The apocalyptic superhero tale continues, from the author of multiple Eisner Award winner KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!

    You may have heard of a plot to rob Abraham Lincoln’s body from its grave site, but did you know that there was also attempts to steal Benjamin Harrison's and Andrew Jackson’s remains? The book also includes “Critical Death Information,” which prefaces each chapter, and a complete visitor’s guide to each grave site and death-related historical landmark. An “Almost Presidents” section includes chapters on John Hanson (first president under the Articles of Confederation), Sam Houston (former president of the Republic of Texas), David Rice Atchison (president for a day), and Jefferson Davis. Exhaustively researched, The President Is Dead! is richly layered with colorful facts and entertaining stories about how the presidents have passed. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

    She knows only one thing about herself—she wants to be left alone. Avoiding her mother’s forced family time, she seeks solitude on her own terms. In a poorly ventilated, overcrowded Dewey Beach rental, she discovers there’s no place to hide. Not from yourself, not from your life, and not from love. This is the story of Nora Hargrove’s full share. I learned the healing power of a good bloody Mary and a dip in the Atlantic. I kayaked in the dead of night and witnessed the only shooting star I’ve ever seen. I fell in love on a bed made of pallets. I lived.Life is deep. Dive in.

     Until now.             The Real James Dean is the first book of its kind: a rich collection spanning six decades of writing in which many of the people whose lives were touched by Dean recall their indelible experiences with him in their own words. Here are the memorable personal accounts of Dean from his high school and college drama teachers; the girl he almost married; costars like Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, and Raymond Massey; directors Elia Kazan, Nicholas Ray, and George Stevens; entertainer Eartha Kitt; gossip queen Hedda Hopper; the passenger who accompanied Dean on his final, fatal road trip; and a host of his other friends and colleagues who recorded their impressions of him for posterity.

    You have to be special to see the behind the mask.Erik Renevant once lived in the spotlight. As lead singer for the wildly successful group, Specter the world revered him. When an accident destroyed his band and his face, he chose to live his life in the darkness, hiding away from the shadows of his former self and refusing to be seen again.Christine Day longs to have her chance in the spotlight. Living her life flitting from one thing to the other and currently without a permanent residence, she sees her big break in becoming the backup singer for an unknown band and entering the Stage of Stars, the latest hit reality competition.When Christine wanders into Erik’s perfectly controlled world and he hears her voice, he knows she is destined for super stardom. However, he never dreamed she would be the one to help him shatter his own façade and lead him into the light.Façade is inspired by the beloved story of the Phantom of the Opera and is a combination of all the different incarnations.

    Savior. Prisoner. Malcolm Silvestra’s Synthetic Organ Replacement technique saved the lives of thousands of people. Then “The Scald” deformed and killed millions more. Imprisoned above the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Northwest Territories, Malcolm's only hope to stave off his execution is to find the cure to save not only humanity but more importantly, his beloved wife. Will Malcolm’s brilliance unlock the secret to freeing Cynthiana from her prison of flesh? Or will he watch her die like all the others?

    But with no leads to follow, and their case log growing larger by the day, the murder quickly grows cold. Desperate to keep the investigation of her deceased sister going, Ginger Baines hires two novice sleuths to solve the case. Widowed, well into their seventies, and new to the world of private investigating, Clara Samples and Iris Hadley aren’t your average private eyes. When a second body is found in a neighboring cemetery, the plot thickens. With two bodies wrapped, almost lovingly, in a soft blanket before being discarded in a cemetery, could a serial killer be on the loose? Joined by their young apprentice Quita, Clara and Iris are determined to stop at nothing to find the killer before they can strike again. But, will their bodies be the next ones discovered among the tombstones?

     She lands in a mysterious town populated by all the suicide victims who ever made the jump, where she is shunned as an outsider. Eleanor finds solace in Phillip Kidd, the only town resident who seems willing to go out of his comfort zone to help her survive in their broken world.With a fresh view of the afterlife, The Broken Haven unravels Eleanor's unforeseen impact on the town above and the town below.

     *Follow-up to 'The Brokenhearted Necklace' series. Jack’s heart is broken over Travis’ betrayal, and the pain deepens when he returns home to find Travis in the arms of another man. Will he give Travis a chance to explain the truth of what Jack witnessed? To apologize for his past transgression? Is it within Jack to forgive and let go of the hurt…or will this be the end of their friendship? The end of their love?

    It was something that escaped from a lab. Something small, and very hungry. It starts with deadly rain that delivers death where it falls, but soon the whole planet is under threat as the infection spreads, consuming everything before it. A band of survivors on the Eastern coast of Canada watch as their world falls and crumbles to ruin. The infection seems relentless. More than that, it seems to be learning, adapting and evolving faster than they can fight it. Worse still—it is infecting not just their bodies, but is creeping into their minds, dancing in their dreams. Can they stop it before it takes them? Or must they all join in the final dance of death?

    Hundreds of the most riveting articles from the archives of the Times including firsthand accounts of major events and little-known anecdotes have been selected for inclusion in The New York Times: The Complete World War II. The book covers the biggest battles of the war, from the Battle of the Bulge to the Battle of Iwo Jima, as well as moving stories from the home front and profiles of noted leaders and heroes such as Winston Churchill and George Patton.A respected World War II historian and writer, editor Richard Overy guides readers through the articles, putting the events into historical context. The enclosed DVD-ROM gives access to more day-by-day coverage of World War II in The New York Times -- from the invasion of Poland to V-J day with access to over 98,000 articles.Beautifully designed and illustrated with hundreds of maps and historical photographs, it's the perfect gift for any war, politics, or history buff.

     Her life is predictable and unexciting until a young wolf comes calling, desperate for help. When the local alpha shows up angry and accusing, she realizes she has made a terrible mistake. And no matter what, she must fix it before the alpha, the pack, and the town are destroyed. But that isn't the only mistake Abby will make when it comes to Eli Dean. As she gets to know him, Abby's feelings for him begin to change, and she soon finds herself in unfamiliar, heartbreaking territory. When he’s injured and death walks a little too close to all of them, she's willing to risk everything to heal him. But will she be able to get past the soul crushing fear and risk herself for love?

    The category of the literary has always been contentious. What is clear, however, ishow increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognized as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greaterpressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work intothe meaning and value of literary reading.This short but thought-provoking volume asks the question, What is it that tragedy makes us know? The focus is on tragedy as a mode of representing the experience of radical suffering, pain, or loss, a mode of narrative through which we come to know certain things about ourselves and ourworld--about its fragility and ours. Through a mixture of historical discussion and close reading of a number of dramatic texts--from Sophocles to Sarah Kane--the book addresses a wide range of debates: how tragedy is defined, whether there is such a thing as absolute tragedy, various modernattempts to rework the classical heritage and the relation of comedy to tragedy. There is also a fresh discussion of whether religious--particularly Christian--discourse is inimical to the tragic and of the necessary tension between tragic narrative and certain kinds of political as well asreligious rhetoric. Rowan Williams argues that tragic drama both articulates failure and frailty and, in affirming the possibility of narrating the story of traumatic loss, refuses to settle for passivity, resignation, or despair. In this sense, it still shows the trace of its ritual and religiousroots. And in challenging two-dimensional models of society, power, humanity and human knowing, it remains an intrinsic part of any fully humanist culture.

    (the pilot), his wife Phyllis and step-daughter Carla Corbus. Due to worse-than-predicted weather, it went down in the Trinity Mountains of California only eight miles from a highway and beneath a busy commercial airway. This was before radio-beacon type emergency locators were required equipment for airplanes; the family survived the crash for almost two months but the ruggedness of the terrain and the fact that they were far off their intended course made finding them by sight impossible. Searchers determined the weather in the mountains also made living impossible after a period of time had passed.Half a year later, the eventual finding of the wreck by hunters shocked the nation. A diary and series of letters from the survivors explained their predicament. These Oien family documents as well as photos of the family and from the search are included in the story.This tragedy spurred political action towards the mandatory Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) that are carried aboard all U.S. civil aircraft. ELT radios have saved thousands of lives since they were mandated and their technology continues to improve and find more lost people. Pilots who read this story will never fly without a flight plan, survival gear, or a working ELT. In aviation, we say the regulations are "written in blood." This compelling story is the "blood" behind the ELT regulations.While indeed tragic, the Oien family's legacy has a brighter side: Their story led directly to this effective legislation of requirements for the airplane locators that have since saved so many lives in search-and-rescue operations. Their complete story is now told for the first time -- the "Carla Corbus Diary" is uncovered here along with the family letters that accompanied it, never before published in full.

    Diseases and disorders have been wiped out. But Jess doesn’t belong. She slipped through the net and there’s something dangerous in her DNA, something that must be ‘cured’. Charlie is watching Jess. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep society safe.

    It’s a story of arson; of bravery by parents, nuns, firefighters, and medical professionals; of a falsely accused janitor; of a cover-up within the Catholic Church; of a judge who, in having to determine the juvenile arsonist’s fate, is torn between loyalty to his church and justice; of a tight-knit community changed forever; and of two survivors who fall in love. Fire itself is also a central character in this story, a cunning observer that comes to life whenever a flame is lit.

    Christina Strigas can bring you into her world and make you feel a part of her story. She takes words and draws you into them until you feel each one with raw intensity. She is a natural-born poet. This poetry book is full of passion, lust and longing with a tour de force that will move the reader with an attention to detail and moments in time. Christina Strigas shows a vulnerabiity in this poetry collection not seen before. Love & Vodka is Christina Strigas' third poetry book. This book is written for all the hearts that shatter, that are transparent, that crack, rebuild and see truth. This is for the souls that connect through words. The poems in this book will make you breathless from their honesty. This poetry collection is full of poems that will make you contemplate the magic of connections disconnections, rejection, love, drinking, pain, marriage, loneliness, honor and the perils of living so many lifetimes in one. Delve into poetry head first and read passages over again to connect. This book has a modern feel with an ancient way of writing. Inspired by Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath and modern poets such as Mary Oliver and Billy Collins to name a few, Christina Strigas uses stream of consciousness to devour themes and words and spurt them forth into a poem. A contemporary poetry book that will not disappoint you and that will restore your faith into the power of poetry again.

    And without Chen Mingsheng, she would probably live her life in peace. However, she did meet Chen Mingsheng, and the possibility never appeared. And both he and she were grateful for their meeting that night, which made them a refuge for each other.But the time was too short. Like story ended only at the introduction. She started to try a new story, but failed. If life could only be described by ""many years have passed"", how about giving this story a good ending. Let the seed, fearless of the world voice, hidden somewhere in the corner, blossoms with bright flower, as the unknown story blossoms completely. 如果那个夜晚，杨昭没有接到那个电话，大概她这辈子都遇不到陈铭生。如果没有陈铭生，她或许就这样平淡地过一生，只是，她遇到了陈铭生，那“或许”也就不会出现了。她与他都庆幸，那个夜晚的相遇，让他们成了彼此最无法割舍的安息之地。只是这样的时光太短暂，就像是一个故事刚有了开篇就戛然而止。她开始尝试开启新的故事，但没有成功。如果生命变成只能用“很多年过去了”来形容，还不如成全这个故事的结局。让无畏世俗的种子，藏在某个角落，开出明艳的花，如同那个不为人知的故事。完整怒放！"

    The definitive collection of the Eisner Award winning series continues.Legendary comic writer Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME) takes superhero comics to the next level asking the question, “What if the world’s greatest superhero decided to become the world’s greatest super villain?” Don’t miss the Eisner Award-nominated series that tookthe comic book industry by storm! Volume 3 of BOOM!’s original superhero series from comics legend Mark Waid! What happens to a world when a savior betrays it…and who can stop it? A "twilight of the superheroes"-style story that examines the nature of good and evil from the writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!

     And you thought you had it bad. You see, Benny is a mouse. A mouse wanting freedom. A mouse wanting purpose. A mouse wanting to be happy. Is that so much to ask for? Yes. Yes it is. But after being rescued by a family of rats, it seems Benny will finally be able to achieve his dream. With their newfound freedom, the mice take on the mission of destroying fear and poverty through the creation of the Kindness Pile: a beer can where mice contribute a portion of what they harvest. However, the rats, who are naturally greedy creatures, have other plans. Throw in a monstrous opossum, a bottle of whiskey, a murderous affair, a famine, and a harsh winter into the mix, and it isn’t long until Benny wonders if leaving the glass prison was such a good idea.

    Bounced from one foster home to the next she’s never really had a real home or a real family. Bitter, spiteful and angry, at the young age of thirteen she finally lands in a place that sticks. And it is in no way a good place… except for him. One look is all it takes for her to find a home and it’s not in a place but a person. Lucien Oliver found himself orphaned and in the system after both his parents were murdered in front of him by a rival outlaw motorcycle club. Knowing he’d grow into the man his father groomed him to be, and that being not a very good one, he keeps everyone at a distance and only speaks when necessary. That is, until she shows up. One look is all it takes for Carmine to steal a piece of Lucien’s heart. A heart he has no desire to give away. For two years, they live under the same roof and become the best of friends and the only family they have to speak of. Then, one night just days after Carmine turned fifteen, the unthinkable happens and they find themselves ripped away from one another in the most tragic of ways. It won’t be until years later when they meet again. After Lucien is no longer Lucien but rather the enforcer to the Mercy Motorcycle Club and a man known as King. And after Carmine gets out of jail, doing time for a crime she didn’t commit. Now adults and practically strangers they learn that life for them is always going to be messy and if it can get any uglier it will. Lucien pushes Carmine too far and she finds herself in the arms of another. But will she stay there, or will she find her way home? This is the start to a series and a spinoff of The Dollhouse Series. Due to adult content, it is not recommended for readers under the age of 18. Contains m/f/m scenes. The following books will contain m/m and m/m/f scenes.

    The dazed commander must find a way back to his ship and save her before she sinks too. Julio DeCastro and Joe Bulgo can hear sailors trapped inside the capsized USS Oklahoma, which is rapidly filling with water. After toiling all day and all night with their pneumatic hammers, can the exhausted workers cut through the steel hull and save their comrades in time?Despite suffering serious wounds, Chief Petty Officer John Finn continues to stand out in the open, firing his machine gun at a swarm of Japanese fighter planes while yelling to his fellow sailors, "No one attacks America and gets away with it!"These and other real-life heroes risked their lives during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced America into World War II. You will never forget their courageous true stories.

    An Ordinary Tragedy is the true story of one family's love and despair for nearly three decades in California - from the middle 1950s to early 1980s.With a lifetime of memories, an abiding interest in child psychology, and generous input from family members and her brother's closest friends, Ms. Beninger offers a personal perspective on her ordinary family's greatest sorrow, asking the question every parent asks themselves when the child they love goes astray: where did we go wrong?

    Most were markedly changed. Young boys had become mature older men, aged beyond their years. All because of those days in the sea.” For five days near the end of the Second World War, the USS Indianapolis was effectively wiped off the map. After being hit by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, the warship sunk within twelve minutes. 900 men out of a crew of 1200 managed to jump free. But by the time they were found, survivors had plummeted to just 316 men. The story of how that happened, and how the few that remained of her crew were eventually rescued from the mid-Pacific, have become one of the most enduring — and notorious — of wartime sea stories. But the meaning of the Indianapolis goes beyond a simple sinking. What makes the story of this American warship so compelling is that it was important in so many ways. It was the flagship of the fighting admiral Raymond Spruance, in 1943-44, during the crucial battles to control the central Pacific. It delivered the key components of the first atomic bomb dropped in anger, in this case on Hiroshima. It was the greatest single loss of life at sea in an American naval disaster at war. It goes down in history as the biggest attack by sharks on human beings ever recorded. It also became a huge scandal as naval authorities tried to cover-up what had gone wrong, and why the crew had been inadvertently left to die. This book is designed to interweave all these themes to provide a short and informative, and above all, readable, guide to the Indianapolis story, and to also tell the intertwined tales of the two men at the heart of the story: Captain Charles McVay and the man who sank the ship, Mochitsura Hashimoto. David Boyle's work has been widely praised. ‘The tone of the book may be gloomy but there is plenty of entertainment value …’ Anne Ashworth, The Times ‘Exhilarating’ Daily Mail ‘He tells these stories, on the whole persuasively and with some startling asides.’ New Statesman ‘A book that is engagingly sensitive to the sentiments of what is sometimes called “middle England”’ Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, Before Enigma, Opertation Primrose,Rupert Brooke: England’s Last Patriot, Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Jerusalem: England’s National Anthem, Unheard Unseen: Warfare in the Dardanelles, Towards the Setting Sun: The Race for America and The Age to Come.

    Imagine what it would be like if that face shared every birthday, every secret, and every memory with you. England Murphy lost her twin sister Elise in a car accident just weeks before their high school graduation. Elise was her best friend, and without her she felt broken and alone. It was almost more than her heart could endure. The only way to mend a broken soul is to find its true mate, but England wasn’t searching for love. She was searching for absolution. But love found her first. (Recommended for ages 18+ due to language and sexual content)

    The main character, Rob Castor, deals with the loss of his girlfriend after she catches him in the act. He is left with only one decision - to move away in hopes of finding comfort and privacy in a small town. There he puts the pieces of his life back together and meets Michelle, a woman who is more than she appears. Together they help each other find the peace they both need.

    Rather than posh, upscale offices in one of the West Coast's metroplexes, Mr. Llyn instead tries to live what he invests in - a better world for all, maintaining low-key offices in Tacoma where the wilds of the Pacific Northwest are just a short escape away from the city. In his private life, Mr. Llyn is an active practitioner of BDSM, an experienced Dominant, Sadist, and Top. While on a business trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mr. Llyn attends a street festival and is swept up by the ambiance of the event, inspired to meet the person responsible for its organization. Into his life comes yvette, an Irish woman born of the country but now a resident of Belfast. During a lunch meeting, Mr. Llyn notices a symbolic ring on yvette's finger that marks her as a practioner of BDSM. A dinner date follows that launches the two into a complex relationship, one where yvette moves to the U.S. to work for Mr. Llyn's company and becomes his secretary, personal assistant, masochistic play partner, submissive, and eventually falls in love with her employer. Despite these parts of their relationship, Lance and yvette focus their time together as employer and employee in advancing the functionality of Mr. Llyn's company, and making Mr. Llyn's dream of creating a Home to help abused submissives to rehabilitate from mistreatment by others within the lifestyle become a reality. Through the course of a spring, summer, and fall, the construction of The Home for Wayward Girls faces many challenges, including the murder of a wayward girl whose body is found on the grounds, and the quest to find the girl's murderer. All the while, the relationship between Mr. Llyn and yvette continues to evolve until a pivotal event forces Mr. Llyn to make a decision, to face a choice that he never believed would come before him, a choice that threatens to make or break his world.

     After losing her family, Maggie Lawrence, accomplished author and philanthropist, has kept everyone at a distance. Levi Martin, the movie star, wants her to donate to his charity. He's confident that his good looks will make her give in. But Maggie has a reputation to maintain. If Levi thinks he can flash his charming smile and get her to hand over her hard earned money he’s in for the surprise of his life. Will she see past Levi's disarming good looks to his charitable heart before it’s too late?

    Not a good start to life for a young boy. I was born to sin.I've lied, cheated, assaulted, been an adulterer and stolen. It's how one survives the 'hood'. I have a reputation for being the 'bad boy', the fuck 'em and leave 'em type. I have never spent the night with a woman and I have never brought a woman home. We 'play' at her place and as soon as I'm done, I leave.After fleeing my home at the age of thirteen and living on the streets - an option I found better than being with my parents, my life is turned around by an elderly lady.I educate myself, become an award winning chef and return to the 'hood where I rent an apartment. I love and care about no-one and nothing except my Harley Motorcycle. It's here I met Jonesy and he takes my life in a whole new direction. Along with Wade, a fellow chef and the only person I can trust, the pair teach me how to love. Not only myself, but others.BLOSSOMI'm a wealthy Restaurateur thanks to an inheritance I received when my father passed.I live in a penthouse apartment in the 'rich' part of the city.Being pampered and spoiled all my life has turned me into a woman who sees something she wants and, like a dog with a bone, I won't let go until it's mine. I'm a winner. I ALWAYS win.I don't have relationships with men. One night stands suit me just fine. I can't trust it's me they want and not my money.I meet Hamish by chance when I'm on the hunt for a new Head Chef. He treats me like I'm not worth a second thought. I've never been treated this way and I decide at that moment, I will make Hamish mine.Hamish has no interest in the pampered Blossom but for some reason she gets under his skin.Then, something happens that makes him realize, he has fallen in love. Will it be too late? Will tragedy strike before he can hold her in his arms and confess his true feelings?Suitable for 18+ Strong language, Sex scenes and M/M Scene

    She's forced to live a life under scrutiny from the press, and judgement from her successful parents. With friends that are enemies, and more socialising parties on the horizon, Winter feels as though she will never be able to change her life...But that all changes when London falls victim to the apocalypse. Escaping a party that her parents have thrown, Winter Smith teams up with a group of survivors. Government are promising safety in France - but survivors must get to the Thames. As Winter tries to escape, she learns that not everybody is to be trusted, and not everything is as it seems...Betrayal, gore, drama and fear mix together to create a story of survival for London's hottest starlet. This is no Hollywood story. This is an emotional rollercoaster of a ride. London's Burning is the first in a zombie apocalypse series, written by J.S. Strange. The second in the series, Winter Smith: The Secrets of France, is out now.

    She can't change the past, but finding the jewels will help her injured sister recover. In need of reliable muscle, she goes to an old friend of her brother's: tough-as-nails nonbinary bounty hunter California Talbot.While Maggie expected hard roads and violence, given the tragedy that provoked the journey, she wasn't expecting the bar fights, snakes, and bandits to be the easy part—and the difficult part to be a growing attraction to someone who'd probably never look twice at her mutilated face.