This collection includes thirteen lean and mean stories from the fingertips of Garnett Elliott, Glenn Gray, John Hornor Jacobs, Patricia Abbott, Thomas Pluck, Brad Green, Ron Earl Phillips, Kent Gowran, Amy Grech, Benoit Lelievre, Kieran Shea, David Cranmer, and Wayne D. Dundee and a boiled down look at hardboiled fiction in an introduction by Ron Scheer. Edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker.

    From Carmindy, the make-up artist of TLC’s #1 rated show What Not to Wear and the bestselling author of The 5-Minute Face, comes Crazy Busy Beautiful: an invaluable guide with more than 597 secret beauty tricks for busy women everywhere.

    Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book reveals how we may take advantage of certain periods to bring success, happiness, health and prosperity into our lives, and it likewise points out those periods that are not favorable for many of the things we try to achieve. It does not deal with astrology or any system of fortune telling, but presents a system long used by the Master Mystics in Oriental lands and which is strictly scientific and demonstrable. Provided is a guide on can consult weekly to navigate affairs throughout the years.

    Jailed as an abomination to the Elven race due to her unnatural creation, Willow struggles to understand the dynamics of this new world and wonders who she can trust in order to gain her freedom once more. However, the prophecy of her kind is clear... She must put an end to the race wars, uniting two kingdoms, but only if she can survive the wrath of a powerful king.

    Or so he thought until he is caught up in a run of bad luck and his life starts falling apart. The worst of it, his unfortunate entanglement in a spate of fatal on-duty shootings at a time when activists are protesting the use of deadly force by police and rioting all over the country. On edge and questioning his judgment, Malone's LAPD superiors speculate that he may be too quick to use deadly force.Relieved from street duty, Malone is sequestered in Robbery-Homicide Division's Cold Case Homicide Section to keep him under wraps while he undergoes department-mandated psychiatric evaluation. His work-related problems compounded by a vindictive ex-wife intent on bleeding him dry financially sends Malone into a spiral of depression that soon has him drinking too much in the attempt to cope.Initially resentful over his reassignment to the cold case section, Malone's attitude starts to change when he and new partner, Detective Jaime Reyes, come across the files of a cold as ice, 23-year-old unsolved murder case. The more they study the case, the more certain they become that the theory pursued by the original investigators was completely wrong.Since the decades-old murder does not fit the unit's criteria for reopening a cold case for active investigation, Malone and Reyes embark on an "off-the-books" investigation. Predictably, that creates some problems, especially for Malone. It quickly becomes clear that there are powerful forces at work both inside and outside the LAPD determined to keep the truth behind the murder buried along with the corpse.The more resistance he encounters, the more unwavering Malone becomes in his unwillingness to let sleeping dogs lie, even when things start to get increasingly personal. His persistence in digging up bones from the past begins to threaten his very career with the LAPD. Even when the investigation sends him hurtling into more trouble than he ever dreamed possible, Malone is unrelenting. He is determined to solve the mystery and to uncover the truth behind the brutal 23-year-old unsolved murder, come what may.

    Feeling pity for the animal, she takes it home to tend to its needs. In the dead of night, the dog transforms into an adult man with an irresistible urge to quell his canine instinct. Drawn to the woman's scent, he seizes the opportunity, unaware that their fates have now intertwined. Two years have now past after the incident and Xiao Fu is a medicine student, hoping to become a nurse. One day when she takes a ride from a handsome stranger, she finds herself whisked away to the property of the infamous Feng family. When she comes in contact with a familiar face she met two years ago, Xiao Fu learns she has to keep certain secrets about the Feng family and be their tool, or else face dire consequences.

    Whether in his sixteen books, or in countless newspapers, television and radio appearances, or on stages, podiums, and pulpits across the world, Dyson has spun an enchanting web of words that has caught the attention of the masses and elites alike. He has weighed in on a myriad array of topics - from faith to fatherhood, and from race to sex, as well as sports, manhood, gender, music, leadership, politics, language, love, justice, literature, suffering, death, hope, relationships and much, much more.Can You Hear Me Now?, offers a sampling of Dyson's sharp wit, profound thought, and edifying eloquence on the enduring problems of humanity, from love to justice, and the latest topics of the day, including race and the presidency. It is both revealing and relevant, and at once thoughtful provoking and uplifting. Whether he is writing about Jay-Z or Barack Obama, addressing racial catastrophes or opportunities, or speaking about religion or the felicities of King's rhetoric, Dyson's intellect shines with insight and inspiration.Can You Hear Me Now? captures Dyson's incredible facility with words, and his prodigious intelligence, at a time when he has gained greater fame as a public intellectual, university professor, best-selling author, and most recently, as one of the first prominent blacks to endorse President Barack Obama. The time is ripe for his wit, wisdom and worldview, and this book is Dyson's most accessible compendium of thinking on a broad range of topics that haunt and shape the nation.

    Bound to drug boss ALHAJI, he returns to Europe to finish the job. But in Chicago O’Hare customs agents “blitz” the plane and a courier is arrested. Thus begins a harried yearlong effort to elude the Feds, prison and a looming existential dead end.

    

    Experience the epic horror series about a small town that is invaded by beautiful, murderous, egg-laying clones.Jonathan and Joshua Luna

    Yes, even in Hell, there is goodness to be found.Just look at the shy girl who gives Rintaro a bunch of money! Too bad that results in her losing her head…literally. Rintaro doesn't even know her name, but he's determined to pay her back, even if it means breaking the rules and getting paid to run errands for demons. Whether it's picking life-sucking flowers in the desert or scaling great heights, Rintaro's on a mission that will earn him something even better than money: answers about why he's in Hell in the first place!

    She thought she didn't need a man, until one day a cameraman mistakes her for a swimsuit model and tries to have his way with her! And the man who calls himself Miyano is actually the #1 guy that Mahiro hates!?

    Someone’s been eating Cyborg’s sandwiches! But who? One of the other Teen Titans? Or something more…SINISTER? Cyborg and his stomach want answers! NOW!

    Then, one day, Yui's suddenly attacked by a monster!! Right at the last minute, a mysterious, beautiful boy saves her and suddenly gives her a deep kiss, which completely freezes her up. Then, ears and a tail sprout from his body?! In order to use his strange powers to save Yui from the monsters, he needs energy from her body, and assaults her with sexy touches... What in the world's going to happen?!

    This eBook delves into the past and emerges with a legion of breath taking accounts of events, gods, heroes, creatures, worlds and much more. Inside you will learn about... - Gods and Goddesses - The Nine Worlds - Heroes and Legends - Mythological Creatures - Ten Little Known Facts about Norse Mythology Whether you are a helpless fan of Norse Mythology or one of history this book will serve you in more ways than one. As the content is sourced from translations of the Old Norse literature, this will give you an authoritative insight in to the pre-Christian society of Europe.