Within days of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the far-reaching arm of American airpower sprang into action. Cockrell writes lyrically about flying, and about the emotional and intellectual satisfaction enjoyed by those who fly. His focus is on the people recalled to active duty, who flew thousands of hours, coping with fatigue, cracked wings, missile attacks, and, in some cases, deteriorating businesses and families at home. Illustrated in pencil by MSgt Walter E. Sistrunk, Jr., USAF (ANG, Ret.) Views: 63
I'm your darkest secret. Your dirtiest fantasy. Who am I? The Seducer. And I’ve never lost a case. Until her. Keely Fawes. My mysterious new target. Someone wants to destroy her -- and I’m their weapon of choice. Views: 63
Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the last five centuries. Imagined Empires charts modes of subaltern rebellion against the destructive policies of colonial intruders and collaborating local elites in the south of Egypt.Abul-Magd vividly narrates stories of sabotage, banditry, flight, and massive uprisings of peasants and laborers, to challenge myths of imperial competence. The book depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. As the book deconstructs myths about early modern and modern world hegemons, it reveals that imperial modernity and its market economy altered existing systems of landownership, irrigation, and trade— leading to such destructive occurrences as the plague and cholera epidemics.The book also... Views: 63
A fantasy adventure in the tradition of the Dragonlance saga. The dragons cannot forget their ancient fear and hatred of the Dragonlord, nor can they forget the mysterious prophecy that ties Thelvyn to the destiny of their race. Soon the world is brought to the very brink of war, and this time the dragons are determined to defeat their enemies once and for all. Views: 63
Warning: For Mature Adult Audiences. Contains language and actions some may deem
offensive. Sexually explicit
content. Ménage – MFM.
In book five of the Masters of the Prairie Winds
Club: Merilee’s life centered entirely on her career until she agreed to date
John Stevens. Almost from the beginning,
United States’ youngest senator shows why his reputation as one of the most
ruthless is well earned. When she
reluctantly confides her need for “something more” in their sex life, he
explodes in anger and she walks away. When
she experiences a sudden surge of security problems, she wonders just what he’d
be willing to risk to silence her.
Ash Moore and Dex Raines have been drawn to Meri
since the first night they met. Finding
out she isn’t who they thought she was makes them wonder if they’d ever known
her at all, and they have no one to blame but themselves. Coming to terms with the reality of Merilee
Lanham quickly takes a backseat to protecting her.
Can the two former Navy SEALs keep her safe long enough
to find out if they have a future together?
Will the beautiful submissive be brave enough to put her heart on the
line again?
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An open mind
is a terrible thing to waste, so armour it up and send it to the Citadel with a
fanged shape-shifter watching her every move.
Veera’s mind broke wide open during a
tragedy. A telepathic call for help sent her into a coma where every mind
around her was open to hers.
A stint on an island where no one spoke or
thought a harsh word was just what she needed, but when she was offered a chance
to live a life out in the open, she agreed to everything that the shape-shifter
asked. Life was something that she needed to find.
Stanik trained to be Veera’s link for
eighteen months. When he finally met her, her physical presence sent his senses
reeling. The reality was much better than the images her family had sent him to
entice him into agreeing to share his mind with hers.
He gives her stability, and she gives him
attitude, a challenge and someone to protect. It is a fairly even swap.
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Being Jinn is Azra's new reality. As she grants wishes under the watchful eye of the Afrit council, she remains torn between her two worlds—human and Jinn. Soon secrets spill, and rumors of an uprising become real as the Afrit's reach extends beyond the underground world of Janna.Straddling the line becomes impossible. Aware of her unique abilities, Azra must not just face but embrace her destiny. But when the role she must play and those she must protect expand to include a circle of Jinn greater than her own, Azra will be forced to risk everything. A risk that means there's everything to lose, and at the same time, everything to gain—for herself and her entire Jinn race.In this dramatic sequel to Lori Goldstein's Becoming Jinn, Azra's story comes to a heartfelt and thrilling conclusion. Views: 63
IT'S NOT JUST THE WATERS RISING...Flash floods devastate Britain. But the terror is just starting, as an army of the living dead emerge from the waters to hunt down the survivors. For Katja, after a year held captive by a brutal vice ring, it's a constant fight to stay alive, but also a chance to win her freedom.McTarn, an ex-soldier haunted by his past, is press-ganged into a mission to retrieve a scientist from an isolated village. When floods cut them off, he has to fight both the walking dead and his own demons to protect his men.Stiles is the man they sent McTarn to fetch. Although apparently insane, he may be McTarn and Katja's only chance to halt the legions of the dead closing in on their refuge in the bleak Lancashire hills. And if they fail, death will be the least they have to suffer... Views: 63
A thrilling new novel in the bestselling ROBOTECH; v series! BURIED TREASURE FROM A DISTANT PLANET!The Robotech Masters had come to Earth to reclaim the precious Protoculture matrix--the enigmatic substance that powered an entire civilization. But poised on the edge of Earthspace, the Masters discovered their mission would not be easy. For Earth's Robotech defenders had vanquished the Masters' clone army, and the Super Dimensional Fortress that concealed the matrix lay inaccessible beneath the ruins of Macross City. And though the SDF-1's mother computer had survived the holocaust, it was now housed at the Humans' Protoculture research lab in Tokyo--where it had embarked on a second career as EVE, the telegenic guiding voice of the postwar generation.EVE was the Masters' only possible access to the buried matrix. But two things stood in their way: an ally of the Humans, who seemed to be the renegade Robotech scientist Zor, and a group of young, cynical hackers out to subvert Tokyo's most powerful computers--especially EVE, the most tempting target of them all.FIRST TIME IN PRINT! Views: 63
U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Alex MacNeil and his wife, Lindsay, are stranded in medieval Scotland. Brought there by magic and pledged to Robert the Bruce, their loyalty to each other will be tested to an extreme when Lindsay is abducted by her would-be faerie lover. Views: 63
Translated by Paul Starr (aka, Yen Press), original high resolution images. Views: 63
In a wrecked Croat village, a mass grave is uncovered and the mutilated body of a young Englishwoman, Dorrie Mowat, is exhumed. Her mother, who loathed Dorrie in life, becomes obsessed by the need to find out about her death. But with civil war tearing apart the former Yugoslavia, none of the authorities there or in Britain are interested in a 'minor' war crime. So she turns to Bill Penn, private investigator, MI5 reject. For him this looks like a quick trip to safe Zagreb, the writing of a useless report and a good fee at the end of it. But once there he finds himself drawn inexorably towards the killing ground behind the lines, to find the truth of the young woman's death and, perhaps, the truth of himself. Penn's search for evidence that could, one day, convict a war criminal in a court of law becomes an epic journey into a merciless war where the odds are stacked high against him. Views: 63
