In military circles it's known as Air Battle Force — an air combat unit of the future, under the command of aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan, capable of launching stealthy, precision-guided firepower to anywhere on the globe within hours. And now McLanahan and his warriors have their first target. Driven from Afghanistan, the parasitic forces of the deposed Taliban regime have decided to feed on a new host — an isolated, oil-rich Central Asian neighbor that's ripe for the conquering. The battle for control of the world's largest oil deposits has begun, with unsteady alliances forming and opposing forces set to collide. And now a handful of American commandos half a world away, aided by McLanahan's unproven robotic warplanes, will have to triumph against overwhelming numbers in a war that nobody — including "friendly" forces at home — wants them to win. Views: 31
Just when Sarika Dkany has decided to move on with her life, her ex-lover and childhood friend Rafael Fabrizio shows up and turns her world upside down ��� again. Now Sarika must return with him to Santa Barbara to see her sick Godmother, which should be a simple task, but nothing between Rafe and Sarika is simple. Despite their animosity passion flares. Views: 31
In 1993 Ruth Gogoll wrote her first book, "Taxi to Paris," which has become the most bestselling lesbian erotic romance novel in Germany. In 1993, though, nobody would print it. So Ruth Gogoll founded her own publishing house, el!es, which has become famous for Lesbian Erotic Romance. Now this thrilling book is available in English.One woman – a temptress for hire. The other woman – an accidental customer. Can unrequited love be far behind? Or is a miracle possible? What do you do when the woman of your dreams makes her living as a seductress? Do you woo her or allow her to maintain a professional distance? Can these two worlds breach the distance or will they collide and love disintegrate?From the PublisherWhen I first read this book I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so completely original and engrossing that I read it and carried it with me everywhere I went. I had to finish it. Then I had to read it again. If you are looking for a book like nothing you've ever read before that will grab you and make you feel hot all over, this is the book you must have. About the AuthorRuth Gogoll hails from Wesseling, a small town in Germany. She made up poems and stories as a child. It was not until her computer specialist job took Ruth to Switzerland, however, that she began to write lesbian fiction in addition to software programs. Taxi to Paris was an instant bestseller in the German-speaking world. Ruth formed el!es publishing house to promote lesbian work, and other JHP authors are published in German under Ruth’s imprint. Ruth’s eleventh novel was recently released and she has four more in progress. Ruth resides in France with her girlfriend and two cats, where she writes and thinks about how to make the world a better place. Views: 31
From the pages of America's most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer--plus the occasional comical coal in the stocking--in one incomparable collection. Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists.Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including such classics as John Cheever's 1949 story "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor," about an elevator operator in a Park Avenue apartment building who experiences the ckle power of charity; John Updike's "The Carol Sing," in which a group of small-town carolers remember an exceptionally enthusiastic fellow singer ("How he would jubilate, how he would God-rest those merry gentlemen, how he would boom out when the male voices became King Wenceslas"); and Richard Ford's acerbic and elegiac 1998 story "Crèche," in which an unmarried Hollywood... Views: 31
At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's frightened voice. "She's gone. Elizabeth is gone." At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine's seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth's story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world's daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent's worst fear: "What would I do if my child was taken from me?" They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family... Views: 31
Vianna Francis, known in the colony as ‘The Sydney Venus’, is a notorious young mistress in keeping to a former gentleman convict, who uses her to entice wealthy men to his gaming tables. A woman of mystery, Vianna is a magnet for scandal. Was she the mistress of a Royal duke? A lady’s maid who learned the tricks of the world’s oldest profession when in service to a Parisian courtesan? Or the widow of a young man executed on the gallows? Men of high rank are determined to possess this passionate, mercenary beauty. The L’Estrange half-brothers were born only months apart. One brother is an idealistic dreamer, the other a volatile adventurer. And the rivals have two things in common – a fatal attraction to get-rich schemes that run afoul of the law — and their obsession with Vianna. Views: 31
"Humanity is inextricably torn in an interplanetary war that could lead to the death of human society. Project Seedcorn is probably the last and best hope for the human race. A small group of refugees, scraping out an existence on the edge of human-occupied territory, has been given orders to live as though everything were ordinary and there were no war. Now, everyone's lives depend on the children… " Views: 31
Finding the Way Back is the story of Laney, a recently divorced woman who agrees to help her mother fix up her dead grandfather's house. From the first night when she hears ghostly music to later physical attacks that seem targeted only at her, she soon discovers that a spirit in the house may have plans of its own. For her own well-being, she needs to find answers as the danger escalates and she learns to trust herself and others. With the help of her cousin Connie, an attractive ghosthunter named Emmett, and several other eccentric characters, Laney uncovers the dark secret of the house and a new path for her future. Views: 31
