George Porter was born on the fault-line, that perilous place where he lived neither in material comfort nor in abject poverty. To one side of his family's cramped home in Waterloo, were the terrors of the Liverpool slums, where they would surely end up if his father continued to bet on losers; to the other were the well-to-do who lived in council houses and had manners and ways of life that were completely alien to 'little Georgie.' His boyhood heroes were Flash Gordon, Zorro and - best of all - Popeye, and though he'd never heard of philosophy, he came to realise that Popeye's cry of 'I am what I am' was a good enough guide to getting through life. Written off by the education system for failing the eleven-plus, George spent his time kicking toe-enders against the wall of the pub and dreaming of playing alongside the great Billy Liddell, while his brother went to Grammar School to learn Latin and rugby, subjects that it was assumed that George would have no possible use for.... Views: 27
RetailWhen the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the loss of flowing data and streaming entertainment. Addicts wander the streets talking to themselves in 140 characters or forcing cats to perform tricks for their amusement, while the truly desperate pin their requests for casual encounters on public bulletin boards. The economy tumbles and the government passes the draconian NET Recovery Act. For Gladstone, the Net’s disappearance comes particularly hard, following the loss of his wife, leaving his flask of Jamesons and grandfather’s fedora as the only comforts in his Brooklyn apartment. But there are rumors that someone in New York is still online. Someone set apart from this new world where Facebook flirters "poke" each other in real life and members of Anonymous trade memes at secret parties. Where a former librarian can sell information as a human search engine and the perverted fulfill their secret fetishes at the blossoming Rule 34 club. With the help of his friends---a blogger and a webcam girl, both now out of work---Gladstone sets off to find the Internet. But is he the right man to save humanity from this Apocalypse? For those of you wondering if you have WiFi right now, Wayne Gladstone’s Notes from the Internet Apocalypse examines the question "What is life without the Web?"** Views: 27
Sara should be happy. She has what every girl wants: a man who loves her, a beautiful home, and wealth beyond imagining. She rescued her brother from the Peacekeepers, destroyed the Iron Queen, and doesn't have to go to her boring job any more. And yet Sara still doesn't know if her father is alive or dead. Her mother hides in the garden, brooding about her missing husband. Her sister, the Inheritor of Metal, is scared of her own shadow, and her brother spends his days fighting and gambling. To add to Sara's misery, the new queen (gold, of course) is more than a bit crazy, she misses her life in the Mundane world, and, worst of all, Micah wants to have children. A lot of them. As Sara wavers between happiness and homesickness, a conspiracy emerges against the Raven clan, implicating them in a plot to dethrone the Gold Queen. How can Sara prove her family's innocence, and become the consort Micah needs her to be, without losing herself in the process? Views: 27
Eliza Carlisle has the unwanted talent of attracting trouble, in all its forms. That couldn't be truer than when she moves into the most bizarre apartment building on the planet. Weekly required dinners with the landlord and assigned chores are bad enough, but the rules don't end there. Top most on the list of requirements is NO physical violence against the others residents.There have been issues.In the past.The young manager, Sonya, claims that hasn't been a problem recently, but Eliza comes home from her first day of culinary school to find a dead resident, her next door neighbor looking good for the crime, and a cop that seems more interested in harassing her than solving the case.All Eliza wanted was to escape her past and start over, completely anonymous in a big city. That's not going to be so easy when the killer thinks she's made off with a valuable piece of evidence everyone is trying to get their hands on. The ultimatum that she turn it over to save her own life creates... Views: 27
Model homes are mostly empty of everything but sterile designer furniture. Jeff McAdams doesn’t mind since he’s the architect, not a salesman and he’s fine with the place until Gabriella Rossini walks upstairs. Jeff suddenly realizes what’s missing - that human touch of passion he once found with Gaby… Views: 27
Warning:
For Mature Adult Audiences. Contains
language and actions some may deem offensive.
Ménage – MMF.
In book
two of New Hope Valley: Tessa Cardwell’s life changed overnight when she was
left to raise her five siblings. When a
friend suggested moving to the small town of New Hope, she packed up her family
and set out with not a clue of what waited for them there. Used to doing everything on her own, she
finds herself in the middle of a life changing experience—that is if she can
let go of her inhibition and hold onto the two men fate placed in front of her.
Leontis
Harper searched for the woman who turned his life upside down a few months
earlier. Determined to find her lands
him in New Hope Valley and places him in a situation he has come quite used
to—rejection. He had dealt with it his
whole life, but he finds rejection hurts more when it comes from the two who
were supposed to accept him without question.
Sage
Ashcroft is the last White Tiger Alpha. What
the Alpha wants he gets, well until now.
He finds himself in a situation which could enhance his life or destroy
it, if he doesn't learn to compromise.
The wrong choice, and he could be the one on the outside looking in on a
life that was destined for him.
With the
prophesy hanging over their heads, secrets being revealed, and enemies banding
together, the New Hope Valley Pride faces many changes. Join in as the Pride gains strength it never
knew was possible until the Alpha, the onyx, and the fire combine.
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The last thing I remember is having drinks at Brady's and trying to avoid eye-contact with my life-long crush—the gorgeous, unattainable Maximilian Hallowell. They tell me that was a year ago, but I have no memories of anything since then. What I do have is this ring on my finger that Max says he gave me, and this much-thinner body I've dreamed of most of my life. Aside from a case of retrograde amnesia, everything seems almost...perfect.
But the deeper I immerse myself into this new world of mine—planning a wedding to a man I don't remember dating, attempting to run a business I don't remember starting—the clearer it becomes that nothing is as it seems. Do I have the life I've always wanted or is it a facade propped up by secrets I don't even know I have?
I need answers before I marry Max, and the only person who seems to have them is the angry, tatted, sexy-as-sin rocker Nate Crane. And Nate wants me for himself. Views: 27
An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture. A mother notices her toddler is not learning to talk the way his brothers did... Is something wrong? Her search for answers is a journey into the mysteries of the human brain. Lydia Denworth's third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Her sweet boy with the big brown eyes had probably never heard her lullabies. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: Deprivation. How would a child's brain grow outside the world of sound most of us take for granted? How would he communicate? Would he learn to read and write—weren't phonics a key to literacy? How long did they have until Alex's brain changed irrevocably? In her drive to understand the choices—starting with the angry... Views: 27
