An Affinity. Most humans never get one, but the Goddess gives everyone the opportunity when they turn sixteen. With an Affinity, humans are given access to their internal energy and Skills. Magical powers that allow you to interact with the world in ways you could never imagine. When Terrence receives his Affinity, he is shocked to discover it has never been seen before within the Kingdom. Worse yet, his Affinity reinforces the thing he was made...

Part of the popular "Castle Blandings” series, Heavy Weather is as light as a feather. In this sparkling sequel to Summer Lightning a storm is brewing over Blandings Castle. But surely, the storm will conk out and the thunder grumble away……

A husband thought dead returns to save his wife's life in this sizzling thriller from the USA Today–bestselling authors of Gunning for the Groom. When someone tries to kill security expert Sophia Leone on a dark road, she's rescued by her husband-a US army general she thought died a year ago. Suddenly, Frank Leone is back, very much alive, and insisting that someone is trying to kill Sophia. Convicted of treason before his supposed death, Frank...

Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtually every American demographic except one: LGBTQ people. Generations of LGBTQ people have felt alienated or condemned by the church. It's past time that Christians confronted the ongoing and devastating effects of this legacy. Many LGBTQ people face overwhelming challenges in navigating faith, gender, and sexuality. Christian communities that uphold the traditional sexual ethic often unwittingly...

A single cop and a childless woman team up to keep an abusive father from stealing his little girl. Annie Mac's estranged husband vows that nothing will stop him from getting his baby girl. Not Annie Mac and certainly not that boy of hers. Only four blocks away, Hannah Morgan lives in comfort with her husband and dog, making pottery and waiting for her best friend to come home. When she discovers the two children cowering in the bushes and their...

"…a fantastic anti-hero…positively Shakespearian in his moral complexity...If I could only recommend one book this year, it would be Heavy Duty People" – Vulpes Libris bookblog Damage's club has had an offer it can't refuse, to patch over to join The Brethren MC. But as the bikes rumble and roar across the wild Northern fells, what does this mean for Damage and his brothers? What choices will they have to make as they ride through the wind?...

Kampf um "Seltene Erden": In Köln stirbt ein Forscher, der einer geologischen Sensation auf der Spur war. Kommissarin Hannah Franckh übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Dabei deckt sie nach und nach Hintergründe von geopolitischer Bedeutung auf und erkennt, dass im weltweiten Kampf um Ressourcensicherung und Mobilität jedes Mittel recht ist - bis hin zum Mord. Sie gerät zwischen die Fronten skrupelloser internationaler Interessenvertreter aus Politik...

Heavy Tales is the detailed, never-before-told story as lived by Jonny Zazula. A riveting tumultuous journey from renegade youth to metal music mogul, with detailed accounts of the struggles and successes along the way. How he created Megaforce Records, CraZed Management out of a flea market in New Jersey with his wife, Marsha, to discovering Metallica and launching a musical genre that forever changed the scope of music history. The hundreds of artists...

Collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the "New Yorker." In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay a criticism. Implicit...

Surrounded by enemies, I've never been further from my crown... Or closer to death. Amidst a betrayal we couldn't have anticipated, I'll do whatever it takes to find my way back to Lorian—before his fury lays waste to this continent. Alliances are being forged and broken, our enemies are unifying, and Regner's spiders are closer than ever before. We have only one chance to prevent him from attaining god-like powers and enslaving every human,...