![]() ![]() Roman intelligence agent Numidianus' secret assignment, to spy on the Caesar Gallus and his vicious consort Constantia, tosses him into the court of Antioch's cesspool of corruption and violence.Should he risk his career by betraying the unstable Gallus to his cousin, the Emperor. The Back Gate to Hell: A Novel of the Late Roman Empire (Trade Paperback / Paperback) Packed with action and intrigue, "Usurpers" is sure to delight fans of Steven Saylor, Robert Harris and Bernard Cornwell. ![]() Worse, this mission means spying on the very man whose trust Marcus craves more than anything.Moving from the Late Roman imperial courts to Mursa, the bloodiest battleground of fourth century Europe, the ex-slave must outwit Gallo-Roman rebels, vicious imperial siblings and ruthless espionage rivals-all of them embers of an empire blindly smoldering toward extinction. ![]() igate a military conspiracy to usurp Constans' throne. His flight pitches him into a more dangerous assignment-to invest. In this second volume of the "Embers of Empires" series, Roman intelligence agent Marcus must escape the court of Emperor Constans when he uncovers the humiliating secret of the young ruler's vice-ridden entourage. Usurpers: A Novel of the Late Roman Empire (Trade Paperback / Paperback) ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Please note: There is explicit language and romance in this book not suitable for those under the age of 18. Return to the seductive story of magic inspired by the myth of King Midas and get caught up in the world of Orea. ![]() It’s an adult epic fantasy story blending romance, intrigue, and beautiful imagery. This is the captivating second book of The Plated Prisoner series. In the game of kings and armies, I’m the gilded pawn. Book 2 Glint By: Raven Kennedy Narrated by: Zara Eden, Blake Lockheart Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins Language: English 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,046 ratings. I may be out of my cage, but I’m not free, not even close. When he turns those black eyes on me, I feel captive for an entirely different reason. For 10 years, Ive lived in a gilded cage inside King Midass golden. But his eyes - his eyes are the most compelling of all. You want to make your life easier Then be the caged bird that you are and sing. ![]() Rip has power sizzling beneath this skin and glinting spikes down his spine. The ones who nearly destroyed Orea, wiping out Seventh Kingdom in the process. Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness is unsurpassed. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.Īt the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him - Commander Rip. Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. “You want to make your life easier? Then be the caged bird that you are and sing.”įor 10 years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. ![]() ![]() ![]() A masterful character portrait here’s one loser who will win plenty of hearts. Following Zinkoff from his very first foray into the front yard to middle-school sixth grade, the author of Crash (1996) and Stargirl (2000) once again provides such a steady look at a marginalized child that readers will see past limiting social categories or awkward outsides to the complex mix of past, present, and promise at the core of every individual. Readers who pay attention will come to understand after watching Zinkoff face an aggressive fourth grader on his first day of school, give up his first (and probably his last) sports trophy to console a classmate who had been on the losing team, and very nearly freeze to death on a misguided search for a missing child. So he’s a born loser, right? Not in a Spinelli novel. Charging joyously into each day, Zinkoff baffles older kids by not responding properly to playground bullying or scorn, baffles teachers by combining eagerness to learn with an inability to produce anything but sloppy, mediocre work, and even throws his canny, loving parents for a loop sometimes. Donald Zinkoff can’t sit still, can’t stop laughing, falls over his own feet, adores school and silly words and his family, is prone to throwing up due to a defective stomach valve, is impervious to peer pressure, and never frets about being perennially last in any competition just as he’s last in the alphabet. ![]() ![]() “So Spider-Man is my favorite character,” he explained. When Thor would show up in an issue, even if he was just in two or three panels, you were like, ‘Oh,, Thor's in the same city!’ You know, that sort of thing.” ![]() It seemed like Marvel was a little Marvel Universe and you could keep track. It was actually a pretty exciting time in comics, to be honest with you, and it was such a simpler time. Barry Windsor-Smith was still on it and every issue, he seemed to get better and better and better. “I was mainly into Marvel and I was reading everything,” he added. ![]() “I mean, I was reading comics all the time, and that was back in the day when I'd get on my bike on the weekends and go to about four different grocery stores and a couple of hospitals and a couple of 7/11s to try and find whatever came out that week.” To start, Bagley recalled his first encounter with comic books and how Spider-Man stood out to him. As the specular Spider-Month swings forward, Marvel’s Pull List has recruited an extra special guest: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN legend Mark Bagley! In an amazing bonus episode celebrating Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary, Bagley chatted with hosts Ryan Penagos and Jasmine Estrada about his own Spidey legacy, Gerry Conway and Gil Kane's “The Death of Gwen Stacy” storyline, working with Dan Slott on their upcoming series SPIDER-MAN (2022), and more. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury Citationįrom bestselling, award-winning author Michael Crummey comes a sweeping, heart-wrenching, deeply immersive novel about a brother and sister alone in a small world.Ī brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. *NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY The Globe and Mail Ĭrummey's novel has the capacity to change the way the reader sees the world. ![]() *WINNER OF THE 2020 THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD *FINALIST FOR THE 2019 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *FINALIST FOR THE 2019 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD *FINALIST FOR THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And soon, she faces an impossible choice: stay in the shelter of his arms or save the man she loves from the wolf she’s brought to his door. The Taming of a Highlander Series: 2 of Midnight in Scotland Written by: Elisa Braden Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart Unabridged Audiobook Play Free with a 30-day free trial Add to Cart - 19.99 Give as a gift Ratings Book 3 Narrator 2 Release Date March 2021 Duration 10 hours 55 minutes Summary A Scot on fire. But accepting his protection puts him squarely in a predator’s sights. But when she reveals the threat putting fear in her eyes, this rough, solitary giant vows his protection, even if it means keeping temptation as close as his next breath.Ĭlarissa couldn’t ask for a more imposing-or enthralling-bodyguard than Campbell MacPherson. And Clarissa has nowhere left to run.Ĭampbell MacPherson shouldn’t be dreaming about the fair English lass who blushes like a sunrise, blurts out double entendres over breakfast, and shows a peculiar interest in the size of his hands. Now, she must flee where he’ll never follow: a friend’s house in the Scottish Highlands. Once a hopeless wallflower, Clarissa Meadows blossomed into a beauty for a single splendid season-only to catch the eye of a madman bent on possessing her. Copyright 2020 by Elisa Braden Excerpt from The Taming of a Highlander copyright by Elisa Braden Cover design by Dar Albert at Wicked. All it takes is a spark of Highland magic. The Taming of a Highlander Elisa Braden 4. In the enchanting Midnight in Scotland series, the unlikeliest matches generate the greatest heat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Over the last three years, millions of taxpayer dollars were pumped into the National Health Service Corps to hire thousands more doctors and nurses willing to serve the country’s most desperate regions during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for forgiving medical school debts. ![]() “We’re isolated, we’re in an area where we’re the only OB group in the entire area.” “OB is frightfully difficult to recruit, and I’m not real sure exactly why,” said the clinic’s chief medical officer Dr. The local hospital doesn’t have an obstetrics doctor on staff so most women in this region, flanked by sprawling farm fields and antique stores, turn to the Chesapeake Health Care clinic.įive of the 10 obstetricians and midwives at the clinic are there because of the National Health Service Corps, which promises to pay off $50,000 in medical school debt for every two years that a doctor serves working in rural, urban or poor areas. (AP) - Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they’re looking for someone to deliver their babies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Butcher’s tales meld the wonder and fun of the Harry Potter series, but with an adult tone and attitude. They are told in first person narrative by the human wizard and private investigator Harry Dresden, who tells of his investigations into supernatural disturbances in modern-day Chicago. No plans have been announced for subsequent omnibuses. The Dresden Files is a contemporary urban fantasy series of novels by author Jim Butcher. ![]() ![]() Butcher had initially planned to write 20 installments of the series, with a big finale trilogy that ended everything. The Science Fiction Book Club has gathered many of the Dresden books into hardcover omnibuses: Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are collected in Wizard for Hire Summer Knight and Death Masks are in Wizard By Trade Blood Rites and Dead Beat are in Wizard at Large and Proven Guilty and White Night make up Wizard Under Fire. The additional book will change the number of case files. The series is slated to run 23-24 books: 20-21 “case books” like we’ve seen so far, capped by a Big Apocalyptic Trilogy, because who doesn’t love apocalyptic trilogies? Book 16, Peace Talks, hits stores July 14th, 2020, coincident with the series’ 20th anniversary. The Dresden Files are Jim’s first published series, telling the story of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicago’s first (and only) Wizard P.I. ![]() ![]() ![]() Princess Sultana’s daughters / Jean Sasson - 1st editionġ. ![]() The Doubleday hardcover edition contains the following Library of Was previously published by Doubleday, 1994, and by Dell, 1995. Making copies of this book, or any portion of it, for any purpose other than your own, is a violation of United States copyright laws. The information contained herein is for the personal use of the reader and may not be incorporated in any commercial programs or other books, databases, or any other kind of software without the written consent of the publisher or author. This book may not be duplicated in any way without the express written consent of the author, except in the form of brief excerpts or quotations for the purposes of review. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy.Īll rights reserved. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. and the fate of her beautiful daughters-Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() James Arthur Baldwin (Aug– December 1, 1987) was an American essayist and extremist. His better half Hella, to whom he had proposed before she went to Spain, has gotten back to the United States. David, in the South of France, is going to board a train back to Paris. The whole story is described by David during “the night which is driving me to the most incredibly awful morning of my life,” when Giovanni will be executed.īaldwin handles social separation, orientation, and sexual personality emergency, just as clashes of manliness inside this account of a youthful sexually open man exploring the open arena in a general public that dismisses a center part of his sexuality. ![]() David, a youthful American man whose sweetheart has headed out to Spain to mull over marriage, is left alone in Paris and starts an issue with an Italian man, Giovanni. ![]() |