The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist. Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire’s exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda’s father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny.   Kordas has lived his life looking over his shoulder. The signs in the Empire are increasingly dire. Under the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power of dark magics, including blood magic, the powers of the Abyssal Planes, and the binding and "milking" of Elemental creatures.    But then one of the Duchy’s mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to place a Gate at a distance so far from...

An exclusive short story about what happens before the new adult novel 'How to Catch a (Rock) Star'Lillie is excited. Her boyfriend of two years, Matt, has asked her out to her favourite restaurant, and she can just feel he is going to ask her the big question. But will she ever make it to the date? And will he finally propose?

The Girl on the Boat features red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet, and the three men, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, a lily-livered poet who is engaged to Billie at the opening of the tale, and his dashing cousin, who falls for Billie at first sight. All four find themselves on an ocean liner headed for England together, and typically Wodehousian romantic shenanigans ensue.

From USA Today / NY Times Bestselling author, Karolyn James, the Brothers of Rock series continues!*A Voice to Love (Fallen Tuesday Book One) (A Brothers of Rock Novel)The Brothers of Rock series continues with Fallen Tuesday!From USA Today / NY Times Bestselling author, Karolyn James, the Brothers of Rock series continues!*A Voice to Love (Fallen Tuesday Book One) (A Brothers of Rock Novel)The Brothers of Rock series continues with Fallen Tuesday!The last thing the lead singer of a rock band wants to hear is that he shouldn’t sing anymore. This is the reality for Luke Nolan, just as Fallen Tuesday is breaking big. With a tour, an album, and money on the line, Luke can’t imagine his life – or his band – not continuing to follow their dream. Even at the expense of his own health.Amy is an expert at hiding. She hides the frustration of working in her uncle’s restaurant. She hides her dreams of having her own place one day. Most of all, she hides the fact that there’s a debt on the restaurant that could cost her and her uncle everything.Together, Luke and Amy share a wild passion that leaves them both breathless. Can their hearts and dreams survive the secrets they’ve been keeping?

An ode to my son.An ode to my son.Being the party girl, the driven girl was all put to a brisk halt one night.The choices we make in life may change them for the better and here is my tale, my letter, my thoughts.

A book of poems done by me while being unemployed. I have never done anything like this before and this is my first time. I use metaphors in the poems that can be put in any part of your life. This book of poems is to motivate you, inspire you, and make you think and laugh all at the same time.I had to step out of my comfort zone in order to give this a shot. After a few of the poems I began to realize that I was having fun while I was writing these poems. I live in the mid-west and I am unemployed and raising a teenage daughter. I hope that if you do get this book that you enjoy it. If this does well, I will be doing this again. If not , then I gave it my best shot. I hope you enjoy this book of poems that are to inspire, motivate, and make you think all at the same time.It does however have about 3-4 cuss words in it. They are not bad ones , but none the less they are cuss words.

Lexa These feelings I have for Ben can't go anywhere. I'm the Angels Halo MC president's daughter. And he is the sheriff. For both our sakes, I have to keep him away. Ben Lexa calms the rage that I've struggled with my entire life. I couldn't care less who her father is. Nothing matters but making her mine. Because my broken beauty is where my salvation begins. ***You can read the Prelude to Salvation in Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology—out July 16th—before Salvation releases!***

Bertie may be in danger of having his spine severed in five places by that jealous gorilla G. D'Arcy (Stilton) Cheesewright, but, as Jeeves insists, the priorities still have to be observed. And so, thanks to Jeeves, they are throughout this bumper volume, whatever mayhem may be loosed upon the befuddled head and generous heart of Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. Gathered in this volume are three of Wodehouse's hilarious Jeeves and Wooster novels: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves and Jeeves in the Offing.

The story addresses that perennial question that has perplexed the minds of millions of children ever since ‘Father Christmas’ came into their lives. “If there's a Father Christmas, and he visits the home of every boy and girl across the world to give them a present; then why does he always give the most expensive presents to the richest children and the cheapest presents to the poorest?”In dealing with the theme of this first story in the ‘Action Annie’ series of stories from the book of the same name, I wanted to address that perennial question that has perplexed the minds of millions of children ever since ‘Father Christmas’ became a prime feature of their Christmas Day celebrations. “If there is a Father Christmas, and he is a Christmas visitto the home of every boy and girl across the world to give them a present; then why does he always give the most expensive presents to those children whose parents are the richest and the cheapest presents to those children whose parents are the poorest?”Another reason for writing the ‘Action Annie’ stories was to correct an imbalance which had appeared to have developed between girls and boys; and in particular, the differing stereotypes. When one looked at ‘roles’ and ‘the type of behaviour’ that might be ‘expected’ from a boy, but which was wholly ‘never expected’ or considered ‘acceptable’ from a girl; the discrimination practised was more subtle: such as shouting, swearing, fighting, picking one’s nose and even making rude noises in public! In short; ‘Action Annie’ represented ‘girl power’ in action and was my humble attempt of redressing the perceptual balance.Annie is an imaginative and very active seven-year-old whose mind and body is always on the move. She never seems to stop. Even as she sleeps, she is dreaming about the things she plans to do tomorrow. Annie is always thinking up new ideas and inventing things. Once she gets an idea inside her head, she becomes determined to try it out. If her ideas don't work out the first time Annie tries them out, she will try and try again. Once Annie has decided to do something, nobody and nothing will stop her.Annie's head is crammed with ideas and her body is filled with feelings, feelings which she finds impossible to hide from the outside world. Anyone can tell whether Annie is feeling happy or sad by simply looking at her and by listening to what she says, because she just can’t hide her feelings.When Annie is happy, her smiley face tells you so and when she is sad, the smile on her face will quickly disappear and be replaced by a squashed-tomato look. When Annie is ‘very happy', the smile on her face widens, her two arms begin to rotate like the propellers of an aircraft, her two feet jump her body up into the air and her mouth gleefully yells out, "Yippee! Yippee! Yippee! Yippee for Annie!"*When Annie gets angry she knows how to get the anger out of her. When Annie wants to get the anger out of her body, she writes it out, she talks it out and she acts it out. If she is angry with someone, she may write them a nasty letter and then tear it up without posting it. When she does this, she finds that expressing her feelings makes her feel a bit better. Whenever Annie becomes annoyed with another person she goes into a corner where she won’t be heard and calls the person a ‘Jolly old stinker!’ If she is very angry, she will go to her bedroom and pretend that the other person is her pillow. Then she will have a pillow fight, expressing her angry feelings to the pillow she is punching. Or she may lie on her back on the bed and peddle her legs up in the air furiously until she is physically exhausted and all the anger has left her body.*The author of these stories ‘founded’ Anger Management Programmes in Great Britain in 1971 and freely gave them to the world. Within a few years, they had mushroomed across the English- speaking world and have helped millions of people since. Included within the asterisked paragraph above are some ‘easy to understand’ and ‘simple to follow’ instructions for helping to manage anger in a young child. There is a little bit of Annie in every girl and boy. That is what makes her so likable. Are you like Annie in any of her ways?

A witty wake-up call to a languid England; in case of foreign invasion, certainly they will be saved, if not by military force, then by the Boy Scouts! Composed with the customary arch diction treasured by readers of the Jeeves stories.Only a comic genius of the magnitude of P.G. Wodehouse could take a weighty subject like war and turn it into a rib-tickling joyride. The Swoop! is an account of a fictionalized invasion of England by several enemy armies -- and of the indomitable Boy Scout leader who uses psychological warfare to turn the leaders of the invading forces against one another.

20 short stories from the author of Maggie's Milkman to enjoy during your coffee break.20 short stories from the author of Maggie's Milkman to enjoy during your coffee break .

What is popular culture and how does it evolve and grow? How do people establish core beliefs and do these beliefs affect their perception of the universe? These questions are probed in this groundbreaking essay.In popular culture many paradigms exist alongside each other, none of which are right or wrong. There is no one real meaning to life, only a set of possible paths leading in many directions. The area that should be investigated, however, is the development of propaganda and its influence on the shaping of our shared symbol system, and the possible influence these systems may have on what Carl Jung referred to as “the collective unconsciousness.” Is there a telepathic field shared by all humanity? Or thousands of mini-fields competing for the telepathic airwaves?A unique history of popular culture is explored, one that places Congo Square in New Orleans at its epicenter.

Jeeves may not always see eye to eye with Bertie on ties and fancy waistcoats, but he can always be relied on to whisk his young master spotlessly out of the soup (even if, for tactical reasons, he did drop him in it in the first place). The paragon of Gentlemen's Personal Gentlemen shimmers through these fat pages in much the same way as he did through the first Jeeves Omnibus. This volume contains one brilliant collection of short stories and two hilarious novels: Right Ho, Jeeves, Joy in the Morning and Carry On, Jeeves.

"Tell me something true?" Her sweet voice was like a siren calling me to her. My truth? I was a bastard. I hated everyone. My past was as dark as my soul. And she was the only light in that cold darkness.