Author: Summer Cooper
Publisher: Hot Summer and Sexy Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Enjoy this steamy sci-fi shifter love story by USA Today Bestselling romance author Summer Cooper! Meet the new King of Zuha, Alex Darkon. Alex only cares about his secret mission on Earth. Not being the king! And certainly not finding a mate... Until his life was saved by Emily - a curvy, beautiful and sweet woman - during a mission! He wants her, she is the only one who is fit to be his queen. But now she is in danger, because of him... Meet Emily Dyson, a veterinarian and animal lover. Emily’s life had been somewhat uninteresting, until she found an injured stranger shifting back and forth from man to lion. She should have run for her life. If only she could have let the lion die. If only she could have let that sexy and gorgeous man die right in front of her. Now, she has aided an alien and there are bound to be consequences... Embark on an otherworldly journey of love and desire with our captivating Lion Alien Shifter Romance! Immerse yourself in a sizzling tale where a powerful king from a distant planet finds himself irresistibly drawn to a courageous, big beautiful woman who saved his very existence. This smokin’ hot book is perfect for fans of Sherilee Gray, Terry Bolryder, T. S. Joyce, Milly Taiden and Vanessa Vale.
King From The Sky: BBW Alien Lion Shifter Romance
Author: Summer Cooper
Publisher: Hot Summer and Sexy Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Enjoy this steamy sci-fi shifter love story by USA Today Bestselling romance author Summer Cooper! Meet the new King of Zuha, Alex Darkon. Alex only cares about his secret mission on Earth. Not being the king! And certainly not finding a mate... Until his life was saved by Emily - a curvy, beautiful and sweet woman - during a mission! He wants her, she is the only one who is fit to be his queen. But now she is in danger, because of him... Meet Emily Dyson, a veterinarian and animal lover. Emily’s life had been somewhat uninteresting, until she found an injured stranger shifting back and forth from man to lion. She should have run for her life. If only she could have let the lion die. If only she could have let that sexy and gorgeous man die right in front of her. Now, she has aided an alien and there are bound to be consequences... Embark on an otherworldly journey of love and desire with our captivating Lion Alien Shifter Romance! Immerse yourself in a sizzling tale where a powerful king from a distant planet finds himself irresistibly drawn to a courageous, big beautiful woman who saved his very existence. This smokin’ hot book is perfect for fans of Sherilee Gray, Terry Bolryder, T. S. Joyce, Milly Taiden and Vanessa Vale.
Publisher: Hot Summer and Sexy Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Enjoy this steamy sci-fi shifter love story by USA Today Bestselling romance author Summer Cooper! Meet the new King of Zuha, Alex Darkon. Alex only cares about his secret mission on Earth. Not being the king! And certainly not finding a mate... Until his life was saved by Emily - a curvy, beautiful and sweet woman - during a mission! He wants her, she is the only one who is fit to be his queen. But now she is in danger, because of him... Meet Emily Dyson, a veterinarian and animal lover. Emily’s life had been somewhat uninteresting, until she found an injured stranger shifting back and forth from man to lion. She should have run for her life. If only she could have let the lion die. If only she could have let that sexy and gorgeous man die right in front of her. Now, she has aided an alien and there are bound to be consequences... Embark on an otherworldly journey of love and desire with our captivating Lion Alien Shifter Romance! Immerse yourself in a sizzling tale where a powerful king from a distant planet finds himself irresistibly drawn to a courageous, big beautiful woman who saved his very existence. This smokin’ hot book is perfect for fans of Sherilee Gray, Terry Bolryder, T. S. Joyce, Milly Taiden and Vanessa Vale.
The Leaving
Author: Tara Altebrando
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619638045
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. A riveting mystery for fans of We Were Liars. Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max--the only one who hasn't come back. Which leaves Max's sister, Avery, wanting answers. She wants to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. But as details of the disappearance begin to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth. This unforgettable novel--with its rich characters, high stakes, and plot twists--will leave readers breathless.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619638045
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. A riveting mystery for fans of We Were Liars. Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max--the only one who hasn't come back. Which leaves Max's sister, Avery, wanting answers. She wants to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. But as details of the disappearance begin to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth. This unforgettable novel--with its rich characters, high stakes, and plot twists--will leave readers breathless.
Parables for the Virtual
Author: Brian Massumi
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822383578
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence—movement, affect, and sensation—in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In Parables for the Virtual Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James's radical empiricism and Henri Bergson's philosophy of perception through the filter of the post-war French philosophy of Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, Massumi links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement, affect, and sensation. If such concepts are as fundamental as signs and significations, he argues, then a new set of theoretical issues appear, and with them potential new paths for the wedding of scientific and cultural theory. Replacing the traditional opposition of literal and figural with new distinctions between stasis and motion and between actual and virtual, Parables for the Virtual tackles related theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums as diverse as architecture, body art, the digital art of Stelarc, and Ronald Reagan's acting career. The result is an intriguing combination of cultural theory, science, and philosophy that asserts itself in a crystalline and multi-faceted argument.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822383578
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence—movement, affect, and sensation—in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In Parables for the Virtual Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James's radical empiricism and Henri Bergson's philosophy of perception through the filter of the post-war French philosophy of Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, Massumi links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement, affect, and sensation. If such concepts are as fundamental as signs and significations, he argues, then a new set of theoretical issues appear, and with them potential new paths for the wedding of scientific and cultural theory. Replacing the traditional opposition of literal and figural with new distinctions between stasis and motion and between actual and virtual, Parables for the Virtual tackles related theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums as diverse as architecture, body art, the digital art of Stelarc, and Ronald Reagan's acting career. The result is an intriguing combination of cultural theory, science, and philosophy that asserts itself in a crystalline and multi-faceted argument.
City of Thorns
Author: C. N. Crawford
Publisher: Corey Press
ISBN: 9781956290011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He's known as the Lord of Chaos, and he's mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger. Happy birthday to me. When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I'm mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I'll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem--he's my number one suspect. And that's increasingly hard to remember as he teaches me my role: seduction. With each heated touch I drift further into peril. And if I fall under his seductive spell, death awaits me. "I flew through this book... Hot demon lord-check. Action-check. Romance-check. And there's spice! If you love my books, you definitely want to read this one." -Laura Thalassa
Publisher: Corey Press
ISBN: 9781956290011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He's known as the Lord of Chaos, and he's mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger. Happy birthday to me. When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I'm mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I'll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem--he's my number one suspect. And that's increasingly hard to remember as he teaches me my role: seduction. With each heated touch I drift further into peril. And if I fall under his seductive spell, death awaits me. "I flew through this book... Hot demon lord-check. Action-check. Romance-check. And there's spice! If you love my books, you definitely want to read this one." -Laura Thalassa
Control and Freedom
Author: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262533065
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A work that bridges media archaeology and visual culture studies argues that the Internet has emerged as a mass medium by linking control with freedom and democracy. How has the Internet, a medium that thrives on control, been accepted as a medium of freedom? Why is freedom increasingly indistinguishable from paranoid control? In Control and Freedom, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun explores the current political and technological coupling of freedom with control by tracing the emergence of the Internet as a mass medium. The parallel (and paranoid) myths of the Internet as total freedom/total control, she says, stem from our reduction of political problems into technological ones. Drawing on the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault and analyzing such phenomena as Webcams and face-recognition technology, Chun argues that the relationship between control and freedom in networked contact is experienced and negotiated through sexuality and race. She traces the desire for cyberspace to cyberpunk fiction and maps the transformation of public/private into open/closed. Analyzing "pornocracy," she contends that it was through cyberporn and the government's attempts to regulate it that the Internet became a marketplace of ideas and commodities. Chun describes the way Internet promoters conflated technological empowerment with racial empowerment and, through close examinations of William Gibson's Neuromancer and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell, she analyzes the management of interactivity in narratives of cyberspace. The Internet's potential for democracy stems not from illusory promises of individual empowerment, Chun argues, but rather from the ways in which it exposes us to others (and to other machines) in ways we cannot control. Using fiber optic networks—light coursing through glass tubes—as metaphor and reality, Control and Freedom engages the rich philosophical tradition of light as a figure for knowledge, clarification, surveillance, and discipline, in order to argue that fiber-optic networks physically instantiate, and thus shatter, enlightenment.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262533065
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A work that bridges media archaeology and visual culture studies argues that the Internet has emerged as a mass medium by linking control with freedom and democracy. How has the Internet, a medium that thrives on control, been accepted as a medium of freedom? Why is freedom increasingly indistinguishable from paranoid control? In Control and Freedom, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun explores the current political and technological coupling of freedom with control by tracing the emergence of the Internet as a mass medium. The parallel (and paranoid) myths of the Internet as total freedom/total control, she says, stem from our reduction of political problems into technological ones. Drawing on the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault and analyzing such phenomena as Webcams and face-recognition technology, Chun argues that the relationship between control and freedom in networked contact is experienced and negotiated through sexuality and race. She traces the desire for cyberspace to cyberpunk fiction and maps the transformation of public/private into open/closed. Analyzing "pornocracy," she contends that it was through cyberporn and the government's attempts to regulate it that the Internet became a marketplace of ideas and commodities. Chun describes the way Internet promoters conflated technological empowerment with racial empowerment and, through close examinations of William Gibson's Neuromancer and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell, she analyzes the management of interactivity in narratives of cyberspace. The Internet's potential for democracy stems not from illusory promises of individual empowerment, Chun argues, but rather from the ways in which it exposes us to others (and to other machines) in ways we cannot control. Using fiber optic networks—light coursing through glass tubes—as metaphor and reality, Control and Freedom engages the rich philosophical tradition of light as a figure for knowledge, clarification, surveillance, and discipline, in order to argue that fiber-optic networks physically instantiate, and thus shatter, enlightenment.
Punk 57
Author: Penelope Douglas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059364199X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Secrets, deception, and passion consume two pen pals in the TikTok sensation from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with exclusive bonus material! They were perfect together. Until they met. In fifth grade, Misha’s teacher set him and his classmates up with pen pals from a different school. For the next seven years, Ryen was his everything. She kept Misha on track and accepted him as he is. They only had three rules: No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. There was no reason to ruin the good thing they had going…until Misha runs across a photo of a girl online named Ryen. He knows he has to meet her. But he didn’t expect to hate what he finds. Ryen has gone three months without a letter from Misha. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha like she does, neither would be a stretch. She needs to know someone is listening to her. But really, Ryen knows this is her own fault. She should’ve gotten his phone number, or picture, or something. As a mysterious vandal leaves messages in Ryen’s school, she’s possessed by the handsome new student who knows just how to hurt and heal her. But she can’t stop thinking of Misha. He could be gone forever. Or right under her nose, and she wouldn’t even know it…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059364199X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Secrets, deception, and passion consume two pen pals in the TikTok sensation from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with exclusive bonus material! They were perfect together. Until they met. In fifth grade, Misha’s teacher set him and his classmates up with pen pals from a different school. For the next seven years, Ryen was his everything. She kept Misha on track and accepted him as he is. They only had three rules: No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. There was no reason to ruin the good thing they had going…until Misha runs across a photo of a girl online named Ryen. He knows he has to meet her. But he didn’t expect to hate what he finds. Ryen has gone three months without a letter from Misha. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha like she does, neither would be a stretch. She needs to know someone is listening to her. But really, Ryen knows this is her own fault. She should’ve gotten his phone number, or picture, or something. As a mysterious vandal leaves messages in Ryen’s school, she’s possessed by the handsome new student who knows just how to hurt and heal her. But she can’t stop thinking of Misha. He could be gone forever. Or right under her nose, and she wouldn’t even know it…
Sold to the Alpha
Author: Cara Wylde
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981492398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
The peace treaty between humans and shapeshifters was signed over a century ago. One of the consequences is that humans must provide shifters with young brides to give them heirs and ensure the survival of their species. Today, all over the world, special boarding schools take girls from orphanages and give them the most exquisite education, preparing them to become brides for the enemy. Sexy, curvy, and confident, Avelyn is one of those wild souls who will not be traded off as livestock. She's determined to do everything in her power to gain her freedom and build a new life far away from shapeshifters and what society expects of her. Alpha werewolf Max Blackmane is in search of a bride. When he comes to Alma Venus Boarding School, one of the best schools for shifter brides in the world, he is set on buying a young woman who would bring him political advantage. When he sees Avelyn, his plans are turned upside down. She's far from what his clan wants him to bring home, but he can't imagine his life without her. Avelyn uses every trick in the book to convince Max to buy another bride. It doesn't matter that his perfect body and smooth voice make her weak in the knees. She has a dream, and her dream does not include a wolf-shifter for a husband and a bunch of wolf pups clinging to her skirts.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981492398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
The peace treaty between humans and shapeshifters was signed over a century ago. One of the consequences is that humans must provide shifters with young brides to give them heirs and ensure the survival of their species. Today, all over the world, special boarding schools take girls from orphanages and give them the most exquisite education, preparing them to become brides for the enemy. Sexy, curvy, and confident, Avelyn is one of those wild souls who will not be traded off as livestock. She's determined to do everything in her power to gain her freedom and build a new life far away from shapeshifters and what society expects of her. Alpha werewolf Max Blackmane is in search of a bride. When he comes to Alma Venus Boarding School, one of the best schools for shifter brides in the world, he is set on buying a young woman who would bring him political advantage. When he sees Avelyn, his plans are turned upside down. She's far from what his clan wants him to bring home, but he can't imagine his life without her. Avelyn uses every trick in the book to convince Max to buy another bride. It doesn't matter that his perfect body and smooth voice make her weak in the knees. She has a dream, and her dream does not include a wolf-shifter for a husband and a bunch of wolf pups clinging to her skirts.
The African Film Industry
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231004700
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The production and distribution of film and audiovisual works is one of the most dynamic growth sectors in the world. Thanks to digital technologies, production has been growing rapidly in Africa in recent years. For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels.The report proposes strategic recommendations for the development of the film and audiovisual sectors in Africa and invites policymakers, professional organizations, firms, filmmakers and artists to implement them in a concerted manner.
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231004700
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The production and distribution of film and audiovisual works is one of the most dynamic growth sectors in the world. Thanks to digital technologies, production has been growing rapidly in Africa in recent years. For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels.The report proposes strategic recommendations for the development of the film and audiovisual sectors in Africa and invites policymakers, professional organizations, firms, filmmakers and artists to implement them in a concerted manner.
The Fifth Vital
Author: Mike Majlak
Publisher: Mike Majlak
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOK! Mike Majlak was a seventeen-year-old from a loving, middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting OxyContin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends. Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he eventually lost the trust and support of everyone who had ever loved him. Alone, with nothing but drugs to keep him company, darkness closed in, and the light inside him--the last flicker of hope--began to dim. His dreams, potential, and future were all being devoured by a relentless addiction too powerful to fight. Despair filled him as he realized he wasn't going to survive. Somehow, he did... HE NOT ONLY SURVIVED, HE THRIVED. Now he's a social media personality with millions of followers, and an entrepreneur, marketer, podcaster, YouTuber, and author who hopes to use his voice to shine a light for those whose own lights have grown dim. This is his story.
Publisher: Mike Majlak
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOK! Mike Majlak was a seventeen-year-old from a loving, middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting OxyContin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends. Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he eventually lost the trust and support of everyone who had ever loved him. Alone, with nothing but drugs to keep him company, darkness closed in, and the light inside him--the last flicker of hope--began to dim. His dreams, potential, and future were all being devoured by a relentless addiction too powerful to fight. Despair filled him as he realized he wasn't going to survive. Somehow, he did... HE NOT ONLY SURVIVED, HE THRIVED. Now he's a social media personality with millions of followers, and an entrepreneur, marketer, podcaster, YouTuber, and author who hopes to use his voice to shine a light for those whose own lights have grown dim. This is his story.
Claimed by the Dragons
Author: Cara Wylde
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781723434013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Beautiful, innocent Delyse has been waiting for three years to be claimed by her dragon-shifter husband, Eric Drekinn. Eric's Beta, Viggo, bought her for his Alpha, but now they are both waiting for the next solar eclipse, when the ancient dragon will rise from his long hibernation. Unfortunately, Delyse finds it hard to wait patiently when the charming, handsome Viggo is just within arm's reach. Before she knows it, she falls madly in love with him. It's wrong, it's forbidden. She belongs to Eric, and she doesn't even know if Viggo feels the same. When Eric Drekinn rises from his deep sleep, his young bride is there to offer herself to him. He's afraid to love again, but Delyse is everything he could wish for. Then, he starts suspecting there might be something more than friendship between his bride and his Beta, and he isn't sure how to react. On the one hand, Delyse belongs to him. On the other hand, Viggo is his best friend. Eric's choice will surprise both Delyse and Viggo.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781723434013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Beautiful, innocent Delyse has been waiting for three years to be claimed by her dragon-shifter husband, Eric Drekinn. Eric's Beta, Viggo, bought her for his Alpha, but now they are both waiting for the next solar eclipse, when the ancient dragon will rise from his long hibernation. Unfortunately, Delyse finds it hard to wait patiently when the charming, handsome Viggo is just within arm's reach. Before she knows it, she falls madly in love with him. It's wrong, it's forbidden. She belongs to Eric, and she doesn't even know if Viggo feels the same. When Eric Drekinn rises from his deep sleep, his young bride is there to offer herself to him. He's afraid to love again, but Delyse is everything he could wish for. Then, he starts suspecting there might be something more than friendship between his bride and his Beta, and he isn't sure how to react. On the one hand, Delyse belongs to him. On the other hand, Viggo is his best friend. Eric's choice will surprise both Delyse and Viggo.