検索キーワード： "John Reed" 文学・フィクション

The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire - everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences. There is no sign of foul play, but many of the aristocrats at the imperial court had good reason to want Theodora dead.

In 1913, John Reed embarked on an extraordinary journey to Mexico on an assignment for the Metropolitan Magazine. For four months, he was embedded with Pancho Villas army during the Mexican Revolution, witnessing firsthand their victorious battle at Torreón which paved the way to Mexico City. Reeds compelling articles not only gained him national recognition as a war correspondent, but also provided a raw perspective on the struggles of the Mexican peons. A staunch opponent of American intervention, Reed developed a deep admiration for Villa, unlike his feelings for Carranza. These ...

Seven-year-old Brandon Hall has been neglected by his mother and abused by the men she keeps. He is removed from the home and taken to the Childers' eighteen-hundred acre Angus ranch. He is shy, afraid, and seemingly scarred permanently by his ugly past. This is Kirk and Katie Childers' first foster child. Will they know how to answer the many questions foster children have? More importantly, will they be able to transform those scars from his violent past into a special brand of his own?

It's just a regular day on Earth. But in seven minutes, an image beamed from a Mars rover will shatter our understanding of humanity forever... Earth scrambles to assemble the first manned mission to the Red Planet, ignoring safety concerns. The A-list astronauts walk away. Is the secret mission doomed? Who will they turn to? Retired astronaut Adam Alston has made mistakes—he can't support his family. When NASA comes knocking for a mission leader, it's a match made in heaven. Does he still have the right stuff to lead a team?

Nate Tippie and Brandon Wilde are gay, single, and both hoping to meet that special man, even though fate has not yet delivered him to their doorstep. Nate's sister, Hannah, and her kooky best friend, Marilyn, are about to help fate with that task by creating a profile on the gay dating site, OpenHeartOpenMind. The two women are only exploring, but when they need a face and body for the persona they create, they use Nate as the model.

Love comes along when you least expect it. That's what Duncan Taylor's sister, Scout, tells him. Scout has everything Duncan wants--a happy life with a wonderful husband. Now that Seattle has made gay marriage legal, Duncan knows he can have the same thing. But when he proposes to his boyfriend, Tucker, he doesn't get the answer for which he hoped. Tucker's refusal is another misstep in a long line of failed romances.

Caden DeSarro is what they call a chubby chaser. He likes his guys with a few extra pounds on them. So when he meets Kevin Dodge in a bar bathroom, he can't help but stare, even if he does make an ass of himself. As far as Caden is concerned, Kevin is physically perfect: a stocky bearded blond with a dick that's just right. (They met in the bathroom - of course he looked!) But Caden gets tongue-tied and misses his chance.

Guided by a sexy therapist, a Sex Addicts Anonymous group, a well-endowed Chihuahua named Johnny Wadd, and Bobby's own cache of memories, Bobby takes a spiritual, sexual, and emotional journey to discover that life's most satisfactory love connections lie in quality, not quantity. And when he's ready to love not only himself but someone else, sex and love fit, at last, into one perfect package.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons. Whether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in action-packed tales.