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The old gods are dead … The OLDER gods have returned! Before the American master of cosmic horror H.P. Lovecraft came the Welsh genius of the weird Arthur Machen, who filled his pages with tales of ancient evil. Now comes this collection of seven NEW stories from the ancient land of Machen, following in the footsteps of Lovecraft and his uncanny creations.

Centuries after civilization collapses, survivors cling to the British coastline, trapped between the ocean and the Bloom, a parasitic and predatory flora that releases a mind-destroying toxin. Surviving in the ruins, where packs of highly evolved dogs now dominate, scavenger Braska is captured and taken to the nearby stronghold of Crayport, where it is discovered that she has a dangerous secret. One that powerful matriarch Mother Cray is eager to exploit.

The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful state in human history are dedicating themselves with passion to destroying the prospects for organized human life. At the same time, there is a solution at hand, which is the Green New Deal.

It all started with a simple, yet sneakily difficult challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: Pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story. The response from some of the best writers on the planet: Game on! The result: Eleven stories that are twisty, scary, surprising and bursting with imagination. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.

High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on 18 months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's unorthodox approach analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process, but also a sexual one.

Loki - mercenary spy ship and bounty hunter. It's the legal arm of the Merchanters' Alliance; but once enlisted, no crew member leaves Loki alive. Bet Yeager - a killer elite Earth Company Marine whose side lost. Now she's forced to escape aboard Loki, surrounded by enemies and hunting her old comrades. Yeager has nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. A single wrong word can give her away. And the fighting skills she must use to survive may be her death warrant.  

The wife of a prominent local judge is shot and killed on Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's turf. But as Joe investigates, all signs point to the shot having been taken from an impossibly long distance. Joe has seen a lot in his time as warden, but he's never seen a killing like this. How could...

Highschool Bible Studies teacher, Aubrey Jameson, loves her job more than anything. Unfortunately, her choice of attire is not in keeping with the high moral standards one would expect at a school as pious and dignified as Evergreen Academy. And the dirty-minded school headmaster, Johnathan Spottisswoode won't stand for it!

Marrying our enemy was meant to teach the man I truly want a lesson in jealousy. But my husband craves my step-brother as much as I do. Irina Born into the Bratva, my family tries to keep me in the shadows, obedient and unseen. But I could never stay quiet. Now, I'm sold to a husband I despise...

Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of Western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial thought has developed to engage with the impact of sometimes centuries of Western political and cultural domination. 

Mild and meek teacher David had a very big secret. He was a secret gambler and in massive debt to the biggest shark in town. When Clifton came calling, the only collateral he had left was his pretty wife and daughter.

Humble Calvinism is both a helpful summary of what Calvinism is and a helpful challenge to those who are convinced Calvinists. It calls us to hold Calvinism in our hearts, not just in our heads, so that we are humble and gracious, as well as zealous for the truth, to the praise and glory of Christ and his church.  

Maggie's trials and tribulations continue at the hands of photographer and ravisher of white yummy mummies, Marcie. Her new mistress takes her to a party and intends to be generous with her ample charms. Meanwhile, daughter Tessa and her best friend Jane discover just how far they went at the party two nights ago and how the owner of the film they inadvertently star in is going to make use of it.

Maggie, Tess and Jane are back from Barbados and have left that debauched lifestyle behind to return to normal life. At least they had until Erol and Marcie turn up on their doorsteps. Almost immediately, Jane and Maggie are pulled back into their slut roles for the dominant Barbadians and when Maggie's rich and well-bred tennis partner turns up at the wrong time, Anthea gets a taste of black cock too.

College girls Tessa and Jane have been blackmailed after a wild party in Barbados. At the completely mercy of the boss and his cronies, they are led into one act of depravity after another. In this episode, they are offered to the club in a sex competition. They are still unsure if they are still there because they have to be or want to be and they are completely oblivious to Tessa's mum, who is experiencing exactly the same only a few feet away.

Suzi, the submissive wife is about to embark on another adventure. Her husband and master has arranged for a place for her in a very exclusive slave auction. Sold for the weekend for an eye-watering figure, she is surprised to find who her new "owners" are and what they intend to do with her!

India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America, a man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.

The Gambler is a psychologically probing novel concerning the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexis Ivanovitch, a young gambling addict; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers; and other characters. Narrated by Alexis, this short novel is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's own experiences as a compulsive gambler.

Christie was desperate to find some money. Her dad had been made redundant; it looked like they were going to lose the family home. Then she found out about a Russian girl that auctioned her own virginity and that set her thinking. One thing led to another, then Christie and her best friend Sal found themselves being sold for a small fortune to rich foreigners.

Poor Kelsey Williams! This 18-year-old high school senior is so excited about flying to London tomorrow for her class trip! Unfortunately, she innocently forgot to get a physical exam before she'll be allowed to leave. Not to worry… dirty-minded Headmaster Johnathan Spottisswoode has teamed up with the dirty-minded biology teacher to conduct a last-minute exam right here in school…under Johnathan's careful oversight, of course! The poor girl…it's bad enough to have to submit to any comprehensive medical exam.