Showing results by author "_Glasses" in All Categories

United Queerdom evocatively captures over five decades of LGBT+ culture and protest from the GLF to 2020s. Showing how central protest is to queer history and identity this book uncovers the back-breaking hard work as well as the glamorous and raucous stories of those who rebelled against injustice and became founders in the story of queer liberation.

British spy Emma Makepeace races against the clock to stop the Russians from carrying out a high-profile assassination in this gripping thriller from the author of Alias Emma. “Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON She has just one week to stop a killer...

Pressure builds within the occupied castle, driving wedges between all. The young lovers Elliott and Clara must reconcile their changes or push each other apart - forever. Driven by prophecies of the coming storm, Lorelei battles her curse. Nikki struggles against her insanity, and Kinsey must choose her loyalties. Salvation and danger come intertwined. Clara is given a chance to choose her own destiny - but she must face the cunning of the vampire lords alone, stripped of protections. It is time for the fledgling witch’s fate to be decided.

As a Shadowchaser, Kira Solomon has been trained to serve the Light, dispatch the Fallen, and prevent the spread of chaos. Its a deadly job, and Kira knows the horror of spilling innocent blood. But now she has a new role, as the Hand of Maat, the Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Order, and an assignment that might just redeem her.

For Kira Solomon, normal was never an option. Kira's day job is as an antiquities expert, but her true calling is as a Shadowchaser. Trained from youth to be one of the most lethal Chasers in existence, Kira serves the Gilead Commission, dispatching the Fallen who sow discord and chaos. Of course, sometimes Gilead bureaucracy is as much a thorn in her side as anything the Fallen can muster against her. Right now, though, she's got a bigger problem....

An evil new magic threatens to undo all the progress women have made in the third and final book in Jenna Glass's riveting feminist fantasy series, following The Women's War and Queen of the Unwanted. In the once male-dominated world of Seven Wells, women now control their own reproduction, but...

Fighting monsters and managing a lordship are nothing compared to raising adolescents. And Rakta Velbrun should know—he’s battled legendary foes to earn renown as a fighter, and delicately navigated dangerous politics to win respect as a ruler. But none of that was as difficult as being a single father to his son, Dalton, and two daughters, Daka and Natakia, all now on the threshold of their tenth birthday. Each of Rakta’s children has his or her own strengths as well as concerns.

Thin Pig is the second album by the world-renowned stand-up comedian Todd Glass.

Two deeply funny stories by Stephen Glass; one about a battle of wills with his psychiatrist, and a bonus track about his dog's "problem".

A deeply funny story by Stephen Glass about the lure of the forbidden shiksa and another about the mysterious Kegel muscle.

2 short anecdotes about the animal rights movement and my sexual awakening.

Another of Stephen's bizarre and hilarious encounters with a psychiatrist. If you're keeping track, the score is currently Stephen: 2, Shrinks: 0.

NSA agent Eric Price is sent to Sedona, Arizona, to investigate strange activities at a secret underground base. A new type of stealth aircraft is being tested there, he discovers. But there's something odd about the set-up, and Eric must investigate further. With the help of the beautiful Nataly, he begins to penetrate the mystery of the Sedona Conspiracy, and discovers that it has extraterrestrial origins.

Clara has seen the Calamity. The end of all worlds is coming, and her magic may be the only thing that can stop it. Can she master her powers and save her friends, and the vampire she loves?

Magic. Vampires. Fallen empires and dangerous prophecies. Fans of The Vampire Diaries, A Shade of a Vampire, and Twilight will be blown away by A Witch Between Worlds.... Having survived the trial of the Vampire Lords, Clara Blackwell pursues her magical training. Thrust into a new life with allies both old and new, Clara must steel herself for a coming storm that threatens to annihilate all she holds dear. As a witness to the destruction, a powerful, defiant choice, must be made...but will she be ready?

“A thrilling read . . . I could not have loved it more.”—LISA JEWELL “Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” (CrimeReads), a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across...

In the riveting sequel to the feminist fantasy epic The Women's War, the ability to do magic has given women control over their own bodies. But as the patriarchy starts to fall, they must now learn to rule as women, not men. Alys may be the acknowledged queen of Women’s Well—the fledgling...

Approached by a childhood friend and medium, Isabel agrees to look into the murder of a local girl, only to wind up inhabited by the solitary witness - a centuries-old ghost who is all too happy to piggyback along in Isabel's body, and she's not leaving until the culprit is behind bars. With the help of her partner, Shane, and her crazy family, Isabel struggles to get to the truth, unmask a killer, and deal with her growing feelings for not one, but two of the sexy, undead men vying for her heart.

Whenever something in life makes me tilt my head and ask, “what are you?”, I press record. I talk like nobody’s listening. Curious, funny, occasionally philosophical… I’m just a human guy recording stories into a mic while my slightly surreal life happens around me. Sometimes it starts with something small: a strange thought, an awkward moment, or something a little too private and candid.

In a historic farmhouse outside Boston, seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. His routines are disrupted, however, when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved preschool take over his barn. As...