Talk about a bad-hair day! Sophie Garou is a master at taming her inner beast, which comes in handy since she’s a werewolf. With a big promotion at work and a supersexy boyfriend, Heath (whom she recently spotted leaving a jewelry store with a beguiling ring box), she’s one happy girl. But when Heath starts spending long nights at the office with his new associate–a dead-ringer for Career Day Barbie–Sophie smells trouble. And when her professional relationship with her big new client–who also happens to be Texas’s brilliantly blue-eyed most eligible bachelor–begins to sizzle, she wonders if her animal instincts are leading her in the wrong direction. Just when it seems that things can’t get any more complicated, they do. The Houston werewolf pack has sniffed Sophie out, and their message is chillingly clear: you’re either with us or against us. And unless she can prove that she’s with them, the next full moon may just be her last. From the Paperback edition.

Wereskunk Anise is constantly ducking werewolves and vampires intent upon harvesting her high-dollar skunk oil. Will alpha werewolf Brick really help, or is he just another poacher hunting her? keywords: werewolves, vampires, diverse characters, urban fantasy.

She escaped slavery. But freedom will be more difficult than she can imagine. As the runt of her litter Mitalla—a member of a feline species—has always survived through her cunning. It was through cunning that she escaped a brutal slave camp alive, even after all her siblings perished. Now, she dreams of building a free life in a new city where she can put her past behind her. But everywhere she looks, her species is viewed as dangerous and inferior. With no safe place to hide, she ends up working as a thief for the dark mage Sebastian, who has illegal feline slaves of his own: a mother and her young daughter who become her new friends. Being forced to rob houses is bad enough. But watching Sebastian mistreat her new housemates is the worst torture of all. Once again Mitalla feels enslaved. But during her darkest hour, she glimpses a path to hope. She learns about a sacred journal, one whose secrets have the power to topple the king and end his cruel policy of feline enslavement once and for all. But to liberate her new friends and her species, she must find the journal. Risking her life by defying Sebastian, she embarks on a dangerous quest for power. But to get her prize, she could lose everything—her friends, her identity and even her life. Prowl is a fantasy novel and Book 2 of the Bastis Archives series. If you like page-turning suspense, characters who feel like friends, and soulful cats, you will love this book by L.E. Henderson. Download the book today.

When Avery Burke picks up her phone in the middle of the night, Chase Harbin is the last person in the world she expects. He’s a werewolf, the very thing she was raised to hate and fear. The second she discovered his secret, Avery cut him from her life, managing to ignore the fact that he made her heart pound and flutter. Chase knows he’s risking his life, calling Avery. The beautiful blonde is a Hunter, and she’s probably gunning for him… A woman scorned, and all that. Still, when his baby sister Brooke is kidnapped, he has no choice. He reaches out to Avery and quickly finds that she’s not quite as distant as she once seemed… Heading into mortal peril, Avery and Chase allow themselves one last night of passion. The heat of their joining consumes them both, spiraling out of control, and soon they’re fighting more more than just their lives...

Big cats such as lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars fascinate us like few other creatures. They are enduring symbols of natural majesty and power. Yet despite the magnetic appeal of the big cats, their origins and evolutionary history remain poorly understood—and human activity threatens to put an end to the big cats’ glory. On the Prowl is a fully illustrated and approachable guide to the evolution of the big cats and what it portends for their conservation today. Mark Hallett and John M. Harris trace the origins of these iconic carnivores, venturing down the evolutionary pathways that produced the diversity of big cat species that have walked the earth. They place the evolution and paleobiology of these species in the context of ancient ecosystems and climates, explaining what made big cats such efficient predators and analyzing their competition with other animals. Hallett and Harris pay close attention to human impact, from the evidence of cave paintings and analysis of ancient extinctions up to present-day crises. Their engaging and carefully documented account is brought to life through Hallett’s detailed, vivid illustrations, based on the most recent research by leading paleontologists. Offering a fresh look at the rise of these majestic animals, On the Prowl also makes a powerful case for renewed efforts to protect big cats and their habitats before it is too late.

The adventures of the rodents continue. Join them in another 104 stories. Some of the stories find the rodents when they were in the outside world visiting Death Valley. Two rodents, both mice of the cloth, get into a fight and burn each other’s church down. A wooden ship sinks in the Grand Squid Passage, after it is eaten by maggots. Senator Broadbut is devoured by a worm in a fashionable restaurant in Mousetown. An airship crashes on top of the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. A large commercial airplane runs out of gas over the ocean. Some rodents take their dead friend into a movie theatre and leave him. Vespers Bob hires a super-sized tractor trailer to haul his five million scorpions through Mousetown. Some courageous rodents go over Niagara Falls in a 100 foot long rubber duck. Shanny Shoes and Jeff Pelt cause a ferry boat to crash into the Mousetown Ferry terminal. Teacher Debbie Hemp’s 6th grade class mourns her death and decides to do something to get her back. These stories of your favourite rodents and another 94 more adventures appear in this book

This innovative book comprises nine essays from leading scholars which investigate the relationship between fiction, censorship and the legal construction of obscenity in Britain between 1850 and the present day. Each of the chapters focuses on a distinct historical period and each has something new to say about the literary works it spotlights. Overall, the volume fundamentally refreshes our understanding of the way texts had to negotiate the moral and legal minefields of public reception. The book is original in the historical period it covers, starting in 1850 and bringing debates about fiction, obscenity and censorship up to the present day. The history that is uncovered reveals the different ways in which censorship functioned and continues to function, with considerations of Statutory definitions of Obscenity alongside the activities of non-government organisations such as the anti-vice societies, circulating libraries, publishers, printers and commentators. The essays in this book argue that the vigour with which novels were hunted down by the prowling prudes of the book's title encouraged some writers to explore sexual, excremental and moral obscenities with even more determination. Bringing such debates up to date, the book considers the ongoing impact of censorship on fiction and the current state of critical thinking about the status and freedom of literature. Given contemporary debates about the limits on freedom of speech in liberal, secular societies, the interrogation of these questions is both timely and necessary.

When an accidental spell brings a mysterious stone toad to life, and it hops away with her human friend William between its jaws, Fauna must use her magic and her wits to save him, embarking on a journey through dangerous lands filled with fearsome giants, talking bears, and packs of rogue goblins.

An educational and entertaining board game for 2-8 players. Find treasures or steal them from others. Print and play. This quick-paced, easy-to-learn board game is free and fun. The goal of the game is to collect 1.200 doubloons in treasures. You can earn treasures by selling stolen cargo, you can find treasures on deserted islands, and you can steal treasures from other pirates. You'll need pirate qualities for that: cheating and tricks, bravery and taking risks, forming and breaking alliances, and you'll need a bit of luck as well. The game consists of a play board (A2-size), 60 Cargo Cards, 12 Bad Luck Cards, 20 Bronze Canon Cards, 40 Treasure Tickets, 8 Character Cards and a Player's & Construction Manual. Additionally, you'll need 5 dice, 8 pawns, some creativity to build your 8 pirate ships, and a box to keep everything together.