Author: Kristen Luciani
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 306
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My Fiancé Is The Anti-Prince Charming... Mateo Villani is darkness wrapped in Armani. He's a six-foot tall, ruggedly-handsome savage, a notorious gangster who's bedded half of Manhattan...and now he's my fiancé. My father betrayed me, signing my life away to the cocky bastard whose personality is colder than a block of ice. Mateo crushed my ambitions when he slid his ring onto my finger. He stole my life away and now he's determined to mold me into a dutiful mob wife. But I have news for him. I obey no one. As the days pass, I am more and more determined to hate him, to resist the deviant fantasies that swirl through my mind when he's near. But before long, I can't live without the bound wrists, his rough hands, and sinful body. I find myself longing for him...and his punishment. I despise my fiancé. But it doesn't stop me from craving him even more. SAVAGE RULER is the first book in the SINFULLY SAVAGE series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Luciani. This Dark Italian / Irish Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance is a standalone suspense novel, complete with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers. Blazing hot bedroom scenes with a little bit of kink are intended for mature readers only!
Author: Kristen Luciani
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The Taste Of Revenge Is Nothing Compared To The Taste Of Him...Dante Villani is every bit his name...a raging, blazing inferno who consumes everything in his path. He's dark, dangerous, and delicious....a sexy as hell contract killer for the powerful and ruthless Villani family. And the man I was sent to destroy. Not that I knew it when he had me pinned up against the wall of that nightclub with his sinful body and electric touch. A second chance encounter with my forbidden target has me obsessed...and hungry for more of his devious tongue and savage hands. My hatred for what he did to my family runs deep, but my growing desire for Dante blurs the line between love and loyalty. I'm drowning in pent-up desire with no lifeline in sight. But the course is set. He must die. Unless my insta-lust kills me first. SAVAGE SINNER is the fourth and final book in the SINFULLY SAVAGE series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Luciani. Be prepared for jaw-dropping twists and holy %$#@*& moments! This Dark Mafia Second Chance Forbidden Romance is a standalone suspense novel, complete with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers. Blazing hot bedroom scenes with a little bit of kink are intended for mature readers only!
Author: Adam Savage
Publisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1982113480
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. Every Tool’s a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making, but it’s also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you’re interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and breaking, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop’s worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every Tool There Is a Hammer—don’t wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don’t have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever’s handy; Increase Your Loose Tolerance—making is messy and filled with screwups, but that’s okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; Use More Cooling Fluid—it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it’s a reminder to slow down and reduce the friction in your work and relationships; Screw Before You Glue—mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects. This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations. I hope this book serves as “creative rocket fuel” (Ed Helms) to build, make, invent, explore, and—most of all—enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
Author: Kristen Luciani
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 294
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I Kidnapped My Enemy's Little Sister...Now I'm Obsessed. Jaelyn Torres is equal parts sexy and ruthless, with a confidence that grabbed me by the balls. She's no innocent dove with her fiery tongue and a body so sinful it could tempt even the most faithful of men. But she's my captive not my plaything. I need to keep my mind and my hands off the leather-clad siren to protect my empire, no matter how badly I want to punish her for running her smart mouth. I will claim her. Break her. Use her. Jaelyn, you will be mine. One taste of the seductive beauty ruined me, Crushed my resolve. Before long, I'm infatuated, on fire for the woman I'm supposed to hate. So I give her an ultimatum. If she wants to save her brother's life, she'll have to submit... To me. SAVAGE LIAR is the second book in the SINFULLY SAVAGE series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Luciani. This Dark Italian Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance is a standalone suspense novel, complete with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers. Blazing hot bedroom scenes with a little bit of kink are intended for mature readers only!
Author: Tamara T. Chin
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684170788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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Savage Exchange explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Tamara T. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. To promote a radically quantitative approach to the market, some thinkers developed innovative forms of fiction and genre. In opposition, traditionalists reasserted the authority of classical texts and advocated a return to the historical, ethics-centered, marriage-based, agricultural economy that these texts described. The discussion of frontiers and markets thus became part of a larger debate over the relationship between the world and the written word. These Han debates helped to shape the ways in which we now define and appreciate early Chinese literature and produced the foundational texts of Chinese economic thought. Each chapter in the book examines a key genre or symbolic practice (philosophy, fu-rhapsody, historiography, money, kinship) through which different groups sought to reshape the political economy. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, Chin elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought. Co-Winner, 2016 Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association; Honorable Mention, 2016 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
Author: Darren Reinke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736117903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Matt Wallace
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534439226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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The acclaimed, epic, and spellbinding fantasy by Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace, about a utopian city with a dark secret…and the underdogs who will expose it, or die trying. They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable. The empire relies on them. The Savages are the greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire’s enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, there are always more to take their place. Evie is not a Savage. She’s a warrior with a mission: to find the man she once loved, the man who holds the key to exposing the secret of the Savage Legion and ending the mass conscription of the empire’s poor and wretched. But to find him, she must become one of them, to be marked in her blood, to fight in their wars, and to find her purpose. Evie will die a Savage if she has to, but not before showing the world who she really is and what the Savage Legion can really do. This remarkable and captivating fantasy will take you on a journey into the heart of brutal battles, dire situations, and odds that seem too high to overcome.
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520282280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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"In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous inhabitants that has yet to come to a real conclusion. A century later - 1951 - and about a hundred and fifty miles away, another war began when the U.S. government started setting off nuclear bombs at the Nevada Test Site. It was called a "nuclear testing program" but functioned as a war against the land and people of the Great Basin."--
Author: Kristen Luciani
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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I'm obsessed with the virgin mafia princess I was hired to protect.Lily and I were never supposed to meet. Our fates collided in the wrong place at the wrong time, And one hot night in Las Vegas bound us for life. I know I need to focus on her safety but I cannot resist the dark impulses that consume me whenever she's near. My job is to protect her. My desire is to control her. To claim her. To own her. But when you dance with the devil, you're bound to get burned. Welcome to my personal hell. Savage Hunter is book five in Sinfully Savage Mafia. It's an Age-Gap, Family Saga, Chance Meeting Dark Mafia Romance, complete with HEA and no cliffhangers. Please note: It contains explicit and mature content and graphic violence that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.
Author: Kristen Luciani
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 304
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He Stole My Kiss...Right Before He Stole Me. The second my brother's ex-best friend tore off my clothes, I was obsessed. His ripped muscles, seductive smirk, and bad boy charm made my knees weak and everything else tingle ever since we were teenagers. I always dreamed I'd become the center of his world. I guess I should have been more specific about my wish. He ruined me. Then my childhood crush kidnapped me. Now I'm a pawn in his vicious game. He thinks he can use me as leverage, Revenge for my brother's betrayal. I should hate him for starting this war with my family and for taking my life. I don't. I should resist my cravings for his rough touch, his hungry lips, and his sinful body. I can't. Because even though Roman Villani is evil and cold, a brutal monster who is incapable of love, It only makes me want him more. SAVAGE BEAST is the third book in the SINFULLY SAVAGE series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Luciani. This Dark Mafia Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Romance is a standalone suspense novel, complete with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers. Blazing hot bedroom scenes with a little bit of kink are intended for mature readers only!
