Journal of the Waterloo Campaign is one of the most eloquent and impressive first-hand accounts of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dramatic demise.

It is a true classic of the literature of the Napoleonic Wars.

Taking us from the lulls and hard marching in Belgium and France, to the battle of Quatre Bras (where Mercer fired a few rounds at Napoleon himself), and finally to the ferocious fighting at Waterloo and Mercer’s own bold contribution to the larger Allied victory.

'The book is essential for any study of the Waterloo campaign' – Philip J. Haythornthwaite, leading military historian.

Captain Cavalie Mercer (1783-1868), commander of G troop of the Royal Horse Artillery in Wellington’s army, was a skilled writer who recorded the day’s events each evening in vivid and poetic detail. Never before or since has the experience of the entire campaign been brought so thoroughly to life.

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Three thousand years ago, a war began between the immortals and the mortals. It's a war that continues to this day...

Before history began, a legendary queen battled a foreign army, braved the death of her husband, and faced betrayal at the hand of someone she trusted. This is the story of Eire, Queen of the Faeries, the Immortal One, and the leader of the Tuatha de Danann.

To this day, her homeland, Ireland, bears her name, and this is the story of the war that drove the Immortal Ones into exile. It's also the tale of how she found help from an unexpected place, leading her to a love like she had never known before.

Fairytale Christmas is a story that spans thousands of years. It's also the beginning of all of our fairytales and legends; it's where mortals and immortals survive because they love one another, proving that love is the greatest gift of all.

This is the first installment in the Saga of the Fair Folk, a journey that lasts until the end of time.

In Lotería, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family’s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.
 
With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of lotería cards. Each of the cards’ colorful images—mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars—sparks a random memory.
 
Pieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl’s life, and the events that led to her present situation. But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.

Beautiful full-color images of lotería cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.

After plunging Europe into a terrible war, Napoleon died on Saint Helena in 1821.

Five years later his contemporary Sir Walter Scott wrote a brilliant debunking biography that stirred up international controversy for its thundering assault on the Napoleon legend.

It so inflamed the French that Napoleon’s most-trusted general challenged Scott to a duel.

Originally designed on a grand scale in nine volumes and over a million words, Scott’s monumental work is published again in one concise volume.

This new edition retains his first-hand insights, elegant construction, page-turning writing and painstaking attention to detail, while selecting the parts that provide a fresh and authoritative take on Napoleon (including the ill-fated march to Moscow) for the modern historian.

Published simultaneously in German, French, Italian and Spanish, the book was an international phenomenon.

Scott’s research took advantage of privileged access to government papers as well as those of the main players, including the Duke of Wellington and important French generals.

His life of Napoleon stands out not least because of his skilful portrayal of genuine people in both the smallest and most significant events.

‘Delightful...Walter Scott recalls to me the incidents on which through life I have mediated, and the influence of which is still in daily operation’ – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771-21 September 1832) was a lawyer, poet, translator, historian and novelist. His classics works, such as Ivanhoe and Waverley, remain in print today. He was two years younger than Napoleon, whose biography was the only historical work he ever wrote. It was to inspire the approach of later historians Lord Macaulay and Thomas Carlyle.

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A complete story, brought to you by Rochelle Williams of African American Club.

Growing up together, Eva has secretly been in love with Andrew her whole life.

Unfortunately, Andrew has been so busy using his billions to jet-set across the world and sleep with as many women as possible, he hasn’t had a chance to notice Eva’s feelings.

But things are about to change.

A stipulation in Andrew's dad's will states that if he wants to inherit his father’s company, he has to wed and have a baby with Eva.

With things being a bit rocky between the two, will Eva agree to the plan?

Or will Andrew have to watch his dreams and bills get buried with his father?

Find out in this passionate marriage and pregnancy romance by popular author Rochelle Williams.

Suitable for over 18s only due to steamy sex scenes between a billionaire and his Nubian queen.

The sole survivor of a train accident, young Larken Burke is dubbed the Miracle Orphan. Four years later, however, her life is far from fortunate. Because of her emotional and physical scars, she believes she’s not marriageable. With little hope for the future, she agrees to wed a gentleman she’s never met. Unfortunately, his aloof manner proves difficult to bear.

Marked by romantic tragedy and the loss of his brother, Brandon King has forsworn marriage. Obliged to take in a ward, he advertises for a bride to raise the boy. Since the union is to be a marriage in name only, his criteria are youthful age, a certain level of intellect, good breeding, and that the girl shouldn’t be so ill-favored she would embarrass him in society. To his dismay, he gets more than he’d bargained for.

Will it take a miracle for Mr. and Mrs. King to fall in love, or is their marriage another accident waiting to happen?

Life is twisted and cruel.

After being ripped from the safe haven of Rafe’s arms, my kidnapper is waging a sick game. Unable to make my body do his bidding, he’s using mental warfare instead.

I’ll go through hell to get back to Rafe, but I’m unprepared for what I find.

He’s done what I can’t: he’s erased eight years of pain and betrayal. I don’t know how to bring him back to me, because bringing him back means ripping him to shreds all over again.

NOTE TO READERS: RAMPANT is a psychological dark romance thriller with kidnapping and other disturbing themes. Intended for mature readers. Not for the faint of heart. You’ve been warned. Book 2 in the Condemned series.

Can two wounded people find happiness together?

Meet widower and loner James Harper, who avoids romance like the plague.

And vivacious single mom Miranda Lowe, whose nasty divorce blew up her life.

What happens when you repeatedly throw them together? Come to Journey’s End and find out...

If you love sexy small-town romance that features strong families, pick up A JOURNEY'S END today!


Five sexy brothers. One small town. Journey’s End.
 

Reese had always been very picky about the men she dated and was hell-bent to have the perfect first time with the man whom she could spend her entire life. However, her work seldom gave her a chance to go out until when her friend pushes her to take a chance. Little did she know that heading to a childhood friend's wedding might just get her to find her Mr. Right!

Blaine had it all - the money and the brain and was a typical romantic playboy but he sets his eyes on Reese during a wedding. However, Reese's fears take over and he is left unsure if he will ever see her again.

Will Reese's inability to commit until she finds the perfect guy, blind her from seeing what was right in her face.

Warning: Get ready to soak yourself into wetness with loads of insta love with HEA! So, grab your cozy socks and cuddle up with this Billionaire Romance Full Length Novel.

Don't mix business with pleasure?
Darling, pleasure is my business.

I'm the CEO of Pleasure Industries, the largest adult toy company on the market.
I know all the ins and outs of the bedroom. What makes women tick, squirm, scream, and reach that big O.
But they'll never know me.
My mind is complicated. My heart is a chunk of cold concrete.
I don't date. I don't do intimacy.
I just hire women to test my products but they all end up wanting more, and I'm sick of it.
When shy and timid Eve shows up for an interview, she's just what I need.
No baggage. No experience.
Sweet, winding curves that get me hard in an instant.
She's the perfect blank slate. I can mold her into exactly what I want.
I just can't break my own rules.

Bedroom Billionaire is a full-length standalone novel with no cheating, no cliffhangers, kindle-melting steamy content, and a guaranteed HEA.

”A storehouse for all future writers of modern history” Athenaeum

Originally published in 1896, Thomas Power O’Connor’s intimate portrait of Napoleon covers everything from his military campaigns to his questionable table manners.

Far from a stuffy account of Napoleon’s battles and governance, O’Connor’s conversational style reveals the man behind the Emperor. This biography remains an important addition to the study of Napoleon with its personal and, at times, visceral details of the public and private life of the Emperor.

Examining contemporary French sources such as Hippolyte Taine, and with quotations from those closest to Napoleon such as Claude François Méneval, Étienne-Denis Pasquier and Josephine, O’Connor’s depiction of Napoleon is informative and entertaining in style, and far-reaching in scope.

As O’Connor guides the reader through these sources – either from devotees or detractors of Napoleon – a conflicting portrayal of the man arises that can only be expected from such a divisive and monumental figure. Brilliant but volatile, domineering but juvenile, but always – the violence of his campaigns appears rooted in his chaotic personality.

Nevertheless, O’Connor shows that one link remains unbroken throughout Napoleon’s life: his fierce ambition.

Perhaps this is what drew the leader of the United Irish League and the “Father of the House of Commons” to his subject.

T. P. O’Connor (1848-1929) was a journalist and MP. His mastery of French and German led him to report from the Franco-Prussian War following his sub-editorship of The Daily Telegraph. He was elected into the House of Commons in 1880 and was then continuously re-elected for 49 years and 215 days running as a proponent for Home Rule and Irish nationalism.

Legal thrillers with a twist

Two kickass lawyers take on a handful of colorful clients—and murder—from San Francisco Bay to the Big Easy.

Tubby Dubonnet is a simple man with a refined palate, a maverick New Orleans lawyer with a penchant for fishing, Old Fashioneds, off-track betting…and fighting evil while passing a good time. Rebecca Schwartz is a nice Jewish girl who just so happens to be a smart, savvy lawyer, with a few too many fantasies … and no qualms about telling it like it is. Tony takes on drugs, the Mob, and his impossible daughters while Rebecca wrestles with murder mystery at the aquarium and the most dangerous serial killer San Francisco’s ever seen. Four refreshing, page-turning legal puzzlers for a deal so reasonable, no one can object!

CROOKED MAN

The FIRST offbeat mystery in the TUBBY DUBONNET series by Anthony- and Edgar-nominated author Tony Dunbar

Tubby Dubonnet’s clients are all renegades from the asylum (aka Orleans Parish). His newest client is Darryl Alvarez, the manager of a local nightclub who's been caught unloading marijuana from a shrimp boat. At their first meeting, Darryl entrusts Tubby with an ordinary-looking blue gym bag. But after Darryl's unfortunate demise, Tubby realizes he must tighten his grasp on the gym bag -- and its million-dollar contents.

TOURIST TRAP

The THIRD book in Edgar-winner Julie Smith's Rebecca Schwartz series.

So what’s a nice Jewish girl doing at an Easter sunrise service? Lawyer Rebecca Schwartz would pick the one with the body nailed to the landmark cross! Coincidence? Not so much. She's there because her boy friend's covering the service for the San Francisco Chronicle. The body's there because someone's making a statement he doesn't want the press to miss.

Next: mass shellfish poisoning at Pier 39. A very different kind of serial killer is operating here—one who seems to have a grudge against the whole city.

CITY OF BEADS

The SECOND deliciously sneaky mystery in Anthony- and Edgar-nominated Tony Dunbar's Tubby Dubonnet series

Tubby Dubonnet is bored. He wants to bill enough hours to pay his alimony and keep his daughter in college, with enough left over for an occasional drink and a good meal, but he longs for something different and exciting. Sure, researching licensing law for the new casino will keep trout meunière on the table, but what could be more tedious? Meanwhile, there’s the estate of an old friend who controls some dock leases on the wharf. And he agrees to help his daughter’s environmental group stop illegal dumping in the river.

Suddenly all three cases begin to converge in an entirely ominous way–the toxic dumping, the dock leases, and the too-good-to-be-true casino job. How is that possible? Could it be Tubby’s been set up as the fall guy in a Mob effort to expand its gambling empire? NOW it's exciting — he's running for his life!

DEAD IN THE WATER

This is the FOURTH book in Edgar-winner Julie Smith’s Rebecca Schwartz series.

San Francisco lawyer Rebecca Schwartz has occasion to wonder when she and her weekend hostess, Marty Whitehead, find a body floating in the 30-foot kelp tower at the Monterey Aquarium, and Marty's promptly dragged off to the slammer.

Rebecca quickly grasps the Emily Post solution—sign on as Marty's lawyer, try to keep her client's two young kids out of the deep end, and somehow avoid drowning in the sea of lies gushing from Marty's mouth--and everyone else’s. There’s a lot of intrigue among the aquarium's oceangoing primates, as well as rumors of a pearl beyond price.

Charlotte Halliwell has a secret.

But before revealing it to her sister Audrey, she's found dead. At first glance, it appears to be nothing more than a skiing accident, until the medical examiner discovers poison coursing through Charlotte's body.

Audrey hires Sloane Monroe, a sassy, headstrong private investigator. As Sloane gets close to solving the case, a second body is found. With the killer aware that Sloane will stop at nothing to find him, he tracks her every move. Will Sloane uncover the truth before he strikes again?

If you're a fan of Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark, you'll enjoy this fast-paced, page-turning mystery.

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling series.

He would do anything to keep her safe. Except tell her the truth...

Detective Deborah Turner is pissed. Her friend and corrections officer is found dead in a landfill—and the prison staff are hiding something.

Prison Officer Jamie Brock—a man she knew for one wild, passionate night—is her only ally. As Turner digs deeper and threatens to unearth the prison’s darkest secrets, she finds Jamie Brock at the center of it all.

Her heart wants to trust him, but her brain screams for her to run the other way. And behind the barbed wire and towering concrete walls, she’s about to find out that some secrets are worth killing for…

The icy cold mountains have nothing on Camillo.
He has a thirst for dominance. Control. Power.
Three years ago, I got a taste of what it meant to be with a real man.
Those few hours of ecstasy were worth losing my virginity to a stranger.
I've kept a BIG secret from him, and now he's come to take what's his.

Rose
I was a changed woman after Camillo.
But, when I learned the truth about him I left without a good bye.
Now he's shacked up in a cabin at the outskirts of town and I'm scared he knows my secret.
Something tells me I can trust him, but I can't take any chances...
No matter how badly I want to.

Camillo
I left a world of violence and murder for a clean slate.
But, there's one person that still haunts me.
For one perfect night, I owned her in every way imaginable.
Years later, I've discovered she has a little girl - our little girl.
But, a dark past is coming back to haunt me - and everyone I love.
They have no idea the hell I'm about to release.
Because no one is laying a finger on my family.


65,000+ words in this full length standalone romance. Bonus content included after the main story, including a never before published full length reverse harem Christmas Romance. Grab your copy today.

She may be pure, but she's not innocent.

Her name is Bethany Lewis.

She's a nightmare in heels and while she's never been touched, she definitely isn't innocent.

She left my twin brother's life in ruins, but now I'm back after a three year stint in prison, and I'm going to show her that things are about to change.

She needs discipline and I'm the man to give it to her.

Then she becomes more than just a brat over my knee. She haunts me. It isn't right, but I don't care.

I want her.

I will have her.

She has used her gorgeous body to get what she wants long enough. She's teased the wrong man and now she's going to be mine.

Kelli's Note: This is a steamy 50,000 word novel with a HEA and no cheating! I'm a girl that likes wild and crazy romances, so that is exactly what you get from me. My heroes might be a little over-the-top with a touch of caveman and you'll get some angst along the way, but I promise that the good parts will give you a plenty of reasons to read this all by yourself!

If Assana looked up the word “nymphomaniac” in the dictionary, she might expect to find her own image in place of the definition, especially after meeting the immortal red dragon, Gavra. The timing couldn’t be worse for her to discover the mate that Fate intended—the one she’d be willing to let go of her tightly bound hold on her deepest sexual desires for—the one who literally drives her mad with lust. Now that she needs her sanity more than anything to regain control of her race’s home from her insane mother, she’s faced with the inconvenient desire to lose control and be that primal nymph she keeps locked inside.

Thank Gaia for Silas. The handsome young ursa male is blessed with magic that can calm the lust-filled madness threatening to consume Assana’s mind. She needs him more than ever now that she has no choice but to spend her days in close proximity to the dragon she desires, yet doesn’t dare touch lest she give in to that ancient, primal need all nymphaea are born with.

For red dragon Gavra, he can only put off having the beautiful nymph maiden for so long, or the ursa male who Fate has promised him. Once Assana’s crazy mother is out of the way, nothing will stop Gavra from claiming and marking them both as his.

For many senior leaders, promotion is just the start of a whole new set of unexpected challenges. There are executive leaders to please and junior leaders to lead. Many for the first time are asked to work on multiple teams with peers who have competing priorities. They might now be responsible for areas of the organization in which they don’t have technical expertise.

Some senior leaders seem to have advanced through the sheer force of driving results, often at the cost of high employee compliance and burnout. Others appear to have attained senior roles through the influence of their charismatic personality, without producing much in the way of sustained business outcomes. Too many leaders are promoted because of what they know or how long they have worked, rather than their skill in managing others. As the complexity of the senior leader role increases and the consequences of a leader’s behaviors are multiplied, how can one successfully make the transition to senior leadership? What does it take to succeed at that level?

Unite! The 4 Mindset Shifts for Senior Leaders explores the four shifts in mindset that help a senior leader balance both results and relationships so they can ultimately unite the people around them. Audiences will walk away with new insights and distinctions of how to transition successfully into senior leadership roles. Senior leaders will learn to fine tune how they function with their team and other senior leaders and to build a strong succession framework.

Ages 9-12: Kitty grows up at sea and learns to understand humans. Kitty lives a funny and adventurous youth and even learns a little geography and history on the way. This middle grade book is descriptive, informative, and heartwarming.

Kitty learns to protect the big boat, Betty, and travels from the Gulf of Mexico to the Chesapeake Bay with Captain, Momma, and Rod. Kitty also longs for adventures he will one day find on land. That one day comes on the Mobjack Bay. Find out how Kitty's decisions shape his life changing adventure! Let Kitty warm your home and heart!