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The Meaning of Water【電子書籍】[ Veronica Strang ]

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<p>Water is the most valuable resource and the most passionately contested. Drought has become an increasingly extreme problem in many parts of the world, and it is predicted that 60% of the major cities in Europe will run short of water in the next decade. In industrialized countries per capita water usage continues to rise intractably, despite strenuous efforts by environmentalists and resource managers to encourage conservation. Conflicts over water and environmental degradation from the overuse of resources are intensifying. Water is not merely a physical resource: in every cultural context it is densely encoded with social, spiritual, political and environmental meanings, and these have a powerful effect upon patterns of water use and upon the relationships between water users and suppliers. This book makes an in-depth analysis of the meanings of water and considers how they are experienced and formed at an individual and societal level. Focusing on the River Stour in Dorset, Strang draws upon a wide range of data: ethnographic research, cultural mapping, local archives and folklore. She explores the controversies surrounding water ownership and management, and the social and political questions raised by water privatization in the UK. The topical nature of these issues and their global relevance make this book a vital contribution to contemporary research on water and an essential read for anyone with an interest in getting under the surface of one of the worlds most important social and environmental issues.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 8,759円

Reede's Mission to the Sectors【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Reede’s people sent him to the Sectors on a desperate mission to beg for help against overwhelming odds in their battle to destroy the alien scientists who created them centuries ago. He knew the task wasn’t going to be easy but as a Badari Warrior, he vowed to do his best. When he’s arrested by the border patrol and thrown in the brig, things go from bad to worse. He faces difficult choices ahead and unimaginable obstacles to making his case to the authorities for help.</p> <p>Fallyn is Reede’s human fated mate but also the active duty military scout who guided him to the Sectors from his own planet. Reede’s choices after his arrest put her in a difficult spot and his actions threaten their mate bond. Will she give up her career to help him and the Badari succeed in making a treaty with the Sectors?</p> <p>The desperate attempt to find new allies takes Reede and Fallyn on a wild set of adventures across the sprawling interstellar Sectors civilization and places them, their friends and their love in harm’s way.</p> <p>Author’s Note: REEDE’S MISSION TO THE SECTORS is the 18th book in the Badari Warriors world (the fifteenth in the numbered main series) and each novel or novella has a satisfying Happy for Now ending for the hero and heroine, not a cliffhanger. Genetically engineered soldiers of the far future, the Badari were created by alien enemies to fight humans. The scientists kidnapped an entire human colony from the Sectors to use as subjects in twisted experiments…the Badari packs and the humans made common cause, rebelled and escaped the labs. Now they live side by side in a sanctuary valley protected by a powerful Artificial Intelligence, and wage unceasing war on the aliens. Some overarching issues do remain unresolved in each book since this is an ongoing series but romance always wins the day in my novels! This book is the direct sequel to REEDE but can be read as a standalone. Mild spoilers for REEDE.</p> <p>BADARI WARRIORS Timeline:</p> <p>AYDARR</p> <p>MATEER</p> <p>TIMTUR (IN THE STARS ROMANCE)</p> <p>JADRIAN</p> <p>DARIK</p> <p>GABE</p> <p>KIERCE</p> <p>CAMRON</p> <p>BADARI WARRIOR’S BABY: MEGAN AND MATEER</p> <p>REEDE</p> <p>DAEGAN</p> <p>LANDON</p> <p>HONEYMOON FOR THE ALPHA</p> <p>IVOKK</p> <p>JAMOKAN</p> <p>HOLIDAY FOR THE ALPHA</p> <p>TRATUS</p> <p>REEDE’S MISSION TO THE SECTORS</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 672円

Cuckolded by the Futanari【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>Amanda just wants this miserable party to end. As far as her husband Bernard is concerned, she's a pretty prop that should be seen and not heard. It isn't until she meets the beguiling Joni Folsom that the dull night begins to sparkle. Joni is infatuated with Amanda and wants to put her proud husband in his place, so she offers the man a rare opportunity: a seat at her girls-only poker night. If Bernard wins, Joni will let him run the company. If Joni wins, she and her friends can do whatever they want to his wife.</p> <p>Now Amanda's guilty heart is racing. She wants Bernard's feisty female colleagues to have their way with her, and that's even before she learns their shocking secret: Joni and her gang are futanari! When Bernard loses, he's going to be cuckolded by each and every one of them...much to his wife's delight.</p> <p>This erotic futa tale is 23,000 words and recommended for adult readers.</p> <p>~~~ Excerpt ~~~</p> <p>Bernard pointed an accusing finger at Joni. "You told me five-thousand!"</p> <p>Joni shrugged. "I'm sorry, Bernie. It must have slipped my mind..."</p> <p>"I don't understand," Amanda said. "Does that mean Bernard can't play?" She looked at each of the women and then her husband. Bernard was an island, male and red-faced and big hands clenched into knots.</p> <p>"Of course he can play," Joni said peaceably. "It just means he has less to play with."</p> <p>"I'm sure he's used to it," Bobbie chuckled.</p> <p>Nasty drew near to Amanda, hugging her with her body. "It is not as good," she explained. "Joni is always betting big."</p> <p>"So the game is poker?" Amanda asked.</p> <p>"We play all sorts of games," Joni replied. "Poker, pool, truth or dare..."</p> <p>Bernard shook his head. "I knew it. This whole thing was just to make me look stupid. Nice, Joni. You're a real class act. Amanda, let's go."</p> <p>Amanda was caught between her husband's angry scowl and the curious faces of Joni and her gang. But before she could set her drink down, before she could even move, Joni raised an elegant hand. Her voice lifted above the soft music that wafted in from the bedroom, her tone confident and seductive. "Why don't you pour a drink?" she suggested. "Sit down and I'll explain the stakes."</p> <p>"No," Bernard said.</p> <p>"Okay," Joni said, without an ounce of his bitterness. "You can stand and I'll explain. What we do here is trade favors. That's the real prize of the night. If you win, I'll do something for you. If I win, you do something for me."</p> <p>Bernard arched a skeptical eyebrow. "Just like that, huh?"</p> <p>"Absolutely like that," Joni replied. "Remember Vanessa Hugh? That lovely little redhead that was always jetting off to Hong Kong?"</p> <p>"Yeah," Bernard said. "Now she's running the eastern office. You're saying that's because of you?"</p> <p>"A good word with Joni goes a long way," Bobbie said.</p> <p>"So if I take the pot," Bernard went on, "you'll give me whatever I want?"</p> <p>"Within reason," Joni said. "I assume you want me to step aside and let you run the company."</p> <p>"That's a big ask," Bernard said.</p> <p>"But easy to do," she replied cheerfully. "When the old man retires, all I have to do is keep my name out of consideration. I'll give you a recommendation and let you put your best foot forward."</p> <p>Amanda held her breath. Joni's casual offer was everything that Bernard wanted. For years he'd clawed his way to the top of Ludibrium's food chain, making deals and currying favor with all the right people. He hit a wall with Joni because he had nothing that she wanted. Tonight, the stars must have aligned. If there was the slightest chance that Joni was telling the truth, that she'd stand aside and let Bernard ascend to the topmost seat of the company, Amanda knew her husband would jump at the chance.</p> <p>"Okay," he said slowly. "What do you want?"</p> <p>Joni drew her fingertips over her crimson lips and glanced briefly at Amanda. When she smiled, Amanda was compelled to smile back. "I'll think of something," she said.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 316円

Water Beings From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis【電子書籍】[ Veronica Strang ]

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<p><strong>Looking to the vast human history of water worship, a crucial study of our broken relationship with all things aquaticーand how we might mend it.</strong></p> <p>Early human relationships with water were expressed through beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities: rainbow-colored, feathered or horned serpents, giant anacondas, and dragons. Representing the powers of water, these beings were bringers of life and sustenance, world creators, ancestors, guardian spirits, and lawmakers. Worshipped and appeased, they embodied people’s respect for water and its vital role in sustaining all living things. Yet today, though we still recognize that “water is life,” fresh- and saltwater ecosystems have been critically compromised by human activities. This major study of water beings and what has happened to them in different cultural and historical contexts demonstrates how and why someーbut not allーsocieties have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it and asks what we can do to turn the tide.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 6,065円

Seduced By The Sex Demon - Volume 2 Book 5 of "Sex Magic"【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>Jeffrey Corven used to be a spineless sap of a man, until his wife summoned a sex demon and turned him into a force of nature! Now devilishly horny and with the power to control the minds of men and women, Jeff is on a quest to bang everyone he can get his hands on. This bawdy tale of blasphemy is as humorous as it is hardcore!</p> <p>~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~</p> <p>Jeff's hand rested gently on her thigh. "You don't have to tell me," he said. Instantly her stomach relaxed and she felt a river of warmth flood down her spine. It felt good. It felt very good.</p> <p>She swallowed around the lump in her throat. "No, I want to. I've - we've - had sex. And it was good. I've only been with him. But, like, he wants to do it...he wants us to try anal. He's done it before and I haven't, so I guess I'm just a little nervous?"</p> <p>"A little?" said Jeff. "Melanie, you're shivering like a leaf." He patted her thigh and returned his hand to the steering wheel. "So I imagine this trip to the pharmacy was just a ruse to get lubricant? Clever girl..."</p> <p>She giggled at the conspiratorial face he made. "No," she said. "I really am on my period. I got it just before we left. That's why Ryan said we should...you know. He doesn't like to do it when I'm-"</p> <p>Jeff shook his head. "Nothing wrong with parting the red sea, I always say. But I understand. Some men grow weak at the sight of blood, while others take strength from it. You, young creature, do you get the urge when your menses is flowing?"</p> <p>She flushed bright red. It was true; she always felt particularly horny in the latter days of her period.</p> <p>"No need for shame," said Jeff. "It's perfectly natural. But Ryan did ask you to buy lubricant, did he not?"</p> <p>Melanie shook her head. "He...he said we wouldn't need any."</p> <p>Jeff frowned. "Oh? And I suppose he isn't planning on using a condom."</p> <p>"Well, we didn't bring any..."</p> <p>"He didn't bring any, is what you mean."</p> <p>She shrugged. "I want to make him happy. I'm just nervous."</p> <p>Jeff exhaled compassionately. "Melanie, my dear, my heart goes out to you. I wish there was something I could do to ease your apprehension. I suppose I could, well...no."</p> <p>Melanie's legs tensed in anticipation. "What?"</p> <p>"No, no, no," he muttered, cranking the SUV into park. She was so wound up she hadn't even realized they'd arrived.</p> <p>"Please?" she said. "Oh, you've been so understanding. I want to know what you think."</p> <p>"Well..." said Jeff, scratching his head. "I have a fair bit of experience in...this particular area. I'd be happy to help you understand your body and the hygienic practicalities involved. But that might not be appropriate."</p> <p>"Oh..." said Melanie. The tension in her thighs rode up into her center with a tantalizing tingle. "Um. I guess so. But I'd...I'd really appreciate it?" Her heart hammered at her breasts as she considered what Uncle Jeff was asking. Her anal virginity. Was it appropriate? She wasn't sure. But her body was getting excited. Much more excited than she'd been when Ryan suggested it.</p> <p>Jeff shook his head. "I'd hate to make you uncomfortable, Melanie. Forget I mentioned it." He popped his door.</p> <p>"Wait!" She hadn't meant to scream.</p> <p>His eyes, scintillating and seductive, peered over his shoulder. "Yes...?"</p> <p>She chewed on her lip. "Uh...but...Aunt Eileen. Would she...mind?"</p> <p>"Why would she? I'd just explain a few things about your body, about the male body, and about the best way to enjoy anal intercourse. It would be an educational experience, not some torrid affair. Nothing shameful about that, is there?"</p> <p>When he put it like that, it seemed perfectly sensible. She had a vague feeling that Ryan might not agree, but she couldn't imagine why...</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 393円

水族:從自然崇拜到生態覺醒,重建人與水的神聖關係 Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis【電子書籍】[ 維若??.史特朗(Veronica Strang) ]

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<p><em>人類社會何以從崇拜水,逐?轉向對水系生態的奪取與破壞?</em></p> <p><em>我們該如何重建與水的親密關係?</em></p> <p><strong>蜿蜒大地,攪動海洋,迴旋天地雲霧之間****??</strong></p> <p><strong>水,以美麗易變的流動性流淌於世界</strong></p> <p><strong>「水族」是水的化身,自?史暗流中湧動崛起</strong></p> <p><strong>召喚萬物有靈、神聖與互惠的精神力量</strong></p> <p>人類曾經崇拜水,許多民族都有水神的神話與傳?。人們透過「蛇形水神」的信仰表達對水的崇敬:彩虹蛇、天蟒、長著羽毛的蛇神、逶?大地的巨蟒、飛天遁地的雲龍??</p> <p>「水族」(Water Beings)就是水的化身ーー?們象?了生命的起源和寄託,是世界的創造者與祖先,是自然的守護神也是立法者,維持所有生物的生命。?們受到崇拜和安撫,體現了人們對水的尊重。</p> <p><strong>★水與人類物質文明、精神與靈性的深刻聯?</strong></p> <p>水,不僅僅是一種物質或資源,更蘊含豐饒的社會、精神、宗教和環境意義:</p> <p>ーー蛇形龍、蛇型水神從原始的海洋中崛起,創造了世界</p> <p>ーー古代文明在泥板、羊皮紙和樹皮上,記?水族創世的神話</p> <p>ーー因農耕灌?之需,人們敬拜象?水循環的蛇形雕像,並造廟塔以祭拜</p> <p>ーー雨林和山地部落將貴金屬製品投入神聖的湖中,以取悦祖靈</p> <p>ーー毛利人敬拜水蛇為「活著的部落祖先」,視自己是河流精神實體存在的後裔…</p> <p>作者以深厚人類學背景,善用民族誌研究、文化測繪、當地?案和民間傳?,重新賦予世界各地「水族」生命,爬梳上古時期迄今「蛇形水神」紛繁多樣的藝術表現,以豐饒的神話、傳?與文學,展現水的精神力量。</p> <p><strong>★靈性覺醒:生態危機下,重新召喚水族的精神力量</strong></p> <p>今日,即便我們仍強調「水就是生命」,人類與水的關係卻從未這般惡化ーー世界各地淡水、鹹水系統和海洋生態,無以計數依水維生的物種與棲地,皆受到人類活動的干擾與破壞。</p> <p>本書就如水體一般有機與多變,一路蜿蜒前行,帶我們直面當代水資源短缺背後的結構性危機。作者以極富創造性的見解,展開全新對話:</p> <p>ーー反思人類中心主義對蛇形水神的去魅與妖魔化</p> <p>ーー技術工具理性如何導致水資源競爭、水體?染、非人類物種瀕危的生態鉅變</p> <p>ーー親生命(Eco-philia)、薩滿與自然崇拜的靈性復興(Re-enchanting)</p> <p>ーー引入STS(科學ー技術ー社會教育)、全球行動者網絡(ANT)全球串連的新能量</p> <p>ーー賦予河川、溪流、海洋以「主權」的生態反思與覺醒??</p> <p>《水族》體現水與人類物質文明、精神與靈性的深刻聯?,試圖重新召喚「蛇形水族」的精神與力量,為「非人類物種」與地球上所有生命與住民發聲,在反思可持續生活方式的同時,也為當代生態書寫開?了全新的情感、知識與環境的視角。</p> <p>★當代環境危機下發人深省的生態書寫</p> <p>★展現水與人類物質文明、精神與靈性的深刻連結</p> <p>★133幅精彩圖片,首度?秘世界各地蛇形水神、水文化之珍貴藝術與文物</p> <p>★人類世的環境生態危機下,藉助文明史與原住民智慧,積極修補人類與水的親密關係</p> <p><strong>【親水推薦】</strong></p> <p><strong>?瀚嶢</strong> 作家</p> <p><strong>廖鴻基</strong> 海洋文學作家</p> <p><strong>【國際好評】</strong></p> <p>「熱情、嚴謹且富有創造性的深刻見解,作者加深世界各地讀者對水的自然、文化和象?意義的理解。水的存在與相關的信仰和實踐,被賦予了生命。這部宏偉的作品體現了人類、水資源和文化之間的豐富聯?,並探索在未來我們如何避免氣候危機的可能性。」</p> <p>ーーSandy Toussaint, University of Western Australia(桑迪?圖森特,西澳大利亞大學教授)</p> <p>「本書開?引人入勝的人類學之旅,展現?史和跨文化中蜿蜒曲折的水族生物。收?生動插圖、前沿研究和優美敘述,有如一座充滿?示的寶藏,講述了水的物質性、意義和神話如何交織在一起,創造出豐饒的精神文明。」ーーStefan Helmreich, Elting E. Morison Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(赫爾姆頼希,麻省理工學院艾爾廷・E・莫里森人類學教授)</p> <p>「《水族》是一部?容豐富、插圖精美的鉅作,探索人類與生命之源「水」持久但始終在變化的聯?。在重新構想人類未來的當下關鍵時刻,這是一本深刻而有趣的必讀之作。」 ーーCaspar Henderson, author of <em>The Book of Barely Imagined Beings</em> *(*?斯??亨徳森,《幾乎無法想像的存在之書》作者)</p> <p>作者/譯者簡介</p> <p><strong>作者</strong>|維若??・史特朗(Veronica Strang)。作家、文化人類學家和英國社會科學院(Academy of Social Sciences)院士。長期研究人類與水的關係,相關著作包括《水的意義》 、《水:自然與文化》等,對當代水研究做出非常重要的貢獻。</p> <p><strong>譯者</strong>|劉泗翰。資深翻譯,悠遊於兩種文字與文化之間,賣譯為生逾二十年;國立中山大學外文研究所碩士。曾任電視台國際新聞中心編譯、組長、主編。譯作有《魔法森林》、《在冰川消失之前》、《湖濱散記》、《西雅圖酋長宣言》《這不是英語:從語言看英美文化差異的第一手觀察誌》、《愛的哲學課》、《性別的世界觀》、《物競性擇:?可以從動物身上得到什麼樣的「性」 ?示》、《?,有人在??》、《非?構寫作指南》、《?該殺死那個胖子??》等逾四十本譯作。</p> <p>目次</p> <p><strong>導言 Introduction</strong></p> <p>01 水族是一個「多義家族」</p> <p>02 水之形:隨人類與物質環境流變</p> <p><strong>第一章 無所不在 Being Ubiquitous</strong></p> <p>03 水的物質屬性衍生出的具象聯想<br /> 04 擬人化的天體蛇形,映現水的生命力</p> <p>05 蛇形水族:或善或惡或醜或美</p> <p><strong>第二章 原始生命 Original Beings</strong></p> <p>06 ?蒙生物:賜予人類智慧</p> <p>07 蛇族變形:體現物質轉變的時間觀</p> <p>08 銜尾蛇:代表死亡與重生的無限循環</p> <p><strong>第三章 生死循環 Living Beings</strong></p> <p>09 原始神靈表現出「性別互補性」</p> <p>10 生殖液體跟政治宗教權威都有關係</p> <p>11 蛇形水族是生命的始祖</p> <p><strong>第四章 自然生命 Nature Beings</strong></p> <p>12 彩虹蛇:澳洲所有圖騰祖靈的源頭</p> <p>13 人的實體由地方組成</p> <p>14 水族信仰,維護人類與非人類之間的互惠秩序</p> <p><strong>第五章 農耕 Cultivating Beings</strong></p> <p>15 小規模農耕社會,仰頼蛇形神靈調節降雨</p> <p>16 毛利人的塔尼瓦,反映與非人類關係的轉變</p> <p>17 水族崇拜,為農耕社群提供水文和社經管理</p> <p>18 灌?資源脆弱,引發馬雅社會崩解</p> <p>19 控制水的工具能力,誘使人類疏離了生態</p> <p><strong>第六章 灌? Irrigating Beings</strong></p> <p>20 神化的巴比倫君主掌控水管理</p> <p>21 印度哈拉?文明的水治理思維向外傳播</p> <p>22 印度蛇形水族,從主要神靈演變成配角</p> <p>23 女神拉賈?高莉的蓮花圖像逐漸人形化</p> <p>24 那迦的變化,顯影人類水利文明敘事模式</p> <p><strong>第七章 遷徙 Travelling Beings</strong><br /> 25 中國統治者的權威,與龍治水的力量相提並論</p> <p>26 科學思維,影響古典希臘的創世水族信仰</p> <p>27 奧林?斯諸神,突顯由母系意識轉向父權體制</p> <p><strong>第八章 至高無上 Supreme Beings</strong></p> <p>28 神靈敘事,?用蛇形水族再生的比?</p> <p>29 水神循環的上升與下降有了新共鳴</p> <p>30 水的力量轉移給猶太ー基督教上帝,以實現統治</p> <p>31 伊斯蘭教隨著國家水利文明發展而轉變</p> <p><strong>第九章 斬妖除魔 Demonized Beings</strong></p> <p>32 屠龍故事,透露基督教抵制自然宗教的勝利</p> <p>33 英雄殺怪的轉?,隨十字軍東征爆紅瘋傳</p> <p>34 一神教讓蛇形生物女性化、妖魔化</p> <p><strong>第十章 改造 Reformed Beings</strong></p> <p>35 宗教改革和工業化,改造了社會與水的關係</p> <p>36 大型水利工程支持國家成長亦藏危機</p> <p>37 淡水生態系統,因人類經濟擴張而逐漸崩壞</p> <p>38 蛇形水族深入本土文化傳承流布至今</p> <p>39 當代蛇形水族在藝術找到共鳴</p> <p><strong>第十一章 轉型 Transformational Beings</strong></p> <p>40 水族保留画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,229円

Love in the Start-Up Era A journey to discover the power of love on the entrepreneurial path【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scuotto ]

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<p>By spotting opportunities and falling in love, individuals undertake their entrepreneurial pathway. The business life<br /> of an entrepreneur occurs in a whirl of events and often love prevails over rationality. Generally speaking, from one<br /> side, love disrupts rationality, while from the other side, it lets us intensively understand situations.<br /> We firmly maintain that love generates a critical spirit in a business context.<br /> Thinking of the human side of a business, we seek to bring alive the meaning of love. Nowadays, we are experiencing<br /> the renaissance of love in different contexts: love for the planet; love for communities; love for children; love for<br /> human beings; and love for businesses.<br /> Love is recognised as an opposite term to rationality, but in this context, we consider love as a crucial element of<br /> the intellect. Love allows us to intensively experience situations. Without love, the intellect would collapse. Yet<br /> love and rationality (or intellect) are crucial elements of business life.<br /> We feel fully inspired to understand how love inhabits an organisational environment along with rationality. We<br /> thought that the dance of love between a woman and a man can be compared to the love nurtured within a business.<br /> When a man dates his special lover, he is a risk taker who makes an effort to invest time and money to achieve his goal. He persuades himself of the desirability of his woman by adopting creativity and positivity. He is passionate and resilient. He will never give up his lover if there is a strong commitment from both sides even if the future is uncertain. Moreover, timing is the most critical variable in this context; ‘when’ things are done is more important than ‘what’ is done. As this occurs in an<br /> entrepreneurial journey, an entrepreneur appears as a risk taker who is goal-oriented, creative, positive, passionate,<br /> resilient and committed.<br /> The entrepreneurial scenario is widely pushed to become more digital. In turn, this has designed the start-up era<br /> which embraces the gig-economy and industry 4.0 and comes after the knowledge economy. In particular, the<br /> gig-economy is characterised by entrepreneurial ideas developed through Internet-based platforms.<br /> It is considered a way out of worker precariousness. Industry 4.0, on the other hand, is based on business ideas realised<br /> by the use of artificial intelligence (e.g., drones, humanoids,<br /> chatbots, etc).<br /> In this context, we offer a collection of real business stories to explain the blend of love and business even if it can be<br /> risky, painful and uncertain. All stories relive an emotional path. Some of those are ‘solo’ entrepreneurs and others<br /> are couple entrepreneurs who started their journey while in love or ended their love while running the business; others co-founded the new venture with their partner. They are women and men, successful or not, certainly entrepreneurs<br /> from all around the world Do not expect a holistic view of the concept of love. Love has nuanced meanings. We seek to explore all of them. We invite you to carefully read our stories and let your spirit flow towards new entrepreneurial adventures along with your love partner. We firmly maintain that love generates a critical spirit in a business context.</p> <p>A beautiful and inspiring experiential journal from Veronica Scuotto and Nicola Farronato, with endorsements from Darin Bifani and Manlio del Giudice.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,875円

Words from the Writer's Pen【電子書籍】[ Avis Veronica Simmonds ]

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<p>AVIS VERONICA SIMMONDS was born on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. She is married to Keith C. Simmonds and the proud parent of their three wonderful children. Mrs. Simmonds holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University where she works as Administrative Assistant in the Office of International Education and Development and Advisor to international students. She has been a resident of Tallahassee, Florida for the past twenty years.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 571円

Danger on the Nile【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>1550 BCE. Mayet is a newly appointed priestess at the temple of Isis in a southern Egyptian border town. When enemies attack the city, she must flee alone with a sacred effigy to keep the invaders from claiming it and using it for their own magic rituals. Joining with other refugees from the stricken city, she has to hide the statue from curious eyes and comfort her companions as if she was a learned, senior priestess. They all look to her for leadership on their desperate trek north. With the enemy close on their heels, Mayet stumbles over an ancient, abandoned fort, where her party takes refuge. Surrounded and trapped by the invaders, she faces a bleak future.</p> <p>Khay is a high-ranking Egyptian officer, sent by Pharaoh to negotiate treaties with various southern tribes. He and his soldiers narrowly escape an ambush at the city where Mayet’s temple was located and are on the run from the invaders when he sees the shelter of an abandoned fort. Now he and his men are also trapped inside the stout walls with no food and no hope of rescue. Yet he has no regrets for the priestess leading the refugees is the woman the goddess Isis has shown him in a vision, the one who could become his wife.</p> <p>Together Mayet and Khay must find a way to bring their people to freedom. Will Isis listen to pleas from such a fledgling priestess? Khay comes from a famous family, smiled upon by other gods ? will any of them come to his aid? As the pair struggle to stay alive and save the other Egyptians, attraction grows and unites their hearts. But is there to be a future in this world, or only in the Afterlife?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 672円

Paddling Her Own Canoe The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)【電子書籍】[ Veronica Strong-Boag ]

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<p>Frequently dismissed as a 'nature poet' and an 'Indian Princess' E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was not only an accomplished thinker and writer but a contentious and passionate personality who 'talked back' to Euro-Canadian culture. <em>Paddling Her Own Canoe</em> is the only major scholarly study that examines Johnson's diverse roles as a First Nations champion, New Woman, serious writer and performer, and Canadian nationalist.</p> <p>A Native advocate of part-Mohawk ancestry, Johnson was also an independent, self-supporting, unmarried woman during the period of first-wave feminism. Her versatile writings range from extraordinarily erotic poetry to polemical statements about the rights of First Nations. Based on thorough research into archival and published sources, this volume probes the meaning of Johnson's energetic career and addresses the complexities of her social, racial, and cultural position. While situating Johnson in the context of turn-of-the-century Canada, the authors also use current feminist and post-colonial perspectives to reframe her contribution. Included is the first full chronology ever compiled of Johnson's writing.</p> <p>Pauline Johnson was an extraordinary woman who crossed the racial and gendered lines of her time, and thereby confounded Canadian society. This study reclaims both her writings and her larger significance.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 5,925円

Seduced By The Sex Demon - Volume 1 Book 4 of "Sex Magic"【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>When a magic ritual goes wrong, meek Jeffrey Corven is possessed by an unstoppable sex demon. Feeding on human lust and looking for a devilishly good time, the demon sets out to seduce every woman in Jeffrey's life. Powerless to resist Jeff's hellish mind control, they are filled with only one desire: Total submission to his lust!</p> <p>~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~</p> <p>She slammed her palms on the table. "You've got some nerve, Corven!"</p> <p>"Mmm," he said, enjoying the taste of her fury.</p> <p>"You can take all the vacation days you want, you're not ever coming back here," she said. Oh, it felt good, it felt very good to say those words.</p> <p>"No, you're not firing me, Patricia," he said. His voice jabbed her in the gut like a harpoon. Every word that followed twisted it deeper into her body - not painfully; the harpoon was hot and serpentine, and it burrowed down to her womanhood. "In fact, you're going to give Jeffrey Corven a raise, a promotion, and stock options - since you all seem to value this invisible money so much. And you're going to give Jeff - me - two weeks off. You see, my wife's family is having a reunion upstate and she is insistent that we go."</p> <p>"Y-yes," said Patricia. Why had she said yes? She was going to call security. Wasn't she going to call security?</p> <p>"Mmm," said Jeff. "Tell me, what were your breasts like before your cosmetic surgery? Not A cups, surely. Were you not pleased with the Bs?"</p> <p>"I...I..."</p> <p>"I'd like to see them," said Jeff. "Back in those dark ages of ours women used bustiers, but of course that illusion dropped once the clothes did. Do they make you feel powerful, Patricia?"</p> <p>"Yes," she panted, reaching up to unbutton her blouse.</p> <p>"Very good," he said. "From the dawn of mankind to its very end, the breast will forever be the bane and blessing of the male existence. But of course you're not just in it for the men, are you, Patty?"</p> <p>"I..." How did he know?</p> <p>"You don't like admitting your taste in women? It's part of who you are."</p> <p>Her whole life she had suppressed that part of herself, that part that felt attraction for women as well as men. She thought it was weakness, but all of her sexual fantasies involved women, despite her professional desire for a strong, dominant man. As she unbuttoned her blouse, she questioned again why she allowed this madness to continue. She couldn't help herself. Just staring into Jeff's bright - and were they golden? - eyes made her lose all sense of propriety. Nervously, she glanced out the window that overlooked the entire office through half-slitted blinds.</p> <p>"If you'd like an audience, why don't we ask Miss Jacobs to join us?"</p> <p>The muscles in Patricia's arms seized up. Jasmine Jacobs was her secretary, a petite Puerto Rican girl in her early twenties. Many was the night Patricia had fantasized about grabbing the girl by her black ponytail and kissing her fulsome lips. "Jasmine?" she sputtered.</p> <p>"Oh yes," said Jeff. He cracked the door and gently called, "Miss Jacobs? Your superior would like to see you, please."</p> <p>Gathering a pen and a legal pad, Jasmine hurried from behind her desk and slid deftly through the open door. She squeaked when she saw Patricia and dropped the pen and pad on the carpet.</p> <p>Patricia had cast her blouse and coat aside and was standing behind her desk in her lacy black bra. "Ms. Cunningham!" Jasmine gasped. "W-what is the meaning of this?"</p> <p>"The meaning is secondary to the purpose," said Jeff, closing the door behind her. "And the purpose, is to get it on." He gently massaged the girl's shoulders. "Can you help Patricia with her bra, dear? It looks very tight."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 393円

The 3 Levels of Kingdom Provision Discover How God Provides For His Children Regardless of Income, Education or Background【電子書籍】[ Veronica Snowden ]

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<p>During these uncertain times, many believers find themselves questioning how God provides for His children. The soaring cost of living has left many struggling to make ends meet, even taking on extra jobs just to survive. But why is provision and the church two topics that are discussed separately? <strong>Why does the world seem to prosper more financially than Christians?</strong></p> <p><strong>This book was written as a practical guide to address the financial challenges many believers face as they attempt to navigate the world's ways of provision, and find they have little to no success.</strong> The reason behind this struggle is because they are unaware that God specifically designed them to be provided for. God understands the weight of the provision burden, especially in today's society.</p> <p>You may be wondering, <strong>"If God can see everything happening in my life, why isn't He providing for me?</strong> Why doesn't He simply give me what I need?" The answer lies in the fact that no one has taught you how to believe God for provision. Believing in theory is one thing, but learning how to apply that belief is an entirely different process.</p> <p>If you have ever questioned how God provides for His children, pondered whether Christians should believe God for finances, or struggled with aligning biblical principles with your everyday finances, <strong>"The 3 Levels of Kingdom Provision" is an absolute must-read for you.</strong></p> <p>Discover the three levels of Kingdom provision, identify which level you are on, and how to transition from one level to the next. If your financial situation has remained stagnant, <strong>this book will reveal the reasons behind it and provide practical solutions to turn things around.</strong></p> <p>Prepare yourself for a refreshing dose of Kingdom truth that may challenge your preconceived notions. Rest assured, all the teachings in this book are rooted in the Word of God, with references to scripture throughout ( <strong>based on the King James Version).</strong></p> <p>Are you ready to uncover the truth, renew your mind, and experience a transformative shift in your life?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,860円

Space Marines The Sectors SciFi Series Books 1-3【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Welcome to the interstellar civilization known in the far future as the Sectors!</p> <p>This Space Marines box set gathers three of Veronica Scott’s award winning science fiction novels into one collection. Featuring members of the Sectors Special Forces military unit in action, and the women they love, fighting together in the struggle for survival in outer space or on alien planets. Please note each novel has been previously published on its own and all are standalone tales.</p> <p><em>Escape From Zulaire:</em> Caught behind enemy lines when civil war breaks out on the planet, Sectors Special Forces Captain Tom Deverane and his surviving soldiers are responsible for getting a small group of civilians to safety in the capital city. Uncovering secret information about the true aggressors in the situation, Deverane has to battle unexpected challenges, including a growing romance with Andi Markriss, the stubborn Terran woman he’s been ordered to rescue. Crossing hundreds of miles of the planet’s surface, under attack from the rebels, the story culminates in a last stand against hostile aliens, where Deverane’s only hope may be rooted in Andi‘s ability to tap powers from the planet’s ancient past.</p> <p><em>Wreck of the Nebula Dream</em>: Traveling unexpectedly aboard the luxury liner Nebula Dream on its maiden voyage across the galaxy, Sectors Special Forces Captain Nick Jameson is ready for ten relaxing days, and hoping to forget his last disastrous mission behind enemy lines. He figures he’ll gamble at the casino, take in the shows, maybe even have a shipboard fling with Mara Lyrae, the beautiful but reserved businesswoman he meets. All his plans vaporize when the ship suffers a wreck of Titanic proportions. Captain and crew abandon ship, leaving the 8000 passengers stranded without enough lifeboats and drifting unarmed in enemy territory. (This novel has been referred to by reviewers as “Titanic in space.”)</p> <p><em>Mission to Mahjundar:</em> Mike Varone, a Sectors Special Forces officer, was sent to Mahjundar by the intergalactic government to retrieve a ship lost in her planet’s mountains, not to get involved in the politics of an arranged marriage for the emperor’s blind daughter Shalira. After Mike saves Shalira from an assassination attempt, she arranges for him to escort her across the planet to her future husband. But what should have been an easy trek through Mahjundar’s peaceful lands swiftly turns into an ambush with danger around every turn. Shalira’s marriage begins to seem less like an arranged union and more like yet another planned assassination. Caught in a race against time, fighting their mutual attraction, can they escape the hostile forces hunting them, accomplish his original mission and make it off the planet for a future together?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 966円

Liberal Hearts and Coronets The Lives and Times of Ishbel Marjoribanks Gordon and John Campbell Gordon, the Aberdeens【電子書籍】[ Veronica Strong-Boag ]

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<p>Scottish aristocrats John Campbell Gordon (1847?1934) and Ishbel Marjoribanks Gordon (1857?1939), known as the Aberdeens, rejected both revolution and reaction in their political careers. The aristocratic progressivism and egalitarian marriage of these fervent liberals confounded both contemporaries and historians. John, as viceroy of Ireland and governor-general of Canada, was a notable ally of feminists, workers, and Irish Home Rulers. Ishbel, his viceregal companion and the long-time president of the International Council of Women, was a liberal feminist and Home Ruler whose commitments stirred up even more controversy.</p> <p>Superbly written and informed by decades of research, <em>Liberal Hearts and Coronets</em> is the first biography to treat John Campbell Gordon as seriously as his better-known wife. Examining the Aberdeens’ remarkable careers as landlords, philanthropists, and international progressives, Veronica Strong-Boag casts the twilight of the British aristocracy in an entirely new light.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 5,927円

Deflowering The Ginger Twins【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>Arnold's always had a crush on his cute stepsister Serena, and she's always been happy to tease him. That is, until the day she asks him for a kinky favor. It seems her virgin cousins are finally interested in men, and they want Arnold to educate them on male anatomy. When he agrees, Serena makes him a deal: Satisfy the horny twins in whatever way they want, and she'll give him what he's been dreaming of since their parents got married!</p> <p>~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~</p> <p>The twins were only interested in exploring the one thing they desperately wanted: Boyfriends. Their father had prohibited them from even holding hands with a boy, rendering the whole male gender an alien race. They'd spent a lot of their childhoods being homeschooled before the state ordered their parents to give them a real education. Even then, their four years of high school were spent at a strict - and pricey - all girls academy.</p> <p>Serena explained most of this to me in the kitchen when I got home that Friday. "So they're looking for a place to crash for a few day. Just want to decompress, get away from their mom. Is that cool?"I shrugged. "Sure. They're neat, they're cute, and they're very polite. I never mind getting a visit from the ginger twins."Serena smiled. Even a little gesture like her pulling her bangs out of her eyes was a magic spell to me. "Yeah, well, you might not say that if you knew what they wanted to do this weekend. Vanessa's real keen to understand male anatomy. I think she's already fooled around with boys behind her parents' back but probably nothing more serious than some kissing and groping. But, now that they think everything their father told them was a lie, they want to experience boys." "'Experience' boys?"Serena giggled. "Basically, they're both really horny, but they have no idea what 'horny' is.""Everyone knows what horny is," I said. "Doesn't matter if you've never even heard the word 'sex,' when you get that tingle you know what's up."Serena shook her head. "You haven't spent as much time with their family as I have. They're super innocent. And that's the problem. They're both cute, they're both eager, it wouldn't be hard to get a dude over here to show them his junk - but I don't know anybody I'd trust not to take full advantage of them.""Isn't that what they want anyway?"Serena made a face. "I guess? I dunno. If you were dragged into a stranger's house and told to whip yourself out for a couple of leggy Mormons, what would you do?""Anything they wanted," I said."Right, but would you care about their first time? Would you respect them? Go slow with them?""I..." I tried to separate myself from what I knew about the gingers. Serena thought she'd made her point. "See? So I have to find them a guy who's willing to show them what he's got, but not take advantage.""Okay," I said, but something didn't add up. I took a swig of my beer and looked at Serena. Really looked at her. She was as hot as she'd ever been, her hair a crisp chestnut and her bangs trim and framing her heart-shaped face. Her cheek bones were prominent and slender and her eyes were bright and sly. "You want to watch, don't you?"She feigned surprise. "What? Nooooo."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 393円

Lady of the Nile Gods of Egypt【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>1550 BCE</p> <p>Tuya, a high ranking lady-in-waiting at Pharaoh’s court, lives a life of luxury, pageantry and boredom. Khian, a brave and honorable officer from the provinces temporarily re-assigned to Thebes, catches her eye at a gold of valor ceremony. As the pair are thrown together by circumstances, she finds herself unaccountably attracted to this man so unlike the haughty nobles she’s used to. But a life with Khian would mean leaving the court and giving up all that she’s worked so hard to attain. As she goes about her duties, Tuya struggles with her heart’s desires.</p> <p>When Tuya is lured into a dangerous part of Thebes by her disgraced half-brother and kidnapped by unknown enemies of Egypt, Khian becomes her only hope. Pharaoh assigns him to bring the lady home.</p> <p>Aided by the gods, Khian races into the desert on the trail of the elusive kidnappers, hoping to find Tuya before it’s too late. Neither of them has any idea of the dark forces arrayed against them, nor the obstacles to be faced. An ancient evil from the long gone past wants to claim Tuya for its own purposes and won’t relinquish her easily.</p> <p>Can Khian find her in time? Will he and his uncanny allies be able to prevent her death? And if the couple escapes and reaches safety, what of their fledgling romance?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 644円

Getting into the Game Sports Programs for Kids with Autism【電子書籍】[ Veronica Smith ]

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<p>Getting into the Game: Sports Programs for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder will help families, clinicians and coaches support children with autism in taking their first steps into sport and recreation.</p> <p>Participation in individual and team sports plays an important part in children's development and promotes growth in a number of areas. As well as the obvious health benefits, sport also provides the perfect backdrop to teach young people with autism about rules, strategy and teamwork ? all invaluable lessons that can be applied to wider society. By detailing six of the most popular sports: cycling, ice skating, swimming, soccer, taekwondo and tennis and including the unique experiences of families of children with autism, it offers all the information, advice and support needed to help get kids with autism engaged in fun and positive sport environments.</p> <p>This book is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, coaches and anyone supporting children with autism spectrum disorders in a sport or recreation environment.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 3,944円

The Majestic Heavens【電子書籍】[ Avis Veronica Simmonds ]

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<p>As a Retiree, I am enjoying life each day with a thankful and humbled heart. I keep writing so that my children and children’s children will be inspired to write their words of inspiration to uplift their fellowmen of their generation. This book, The Majestic Heavens, came out of my love for nature to include the sky above or the Heavens. I became captivated with the formation of clouds, especially when I take to the sky flying in airplanes. I have seen some of the most captivating clouds up above and flown through those captivating clouds. On one of my flights, I saw the formation of a church’s steeple and was mesmerized. This love affair with the clouds have been for many years and I finally decided to share the beauty of the Heavens with my friends and on social media and realized that not too many people stopped to observe or chase the heavenly clouds. Therefore, the birth of this my eighth book. Please enjoy and take the time to look up and see the Majestic Heavens with awesome formations of Clouds towering over our amazing Earth we call our home. There is beauty within us, around us and above us.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 571円

The Futanari Virus: Dirty Girl【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>"Everything changed in the spring. We all went a little crazy. By the middle of spring quarter, most women in Hapi knew about the Futanari Virus. That didn't stop it from spreading, of course..."</p> <p>With these words, Professor Joan Moneta begins her personal account of the Futanari Virus. Transformed during the initial outbreak, Joan sees her futanari body as the perfect business opportunity. Her new anatomy makes her irresistible to the desperate housewives of Hapi, Delaware. Maybe it's immoral to offer "the futanari experience" to women that are already in relationships, but Joan is delighted to be their dirty girl. In this erotic autobiography, Joan describes her most salacious encounters...</p> <p>This naughty futa tale is 24,000 words and recommended for adult readers.</p> <p>~~~ Excerpt ~~~</p> <p>When she worked up the courage, Stacy would ask me if I was psychic. That's one of the many powers that futanari are rumored to possess. I tried to be mindful, and not laugh, when I replied that, no, that's just silly. I don't know what women are thinking, but I do listen and I do care. Some women refuse to believe that. They like believing that futa are magical, that they're the answer to their fear, their horniness, their boredom.</p> <p>The answer couldn't be a sympathetic woman, so it must be something else. The popular opinion among the suburban tiger moms that made up my clientele was that a futa wasn't a lesbian. A futanari like me is an oddity, a break from the norm. A bored housewife can forgive herself for sleeping with a futanari because it's strange and new. If she stepped out of her marriage for another woman - well, that's a different story. It's not the story they want to tell themselves...</p> <p>Here's my kinky confession: I didn't mind being their fetish. I had a thing for confused straight girls even before the Futa Virus hit town. Some lesbians will tell you they hate those girls. Not me. They're my fetish.</p> <p>That was why I never charged women like Stacy for the first date. If we did nothing but talk, or hold hands, she would leave with the knowledge that I was with her because I wanted to be. There's a thrill to playing things soft and slow, to being naughty in plain sight. I wasn't the one cheating, I was the thing she was using to cheat. That meant, no matter how pretty I was or put together, no matter how sweet or patient or kind, I was her dirty girl.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 316円

Remembering the Darkness Women in Soviet Prisons【電子書籍】[ Veronica Shapovalov ]

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<p>This engrossing collection of prison memoirs by Russian women is the first to portray the direct experiences of the wide range of women who were incarcerated in Soviet prisons and camps. Comprising the stories of women from all classes and backgrounds, this book covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence from the 1920s to the 1980s, including the little-known periods of political repression of the 1960s and 1980s. These memoirs and letters provide a rich portrait of how women led everyday life in prison and in the camps, of the strategies of accommodation and resistance they employed, and the challenges they faced when they reentered Soviet society. Although readers will hear the voices of women who were in excruciating physical and emotional pain, they will also find remarkable testimonies to the agency and resilience of women who struggled against incredible odds. Written by women from all stations in life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. The documents excerpted here point to areas of Soviet history and culture that have yet to be fully investigated as they illuminate women's experiences of friendship, work, hope, inspiration, loss, and terror. All the works selected for the collection are united by their authors' sense of group and individual identity. To varying degrees, all of them associate their experiences with events and people beyond their personal experiences and immediate surroundings, thus expanding the traditional perspective of women's writing. These riveting stories, never before published in English or Russian, will appeal to scholars and students of Soviet history and literature, as well as general readers interested in women's history.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 7,596円

Ghost of the Nile【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p><strong>Egypt, 1550 BCE:</strong> Betrayed, murdered, and buried without proper ceremony, Egyptian warrior Periseneb is doomed to roam the gray deserts of the dead as a ghost for all eternity.</p> <p>But then the goddess of truth offers him a bargain: return to the world of the living as her champion for 30 days. If he completes his mission, he’ll be guaranteed entry into Paradise. Periseneb agrees to the bargain but, when he returns to the living world, two hundred years have passed and nothing is quite as he expected.</p> <p>Neithamun is a woman fighting to hang onto her family’s estate against an unscrupulous nobleman who desires the land as well as the lady. All seems lost until a mysterious yet appealing ex-soldier, Periseneb, appears out of nowhere to help her fight off the noble’s repeated attacks.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Periseneb’s thirty days are rushing by, and he’s powerless against the growing attraction between himself and Neithamun. But their love can never be. For his Fate is to return to the Afterlife, and Death cannot wed with Life…</p> <p><em>Other Books in The Gods of Egypt Series:</em><br /> Priestess of the Nile<br /> Warrior of the Nile<br /> Dancer of the Nile<br /> Magic of the Nile<br /> Healer of the Nile</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 399円

Curse of the Alien Ring【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Dianora Devlin was on her first interstellar archaeological expedition since graduating from college when she made an incredible find ? a gorgeous alien ring, one of the few artifacts of a long-vanished civilization. Unfortunately she yielded to the temptation to try the ring on and nothing was ever the same in her life thereafter. The ring had a will of its own and was determined to plunge her into a life of adventure and unexpected romance with a man from the planet’s ancient past.</p> <p>Garrin was the last, legendary king of Argorn, imprisoned by his enemies and soon to die when the mysterious woman first appeared to him. She was wearing the ring which had been passed down in his family for generations and was said to possess great powers. When Dianora set him free and then disappeared, he wondered if the ring would ever bring her back to him.</p> <p>Torn between her time and his, Dianora can’t decide if the ring is cursed or if she should trust her heart, abandon her career and take the risk of returning to Garrin. Could she find new purpose in his world and a Happy Ever After in his arms?</p> <p>This 33K novella is a standalone science fiction romance story set in my Sectors interstellar civilization.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 504円

The Captive Shifter【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Concealing her own considerable magical powers, Caitlyn enters the service of the northern Witch Queen masquerading as a simple healer. Under order from her goddess, she’s searching for a magical gem stolen long ago from her own people, believed to be hidden in the massive castle. The task is daunting but Caitlyn is sure she can locate the gem and escape, bringing the prize back to the temple where it belongs. Until she meets the captive shifter and her loyalties become dangerously divided.</p> <p>In payment for her past services to his people, Kyler the leopard shifter has entered into a life of servitude far from his forest home, allowing the Witch Queen to tap his magic to power her ever darker spells. Factions at Court are threatening to turn the Queen to the Shadow. Her increasing demands for magic will cut short his nearly immortal lifespan. Kyler’s resigned to his fate until the day he crosses paths with the new arrival, whose secrets and magic entice and attract both man and leopard. Has he met his mate at last?</p> <p>The Queen will never willingly release him from captivity. Caitlyn’s goddess refuses to grant her any delay in accomplishing her own task. Can they locate the magical gem, fight the Shadow and win free of the Witch Queen to earn the right to be together?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 644円

The Fated Stars The Sectors SF Romance Series【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Larissa Channer, a tough no-nonsense mercenary in the Sectors, is celebrating success on her last job and a big bonus, with no slightest thought of taking on another assignment anytime soon. Out for a night of carousing with her friends at a third rate carnival on a backwater planet, she walks into the tent of a fake fortune teller and finds herself confronting the most intriguing man she’s ever seen. But something’s wrong, ominous currents lie beneath the surface of their encounter and Larissa can’t leave well enough alone.</p> <p>Samell, a powerful, high born empathic priest, has been kidnapped from his own primitive planet along with a number of his people, and sold to the shady operator of an interstellar carnival. Kept enslaved, pretending to be a fortune teller while forced by his captor to steal information from the minds of all who come before him, Samell despairs of every breaking free.</p> <p>Until Larissa walks into his tent and he recognizes the warrior who might mean the difference between life and death.</p> <p>The situation becomes dire when Larissa and Samell come to the attention of the Shemdylann pirates who kidnapped him in the first place and the deadly Mawreg, aliens who threaten the Sectors. Can she save herself and the empathic alien noble, and derail the Mawreg plot against the Sectors? And will the soldier end up with her prince when all’s said and done?</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 504円

The Unconventional Romance Bundle Naughty Hookups & Kinky Affairs【電子書籍】[ Veronica Sloan ]

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<p>These aren't your standard romances. They're a little bit naughtier, a little bit dirtier, and a whole lot more fun. These lovers are going to earn their happily ever after, but it's going to be a kinky ride!</p> <p>In "Claiming Cassidy," a shy nerd finds his inner alpha when he learns his co-worker likes it rough. In "Bad Boys Are So Good With Their Hands," Mona can't resist the lustful advances of her roommate's ex. In "One Weekend With My Best Friend's Father," Lindsey has to share a sleeping bag with a silver fox...and can't help exploiting the situation. Finally, in "His Personal Call Girl," Catherine is desperate for cash, and Tom has money to burn. If she'll be his personal prostitute, he'll make it worth her while. There's just one hitch: Catherine has a boyfriend...</p> <p>~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~</p> <p><strong>From "Bad Boys Are So Good With Their Hands":</strong></p> <p>His mouth closed over mine and I didn't resist it. The kiss was smooth and warm. Like a nimble sea creature, his tongue tickled my lips, and then touched my own tongue. I moaned against him. But I had to push him away.</p> <p>"Why do you always have to mess with me?" I said. I winced at the sound of my own voice breaking.</p> <p>His face became stone serious. "I am not."</p> <p>"You are!" I shouted. The words boomed in the hall. "You know I saw you. You're teasing me!"</p> <p>His hand swung up, more graceful than a dancer's, and took my trembling hand. He kissed my fingertips - one, two, three. "Why are you really here, Mona?"</p> <p>I was so frustrated I could cry. Yes, I wanted him. I'd wanted him for a stupid long time. But... "I have to go," I said.</p> <p>"No you don't. You think you should go. But you wouldn't be here if you didn't already clear it in your schedule, if you didn't block out the time. Are your textbooks in your backpack? Were you going to the library after telling me off?"</p> <p>Now I actually felt the tear running down my cheek.</p> <p>"Did you memorize the words you were going to say to me?" he asked, his breath hot on my face. "Did you make a dozen excuses why you were doing a favor for Jess when you just wanted an excuse to see me?"</p> <p>"Stop," I said, breathless.</p> <p>"We never would have met at a party, Mona. It's messy how we did meet, but we met. And now you have to decide what you want."</p> <p>I just stood there, the books in my backpack pressed between his wall and the muscles of my back. I stood there with tears streaming down my face and the heat of my frustration choking the life out of me. I didn't want to want him so much.</p> <p>"Are you alright?" he asked.</p> <p>I shook my head. I wiped at my nose desperately, shutting my eyes against the new gush of wet that threatened to pop out my eyeballs. I felt his arms around me, I felt his lips in my neck. It was like all the years of frustrated longing were being ripped from me, squeezed out by his thick arms around my quivering body. And then his mouth was on mine again, hot and yearning. I sobbed into his mouth, guilty for wanting, desperate for release. I'd seen him that night, and in that misbegotten glance he'd learned more about me than I would have ever told him.</p> <p>"I don't know how," I whispered into his mouth. His thumbs skated across my cheeks as I dug my fingers into his neck. "My heart can't take it anymore. I can't be sexy."</p> <p>"You don't have to be sexy," he whispered back. "Just accept that I want you."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,313円

Ride The Wind, Choose The Fire The Story Of Joan Of Arc【電子書籍】[ Veronica Schwarz ]

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<p>Come on a whirlwind ride across time and place with one of the most recognizable figures of Western history - Joan of Arc.</p> <p>We all know of her, but few know the details of her life. Travel back in time with The Maid, in a series of imaginary interviews conducted by the author. Join her journey from shepherdess to warrior woman, to her rise to sainthood. Enjoy Joan's own words, recorded through two arduous trials. Admire her courage and stoicism, her compassion for the enemy, her battle strategies and her horsemanship.</p> <p>Under the duress of imprisonment and trial, she still maintained her sense of humor, to the point of making her accusers and judges laugh out loud. Five hundred years later, the Catholic Church that condemned her as a heretic, made her a Saint.</p> <p>Come with Joan the Maid. Ride the wind. Choose the fire.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 600円

Warrior of the Nile【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>This is a lightly re-edited version of the previously released novel. No new scenes were added.</p> <p>Egypt, 1500 BCE</p> <p>Adopted brother to Pharaoh, warrior Khenet is fiercely loyal and willing to undertake any mission, no matter how dangerous. Assigned as the bodyguard to Lady Tiya while she travels down the Nile to an arranged marriage with a provincial ruler, he soon finds himself caught between the gods of Egypt, the black magic of an enemy and undeniable feelings for the lady in question.</p> <p>Chosen by the goddess Nephthys to assist in a scheme to defeat the sorcerer, Tiya knows she’s going to die but has been promised immediate entry to the fabled afterlife. During the river voyage, she discovers powerful reasons to regret her choices, including her growing love for Khenet. Life has never seemed so precious and her fate so bitter. Forbidden by the goddess to tell Khenet the truth about his own destined role in the battle against the forces of black magic, Tiya desperately seeks a way to save the man who has come to mean to much to her.</p> <p>Can these two successfully circumvent the goddess’s plot while still working to save Egypt from the scheming enemy? Will their love be strong enough to bring them through the danger and let them find a future in this life together?</p> <p>This is a connected series. Warrior of the Nile can be read as a standalone.</p> <p>GODS OF EGYPT SUGGESTED READING ORDER:</p> <p>Priestess of the Nile</p> <p>Warrior of the Nile</p> <p>Dancer of the Nile</p> <p>Magic of the Nile</p> <p>Ghost of the Nile</p> <p>Healer of the Nile</p> <p>Lady of the Nile</p> <p>Song of the Nile</p> <p>Return of Dancer of the Nile</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 672円

Timtur: The Teacher's Alien Healer Badari Warriors In the Stars Romance【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Genetically engineered soldiers of the far future, the Badari were created by alien enemies to fight humans. But then the scientists kidnapped an entire human colony to use as subjects in twisted experiments…the Badari and the humans made common cause, rebelled and escaped the labs. Now they live side by side in a sanctuary valley protected by a powerful Artificial Intelligence, and wage unceasing war on the aliens. The luckiest Badari find their mates among the humans.</p> <p>Far from her home in the human Sectors after the mass kidnapping, teacher Lily Garrison is making a niche for herself in the valley by running a school for the Badari young. Although she yearns for Timtur, the pack’s healer, another Badari male has his eye on her and won’t take no for an answer.</p> <p>Timtur feels the weight and responsibility of being the pack’s only healer, constantly on call as the soldiers fight ferocious battles against the alien scientists and their troops. With scarcely a moment to himself, he’s drawn to the gentle Lily but worries he won’t be able to juggle his duties, his loyalty to the pack and a relationship with a human woman.</p> <p>When Lily’s stalker takes direct action to kidnap her and steal her from the safety of the valley, she’s forced to reach deep inside to find the strength to battle for her life. Timtur realizes too late how foolish he’s been to resist the bond with his fated mate and leads the rescue effort.</p> <p>Before this situation can be resolved both will have to put their lives on the line and decide what really matters in a dangerous world ruled by the enemy.</p> <p>Although this is the fifth book released in the Badari Warriors scifi romance series, the story of Timtur and Lily is a standalone and actually comes immediately after book two’s events. Always a satisfying Happy for Now ending for the hero and heroine, not a cliffhanger. Some overarching issues do remain unresolved in each book since this is an ongoing series but romance always wins the day in my novels!</p> <p>Badari Warriors Novels Timeline:</p> <p>AYDARR</p> <p>MATEER</p> <p>TIMTUR</p> <p>JADRIAN</p> <p>DARIK</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 644円

The Awakening A Veronica Strange Story【電子書籍】[ Deanna R. Sweeney ]

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<p>Veronica works as assistant manager at a spa resort in the little town she has lived in all her life. Recurrent, unexplained and otherworldly visions cause her to lead a lonely existence as experience has taught her that people tend to be suspicious of people who are different. Even her own mother treats her with indifference, and the only two people she has truly loved and trusted are both dead. Her career, at least, is going well until a colleague is found dead and another is mysteriously injured at the resort.</p> <p>Other strange events lead Veronica to believe that somehow they are all connected, not only to her and her visions, but to a mirror hanging in the foyer of the resort. When she is accused of the brutal murder of her landlord, she finally begins to realise that she is not quite the person she thought she was.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 472円

Song of the Nile: Gods of Egypt【電子書籍】[ Veronica Scott ]

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<p>Merneith, a harpist of rare talents, blessed by the goddess Hathor, has recently arrived in Thebes and joined Pharaoh’s court, but must hide secrets from her past. As she settles into her new life in the palace, the one man she can’t forget and followed to Thebes is unaccountably absent.</p> <p>Nikare, a Medjai police officer serving under Pharaoh’s direct orders, is now deep undercover investigating high crimes against Egypt and forbidden to contact Merneith. Masquerading as a priest to deceive the plotters, he watches over her from afar and longs for the day he can approach her openly.</p> <p>When an unscrupulous noble ensnares Merneith in the web of evil Nikare is pledged to bring down, the two must stand together against earthly and magical forces to save their own lives and protect Egypt.</p> <p>How much help will the gods provide? Will the pair survive the final showdown between Pharaoh and the conspirators and find the happy future together they desire?</p> <p>This is a standalone novel but is also a direct sequel to Lady of the Nile, which is where Merneith and Nikare were first encountered as supporting characters. Now they move front and center in the fight to protect Egypt from a new threat. Mild spoilers for Lady of the Nile.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 672円