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In February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jehadi militants, infiltrated mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered off a limited war between the world's newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that throws up important lessons for India's defence preparedness, as also its responses to flare-ups such as this. This book is also a reminder of the unparalleled heroism that was on display during those grim weeks, heroism that has become a benchmark for bravery.

Pixie Pearson, ex-army, now turned private investigator has a new case. Her usual cases involve straying husbands, but it's a lost pet this time. Hot on the trail of the cute white pup with one black eye. She is besieged by pets, photocopiers, and kilt-wearing men. Follow Pixie's pursuit of dog nappers in this cosy crime story. This short, sharp, quick introduction to Pixie's life is the first in a series.

The Crawling Chaos is a haunting, surreal tale born from the collaboration between H.P. Lovecraft and writer Winifred V. Jackson. First published in 1921, this story combines Lovecraft’s eerie prose with a dream that Jackson herself experienced, which served as the story’s foundation. In an interesting twist, the two writers published under pseudonyms, with Jackson as “Elizabeth Berkeley” and Lovecraft as “Lewis Theobald, Jun.”

Some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement are those of young people engaged in social activism, such as children and teenagers in 1963 being attacked by police in Birmingham with dogs and water hoses. But their contributions have not been well documented or prioritized. The Young Crusaders is the first book dedicated to telling the story of the hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers who engaged in sit-ins, school strikes, boycotts, marches, and demonstrations.

The true story of one engineer's battle with one of the most powerful state agencies in Texas. David V. Day, PE, takes on the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) in a battle that has lasted nearly half a decade, and is still ongoing as of this print. Day exposes the lengths that TDI Engineers, inspectors, and legal staff will go to punish any engineer or contractor who disagrees with them; including punishing, silencing, or terminating their own employees who are sympathetic to TDI's targets.

The rise of Narendra Modi is a watershed moment in Indian politics. In fact, such is the magnitude of his influence on the country that India’s governance paradigm and political history can be easily divided into two distinct eras—pre-Modi and post-Modi. In 2021, Modi completed 20 continuous years as the head of a government. This book, a compilation of chapters authored by eminent intellectuals and domain experts, attempts a definitive and expansive exploration into the fundamental transformation of Gujarat and India over the last 20 years due to Modi’s unique model of governance.

“No, i psychí mou. I am not a dream.” He told her softly, touching the bare skin of her arms, and his eyes widened in wonder and discovery. As he ran his warm, soft, but slightly calloused hands cautiously up her arms, she was shocked into a state of apperception, and went quite still. Her teal-colored eyes widened also and locked with his amber ones. She was confident that she had never set eyes on him, but she was sure that she knew this man. Like she knew herself. As a wife and young mother, Leila Sutton thought she led a normal, everyday life with simple, attainable dreams until a ...

I hadn't expected it to be easy, but I didn't expect it to take as long as it has, and I sure as hell didn't expect to have some little girl tell me that I was THE GUY. One, I wasn't ready for anything beyond the very next day, let alone forever. Two, who did she think she was? She wasn't even a vampire! I don't care what she says she feels; I don't feel a damn thing! Other than what a monster like me would like to do with something as mouthwatering as her. And even if I did feel something beyond that, there was no way I was worthy of somebody like her. She was a human. She was a good ...

As Alpha of the Diamond Wolf Ranch, Mitch aches for his fated mate but knows that putting his pack first is his duty. To give his pack what it deserves, Mitch is prepared to take a chosen mate that isn’t fated to him, even one whose wolf is weak. But sparks fly when Mitch meets his fated mate, Sophie, and realizes she is wolf-less. And worse yet, despite Mitch’s duty to find a mate with a wolf, his stubborn wolf half, Kota, refuses to let her go. There’s no denying that Sophie is beautiful, intelligent, and kind; everything that Mitch wants in a mate! As Alpha, there is no mating or ...

Discover "The Crimson Cage": A Heart-Pounding Post-Apocalyptic Adventure Where Freedom Comes At A Cost. In a world forever changed by The Great Shift, humanity grapples with a harsh new reality where women are reduced to mere property—commodities to be bought and sold. Amid this dystopian nightmare, the sinister Carnival Diablo emerges as a harrowing symbol of terror and enslavement, presided over by the enigmatic and ruthless Ringmaster. Trapped within the Carnival's cruel confines, Ava and her fellow sisters cling to a flicker of hope for freedom. Their lives take a dramatic turn when ...

In the second book of the Pixie Pearson series, Pixie and Harley are happy in their warehouse, but boys on bikes and royal greyhounds cause trouble. Then Jaco, Harley's father, tries to shake their house down.

Unitarios que en cada capitulo se hace en ficcion un famoso escandalos internacional.

The third adventure for Pixie and Harley. Can Pixie save Harley from his father? Added to the mix is a spot of horse napping along the way.

Ice-skater Mina is on a one-track path to Olympic gold and glory—that is, until she totally wipes out at her biggest competition, and is kinda-sorta-kidnapped by undead kids on roller skates. Sucked into the high stakes world of Paranormal Roller Derby, she finds herself "recruited" by a squad of vampires who need a human player to complete their team—just in time to save the league from losing it all.

He didn’t care that they couldn’t be together. All He knew was that he WANTED her! Though his new life among supernatural creatures has been rocky, even Zachary Sutton knows something is wrong when his cousin Castor suddenly announces that he wants to rush off to the Wolf Shifter Conclave. Obviously, the vampire is running from something! There, Zachary meets the beautiful wolf-shifter, Aletheia Demoti, who brings light and freshness into his lonely life. A pack warrior, Aletheia is strong, fun, reckless, and sexual, and Zachary quickly learns that while she’s taken an oath to never ...

Small-time criminal, Taylor Callahan, dreams of starting her life over. When she inadvertently causes the death of a teenage girl who looks just like her, she does the only thing she can do: she takes over the dead girl's life. Now, twenty-one-year-old Taylor must navigate the ins and outs of living with the MacKenzies, the safe and loving suburban family of the dead teen girl.

It Came From the Darkness is a unique collection of drabbles (stories of 100 words exactly) and artwork, compiled by Red Cape Publishing and Philip Rogers 101 PR in aid of the Max the Brave Fund. A huge number of horror writers, poets, artists, and film makers have come together to support the cause and offer the listener something special. Each piece of writing begins with the same five words, but the stories themselves are all wonderfully varied. So dig in, take each tale one bloody bite at a time, and beware of what comes from the darkness.

Dakota Kilroy, a twenty-eight-year-old investigative journalist, is haunted by the unsolved disappearance of her best friend, Maddy Montgomery, who went missing at the age of fifteen. When financial difficulties force her to move back home to Santa Monica, California, she cannot take the unanswered questions anymore. Determined to find out what happened to Maddy, Dakota starts ShadowCast, a true-crime podcast to publicize the case. But little does she know that the man responsible for Maddy's disappearance all those years ago is listening in and tampering with her investigation.

The third and final Shifters of Diamond Wolf Ranch story within the Vampiris Bloodline! Unleash your primal desires with this scorching paranormal romance that will leave your heart racing and your senses tingling. Meet Maverick McAllister, aka Ric, the handsome and captivating Beta of The Diamond Wolf Pack, in the enchanting town of Kerrville, Texas. Fresh from a harrowing investigation into a sinister cabal of humans and witches who've been extinguishing shifter lives across Europe, Ric hungers for one thing—his elusive, fated mate. But fate takes an unexpected twist when he crosses ...

Why The Vampires Don’t Need Us by V. P. Nightshade A Supernatural Horror Occult Dark Fantasy In a world ruled by vampires, Sage Steel is a prisoner — her own words used against her. Once a bestselling horror novelist, now she’s forced to chronicle the legacy of the Vampire Empire, under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Praetor Pilatus. But guilt can be a powerful spark — and Sage’s writing hides the seeds of a rising rebellion. Pilatus, blinded by centuries of power, fails to see the danger simmering beneath her prose. Yet he, too, is haunted by past sins, by a truth buried in ...