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Territory is the story of Henrietta Southern, a young Englishwoman who trades her war-torn homeland for a place of wild tropical storms and searing heat, crocodile-infested rivers and barren red wilderness. Six months after the bombing of Darwin, she joins her new husband, Spitfire pilot Terence Galloway, for a new life on his Northern Territory cattle station. It is also the story of their sons. Of Malcolm and Kit, two brothers who grow up in the harsh but beautiful environment and share a baptism of fire as young men in the jungles of Vietnam.

As cyber attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers join the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fred Kaplan.

Popular music history collides with data analytics, charts, and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits and musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and much more. Data analyst and musician Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music. Coupling hard data with engaging anecdotes, Uncharted Territory is both a takedown and celebration of popular music and provides new ways to think about your favorite songs, genres, and artists from the last 6 decades using unexpected statistics and playful visualizations.

Van, fourth son of a marquis, is just a toddler when he realizes he's been reincarnated. Thanks to his literal lifetime of knowledge, he's raised as a child prodigy--until his production magic manifests, and it's the last thing his snooty mage family wants to see! His disappointed father banishes him to a podunk town on the verge of collapse, yet Van can only see the place's potential. Can our hero's bastion of battlements build a better life than battle magic ever could?!

Read by the author, Travis Baldree. From international bestseller Travis Baldree, Tales from the Territory is a beautiful collection of cosy fantasy tales, set in the much-loved world of Legends & Lattes. There are many tales yet untold . . . 'GOBLINS & GREATCOATS': Chaos goblin Zyll is involved...

It is spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light streaming through the windows, so bright she has to squint, but she finds herself plummeting deeper into darkness, becoming unstable, untethered. As the months come and go and the seasons turn, she must confront what she has lost and what she will become.   

In the city of Ironhaven, species and class divide everything. Orcs are marginalized, feared, and criminalized despite being integral to the city’s survival. But three women are about to cross the most dangerous boundary of all: the one between desire and love. Cecelia Harrington walks away from her billion-dollar inheritance and perfect society wedding for the Orc foreman who strips away her polished facade and shows her what real feels like. Lydia Carver, the Senator’s daughter, risks everything to claim the Orc crime boss who was supposed to be her enemy—turning her political ...

By creating WrestleMania, jumping into the pay-per-view field, and expanding across North America, Vince McMahon changed professional wrestling forever. 

The New Mexico Territory of the 1870s - 1880s was as wild and dangerous as any part of the American west. Murders were commonplace. Corruption was the norm, and the Santa Fe Ring controlled the courts. Every man went armed and bad whiskey was commonplace, as was over-indulgence. Rustling was, for many, a way of life. But it was a way of life that threatened the honest ranchers and herdsmen of the time. Liam Clancy, Irish immigrant and recently-discharged veteran of the Union Army, had lost his young wife and unborn child to cholera. Grieving, he sold his homestead and headed west.

Raised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds - and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk is immediately dismissed from his post. That was the army’s first mistake. The second was losing track of a small mule train en route to Helena.

This audiobook offers a critique of common spiritual warfare practices including binding Satan, renouncing curses, spiritual mapping, and exorcisms. Using scripture, and scripture alone, Pastor Jim Osman shows that true spiritual warfare is not a battle over territory, but a battle for the truth. A biblical approach to spiritual warfare recognizes the Bible as the sole authority, rejects unbiblical and man-made methods, and rests in Christ and his finished work for victory.

Terry Amber, alpha of the Calgary AB pack, is facing betrayal from within—three wolves in his own pack are plotting against him, one more dangerous than the rest. Struggling to maintain control, the council sends Zander Flax to assist, much to Terry’s irritation. There are no openly gay wolves in Terry’s pack, but for their protection, secrets are kept… including one Terry himself harbors. Zander and his niece quickly uncover it, changing the dynamic between them.

This book details (with historic content and characters) life in Indian Territory, before it became the state of Oklahoma. Indian customs and clan interactions are recorded by the author that has encountered and experienced them. Gun fights and the difficulties of living at home, experiences with outlaws, and the difficulties of coming of age in a violent time are divulged and expanded upon. Is our current civilization any different? Read the book and decide for yourself!

Milton Lumky territory is both an area of the western United States and a psychic terrain: the world and worldview of the traveling salesman. The story takes place in Boise, Idaho, with some extraordinary long-distance driving sequences in which our hero (young Bruce Stevens) drives from Boise to San Francisco, to Reno, to Pocatello, to Seattle, and back to Boise in search of a good deal on some wholesale typewriters.

Elise Grayson has it all. Money, looks, a comfortable home in an upscale Boston neighborhood, and the social status her family has long enjoyed. She has everything she's ever wanted. Almost. Elise's private life is her one failure. Jan Chase needs a new job and new surroundings—a place where no one will ask questions or judge her ability. Driving a limousine for Boston's privileged elite seems like the perfect answer. Being a chauffeur is something Jan is tailor-made for. At least until she meets Elise Grayson.

What if protecting your peace wasn’t selfish — but sacred? There comes a moment in life when the noise stops feeling normal. The arguments that once felt necessary begin to feel exhausting. The relationships that once felt energizing begin to feel heavy. The environments you once tolerated start disturbing something deeper inside your spirit. You begin choosing quiet. Not because you have nothing to say… But because you no longer need to prove that you are right. In Sacred Territory, author Bill Riggs explores the powerful transformation that occurs when a person learns to guard the ...

Deep inside Wyoming, in the dead of winter, CIA Agent Alex Shepard is desperate. A few days ago, he sent an undercover agent to the Red Rain Indian Reservation to investigate an unthinkable terrorist plot. However, when his man skipped his daily check-in, Shepard feared the worst.

Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo - work, sleep, repeat. Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways? It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open. One phone call is all it takes to upend his life and land him right back into a past he has tried to forget. Revisiting old ghosts is the last thing he needs. Especially when the forced trip down memory lane includes the only woman he never wanted to see again.

Discover the untamed frontier in “The Warriors Part 5: The Settling of Indian Territory. In a world where the past collides with the promise of a new beginning, the Chapman brothers embark on a daring adventure as they arrive safely on the edge of the newly created Northwest Territory. Determined to meet the expectations of their father, Nathaniel and John tackle the challenges of finding and clearing land, building the basic structure of a home, and planting fruit trees. But as they strive to meet their father's approval, they quickly discover that living on the frontier comes at a cost ...

What would it take to leave everything behind… and walk into the unknown? More than 300,000 Americans made that choice. They sold their homes. Said goodbye to family. Loaded everything they owned into a wagon. And then—step by step—they walked more than 2,000 miles across a continent. This is their story. In The Oregon Trail, historian and master storyteller Bill Wiemuth brings one of America’s greatest journeys to life—not as a distant history lesson, but as a deeply human experience filled with hope, hardship, courage, and sacrifice. What You’ll Experience Inside Travel the ...