Actor Cole Hamilton has finally convinced the two people he loves most in the world, Caressa Klein and Michael Dubois, to move in, join him in a throuple relationship, and set his bed on fire. But he fears his secrets—his real self—will drive them away. Michael is stressed by his latest engineering project, but his two best friends turned hot lovers worry him more. Cole is too reckless, and Caressa keeps him guessing. Caressa adores her two sexy men, but her past and tragedies in her nursing profession haunt her. Can their love and friendship survive secrecy and the reopening of old wounds?

A hard-hitting exposé of SEAL Team 6, the US military’s best-known brand, that reveals how the Navy SEALs were formed, then sacrificed, in service of American empire. The Navy SEALs are, in the eyes of many Americans, the ultimate heroes. When they killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011, it was celebrated as a massive victory. Former SEALs rake in cash as leadership consultants for corporations, and young military-bound men dream of serving in their ranks. But the SEALs have lost their bearings. Investigative journalist Matthew Cole tells the story of the most lauded unit, SEAL Team 6, revealing a troubling pattern of war crimes and the deep moral rot beneath authorized narratives. From their origins in World War II, the SEALs have trained to be specialized killers with short missions. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan became the endless War on Terror, their violence spiraled out of control. Code Over Country details the high-level decisions that unleashed the SEALs’ carnage and the coverups that prevented their crimes from coming to light. It is a necessary and rigorous investigation of the unchecked power of the military—and the harms enacted by and upon soldiers in America’s name.

Sanford Gifford (American, 1823-1880), a leading Hudson River School landscape painter and a founder of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was so esteemed by the New York art world that, at his untimely death, the Museum mounted a show of his work-the first monographic exhibition accorded any artist-and published a Memorial Catalogue that, for nearly a century, remained the principal source on his oeuvre. Gifford's art, which was inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, and by that of British artist J.M.W. Turner, and enriched by his travels in Europe (from 1855 to 1857, and from 1868 to 1869), came to be called "air painting," for he made the ambient light of each scene-color saturated and atmospherically potent-the key to its expression. His approach to painting and his unique style gave rise to a highly distinctive body of work with enchanting and mesmerizing effect. This publication examines seventy paintings by the artist and includes comparative illustrations of related works by Gifford, his Hudson River School mentors and colleagues, and those painters, in addition to Cole and Turner, who exerted influence on his art, including Frederic Edwin Church and John F. Kensett. The essays discuss Gifford's place in the Hudson River School, his numerous Catskill Mountain subjects, his experiences and perceptions as a traveler both at home and abroad, and the variety of his patrons. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

By examining the wider dimensions of the Industrial Revolution, the authors draw conclusions to answer the question of the title.

The first four books in the 'Reuben Cole - The Early Years' series of western novels by Stuart G. Yates, now in one volume! Born To Track: Fifteen-year-old Reuben Cole learns about the brutality of the frontier when he intervenes to help a Native American being chased by a murderous gang. After accidentally killing one of the attackers, Reuben becomes the target of a group of merciless killers, forcing him to quickly master the skills of tracking and survival. These harsh lessons shape him into the powerful and dangerous man he will become. Army Days: Reuben Cole is serving as a Union Army scout during the early days of the Civil War. Tasked with tracking down a group of raiders, Cole is posted to a remote fort as part of General McClellan's plan to turn the Confederate flank. When tragedy strikes, Cole sets on a path that will shape him into a hardened and uncompromising man, learning crucial survival lessons along the way. Baptism Of Fire: It's the height of the Civil War. When his Native American friend is murdered, Cole sets out to uncover the culprits, dealing with unruly miscreants and a complicating commanding officer. Together with a group of sharpshooters, Cole tracks down Confederate renegades all the way to the Texas border, discovering not only the identity of the killers but also more about himself. Surviving The Frontier: While Hunting down Confederate renegades, Cole crosses paths with with Sterling Roose, forging an alliance with the legendary tracker that is to last and develop throughout the years. Together, they face the notorious ‘Curly’ Brookes and pursue the elusive William Quantrill. Joining with the feared Union raider Edwin Terrell, the road Cole is on leads him toward an inevitable standoff that could be the end of his journey.

Based on the blockbuster Xbox game, this is the stunning story of the men and women who stood between a planet and total destruction—and now have to face the consequences of their actions. After a brutal fifteen-year war for survival, the Coalition of Ordered Governments is forced to destroy mankind’s last city in a final bid to stop the Locust Horde. As the survivors flee Jacinto, they must contend with the last of the Locust, bent on vengeance, as they struggle to stay alive in an icy wilderness. Marcus Fenix, Dom Santiago, and their fellow Gears fight to get Jacinto’s refugees to a safe haven, but find themselves in a lawless new world where the enemy is human—and as desperate and dangerous as any grub.