Prisoner or Prince Charming? Escape from the brig, steal a shuttle, enjoy her freedom far, far away from the dark past trying to hunt her down. How hard was that? But Gwen just had to press the mystery button. Now the pretty little shuttle she commandeered is a smoking ruin and she’s trapped… on a prison planet. The dirt-covered rock isn’t actually that bad—except for the purple grouch who’s claimed her. He says it’s to keep her safe from the other inmates, but the longer she’s there, Gwen isn’t so sure. Rhys has been imprisoned for a decade. Every day he mines in exchange for rations and bides his times. That is, until a ship blazes across the sky and crashes into his simple, orderly life. The pale female that he pulled from the wreck is a pain in his ass. She’s troublesome and loud and if her sass isn’t the death of him, her knack for stumbling into trouble will be. Too bad he needs her to finally get off this hellish rock. If they can keep their hands off each other for long enough, they just might have a shot at freedom… assuming her past doesn’t catch up to them first.

There is a place that only I can see. It's as if the world is only for me. This place has many gardens with all kinds of flowers. You can see the stars at night Which make you feel all bright. My heart yearns for this place more and more, But it's blocked by a closed door. Starlight star bright first star I see tonight. I wish I may I wish I might grant the wish I wish tonight. Open the closed door and I shall enter straight through the center To the place that I know which someday I shall go. The other world, the one just for me seems to be only a dream.

The “exquisite and richly illustrated” New York Times bestseller from the renowned makeup artist, “a retrospective written for all women, everywhere” (Vogue France). Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood, and also surveys the cutting-edge makeup science of today and tomorrow. Face Paint explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup’s use, the actual materials employed over generations, and the glamorous icons that people emulate, it is also a social history of women and the ways in which we can understand their lives through the prism and impact of makeup. “Makeup artist and Lancome global creative director Lisa Eldridge drops serious knowledge in Face Paint, her book on the history of beautifying.” —Marie Claire “Clear your coffee table and turn off YouTube—Lisa Eldridge’s book is a must read.” —Teen Vogue “The book is not only rich with history but also with a series of paintings, sketches and photographs in an intense array of colors, selected by the make-up artist herself in the most aesthetically pleasing universal statement to women you’ll ever see.” —Vogue France “Face Paint delves into the history of makeup, with glossy pictures to match . . . the book’s cover is striking.” —New York Post

Branded as a pirate, fitted with a shock collar, separated from her parents-- could the situation get any worse for Megan Willis? Yes, it can. The prisoner ship she is on is attacked, leaving her the lone survivor. Stranded on a Delta Ninety-eight, searching for the captain's kidnapped son, she find a city rife with slave traders and plagued by storms that turn friends into foes. Searching for her parents' ship, the Astral Dragon, would mean leaving the child slaves behind... rescuing them will entangle Megan in secrets darker than she ever dreamed of. - adapted from jacket

Andi Bowe was chosen 5 years in a row (2000-2004) as one of only 33 poets out of millions chosen every year by poetry.com for The Sound of Poetry, a 3 CD set, and has numerous poems published in Best Poems and Poets of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and the Best Poets and Poems of 2012, an exclusive and impressive collection of poets. Library of Congress ISBN: 978-1-60880-132-9. This anthology is a compilation of 4 Alphabet poetry books. She is the Director/CEO of csiri.org, carrying on the work of her friend and mentor, Dr. Frederick Bernard Wood, 1917-2006, whose work is also available free online @ fredbernardwood.org.

“The polarization study of celestial objects is a valuable part of optical astronomy, and the author has done exceptionally well in bringing together contributions treating all aspects of the polarimetry field. . . . The first section contains a fine introduction and an excellent and definitive history of the subject. . . . The volume is well illustrated. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice “The high quality of this book is clearly due to strict editorial attention to each paper and the discussions. Gehrels’s book will surely stand for many years as the fundamental reference source for polarization studies in astronomy as well as in atmospheric physics.”—Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers