The Preor came to Earth with open arms and hopes that they’d find their mates. They were greeted with closed fists and utter hatred. Livvy holds no love for the Preor. They said they came in peace, but she didn’t believe them for a hot second. They claimed they wished to work together for a greater future for both races. Yeah, she didn’t buy that one at all. And yet, when they told her she was fated for one of the dragon-shifting aliens… she knew in her heart that it was true. It was not the Choosing that Radoo had anticipated through the centuries with anxiety-laden hope. Besides, while he fields most of the command duties of the Preor Third Fleet, he has no time for a mate. Or so he believes. Radoo’s world is rocked when he comes into contact with Livvy and the Knowing affects him. But what happens when the human fated to be his hates him and everything he stands for? When she belongs to the Resistance who will stop at nothing to drive the Preor aliens from Earth? Truly, what is Radoo to do when he discovers that his mate is his enemy?

Heartstopper meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this addictive love story When Elliot becomes lab partners with the new boy at school, Jordan, his life suddenly becomes much more interesting. He's never met anyone like Jordan before - someone so good looking, charming and smart. And soon school becomes way more than just boring lectures and bad cafeteria nachos. For the first time ever, Elliot can't wait to go to chemistry class. The butterflies Elliot has around Jordan finally start to make sense when Jordan unexpectedly kisses him . . . but that's also when everything else stops making sense! As Elliot tries to figure out how he really feels about Jordan, and what that might mean, he'll realise that sometimes the last thing you're looking for is the one thing you need the most.

What's a single, pregnant woman supposed to do when her family kicks her out? Go to Preor Choosing Station Tau and hope a dragon shapeshifting alien is her mate, of course. Delaney Cole found her mate among the Preor only to watch him die-through his own eyes thanks to the Knowing. Now, what's she supposed to do when she discovers that her second mate is the male who'd killed her first? It doesn't matter that he's gorgeous, that his peach scales invite her touch, and his thick muscles make her fingers tingle with the need to caress him. She shouldn't want such a violent, deadly male, but... she does. Zadri was born a son of Syh, orphaned and unwanted, and he never imagined actually having a mate. Yet, Delaney is his. Yes, he was the one to rip out her first mate's throat, but now that he has experienced the Knowing with her, he will not let her go. Her lush curves, inner strength, and unborn young belong to him-wholly and until he takes his final flight. When others attempt to rip her from his life, he will explain the gravity of their error. Slowly. Painfully. He only hopes he can reach her before they escape.

More American children recognize Super Mario, the hero of one of Nintendo’s video games, than Mickey Mouse. The Japanese company has come to earn more money than the big three computer giants or all Hollywood movie studios combined. Now Sheff tells of the Nintendo invasion–a tale of innovation and cutthroat tactics.

This Briefs is the first national study on female-to-male (FtM) transgender people’s experiences in Australia. It describes an extensive study that fills the current gap in Australian research on the specific experiences and beliefs about transition for contemporary Australian FtM transgender people. Following an overview of current literature on the various aspects of and approaches to transgender issues, this briefs describes in detail the design, participants and findings of the study. The Briefs offers useful statistics and stories related to participants' identities, education, health, sexual and social lives. It ends with recommendations to all those working in the various offices and institutions that FtM transgender people encounter in their everyday life, and represents and invaluable resource for researchers, service providers and gender diverse communities alike.

Barangay presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography. Part One describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part Two surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north.

He has to choose-love or honor-because he can't have both. Elle may be a Davenport, but she's finding she enjoys life as a mostly-gray sheep of the Davenport family. She kicked off the Daven Bio uniform and now works for their corporate enemy-Cole Pharma, now headquartered in Preor Tower. She's got massive, muscular, winged aliens surrounding her from sun up to sun down. But there's only one Preor warrior who throws her world into a tailspin-Ivoth sen Pezet'li. Strong. Sexy. Sinfully seductive. Hers? No. They don't share the Knowing, but that doesn't stop her from wanting him. Bad. Ivoth made a vow to his sire-the sen Pezet line would not end with him. And yet, when he speaks with Elle, scents her skin, and feels her curves against his hard body, he does not know if he can let her go. He craves her more than any other-perhaps even more than he desires to fulfill his vow-and he knows he must make a choice. Keep Elle and never have dragonlets or leave her and lose his heart forever. Ivoth has to make a choice, but first, he has to keep Elle alive. Someone wants her dead and Ivoth is determined to kill them first. He only prays to Syh he is successful.