If you desire the lightning, you must also prepare for the storm. — Colonel Armon * * * Az-ca's Kings have never invaded the land of their enemy. Will a Queen be so bold? Sherra devises new ways to strike at the Supreme Leader of Ny-nes, only to discover that he is stronger and more devious than she and Kerok could ever imagine. When they inevitably clash, will there be a victor?

Red rose, Blue rose, mines I give you black, I give to the world what you cant give me back. I am positive; I walk this road a dead man. My footprints lie silently behind me, but thus they follow. I kiss you slowly as I dig your grave. Mercy, no mercy, no man can save. lies deceit, betrayal all because I loved I loved a woman who his behind a mask of unclaimed sickness when she knew it was her fault. Her life, your life is now at a half. I marked a vendetta, mark vengeance to their soul; I die, we die, I refuse to die alone. Venom, disaster, evil pierced through my vein as I sweetly embed my rose as ashes to your grave. A gift for you my dearly beloved, a kiss for you and every minute youll love it. 1 rose, 2 rose 3, 4 and give enjoy every moment because youre truly living to die. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 if you thought I loved you, think, think again. 11, 12, at last 13 Welcome to the 13th black rose find out what it means.

The Legend of the Black Rose A TRUE STORY: In the 1960s, star-crossed lovers fall in love on the Spanish Trail, too young to imagine the consequences... Martinez had me looking straight down the barrel of his rifle before I could close my truck door and get to the garden gate. I froze just as I was, half-turned. Rosa was screaming my name behind her Papa inside the front door, and I could hear her mother yelling at her and restraining her. "Get off my land, Bobby, or I'll call the police!" Martinez commanded. "It isn't her fault!" I shouted straight down the sidewalk because I had no other choice. "Bobby!" she was screaming. "Papa dont shoot Bobby!" Martinez discharged the rifle where he stood, above my head. That settled it. Raising my hands, I slowly backed into the cab and got in. She screamed until she heard the GMC start up; then, realizing I was still alive, it stopped."

The Black Rose. Once, the dread assassin’s name was whispered through the streets of three kingdoms. Her victims never saw her coming, and she never showed mercy. Until she fell in love with the prince she was hired to kill. Now, years later, the Black Rose slips on her old leathers and sharpens her knives. She will stalk the night again… …Unless the prince has his way. This short story is 12,000 words long. It is also available in Not Your Heroine, a fantasy short story collection.

All four books in the Black Rose Sorceress Series as a boxed set.

A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh's eagerness to tackle blackface-a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamefacedly erased from most modern accounts of American cultural history, Black Like You shows that the impact of blackface on American culture was deep and long-lasting. Its influence can be seen in rock and hiphop; in vaudeville, Broadway, and gay drag performances; in Mark Twain and "gangsta lit"; in the earliest filmstrips and the 2004 movie White Chicks; on radio and television; in advertising and product marketing; and even in the way Americans speak. Strausbaugh enlivens themes that are rarely discussed in public, let alone with such candor and vision: - American culture neither conforms to knee-jerk racism nor to knee-jerk political correctness. It is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. - No history is best forgotten, however uncomfortable it may be to remember. The power of blackface to engender mortification and rage in Americans to this day is reason enough to examine what it tells us about our culture and ourselves. - Blackface is still alive. Its impact and descendants-including Black performers in "whiteface"-can be seen all around us today.

They are the best-trained infiltration unit in America. Commanded by a highly decorated D.E.A. strike team leader, the Falcon Unit has been formed to bring down America's highest level drug cartels. After a year and a half of intense training, the group is stunned when their first official assignment didn't send them to the hardcore cities of Los Angeles, New York, or Miami but the golden paved streets of Whitfield, Georgia; America's newest destination for the famous and super wealthy. When a connected drug trafficker and his bodyguards are executed by the leaders of the local street gangs, and America's most notorious murderous criminal family prepares to send a professional death squad to the Emerald City of the South. The police chief seeks out the Falcon Unit for help. Among the fancy cars, million dollars homes, and high price fashions, the group gets thrown into a world of vicious killers who are protected by their families fortunes. Their actions kept under wrap by a corrupt city council, and the local law enforcement which seems to admire them. The Falcon Unit's mission is not to arrest the members of the street gangs but something even more impossible. Will Tonya White and the rest of her team be able to pull the improbable or will the luxurious streets of Whitfield soon run red with the blood of its young and privilege?

Stylish, bold, fiery, and full of zest, this book could well have been called Embodying Entrepreneurship . . . for perhaps the first time, we have a cultured, scholarly, in-the-flesh treatment of entrepreneurial life. Ranging from striptease to de Sade, the aboriginal to Christo, and the grotesque to the sublime, The Politics and Aesthetics of Entrepreneurship is a tantalizing and critically refreshing work throughout. This one could easily become the bad boy book of entrepreneurial studies, given how strongly it challenges (slaps?) existing entrepreneurship studies. Daved Barry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert make a unique contribution to management education. Their ability to illustrate complex ideas through theatre and visual media is outstanding and much appreciated by a wide audience. This book is no exception. Their insights into the nature of entrepreneurship are fresh and original. Their style of presentation is both rich and rewarding. This is a book to surprise you and it will. Heather Höpfl, University of Essex, UK . . . the four books comprising the series would certainly be a valuable addition to any entrepreneurship library. However, each book also stands alone as an individual purchase. Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research This fourth book in the New Movements in Entrepreneurship series focuses on the politics and aesthetics of entrepreneurial processes, in order to shed light on entrepreneurial creation itself. Presenting original empirical material, the eminent contributors examine control and entrepreneurship in various organizational contexts. They go on to demonstrate how control can be exercised entrepreneurially, how art brings an entrepreneurial force into society, and how entrepreneurship operates by aesthetic moves. The need to move beyond the traditional focus on the economic and business implications of entrepreneurship is also discussed, as is the relevance of political and aesthetic theory to our understanding of entrepreneurship as a creative force. The book provides entrepreneurship studies with a new language, that in itself is an aesthetic effort with political implications, resulting in new theoretical, empirical and practical possibilities. It will prove a fascinating read for students, academics and researchers with an interest in entrepreneurship and management and creativity and aesthetics.

Peter Schneider challenges the notorious myth that roses are difficult to grow, arguing that it’s all about choosing the right petals for the right place! Providing in-depth profiles of hundreds of varieties, Schneider helps you decide which roses will work best in your flower bed or along an eye-catching garden trellis. Simple instructions that use proven techniques make growing roses easy and enjoyable, even in colder climates, while more than 400 gorgeous photos make this book as visually irresistible as it is useful.