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Antonina Black, or just Nina , is a wise-mouthed but wounded girl. After leaving her homeland Russia, she is sent to live with her aunt in America. Nina tries to adjust to a new life with her homophobic cousins and American high school. But then things begins to take a new turn when an enigmatic girl shows up. Allecra Knight, a gorgeous blonde mystery who seems to bring Nina's day both the sunshine and dark storm. There is a spark of something unusual between them, but it comes with an underlying cost. Allecra Knight has a secret and a big one at that. There is something different about her that fascinates Nina but at the same time terrifies her. Will she prefer a normal peaceful existence or find the courage to explore the unknown?
Not everything that dies stays dead. In the year 2054, the human race suffers the attack of the Other Ones. A global war marks the end of mankind. People are no longer free on earth. The ancient species force the remaining population into slavery.The survivors hide in fear of being captured and killed. Among them is Avery Pierce, a seventeen-year-old girl, who tries to escape her cruel fate. Yet one night they come for her. Captured and sold to a powerful royal house, she lives in a beautiful mansion where she has to serve her mistress. The problem is that there are two of them. Will she be treated as a mere slave or something else?
Vivienne Petrovna has an ordinary genius life at the Ultara Academy. But then something about her begins to change. A presence of a beautiful, yet mysterious girl comes into her school and insists on having her after she discovers one of life's biggest shocks. Going through a strange evolution called Awakening, Vivienne thinks it's the least of her trouble until she's found out about her family secret and starts to realize the whole world is not what it seems. There are other predatory creatures living among humans- and worse, they want to destroy her.
Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of Turkey covers the period from 1603 to 1839.
Anastasia Romanov is one of the Last Grand Duchesses of the Old Russian Empire. In the post vampire apocalyptic world, she finds herself lost in memories and heartbreak. Unable to forget her former lover, she wanders through one dead city after another, looking for distractions. But then a surprise attack from the Hunters spins her life around. Anastasia is captured by the Hunter Circle where she meets a beautiful huntress, who has an instinct to kill her if she moves the wrong way. At the same time, the world is threatened by the Kaiser's rising power. Hell-bent on a global domination, the German Emperor and his resurrected Nazi army set out to conquer all of Europe. Anastasia has become the only source that will determine the fate of the remaining human race.
By examining available demographic data and petitions submitted by non-Muslims for accepting Islam, this volume convincingly reconstructs the stages of the Islamization process in the Balkans and offers an insight to the motives and factors behind conversion.
Hades was well-cast to rule over the Land of the Dead. But what if Hades, the fearsome monarch of the Underworld was, in fact, a goddess? Everyone called her, 'Lord of the Dead' since she preferred the company of women. She was considered an isolated and violent immortal, who loathed change and was easily given to a slow black rage like no others. But then everything changed when the dark goddess met the daughter of Demeter, Persephone. Now the tale of Hades and Persephone will be retold with a sprinkle of twists and turns.
Contributors. -- Foreword. -- Preface. -- Getting Started. -- Assessing Available Information. -- Organizing and Preliminary Planning for Surgical Research -- Writing a Protocol: Animals, Humans, and Use of Biologic, Chemical, and Radiologic Agents. -- Grantsmanship. -- Informed Consent and the Protection of Human Research Subjects: Historical Perspectives and Guide to Current United States Regulations. -- Animal Care and Maintenance. -- Funding Strategies and Agencies: Academic-Industrial Relationships; Intellectual Property. -- Statistical Considerations. -- Use of Nonexperimental Studies to Evaluate Surgical Procedures and Other Interventions: The Challenge of Risk Adjustment. -- Measuring Surgical Outcomes. -- Design of Clinical Trials. -- Using Administrative Data for Clinical Research. -- Research in the Intensive Care Unit: Ethical and Methodological Issues. -- Research in the Operating Room. -- Effects of Age and Gender. -- Strategies, Principles, and Techniques Using Transgeni ...
Manga comprised of various comics including: Against the Wall, Tokyo Ghost Story, Life on Mars, Moscow Hitman, Fairy and Troll, How Not to Surf, and spoof ads. It includes illustrations of surf city college students, scathing political satire, goofy content inspired by the likes of SNL and Mad Magazine, and hidden content upside down backwards content in the background.
The authors in this volume seek to treat the modern history of the Balkans from a transnational and relational perspective in terms of shared and connected, as well as entangled, histories, transfers and crossings.