Download or read book The Great Turning Future Ages written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family first. This is how their families survived through The Great Turning and beyond. A century has passed since the cataclysmic meteor strike reshaped the world, and while governments have transformed, human nature remains unyielding. Greed and corruption still cast a shadow over society's fragile existence. But among the chaos, there is family. And when your family is threatened, you will do whatever it takes to protect them, at any cost. Even if it means risking your soul in the process.
Download or read book The Great Turning written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From hunters to hunted... It’s almost one hundred years since The Great Turning, the catastrophic meteor strike that changed the world forever. Russell Owens is a recently discharged New North Americas Army sniper who only wants to return to his home just outside of Yellowstone to resume life with his gentle husband, Ted. Russell doesn’t want to re-up and hates that he had to kill for a living. Zola Wright is the most skilled assassin the NNAA has ever had. She was tricked into re-upping—once. When the burned-out Red is sent to find Russell to talk him into returning, what her commanding officer doesn’t realize is that she’s not coming back. Her conscription time is up, and she wants out. She’s also reluctantly falling for Russell. Now the sniper and the assassin are the ones being hunted, on the run from the army they just finished serving. Their former CO has secrets he’ll kill to keep. But Russell and Zola have more in common than their killing skills. And when Russell and Ted both fall for Zola, she knows their only option is to stand and fight together for the happiness and peace they yearn for—or die trying. Book 1 in The Great Turning trilogy. Science-fiction, post-apocalyptic, meteor strike, GLBTQ, HEA.
Download or read book Great Turning Point written by Dr. Terry Mortenson and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in the Church today have the idea that “young-earth” creationism is a fairly recent invention, popularized by fundamentalist Christians in the mid-20th century. Is this view correct? In fact, scholar Terry Mortenson has done fascinating original research on this subject in England, and documents that several leading, pre-Darwin scholars and scientists, known as “scriptural geologists” did not believe in long ages for the earth. Mortenson sheds light on the following: Before Darwin, what did the Church believe about the age of the earth? Why did it believe this way? What was the controversy that rocked the Church in 19th-century England? Who were the “scriptural geologists”? What influences did the Church contend with even before Darwin’s book? What is the stance of the Church today? This book is a thoroughly researched work of reference for every library - certainly every creationist library. Terry Mortenson spent much time and work on this project in both the United States and Great Britain. The history of the Church and evolution is fascinating, and it is interesting to see not only the tremendous influence that evolution has had on the Church, but on society as well.
Download or read book The Great Turning written by David C. Korten and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat of continued warfare to the future of humanity has become dire. "The Great Turning explores that threat in detail and provides an equally detailed plan for meeting -- and overcoming -- it. Written in the author's trademark clear, compelling style, this timely book uncovers the roots of Empire in ancient Athens and charts the long transition from the institutions of monarchy to those of the global economy as the favored instruments of imperialism. Korten then discusses the promise of early America as a democracy dedicated to spreading liberty and freedom -- and the failure of th.
Download or read book The Fourth Turning written by William Strauss and published by Crown. This book was released on 1997-12-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.
Download or read book Cross Country Chaos written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kelly Alexander is a divorced single mom. Her younger son, Denny, who uses a wheelchair because of spina bifida, wants to participate in sports like his big brother. Then Kelly learns about the Junior National Disability Games but they're being held in Spokane, Washington, literally on the other end of the continent from their Florida home. She's clueless about her next steps to help him fulfill his dreams to compete. Enter Mart Rawlings. The handsome, single athlete and coach also happens to use a wheelchair. He volunteers to help Denny qualify for Nationals, falling hard for Kelly in the process. Winning over Denny and his brother--and Kelly's mom--is the easy part. Kelly's past heartache because of her cheating ex left deep scars in her soul and fuels her reluctance to get romantically involved. She fears Denny will lose his coach should things head south between her and Mart. Besides, getting Denny qualified is only half the battle. Now Kelly must survive a grueling cross country drive with her sons and mother to get Denny to Spokane. But, more importantly, can she overcome her fears and take a chance on love with Mart? This MF second-chance romance features a hunky hero who is an adaptive sports athlete, a single divorced mom doing the best she can, an aggravating cross-country drive with family, and a guaranteed HEA! This book was previously released by another publisher. It has been heavily revised and expanded for re-release.
Download or read book The Fourth Age written by Byron Reese and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market). In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the case that technology has reshaped humanity just three times in history: 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language; 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare; 5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which lead to the nation state. We are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and robotics. “Timely, highly informative, and certainly optimistic” (Booklist), The Fourth Age provides an essential background on how we got to this point, and how—rather than what—we should think about the topics we’ll soon all be facing: machine consciousness, automation, changes in employment, creative computers, radical life extension, artificial life, AI ethics, the future of warfare, superintelligence, and the implications of extreme prosperity. By asking questions like “Are you a machine?” and “Could a computer feel anything?”, Reese leads you through a discussion along the cutting edge in robotics and AI, and provides a framework by which we can all understand, discuss, and act on the issues of the Fourth Age and how they’ll transform humanity.
Download or read book Turning Dust to Gold written by Haym Benaroya and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expansion of our civilization to the Moon and beyond is now within our reach, technically, intellectually and financially. Apollo was not our last foray into the Solar System and already science fiction is finding it difficult to keep ahead of science and engineering fact. In 1807, few people anticipated the Wright Brothers’ human flight a hundred years later. In 1869, only science fiction writers would have suggested landing people on the Moon in 1969. Similarly, other great inventions in mechanics and in electronics were not envisaged and therefore the technologies to which those inventions gave birth were only foreseen by a tiny group of visionaries.
Download or read book The Great Rupture written by Viktor Shvets and published by Boyle & Dalton. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we need to be free to be innovative, prosperous, or even happy? The lessons of the last five centuries were unequivocal--without freedom, there could be no prosperity or happiness. However, does this still hold true in the Information Age? Modern technologies are disrupting our societies, altering every facet of our lives, from the nature of work and what we intrinsically value, to how we are informed, entertained, and educated--it promises to be a far deeper disruption than Industrial Revolutions. Humanity is at a major turning point, and how we respond to the merger of technology and financialization will decide our future. Will it be capitalism or communism, feudalism or despotism? By learning from the past and projecting into the future, global market strategist Viktor Shvets explores the weakening nexus between freedom and prosperity and what that means for the future of humanity. From the birth of our modern world, pivotal events in human history have led to the collapse of non-Western civilizations--Mongol warriors sweeping across Eurasian steppes; the Black Death and a re-awakening of human spirit; Zheng He's voyages and the collapse of Novgorod republic; and finally, the ban on printing in Arabic. What can we learn from these events to better prepare ourselves for the future? As we hurtle toward that uncertain future, we must decide whether our cherished individual freedoms are still necessary for success and prosperity, or if in adapting to new technologies, non-Western civilizations are now better positioned for this new world, creating illiberal orders that might no longer suffer from stagnation of ideas. For the first time in at least five centuries, we have an opportunity and tools to build a different society and economy. Will we embrace the challenge?
Download or read book A Bleacke Christmas Bleacke Shifters 5 written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book 5 in the Bleacke Shifters series.) It's beginning to feel a lot like...baby season. With the Targhee wolf pack growing, Dewi's dual responsibilities as Head Enforcer and head of the expanded Pack Council are beginning to weigh on her nearly as much as her pregnancy. But it's beginning to feel a lot like the Bleacke family can't do anything the easy way. When a family Christmas vacation at the pack's Idaho compound goes sideways in completely unexpected directions, Dewi will need every ounce of patience she has not to banish half her family to the doghouse. Literally.
Download or read book Governor Trilogy Omnibus written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 1237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now own all five books of the entire Governor Trilogy series in one omnibus edition! Book 1: Governor - He kneels for only one man. Book 2: Lieutenant - She never comes in second. Book 3: Chief - Behind every good man is a real bastard. Book 4: Yes, Governor - Can his wily political pets outsmart the Master? Book 5: Pet - Some promises can't be kept... Books 1-4 are contemporary political romance featuring friends to lovers, GFY, a secret workplace romance with high political stakes, power exchange, wounded heroes, a cinnamon roll hero, an Alpha hero who will kill to protect his loved ones, and a guaranteed HEA. Book 5 is a MM contemporary gay spy romance featuring enemies to lovers, high political stakes, power exchange, wounded heroes, satisfying revenge, and a guaranteed HEA.
Download or read book Sacred Devout Trilogy 1 written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Devout Trilogy Book 1, MMM, political romance, secret workplace romance, old lovers reunited, pining] In college, I made the mistake of falling in love with Ward, who was deep in the closet and terrified to come out to his conservative, religious family. He called me Master. Said he loved me. Said he'd be mine forever. I guess he lied, because he ghosted and didn't even attend graduation. It broke my heart and f*cked my head. Eventually, I moved on, married a great guy, and became a US senator. Guess who just showed up as a freshman senator? And guess who's my hall-pass f*ck? Did I say I moved on? I guess I lied. Ward can't run from me now.
Download or read book Solace Devastation Trilogy 2 written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Devastation Trilogy, book 2, mmf, political romance.) He doesn’t know how to give in… I’m in way over my head. I’m waiting for someone to point a finger at me and call me an imposter. I don’t belong here. Yet I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be. I don’t know what the hell this is between us, but even while I hate it, I crave it, like a damn drug. I need it. I need them. And I’ll do whatever it takes to stay here, even if it means giving up who I am. (The Devastation Trilogy is a standalone spin-off set in the world of the Governor Trilogy.)
Download or read book Poly written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, love isn't neat and tidy. I love my husband…and his boyfriend. And he loves us. Love isn’t always neat and tidy. Unfortunately, there are those who don’t understand. When we finally decide to be a family together, it means we have to fight to keep what we love before others rip us apart. This steamy, full-length MMF polyamorous contemporary RH romance features older main characters, crossed swords, second chances at love, blended families, satisfying one-ups over ex-spouses, love for IKEA, and a guaranteed HEA that will leave you more than satisfied. And no, there’s no cheating!
Download or read book Bleacke Expectations Bleacke Shifters 7 written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2020-03-21 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book 7 in the Bleacke Shifters series.) [MF, paranormal, wolf shifters, Alpha heroine, geek hero, urban fantasy] It’s all fun and games until the contractions start… While Dewi’s pregnancy might not have slowed her down much, trying not to freak out her human grazer mate, Ken, has had the same effect. Dewi might be a Prime Alpha and the Head Pack Enforcer for the Targhee wolves, but she’s still Peyton and Trent’s baby sister, and the two Alpha wolves run the Targhee Pack. That means when they order her back to the pack compound in Idaho as her due date approaches, she can’t exactly disobey. But when she learns Ken asked them to issue the edict, it ruffles her fur in more ways than one. Dewi’s always been more of a lone wolf, and trying to juggle her new mate and impending motherhood has thrown her off-kilter in an unexpected fashion. Now she needs to figure out how to get Ken to loosen up a little on her leash before both of them get growly with each other in all the bad ways.
Download or read book Storm Warning Triple Trouble 2 written by Tymber Dalton and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2024-09-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elain Pardie just became the mate to a hunky set of triplet Alpha shapeshifters. Loving them is easy. Living with them…that’s a different story. Elain Pardie never realized giving a lift to a lost wolf would lead to mating with the hunky Lyall triplet shape-shifter brothers. Then Prime Alpha Aindreas lays down an edict requiring her to quit her TV reporter gig, but his brothers, Beta Alpha Brodey and Gamma Alpha Cailean are on Elain’s side. When Elain runs to escape his edict, Aindreas realizes his heavy-handed tactics have driven away the woman the three brothers sought for centuries to love. Distraught over failing to keep their mate happy, Aindreas disappears, determined to break his bond with Elain so she can find happiness with Brodey and Cailean. The problem is, with a major hurricane on the way, Aindreas is desperately needed at their Florida cattle ranch. Even though Aindreas is in Elain’s doghouse, she loves him and won’t let her Prime wolf off his leash. But can she find him in time? [This MFMM paranormal shifter romance / urban romantasy why choose RH features three Alpha wolves who would do anything for their One, a heroine who will give them a run for their money, and plenty of snark to go around. This is the second book in the Triple Trouble series.]
Download or read book Bleacke Shifters Series Box Set 1 written by Lesli Richardson and published by Lesli Richardson. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
