This final installment of The Claire Trilogy picks up where An Alien Appeal leaves off, expands the roster of mystical characters and introduces the next generation of Terran-Centauri hybrids. When the interstellar childrens' powers are inadvertently exposed to the Internet, Machiavellian twin tech tyrants attempt to kidnap them for their own nefarious purposes. During the ultimate showdown between Claire and her family of misfits, one of the most powerful corporations on earth and the United States military, love is tested and lives are forfeited. Where will the survivors go from here? Be ready to say goodbye.

Meet Rosie Gordon. A fourteen-year-old with mysterious powers who has been recently uprooted from her home on Earth when her deadbeat dad moved her family to the newly habitable Uranus. However, Uranus does not turn out to be all that the holo-brochure has promised.... Meet Uranus. One of the original gods who was castrated by his son and cast into obscurity. Powerless and teste-less, Uranus, with the help of his three demigod sons, has a plan to regain his strength.... Welcome to Uranus (the planet, not the god), a world that was accidentally created on purpose. It is a planet covered in moss, overrun by wild pug grumbles, and under the thumb of a nefarious mining company that lures desperate people with the promise of riches only to enslave them and their children. It's kind of a bummer.... Join Rosie and her friends in her quest to discover the root of her powers, to overthrow the ruthless mining company, and to get the best slice of pizza on all of Uranus.

Reviews of the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2005: The king is dead. Long live the king! The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945 Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past 60 years is the New Partridge. James Rettig, Booklist, American Library Association Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, on the other hand, is the wee babes. Ian Sansom, The Guardian The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning its rude, its delightful, and its a prize for anyone with a love of language.

Kane. They call me Soulless. I take what i want, when I want consequences be damned. Then I saw her she is strong and stubborn which makes me want to devour her. Own her. Break her. She doesn't know it yet but she belongs to me. Reika. Toy. Property. His. He wants to control me. Own me. Break me. The leader of the damned crew bought me to be his mind, body and soul. He wants me broken at his feet. If I were him I would ask for a refund because you can't break something that is already broken. You can't control a tornado. You cant own something that isn't for sale. Buckle up buttercup I'm about to turn your world upside down. I can't be owned. I can't be controlled. I bow to no-one! TRIGGER WARNING!!!! This book contains situations that some readers may find uncomfortable.18+ only

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge’s own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning. New to this second edition: a new preface noting slang trends of the last eight years over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia, reflecting important developments in language and culture new terms from the language of social networking from a range of digital communities including texting, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and online forums many entries now revised to include new dating and new glosses, ensuring maximum accuracy of content. The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

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From first kisses to missed kisses, stolen kisses, the chemistry of kisses, around-the-world kisses, silver-screen kisses, Freudian kisses, lipstick kisses and record-breaking kisses, this eclectic collection of facts, figures, quotes and curiosities has everything you've ever wanted to know—and more—about that most deceptive, delightful and indispensable gesture: the kiss.