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The Wicked and the Willing

Author : Lianyu Tan

Publisher : Shattered Scepter Press

Page : 486 pages

File Size : 14,29 MB

Release : 2022-05-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 064899483X

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2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction 2023 Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Paranormal/Occult/Horror Love demands sacrifice. Her blood. Her body. Even her life. Singapore, 1927. Verity Edevane needs blood. And not just anyone's blood. She craves the sweet, salty rush from a young woman's veins, the heady swirl of desire mixed with fealty—such a rarity in this foreign colony. It’s a lot to ask. But doesn't she deserve the best? Gean Choo needs money. Mrs. Edevane makes her an offer Gean Choo can't refuse. But who is her strange, alluring new mistress? What is she? And what will Gean Choo sacrifice to earn her love? Po Lam needs absolution. After decades of faithfully serving Mrs. Edevane, Po Lam can no longer excuse a life of bondage and murder. She needs a fresh start. A clean conscience. More than anything, she needs to save Gean Choo from a love that will destroy them all. *** A destitute maidservant must choose whom to love: her vampire mistress, or the woman trying to save her life in The Wicked and the Willing, a sapphic historical gothic horror vampire novel. This novel contains two mutually exclusive endings, although most of the story is not interactive. Due to the mature content and dark themes, it is intended for adult readers only. It contains potentially disturbing scenes and an abusive romantic relationship between two women. Further content information is available from the author’s website and inside the book.



The God Is Not Willing

Author : Steven Erikson

Publisher : Tor Books

Page : 616 pages

File Size : 39,68 MB

Release : 2021-11-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1466881208

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New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues the beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen with this first book in the thrilling Witness sequel trilogy, The God is Not Willing. Many years have passed since three warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake. Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. The town has recovered and yet the legacy remains. Responding to reports of a growing unease among the tribes beyond the border, the Malazan army marches on the new god’s people. They aren't quite sure what they're going to be facing. And in those high mountains, a new warleader has risen amongst the Teblor. Scarred by the deeds of Karsa Orlong, he intends to confront his god even if he has to cut a bloody swathe through the Malazan Empire to do so. Further north, a new threat has emerged and now it seems it is the Teblor who are running out of time. Another long-feared migration is about to begin and this time it won't just be three warriors. No, this time tens of thousands are poised to pour into the lands to the south. And in their way, a single company of Malazan marines . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



The Willing World

Author : James Bacchus

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 529 pages

File Size : 36,79 MB

Release : 2018-07-19

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1108428215

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Explains how to grow and govern the global economy in ways that will work economically and environmentally for sustainable development.



The Willing Way

Author : Mariel Hemingway

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 28,90 MB

Release : 2013-04-02

Category : Conduct of life

ISBN : 9780985024857

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Presents a guide to practicing a healthly lifestyle, which includes a reconnection to nature, the practice of simplicity and mindfullness, a break from technology, and a diet of healthy, process-free foods.



Coalitions of the Willing and International Law

Author : Alejandro Rodiles

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 317 pages

File Size : 36,40 MB

Release : 2018-08-30

Category : Law

ISBN : 1108625827

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Global action and regulation is increasingly the result of the interplay between formality and informality. From the management of State conduct in international security to the coordination of national policies in climate change, international organizations work ever closer with coalitions of the willing. This book carefully describes this dynamic game, showing that it consists of transformative orchestration strategies and quasi-formalization processes. On the institutional plane, coalitions of the willing turn into 'durable efforts', while international organizations perform as 'platforms' within broader regime complexes. On the normative level, informal standards are framed in legal language and bestowed with the force of law, while legal norms are attached to multilayered schemes of implementation, characterized by pragmatic correspondences, persuasion tactics, and conceptual framing. Understanding how this interplay alters the notion of 'international legality' is crucial for the necessary recalibrations of the political ideals that will inform the rule of law in global governance.



Open Hands, Willing Heart

Author : Vivian Mabuni

Publisher : WaterBrook

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 24,9 MB

Release : 2019-07-09

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0735291748

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Discover how yielding ourselves wholly to God, especially in the midst of challenging circumstances, lends new purpose to our lives. “Vivian Mabuni is a kind and trustworthy guide through one of adulthood’s secrets: life doesn’t go like you thought it would.”—Jen Hatmaker, New York Times best-selling author of For the Love and Of Mess and Moxie As women after God’s heart, we honestly desire to please God. We want to be used by Him and to experience the peace and fulfillment He wants for us. Yet it’s all too easy to fall into living mechanically, with a rule-based approach to the Christian life, or to focus on getting what we want when we want it. Even when we want to be willing, saying yes to whatever God asks often feels scary, and the distractions of this world get in the way. Vivian Mabuni knows this all too well, but she’s discovered that open-handed living starts with an intentional posture of the heart. Through surrender to His will, we draw closer to God in a way that makes our day-to-day lives more purposeful, powerful, and pleasing to Him. With Vivian’s warm encouragement in Open Hands, Willing Heart, you’ll learn how to step out in courageous trust as you invite God to give and take—and move and work—in your life as He sees fit. Along the way you’ll discover true joy and serenity that will carry you through every circumstance.



Willing, Wanting, Waiting

Author : Richard Holton

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 14,90 MB

Release : 2009-04-23

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0191607541

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Richard Holton provides a unified account of intention, choice, weakness of will, strength of will, temptation, addiction, and freedom of the will. Drawing on recent psychological research, he argues that, rather than being the pinnacle of rationality, the central components of the will are there to compensate for our inability to make or maintain sound judgments. Choice is understood as the capacity to form intentions even in the absence of judgments of what action is best. Weakness of will is understood as the failure to maintain an intention, or more specifically, a resolution, in the face of temptation—where temptation typically involves a shift in judgment as to what is best, or in the case of addiction, a disconnection between what is judged best and what is desired. Strength of will is the corresponding ability to maintain a resolution, an ability that requires the employment of a particular faculty or skill. Finally, the experience of freedom of the will is traced to the experiences of forming intentions, and of maintaining resolutions, both of which require effortful activity from the agent.



Every Family's Business

Author : Thomas William Deans

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,84 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Family-owned business enterprises

ISBN : 9780980891010

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Willing Obedience

Author : Elizabeth D. Samet

Publisher : Stanford University Press

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 17,36 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN : 9780804747257

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This book highlights obedience as an American cultural motif by examining the ways in which citizens understand and dramatize the struggle between autonomy and allegiance. Willing Obedience tells the story of Americans who worked out the simultaneous demands of liberty and obedience in fiction, military memoir, and political writing from the Revolution through the nineteenth century. In contrast to the European model of a subject's blind obedience to a monarch, Americans imagined an allegiance that preserved autonomy even as they consented to the constraints of a new republic. In particular, the book considers the case of the soldier, whose surprisingly complex relationship to authority is in fact representative of the situation of all citizens in a republic.



Kill The Willing: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure

Author : Michael Anderle

Publisher : I Fear No Evil

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 45,52 MB

Release : 2019-07-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781642022582

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Wanted: Tomb Raider - No experience necessary. Requires Life Insurance. Will be working with deadly magical artifacts and killers. Shay Carson had a wake up call when a hitman was sent after her. Her previous profession was getting a bit personal. Then, life offered her a chance to disappear, and she did. What's a girl to do with a very specific set of skills? Take up Tomb Raiding! Behind every complicated woman is a story. For Shay, it happens to be a little complicated and she can't share with her new friends. Better to lie to her friends, than have to kill more for knowing too much! Scroll back to the top and click the 'buy' button, or download for free on Kindle Unlimited today! --- NOTE: This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, I don't suggest reading this book.