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The creation of the Tuskegee Airmen initiated the integration of the U.S. Armed Forces and convinced skeptics that race did not affect people's ability to fight for their country. Through photographs, this book traces the life lessons learned by one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and asks what it means to have the "right stuff."

The mission seems simple: head south, collect the bride promised six years earlier, and ensure that nothing odd is going on among the nomadic Tatars. Ogodai anticipates no problems. In fact, he looks forward to the chance to break free of his father and establish himself in a horde of his own. But Ogodai's betrothed seems wary at best, his half-brother has competing plans for both the girl and the horde, and even the briefest investigation shows that indeed, something very odd is going on in the nomadic camp. Before long, Ogodai realizes that the contest threatens his own life and his betrothed's happiness. But can he persuade his unwilling would-be queen that an alliance with him offers more than the traditional role of chief wife?

Sixty-three years have passed since the meeting of Danion and his ballerina in the desert, but the memory of her continues to haunt him. Until one day in a cafeteria barely worth the name, an exchange with a surly waitress ends with him staring at that beloved form. A holographic projection-or Sasha herself, inexplicably restored to life? Tarkei do not believe in miracles, but the evidence points to Sasha's return. At last, Danion and his wife can be together. Or could, if he had not taken responsibility for guiding a group of young rebels whom he cannot abandon-not once he recognizes the existence of a traitor in their midst.

Love plays no part in marriage arrangements on the desert planet of Tarkei. So when Danion, junior priest of the sun goddess, finds himself drawn, in defiance of his oath of celibacy, to a human ballerina encountered by chance, he does his best to resist. The ballerina, tormented by memories of violence that may be real or just the product of an unknown enemy's twisted mind, has no interest in him anyway-or so they think. But Tarkei has an ancient tradition: that two unusually compatible people, whether they believe they belong together or not, can bond at first touch. Once formed, the link lasts until death. Legend calls it "the joining." Danion calls it a myth. He and his ballerina will soon discover who's right.

It is the heyday of student activism. The Reagan Revolution dominates America; Castro rules Cuba. The Sandinistas have a foothold in Nicaragua. In Manhattan, four university students-rebellious Kleio, emotional Mina, naïve Gwen, and arrogant, aristocratic Mal-reconfigure a grand West Side apartment into a feminist commune they call Group, to fight nuclear power and pontificate on all things radical. But when ideology turns violent, Group falls apart, and its members go their separate ways. Thirty years later, Mal convinces Group to meet for a reunion in Greece. No longer idealists, each woman faces her own internal struggle. Kleio must balance the demands of single motherhood against the reality of a life-threatening illness. Newly widowed Mina wants to restart her life, but her daughter's criminal activities make that difficult. Gwen, shaken by a doomed love affair, has reached the pinnacle of success in an academic career uncertain of what the future holds, whereas Mal's decades of repressing her losses have not erased the damage they caused. She longs for healing. And what of the next generation, to whom Group's ideals are bequeathed? Through four interrelated narratives, West End Quartet explores what happens when women who set out to change the world find themselves changed instead.

When Cade Badgley returns from a diplomatic mission in Rome to discover that his estranged father is dying, he has no choice but to accept an unwanted earldom, a crumbling estate and empty coffers. A kindly neighbor offers aid in return for an escort that will take his daughter to London to find a husband. Though the girl is a tempestuous artist with no marriageable skills, she quickly becomes sought-after by a man Cade has every reason not to trust. As Queen Mary Tudor lays dying, threatening the security of the realm, Cade finds himself in a battle involving his conscience, his heart, and his very life - and that of the woman he's come to love. "Some Rise by Sin is a sumptuous tale of romance, religious turmoil and political intrigue set against the dramatic backdrop of the dying days of Mary Tudor's reign. With the keen eye of an artist Courtney J. Hall paints a vivid picture, rich in historical detail, of this turbulent time of transition at the Tudor court." - Marie Macpherson, author of "The First Blast of the Trumpet" "Tudor history comes alive in this enthralling tale of a reluctant heir to an earldom and the high-spirited lady who wins his heart. An absorbing and memorable read." Pamela Mingle, author of "Kissing Shakespeare" and "The Pursuit of Mary Bennet"

Jack Hopper is holding tight to his secret, though it gets heavier by the day. Nora Sweeny is tired of suffering losses and ready to improvise. Their relationship, based on Jack’s lies and Nora’s pragmatism, builds against a background that includes World War I (as experienced from the docks of Hoboken, New Jersey) and escalates when Jack and Nora travel together to the rainforests of South America seeking closure for a life-shattering event that occurred years earlier. Equal parts romance, adventure, and psychological suspense tale, Gifts for the Dead shines a floodlight on the characters’ deepest yearnings and greatest fears.