In the sweltering heat of Alexandria's summer of 51 BCE, eighteen-year-old Cleopatra VII Philopator stood before the golden doors of the Great Library, her father's most recent decree clutched in her trembling hands. The papyrus bore the royal seal that would soon pass to her, making her the sole ruler of Egypt—a kingdom that had endured for three millennia but now teetered on the precipice of Roman absorption. As the daughter of Ptolemy XII, she belonged to a dynasty that had ruled Egypt for nearly three centuries, yet she would become the first Ptolemaic ruler to actually learn the Egyptian language, a decision that would prove both politically astute and personally transformative. The Ptolemaic dynasty had begun with Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, who claimed Egypt as his prize following Alexander's death in 323 BCE. For generations, the Ptolemies had maintained their Greek identity with an insularity that bordered on the obsessive, marrying within their own family to preserve what they considered their divine bloodline. This practice of sibling marriage, while shocking to modern sensibilities, was rooted in ancient Egyptian tradition where pharaohs were considered living gods whose divinity could only be preserved through unions with other divine beings. Cleopatra's education had been exceptional even by Ptolemaic standards. Under the tutelage of Apollodorus the Sicilian and the philosopher Demetrius, she mastered not only Greek literature and rhetoric but also mathematics, philosophy, and the art of statecraft. Her intellectual curiosity extended beyond the traditional curriculum of royal education; she studied the religious traditions of Egypt, learning the complex mythology that underpinned pharaonic authority and understanding how previous rulers had successfully navigated the delicate balance between satisfying the Egyptian priesthood and maintaining relationships with foreign powers.

For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he's a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He's tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life doesn't work that way. In the real world, Alphas abandon their half-breed children. Not that Killian's jaded or anything. Simply realistic. So when werewolf Alpha Brett comes knocking, demanding explanations on a rejected manuscript, Killian reels away, or at least tries to. Brett is a walking, talking Alpha cliché: big, possessive, and growly. His last name is Wolfe, for crying out loud. But Brett is also trustworthy, devoted to his pack, and a little silly when in love. Soon, Killian discovers that maybe, just maybe, he might love Brett in return. Unfortunately, Killian is not the only one who wants to claim Brett. He will have to set aside his beliefs about mate bonds and deadbeats if he wants his own happily ever after werewolf romance.

It is now highly controversial to claim that Jesus Christ was a Black man, although he was considered to be Black in ancient times. The controversy of the race of Jesus Christ and the ancient Israelites and Jews will be explored in this work.

The goal of this coloring book is to remind young African minds about Africa! By presenting the beauty and greatness of African people and incorporating concepts through coloring, practice with some repetition, the student will gain knowledge of their African Ancestry and themselves.

Microchips and Purity: Book One It is the year 2441. A deadly virus has swept over the planet, short-circuiting cybernetic implants, killing billions. In the aftermath, the newly formed state of Eden is led by the one newborn that survived that dreadful day, Uriel Noah of the House of Zion—the Guiding Light. Unbeknownst to all, Uriel lives in a gilded cage, deprived of basic affection, used as a pawn, craving freedom and love. Cyborg Raze Hartman is the leader of the resistance. His kind—cyborgs with a high cybernetic coefficient—were hit hardest by the virus, the few survivors crippled and enslaved by the purist system. Struggling to keep his father alive, Raze resorts to investigating the Guiding Light, the symbol of cyborg oppression. What he finds changes his life, and Uriel's. After sneaking into a purist ceremony, Raze sees past Uriel's facade of strength and aloofness. He sees the lonely young man behind the mask of the Guiding Light. The instantaneous attraction between them is literally electric. But a chasm separates them, as wide as the difference between flesh and metal, and the secrets of Uriel's past may be the undoing of them all.

A person's perspective can determine their reality while many different perspectives make up the universe we are in. An alien had a vantage point of his own as he made his way to Earth. Seeing all that he could see, he learned that the most precious thing on Earth is the energy we call the emotion, love, and the products of that energy, life. As the alien makes his way into the light, he finds that life is delicate while love is as strong as a diamond rock. Inspired by his settle exposure to theosophy, philosophy, spirituality, biology, and algebra, the alien goes on an adventure that leads him through many different dimensions as he finds for himself the wealth of the goddess Gaia. Many may find the darkness to be uncomfortable while this alien race cherishes the darkness as the backdrop of manifestations. While on Earth, the x formator discovers and explores light within light, which is bonded by a love that hosts the epitome of life.

Bunny becomes fast friends with Coco the Crocodile in a rainbow dream world. But what happens when Coco comes to life in Bunny's real world? Find out in this wordless graphic novel where the artwork brings the story to life.

Humorous stories told by the two authors. Events like they can happen every day, especially when you have contact with children.Small mishaps in the workplace and the topic of love must not be missing ...

Elemental Lovers: Book One Across the centuries, the Nikari, a race of vicious elemental mages, have built an empire, bringing an entire continent to its knees. The course of history seems set... until one innocent Andari mage changes everything and claims a greater prize—the heart of the Nikari emperor. Behnivyr 'Ivy' Erethe knows his duty is to wed another Andari Pure-Blood. Craving one moment of freedom before his loveless bonding, he escapes his father's suffocating protection and goes to a masquerade ball, only to unexpectedly meet a mysterious Nikari named Kris. Kris makes Ivy ache with a need he barely dares to acknowledge. One kiss, one dance—and Ivy's life changes forever. Unbeknownst to Ivy, Kris is actually Kristelien Fezenda, the Nikari emperor. Forced to make a difficult choice, Ivy picks love over duty and becomes Kris's concubine. Poorly prepared for the whirlwind of emotion Ivy summons inside him, Kris now faces the hardest battle of his life. In a ruthless world where all weakness is exploited, where allies become enemies in the blink of an eye, where love can mean death, he will have to defeat more than his own personal demons to breach the rift between him and Ivy.

Splat! When a small creature has an unfortunate run-in with his car, Deacon Hearst wonders what in the world hit his windshield. A bird? A butterfly? No, that would make Deacon's crazy life too simple. It is a fairy—or rather a Sidhe—with a gaze the color of the moon and thus eloquently named Mooneyes. The little creature's wing is broken, and it's shivering in the rain, and well... Deacon has a heart, after all. While nursing Moon back to health, Deacon discovers Moon's beauty is more than skin deep. Though they're very different, especially in size, they're alike in their loneliness, their need for affection. Despite the weirdness of the situation, Deacon finds himself falling for his not-quite victim. Deacon thinks it's a hopeless—gah!—love, but what if it isn't? Moon might just have a few secrets of his own, secrets that could change everything in an instant and weave a different path for them both.