Alpha

BENDING HER TO THE BEAR’S WILL The human thinks I’m stalking her. Maybe I am. But I’m not the only one. There’s something evil in these woods and it preys on single women. I’m not about to let the sexy scientist fall into its lair. Even if that means holding her prisoner in my cabin. Keeping her where I can see her at all times. Bending her to my bear’s will. Just until the storm passes. Until her research is finished. Then I’ll let her go. I swear. Publisher’s Note: Alpha’s Prey is a stand-alone book in the Bad Boy Alpha’s series. HEA guaranteed, no cheating. This book contains a grouchy, manly bear with a penchant for protecting and dominating his female. If such material offends you, do not buy this book.

The curvy human saw me shift–now she can never leave. I took the lovely female with bright pink braids as my prisoner. She trespassed on our mountain. Saw my bear. With our land already under threat, I must keep her until I find out what she remembers. And she's in danger. Her brother wants her dead, and she needs my protection. I shouldn't keep her. I swore I'd never take a mate, but I can't stop myself from wanting Lana. I can't resist tying her to my bed. Claiming her. Then destroying anyone who dares threaten my mate. Don't miss the next installment of Renee Rose and Lee Savino's USA Today Bestselling Shifter Ops series in which a grumpy werebear meets his curvy girl match. Overprotective bear-love guaranteed.

A werewolf, an owl shifter, and a scientist walk into a bar… Sam I was born in a lab, fostered out to humans, then tortured in a cage. Fate allowed me to escape, and I know why. To balance the scales of justice. Right the misdeeds of the harvesters. Nothing matters but taking down the man who made me what I am: A monster driven by revenge, whatever the cost. Then I meet Layne. She thinks I’m a hero. But she doesn’t understand—If I don’t follow this darkness to its end, it will consume me. Layne I’ve spent my life in the lab, researching the cure for the disease that killed my mom. No late nights out, no dates, definitely no boyfriend. Then Sam breaks into my lab, steals my research, and kidnaps me. He’s damaged. Crazy. And definitely not human. He and his friends are on a mission to stop the company that’s been torturing shifters, and now I’m a part of it. Sam promises to protect me. And when he touches me, I feel reborn. But he’s hellbent on revenge. He won’t give it up. Not even for me.

This book examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms that realize the mythological American Alpha Male. Providing an in-depth dissection of corpora from an online socio-commercial community, a pop-psychology guru, and fictional gay erotica, it unravels the ways language, gender, and hegemony play out in this ideological figure of neopositive, essentialist masculinity. Through a detailed, multi-level analysis, Russell shows how the Alpha figure combines elements of dominance, normativity, and androcentrism and how these forces intersect with neoliberal and pseudoscientific discourses to establish a uniquely hybridized male hegemony, one that is familiar to most, but whose internal mechanisms remain largely unquestioned and unexamined. This book will be of interest to academic scholars in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, cultural studies, and gender and sexualities studies.

Alpha liquid scintillation was developed to obtain accurate analytical determinations of alpha-emitting nuclides where no other methods were sufficiently accurate. With the present emphasis on clean-up of radiation contamination, alpha liquid scintillation has become an important tool in the determination of low concentrations of alpha-emitting nuclides. This book is the first to address the subject of alpha liquid scintillation in its entirety. It also examines how alpha spectrometry by liquid scintillation can be done without interference from beta/gamma radiation. Scientists interested in the analysis of alpha-emitting nuclides for environmental monitoring, remediation clean-up, accountability, and research will find this to be a valuable book.

This guide is designed for those hosting or helping on Alpha. It corresponds with training videos you can find at alpha.org/run and provides notes for each session of Alpha to assist you leading the small group time. Over 15 sessions, Alpha helps guests explore the meaning of life, revealing that Christianity can be every bit as relevant to life today as it was 2,000 years ago. For more information on how to run Alpha and for the training videos that go with this guide, please visit alpha.org/run

The term "alpha male" has often been misunderstood, misrepresented, and even maligned in various contexts. It has been associated with notions of dominance, aggression, and toxic masculinity. However, at its core, being an alpha male is about much more than mere dominance; it's about embracing a mindset of confidence, leadership, authenticity, and integrity. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the history, psychology, and evolution of the alpha male archetype. We will explore the traits and characteristics that define the alpha male, and we will provide practical strategies and techniques for developing these traits within ourselves. But let me make one thing clear from the outset: this book is not about promoting a one-size-fits-all approach to masculinity. We recognize that masculinity is a diverse and multifaceted concept, and there is no single "right" way to be a man. Instead, our aim is to empower readers to cultivate their own unique expression of masculinity—one that aligns with their values, strengths, and aspirations.