The Stalemate Is Broken

"Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--

A Broken Peak kind of accidental pregnancy He's resigned to his fate as the last unmated male in Broken Peak Pack and she's fulfilling a thousand year old promise. But she's his true mate and the one who will bring magic to Broken Peak ... if he can keep her safe. Tevin is the only member of Broken Peak Pack without a mate and doesn’t want one. He’s fine with the one night stands that don’t lead anywhere. Not if it means bringing a woman into the dangerous world of the shifters. And then he finds Cassandra. She’s not like any of the others - strong, independent, elegant, and sexy. Everything he and his wolf want, even if it’s only for one night. Cassandra is in War because of a promise made by an ancestor. She has every intention of leaving town, but fate has other plans for her. One night with of unbridled passion with a man, who happens to also be a shifter, has an unintended consequence. An unplanned pregnancy. But that’s not the only secret she’s hiding from the shifter who hasn’t left her thoughts since she first laid eyes on him. Cassandra’s a witch. With her life in jeopardy, fate and love face the danger. Will Broken Peak lose its witch and Tevin lose his mate. Or can Tevin keep the woman he loves safe?

Dive deeper into the Broken Peak Pack series as three sexy wolf shifters discover their fated mates (and more). Broken Rebel He's a doesn't want a mate and she's running for her life. But she's his true mate and the perfect addition to the pack ... if he can convince her to stay. In the fourth book of the Broken Peak Pack Series, things heat up when Finley, a wolf shifter who doesn’t want or need a mate, is sent out to help a female he’s never met. Maggie Iotor is running for her life to a rumored place of safety and finds a sanctuary she didn’t think existed for shifters. But when she's threatened, Finley's convinced the only place she’s safe is at Broken Peak. Living with the Pack and him. As his mate. Will Maggie turn her back on the wolf her animal has claimed as or mate and will Broken Peak lose its Rebel? Or can she accept everything Finley and Broken Peak can give her? Broken Crown He’s been hiding a secret since the first day he arrived at Broken Peak and she's desperate to keep her independence. But she's his true mate ... if he can convince her his feelings are real. In the fifth book, complications arise when Allard's arranged mate shows up at Broken Peak, intent on convincing Allard to go through with the mating then returning to her life in Chicago, Allard has to face his past. There’s only one problem … Other packs want Delia. With Broken Peak Pack’s safety in the balance, destiny and love confront the danger head on, will Broken Peak lose its Crown and Allard lose his mate? Or will Allard and Delia realize their love is real and their mating is fated? Broken Witch He's a shifter determined to remain unmated and she's fulfilling a promise made by an ancestor centuries ago. But she's his true mate ... If he can convince her he's worth her love. In the sixth book, things get hot when Tevin, the only member of Broken Peak Pack without a mate, finds Cassandra. She's strong, independent, elegant, and sexy. Everything he and his wolf want, even if it’s only for one night. Cassandra is in War because of a promise made by an ancestor. She has every intention of leaving town, but fate has other plans for her. One night with of unbridled passion with a man, who happens to also be a shifter, has an unintended consequence. An unplanned pregnancy. But that’s not the only secret she’s hiding from the shifter who hasn’t left her thoughts since she first laid eyes on him. Cassandra’s a witch. With her life in jeopardy, fate and love face the danger. Will Broken Peak lose its witch and Tevin lose his mate. Or can Tevin keep the woman he loves safe?

With more than 500,000 people killed and at least half the population displaced, Syria’s conflict is the most deadly of the twenty-first century. Russia’s decision to join the war has broken the long military and political stalemate but it looks unlikely to deliver any of the core demands that spawned the original uprising against the Ba’athist regime. In this fully revised second edition of his acclaimed text, Samer Abboud provides an in-depth analysis of Syria’s descent into civil war, the subsequent stalemate, and the consequences of Russian military involvement after 2015. He unravels the complex and multi-layered drivers of the conflict and demonstrates how rebel fragmentation, sustained regime violence, international actors, and the emergence of competing centers of power tore Syria apart in wholly irreversible ways. A resolution to the Syrian catastrophe seems to have emerged in the aftermath of Russia’s intervention, but, as Abboud argues, this “authoritarian peace” contains the seeds of continued and future conflict in Syria. While the Assad regime has so far survived, the instability, violence, and insecurity that continue to shape everyday life for the Syrian people portend an uncertain future that will have repercussions on the wider Middle East for years to come.

In a blue brick courtyard, Xia Fei opened his heavy eyelids and saw that the decoration in the room was antique and had no modern flavor at all. Xia Fei was so excited that he muttered to himself, "I'm not dead? Did I cross

While the hyper-partisanship in Washington that has stunned the world has been building for decades, Ira Shapiro argues that the U.S. Senate has suffered most acutely from the loss of its political center. In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert’s account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate’s lost luster. Shapiro places the Senate at “ground zero for America’s political dysfunction”--the institution that has failed the longest and the worst. Because the Senate, at its best, represented the special place where the Democrats and Republicans worked together to transcend ideological and regional differences and find common ground, its decline has intensified the nation’s polarization, by institutionalizing it at the highest level. Shapiro documents this decline and evaluates the prospects of restoration that could provide a way out of the polarized morass that has engulfed Congress. With a narrative that runs right through the first year of the Trump presidency, Broken will be essential reading for all concerned about the state of American politics and the future of our country.

Behind the deeply contentious 2020 election stands a real story of a broken election process. Election fraud that alters election outcomes and dilutes legitimate votes occurs all too often, as is the bungling of election bureaucrats. Our election process is full of vulnerabilities that can be — and are — taken advantage of, raising questions about, and damaging public confidence in, the legitimacy of the outcome of elections. This book explores the reality of the fraud and bureaucratic errors and mistakes that should concern all Americans and offers recommendations and solutions to fix those problems.

This teenager is Xing Er, named Ye Xing. When he was born that year, his father Ye Yun stood outside the door indifferently, waiting for the birth of the child. He looked up at the night sky and found that the stars in the night sky were particularly bright today, and the one directly above him was brighter than others.