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The themes of the history of Cuba are as vast as they are inspiring. Cuba has stared death in the face throughout its rocky history, and most of the time it has gazed into the eyes of death and smiled. Over and over, oppressors have attempted to seize this island and its riches for their own selfish purposes. And over and over, revolutions have risen up to conquer in an attempt to return Cuba to its people.

The Hundred Years' War: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Notable Conflicts of the Middle Ages and in European History and the Life of Joan of Arc contains two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Hundred Years’ War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the English House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois That Took Place During the Middle Ages and Joan of Arc: A Captivating Guide to a Heroine of France and Her Role During the Lancastrian Phase of the Hundred Years’ War.

If you want to discover the captivating history of Sparta, then this four-in-one audiobook is for you. It includes: Spartans, The Greco-Persian Wars, The Battle of Thermopylae, and The Peloponnesian War. Learn about the Spartnas, their government, military, society, and the battles they fought.

Little brat Sash loves it unprotected, and so does the man of the house! When his computer gets a virus, Sash helps him out to fix it, and stumbles on his extensive collection of naughty images and videos. Far from being embarrassed, she takes full advantage of the situation, and suggests they should swap videos. She cues up her favorite for the man of the house to watch, and they both can't help but get turned on.

The beginning of modern Europe was a time of confusion, excitement, suspicion, hope, despair, and ideas. It was a time of a lot of change spread out over just a few hundred years, but the end result was a completely different world than the one that had come before it. This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases.

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then pay attention...One of the least understood periods of European history occurred between the 6th century and the 14th or 15th century (depending on which historian you ask). Commonly called the Middle Ages, this was a time period of extreme change for Europe, beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. To a continent that had seen a drastic shift in the power structure, the world seemed to be particularly harsh. Rome had been a major player across Europe for well over a millennium. Then it was gone.

The Minoans were an ancient civilization that built their settlements on islands in the Aegean Sea. They lived almost 5,000 years ago and left behind traces of their lives, but not enough for people to create a complete picture. Ever since the early 20th century, the Minoans have been a subject of interest, thanks to the discoveries and excavations by Sir Arthur Evans, a British archaeologist who found the first Minoan ruins and named them after the mythological King Minos and his Minotaur.

All in all, Japan seems to be a country of paradoxes and oppositions, of yin and yang. Yet it doesn’t seem to suffer from it; instead, it is thriving, growing, and developing, and it has been doing so for a long time. From those contradictions, a sense of unity and pride arose, guiding Japanese history and civilizational development through the ages, leaving an unquestionable mark on the world heritage and mankind. But this is only the surface of an astonishing culture that deserves a deeper look.

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then pay attention.

The Mycenaeans were the first advanced civilization to develop on mainland Greece, and were responsible for much of the urban organization and cultural development seen in the early ancient Greeks. The Mycenaeans created sprawling palatial states, unique and sophisticated works of art, and possessed a writing system that could be used to make records.

From about the ninth to fifth centuries BCE, the population of Greece grew unprecedentedly large, expanding from about 800,000 people to as many as 13 million. About a quarter million of these lived in Athens. The average size of urban households during this period grew considerably, a fact that suggests that food was suddenly available in excesses sufficient to keep larger families healthy and alive much more effectively than just a millennium earlier. Bigger families meant bigger armies and larger communities that would eventually grow into the metropolises of Classical Greece.

In They Don't Always Open Their Eyes, author Brian Lee Tucker takes a horrifying look into the mind of Richard Trenton Chase, the so-called “Vampire of Sacramento”, an American serial killer who killed six people in the span of a month in California, and into his delusional beliefs that eventually led to his capture and imprisonment. 

Javier was used to working alone. He liked it that way. As a shifter retriever, his job was to rescue fellow shifters like himself from dangerous situations. In the process of rescuing 12 shifter children from a human sex-trafficking ring, he wakes up after a nasty fall to see an attractive, hunky cowboy watching over him and the girls. This alpha seems to just know how to take care of people and any challenges that he encounters, including helping Javier.

A collection of provocative, fun, and lustful LGBT stories that will fulfill any craving you have. The 10 seductive tales include topics such as: first-time erotica, group action, romance, older and younger, BDSM, threesomes, and more forbidden deviancies.

Europe’s past is characterized by fighting and warfare, and it is punctuated with great works of art, philosophy, science, and technology. Even its recent history is much the same - that’s why, so much of the globe was once ruled by European monarchies. Despite all the infighting and territorial exploits, Europeans have managed to create some of the most beautiful pieces of literature, architecture, political structures, and ideas the world has ever seen.

A routine call out to a job is all that electrician Arthur is thinking about when his office phone rings. That seems to be the case until he’s shown to the bedroom where the problem is. Left to fix it, he has a look around and can’t believe it when he finds a spanking paddle. Caught with it in his hand when one of the owners comes up to offer him a drink, he confesses he’s interested in trying it, and that gets him naked in the hands of two men who show him just how good spanking fun can be.

Mike has been dating the love of his life, sweet, petite Julie. Only there's trouble in paradise, as he can't resist the alluring and exotic charms of his transgender neighbor, the gorgeous and buxom blonde, Caroline. It all comes to a head when Mike goes to a rally to protest in favor of trans rights, and he learns more about the women in his life, and later, about himself.

Clive will never do it again. He knows he won’t. He just absolutely can’t. When Clive decides to cement his promise to himself with a visible reminder of all those dirty deeds and accidental adventures in his past, maybe sneaking one more little purple pill from his father’s lab isn’t the best idea. Maybe keeping it near him is the worst idea of all. Clive never guesses that maybe his new babysitter will swallow down that mysterious little tablet all on her own.

When Dylan's secret BDSM fetish becomes accidentally known to his boyfriend Mark, the two decide to mix up their usual tender love-making routine with some kinky stuff. As a part of a game, Mark transforms himself into a character Dylan never knew gentle and sweet Mark could embody. But Dylan was wrong. Or maybe there's something he's terribly missing. Based on an actual horror painting, this erotic short story brings inner demons to light and opens doors to places no one should ever enter.

Guilty Pleasures is a collection of steamy erotica shorts about lust, deceit, betrayal, and situations that make us seek out guilty pleasures. Tim cannot believe his luck when his hot boss invites him to her place for a drink. His wildest fantasies come true at Julianne's place. But how long will lust hide the dark secrets both of them are carrying? A hotel room, a sexy man, and a gorgeous woman. But is Stephanie really the woman Joe believes she is? Barbara is back in her home town after seven long years.