Bane: 120 books

In order to adapt to the ever-increasing demands of telecommunication needs, today’s network operators are implementing 100 Gb/s per dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channel transmission. At those data rates, the performance of fiberoptic communication systems is degraded significantly...

It had been over a year since my last painful breakup. I had suffered so much in my previous relationship that with the help of my friends, I decided to stay away from ladies for a long as I could. But I did not stay as long as I expected when I suddenly found no reason why I could not hook up with...

June had hoped to have her step father’s concern in her choosing Boyd for a groom and while she did so, she failed to see that James had big eyes all over her and the sizzling temptation to have a moment with her in bed spurred the old man to take a bold step, neglecting Natalie, his wife and June’s...

From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind’s deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from “Abchanchu” to “Zmeus,” includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.

The heavens and hells of the world’s religions and the “far, far away” legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings...

“Here there be dragons”—this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made...

Terri Greene is a professional photographer who travels the world but calls the small town of Bryson City, NC home. She has made a nice life for herself and kept her painful past deeply buried. She has a reputation for being friendly but aloof. She hammered her heart shut years ago and has long since...

Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species...

What ails Mother Earth? The answer can be found in the propensities of Man, her most gifted, but alas, also her most prodigal son. The world today may look to be the oyster to modern Man, with his faculties of creativity, inventiveness and enterprise. But looks are deceptive. Man has harnessed science...

Nicole Lopez was an advertising agent and she helped clients from all over the world find their way into the advertising agencies. She was a very talented girl and her boyfriend had just broken up with her. She receives a call from her boss to pick up one of their agents Bruce Keener from the airport...

Annette Peters was a troubled girl who had been betrayed on her engagement night by her fiancé of eight years, George Boateng. She immediately called off the engagement and changed town in order to find a better life. Her search for the new despite her heartbreak leads her into the hands of George’s...

A group of women who worked in the same company wondered why their boyfriends did not want to commit to them. They usually talked about what they did that made them take the decisions they took but they did not come to an agreement. Dana; Elsie and Amber were their names; Amber had problems getting into...

Mr. and Mrs. Paterson… an old couple return to their old home and have been married for over thirty years with still no issue and the quest for children becomes their nightmare.Madame Nancy discovers that she is past time and can never get offspring off her own and so in her effort to protect her...

It was hard for Liza to tell whether Tom was in love with her or he preferred Camilla who was the talk of all the boys who had come for the palm holidays. Tom however seemed confused in making a choice between Liza and Camilla. He wanted Liza for love making and the urge to be with Camilla wherever he...