The debut novel of author Sharon Jackson, Nobility is a look at the power of wealth, beauty, and privilege to corrupt-and the strength of a heart to overcome its own inner darkness. Elyse Aubrey Encott had everything she could have ever wanted. Born to an affluent family with a bright future ahead of her, Elyse's life is irrevocably shattered when her parents suddenly pass away. Now orphaned, and with her family's wealth squandered due to her parents'...

The main focus of this text details the establishment of the Haitian Nobility from the Empire and Kingdom of Haiti. The text highlights the lives of Emperors Jacques the First, Henry the First and Soulouque the First. Emperor Jacques the First ruled over the First Empire of Haiti from 1804 until his assassination in 1806. His Royal Majesty, Henry the First ruled the Kingdom of Haiti after having previously ruled as president of the State. Emperor...

Somewhere along the promiscuous fault-line between the hereditary aristocratic prerogative and entitlement, the English noble genes are still awash with the pre-programmed rites of sexual patronage. When this hedonistic underbelly of hereditary entitlement gets together with invited guests from equally salacious members of the public under the recently reconstituted Hell Fire Club to take part in an orgy, you just know the outcomes will be wanton...

When the king isolates himself and lets the country fall into ruin, Simeon, a soft spoken military leader takes it upon himself to make one last, desperate attempt to save the kingdom. With the Historian as a witness and his trusting younger brother at his side, Simeon joins forces with a dark mercenary, called Hunger by his enemies, to kidnap the king. When their attempts to teach him self-reliance and humility end in tragedy, king and soldier alike...

To know the truth of a story, one must return to the root of events...For the coastal city of Meirport, more politics, power and money trade hands behind closed doors than the unwitting common folk may ever know. Travelling as an Ambassador of the sovereign's inland nation, Lady Erys Wynthae stands at the heart of such matters, yet powers beyond the reach of mortal hands are already afoot. Played for a pawn in the schemes of others and stripped of...

"The celebrated cardio-thoracic surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, writes an elegant story of life in the land of illness and daily miracles"--

This book by Zacharias Tanee Fomum is the depiction of the beauty and grandeur in the holiness and character of Joseph. Very early on in life, this hardworking and non-idle young man took on the heavy burden of denouncing the sin of his brothers before his father, who loved him so much. This aroused the jealousy of his brothers who sold him into slavery. Having gone down to Egypt as a slave, he worked in Potiphar's house. There again, he fled sin...

The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations of the families whose territorial power and local leadership made them a central factor in medieval Scottish society. Issues discussed include the influence of Anglo-Norman England on earlier medieval Scotland, patterns of land accumulation by the aristocracy, noble residences, the legal and administrative aspects of baronial lordship,...