A research scientist finds a way to contain the spreading of the AIDS virus by inhibiting an organism's sexual libido. The government orders the production and distribution of the antiandrogen hormone to prisons and cities throughout the world in hopes of containing the spread of HIV. A turn of events occur from the inclusion of the hormone with rapid aging and the breakdown of body systems including sexual reproduction. Will Donna Taylor and her colleagues find a reversal to the affects of the AA hormone, or is mankind subject to extinction?

LIAISONS is an exclusive on line dating service where ordinary people can be matched to the person of their dreams, literally But is it really all it seems to be? There is what you want and what you receive in life. Beauty is superficial and life can be distorted with the dysfunctional undercurrents of the psychologically deranged. But that shouldn't matter if you really love someone, should it? Karl Wright and Danny Morgan have formed an agency they call LIAISONS. Karl formulated the idea for this service after he met and married his beautiful wife Karen, who has a bi polar disorder. His speculation is that if someone had the chance to meet someone with an affliction and fall in love first, then their problem would not matter to them. Danny is a young technological genius and runs background checks on potential clients, while Karl handles the interviews and the profiles. Their list of clients include Grayson Murray, a reverend with technophobia. School teacher Theresa Gardner who marries a handsome sophisticated lawyer, and persuades her friend Stacey to join LIAISONS. Stacey is matched to a very handsome but darkly brooding FBI profiler, and fears that his odd behavior and discrepancies might have something to do with the serial killer plaguing the city. Melanie Edwards is a beautiful art appraiser who can not escape her domineering father and the life he has chosen for her. Melanie has been labeled as having a social disorder, possible schizophrenia. Shane MacGregor can offer her the lifestyle she craves, but someone is out to eliminate him. Is it her father, the man he wants her to marry, or is it Melanie herself? Alexis Lee is an exquisite performer who wants to have her own family as much for herself as for her aging parents. Taylor Reid finds her irresistible, but because he is rather homely, he is jealous of others in her life. He is not jealous of other men, but of another female dancer. When the dancer winds up dead, Taylor is suspected of being who the papers call, the Slasher Among other clients there is Susan, a sexually inhibited college administrator. The only way she has been able to relate to men is by becoming a completely different personality. She refers to herself as Suzette. This persona gains control when a relationship with the opposite sex becomes to intimate for Susan to handle. Nick Clearwater suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, and after a few unsuccessful matches, he is ready to give up. Will he ever be able to find a woman who can love without patronizing him? It becomes evident to the police that many problems involving Liaisons has unfolded in crimes including the slaying of several women in the city. Is the dating service liable? Does their success rate outweigh their failures? What will happen when or if the killer is apprehended? What will happen to the people and the staff associated with the dating service known as Liaisons?

Suzie, a widow with two grown-up daughters, has made a success of her life - until, at a public event, she is faced by the man she last saw as a teenager, forty years ago. James, once a history student, is now an Anglican priest in Oxford, battling his own demons and trying to mend the sins of the past. When he says he wants to find the child Suzie gave up for adoption in the 1960s, her shock turns to fury. After what he did - and after such a betrayal - how dare he even ask? Determined to spell things out for James, Suzie has questions of her own. The answers change her perspective, but if she agrees to search for her adopted son, she must face her own guilt as well as fears that her son may, in turn, reject her. Over the succeeding months, she and James grow closer. The old attraction isn't dead, and while desire battles with resentment on Suzie's part, James is struggling with principle and belief. From rural Yorkshire to the tragic world of mother-and-baby homes, the past takes Suzie to the bright lights of London, life with her artist husband, and back to recent times in York. But only when she's faced with death in the high Pennines, can she begin to heal; and only when James has laid the past to rest, can he begin to forgive himself.

Is this the right book for me? Raise Happy Chickens is a quickly accessible but authoritative guide, suitable for total beginners, that provides all the information you need to start keeping your own chickens. Telling you which breed of bird lays best and providing useful guidance on housing, equipment and the necessities of day-to-day care, it meets all the needs of anyone who dreams of a garden full of happy, clucking birds. It also goes beyond just chickens to other types of poultry, and gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behaviour and diet.

A humorous look at pregnancy revealing the reality behind the reassurances every pregnant women knows are not true: you'll get used to throwing up; you'll have no trouble getting a seat on a bus; you can nap when the baby naps; and the second one will be easier.

After the Fall introduces us to a brilliantly eccentric family from New York s Upper East Side. Pops, a self-made millionaire, is a mad inventor who gleans his inspiration from popovers and Raquel Welsh. Mother is a fabulously dressed but mercurial socialite from Buenos Aires whose weapon of choice is a croquet mallet. Young Alan, our earnest and studious narrator, and his drama-queen little sister, Alex, love their parents but must turn to their good-natured housekeeper and cook for a better sense of reality.

One fateful day, Alan returns home to find that the family has gone bust, not even a penny to be found. The next morning, to the children s surprise, the family wakes up in Central Park along with the entire contents of their penthouse arranged just as before art, furniture, pugs, and all. Aided by their two loyal housekeepers and fed by the maitre d from their favorite restaurant, the family makes Central Park into a comfortable and creative home.

But soon the strains of life and the weather, which is getting chilly threaten to tear apart the parents marriage. As the holiday season approaches, the children rise to the challenge of bringing their family back together.

With more than two hundred drawings and featuring kimono-clad squirrels and a visit by a Yeti, this delicious tale is a love letter to family, creativity, and New York."