We The People

The Bill of Rights defines and defends the freedoms we enjoy as Americans -- from the right to bear arms to the right to a civil jury. Using the dramatic true stories of people whose lives have been deeply affected by such issues as the death penalty and the right to privacy, attorneys Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy reveal how the majestic principles of the Bill of Rights have taken shape in the lives of ordinary people, as well as the historic and legal significance of each amendment. In doing so, they shed brilliant new light on this visionary document, which...

Follow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors, one Irish and one American. He is 'out' to his parents but to no one else. French-born Jean Isidore de Sauveterre is also the son of two ambassadors, one Catalan and one Parisian. His four half brothers have been told to cure him of his homosexuality. Both teens have lost a parent in a London car bombing.

Declan and Isidore meet at the beginning of their senior year at a private academy in the United States. Declan is immediately smitten with...

Elpida: Book Two

High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. Almost. He has great friends, parents who love him just the way he is, and he was a champion hurdler until someone took out his knee when they kidnapped his boyfriend. Yet, Michael is determined to make the USATF tryouts in spite of his injuries.

Christy Castle is Michael's entire world. Healing from years of abuse, his abduction by a predator has left him hiding a new secret as he tries to start his life again. Together, Michael and Christy work to recover...

Eleve de terminale, Michael Sattler mene une vie de reve. C'est un athlete vedette accompli, il a de bons amis, et des parents qui l'aiment exactement comme il est. La seule chose qui manque dans sa vie c est un petit ami. C'est un probleme parce qu'il n'a avoue son homosexualite qu a ses parents et a son meilleur ami. Lorsqu il heurte accidentellement Christy Castle a l'ecole, sa vie change d'une facon qu'il n'aurait jamais pu imaginer. Christy est l'homme de ses reves: intelligent, beau, et sexy. Cependant, rien n'aurait pu preparer Michael a ce qu entrainerait le fait d etre le petit...

Elpida, tome 3

Michael et Christy sont allEs au bal, ils ont obtenu leur diplOme, et Michael a remportE les Epreuves de sElection de l'USATF. Avec l'UniversitE d'Oxford qui se profile A l'horizon, son avenir est prometteur et il croit que la vie a repris son cours normal aprEs le sauvetage de Christy d'un de ses agresseurs du passE - il ne pourrait pas avoir plus tort.

Christy a EtE libErE d'une vie d'esclavage depuis un an et a fait de remarquables progrEs, en grande partie grAce A l'amour qu'il a trouvE auprEs de Michael. Mais le rEcent procEs d'un...