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A barely employed tech worker has never felt they belonged. Not in society, not even in their own family. Their days are filled with loneliness, a struggle to survive and a desperate search for connection—even if that connection is merely virtual. Now, a black-market hacker promises to open a new world for them, and it works—in ways no human has ever experienced. They find a world of wonder, of possibilities and of danger—where their new virtual reality could mean the end of their physical reality. And what they discover could change the fate of humankind—forever.

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.

Stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heartstrings, or making you smile with understanding. In this anthology, you'll find fifteen stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, a couple of war pigs, and visit many new fantasy worlds. Watch out for the dragons! Deep Magic: Volume 3 has stories that will satisfy your hunger to escape.

Para alguns, a tecnologia é o prenúncio do fim do mundo. Para outros, é apenas o começo de uma nova era. Renomado escritor de ficção científica, autor dos best-sellers Matéria escura e Recursão, Blake Crouch convidou grandes nomes da literatura contemporânea para traçar histórias audaciosas que mergulham nos desdobramentos que os avanços tecnológicos acarretam à humanidade.

Justice is bought and sold in the shadows. He's bringing it into the light. Peter Drake—better known as "The Old Man"—thought he was done chasing shadows. After decades of leading some of the FBI's most intricate operations, he's traded his badge for beach walks and sunsets at his Florida condo. But retirement doesn't last long for men like him. When a cryptic three-line note lands on a Justice Department desk in Washington, it sets off alarm bells at the highest levels of government.

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember...

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. It starts with the great red...

The New York Times Bestseller Jordan Peele, the visionary writer and director of Get Out, curates this anthology of brand new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but also the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our world. Featuring an introduction...

Violence is rampant in today's society. From state-sanctioned violence and the brutality of war and genocide to interpersonal fighting and the ways in which social lives are structured and symbolized by and through violence, people enact terrible things on other human beings almost every day. In Archaeologies of Violence and Privilege, archaeologists Christopher N. Matthews and Bradley D. Phillippi bring together a collection of authors who document the ways in which past social formations rested on violent acts and reproduced violent social and cultural structures. 

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, HOPE YOU BROUGHT A SHOVEL ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'The chemistry is feral' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Plot twist: I just fell for a serial killer' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Hot, hilarious and absolutely inappropriate' YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN THE...

Harry's Spooky Surprise! is set around Halloween. Harry needs to visit his friends at nighttime to collect items from them for a very special reason. Harry learns that there is no reason to be afraid of the dark and the importance of saying "thank you".

Ha dado comienzo una estación de desenlaces. Empieza con una gran grieta roja que recorre las entrañas del único continente del planeta, una grieta que escupe una ceniza que oculta la luz del sol. Empieza con la muerte, con un hijo asesinado y una hija perdida. Empieza con una traición, con heridas latentes que comienzan a supurar. El lugar es la Quietud, un continente acostumbrado a la catástrofe en el que la energía de la tierra se utiliza como arma. Y en el que no hay lugar para la misericordia.

Harry the Happy Mouse is a cheerful, traditional story about a mouse called Harry who lives in the colorful English countryside. Harry helps a frog, but asks the frog to repay the kindness to someone else. We follow the good deed as it moves through other characters, who each selflessly help someone else, making themselves feel happy in the process!

Three billionaire brothers. Three unexpected love stories. One empire built on legacy, loyalty, and risk. The Sharpe brothers rule the world of luxury resorts through Sharpe International Network — but boardrooms are nothing compared to the women who challenge their control. From tropical...

Would you risk it all for love? A high-ranking official's daughter, Solaris is wild and reckless, a daredevil with no regard for authority. For icy Kaige, the nocturne prince of Draconis, life is discipline and self-control. A prophecy split their worlds in two - a decree issued outlawing all human and vampire contact. Death is the consequence for crossing the dark divide between Imera and Draconis. When their worlds collide, a dangerous and forbidden string of events unfold. 

Stress ist ein weit verbreitetes Phänomen - und im begrenzten Maß sogar gesund. Doch zu viel Stress kann krank machen, so dass Betroffene auf fremde Hilfe angewiesen sind, um einen Ausweg aus dem Teufelskreis zu finden. Stressfrei leben ist kein Buch, das Ihnen mit erhobenem Zeigefinger aufzeigt, was Sie alles falsch machen. Es will vielmehr Ideen geben und Ihnen helfen, einen Blick hinter die Kulissen Ihres Körpers zu werfen. Ergründen Sie, was in Ihrem Körper in einer Stresssituation passiert, und entdecken Sie Ihre maßgeschneiderte Lösung für ein gesundes Stressmanagement.

Dylan, a 16-year-old straight-A student has gone rebellious after losing his best friend in a car accident. He is introduced to an untested Android named Annika who begins to develop feelings causing the department she came from to fight to erase her memories and shut her down for good. With twists and turns at every corner, dangerous bike races, bratty crushes, family drama, and endless secrets, will Dylan make it in time to save Android Annika’s memories from being erased, or will the trust they've worked so hard to build be lost forever?

La luna volverá pronto. Que su regreso proclame la destrucción de la humanidad dependerá de dos mujeres. Essun ha heredado el poder de alabastro Decanillado. Con él espera encontrar a su hija Nassun y forjar un mundo en que los niños orogenes crezcan a salvo. Para Nassun, el que su madre haya sido capaz de dominar el Portal de los Obeliscos es algo que llega tarde. Ha sido testigo del mal que hay en el mundo y ha aceptado lo que Essun no comprende: que, a veces, lo que está corrompido no se puede purificar y hay que destruirlo.

En Manhattan, un joven estudiante de posgrado sale del tren y se da cuenta de que no recuerda quién es, de dónde viene ni su nombre. Pero sí que es capaz de sentir el latir del corazón de la ciudad, ver su historia y percibir su poder. En el Bronx, la directora lenape de una galería de arte encuentra unos extraños grafitis que adornan toda la ciudad, tan maravillosos y poderosos que se podría decir que la pintura la llama, literalmente. En Brooklyn, una madre y política descubre que oye las canciones de la ciudad, que resuenan al ritmo de los tacones de sus Louboutin.