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**The National Bestseller** From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He...

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen's estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version. But Lena isn't buying it. Now she's come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin's car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister's body.

“You can’t make this stuff up. It’s a wonder anyone bothers writing fiction.” Join our narrator in encounters ranging from poignant to absurd, many laugh-out-loud funny, as he wrestles with self-identity on a journey towards acceptance and gratitude.

The realm whispers of ruin. Mythical creatures choose humans to bond to, warriors and powers that intrigue them. Dragons, unicorns, gryphons, and more. Cursed bloodlines fight to right wrongs. Prophecies and danger. Into this chaos rises a girl who already died once and refuses to die again. Phoenix fire blazes in her veins, carrying her back to the moment everything changed. This time, she will not be a pawn. This time, she will not kneel. This time, she rises.

He rides a dawnling, a steed of light and glory, destined to restore. Jakim Ha’Nor will save his people, or so says the prophecy that upended his life and drove his brothers to betray him. Now, he has returned as the dawnrider to fulfill his purpose and reconcile with his brothers—only to find himself embroiled in a war. Captured in the fallout of a deadly attack, Rafi grapples with the ghosts of the past. His brother is alive but no longer himself, and Rafi will stop at nothing to save him.

I'm hunted. By my father's insane followers on social media and by a dangerous masked man in real life. I'm his prey. They wage a total war on my life, and danger hides behind every corner. I can't trust anyone when my brother's best friends—the very ones protecting me—are my prime suspects. The truth is that I can't even trust myself. My fake boyfriend has my heart beating too fast… for real, and there's a secret kiss I can't forget. My hockey gods' roommates call a truce, and that's where the real danger is.

Sông Bé, a fact-based narrative told in flashback from a present-day evening concert at the New Orleans Orpheum Theater, features a fit, world-renowned architect, Richard Foxworth, a West Point graduate who reacts to what his wife finds in his old Army footlocker.

The crew of your starship are being systematically slaughtered. What do you do? The galaxies ruling council have lost two ships, thousands of light years distant on the outer fringe of the Milky Way. A civilian exploration vessel and the military ship sent to find it have disappeared without a trace.

Dumped at the office party, Ellie is about to vent her spleen on social media when a photo of a cute little dog advertising a charity catches her eye. Her world suddenly changes dramatically when she is offered a month’s stay in Northumberland to help look after rescue animals. Ellie isn’t too sure where Northumberland is, but accepts, eager to start a new life away from London. Her destination is Lindisfarne, and her arrival on the small island in the North Sea is terrifying, fearing for her life on the causeway as the tide comes crashing in.

What would you do if you materialised inside an alien starship? It’s 2049, and NASA-sponsored physicist Edward Virr is on the cusp of man’s greatest breakthrough – the ability to fold space and travel faster than light. He personally tests NASA’s futuristic prototype fold ship with a hand-picked crew. But as disaster strikes the first mission, Ed begins to suspect that he isn’t the only one developing the new technology. Discovering there’s a lot more at stake than first contact, Ed soon realises that Earth’s very survival depends on his ability to solve a crime of galactic proportions.

From USA Today bestselling authors Kimberly Knight and Rachel Lyn Adams comes a MM baseball romance packed with undeniable chemistry, stolen moments, and second chances. Crew delivers a steamy fling-to-love, secret relationship, and single dad romance between a closeted catcher and the first baseman willing to keep their relationship hidden. This is book one in the Comeback duet, and the final at-bat happens in Knox.

As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin's next target. Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish Autonomous Region, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. Once there, Regina has to grapple with her preconceived notions of socialism and Judaism while asking herself the eternal question: What do we owe each other? How can we best help one another?

Violet Payne has spent years crafting the perfect facade, serving as a publicist and informant for House Sunsong, one of the five ruling noble families of Stelladir. But when she becomes a threat to the very House she serves, her life is marked for elimination. Ryland Sunsong is an assassin, a weapon forged in blood and loyalty. Tasked with silencing Violet before she can betray them, he expects the kill to be swift and emotionless. Instead, he finds himself drawn to the woman he’s meant to destroy—torn between duty and an undeniable, dangerous desire.

A band of battle-scarred crusaders, haunted by loss and fractured faith, take shelter in a storm-lashed tower, with a creature they captured on the battlefield. Behind barred doors lurks a presence that whispers like scripture yet reeks of damnation.

In the sun-drenched hills of Napa Valley, former Mexican cartel distributor Francisco Bautista reinvents himself as a respectable vintner, trading blood money for the prestige of California's wine aristocracy. Armed with a mountain estate, sprawling vineyards, and a fabricated past, Francisco launches his assault on Napa's wine country social elite. His unlikely arsenal includes a washed-up celebrity ghostwriter, retired sports legends, and elite wine experts—all fighting for relevance in the intoxicating world of luxury wine.

Maddie died. Piper refused to accept it. One blood ritual later and Maddie is back—undead, starving and nothing close to resembling human. Despite her deceased girlfriend reeking of rotting flesh, Piper decides she’ll do anything to keep her zombie girlfriend: lie to suspicious neighbors, outwit a nosy cop, and make sure the apartment complex’s missing-person flyers don’t point to their kitchen. As scraps of the old Maddie surface, so do the hunger pangs. The body count begins to pile up, and Piper has to decide what she's willing to do to keep her girlfriend fed.

From the creator of Dilbert and author of Reframe Your Brain , the bestselling guidebook to spotting and avoiding loserthink is back—with new content to introduce the second edition. loserthink (noun): sneaky mental habits trapping victims in their own bubbles of reality If you’ve been on social media lately, or turned on your TV, you may have noticed a lot of dumb ideas floating around. “We know when history will repeat and when it won’t.” “We can tell the difference between evidence and coincidences.” “The simplest explanation is usually true.” Wrong, wrong, and dangerous!

From the Ashes takes you on a journey through changes and shows how even during the times when everything is falling to pieces around you, the pieces are able to be rebuilt into something beautiful.

In a world where fairytales burn brighter, and darker, than ever before Of Fire, Flesh, and Fables beckons you into multiple twisted, sultry tales where love is dangerous, beauty is a weapon, and desire blazes hotter than any flame.

Brock Larson is a successful criminal defense lawyer. Wealthy, charming, and ruthless in the courtroom, he has a long list of victories—and a darker list of secrets. Behind closed doors, he preys on the vulnerable women who come to him for help, twisting their desperation into his private playground.