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It's all come down to this. A war for control of all civilization, pitting organic life against an ancient evil that knows no fear, no kindness, and no limits. Calamity is loose, and it's been busy learning—from its time with Netty to running wild among the stars, the ultimate evil seeks nothing less than complete dominion over all space and time. And for Calamity, life is in the way.

In Methusaleh's Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all. Austad—the leading authority on longevity in animals—argues that the best way we will learn from these long-lived animals is by studying them in the wild.

No romantic story has ever lived up to Dr. Clementine Hughes's reality but at least he has his two-million-word fanfic and a prestigious research position at Vitalis-Barron Pharmaceuticals, where their benefits are superb and their experimentation on vampires highly unethical. When a mysterious accident turns Clementine into a vampire, his growing thirst forces him to the streets to hunt.

The Stupid Ways to Die series is a globally-minded, darkly funny, affectionately sarcastic survey of the most creative, most avoidable, and most uniquely local ways that humans have found to accidentally check out early. Each volume focuses on a single country or region, celebrating the specific intersection of culture, geography, wildlife, and optimism that makes each nation's flavor of preventable death distinctly its own.

Great artists change the way we look at the world. From Manet to Goya, and Rothko to Caravaggio, this comprehensive guide traces the development of artistic styles and the spot connections between them. Discover the major movements in western painting, and the life and times of the influential artists whose experimentation paved the way.

In a fractured world where life rises and disappears without memory, one presence remains. Rooted deep within a silent divide, an ancient tree endures—watching the endless cycles of emergence and fading that surround it. Nothing lingers. Nothing returns. Everything passes…except the tree. Shaped by isolation and time, it becomes something different. A quiet awareness forms within it—one that does not dissolve with the rest of existence. What once defined its apartness begins to reveal itself as something else entirely. Strength.

Cypress Run is a historical mystery set in post-Reconstruction Florida, blending frontier justice, found family, slow-burn romance—and yes, alligators. Tom Bracken was a good detective in Chicago. Good enough to know that if you're going to make enemies, you should do it spectacularly well or not at all. Which is how, in the winter of 1883, he finds himself exiled to Cypress Run, Florida: a swamp-soaked frontier town where the alligators outnumber the citizens, the politics are deadlier than the wildlife, and the only woman worth talking to spends most of her time calling him an idiot.

A debut Queer YA novel combining the power of video games, and the potential of young love with magic, horror and the supernatural. This unabridged audiobook edition is narrated by Jordan Renzo, George Greenland, Alix Wilton Regan with original music by Sam Watts.

What makes intelligent, thoughtful people embrace beliefs that seem irrational -- or even dangerous -- to others? In a world growing ever more fractured, understanding the mechanics of belief is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity. Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things is for those who refuse easy answers. Drawing on philosophy, science, and history, you’ll explore the ways our deepest convictions both unite and divide us. Discover: How core assumptions shape societies, values, and every “rational” argument. What makes a belief justified -- and when it’s likely to become toxic.

When Charlie moves to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world. Pinned between the everglades and the swampy banks of Lake Okeechobee, the small town produces sugar cane . . . and the fastest runners in the country. Kids chase muck rabbits in the fields while the cane is being burned and harvested. Dodging flames and blades and breathing smoke, they run down the rabbits for three dollars a skin. And when they can do that, running a football is easy. 

What would you sacrifice for a love that shouldn't exist? SADE: I'm not supposed to be here. One minute I'm in my Bath hotel room in 2025, the next I'm crashing through time into 1815 England with nothing but a laptop bag and a racing heart. No way home. No plan. And absolutely no idea how to explain to Regency society why a Black American woman just appeared out of nowhere speaking like she's from another world. Because I am. Then HE finds me. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Thornwood. Cold grey eyes. Devastating smile. The kind of dangerous that makes smart women do stupid things.

Archibald est un jeune écrivain prometteur mais foudroyé. Après avoir dilapidé le succès de son premier roman et s'être fait bannir par le milieu de l'édition, il n'a plus le choix. Pour survivre, il accepte de devenir la plume de l'homme qu'il hait le plus : Marc Laroche, le célèbre critique littéraire qui a détruit sa carrière. La mission ? Écrire un livre pour le compte de Laroche, un outil de séduction désespéré destiné à reconquérir sa femme. Mais le plan déraille.

Time . People often say, ‘time is precious’ to emphasize its value, that time shapes lives by saying, ‘time is money’, and by expressing how time can feel like it passes too quickly with, ‘time waits for no one’. Has Thaddeus’s prolonged time away caused those who watch for him to become careless in their efforts to keep others safe What has Thaddeus been up to? What sinister plan has he fashioned this time, and who will fall victim to his latest genetic exploits? Was it fate that led Zuriel to Grier, or was that timing? What is it that people say about timing?

Nastya Sokolov has never belonged. Cursed with the gift of foretelling death at a single touch, she lives as a ghost among the living, bound to her mother’s funeral home and the silence of the dead. But when the body of a car crash victim arrives at the morgue, Nastya feels something stir—an echo that whispers of secrets buried deep. Then the victim’s best friend appears at her door, insisting the death was no accident.

Between the endless, exhausting work of harvesting souls and keeping the balance between the mortal world and the Forces that inhabit Eternity, Death just wants a break. Of course, that doesn’t mean that Death wants someone else doing their job for them. So, naturally, when a soul is taken before its time and Death had nothing to do with the reaping, there’s only one course of action: figure out who is responsible, and make sure this never happens again.

In Make Your Story Believable: Diagnosing the Pitfalls of Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Robert Bilkovski – a physician-turned-medtech consultant – unpacks one of healthcare’s most overlooked truths: a great idea means nothing if your story isn’t believable. Drawing on two decades of firsthand experience in emergency medicine, Fortune 500 companies, and chaos of startup life, the author delivers a hard-hitting diagnosis of why promising healthcare ventures crash—and how yours doesn’t have to.

Wartime London. The air-raid sirens may scream across the sky, but for Vera, the real terror waits behind closed doors. On War Street, every family hides something — and Vera’s secret could destroy everything she holds dear. This powerful saga follows one woman’s fight to survive: battling not only the bombs raining from above, but the fury of an abusive husband whose temper blazes as fiercely as the fires lighting the night. When he’s sent overseas to serve, Vera finally dares to breathe again — until a handsome fireman arrives to battle the flames consuming London.

Just sign on the dotted line… Vienna Eighteen is just the beginning. Independence is something I crave even if precaution is something I lack. Being a klepto makes me impulsive, and it’s that kind of rash thinking that lands me in a corn maze with a total stranger. But the side of me that craves a kinky release can’t get enough of Darius’ dark obsession. Darius Once every quarter, the OGB endorses a game of Run and Hide in a private corn maze up in Estes Park. Selecting a partner is up to the will of the society's members, and I have yet to pick someone I want to bring back more than once.

Power corrupts. Magic devours. In Hedge End, monsters aren't born—they're made. The city's cursed gems twist human flesh into nightmares, and no one knows how to stop them. After the gems claimed her parents, Clara Aldridge, niece to the mayor and heir to his power, swore to protect what's...

The Mathesons have reunited and are now in search of help in a vast and dangerous galaxy. After surviving an attack, Thomas leads his family toward a faint signal on a remote planet and finds exactly what they had been hoping for: a surviving Arbitrator But nothing can ever be easy. The...