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An empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency that follows, youth rebellions of urban Burghers and rural Yeomen embrace radical new ideas of humanity. Doctor Hugo Rustin, chief surgeon at the Imperial College Hospital, is increasingly estranged from his city and his family - from his wife, Annabelle, who finds fulfillment in their changed community; and especially from his teenage daughter, Selva, who has turned against her father's values.

Amelia Harris has played it safe all her life - but when a minor accident lands her in hospital, she dramatically quits the tedious office job she's been working at for a decade. When her mother, Toni, asks her what she wants to do, Amelia is at a loss. Out of sheer desperation, she tries her hand at the dream jobs she's always fantasised about. Soon Amelia's shadowing a thrilling cast of characters and professions - as a journalist, a florist, a wedding planner, a zookeeper, and more. Life couldn't be more exciting, especially when she meets the man of her dreams.

Siew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency. And in Singapore, Siew Li's niece Stella finds herself accused of being a Marxist conspirator.

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.

A terrorist cabal has acquired a scrapped Soviet sub from the Cold War - a technologically advanced failure still able to outrun any torpedo or enemy vessel and strike at will. With a nuclear payload, it will enable the terrorists to fire directly on Israel - and throw the world into chaos. All that remains is to modernize the sub with the latest technology. Only one man can infiltrate the group, take the helm, and stop a holocaust - a man who has already stared down death, and is ready to do battle once more....

Bel Kumar wakes up in hospital surprised and confused. Surprised to be told she had a near-fatal accident outside work. And confused as to why her ex-boyfriend is by her bedside. Bel's HR record still lists her ex as her next of kin, but she can't think of a less appropriate person to nurse her back to health.

When James witnesses a brutal killing outside his home, he must choose between seeking help or waiting for rescue in a city overrun by the infected. Trapped in his lab as the city descends into chaos, scientist Daniel waits for the infected surrounding the building to disperse. When they refuse to budge even days later, he realizes he's going to be stuck there for a long time.

Being a hero of the department has its perks. Supposedly. I still haven’t found any. My crush is a mountain of tattooed silence, and my new boss sends me on more missions than a homing pigeon. Being a soul rescuer is seriously wearing out my Dr. Martens. When my pantheon’s soul is stolen, I must team up with the oldest playboy in existence and go to Las Vegas. What does Sin City bring to the table? More dragons than I can handle. With my smoke-breathing boss on my ass, fire elementals trying to punch my ticket, and a half-demon as my only reliable ally, I’m under a lot of heat.

An irreverent and deeply moving comedy set in New York about friendship, fertility and fighting for one's sanity in a toxic workplace. Jen has reached her early 30s and has all but abandoned a once-promising painting career when, spurred by the economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit. The foundation's aim is to empower women, but staffers spend all their time devising acronyms for imaginary programs, ruthlessly undermining one another and stroking the ego of their boss, the larger-than-life celebrity philanthropist Leora Infinitas.

Dr. Kelly Irving knew her husband, attorney Jack Harbaugh, was acting strangely but figured they’d get through it. When she backed out of her garage that morning, she thought her car hit a bump. Instead, its progress was stopped by the body of a man her husband recently represented. The dead man had been shot by her husband’s gun. Jack was a primary suspect. Kelly couldn’t decide if Jack was a murderer or marked as the next victim. They were forced to put their marital differences aside and concentrate on keeping Jack alive while discovering who was behind the whole thing.

A novel about a town that falls apart when one sheriff's plans are followed too rigorously. Paxton and his mother move to Lost Creek to escape his violent father. Use of the Internet is frowned upon in this strange little town, where the local sheriff has made detailed plans for calamities from zombie wars to holocausts. When Paxton, an avid gamer, has finally settled into a life without the Internet, calamity strikes, and he and his mother are suddenly at the forefront of the action.

In this book, I will be explaining in high detail how I experienced an emergency landing in Oklahoma City on my trip from Portland to Houston. I lived that day like a real-life movie with all assigned characters, scenes, and details scripted minute-by-minute; I noticed all of this when I got home later that day.

What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves calling out for rescue? In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his investigation of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what one invents, as a queer Asian American living through an era of Trump, mass shootings, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers the future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental education, pulls no punches: Even with the Paris Agreement of 2015, Earth systems will not reach a new equilibrium for centuries.

Als James Zeuge eines brutalen Mordes direkt vor seinem Haus wird, muss er sich entscheiden, ob er Hilfe sucht oder auf Rettung in einer von Infizierten überlaufenen Stadt wartet. Der Wissenschaftler Daniel ist in seinem Labor gefangen, während die Stadt im Chaos versinkt, und wartet darauf, dass sich die Infizierten, die das Gebäude umzingeln, auflösen. Als sie sich auch nach Tagen nicht rühren, wird ihm klar, dass er für eine lange Zeit dort festsitzen wird.

Laboring in emergency rooms all around the country is a group of dedicated doctors and nurses who just want to make a difference. Some swear, some drink, and some laugh in order to manage their emotions while providing high-quality care in the most unimaginable, shocking, and difficult cases. Among this group of highly skilled medical professionals is Goldie Fisher, a nurse who is completing her first week of orientation at a level one trauma center.

Estos últimos años no he podido dejar de pensar en Borges y su derrota estética, y en las miles de salidas de emergencia que he visto señaladas en los lugares por los cuales he transitado. Y he aprendido, también, que cuando mis días sucumben en tragedias y desorden, en dudas y rupturas, tengo que ser capaz de abrir mi propia salida de emergencia.

Myra Alexander never expected to be a hero, but when a young man has a motorcycle accident right in front of her, she doesn't wait for an ambulance. She puts him in her car and rushes to the hospital. On her way out, she's stopped by a very beautiful young nurse who brings her to the doctor. She doesn't know it, but the two of them want to show her their appreciation; and before long she'll have her first lesbian sex experience in the middle of a red-hot doctor/patient sex mff threesome!

Nicola is a doctor working the night shift at the hospital where her husband is recovering from an accident. Her sexual needs have been overwhelming her, and she intends to satisfy all of them tonight. Things take a turn when she unveils her plan to her husband, which involves lube, surgical tubing, another doctor, and a male nurse.