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Maauro and Wrik face their greatest challenge. A new area of space is being devastated by an unknown force: colonies and ships are disappearing. They accept Shasti Rainhell’s commission to find out what has happened and search for a lost cruiser. The voyage reunites them with the deadly Olivia Croyzer of Confed Intelligence. No one can imagine what awaits them on the other end of the starjump.

Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems compares the Copernican or Heliocentric system with the Ptolemaic or Peripatetic, system of the cosmos. Published in Florence in 1632, it resulted in him being tried before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, Galileo masterfully shows the truth of the Copernican system that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The Dialogue is one of the most important treatises ever written. A work of supreme clarity and accessibility, it remains as accessible now as when it was published.

Explosive new facts on who may have been responsible for JKF's untimely death are explored in a revealing, cutting edge current day assessment of all the evidence and new developments in this monumental case. From CIA involvement, to shots fired from the Grassy Knoll, to the Warren Commission and more, experience the enigma of this pivotal moment in world history like never before. In his final interview Ted Sorensen, JFK's script writer and closest advisor, discloses his insights along with several key witnesses coupled with never before seen expert opinion's and forensic assessments.

Alexander of Macedon was one of history’s greatest ever military commanders. By the time of his death, aged just 32, he had conquered the entire Persian Empire and was ruler of a vast territory stretching from Greece to the borders of India. These six episodes tell his extraordinary life story, as reimagined by acclaimed dramatist David Wade.

Jude's verses 14-15 reference Enoch's prophecy, but that prophecy is directly taken from the Book of Enoch! So what does the Book of Enoch say? Does Jesus Christ reference the Book of Enoch? Find out now in this brand-new audiobook!

Passionate, strong-minded nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections was the best-loved and most-written-about novel of 2001. Nearly every in-depth review of it discussed what became known as "The Harper's Essay," Franzen's...

A magical collection of 17 original stories by an amazing list of contributors—including a Dune story by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson!

After a Navy vessel receives an S.O.S. regarding a zombie attack on a Cargo Ship, a group of trained seamen find their way onboard. But neither expected to see the power the zombies possessed. They are faster and stronger than anything that the seamen had seen on the news reports aimed at Clifton Falls. And before they could react, a few of them are taken by the frightening monsters. It leaves a scary task for the remaining seamen after they enter the Cargo Ship, but can they rescue the survivors before the flesh-hungry dead rip them apart?

In March of 2001, Federal prosecutor Mark Devereaux cold-called Rob Holm, the head of security for McDonald's Corporation. Without explanation, Devereaux asked that Holm and several other McDonald's senior executives plan a visit to the Jacksonville, Florida, FBI, and tell no one about their intended destination. It wasn't up for discussion. Upon their arrival, Devereaux watched them closely, looking at body language, checking for tells. To him, they were all potential suspects.

Unbeknownst to anyone, somewhat-unhappy and never-quite-fitting-in 10-year-old Eddie Albert can speak to animals, including his pet dog Butch, his hamster and his two goldfish (who claim they were once pirates). But when Eddie is sent to stay with his eccentric aunt in Amsterdam, he discovers that she too has this gift.... So begins a breathless cosmopolitan comic crime adventure, as Eddie, Aunt Budge, his new friend Flo and a whole gang of amazing animals take on the most dastardly villain Amsterdam has ever seen, in a desperate race against time to save one of their own.

College was just supposed to be a fun experience. I moved all the way to New England to enjoy the rich history, make friends, and maybe even get a girlfriend. And against all odds, it looked like this lanky nerd might actually stick the landing on all of the above. But things took a weird turn when a bunch of insanely beautiful sorority girls started stalking me. Now, I’m suddenly surrounded by pentacles, the paranormal, and so many seductive witches that I don’t even know what to think. Am I seriously about to get sacrificed by the hottest girls I’ve ever seen?

All I wanted on my day off was to get some new ink and see the pretty tattoo artist who had been flirting with me during my last few sessions. I definitely didn’t expect to get teleported to an fantasy world filled with berserker zombies, fairies, and shapeshifters that lived in futuristic cities while oppressing the other races. I also didn’t expect my tattoos to come to life. And since most of them are weapons, it seems I am uniquely suited to fight. This world has already had an apocalypse, but maybe it’s time to start a revolution.

Ricard Hogarth is a respected professor at Durham specialising in the history of cartography, and in particular, early Turkish maps and the charts and portolans of Piri Reis. He has risen through the ranks from his working class roots to be an internationally renowned scholar. And yet, he is not really comfortable in the academic milieu he has landed in.

Modern humans may have existed in America thousands of years earlier than we are told to believe. Explore the compelling evidence unearthed by researchers who believe they are finding remnants of the ancient past.

Mike O'Sullivan thought the zombie virus was over, but when he and his team investigate a strange occurrence at the cemetery, they discover that twelve graves have been disturbed. The culprit? A special fertilizer created by a scientist. But this fertilizer doesn't just kill insects - it also regenerates dead cells in humans for a limited time.

We find Peak District Detective John Gammon spiraling toward depression with unsolved murders on his patch and his sister still missing. Gammon is going to need all his skills and detective cunning to get through this.

Dr. Watson returned from the village of Meiringen and has lost his closest friend and colleague, Sherlock Holmes. A confrontation with the elusive Professor Moriarty has ended in tragedy. Sherlock Holmes wakes from a coma at the Wellington Institute in England in a state of amnesia, a year of his life missing. He must rediscover who and what he is under the shadow of a serial killer who, once apprehended by Holmes, now seeks his revenge.

You’ll discover how this three-legged little Aussie terrier goes from a city dog, who’s never seen a horse, to become a world famous jockey, accidentally! In the second part, we follow Lucky and his horse friend Bardot to America, where he rides in one of the world’s most famous horse races, the Kentucky Derby. What happens in that race will amaze and surprise you.

The secretive Order of the Rook bursts from the shadows, sweeping over the land, assassinating royal families, and seizing control of armies and cities. Those who dare resist are hunted to extinction. Now Brion races to save Brigid, Emyr, and their new child from the assassins sent to destroy them. But this time, it isn’t just about the lives of those he loves. The freedom of all lands rests in his hands and those of the friends he left behind in Morcia.

Brion is trapped in a hopeless search for his mentor and friend Redmond, who has disappeared in a kingdom on the brink of civil war. When he falls afoul of the regent Lady Adelaide, Brion finds himself beyond the bounds of the law, pursued by assassins, and accused of kidnapping the boy-king of Morcia. Now, he must pluck Redmond out of a thousand square miles of enemy territory while evading clashing armies and keeping his friends alive.