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Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives with his parents and younger sister Rebecca in London. He has little in common with any of them, except for a passion for digging, which he shares with his father, a museum curator and doctor of archaeology. When his father suddenly disappears after a row with his mother, the police believe he has just gone away for a while to cool down. But Will is unconvinced, and decides to investigate with his best friend, Chester.

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! A new age has dawned upon the United Freedom Republic! From the gleaming towers of Caisteal City to the farthest reaches of the civilized world, science has transformed the impossible into the everyday. Airships crowd the skies. Marvels of engineering reshape...

Under the old rule of the Sanhedrin, a man convicted by every single judge walked free. Seventy-one votes for guilt, and the court released him. The reasoning was not mercy. It was quality control. If nobody on the bench could find a word to say for the accused, then nobody had been looking, and a court that has stopped looking is not a court. Unanimity was treated as a sign that the instrument had broken. Modern life produces unanimity by the hour, and we treat it as proof. This book argues that our century is not less dogmatic than the ones we condescend to, merely better dressed.

In Seattle, friends Macy, AJ, Kieran, and Luke attend the local Renaissance fair. They go into a tent called Seeking Hearts and are charmed by Sam, the Game Master, into playing a tabletop Role Play Game with dice based on the Greek myth Cupid and Psyche. Subtly, the lines between in game and real life start to blur as the relationships become more revealing between the friends. The game inspires them in their real lives the more they play, week after week.

I saw her. I stalked her. I became obsessed. I discovered the demons she fights, and I concocted a plan to help her purge them—the same way I purged mine all those years ago. I was going to make her a monster like me. Just. Like. Me. I'd make her kill until she relented and became the goddess of death I knew she could be. Why? Because I wasn't going to stop killing, and I was never going to let her go, even if I had to chain her in my basement. She. Was. Mine.

A duty-bound, grumpy cowboy accidentally subscribes to his little sister's best friend's cam show in this spicy small-town, age-gap romance. Maddox Whittaker has stretched himself way too thin. Between running his family's thousand-head cattle ranch and taking care of younger siblings perfectly...

When Hernan Cortes brought down an empire of millions with a few hundred men, he let a secret out of the bag that we have been trying to forget ever since. A civilization is astonishingly easy to knock over. And almost nobody has to die for it to happen. Peter Kriger takes up mischievous satire Anti-Columbus, the one in which the Aztecs sail east and discover Europe, and chases the joke all the way to its unsettling, oddly liberating end. His argument is simple and hard to unhear: a civilization is a shop window.

Trapp Hemming is used to being the golden boy—his mother's favorite, the town hero, laid back and well-adjusted in the midst of his bonkers family, well-liked and desired by all. But what happens when the town hero gets dumped? When his position as the coffee shop darling is usurped, when his...

Death to the Queen. Let the true King rise. The throne belonging to the Queen's of Nyx has been claimed by another. By a mage determined to see the line of Nyx end, and bring in a new era power. But I can't let that happen—I won't. If he wins, then the entire supernatural world will be...

A novella featuring the characters of the Daughters of Nyx and their happily ever after! I fought the war. I won the battle. I gave destiny the middle finger. And now . . . Now I'm in for rest. Right? Except my nine wonderful mates are hiding something from me. As they help me raise my three...

Ava Moretti is a mafia princess with a fiery personality and an aversion to doing what she's told. Nick Caponelli is next in line to lead the Caponelli mafia—he’s used to getting exactly what he wants. When they meet by chance one night, neither has any idea they are from rival crime families. After a night of passion, they are supposed to part ways and never see each other again. But fate has bigger plans, and soon Ava must make a decision that will change her life forever. What comes first: love or family?

Stranded in Alaska, survival becomes paramount against starvation, hypothermia, and the dangerous predators lurking outside their isolated cabin. Sharing precious body heat with her viciously possessive men presents another challenge. She must navigate not only the brutal arctic tundra but also the intricacies of polyamorous love to ensure they make it out alive.

From the ruins of Stonehenge to the starships of Vallon he sought the secret of a trace of memory. When the man named Legion signed on as a soldier of fortune, he did not expect to end up as the master of a private island, nor to cower in ancient druid pits, nor fight for his life in the great hall of Okk-Hamiloth on a planet galaxies away.  

This infamous compendium of the strange and unexplained, including UFOs and strange weather, was the result of decades of research in libraries by its author, Charles Fort (the inspiration for the term "Fortean"). Worldwide occurrences of the supernatural and the paranormal are documented, with names and pages of sources provided.

Digital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions - but it is not a book about technology. It is about the organizational changes required to harness the power of technology. The authors argue that digital disruption is primarily about people and that effective digital transformation involves changes to organizational dynamics and how work gets done.

Having completed his training to become an Adept-Lieutenant, Desmond is now ready to return to active service. Graduating top of his class and setting a base record for his scores, Desmond managed to achieve a lot, and so did his girls. Not a single member of Arsenal wasted their time at the...

Water is more than a resource: it is a living trust connecting land, community, and future generations. This practical volume guides listeners from watershed observation and water budgeting through rainwater harvesting, earthworks, conservation, drought resilience, purification, climate adaptation, appropriate technology, and long-term maintenance. Yet durable water systems depend upon more than pipes, ponds, swales, and pumps. They require trustworthy cooperation.

Kamanar leads a team of six misfits on a suicide mission. Monstrosities, flesh-eating rodents, and mutated bugs are only a few of the abominations they must face. As twists and extreme conflicts shatter the group, multiple POVs allow each member to tell their side of the tale—until every thread is tied together in a dramatic conclusion.

The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets. Lincoln Blake, a former Navy Seal, saves Pearl Thomas from kidnappers that will do anything to get to him. They set off on a wild adventure into the mountains as the pursuit continues. They want Lincoln, dead or alive—it doesn't matter. Pearl's simply collateral damage. His past has caught up with him and she is guilty by association in the eyes of his enemies. One attack after another, proves their strength when they work together as a team. When another woman attempts to split them up, Pearl takes the offensive position.

When life falls apart, sometimes the best way forward is through a looking glass to the future, especially if it leads to a town where magic is real, secrets are hidden in plain sight, and the local guide is a good-looking crush from years ago. Once Maeve finds out her husband has a mistress and her life has pretty much been a lie except for the beautiful daughter she created from nineteen years of marriage, she takes her friend up on an invite to Stonewick Village. The town is a quirky tourist trap, famous for its enchanted setting and mysterious beginnings.