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'Trinity' was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. This exceptional book - Trinity - tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.

She knows what hides in the shadows...and now they won't leave her alone. Private Investigator Samantha Chase has survived one immortal killer. But while Sam believes the danger has passed, a wave of deadly animal attacks throws the city of Phoenix into a panic. Are these unfortunate deaths the result of a wild animal, or something...premeditated? During the chaos, a college student goes missing, and Sam is hired by the family to find her. She quickly discovers the powerful Taylor family hide dark secrets. Secrets they protect at all costs.

Weezy and Will Coffey raised their children, Martha, Claire, and Max, to be kind, smart, and independent. They gave them help with their homework, a dog, and homemade birthday cakes. It's true that Martha's a little too sensitive - she calls Claire several times a week to discuss natural disasters and local crime. And Claire has a short fuse with her sister - she becomes irate when Martha suggests that the two of them attend couples therapy. And Max, the baby and a senior in college, is a little too happy-go-lucky, though not as lucky as everyone would hope....

When Beth arrives in DC, she hates everything about it: the confusing traffic circles, the ubiquitous Ann Taylor suits, the humidity that descends each summer. At dinner parties, guests compare their security clearance levels. They leave their BlackBerrys on the table. They speak in acronyms. And once they realize Beth doesn't work in politics, they smile blandly and turn away.

You know you want it. In the dusty wastelands of postmodern Kansas sits a motel that serves as a cheap place to bring cheap dates for cheap tricks, but that all changes when a shot up hot rod crashes into the parking lot. There's a dead man in the passenger seat, a treasure map on the dashboard, and a trunk full of guns. Before the driver gives up the ghost he tells of a daring heist and bags of cash.

A postmodern tale of the fae. Pike is a reckless half-human changeling living in Seattle, one of the last strongholds of magic in the world, and she is having one hell of a month.

Enter a world of grim romance and dark erotic encounters, in which the leading women are warriors, witches, concubines, and even gods, capable of savage sexuality while aggressively seeking their own pleasure, power, and triumph. They weave their way through epic worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and myth in this six story collection.

In the aftermath of World War III, a reptilian army emerges from the darkness of space to launch a ruthless campaign of conquest and genocide. All that remains of the world is a wasteland of concrete ruins and shattered architecture, now the dystopian battlefield upon which the human resistance wages its defiant war of survival against the invaders. Includes five books of the Alien Resistance series.

Something has boarded the interstellar cargo vessel Kraken, and it is hungry for more than just meat. After days of being both the hunters and the hunted, Captain Tasha and a desperate few struggle against a shape shifting alien menace intent upon devouring most of the crew and has worse in store for the survivors.

Kelly Killjoy is a gun-slinging mercenary and skin flick scream queen on an endless quest for adventure, cash, and a good hard fight in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. This omnibus includes Fallout Girl, Straight to Video, Freak Legion, Lady Wasteland, and Frankenstein.

In a post-apocalyptic world the lone warrior Cassandra must use her supernatural gift, the ability to control life-force energy through sex, and all of her skills as a bounty hunter in an attempt to rescue the daughter of a handsome stranger from certain abuse and death at the hands of a raiding vampire cult and their enigmatic overlord.

Welcome to the House of Red and Black, a mansion nestled amidst several hundred acres of rolling hills and quiet forests in upstate New York, a temple to power and pleasure. Only those who find the perfect blend of sensual passion and enlightenment amidst the pain and humiliation are worthy of ascension in its hallowed halls.

At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament cult...

Are we alone in the universe? This is one of the most profound issues facing mankind - and one of the unresolved questions that science may finally be able to answer in this century. These 24 mind-expanding lectures reveal the cutting-edge research leading scientists to believe that life is not exclusively the domain of Earth. Professor Close offers an unparalleled look at the subject of life and the mysteries that remain.

The memo landed on Kim Philby's desk in Washington, DC, in July 1950. Three months later Bruno Pontecorvo, a physicist at Harwell, Britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a trace. When he resurfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

Quins són els límits que cal posar als fills i filles i, sobretot, com s'han de posar és una de les preocupacions de moltes famílies. El paradigma de criança tradicional, que tirava d'autoritarisme, d'arbitrarietat i del «perquè ho dic jo» no serveix quan les mares i pares volem establir una relació amb els fills i filles basada en el respecte mutu i la connexió. Tanmateix, ens falten referents i, a més, ens trobem amb una altra dificultat: sovint no tenim clars els nostres propis límits i, sense base pròpia, fem aigües.

The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physics On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been solved: the Higgs boson...

The day after her wedding, Donella Ferguson Watson wakes up shackled to a man haunted by the past. The lonely days become weeks, months. Her husband, Hugh, a prison doctor, will offer no explanation for their sexless marriage. She comes to suspect the answer lies with a hunger-striking suffragette who was force fed and held in solitary confinement. But what really happened between Hugh and his prisoner patient?

This short, smart book tells you everything you need to know about "nothing". What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - "nothing" - exist? To answer these questions, eminent scientist Frank Close takes us on a lively and accessible journey that ranges from ancient ideas and cultural superstitions to the frontiers of current research, illuminating the story of how scientists have explored the void and the rich discoveries they have made there.

Eclipses: What Everyone Needs to Know helps explain the profound differences between a 99.99 percent partial eclipse and true totality, and inform listeners how to experience this most beautiful natural phenomenon successfully. It covers eclipses of sun, moon, and other astronomical objects, and their applications in science, as well as their role in history, literature, and myth. It describes the phenomena to expect at a solar eclipse and the best ways to record them - by camera, video, or by simple handmade experiments.