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Dreams blur with real-life warnings for John Haviland when a mysterious woman appears to him on a strange boat. It doesn't take long to realize her coded messages mean more than she conveys.

Deep in the middle of nowhere, a demigod left the heavenly realm to rescue a princess and protect her from evil forces that would do her harm. Little did he know that this rescue mission would lead him back to the enchanted castle ruins of his childhood, where friends become family and adventure is waiting around every corner. Galdaria is a magical land of giant ogres and tiny fairies, evil witches and mischievous gnomes. Dragons, gods, and supernatural monsters from the abyss have been known to show up as well.

And although the first commandment of being a badass says not to talk about being a badass, I think the universe will make an exception, since I am endeavoring to bring the universal message of self-confidence to those who have not yet heard. I may not be some people's version of a badass, but I don't really care. Some are masters of getting what they want, and some are masters of giving until they drop. All badasses, however, have some things in common, and I like observing and documenting them. This audiobook is a collection of my observations.

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide.

Few people can capture the beauty of San Francisco better then the unnamed Chinese immigrant who penned these words long ago. I present you with my translation of The Tao of San Francisco.

Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives.

The world's preeminent environmental organization began with a layer of soot on the windowsill of a Greenwich Village apartment. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) founder John H. Adams, a pioneer of environmental action, was working as a lawyer for the U.S. Attorney's office when he and fellow lawyers teamed up to form a grassroots environmental advocacy group.

Laredo is a city at the crossroads of North American history. Founded by the Spanish in 1755, it has stood at the intersection of regional commerce since its earliest days. Now, John A. Adams, Jr. provides the first-ever panoramic business and economic history of Laredo. He traces the evolution of the region from its early days as a ranching center into the mid-20th century when Laredo had become what it remains today: a booming port of trade and a principle center of commerce and financial services on the southern border of the United States.

At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly 2000 pages of his unfinished second novel, which he had spent nearly four decades writing. Long awaited, it was to have been the work Ellison intended to follow his masterpiece, Invisible Man. Five years later, Random House published Juneteenth, drawn from the central narrative of Ellison’s unfinished epic. Three Days Before the Shooting... gathers together in one volume, for the first time, all the parts of that planned opus, including three major sequences never before published.

Most of the time we feel that there isn't enough time in the day to get things done, and we start making excuses of the things we can't do because we're too busy. Most of the time, adjusting your schedule can make a huge difference. Procrastination takes a big hit on your time, and is something we must avoid. This book contains proven strategies on how to eliminate procrastination, organize your day, and achieve all of your goals.

Terrence McCauley delivers up the tale of a former moonshiner looking to make his fortune on dirt tracks of stock-car racing. J. Walt Layne details one of the first interracial college football games ever played. Up next, John Rose gets us into the ring with a boxing prodigy from the hills of Kansas, and then Fred Adams Jr., offers up a barnstorming adventure with the Negro Baseball League Moline Wizards.

Découvrez l'histoire d'amour qui a donné naissance au monde du Seigneur des Anneaux et du Hobbit ! Des milliers d'années avant Aragorn et Arwen, un homme et une Elfe tentent de vivre un amour interdit et se lancent dans la plus formidable des aventures en Terre du Milieu : reprendre un trésor, le Silmaril au terrible dieu Morgoth. En traversant mille périls vers sa forteresse, l'Elfe Lúthien nous montre que le plus grand des héros de Tolkien est une héroïne.Un conte dans la lignée des récits épiques de Tolkien : la plus grande et impossible histoire d’amour qui le hanta toute sa vie.

Ray Bradbury warned of a world where our literary history is taken from us. In Burn the Ashes, some of the best science-fiction authors working today continue to explore the dystopic worlds they introduced in Ignorance Is Strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.

Into the darkness within; or else the light.... When Margaret Atwood wrote these words, she left open the possibility that even our darkest tales may harbor a glimmer of hope. In Or Else the Light, the third and final entry in the Dystopia Triptych, more than a dozen of the best minds in science fiction conclude their stories with a descent into darkness, or perhaps a ray of light.

This engrossing and meticulously researched volume reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. In late August 1944, defeat of the Wehrmacht seemed assured. On December 16, however, the Germans counterattacked. Received wisdom says that Eisenhower's Broad Front strategy caused his armies to stall in early September, and his subsequent failure to concentrate his forces brought about deadlock.

Are you a guy who's interested in building rock-hard muscle, erasing your belly fat, boosting your testosterone, and having more mind-blowing sex than you thought possible? If so, then

Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha was written specifically for you.... In his new book, celebrity trainer and

Men's Health expert John 'Roman' Romaniello teams up with expert Adam Bornstein, former editor for both

A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America - from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more.

A modern short story collection featuring the great detective.

The weird, wild west - an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Twenty-three of science fiction and fantasy's hottest and most popular authors create all-new tales, written exclusively for this anthology. Aliens and monsters, magic and science are introduced to the old west, with explosive results.