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What do aliens, dying planets, ancient pyramids, quantum weirdness, gender politics and sandal design have in common? They all find a place in this wildly entertaining exploration of the questions most of us think about but rarely say out loud. From the baffling to the brilliant, the hilarious to the haunting, Random Curiosities takes you on a freewheeling ride through the strange chaos of human thought. Broken down into essay style chapters on random ideas (that the author somehow manages to link!) relating to humanity and the world around us, this isn’t a book with neat answers.

When Dave Munson set out to create the greatest leather bag in the world, he had no idea he would be creating one of the most respected and recognized leather brands in the world at the same time. From dodging hitmen in Mexico to getting launched into the air by a raging bull, living in one of the most dangerous cities in the world with Blue, his beloved black Lab and even accidentally working for the mafia. It came together.

Businesses rise, fall, or stall based on their level of leadership. Businesses that invest the time, energy, and resources to develop leaders enjoy a competitive edge—and by developing leaders who can develop other leaders, unleash the power of rapid and sustainable growth. By developing people with the skills to put team members and customers in the best position to succeed, they ensure their own success.

More devastating then economic downturns and school violence, the Character Deficit has been chipping away at the core of our country one person at a time. Journey with Michael B. Ross as he explores the fascinating and frightening effects of the Character Deficit and teaches you how to overcome Character Deficits in your world.

Now reimagined in audio, the world of KINGDOM COME, originally published to critical acclaim by DC Comics in 1996 as a four-issue comic book series, comes alive in a dynamic production featuring a full cast, sound effects, and music. In the near-future world of KINGDOM COME, superheroes are...

THE PERFECT PLAN FOR BEFORE OR AFTER THE JABS. There's no denying that weight-loss jabs and pills have helped millions of people shed weight, but what happens when you give them up? After coming off medication, you are often thrown into a medical vacuum with no place to turn. Doctors have...

A chilling debut novel by the author of acclaimed non-fiction works, including High Royds Hospital and Meanwood Park Hospital. George thought his past was buried—until the call came. His mother, locked away in Wakehurst Psychiatric Hospital, had died. Eighteen years had passed since he left his hometown of Whitefish, Minnesota. Eighteen years he had left her to rot in his memory. But when a friend insists he returns for the funeral, George steps back into a town populated by familiar faces he’d hoped never to see again.

In this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace and connection. With shades of Olga Tokarczuk, Ali Smith, and Rachel Cusk, Hovel is a book for those fascinated by female interiority...

There’s a quiet truth living inside many men—a truth that’s often buried beneath layers of pride, silence, or the pressure to be strong all the time. It’s not that men don’t feel deeply. It’s not that we don’t know love, or crave intimacy, or need softness. It’s that we’ve been taught—sometimes by life, sometimes by pain—not to show it. But here’s the truth most men carry in their hearts: We love hard. We love deep. And when we love a woman, it’s rarely halfway.

After unexpected adventures while helping DPREM determine the fate of a research submersible lost off the coast of a Hawaiian island, Logan returns home. With two demons and a homicidal elf still at large, Logan certainly has enough to worry about. After a day of exploring other worlds with his friends, he heads west with his leprechaun mentor to pursue an emergent clue that might lead to one of the demons. While the evidence is slight, it can't be ignored. Luckily for Logan, he finds groups of magic users eager to help him at every turn in his journey.

This collection contains seventeen documented cases of reality breakdown.

Psychological diseases have long stood at the junction of science, society, and the soul. They represent the complex interplay between biology, experience, and cultural environment, not just a set of symptoms that need to be classified and addressed. Among the many mental health problems primarily affecting individuals are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders. Though they present different difficulties, each category is typically entwined in lived experience, so their study is as linked as it is necessary. In its adapted form, anxiety functions evolutionarily.

James Woodsen is used to being underestimated. Top of her class at Harvard Law, she’s brilliant, beautiful, and now the youngest female associate at Boston’s most elite criminal defense firm. But after a devastating misstep on her first case, she has one last shot at redemption. Her assignment? Defend Damien Blackhollow—a dangerously charming billionaire accused of murdering his fiancée.

Grieving and isolated amidst the faux-glamour of Hollywood, A-list star Claudia Baxter is desperate for an escape. Radio operative Iris Winterton sits in the grounds of Doverley on a moonless night, watching planes fly across Europe. Pulled together by the past and the future, Claudia and Iris begin to unravel the threads of their connection.

Join in a rollicking sailing adventure with Alex Rust and crew as they make their way around the world. High seas! Sailing inland on rivers including the Sepik and the Amazon. Engine trouble! Banana bread, rotting fruit, baguettes, crackers with some islanders, pearls, rum, more engine trouble, alligators, fishing, jumping off the mast, a stolen engine, betrayal, seasick sailors, volcano eruptions, surfing, and a crew that just keeps going no matter what.

In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began what would become one of history’s most influential works of art—The Last Supper. After a decade at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point: at forty-three, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza’s father, made with material expropriated by the military.

This true-life memoir is a behind-the-headlines story that sounds more like a novel in an exotic locale. Through the eyes of the unwitting wife of a psychopath, Ross takes us on her journey, from their initial meeting to the fateful day of her husband's arrest. We follow along as the truth unfolds through her self-launched investigations and her arduous struggles to accept unspeakable realities. Left in the aftermath of destruction, it is also an intimate personal account of her long and hard road to heal physically, mentally, and emotionally, to overcome her past and move on.

You know you love your child. You attend school events, care for physical needs, and discipline when needed. But did you know that most children, even in loving households, doubt that they are genuinely and unconditionally loved? In Dr. Ross Campbell’s groundbreaking book, he explains the emotional needs of a child and provides you with skills that will help your child feel truly loved and accepted. Using eye contact, affirmation, and spiritual nurturing, you’ll learn to really love your child no matter what the circumstances.

War, they say it never changes. That was before the Junkyard crew entered the fray. With their conflict against the Valtakuntera inevitable, the Junkyard crew decide to conduct war from Kane's perspective. Dax and his team aim for the core of the empire in a last-ditch effort to restore peace to the galaxy.

With Kane laid to rest, Dax and the Junkyard crew now have one job left, go on the offensive. Countless beings owe them a favor, like Master Decombres, it's time to collect. Deciding to play it smart, they will traverse the galaxy, gathering every ounce of strength they can muster. From Tachyon, to the Alcazar and everything in between, the Junkyard crew will beg, barter and salvage to amass a fleet powerful enough to rival the Valtakuntera.