I first read this book when I was fourteen. It has held a special place in my mind and heart ever since.It still gives me a thrill to think about this book. For sheer breadth of imagination, scope of theme and pace of action it is one of the best books I have ever read. It is, of course, dated by todays standards- but you must realize that when this book was written the very idea of space travel was nothing but sheer fantasy to the average person. At a time when no human had ever t...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM STARRING HALEY LU RICHARDSONWho would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?Today should be one of the worst days of Hadley's life. Her father is getting married in London to a woman she's never even met, and she's just missed her flight.Hadley has never believed in destiny or fate before. But, stuck at the airport in New York, today is also the day she meets Oliver. He's British. He's cut...

New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport readers out of this world.Kali Parks is a shadow in the war between two factions that are fighting to gain control of Chicago. Born and raised on the streets, she stands as a silent sentinel at her brother’s side as he battles to gain control. She will do whatever it takes to bring peace to those she has p...

Book of the Year 2023 according to New Yorker, TIME magazine, KirkusA powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian.'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with' Max PorterIn a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to...

It was beginning to look as if no one could prevent the destruction of the Universe. For a strange intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of space. Kim Kinnison of the Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was. And in the last desperate plan to save all life, he knew he had to use his children as bait in a desperate plan to prevent the destruction of the universe.

Ellie O'Neill and Graham Larkin fell hard for each other when a misspelled email address unexpectedly brought them together. Now, over a year has passed since they said goodbye with the promise to stay in touch, and their daily emails have dwindled to nothing. Ellie is a freshman in college and has told herself to move on, and Graham has kept himself busy starring in more movies, as well as a few tabloid columns. But fate brought these two together once before--and it isn't done with them ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.YOUR MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO YOU.Jess Logan is a fierce anti-domestic-violence activist, feminist blogger and founder of WAKEN—an underground organisation dedicated to helping women and children escape domestic abuse. Jess knows the system fails too many women. She knows some men will do anything to keep control. And she knows that, if WAKEN comes out of the shadows, lives will be at risk....

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.WHY WOULD THE COLOUR OF YOUR EYES GET YOU KILLED?The needle on Detective Harvey Jamieson's suspicion meter lunges into the red zone when people with unusual green-and-gold irises start dying around the country—most apparently by accident or misadventure. Harvey doesn't believe in coincidence—but he does believe in serial killers. And, despite his partner's doubts, he's convinced they have one on their hands....

Welcome to Climax, where the people are friendly, the location is rustic, and things can get a little quirky.Lina Harker has discovered her grandmother’s secret. She used to be a vampire. Now, Lina’s greatest fear is that a remnant of that vampire DNA is lurking in her cells, waiting to reactivate. Yes, Dracula’s lineage had been destroyed, but the ‘what if’s were too much to imagine.Doggedly following the trail of two families that escaped the Van Helsing purge, s...

One family − three generations, each hiding a family secret.Emma King: Wife, Mother and bored to death receptionist.Secrets and unexplained events turn Emma into a meddling super-sleuth. With a fast growing talent in accusing the innocent, Emma fails to spot a life threatening situation unfolding around her.Her husband Paul – a quick witted ‘accident prone’ construction worker has sustained as many injuries as his wife’s faux pas. It’s no a...

As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety.This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times.Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the div...

A Gun in My Gucci is a true story of two "outsiders" who helped bring down the Chicago Mob — the middle-aged mobster Ken "Tokyo Joe" Eto, and a determined young woman, Elaine Corbitt Smith.In the early 1980s, Joe Eto was the highest-ranking Asian-American mobster in the country. His nemesis, rookie Elaine Smith was one of only a few female Special Agents in the FBI at that time. Her relentless pursuit of Eto resulted in his detention by the Bureau on interstate gambling charges. Af...