When you fall in love with the most unexpected person, at the most unexpected time…Ryan “Renegade” KeplerI’m the type of man who knows what I want. I make up my mind and stay in my lane, never veering off the course I set for myself.Going into the military? Did it.Youngest member of the Moonshine Task Force? That’s me.Get my best friend’s older sister in bed? It was my pleasure.Age means nothing to me. I’ve seen and ...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

A new series from the author of the Moonshine Task Force Series!Laurel Springs, AL is about to be hotter than a mid-August thunderstorm.When the Moonshine Task Force is absorbed into a new entity, Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team (LSERT) new faces come to town, new love is born, old love is found again, and there’s a plethora of drama and romance happening all over the tri-county area. LSERT puts police, firefighters, nurses, ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland.Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.In the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all w...

Each year we hand-pick 50 of today's top indie authors and ask them to submit a story. Then we ask a team of ruthless judges to scour that ore and pick out the gems. The result is All These Shiny Worlds II:* a world of today where cosplay and stagecraft are bright lights hiding dark shadows* a world of tomorrow, where kitchen appliances fend for themselves and take solace in each other's arms, refugees from indifferent owners* a world of little cogs in big ma...

A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, neg...

"A NATURAL STORYTELLER" Mary Roach"BRILLIANT AND BEGUILING" Matthew Gavin Frank"CAPTIVATING ... WILL ALTER THE WAY YOU SEE AND MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD" M. R. O'Connor"AS ENTERTAINING AS IT IS ENLIGHTENING" Geographical Magazine, Book of the MonthWithin our heads, we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abiliti...

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, w...

One thousand years ago, in the valley of Kashmir, a great Tantric master named Kshemaraja wrote his masterpiece: the Pratyabhijnahrdayam, which means "The Essence of the Recognition Philosophy". This text was a concise primer, written to introduce spiritual seekers to the Recognition philosophy in less formally philosophical, more approachable language. What Kshemaraja created turned out to be one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, breathtaking in its brevity but stunning in its ...

A searing account of a dark "chapter in U.S. Cold War history . . . to help the anti-Soviet aims of American intelligence and national security agencies" ( Library Journal).Even before the final shots of World War II were fired, another war began—a cold war that pitted the United States against its former ally, the Soviet Union. As the Soviets consolidated power in Eastern Europe, the CIA scrambled to gain the upper hand against new enemies worldwide. To th...

A beautifully designed hardcover box set containing four classic myths and legends of epic poetry composed or translated by J.R.R. Tolkien —Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur, and Beowulf.The fifth set in a series of affordable hardcover box sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dust jackets. Set 5 contain...

Daniel Byrne is having a bad day. He's lost his job, his girlfriend broke up with him, and now he's being chased by a debt collector. What else could go wrong? Plenty. He's about to meet the love of his life in a jazz bar. Sounds great, doesn't it? But there's a catch - the people in the bar aren't exactly who they seem to be. They are being held prisoner by the mysterious Mr. Cromwell. Daniel is about to meet... the Demon in a Jazz Bar.