Graham's first novel, Strings, introduced seven-year-old Russian piano prodigy Alexis Koryavin, a student at the Institute for Gifted Children in Moscow. The school's director, General Andrei Petrov, hijacked Alexis' life by implanting a device in his brain designed to control him. Alexis' escape to the US resulted in tragedy leading to the death of his parents. As a US citizen, he changed his name to Alex Courtland, and as a young man became recognized as the most famous pianist ...

Discover what the Bible says about participating, competing, and enjoying sports.Millions of us love sports—playing, supporting, watching. But have you ever thought about how your love for sports connects with your love for Jesus?Some of us feel a bit guilty for loving sports so much, especially when there are so many other ways in which we could be using our time to serve God. Others see it simply as a great way to share the gospel (while having fun). And ...

The new and improved guide to penetration testing using the legendary Metasploit Framework.Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide has been the definitive security assessment resource for over a decade. The Metasploit Framework makes discovering, exploiting, and sharing vulnerabilities quick and relatively painless, but using it can be challenging for newcomers.Written by renowned ethical hackers and industry experts, this fully updated second e...

For as long as it has stood overlooking New England’s jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness…and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now.A member of the nation’s foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing Lexington House, or for the chi...

Midnight in Savannah…It’s a city of beauty, history…hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she’s studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she’s devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn’t the onl...

A haunted house in Key WestHannah O'Brien, who grew up in the house and now runs it as a B and B, has always had a special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts. But when a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help.FBI agent Dallas Samson has a passionate interest in the murder, since the victim's a colleague whose death is connected to the smuggling ring known as Los Lobos—the wolves. Now Dallas is even m...

Thermodynamics is the physical science surrounding work, heat, and relationships across fundamental quantities, and situates itself near the center of multiple disciplines through its generality and timelessness. Its laws required no rewriting after the twentieth century revolutions of quantum mechanics, relativity, and solid state physics, just to name three subjects. The nine chapters of this book make appeal to thermodynamic notions and laws to get under the hood of mathematics—the lang...

Note: This audiobook is included (for free) inside its respective print and e-book versions.Are you looking to regain your life's vitality physically, emotionally, and mentally to create a harmonious balance in your life?Have you tried to find healing through contemporary methods, but nothing seems to be working the way you expect it to?Or do you simply want to be the healthiest and happiest possible version of yourself?

Brought to you by Penguin.'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering consciousness. I've Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett's own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers.Dennett's restless curiosity leads him from his childhood in Beirut to Harvard, and from Parisian jaz...

1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord "Butcher" Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton—who spurned his king and his love—leaving her to die in her father's arms.NOW: After the day's final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up...and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford's desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet.Resident ghosts may be the stock-in-trade of stately Philadelphia homes, bu...

Where dreams go to die…Starring in a cult TV show was a blessing for Marnie Davante, especially now that her former fame could support her future dream of starting a children’s theater. So she’ll work the convention circuit. But then a costar is brazenly murdered in front of her. With a killer who vanishes into thin air with seemingly inhuman skill, and strange events plaguing Marnie, she feels she can’t even trust her own senses.Although his dear ...

A Ghost Rider in the Sky?What happened here, on a historic horse ranch outside Nashville, during the Civil War? And what’s happening now?Olivia Gordon works at the Horse Farm, a facility that assists patients with mental and physical recovery; her specialty is animal therapy. She’s always loved her job, always felt safe…until now.People are dying, starting with the facility’s founder, whose body is discovered in a ravine on the property—site of a massacre in 1862. A...