**Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION**'PEOPLE THINK THAT STORIES ARE SHAPED BY PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.'At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own.At six years old, Terry was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything. He spent...

Can you commit the perfect crime?Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation.But that book will come back to haunt him. It will help NYPD detective Ben Bradley track him down. And it will take him to a rundown New York hotel room where the body of...

Van left his old life behind, but some things remain the same. Even in space, crime still exists.After taking a Peacemaker job to find missing fuel, Perry finds something far more sinister than simple theft - a voice, crying out in a forge of heat and flame, and the discovery reveals a series of acts so vicious that nothing short of revenge will suffice. Following leads across the stars, Van, Perry, and Torina discover the wealthy elite are doing more than just tak...

Her mission could tear them apart and cost them both their lives.Hannah and Simon are ready to return home and carry the gospel to the people of North Korea. In this world of spies, secret police, and informants, they soon learn that staying together won't compromise their ministry. It could cost them both their lives.Two undercover missionaries delivering a single message of hope. Two Christians willing to die for the sake of the Good News. One lo...

Of Bloodlines and Blue Notes is a hybrid work of music writing and cultural criticism by Terry Blade that brings together lyrics, album notes, and essays grounded in Black American blues as lived practice.Written in conversation with three interconnected albums, American Descendant of Slavery, Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper, and Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues, the book treats music as evidence. Songs are not presented as nostalgia or...

How can he solve crimes if he’s not allowed to investigate?Gordon Hepler, Mapleton’s Chief of Police, has his hands full. During the groundbreaking ceremony for expansion of the community center, he discovers a dead body. Shortly afterward, the center’s CEO is assaulted. Does someone have it in for the community center and its new programs designed to benefit the homeless? Or does it have something to do with the highly contested upcoming mayoral election?...

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith.This box set includes:UNDERCOVER CHRISTMAS ESCAPEby Terri ReedTasked with bringing down a drug cartel, DEA agent Duncan O’Brien and deputy marshal Sera Morales’s undercover mission goes wrong when Sera is kidnapped and incriminating evidence is stolen. Now the cartel is after Sera and Duncan, and retrieving the evidence while protecting lon...

JJ Spritely, romance author, writes characters that jump off the page. Figuratively, that is. She never expects them to make a literal leap smack dab into her world. But Alex Zurich and Blake Teesdale do just that. And they’re on a mission to help JJ write her own personal love story with a man she recently met, Kennedy King Cooper. A history professor, Cooper doesn’t see the value of romance novels and he has even less regard for those who write them. Until he meets a woman who haunts his...

Unlock the more straightforward side of Good Omens with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The novel follows two unlikely friends, the demon Crowley and the angel Aziraphale, as they attempt to avert an imminent nuclear Armageddon. They are joined by a memorable cast of characters, including the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse, who style themselves as a biking gang, Anathema Devic...

Do you want to have electricity and hot water at any time, no matter what's going on outside your property? Do you want to have more control over the things you eat and how they are processed? Do you want your family safe from the worries of a bad economy and crime?If you answered "yes" to these questions, then living off the grid may be for you. Although living off the grid takes some hard work, the benefits make it all worthwhile. This practical guide gives you all the i...

Another spot-on story of middle school drama and friendship from Terri Libenson, national bestselling author of Invisible Emmie and Positively Izzy.Friends. Frenemies. Middle school...The last day of seventh grade has Jaime and Maya wondering who their real friends are.Jaime knows something is off with her friend group. They’ve started to exclude her and make fun of the way she dresses and the things she likes. At least sh...

An Earl finds himself in a battle of wits with an anonymous Scotsman—and battling his own passion for a mysterious beauty—in this "deftly crafted Regency" ( Booklist).David Lansdale, Earl of Treybourne, was not going to lose a public argument with a petty, scribbling journalist. So he headed for Edinburgh, disguising himself as plain Mr. Archer, eager to discover the anonymous writer and expose him for the fraud he undoubtably was. A flawless plan,...