Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, featuring the World Fantasy Award finalist “Half the House Is Haunted”BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST • AN ESQUIRE AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARJosh Malerman is a master weaver of stories—and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the sha...

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories-and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul:A sister tells her little brother that HALF THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED with a presence that only she can see, but is it her own mind that is haunted?In ARGYLE a dying man confesses to crimes he never committed, and reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder.A tourist...

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Ralph Richardson, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Robert Morley and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier. They were based on works by the worlds’ leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as ...

How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries.Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man.A good man.But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction so...

Adventures with Nana - Daisy and Oliver practice kindness is a heartwarming story about two siblings, Daisy and Ollie, who discover the power of kindness while spending the day with their Nana in sunny Brisbane. After a storm, they meet a lady whose dog, Molly, has gone missing, and they set out to help her find her beloved pet. With Nana's gentle guidance, Daisy and Ollie learn that even the smallest act of kindness can make a big difference. Filled with ...

What happens in Vegas, doesn’t always stay in Vegas!Best friends Tyler Dixon and Amelia Kennedy eloped to Vegas on a whim. But before they can deal with their quickie divorce she confesses: she’s pregnant. Now there’s no way Tyler will agree to go their separate ways…*Adam Hawke and Callie Mitchell’s whirlwind Vegas wedding is coming back to haunt them. Because Adam and Callie are now working together, and she’s being blackmailed over their v...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

Brought to you by Penguin.AS SEEN ON TVProfessor Alice Roberts travels 1,300 miles by train across Italy, France and Spain in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts.Visiting sites often off the beaten track with experts in each location sharing their insights and revealing up-to-date discoveries, this book delivers more depth and conte...

Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume provides a collection of clinical case studies representing a wide range of the ethical issues surgeons confront today. It is an excellent text for teaching surgical ethics to surgical residents and medical students and a fascinating read for practicing surgeons. It is intended to engage the reader into participating in evidence-based ethical conflicts. The authors escort us through 71 brief, realistic,...

The audiobook containsbeautiful memories of Representative Elijah Cummings narrated by LaurenceFishburne and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, with a foreword written and read bySpeaker Nancy Pelosi. Included are the eulogies from his funeral delivered byPresidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, SpeakerNancy Pelosi, Harry Spikes, KweisiMfume, Bishop Walter Scott Thomas, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Jennifer Cummings, Adia ...

This book presents the combined proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA 2023) and the 17th KIPS International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications (CUTE 2023), both held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, December 18–20, 2023.The aim of these two meetings was to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers, and professionals in the field of ubiquitous computing technologies and computer scie...

A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.What would you do if the world was brought to a standstill? If you heard deafening static followed by the words, ‘My children. Do not be afraid’?Would you turn to God? Subscribe to the conspiracy theories? Or put your faith in science and a rational explanation?The lives of all twenty-six people in this account are affected by the message. Most because they heard it...