His Life Is the Message is a powerful blend of memoir and self-guided healing—an intimate story of legacy, wisdom, and the evolving role of medicine across generations. Spanning from the World War II era to today's complex healthcare landscape, this deeply personal narrative follows the life and influence of a devoted physician father and the enduring lessons he passed on—not through words, but through the quiet integrity of how he lived. Raised in the stillness of the Chesapeake Bay, the ...

On the last passenger ship leaving Mars for Terra, Bob Thacher finds himself trapped in a climate of war, suspicion, and hidden loyalties. After Martian authorities force an emergency landing on Deimos and surround the vessel with armed craft, a black-clad official boards to accuse three Terran saboteurs of destroying a Martian city. A truth-verifying interrogation clears every passenger—yet only deepens the mystery. When the ship sails again, Thacher follows the enigmatic Mara Gordon into...

In a buried future where humanity has spent generations underground, weapons planner Don Taylor begins a rare rest period proud of his role in the war effort and comforted by the routines of home and marriage. But his wife Mary's fear of the surface, the wounded, and the old horrors of war exposes a deeper unease beneath their domestic calm. When an urgent summons pulls Taylor into a restricted military zone, he is drawn into a mystery that could upend everything his world believes about s...

In a glittering future where science, art, and absurdity have fused into one grand spectacle, arrogant financier B. T. Revanche arrives at Bioid Electronic with a vendetta burning hotter than his ambition. There he confronts Da Vincelleo, a flamboyant genius who rules through invention, wealth, and a taste for elaborate practical jokes, and the two men begin a deadly alliance of greed, manipulation, and revenge. Revanche's hatred is rooted in Dafess City, a rigid theocracy governed by the ...

The renowned IB Diploma series, combining compelling narratives and academic rigor, has been revised and updated to align with the latest DP History course from the IB, for examination from 2028.Written by subject specialists and IB experts, this series continues to provide authoritative and engaging content, while retaining its much-loved accessible approach. With an improved range of activities, new features to further develop sk...

A new collection of short stories and novellas from Bram Stoker Award finalist Philip Fracassi, featuring an introduction by NYT bestselling author Matt Dinniman."Traps and Specters is an impressively literate and wildly imaginative collection featuring a truly remarkable range of work... Fracassi’s a hell of a writer.” —Bentley LittleFrom the mind of Stoker and British Fantasy award-nominated author Philip Fracassi comes ...

The writer who turned the American South into a world of its own.William Faulkner wrote about a fictional corner of Mississippi, but the questions running through his work are anything but local. In Simply Faulkner, literary scholar Philip Weinstein offers an accessible introduction to the life, novels, and ideas of one of America's most important and challenging writers. From The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying to Light in Augu...

On the sun-baked asteroid outpost of Y-3, Dr. Henry Harris is confronted with a baffling epidemic of apathy: disciplined Patrolmen are abandoning their posts, drifting into the forest, and insisting they have become plants. Corporal Westerburg is the first case Harris examines in depth—healthy, calm, and utterly convinced that sunlight, stillness, and quiet immobility matter more than duty, ambition, or the Patrol itself. When Harris learns that nearly thirty others have fallen into the sa...

In a rigid future ruled by the State, Doctor James Carroad is ready to unveil Cervus III, a brain-machine he believes will secure his place in power. He plans to demonstrate it on his pregnant wife, Jane, and their unborn child, even as Jane recoils from his cold ambition and finds herself drawn to Jason Cramer, Carroad's younger associate, who quietly loves her. When the Secretary of Science arrives, Carroad first presents the device as a startling mind-reading breakthrough, able to conve...

Uncover the secrets of the ancients in this thrilling journey through the awe-inspiring places revered by the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Mesopotamians and others at a time when vengeful gods and goddesses ruled, magic was real and the natural world pulsed with supernatural power.

In the darkest years of the Great Depression, two unlikely companions wander the American West aboard freight trains and through forgotten towns. Their lives change forever when they stumble upon a mysterious map connected to an ancient Aztec legacy.As rivals close in and long-buried secrets emerge, the trail leads far beyond the hardships of the 1930s-into a saga of conquistadors, frontiersmen, and generations bound by blood and legend.Boxcars and Bloodlines is a sweeping ...

EVERYONE GOES HOMEShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your true-north compass toward friendly lines during the blistering, do-or-die BattleMech combat of the 31st century and beyond!A Dispossessed MechWarrior stuck piloting a hovertank when her home is attacked must rein in her pride and jealousy when an entitled young MechWarrior is assigned to her unit. After an arrogant mistake meant someone never got to go home, a Cable’s Rangers lieu...