Ten years after the death of Paragon: The World's Greatest Superhero, heroism has withered in the city.A hidden threat keeps superhumans in hiding until a teenage boy dons the red, white, and blue of Paragon once more and sets off a chain reaction that exposes the truth behind the hero's death and what preys on new superhumans in the shadows.Join Dasani Watson as he brings hope back to the city. Meet James, afraid of his own dark power, and Amy, a girl with devastating powe...

Treatise on Tolerance (1763) is Voltaire's urgent brief against religious fanaticism and judicial cruelty, framed by the Calas affair. Combining forensic analysis with humane rhetoric, he dissects testimony, surveys comparative religions, and marshals history—from St. Bartholomew's Day to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes—to urge civil concord. The prose is lucid and ironic, a model of Enlightenment polemic that weds reason to sentiment and appeals to natural law and common interest. V...

Yoder Hals is not a particularly impressive boy. He's fat, lazy, and painfully awkward. But when a Wizard comes knocking on his door and convinces him to play the role of Hero, how can he say no? With the help of an unlikely group of oddities Yoder must travel to the desolate land of Kurn where a powerful despot rules over his wicked people. Will Yoder live to fulfill the prophecy the Wizard spoke of, or was it all one big mistake? Join Yoder Hals as he follows an enigmatic and eccentric W...

Gilbert Murray's A History of Ancient Greek Literature surveys Greek writing from Homer and the lyric poets through tragedy and comedy to historians, philosophers, and Hellenistic authors. In lucid, measured prose, he pairs close readings with cultural synthesis, attending to performance, religion, and civic institutions. The book belongs to the late Victorian bridge between German philology and English literary criticism, and it traces a confident arc from archaic experimentation to class...

Autobiography of a Yogi traces Yogananda's path from a spiritually ardent youth in India to a world teacher of Kriya Yoga, weaving his meeting with Sri Yukteswar, portraits of saints such as Lahiri Mahasaya and Anandamayi Ma, and visionary episodes into a lucid, devotional narrative. Its prose, alternately anecdotal and analytical, balances humor with metaphysical exposition and seeks to reconcile yogic discipline with modern rationality. Published in 1946, it stands in a transnational mod...

Laney Griffin is a man who will do anything to save his son from leukemia, but the cost of treatment has broken him financially. When he pursues an elusive murderer in the wilderness of his small, rural community in the hopes of securing a substantial bounty, Laney is confronted with something he never could have expected: a werewolf. The captive Lycan, in human form, turns Laney's life upside-down, forcing him to confront his haunted past and race against the clock because there's only 30...

When a mysterious force kidnaps their daughter, parents Sam and Duncan must do whatever it takes to bring her home in this heartbreaking and action-packed graphic novel duology. Sam and Duncan LaMarr love their six-year-old daughter, Penny, more than anything in the whole world. But half a year ago, she was taken by the Cascade, an evil force they barely understand. Now, Sam and Duncan must fight side by side with the magical beings Penny cherished to try and get her back…before she's gone...

One feels he’s not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn’t know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown.CyrusI was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn’t be? He’s a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest y...

Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community's decreasing focus on counterterrorism.In 2025, domestic terrorism represents a greater threat to the United States than do international terrorist organizations. Most domestic terrorist attacks in the United States are carried out by lone actors or small groups who believe in a wide range of ideologies, such as white supremacy, partisan extremism, and Salafi-...

A nation on the verge of a new era-and a girl caught between her past and the ever-expanding present.Now a Los Angeles Times Bestseller!The year is 1972, and the beaches of Los Angeles are the center of the world. Dropping into the embers of the drug and surf scene is Suzy Whitman, who has tossed her newly minted Vassar degree aside to follow her older sister into open skies and the borderless adventures of stewardessing for Grand Pacific Airlines.In Sela d...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Gabriel is a killer for the mega-corporation that raised him, trained in the ancient arts of Bushido.Hana was kidnapped, forced into a world of depravity and darkness.When the two meet by chance on the grimy, rain-soaked streets of a frightening future Harajuku sector, it changes both their lives forever. For honor, Gabriel must now face the group of trained killers and soldiers that he swore loyalty to and bloody his wh...

"Writing is a passion and I write about the hundreds of wild worlds that reside in my head. Each novel I create is a doorway into the strange and fantastical lands of my subconscious. Come, stay awhile and listen to my tales."A former kindergarten teacher and avid lover of written works, Daniel lives in Pennsylvania with his daughter and writes tales of fantasy and science fiction. His favorite authors are Roger Zelazny and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Daniel is a lifelong nerd o...