Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Human Planet**, A Pelican Book,** by Simon L. Lewis and Mark A. Maslin, read by Roy McMillan.Meteorites, methane, mega-volcanoes and now human beings; the old forces of nature that transformed Earth many millions of years ago are joined by another: us. Our actions have driven Earth into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. For the first time in our home planet's 4.5-billion year history a ...

Belarus is often regarded as "Europe’s last dictatorship", a sort-of fossilized leftover from the Soviet Union. However, a key factor in determining Belarus’s development, including its likely future development, is its own sense of identity. This book explores the complex debates and competing narratives surrounding Belarus’s identity, revealing a far more diverse picture than the widely accepted monolithic post-Soviet nation. It examines in a range of media including historiography, film...

“Sexy, pulse-pounding adventure.”—Jaci Burton New York Times bestselling author on The Best Kind of TroubleThe sharpest ache comes from wanting what you think you can’t have…Maybe Dolan has lived independent, free-spirited and unattached since leaving home at sixteen. Whiskey Sharp, Seattle’s sexy vintage-styled barbershop and whiskey bar, gave her a job—and a reason to put down r...

Kay Norris, a successful single woman of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan's Upper East Side, into an apartment in a slender high rise, a ""sliver"" building.A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building; a shocking secret is concealed within its brick and concrete. Sliver is a hypnotic story of obsession, suspense, and stunning surprises. It is a novel about ultimate power, and the temptations the use of...

Rowan Summerwaite has unfinished business in the latest installment of the thrilling Goddess with a Blade series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane.Rowan Summerwaite is many things. She knows how to land a punch but has learned there’s more than one way to solve a problem. She was once a loner, but the family she’s made over the years—including her husband, Clive,the Vampire Scion of North America—mean more to her than she could have...

A collection of scholarly essays exploring the American Civil War from international perspectives.In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the s...

I'm the player, the gambler, the one without a heart or soul.There isn't a risk I won't take and a challenge I won't meet.Then she came into my world, melting the ice in my veins and showing me a life a man like me never deserved.But it was all a lie.She chose a safer, easier path, realizing too late it was riddled with chains.Now she's trapped, needing an escape, and I'm the only one who can set her free.I'm not the hero from the storybooks,...

My fake boyfriend is now…my new roommate?Miles Garrett, pro basketball player and star of every one of my fantasies, has decided I’m moving in with him.My brother’s teammate has always protected me out of loyalty. He makes me feel like everything will be okay even when my life is on fire.But when he looks at me, I wonder what it would be like if he was truly mine. If I had the dream life and dream job and the dream guy.Did I mention we c...

From the author of Mother Pucker, the fan-favorite hockey romcom, comes a swoony and banter-filled new sports romance starring a single dad major league pitcher, a single mom who wants nothing to do with pro athletes, and a second chance neither of them saw coming.I had a one-night stand with a gorgeous stranger, believing I'd never see him again. Except who did he turn out to be? Troy Winters, starting pitcher for the MLB...

There are many reasons I should have handed in my resignation the day I met my new boss, Hudson Case.First off, he's the reason I lost my first waitressing job. Secondly, he's gruff, grumpy, and another inconvenient g-word... gorgeous. And to top it off, he's my good friend's dad.Oh, and did I mention, he's also my new roommate? Yeah, we'll get to that in a sec.It all started when I begged my friend to get me a temp position working as her dad's adm...

A haunting and incendiary tale about a woman who moves with her fiancé to a small town to try to mend their fractured relationship, but finds herself having strange visions, and stranger attractions, to the ghost of the previous owner...Tina knows that her six-year relationship with her fiancé Logan is starting to fall apart. Her hope is that moving into a beautiful renovated house in a small Pennsylvania town will help revive their romance. However, since relocati...

"Mills & Boon-meets-50 Shades of Grey, with just a dash of Savita Bhabhi." -India Today "The men have taut stomachs, firm hands, piercing eyes … The women are sexy, voluptuous and sometimes, in a departure from norm, the ones to initiate sexual encounters." -Times of India "Assorted mix of stories that explore heady desire, and occasionally, candy-floss romance". -Elle In this thrilling erotic story collection from India's most Googled person, readers finally get inside the mind of actress...