“If you have yet to add Liu to your must-read list, you’re doing yourself a disservice.”—Booklist“A fresh thrill for anyone in the market for an extraordinary romance.”—Publishers WeeklyExtraordinary is the word for the paranormal romance of New York Times bestseller Marjorie M. Liu—who broke exciting new ground when she created the Dirk and Steele Detective Agency. The unique security organization comprised of psychics, t...

Walter Isaacson, author of a new biography of Steve Jobs, discusses the significance of Jobs’s contributions to the business world and explains his drive as it revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing.Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination, and he built a company where leaps of imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Isaacson looks at Jobs for...

Legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel worked with such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; he led the New York Yankees to a record-breaking TEN pennants and SEVEN World Series in twelve years; he invented “platooning,” a way to use players that revolutionized the game; he was a prankster who became famous for sayings like “Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.”The brains behind any baseball team is its manager . . . and here’s a picture-book biography ...

Gregory "Wolf" Sharp is a successful investment banker. He is an efficient, no maintenance employee with a cold, distant edge. Superiors, colleagues, and clients always address him as Mr. Sharp. Behind his back, however, Mr. Sharp is known as, "Wolf," because he is a lone wolf and ruthless predator when it comes to doing business. That is all Wolf will show of himself. No one knows that Wolf is an exceptionally talented artist, or that he has suffered great loss, or that he is alone and go...

Clive Cussler, "The Grand Master of Adventure," sends his intrepid heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino on their wildest, boldest mission into the ancient world, unlocking extraordinary secrets and solving hideous crimes. Another fabulous read from the most beloved series from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. . . A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. . . An attack...

Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a suspicious house fire in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.The Aldens head back to Mystery Ranch for another summer! They are thrilled to learn their friend Mike has moved to Yellow Sands—a new town nearby. But when a house fire breaks out and Mike is blamed for starting it, the Aldens must...

Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of Blue Bay in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.The Boxcar Children are on a trip with Grandfather to a beautiful island in the South Seas! The island is supposed to be deserted, but as the Aldens explore, they start to find signs that suggest they are not alone. Is there a castaway living some...

“Readers of early Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, and the best thrillers out there should try Liu now.”—Publishers WeeklyIn the realm of paranormal romance, no author burns hotter than New York Times bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu! The Fire King is yet another blazing example of her originality, sensuality, and breathtaking storytelling prowess. Her passionate tales centered around the mysterious Dirk and Steele Detective Agency—with its...

This book takes a fresh look at Tolkien’s literary artistry from the points of view of both linguistics and literary history, with the aim of shedding light on the literary techniques used in The Lord of the Rings. The authors study Tolkien’s use of words, style, narrative techniques, rhetoric and symbolism to highlight his status as literary artist. Dirk Siepmann uses a corpus stylistic approach to analyse Tolkien’s vocabulary and syntax, while Thomas Kullmann uses discourse theo...

A forgotten civilization. A lost Biblical artifact. A criminal enterprise lurking beneath the seas. What links them with a potential cataclysmic event that threatens all of humanity? That’s the question facing Dirk Pitt in this latest electrifying novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler.When National Underwater and Marine Agency director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of archaeologists trapp...

This menopause diet cookbook for women is your data-driven guide to achieving sustainable weight loss without relying on crash diets that often cause the body to lower its Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) through a survival mechanism known as "metabolic adaptation".This is not just another collection of recipes; it is a tailored strategy built on the foundation of personalized physiology. The book guides you in understanding and calculating your precise caloric needs usi...

Aurealis does it again in this issue with a full-to-the-brim magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Dirk Strasser looks at the growing wave of historical fantasy (or histasy) publishing in his editorial, and our non-fiction includes 'Hiding Your Gender: The Politics of Gender in the SF Publishing Industry' by Lynne Lumsden Green, 'Adventures in Literary Forensics: Chandler's Lost Stories' by Steve Davidson, and a cluster of incisive and entertaining reviews. As always, however, t...