**A provocative, personal, and useful look at boyhood, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love“Surprising . . . [Black’s] tone is so lovely, his empathy so clear . . . Black’s writing is modest, clear, conversational . . . corny, maybe. But helpful. Like a dad.”—The New York Times Book Review**With hope and with humor, Michael Ian Black skillfully navigates the complex gender issues of our time and delivers a po...

The Nazis' dark secrets are revealed, in a tense and compelling thriller from bestselling author Ian Slater.June 1944. The moment has come. The Allied pincers are closing in. Hitler has already ordered his jet fighters, V-1 flying bombs, and V-2 rockets into action. Now, in a desperate bid to keep his war machine churning, it is time for the führer to use the most secret weapon of all.For G.I. David Adam, it's a mission into hell. To stop Hitler's mad plan will take him and o...

Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara offers a unique perspective on the life and making of this Aboriginal Western Arnhem clever man or marrkidjbu.Born at the end of the 19th Century when the Western world had scarcely touched Arnhem Land, Paddy Compass Namadbara acted as a healer for his countrymen and became a powerful and revered leader. Using his clever abilities and wisdom to nurture his community, he enabled the community to deal with the ...

JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCESMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for “Death to Spies,” is hell-bent on destroying Secret Agent 007, James Bond.His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service.The lure? A beautiful woman at the center of a deadly honey trap conspiracy. Tatiana Romanova is a Russian spy who promises to hand...

Ian Baker-Finch: To Hell and Back is the first and only biography of one of the best-known names in golfing circles. Charting Ian Baker-Finch's story from his early golfing career through to his later success in media, it has been written with Ian's full co-operation and explores the tragic circumstances behind the Australian golfer's loss of form.When Ian Baker-Finch won the 1991 Open, he became a household name. Yet his world collapsed after a dramatic a...

This abridged audio edition of Boundaries in Dating offers illuminating insights for romance that can help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage.Dating can be fun, but it's not easy. Meeting people is just the first step. Once you've met someone, then what? Should you move on, pursue a simple friendship, or more? How do you set smart limits on your physical relationship? How muc...

Rashid Al'Tihamah is one of many warriors in the service of the Sheikh, although his ancestors belonged to the most distinguished families of Al'Qir and became famous in their struggle with rebels, demons and desert beasts.Now their glory is only reminded of the blood heritage of Rashid, a gift that makes him command the air geniuses to assist him in battle.Meanwhile, the twenty first prophet is called by the heavens, and at the same time someone begins to murder his sages ...

AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford'I wish I could make Ian and Dorian's work mandatory' Sathnam SangheraWhat makes people believe in conspiracy theories? Why have they taken over our political sphere? And how do we counter them before it's too late?The world has always had conspiracy theories. From the Illuminati...

Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment).Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative – just as much as metaphor – is a ke...

Deep within the farm lands of Central New York is a beacon of pure unaligned power called a Nexus. A benevolent collective of gods have corrupted it to the point of bleeding out into the rest of the world by somehow abusing its power within an academy for adverse youth. A mysterious man, Tribe, must discover their grand design within the academy and forge more like himself, an immortal with unreal powers, to battle all forms of evil gods, and their kind, directly. If he fails his quest, th...

These eight short stories are works of fiction, but reflect the author's real personal experiences while undergoing compulsory military training during his youth in apartheid South Africa. The stories are all based on real events but the characters are the products of creative imagination, however rooted in reality they might be. Readers will enjoy a range of humour and unusual incidents - frequently hilarious - along with perceptive insights into the trials and tribulations faced by a you...

A collection of classic works concerning items that harbour sinister secrets and unusual powers.Contents:"The Artist and the Door" by Dorothy QuickThe house and contents had been exorcised of evil..."The Ghoul Gallery" by Hugh B. CaveAn eldritch horror that leaped out of the black night."The Haunted Dolls' House" by M. R. JamesAn antique dolls’ house, complete with a family o...