When the robots stop working at the same moment, the city doesn’t just slow down—it loses its sense of order. Streets clog, lights fail, and people discover how much of daily life depends on beings they never thought of as equals. The strike is peaceful, but the reaction to it isn’t. Panic spreads faster than logic, and one frightened command is enough to turn a tense protest into open chaos.Harry Harrison builds the crisis from the inside out, letting the story unfold through robo...

With trials and tribulations still looming in the distance, after having Satan tamper with the truth, Gulf War–era veteran Scott Harrison brings the truth to light in The Modern Fifth Monarchist: An Apocalyptic Message-a memoir detailing Scott's direct encounters with Jesus Christ and Satan in which he was sent directly from Christ's glorified arms to prepare the bride for the Second Coming.Realizing there was none like Scott, Satan began to directly hinder Scott until he could e...

Scott Harrison, founder of the Six Pack Revolution, is back with his second book after the Sunday Times bestselling Eat Your Way to a Six Pack.With a focus on high protein meals, all able to be cooked in 30 minutes or less, this complete plan will have you eating and exercising your way to a six pack, with visible results in 75 days. Featuring tailored recipes for snacks and mains, handy like-for-like protein swaps, and tips so you can prep like a pro, Sco...

The Quantum Thief: Messages from the Edge of Space-Time" is a thrilling science fiction novel that blends cutting-edge physics with high-stakes adventure. This story follows an enigmatic protagonist known as Alex, who navigates the mind-bending realities of quantum mechanics and relativity.Set in a future where humanity has pushed the boundaries of space exploration to their limits, the narrative unfolds across the fringes of the known universe. The Quantum Thief, a master of manip...

Winner of the 2016 Thurber PrizeHarrison Scott Key was born in Memphis, but he grew up in Mississippi, among pious Bible-reading women and men who either shot things or got women pregnant. At the center of his world was his larger-than-life father—a hunter, a fighter, a football coach, "a man better suited to living in a remote frontier wilderness of the nineteenth century than contemporary America, with all its progressive ideas and paved roads and lack of armed d...

This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who’s ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.Little-known author Mark Twain once said that the two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why. He's talking about dreams here, the destiny that calls every living soul to some kind of greatness. What Mr. Twain do...

A Good Housekeeping Book of the MonthThis funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who's ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.Little-known author Mark Twain once said that the two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why. He's talking about dreams here, the destiny th...

Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century presents a wide range of viewpoints on the musical theatre profession. It brings together research from the UK, US, Australia, and beyond, providing an essential resource for educators, students, and all those involved in training for musical theatre. The research draws on best practice from creatives, producers, practising artists, and the academy to reveal a multiplicity of approaches and educational pathways for conside...

This volume brings together a group of leading international researchers and practitioners in voice pedagogy alongside emerging academics and practitioners. Encompassing research across voice science and pedagogy, this innovative collection transcends genre boundaries and provides new knowledge about vocal styles and approaches from classical and musical theatre to contemporary commercial music. The work is sure to be valuable in tertiary institutions, schools and community music associati...

The rescue mission should have been straightforward: land on Mars, locate the missing ship, and bring back answers. Instead, the crew finds only silence, an abandoned vessel, and a world that seems far too ready to receive them. The longer they stay, the clearer it becomes that nothing about this planet behaves as expected, least of all the smiling guides who insist on leading them onward.As the expedition moves deeper into the Martian canals, discipline erodes and warnings emerge ...

The Repairman by Harry Harrison is a fast-paced, witty adventure centered on a hyperspace beacon that absolutely shouldn’t still exist—and a repairman who’d rather be anywhere else. When he’s strong-armed into fixing a 2,000-year-old relic buried inside a colossal stone pyramid and worshipped by a tribe of mutated lizard-priests, he must improvise, bluff, disguise himself, and survive a religious conflict just to get the machinery running again. It’s classic Harrison: clever, inve...

Filer 13B-445-K isn’t like other library robots. Designed to manage vast collections and make subtle conceptual leaps, he has begun to explore something machines were never meant to understand—human emotion. His fascination grows from curiosity to obsession as he studies romance through old novels, whispered conversations, and secret observations. Soon, he yearns not just to comprehend love but to experience it in the real world.When an invitation to a masquerade ball crosses his p...