As fall descends and winter approaches the small northern New Mexico town of Ojo Verde, people tend to bookshops, wait tables, and take care of livestock, while Tulona Puebloans prepare for the Still Time of their calendar. Beneath quiet rhythms, however, crimes occur. The Franklin Deerfield Museum has been robbed of a prehistoric medicine bundle associated with the extinct Hanging Shell Pueblo. A Navajo ceremonial mask is also missing. Richard Tafoya, a Tulona tribal policeman, and Janet ...

Featured in the 2018 movie Science Fair!A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book of 2017In this acclaimed memoir, teen innovator and scientist Jack Andraka tells the story behind his revolutionary discovery.When a dear family friend passed away from pancreatic cancer, Jack was inspired to create a better method of early detection. At the age of fifteen, he garnered international attention for his breakthrough: a four-cent strip of paper capable of dete...

Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by Jack London that follows the story of a young, uneducated sailor named Martin Eden. When Martin saves a wealthy man named Arthur Morse from an assault, he is invited to the Morse family home, where he meets Arthur's sister Ruth and falls in love with her.Determined to better himself and become worthy of Ruth, Martin embarks on a journey of self-education, immersing himself in literature and philosophy. He dreams of becoming a successful writer in orde...

Through the magic of cinema, you are about towitness The Greatest Spy Movie (n)Ever Made!Agent Blonde has 24 hours to save the world.The only things standing in her way aredastardly villains, an outrageous plot, and...a lack of funding.When Hollywood rejects her script, a frustrated screenwriter invites you, an audience of producers, to a one-night-only presentation of SPY MOVIE: The Play!...

Book 1 of 2: Liam Harper Thrillers Series A brand new series begins from New York Times #1 Bestseller and Million Selling Author Jack Gatland!

There's a new stranger in town... In the sun-baked Nevada desert lies Prosperity, a gold rush town with more buried secrets than residents. Ex-SRR operative Liam Harper isn’t looking for trouble when he rolls into the town; all he wants are answers to his late father’s cryptic past. But Prosperity’s buried secrets don’t stay hidden long—and Harper’...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Jack London’s To Build a Fire is a harrowing tale of survival and the unforgiving power of nature. Set in the bitterly cold Yukon wilderness, the story follows an unnamed traveler who embarks on a journey through the snow-covered landscape, despite warnings about the deadly temperatures. Accompanied only by his loyal husky, he underestimates the brutal conditions and soon finds himself in a des...

What does a nation of immigrants think and feel about immigration? Recent accounts of immigration policy routinely cast Americans as divided into two warring camps – one fueled by threat to livelihoods and way of life, the other by a fervent cosmopolitanism that sees the nation-state as passé.This counter-intuitive book shows that these accounts miss the mark. First, almost all Americans hold a mix of ""pro-"" and ""anti-immigrant"" opinions. Their views are pragmatic and flexible ...

An O, The Oprah Magazine LGBTQ Book ""Changing the Literary Landscape""A gorgeously illustrated collection of essays written by today’s queer heroes—featuring contributions from Elton John, Tan France, Gus Kenworthy, Paris Lees, Russell Tovey, Munroe Bergdorf, and many others. The Queer Bible is a celebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture, edited by model, performer, and GQ contributing editor Jack Guinness.Ou...

Terror lurks just out of sight. But it won't stay hidden for long…A terrifying science experiment unleashes a phantasmal killer from beyond the grave. An ancient tome devours the minds of all who dare read its endless pages. And a donut shop waitress discovers a sinister secret ingredient, that keeps customers coming back for more…Scare Street is proud to present a breathtaking new collection of diabolical tales. Every page unleashes a new terror, ...

"Matthews stories are like friends from small towns: They are honest, warm, occasionally lyrical and as strange and idiosyncratic as the rest of us."Arthur Sabatini (Philadelphia Inquirer)During the last decade of his life, author Jack Matthews wrote a series of 1-2 page prose pieces (which he dubbed "Abruptions" or "very short stories that end abruptly").Matthews had already published over 20 books of fiction with an astonishing variety of characters and plots. This...

Tired of bloated diet plans, hangry mornings, and workout programs that shred your time but not your waistline? Fast Like a Boy hands you a simple, science-backed playbook built for male biology - no calorie spreadsheets, no starvation, no monk-mode misery.Inside this fast no-BS audiobook you’ll discover:• The 24-Hour Testosterone Clock – Why men’s hormones peak and crash on a daily rhythm, and how a noon-to-8 p.m. feast window supercharges muscle while mel...

For several decades Jack Matthews distributed a photocopied version of this guide to students in his fiction writing classes at Ohio University. A Worker's Writebook offers insight about how successful writers mold raw experiences into a story and how language helps you to do that. It offers good examples and practical advice for getting a story idea off the ground; it analyzes several stories (including one of Matthews' own) and offers paradigms for understanding how stories work. Erudite...