An Economist and Financial Times “Best Book of the Year”“Harrowing” true stories from two years of immersion reporting on the migrant trail from Chiapas to Arizona—an “honorable successor to enduring works like George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier” (New York Times)One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest go...

Blending in as an angel is hard enough, but when you’re the adoptive mom of a primordial lake monster in a town full of demons, it’s nearly impossible.Aurielle Jones spent the last several millennia guarding Eden Valley and its secrets without forming attachments to anyone or anything. But then the unexpected happened—she made friends. Now, her loyalty and obedience to the one who created her are put to the test when she is forced to choose between friendship, love...

The night holds dangerous secrets. And a girl who cried wolf is caught in a murderer’s crosshairs.Only twelve hours have passed since Violet saw her teenage boyfriend. Now his body lies in the morgue, riddled with stab wounds. And the evidence points to a mythical serial killer Violet invented to scare her friends…The Halloween Man.Sheriff Thomas Shepherd is torn between two investigations after a deadly inmate escapes prison and stalks Wolf Lake. How can h...

From the million-copy-selling author Daniela Sacerdoti, YOUR HAND IN MINE is a captivating short story about a woman's search for family for her little girl. If you love embarking on an emotional journey with Jojo Moyes or Amanda Prowse, you will adore the million-copy-selling Daniela Sacerdoti.* Includes details of an opportunity for an exclusive glimpse at Daniela's new novel KEEP ME SAFE*Sylvia has devoted her life to pr...

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling met...

A missing woman and a graveyard of bones.Can Thomas Shepherd stop a deranged madman?On the night Karley leaves town to meet with her friends, she disappears. Her husband swears they have the perfect marriage, but Sheriff Thomas Shepherd isn't convinced. And the husband doesn't have an alibi for the night Karley vanished.Thomas joins forces with his girlfriend, private investigator Chelsey Byrd. But as they search for Karley, the cas...

Teaching the visitors about the holiday stars is fun until a man who burns brighter than the sun enters Vixen’s orbit.Vixen chooses life with astronomy, and she ends up as an educator and a researcher for a tiny observatory struggling to make ends meet.When Vi arrives, she makes an impression and takes over most of the day-to-day operations, which is fine until an elf comes calling.Xander has been sent to bring Vixen home, but he doesn’t know how he will go about co...

At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change.In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself h...

It's a day just like any other day... until something utterly unfamiliar suddenly lands in your back yard.Susan is the epitome of the happy housewife, contentedly conducting her daily ritual of cleaning her home and keeping everything just as it should be. Wrapped up in her own little world within those familiar walls, she hardly notices the altogether different arrival in her own back yard.She may ignore the sudden shakin...

Explore science’s biggest unsolved mysteries, from unanswered questions about the animal kingdom and the human body to the unknowns of space and time.Have you ever wondered how the universe will end or why we dream? From the possibility of life on other planets to understanding how scientists are bringing mammoths back to life, this science book for kids age 7-9 sheds light on fascinating questions that are still unanswered.With stunning facts and fun scien...

Determined to be the world's greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve. She knows everything there is to know about running an investigation – in theory...At her cousin's Mehndi party, Zaiba gets her first challenge: to discover the identity of the VIP staying at the same hotel. With the help of her best friend Poppy and brother Ali, Zaiba puts her sleuthing skills to the test. And when the celebrity's precious dog disappears, along with its priceless ...

As golden sunlight shimmers across the crystal-clear waters, Francesca travels to the tranquil Italian island of Santa Caterina in search of precious rare books and a new beginning. Heartbroken after the sudden end of her long-term relationship, she jumped at the chance to help recover a collection of missing books. But when she arrives, she soon discovers she was invited by the island’s mysterious owner, alongside handsome local book collector Thiago, to unlock a secret that spans generat...