When your father is the God of the sea, and your brother a whale, life is complicated for young navigator Kai.Nobody returns from Walu, the Black Island. Blood priest Kapanval practices dark magic and is the terror of the Pacific. He is an enemy of Kai's family.Tangaroa tasks Kai and his brother with protecting his home. A beautiful woman haunts Kai's dreams, begging him to save her. Enemies assail them, but all currents flow toward Walu. Kai must go where others do not. Ka...

Humankind brought the Earth to the brink of destruction.It's 2144, and life has changed for the better. Or has it?Based on 20th-century longitudinal research, the ruling Council introduced the Goodness Algorithm to remove the five per cent of humans who may cause societal problems by puberty.Julia is the Chief Genetic Scientist of Good Hope. She notices a change in the behaviour and intelligence of children. They are evolving rapidly.The Quality Control Depa...

Dwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, dragons and wizards - these are the ingredients of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful fantasy, the prelude to The Lord of The Rings, now the subject of a major feature film series. The hero of the tale is Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious hobbit who is suddenly thrust into what turns out to be the biggest adventure of his life. Guided by Gandalf the wizard, Bilbo and a company of dwarves set out to destroy Smaug the Magnificent, a ferocious dragon w...

Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon—these are our guides through the Wastelands.From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior, from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of...

Welcome to a universe of wonder!What's it like to have a mad scientist for a father?Or protect your sleeping city from the terrors of the deep, or save your family spaceship?Blast off for new worlds with the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide Volume 6!"This stellar collection will appeal to both teens and grown-ups who dream of future worlds." Kirkus Review of Books, for the 2018 Young Explorer's Explorer's Guide

He’s a hot redhead in distress and I’m a Viking Alpha werewolf with a pack in turmoil. Even though our romance is forbidden and he’s a man, no wolf can resist the call of his fated mate.ThorI’ve always trusted the visions of my brother and when he told me to run, I didn’t hesitate. The Skoll pack, led by the ruthless Alpha who killed our father, is out for blood. But when I shifted and took off into the woods, I never expected to find an injured human with red hair and a pa...

Stalked by a monster. Rescued by a beast. And a secret that bites back.Ethan Murphy moved to the misty streets of Portland, Maine to outrun his past. He wasn't looking for love, and he certainly wasn't looking for the truth behind the "wild animal attack" that killed his father.Then he meets Calder Thorne.Calder is a mechanic with grease on his hands and secrets behind his flashing gold eyes. He's also a werewolf living under a century-old code of s...

"Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this]."— Central European HistoryShatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries.In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea, four major empires with ethn...

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

Illustrating the important aspects of tensor calculus, and highlighting its most practical features, Physical Components of Tensors presents an authoritative and complete explanation of tensor calculus that is based on transformations of bases of vector spaces rather than on transformations of coordinates. Written with graduate students, professors, and researchers in the areas of elasticity and shell theories in mind, this text focuses on the physical and nonholonomic com...

Welcome to the Tellurian Pack, where werewolves claim their fated mates. The bonds may be forbidden, but nothing will stop these hot alphas from enjoying what fate has in store for them.Book 1: Alpha's Awakening: He's the kind of alpha dreams are made of, but I can't make another mistake.Book 2: Beta's Bliss: I thought I was straight until I saw him. Now my whole life has been turned upside down.Book 3: Gamm...

As the new pack Beta, humans are strictly off limits. But when my long-lost childhood best friend unexpectedly lands on top of me, I can't keep my hands off him.LoganIt's been almost fifteen years since I stepped foot in this small town, and nothing has changed. Then I run face-first into my childhood best friend and I couldn't be happier. But there's more to him now than I remember. He's hunky, charming, and has the most beautiful hazel eyes I've ever seen. He's still just...