We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, revolting, poor, tedious, or literally inaccessible?With over 50 original essays by leadin...

Grace Richardson is a young mortal woman whose only concerns are providing for her family, playing her violin, and spending as much time as possible with her brother, Leo. When Leo goes into service in the Fae’s world as a mercenary, she expects him to return with the honor that he deserves.When Leo suddenly dies in an unspecified accident, not a word, medal, or penny comes down from the higher-ups. Suspecting foul play, Grace disguises herself as a Fae and sneaks into the Upper Re...

Why are things the way they are on this planet? There is a very cleverly designed Matrix, hidden in plain view, which we believe is our very reality, that is created to be an imposition and limitation on every aspect of our lives. Almost everything we encounter on this earth and beyond, even our religions and spirituality are an aspect of this Matrix which controls and manipulates us to feed those who run things mostly behind the scenes. This book connects the dots and exposes the grand ar...

In this searing, “indisputable page-turner” (Associated Press), a town’s dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest’s unthinkable last act—in the vein of The Dry and Where the Crawdads Sing.In Riversend, an isolated Australian community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable: he kills five parishioners before being taken down himself.A year later, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Rivers...

The second title by Coleman, Olympia's leading inspiration and top blurb-writer. The Itch, a tale that predates Indecent Proposal by decades, presents Viney, the husband, Martha, his wife, their many desires, and a millionaire who wanders along and offers them seven figures if they act out those desires in interesting ways. But their benefactor is hardly pleased when erotic pursuits occasioned by the pair (like running off to Japan), seem less than novel. So additional steps are taken to s...

Written by a nurse, this holistic guide for pregnancy and the postpartum experience provides foundational knowledge and intuitive wisdom to help new mothers support the optimal health of their baby and their own bodies.Get the answers to the big questions about pregnancy:• What kinds of foods should you eat and how do you prepare your body for labor and birth?• How does movement impact pelvic health and the baby's pos...

Between 1940 - 41, in Berlin, nine women are killed during the blackouts. One of these is a young girl. Her face is covered in snow and it looks as if she is smiling. This murder differs from the others and detective Johann Braunmann is ordered to solve it. However, he quickly senses that he is not meant to solve this case – or at least not to solve it quickly and for reasons he can't figure out. Something is very wrong - or somebody at the highest echelons of power is involved.

Theodor W. Adorno's aesthetics has dominated discussions about art and aesthetic modernism since World War II, and continues to inform contemporary theorizing. Situating Adorno's aesthetic theory in the context of post-Kantian European philosophy, Espen Hammer explores Adorno's critical view of art as engaged in reconsidering fundamental features of our relation to nature and reality. His book is structured around what Adorno regarded as the contemporary aesthetician's overarching task: to...

New Lagos station is losing altitude at fourteen meters per orbit. The TIAN-LONG research crew that could fix the problem stopped transmitting six hours ago. Zara Okonkwo runs the numbers aboard her ship DECAY-1 with AI partner CALCULUS and launches a rescue burn with enough delta-v for one attempt. Two hundred survivors. Seventy-two hours to atmospheric burn. The damage pattern is inconsistent with micrometeorite impact. Inside the station, Director Wei Liang guards a bio-adaptive seed th...

A civilian hiker watches a fifty-ton concrete block levitate, vanish, and detonate. He has just witnessed the maiden flight of the USS Icarus, a 240-meter warship powered by quantum vacuum plasma thruster technology that cancels mass and falls through gravity itself. Major Kit Cassidy, a fighter pilot whose traumatic brain injury makes her the only human who can survive the vessel's disorienting gravity field, commands the ship. Within hours, a sleeper cell steals the Icarus and announces ...

Even after all the sin, trial, tribulation, God is still faithful even when we’re not. Peace by Piece comes from my heart. Without all the pieces, how can we be complete? What a great, great Father we have, what a sweet salvation He gives, and He waits with open arms just waiting for you. There is a job that needs to be done, but you can’t find that last piece. Something’s missing. This book will tell you what that is, and the peace of God will fall on you like rain. There’s nothing He wou...

Kristy Fitzpatrick just can't catch a break.As a mortal in a magical world, she often feels disconnected from the rest of her mystical, more exciting classmates. The only thing that she has to compete with in the classroom is her mind.But even for a magical being like her impulsive naiad best friend, Brianna, life is far from stable. Centuries ago, when a fully formed labyrinth sprang from the ocean, the magic emanating from its ivy walls caused all kinds of devastating mag...