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At the centre of the galaxy, a vast, unknown civilization is preparing for an event of epic proportions: the launch of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically advanced spaceship ever built – the Starship Titanic. An Earthling would see the ship as something really, really big, but rather less provincial onlookers would recognize it as the design of Leovinus, the galaxy’s most renowned architect. Before the launch Leovinus is having one last little look round and begins to find that things just aren’t right.

Have you ever stumbled upon a piece of life-changing knowledge that made you think: Why the hell didn't someone tell me this sooner? Millions of people have listened to Adam and Adam on the What You Will Learn podcast, where they have spent tens of thousands of hours studying the best ideas from the greatest minds on the planet. Their most frequently asked question: What is the best lesson you've come across? While you'd think a simple question would have a simple answer, it didn't - until now.

Four exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions traverse the Fourth Dimension. This collection includes Doctor Who: The Space Museum, Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks, Doctor Who: City of Death and Doctor Who: The Two Doctors.

What do you do when it's raining cats and dogs...and pigs and whales? Take refuge in 15 stories of wild and wicked weather. They will freeze you to the core, they will soak you to the bone. You will find no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, no sunshine after the rain. Just thunder and lightning that's very, very frightening. There's a storm coming....

Life is unpredictable and full of things we can’t control. The only thing we can truly have power over is our attitude. We don’t always have a choice in what happens to us, but we always get to choose how we respond.

Your home for the best history you can get. Listen in for fun facts, history lessons you never heard, and talking of American history in itself.

The Rundown aims to inspire and connect with people who may not identify as serious runners but share a love for the joy, challenges, and unique experiences that come with running. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simply put, leadership is about influence. In five practical steps, this book leverages proven leadership theory and personal accounts to unveil how you can become an everyday leader. Effective leadership begins with understanding that every leader is different, and every day is unique. Being a leader day in, day out requires embracing your personal leadership style and understanding the theory behind the practice. 

Savannah has grown up preparing for the end of the world. Her father is Teddy Unser, ex-con and doomsday prepper devoted to the day he and his family will have to run. But Teddy is tired of waiting, and when Savannah is 14, he steals a water truck and commits a cataclysmic attack in which Savannah and her little sister Mía find themselves accomplices.

When an unjust war arrives on his doorstep, a retired gunslinger named Marshal decides it's time to fight again. Marshal vows to stop the Republic's war and joins up with a ragtag resistance group known as the Corsairs, but the rebellion is powerless against the Republic and their unstoppable sandships. Marshal finds help from an unlikely pair: a woman named Dawn, a turncoat scientist willing to expose the Republic's secrets, and a boy named Raine, a frontier youth who holds the secret to unlocking a powerful, ancient mystery.

You wake up this morning and while sleeping you've already made $173 USD - it looks like a good day! You spend the next two hours reading the news and opening a few positions on the market. And your work for the day is done - it's time for fun with your friends and loved ones. Doesn't that sound like the perfect day...no boss, no stress, no boundaries of where you should be or even how much you can earn? Well. Invest in the stock market and this will be your typical day.

Yesterday, you earned a few hundred bucks just because of market fluctuations that appear random to an outside observer. You spent about an hour reading the news and then closing a few deals. And then you had a wonderful day with your loved ones. Does this sound better than your typical grumpy morning routine as you gulp down your coffee and toughen up for yet another day at your 9-to-5 job?

Most players struggle with AK due to small leaks in their strategy. So Optimizing Ace King (OAK) doesn't look to give you a bunch of memorized plays and tactics. Instead, OAK shows you how AK fits within your strategy and ranges. This prepares you for playing AK, among other hands, in a variety of spots and under a variety of conditions. James "SplitSuit" Sweeney and Adam "W34Z3L" Jones co-wrote this book to take an in-depth look at poker strategy through the lens of a single hand. Concepts include 3betting, 4betting, cbetting, barreling, GTO vs. exploitative play, and more.

Contributors to the latest book in the Guys Read series present a bone-chilling collection of original ghost stories perfect for sharing around the campfire, listening to under the covers with a flashlight, and scaring your friends' pants off.

A hugely entertaining career autobiography from a true legend of Welsh rugby and a genuine cult figure. In rugby there are the Flash Harrys and the Glory Boys: the fly-halves who run, kick and dazzle; the scrum-halves who nip and dart; the wingers who step and glide. These are the players who get the crowd on their feet, who set stadiums abuzz. But they only get to do these things because other, less glorified figures do all of the donkey work. Adam Jones is one such figure.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Kid Gloves, written and read by Adam Mars-Jones. When his widowed father - once a High Court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, the writer Adam Mars-Jones took responsibility for his care. Intimately trapped in the London flat where the family had always lived, the two men entered an oblique new stage in their relationship.

Funny Business is based around the theme of - what else? - humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and the Guys Read Library, you already know what you’re in store for: 10 hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; and more.

In this compelling overview, Adam Jones outlines the history and current extent of key crimes against humanity, and highlights the efforts of popular movements to suppress them. Using examples ranging from the genocides in Darfur and Rwanda to the sex trade of Eastern Europe and the use of torture in the war on terror, Jones explores the progress made in toughening international law, and the stumbling blocks which prevent full compliance with it. Coherent and revealing, this book is essential for anyone interested in the well-being of humanity.

On the Sunday of his 18th birthday, in 1975, Colin takes a walk on Box Hill, a biker hang-out. There he accidentally trips over Ray, a biker napping under a tree - and that’s where it all starts. This transgressive, darkly affecting love story between men, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, is a stunning novel of desire and domination by one of Britain’s most accomplished writers.

Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she's too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort.  What he really wants is to be able to turn to the one person on the rez whom he loves - his friend, David. Things go from bad to worse as Shane's dream of going to university is shattered and his grieving mother withdraws from the world.