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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

High in the isolated mountain country of northern New Mexico, spring arrives like a curse. Rivers explode from melting snow, wolves cry beneath the moon, and frightened whispers spread through hidden valleys where old beliefs still carry more weight than medicine. When young Erslinda falls...

Mars is not kind to human beings. It strips them down to their limits, exposes their fears, and magnifies every flaw. In a remote construction camp, survival depends on trust, restraint, and the fragile belief that men can govern themselves when the stakes are high. When a shocking act of...

Wladislaw Brenryk has built the life he wanted. He owns a successful shop in Ponkert, has a wife and young daughter, and has earned a reputation as a shrewd but honest merchant. Then one winter journey brings him face-to-face with creatures unlike any wolves he has ever seen. What follows leaves...

Death should have ended Richard Devaney’s rivalry with Louis Winston. Instead, it gives Richard a terrifying new way to continue it. Trapped outside the physical world but still consumed by jealousy, he watches Louis return to Velma, the woman they both love. Then Richard discovers something...

Professor Detmold believes the human brain can be duplicated in metal. His colleagues call the idea absurd, his university casts him out, and the public laughs at his claims. Hidden away in the West Virginia hills, Detmold continues his experiments until his artificial brain can see, learn...

This book is packed with trivia facts about World War II and written in a way that not only teaches you about some of the lesser known facts about the most important war of the 20th century, but also to test you on your knowledge of those facts. Some of the facts are surprising, some of them are strange, but all of them are fascinating and will keep you wanting to hear more! You’ll learn everything you could have wondered about World War II and then some.

In this compelling adventure, Clay Barlow's idyllic way-of-life, in the Texas Hill Country, is shattered when he returns home to find his family savagely murdered. Clay must find the strength to grow beyond his 17 years. After burying his loved ones, his search for justice takes him to the Rio Bravo and into Mexico. On his quest, he'll face death, find love, and strive to conquer his youth and inexperience. Will he live long enough to learn? Is he prepared to take a life? Did his retired, deputy sheriff father teach him enough to survive against experienced killers?

Bullets rip the air, snapping past Clay Barlow’s head as, riding Blue, he charges a band of robbers surrounding the Austin stagecoach. Clay lets loose with a load of buckshot from his 12-gauge Roper Repeating Shotgun. With his third blast, the robbers turn tail and race off into the Texas hill country, leaving one of their own dying in the hot Texas dust. At 18, Clay has been invited to join the Texas Rangers. Now, he rides to Austin to either put on the Rangers’ badge or fight for the law in Texas courts, fulfilling his parents' wish that he become an attorney.

Learn how to become a great manager in this Wall Street Journal bestseller from the leadership experts at FranklinCovey. The essential guide when you make the challenging yet rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful, Everyone Deserves a...

Like the tanning of a leathered corpse, the inaugural release of Grimoire seeks to stretch the fleshy bounds of dark fiction and horror. Included within these unhallowed book are tales of medieval horror and cacophony, Lovecraftian delights and wretched Kaiju, accursed djinn and pestilential priests, all brought together for the very first time in one horrific collection. Engaging and provocative, these tales of the damned stalk the graveyards at night, crawl up from the empty and wet places of this world, and haunt the dreams of all who hear them.

Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things, but twisted forms…unholy shapes. And there are rumors of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more. It is here, in Enfaire, that an old Franciscan friar and his ward take shelter from a storm. It is here, in a little town on the edge of civilization, that they will have their faith truly tested.

A forgotten gallery becomes a doorway into a dying future, and an unsuspecting scholar is hurled into a war no human was meant to witness. High above a blazing alien world, a winged civilization fights for survival against invisible enemies that move through solid rock as easily as air. Their...

Puerto Rico is more than beaches and postcards, it is a centuries-long experiment in survival, rebellion, and rhythm. From the first Taíno villages to the sugar empires, from Spanish fortresses to American bureaucracy, the island has been conquered, taxed, forgotten, and reborn more times than anyone can count. In Rum, Revolution, and Resilience, Jordan Blake Carter uncorks five hundred years of history with equal parts humor and honesty. The result is a portrait of an island that keeps rebuilding itself, through hurricanes, politics, and colonial hangovers without ever losing its flavor.

Faith, Fear, and Fortune-Professor Vlkoslag sells them all. In the rough-edged boomtown of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Professor Vlkoslag's Traveling Medicine Show rolls into town with its usual mix of spectacle, sleight of hand, and snake oil. But beneath the smell of camphor and sawdust lies something darker. Something born from the Professor's own forbidden magic. Vlkoslag isn't just a showman—he's a magician who wields real power and uses it to manipulate both magic and men.

Folkloric, Tales of Folklore & Horror is a collection of 16 terrifying tales, drenched in ritual, superstition, and myth. Featuring stories from authors all around the world, this anthology delves into the dark traditions of ages past, and the uncanny sources that inspired them.

Valyra is dying. In less than two years, the magnificent world of eighteen oceans and four moons—and more than a trillion lives—could cease to exist. Fifteen-year-old Mora Vale should be worried about surviving her first days at Vanguard Academy, where the next generation of Valyra’s protectors is trained. Instead, she discovers that her father, one of the planet’s leading scientists, has been hiding an impossible truth: an experiment meant to unlock a revolutionary source of energy has destabilized their world. And the countdown has already begun.

This book will bring to life the Titanic by letting you in on some often overlooked details and letting you ride along with some of the passengers - some who enjoyed their last few days of life on the ship, while others did what they could to survive.

A devastating plague is sweeping the continent of Greater Virren. Its origin is unknown, its dominance of the land near complete. In times of grim desperation, pestilence has given way to superstition, and the citizenry are now more divided than ever. Yet the city of Rothenberg remains inexplicably untouched.... The council has grown convinced of their immunity, even as their neighbors are consumed before them. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, a zealous religious order has reemerged. They claim to have discovered the source of the plague...but can they be trusted?

Yaro Anatoly commands the most feared regiment on the continent. His loyalty to the king has seen him wage war in the savage wilderness of Vorgar, the lawless free cities, and in Akasha, the domain of the southern princes. But when the death of a saint triggers a revolution at home, Yaro finds his own loyalties divided. Can he really serve a king who hates his own people? And who are these new gods?