The Devil's Due

The Devil's Due

M Purcell

Science / Physics

The Devil comes to a small town on Halloween evening. Terror grips the town, and one young boy's Life will be changed forever. He is slowly tormented his entire life, until the day comes when he must fight for his immortal soul. The horror will have you on the edge of your seat as Donald Lemore tries to save his sanity, and avoid spending an eternity burning in hell.Ontario Provincial Police Detective Lincoln Munroe is coming up empty. As a serial killer terrorizes the area surrounding London, Ontario, Canada, Lincoln finds himself at a standstill waiting for the perfect killer to make his first mistake. While the body count rises without any leads, Lincoln finds himself haunted by dreams of discovering skeletal remains in the forest beneath a bloody knife. The dreams seem to come true when Lincoln is called to Algonquin Park to assist an old colleague. There he is tasked with overseeing the excavation of human remains buried more than twenty-five years earlier; remains that will bring to the surface cold cases, a painful past and memories Lincoln had long since forgotten. 'A Dream of Death' is the first in a series of character-driven police procedurals written by a Canadian police officer. Continue reading after the story for an excerpt of book two in the series, 'Blue Rubicon', now available in eBook format from numerous retailers.
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The Last Demon

The Last Demon

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction / Science

Isaac Bashevis Singer, who won the Nobel Prize in 1978, is best-remembered for his humane and moving short stories, which drew comparison with those of Maupassant and Chekhov. The three collected here, about a girl who pretends to be a man in order to study the Torah, a frustrated demon, and a writer trying to understand the confusion of a holocaust survivor, illuminate the great themes of human suffering with supernal grace.
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The Last Emperox

The Last Emperox

John Scalzi

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Science / Humor

The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi.The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems—and billions of people—are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction . . . and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known. Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her and who deny the reality of this collapse. But "control" is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people form impoverished isolation, the forces...
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Blender - A Caleb Knight Short Story

Blender - A Caleb Knight Short Story

Jeffrey Zweig II

Science / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories

Taking place after The End Begins: The Nine, we catch up with Caleb Knight as he prepares a squad of new recruits for a Post War society. But the lines of ally and enemy are about to become blurred.The day Connor cornered me in the library, I thought he was cracked. The day he covered my walls with crosses and filled my apartment with garlic, I thought he was psychotic. The day he killed someone on the floor in my living room, I had no choice but to believe. This is my last confession, the story of the years we spent hunting Them and the mistakes we made. This is my memorial to the people we lost. This is my realization of the importance of Proof.They have been lurking in the shadows for untold years, waiting for the chance to burst free. Only the ragged few, held together by the charismatic Connor, have seen the signs and dare to stand up against Them, the undead. In this battle, no one leaves unscathed.
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Legwork

Legwork

Roland Smith

Science / Children's Books / Nonfiction

When Briggs Barclay first meets his new neighbor Theodore Ranly, he can't imagine what they might have in common. Briggs’ main ambition in life is to dazzle the freshman football coach as soon as he enters high school. Theodore's got a killer arm when it comes to passing a ball, but the fact that he's confined to a wheelchair rules out any possibility of playing backyard tackle. They soon enter into a relationship that sends Briggs on the adventure of his life.
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The Prooth (Origins Part 7)

The Prooth (Origins Part 7)

W Bradley

Science / Physics

Jarl discovers the plan the Prooth have for Dia, Leyla and himself. Are these 'rebel Prooth' all they seem to be? What about Gheid and the Sindenians? Can they be trusted?This is a science fiction short story of 2,770 words. It is part seven in the 'Origins' series of science fiction short stories.Fifth book in series of five: A novel about planet earth years after the rapture during the 1,000 year reign of peace. This is a fascinating look how two light nephilims, Day and Star, try to stop a great dark nephilim plot. this plot is an attempt to kill Jesus in Jerusalem and set Apollyon and his dark angels free from the abyss of the Fernandilian volcano. it is a story how day and star uncover their newly discovered supernatural abilities and use them to outwit the dark forces with the help of the angels, especially Caleb, their own angelic father. Sometimes referred to as Christian fantasy.
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Hijack

Hijack

Chris Ryan

Nonfiction / Science / History

From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series.Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet...The Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. Intelligence has been received that Argentina is plotting to invade, but is it reliable?The Special Forces Cadets are sent in to investigate, disguised as nature watchers, but when they split up to conduct essential research, two of them are captured and imprisoned. Their lives are in grave danger, but with the main operation at a crucial stage, the others are under orders to leave their friends to their fate.Can the cadets prevent a war and make it out alive?
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Hometown, Day One

Hometown, Day One

John Dee

Philosophy / Nonfiction / Science

The 'Good Ol Days' were better. In the words of Jeremiah "Hogwash; Sinners have always been sinners, Bigots have always been bigots and the Righteous have always been both.A hundred and fifty years of our hometown seen through the eyes of Robert Porter.A few words to live by thrown in for fun along with love, caring and hope.My only book without potty wordsJohn DeeWhat's a car-mad dog to do?When Horace the dog learnt to drive, all the dogs in town copied him. He's their hero - but now the dogs are banned from driving, and the cats have challenged them to a race! Since Horace has no car, he decides to build his own. A lawnmower and a few bricks should do it...With a little help from his friends the stunt hamsters, Tickety and Boo, and the snooty snake Kimi, Horace gets his car on the road. But will it be fast enough to beat the cats?This sequel to PETROL PAWS is the second in the WHEElers series, but can also be read as a stand-alone book, packed with fun and four-wheeled action for ages 7 and over.
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The Universe Between

The Universe Between

Alan E Nourse

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Health, Mind & Body / Science

Bob Benedict is one of the few scientists able to make contact with the invisible, dangerous world of The Thresholders and return - sane! For years he has tried to transport - and receive - matter by transmitting it through the mysterious, parallel Threshold. At first his efforts met only with failure and madness. But now The Thresholders have risen in fury. Somehow Bob Benedict must make one more trip into that land of peril and pacify them before they succeed in hurling his planet - piece by piece - into the oblivion of infinity.
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Thy Name Is Woman

Thy Name Is Woman

Bryce Walton

Science

Thy Name Is Woman is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Bryce Walton is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Bryce Walton then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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3 + 3

3 + 3

Michael Summers

Science / Nonfiction / Space

3 + 3 is an edgy tale of chance based around Theo, who we find with a gun to his head and a finger on the trigger. As the story progresses, Theo’s extraordinary history unfolds; a history that has been subtly leading up to this life or death moment without him knowing. Luck has a peculiar fate in store for this unlikely hero, and the number six has something to do with it. So just roll the dice...Things might have been normal, had Theo never picked up a dice…
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Michael (Origins Part 3)

Michael (Origins Part 3)

W Bradley

Science / Physics

Michael finds himself captured by an entity he hadn't expected. His military training had not taught him to deal with abduction on this scale. Could he escape a seemingly inescapable cell?This is a short story of 2,600 words. It is part three in the 'Origins' series of stories which connect with one another in unexpected ways.Adrienne Tellier is the owner of a brothel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Her brother Alphonse is a wealthy lawyer who’s married to a beautiful woman named Dora. Little does he know, however, that Dora and Adrienne have been in love since the first night they met – the eve of his and Dora’s wedding.“Madam Tellier’s Lover” is a serialized story divided into three novella-length installments. Part One focuses on Adrienne’s inheritance of the brothel, as well as on her estranged brother’s wedding, where she meets Dora Wakefield for the first time – and falls madly in love.This is a fictional continuation of the short story “Madame Tellier’s Excursion” by Guy de Maupassant.
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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes From an Uncertain Science

The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes From an Uncertain Science

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Science / Health / Nonfiction

Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all. Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way he understood the medical profession. The book, The Youngest Science, forced Dr. Mukherjee to ask himself an urgent, fundamental question: Is medicine a “science”? Sciences must have laws—statements of truth based on repeated experiments that describe some universal attribute of nature. But does medicine have laws like other sciences? Dr. Mukherjee has spent his career pondering this question—a question that would ultimately produce some of most serious thinking he would do around the tenets of his discipline—culminating in The Laws of Medicine. In this important treatise, he investigates the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career that ultimately led him to identify the three key principles that govern medicine. Brimming with fascinating historical details and modern medical wonders, this important book is a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and Eureka! moments that people outside of the medical profession rarely see. Written with Dr. Mukherjee’s signature eloquence and passionate prose, The Laws of Medicine is a critical read, not just for those in the medical profession, but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being is being treated. Ultimately, this book lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding medicine, now and into the future.
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