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Anna McKenzie just wants her life back. She wants the brutal murder of her brother never to have happened. She certainly doesn't want magic, power, and to deal with a certain vigilante named Victor Prince... ...but once the world of magic has claimed her, there is no escape.
A ship has vanished in the dark, in the very outer reaches of Earth's solar system. Alien invaders sweep through the void, destroying outposts and threatening humanity. The truth is known only to a few: We fired first. We fired on aliens whose very appearance and body language sent all humans into a flying rage. All but a few. Now an autistic savant from Mars and an alien diplomat seek peace...while some on both sides desire only conflict. Suza McRae and Haniyar must bridge the gap between their species, or risk a war that will destroy everything and everyone in its path.
In this global collaboration of essays, chefs and scientists test various hypotheses and theories concerning? the physical and chemical properties of food. Using traditional and cutting-edge tools, ingredients, and techniques, these pioneers create--and sometimes revamp--dishes that respond to specific desires, serving up an original encounter with gastronomic practice. From grilled cheese sandwiches, pizzas, and soft-boiled eggs to Turkish ice cream, sugar glasses, and jellified beads, the essays in The Kitchen as Laboratory cover a range of culinary creations and their history and culture. They consider the significance of an eater's background and dining atmosphere and the importance of a chef's methods, as well as strategies used to create a great diversity of foods and dishes. Contributors end each essay with their personal thoughts on food, cooking, and science, thus offering rare insight into a professional's passion for experimenting with food.
***Nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award and a Nebula Award*** EVERY EMPIRE DEMANDS REVOLUTION. Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price ...
Written by author Jarrett Goodman, get ready to read and experience the exciting adventure of biblical proportions, through Google Play! After being chosen by God to become the Guardian of Nature, a powerful guardian angel capable of cleansing environments that have been left in ruin by pollution and human activity, fourteen year old Dexter Spirland is about to be thrown into a summer adventure like no other. As he will travel across the globe to help cleanse ruined environments, while also dealing with a powerful foe that poses as a threat to both humanity, and Nature.
The third entry into the action packed Grizzly Series is finally here! Don't miss out on a brand new adventure filled with new and familiar faces, new and riveting thrills, and epic new battles as Kyle further continues his endeavors as Anchorage's vicious superhero! It has been nine months since Kyle’s successful rescue of his new friend/ally Dr. Sian McGregory, as well as his confrontation with the Alaskan Anarchy Group’s infamous leader, Daniel Maller. Since then, the AAG itself has been at war with the Grizzly. And after nine months of numerous failed attempts at killing the mighty hero, Daniel decides to send out his deadliest assassins yet to finish the job. With the assailants themselves being the Anarchic Assassins. A group of animal turned killers with fierce instincts and abilities. So now, in this third installment of the Grizzly Series, Kyle has to duke it out against his deadliest foes yet. But what he doesn’t know, is that he is about to have a little help from a group of unlikely new allies in this brand new battle of good versus evil.
She was killed on their wedding day...but he couldn't let her go. Tall and handsome Dr. Spencer Py was a well-respected environmental Scientist. But one moment can change everything. When a car crash kills his new bride Melanie and leaves him bound to a wheelchair, he's left racked with despair over his failure to save her. Grief turns to obsession, and one fateful night he stumbles upon plans for the Spiricom on the internet, Thomas Edison's devise for communicating with the dead. Determined to be united with his beloved, he embarks on a journey to build the device, never imagining the results, and unwittingly drawing Detective James Early into the scariest case of his life.
WINNER OF A 2019 JUDGES CHOICE BAMFSIE AWARD! Tiny Supers is here! Tiny Supers is the newest iteration of the minimalist roleplaying system TinyD6! Powered by the TinyD6 engine, with streamlined mechanics that utilize only one to three single six-sided dice on every action, characters that can be written on a 3x5 notecard, and easy to understand and teach rules, Tiny Supers is great for all groups, ages, and experience levels who want to enjoy fast and accessible superheroics! Characters are created quickly, with a simple power selection system designed to be fast, inuitive, and easy to understand. A wide range of innovations on the TinyD6 ruleset allow you to craft nearly any superhero you ...
Full of voices that men dare not raise — even to themselves — this provocative novel is "a brutally seductive" and incisive exploration of male libido, identity, and power (Verve). Girls is an erotic spree, a journey into the most forbidden corners of male desire, a story about men who have been rendered numb by their power, who have sacrificed everything for success, who have lost their souls and can find meaning only by living vicariously, obsessively through young women. "It's hard to remember another recent novel that's so smart about male desire." —GQ London