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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Adrian Schiller. In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the...

Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz's national best-seller (that the New York Times refused to review) provides the first in-depth exploration into the origins of HIV and Ebola. Features: Claims that "emerging viruses," AIDS, Ebola, herpes viruses, Epstein Barr, and the new flu viruses naturally evolved and then jumped species infect humanity seem grossly unfounded in light of the compelling evidence assembled in this monumental text Alternatively, the possibility that these bizarre germs were laboratory creations, accidentally or intentionally transmitted via tainted hepatitis and smallpox vaccines in...

Ever notice how some places don’t feel right? No rhyme or reason, they’re just unsettling, without you being able to pinpoint the cause. The vaguely suspicious demeanour of the locals. The pewtered quality of light. The old and indefinably alien smell that blows on the breeze ...difficult to say for sure, but there’s definitely something. Bledbrooke is one of those places. It’s always been different to other towns. Quaint and quiet, a little backwater with a somehow dark charm all of its own. Once you get used to it, you wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. It’s not all ...

The sweeping sickness, a global pandemic. Billions lie fallen, gripped by an unknown affliction. Hope is all the few survivors have. Hope that the collapsed will recover and wake again. But waking is when the real nightmare begins… A mystery illness sweeps the globe. Swifter and more virulent than anything ever recorded, enfolding the earth like a savage hand snatching a child’s marble. The City Flu in Britain. The Sweeping Sickness in America. Misnomers, semantics, swirls of the matador’s cloak, the names don’t matter. There isn’t time for that. Normal life is slipping its gears,...

Long defamed as a vicious pirate, Captain James Cook (a.k.a Hook) was in fact a dazzling wordsmith who left behind a vibrant, wildly entertaining, and entirely truthful memoir. His chronicle offers a counter narrative to the works of J.M. Barrie, a "dour Scotsman" whose spurious accounts got it all wrong. Now, award-winning playwright John Pielmeier is proud to present this crucial historic artifact in its entirety for the first time.

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins has sold more than three million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books promoting atheism of all time. Now John Leonard systematically dismantles the argument in The God Delusion point by point, leaving the lstener iwith very few questions as to which worldview is more logical. After he has dispensed with Dawkins, Leonard makes a powerful argument for intelligent design that should eliminate any lingering doubts in the mind of the listener about whether supernatural intelligence exists.

Have you ever got fed up with your job? Changing profession is the obvious answer. Of course, that’s somewhat more difficult when it’s one of those lifestyle jobs. And infinitely more difficult when your employer is Strowg, an age-old creature of the night. A long time ago, Charles Hennessy struck a bargain with Strowg. This strange and darkly charming figure had a noble bearing, was clearly wealthy and offered something too tempting to resist. The keys to immortality. With hindsight, what a wonderful thing that is, the deal was a rather big mistake. The promise has yet to be fulfilled ...

When someone we love dies, it's difficult to look beyond our grief to understand that they are still with us. And yet we hear in the funeral liturgy that "life is changed not ended." In Our Faithful Departed, University of Notre Dame theologian Leonard J. DeLorenzo shows us what this means and how we are called to remain faithful in our relationships with the dead.

The Dead Boxes Archive is a chilling collection of short horror stories and horror novellas. Together for the first time in one volume, seven tales from the critically acclaimed Dead Boxes series. Dead Boxes are scary things. Wonderful and dreadful secrets hiding themselves in plain view. On the surface, they often appear to be ordinary, everyday objects. Items which are easily overlooked at first glance. Perhaps that’s just as well because the Dead Boxes are as far from ordinary and everyday as you can get. They hold miracle and mystery, horror and salvation, answers to questions best ...

A delightful collection of lesser known traditional and modern fairy stories: 1. "The King of the Golden River"; 2. "The Empty Drum"; 3. "The Fire Spirit"; 4. "The Tree of Death"; 5. "The Smuggler’s Daughter"; 6. "A Dream of Wild Bees"; 7. "The Fisherman"; 8. "The Masked Ball"; 9. "The Petrified Man"; 10. "The Were-Wolf"...and many more.

It's 1979 and Sammy Rafferty is on the run. From the past. From the police. And, perhaps more importantly, from some rather unfriendly criminal types. He thinks his football dreams are over, but that might not be the case. He's run to Burntbridge Lye. A place where dreams don't always die. Sammy “the butcher” Rafferty has long since kissed his playing days goodbye. Never kicking a competitive ball again was a hard pill to swallow and he’s not ready for his managerial career to come to an untimely end. The thought of forever being shut out of football makes his heart sink and feet itch...

A wonderful collection of great classic love stories for the incurable romantic in all of us. "The Scrupulous Father" by George Gissing, "The Marquise" by George Sand, "Her Lover" by Maxim Gorky, "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy, "A Dill Pickle" by Katherine Mansfield, "Portrait of a Lady" by Jerome K. Jerome, "The Pig and Whistle" by George Gissing, "A Race for a Bride" by H. K. Hales, "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love" by Leonard Merrick...

City Flu sweeps the globe. Swift, virulent, devastating. Beneath Whitehall, a few of the immune gather in a government bunker. Something worse than pandemic is taking place above their heads. Two men are sent to investigate ... Pearcey is a veteran. Cynical and smart. Fear is an old friend. Horror is nothing new. But this is fear and horror of a different order. It may well be an apocalyptic event. The Apocalypse. Right here, right now. In London, across the country, across the globe. Ageing and tired, his biggest weakness may be the creeping compassion that threatens to undermine his ...

Seeing a stranger die is the worst thing that Chris has ever witnessed. Picking up the dead man’s wallet is a mistake, a moment of weakness. That’s all it takes, one impulsive act, for reality to unravel. Because pocketing the wallet is only the beginning. Dark forces swim below the surface of the world... They change their shape but never go away... They find a way through... Chris Carlisle experiences an everyday horror. A morning starts out bad and gets worse. Wrong place at the wrong time and life takes a wrong turn. But even the blackest clouds have silver linings. He gets a little...

Compiled by the Dark Poet Princess, Xtina Marie, here are 16 delectably horrific tales of the sinister side of dark romance, where not everything is hearts and flowers, and moonlight strolls hand-in-hand with your beautiful soulmate. This phenomenal anthology - named in honor of that unique part of the female anatomy believed by some to summon satan himself - overflows with the darkest storytelling and the brightest talent on the independent writing scene today: Madison Estes, John Leonard, J.N. Cameron, Arista Cyrene, Steve Wands, Joe Palumbo, Jeremy Billingsley, and more.

A sinister force threatens a teenage horror fan, and only a team of B movie monsters can come to his rescue. Fear stalks a group of punks when a scarecrow proves that birds aren’t the only things it can terrorize. And all hell breaks loose when a man discovers that his next-door neighbor possesses the power to reanimate the dead... Celebrate the music of the night with Scare Street’s latest collection of diabolical horror. Thirteen tales of paranormal horror haunt this new volume. More than enough to keep you listening on long after the sun goes down.

The Art of Gaslighting has been shrouded in mystery, judgement, disdain, hatred and confusion for thousands of years. After decades of research into how Gaslighting is such an effective tool to control human beings, why it seemed to work on everyone and why. John Leonard Smith has discovered the gold behind Gaslighting, he has discovered the key to the minds of people and he has discovered the words, not to give you more examples of Gaslighting but to have you see Gaslighting, harness its power and be free of it.

We’re two Gen-X brothers who talk about life, parenting, Gen-X memories, and try to impart some advice for all who listen. Oh, yeah, we’re actually half-brothers and like 4th cousins once removed. So we’re Brosins! Gen-X has never sounded so good.

It's been a great night, but it's getting late. You need to make tracks and cash isn't king. No worries ...all aboard the Night Service. It could be the last bus you ever catch. Every journey is a journey into the unknown, but this trip is an eye-opener, unlike anything that Luke and Jessica have ever experienced. They’re going to learn a few important lessons. Being young and in love doesn’t grant immunity from the everyday awful ...or the less ordinary evil that lurks in the shadows. There’s no inoculation from the horror of the world - it’s real and it’s waiting to touch you. ...

In this insightful book, you will find the collective wisdom of 15 international thought leaders, scattered across three continents and multiple industries, as they share their best strategies for building influence and authority. Covering everything from video and print media to social media and consulting, Authority lets you inside the minds of experts who have built their own authority and helped countless others do the same.