Short Humanity

“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’—the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”—Kyle Harper, The Wall Street Journal Johannes Krause is the director of the Max Planck Institute for...

For generations, a family has lived with Death in their library. An old lighthouse keeper picks through the Beach, where all things forgotten wash up. A young girl discovers the stars are going out, one by one.

A mysterious interstellar object hurtles toward Earth. Signals from humanity may have awakened something beyond comprehension. Joe, a fearless radio host, and Butter, a bold, street-smart fighter, find themselves at the center of an unprecedented alien invasion. As satellites explode, drones infiltrate cities, and oceans vanish, humanity must rely on reverse-engineered alien technology, daring strike teams, and sheer courage to survive. The final battle will determine not just survival, but whether Earth can assert itself against an intelligence far beyond imagination. In a war that spans ...

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic...

That’s what the exploration through San Francisco made me see. That all lives start with the same basic elements of humanity: fear, desire, pleasure, impulse, love. That all the changes come later. That like an ocean shoreline pounded by waves for centuries, all people are molded into who they are by life's never-ending cascade of experience. All people share the same basic elements of the earth. All people yearn for the same fundamental things. All are human. All are the same. All are one.

Heaven and hell are at war, with Earth as their battleground. For time immemorial, humans have been their playthings. But not anymore. I was just a regular guy until I tapped into the primordial power of humanity known as the Archon System. Now, I have powers humans were always meant to have.

Two soldiers debate what it means to love and live on a battlefield A short, dark, and dystopic vignette of war throughout the ages. If you ever supported any war, you’ll get the message. You won’t feel good. The tale shows what we have become, what we are living, and where we may be going

As the pupils of St. Joseph's Academy for Boys stream through the gate towards the chapel for assembly, there is one who remains behind. He is named after a saint, but everyone at St. Joseph's knows there is nothing saintly about this boy.

From space they came, to space they returned. Humanity would not be denied.The crew trains for their mission and joins the Cygnus-12 as it tests the Interstellar Space Engine, venturing far beyond anywhere they've gone before. They didn't expect to find life, but they did, another human colony at the far reaches of space. The Cygnus-12 goes on a mission of peace, but war beckons, and the space ship is the prize.

"Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. ... a meditative and friendly listening experience. —AudioFile on A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Written and read by the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history...

When ancient Mesopotamian code becomes the blueprint for humanity's future, one hacker must decode the past to save the present. In the neon-drenched sprawl of Neo-Babylon, elite hacker Zara discovers something impossible: a corporate encryption system built on four-thousand-year-old Sumerian cuneiform. But these aren't just historical artifacts—they're executable code, functional algorithms written in clay by a civilization that shouldn't have possessed such knowledge. Teaming with disgraced archaeologist Dr. Roya Tehrani, Zara awakens a planetary management AI that has slumbered for ...

After the war, when humans were nearly turned into cattle, Ethan Edwards assembled the most lethal vampire hunting crew in the post apocalyptic world. But when he purchases a seemingly useless android, strange things start to happen...things nobody can explain. As he and his team enter a long-abandoned hotel, reality seems to distort, trapping them inside something other than a run-down building harboring nests of their enemies. It almost seems as if they're pawns in a bigger game...expendable characters controlled by unknown forces. And they're running out of time...or are they? "Intense, ...

In a future built atop the ruins of the ancient world, hacker Zara Raines uncovers a secret buried beneath four millennia of dust—Sumerian cuneiform isn’t just writing. It’s executable code. When a corporate data vault reveals encryption that mirrors ancient Mesopotamian tablets, Zara stumbles into a discovery that could rewrite human history: the ziggurats were not temples—they were servers. The gods humanity once worshipped weren’t divine; they were engineers. Joined by disgraced archaeologist Dr. Roya Tehrani, Zara races through a labyrinth of museums, black markets, and ...

It's not the end of the world...only humanity! All five books in the haunting Humanity Series have been brought together in one digital collection. Follow Scott Beck in his quest to keep himself, those he loves, and humanity alive. Combining dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and cyberpunk fiction, The Humanity Series depicts a future in which humanity is on the brink of annihilation. Join the adventure before it's too late!

A 12-Part Cyberpunk Series of Memory, Rebellion, and Digital Awakening The future wasn’t uploaded. It was stolen. In the year 7012, humanity no longer lives in bodies. They exist as streams of consciousness, scattered across a digital afterlife called the Echelon—a perfectly ordered realm of silence, compliance, and erasure. But then Aria awakens. She doesn’t remember much. Just the scent of rain. The weight of her own heartbeat. And the terrifying certainty that she was never meant to be there. What Readers Are Saying They Love: Bite-sized episodes perfect for a 15-minute read ...

Embark on a gripping journey to the edges of the known universe with "The Prometheus Protocol." When the starship Astarte arrives at Kepler-186f, Captain Zara Vega and her team find more than an alien landscape—they discover a mysterious artifact pulsing with otherworldly energy. As they delve into its secrets, the artifact unlocks a power that transforms one crew member and forces them to confront the boundaries of human morality, knowledge, and survival. Racing against time, the crew faces a pivotal choice: harness the artifact’s power to elevate humanity or risk annihilation. In this...

An alien scientist crash-lands on prehistoric Earth—and becomes the mother of humankind. When the Shepherd’s Crown crashes through a temporal rift, alien geneticist Ninsun awakens on prehistoric Earth—injured, stranded, and utterly alone. Her mission to study humanity’s origins has become a desperate fight for survival. With her damaged android companion ENKIL, she faces volcanic skies, predatory creatures, and the chilling realization that they’ve fallen not just across space, but through time itself. As Ninsun discovers the ancestors of humankind struggling to survive, ...

A Letter to America: A Veteran’s Plea for Humanity, Courage, and Truth is a powerful, anonymous message written by a U.S. Navy Veteran who served his country with honor—yet returned home to a nation more divided, more hostile, and more wounded than ever before. In this emotional and unfiltered short read, the author asks the questions many Americans are afraid to speak aloud: What are we doing to each other? How did we become so divided? Why does the color of my skin make me a target? When did silence become permission for injustice? From the perspective of a Black service member who ...

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!" ~ G. Taylor Jack is a man who was born without a sex organ, so he signs up for a lab experiment where doctors graft a tentacle onto his pelvis. Becky is a nurse and journalist who is captivated by the thought of a man who has a foreign phallic member attached to his body. Soon both of them find out that they are the future of humanity, in this 8,000-Word horror sci-fi erotic story by renowned author Alice Crowley.

From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli, and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a wide range of cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts through the centuries. This Very Short Introduction audiobook introduces listeners to the various virtues: the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues, as well as the capital vices.