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The Tokomak, the unquestioned masters of the galaxy, have dispatched a massive fleet to crush the Solar Union - and the fledgling Galactic Alliance - before the human race and its alien allies can tear the galactic order asunder. Hundreds of thousands of starships under the command of an alien tactical genius, bent on exterminating the entire human race...the darkest hour is truly at hand. 

The strong races rule the galaxy, doing as they please. The weak are enslaved or driven from their homeworlds or simply exterminated by the ruling powers. The Solar Union's only hope of survival is to master GalTech and improve upon it before the Galactics realize the human race is no longer trapped on a primitive world, at the mercy of any spacefaring race who stumbles across it. But GalTech keeps its secrets close, and time is not on humanity's side.

When a bunch of interstellar scavengers approach Earth intending to abduct a few dozen humans and sell them into slavery in the darkest, they make the mistake of picking on Steve Stuart and his friends, ex-military veterans all. Unprepared for humans who can actually fight, unaware of the true capabilities of their stolen starships, the scavengers rapidly lose control of the ship - and their lives.

Humanity has won a great victory, shattering the alien fleet that would have destroyed the Solar Union and exterminated the human race. But the war is not yet over. The Tokomak still have a huge fleet and an immense industrial base, large enough to crush the human race once and for all if they have time to bring it into action. The war may still be lost.

In the wake of the Solar Union’s stunning victory over the Tokomak - the masters of the galactic community - humanity has been invited to send a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Harmonious Order, one of the oldest and most significant races in known space. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed, a chance to forge ties with a powerful ally. And so a lone starship is dispatched to the galactic core to open discussions. But when that starship runs into a deadly trap, she and her crew must battle their way home before they are merely the first casualties in a renewed war. 

Available for the first time as an audiobook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story. Now, in "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows," readers finally learn the truth.

Fifty years after Steve Stuart and his friends captured an alien starship, the Solar Union is a thriving interstellar power while Earth is increasingly backward and falling into barbarism. For two youngsters from Earth, the Solar Union offers the only chance they will ever have to make something of their lives.

Fifty years ago, a human covert operations team—The Firelighters—raided Belosi, a world held in bondage by the alien Tichck, and rescued thousands of Belosi from slavery, taking them into space to form the core of a future liberation force. Since then, a cloud of secrecy has descended over Belos, with no word of the fate of the trapped Belosi allowed to escape the system. Now, with the Tokomak War over and the Galactics in disarray, the Solar Union intends to honor its promises to the exiled Belosi, by supporting their fleet in a bid to reclaim their stolen homeworld.

Get ready to experience new realms of reality Many scientists have tried for decades to develop a concrete explanation for what causes this phenomenon but with very little progress. For centuries, these strange phenomena have fascinated doctors, scientists, religious scholars and amateur theorists. And for science it is still a mystery as to why so many people have had the same sensations and experiences during an out of body experience. About one in ten people will have an OBE experience at some point in their lives and many will have had multiple experiences. If you are committed to ...

This National Book Critics Circle Award winner follows the real-life story of the friendship formed between a disheartened schoolteacher and a Black man falsely accused of murder in Jim Crow era Louisiana. Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A Lesson...

"A lightning bolt of a book" makes the case for why self-directed learning — "unschooling" — is the best way to get kids to learn (Lenore Skenazy) In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to foster children who will thrive in today’s constantly changing...

Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the “differently wired” kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, and other neurodifferences. Their challenges are many. But now there’s hope. Written by Deborah Reber, a best-selling author and mother in the midst of an eye-opening journey with her son who is twice exceptional (he has ADHD, Asperger’s, and is highly gifted), Differently Wired is a how-to, a manifesto, a book of wise advice, and more.

The Neuroscience of Memory: How the Brain Learns, Stores, Retrieves, Forgets, and Reconstructs Experience explains memory as a set of brain processes rather than a mental filing cabinet. Experiences are not stored whole and played back unchanged. They are encoded selectively, stabilized unevenly, retrieved with gaps, and often rebuilt in light of later knowledge. This book gives a practical account of that process, showing how learning begins, how traces change over time, and why remembering is as much reconstruction as recovery. The book lays out the core systems behind memory in plain ...

NOW INCLUDES A FREE VIDEO COURSE WITH LIVE TRAINING Want to build your own apps & websites? Feel blocked by traditional, complex coding? Curious how AI & "Vibe Coding" can turn your ideas into reality? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then keep reading… Amazon bestselling author and AI mentor David M. Patel introduces a groundbreaking, step-by-step guide to Vibe Coding—the beginner-friendly method for building real software using natural language and AI coding assistants. Whether you’re a creative, a solopreneur, or just tech-curious, this book shows you how to go from ...

Winner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Children's Literature! * "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant...

This book is a reflection on a life shaped by education, engineering, research, teaching, travel, technology, and writing. It follows a journey that began with education in engineering, continued through a long career in research and government service, and eventually entered a new stage after retirement. Retirement did not mean the end of learning. It created new freedom to explore questions that had no connection to a job or professional responsibility. Travel became another classroom. History, ancient civilizations, engineering achievements, technology, cultures, and nature became ...

In his Introduction, Abraham Kaplan places Dewey's philosophy of art within the context of his pragmatism. Kaplan demonstrates in Dewey's esthetic theory his traditional "movement from a dualism to a monism" and discusses whether Dewey's viewpoint is that of the artist, the respondent, or the critic.

Science Concepts Explained for Non-Scientists: Clear Guides to How the World Works Neuroscience Explained for Non-Scientists: How the Brain Creates Thought, Emotion, and Conscious Experience is a clear, concept driven guide to one of the most fascinating and complex areas of modern science. Written specifically for readers without a scientific background, this book breaks down how the brain works using plain language, logical structure, and real world relevance. Instead of overwhelming readers with technical jargon, it focuses on understanding the big ideas that explain how billions of ...

Laura loves her routines and knowing what comes next. But when she challenges herself to say "yes" to new things for three days, she discovers that stepping outside her comfort zone can lead to unexpected surprises.

Learning to Let Go: How to Release the Past, Find Peace, and Make Room for What Comes Next Holding on can feel safer than letting go, even when the past is causing more pain than comfort. We hold onto relationships, disappointments, mistakes, betrayal, regret, anger, lost dreams, and sometimes even old versions of ourselves long after they have stopped serving us. Learning to Let Go is about understanding that letting go does not mean pretending something never happened or saying that it did not matter. It means deciding that what happened yesterday will no longer control tomorrow. Through ...