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From the beloved author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most thrilling and magical novel yet—a page-turning mystery and a meditation on the power of human connection. One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan...

Before smartphones, back even before the Internet and personal computer, a misfit group of technophiles, blind teenagers, hippies, and outlaws figured out how to hack the world’s largest machine: the telephone system. Starting with Alexander Graham Bell’s revolutionary "harmonic telegraph", by the middle of the 20th century the phone system had grown into something extraordinary, a web of cutting-edge switching machines and human operators that linked together millions of people like never before. But the network had a billion-dollar flaw, and once people discovered it, things would never be the same.

Power Phone Scripts provides word-for-word scripts, phrases, questions, and comebacks that you can use on your very next call. Learn to overcome resistance, get through to the decision maker, and then, once you have him or her on the phone, make an instant connection and earn the right to have a meaningful conversation. You'll be equipped with proven questions, conversation starters, and techniques to learn whether or not they are even right for your product or service, and, if they aren't, who else in their company or another department might be.

An accidental phone swap finds a celebrity heartthrob falling in love with an ordinary girl. But falling in love in private is not as simple as falling in love in reality. Especially if the world is somehow still watching... When never-been-in-love, ambitious scientist Allie, and romantic...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now fully revised and updated, this evidence-based, user-friendly guide presents a 30-day digital detox plan that will help you set boundaries with your phone and live a more joyful and fulfilling life. “If you are a human being and you own a smartphone, you need this...

Phone tells the story of two men: Zack Busner and Jonathan De'Ath. Busner is a psychiatrist who has made his name through his unorthodox treatment of psychological damage, such as giving the controversial drug L-DOPA to patients ravaged by encephalitis, or administering LSD to World War II PTSD-sufferers. But now Busner's own mind is fraying: Alzheimer's is shredding his memory and his newest possession is a shiny smartphone given to him by his introverted grandson Ben.

From the writer of The Gorge and The Black Phone, C. Robert Cargill returns to the post-apocalyptic world of Zero Day and Sea of Rust in an all-new novella dealing set amid the fallout of a brutal war between robots and humans. It is three years since the war between humans and robots began and...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, as heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance...

The invention of the telephone changed the world. That’s no exaggeration. Phones are such ubiquitous features of our lives now that it can be difficult to imagine life without them, or to understand just how astonishing this invention truly was in the 19th century.

A BITTER MAN GOES ON THE SAME LUXURY CRUISE AS THE FIANCE & DAUGHTER OF HIS EX-BOSS SO HE CAN HYPNOTIZE THEM INTO HELPING HIM GET HIS OLD JOB BACK! Jake Mueller once had a high-ranking job at Perez Hospitality LLC, a premier hotel chain, but because of his lofty ambitions and growing rift with his boss, Carlos Perez, he is let go. Ten years later, Jake is employed at a smaller hotel but yearns for the prestige of his former position. Secretly, he has kept tabs on Carlos through social media and the Internet. He is aware that Carlos is now engaged to a sexy young redhead, Kendall, and has a ...

Finney ha tredici anni, è solo e in un terribile guaio. Da due anni a questa parte, qualcuno perseguita i ragazzi di Galesburg, li porta via, facendoli sparire per sempre. E ora, Finney rischia di fare la stessa fine: è rinchiuso nel seminterrato di uno psicopatico, un luogo macchiato dal sangue di una mezza dozzina di bambini uccisi. Con lui, in quella cella sotterranea, c'è un telefono antico, nero e da tempo disconnesso. Eppure, di notte squilla, e all'altro capo dell'apparecchio si sentono le voci delle precedenti vittime.

AN AUDIBLE MOST ANTICIPATED LISTEN, Read by the Author Herself *AUDIOBOOK READ BY BRANDY!* The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award–winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her journey from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights From the moment...

Are you trapped in an endless cycle of scrolling, feeling overwhelmed and anxious? Do you find yourself glued to your screens, missing out on the precious moments of life? From a bestselling author published in 12 languages, Stop Scrolling is the transformative guide you've been waiting for. Dive into the groundbreaking work of an acclaimed expert who addresses the very real pain points of our digital age, offering not just a temporary escape, but a sustainable solution. This compelling book is an honest exploration of the alarming rise of social media addiction, tech addiction and provides...

From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this award-winning collection of short fiction. Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and...

When Daniella rescues elderly Peggy from a mugger on a Boston street, she expects nothing in return. But then she meets Peggy's son, Lucas—devastatingly handsome and utterly captivating. Unlike her distant husband Grant, Lucas sees her. Wants her. Daniella can’t resist, and they spend one reckless night together—which she immediately regrets. Too late, because Lucas doesn't just want Daniella. He needs her. And he's willing to destroy everything—and everyone—standing in his way.

Dial Tone A horror/suspense novel by Donnell Casey and Monique Disu It was supposed to be just an old phone. A forgotten relic buried on a pawn shop shelf. Sixteen-year-old Tyrese didn’t think much of the dusty black rotary phone he brought home—until it rang. No caller ID. No dial tone. Just static… and a distant voice whispering for help. At first, it was strange. Then it became disturbing. The calls kept coming, even when the phone wasn’t plugged in. And when Tyrese’s friends start hearing things, different voices, darker messages, they don’t talk about it. They just start ...

Break Free from Phone Addiction isn’t about throwing your phone away — it’s about taking back your time, focus, and presence. Compulsive scrolling can feel automatic: boredom, stress, or a pause in conversation triggers the hand, the swipe, the scroll. Relief is fleeting. Guilt follows. And the loop begins again. This short, practical guide offers a different path. Using a simple 10-minute self-hypnosis reset, you’ll retrain your subconscious, calm the urge, and rewire the habit loop at its root. Instead of fighting your phone as the enemy, you’ll partner with the deeper part of ...

If you’re not having fun, you’re not fully living. The bestselling author of The Amazing Generation and How to Break Up with Your Phone makes the case that, far from being frivolous, fun is actually critical to our well-being—and shows us how to have more of it. “This delightful book...

Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted.

You answer a video call on our phone. You see your loved one. Then you watch as they're murdered right in front of your eyes. But there's nothing you can do. And you can't see who their killer is. Detective Jason Farrell and his team investigate a particularly nasty and callous series of murders that all seem to be related in some way to a Kingsbrook businessman who is also suspected of being one of the biggest drug dealers in New South Wales. Can Farrell and his team put a stop to the murders before a drug gang war erupts in the town? And how much danger will it place Farrell's own loved ...