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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet. Worse, they were lawyering up. . . . In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe—and the inner...

Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the greatdrama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and anew, uncertain one was beginning. Regime change had come across Asia and all of continental Europe. It was the greatest global powervacuum in history, and out of the often vicious power struggles thatensued emerged the modern world as we know it.

Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document - a factual and personal account of its troubled history - gives the Western listener the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.

"Life changes fast....You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." These were among the first words Joan Didion wrote in January 2004. Her daughter was lying unconscious in an intensive care unit, a victim of pneumonia and septic shock. Her husband, John Gregory Dunne, was dead. The night before New Year's Eve, while they were sitting down to dinner, he suffered a massive and fatal coronary. The two had lived and worked side by side for nearly 40 years.

With the outbreak of war in the Middle East, the economies of every nation on Earth rapidly fall. The United States, weakened by an indecisive president and a fractured House and Senate, can do nothing to stop the wave of anarchy that sweeps across America. All authority vanishes in the event called the Collapse. The Hill family, while prepared to deal with such a disaster, is caught off-guard on the day of the Collapse. Even after reaching their retreat the Hills now face the greatest challenge of their lives: survival!

Thirty days to stop the apocalypse. Mirian Castrella, a senior student at magical academy, had a plan to become an artificer to support her struggling family, but when the Akana Praediar army betrays her country in a surprise attack, everything changes. Instead, Mirian unexpectedly finds herself caught in a time loop and haunted by strange dreams of the Elder Gods. Only through becoming a master arcanist who understands the true nature of the world can Mirian hope to stop the apocalypse she relives through time-and-time again.If she fails, everything she loves will be lost...

A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in people’s searches using the wonders of algorithmic...

Berlin. May 1945. A city without institutions in a continent that has become a wasteland. Thousands of former Nazis have been killed in Allied purges, and many more incarcerated in the very concentration camps they themselves established. But the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has a problem. One of those former Nazis is actually a British spy, Edward Kayne, who has intercepted a top-secret document that Churchill insists is vital to settling the peace.

Narrated by the irreverent, angry, despairing yet determined Detective Minami of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, Tokyo Year Zero tells the riveting, complex story of the hunt for Kodaira Yoshio - known as the Japanese Bluebeard - a decorated former Imperial soldier who raped and murdered at least 10 women amidst the turmoil of Tokyo between May 1945 and August 1946. And it is the story of Detective Minami, chasing down, and haunted by, his own memories of atrocities that he can no longer explain or forgive.

Young Tanner Seven takes a contract on the leader of a militia group that had a deadly run-in with members of the New York mob. Joe Pullo joins Tanner as they hunt down the man and his followers. As he grows closer to his target, Tanner discovers that there’s more at stake than the fulfilling of a contract.

Fantasy U-Year Zero is a gripping introduction to a new fantasy saga, launching listeners into a hidden world of magic and adventure. The story follows Conner Franks, a young man who uncovers his extraordinary magical heritage and is thrust into a destiny far beyond his wildest dreams. As he steps through a shimmering portal, Conner leaves behind his ordinary life for a realm filled with ancient magic, powerful beings, and otherworldly landscapes.

Junior year has come for the remaining students of Melbrook Hall, and it promises to be the most difficult one yet. With one of their own gone and another under serious investigation, none of the former Powereds know how many days remain for them in the Hero Certification Program. The time they do have will be filled with more trials and classes, honing their skills as they work toward the increasingly difficult goal of becoming Heroes.

New York City: Legendary interrogator Malcolm Chaucer is known as The Oracle. There is no subject he cannot break, no secret he cannot unlock. The key to his uncanny ability: eight years as the victim of experimental torture at the hands of a North Korean madman. Chaucer is a broken man, with a unique psychology that makes him both incapable of lying, and a near perfect lie detector.

In Shonda’s own words: “This book is the same as before, but it also is not. It is brand-new. It has changed. Transformed. Evolved. Grown. Just like me.” In 2015, Shonda Rhimes, the trailblazing creative force behind some of television’s most beloved series, took on a challenge that...

Designing and operating an effective White House are critical to the success of any presidency—and to democracy in the United States. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Christopher Liddell offers a strategic approach to building a strong and successful presidency. An astute and experienced operative, he demonstrates persuasively that action must be taken early, comprehensively, and visibly, starting in what he calls Year Zero, the year before governing.

SOME NEIGHBORS DO MORE THAN WATCHA perfect neighborhood has a secret: someone's keeping it that way —violently. Police suspect vigilante justice behind the low crime rate and send Detective Jason Monroe undercover. Who's the vigilante? Is it the stern neighborhood watch leader? The retired federal agent? Or the reclusive neighbor who never opens his blinds? When rowdy new residents move in, they become obvious targets for the vigilante. Detective Monroe, a man of law, races to unmask the killer before he or she creates more victims.

The final year at Lander has finally arrived for the Melbrook students and their peers, and with it comes a whole new set of challenges. Still reeling from the events of their junior year, the remaining students will have to push past their pain - and so much more - if they hope to be one of the 10 to claim the title of Hero upon graduation. 

The New York Times Bestseller New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, and The AV Club “One of the most...

The Dead States series continues in The Dead President Book 1 of the NORAD Awakes series. The stories of Crystal and Mac pick up again now almost three years since the ZA has started. The remnants of the US government has remained bunkered in NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain facility. As they search for answers and surviving citizens, Crystal and Mac soon learn even in the ZA politics is a dirty business. Dead States Year Zero Nebraska is Book 1 of the series. In Dead States the HZA series are combined to present the overall story arc from the perspective of a single state and year of the ZA. Dead...

It is the 14th century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been - a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.