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Technologically enhanced superspy Peter Caswell has been dispatched on a top-secret assignment unlike any he's ever faced. A spaceship that vanished years ago has been found, along with the bodies of its murdered crew - save one. Peter's mission is to find the missing crew member, who fled through what appears to be a tear in the fabric of space. Beyond this mysterious doorway lies an even more confounding reality: a world that seems to be Earth's twin.

What would you pay to have a wife who doesn't argue or nag? What would you pay for a husband who's actually in shape? What would you pay to have a clean garage? And what would you pay to be able to get up every morning when you wanted to? The problem is you can't pay for these things as they cannot be bought in stores. But they are definitely attainable in life. The only question is whether you are going to give up your current pursuit of traditional economic standards of living to attain them instead.

After being dragged to another world with his classmates, hardcore RPG player Makoto Takatsuki has spent his time training and grinding. Nearly a year has gone by since Makoto became an adventurer, and he has finally reached level 20 and iron rank, which should be a cause for celebration... However, despite these accomplishments, Makoto feels as though he’s hit a wall. All seems dim until the goddess Noah tosses him a lifeline—head for the great maze dungeon of Labyrinthos!

This essay aims to inform the reader about the real mathematical chances of success he faces in the pursuit of women, as well as the modern-day risks, so that he may make an informed economic decision as to how he best invests his life. It also aims to align the reader's expectations with reality so his life is not ruined by delusion or hope, both of which have ruined millions of lives in the past. But in short, this essay is nothing less than the most important cost-benefit analysis any man will read.

From the author of the #1 international bestseller Gomorrah comes an electrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as vicious as it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy In many countries, “000” flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it...

Game junkie extraordinaire Makoto Takatsuki, allied with his classmates and some friendly elementals, managed to defeat the blight dragons and save Labyrinthos. His reward? A summons to the capital of Roses, where he’ll receive recognition for his achievement alongside a reception from an ice-cold princess—the water priestess, Sophia. Unfortunately, this unwelcome reunion isn’t the only thing waiting at the capital.

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did everything you were told to. You worked hard, saved your money, and looked forward to financial freedom when you retired. The only thing you...

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

Fresh off their victory over the demon lord Bifrons, Makoto’s party joins Princess Sophia on a political trip to broker an alliance with Great Keith. However, diplomacy quickly goes out the window when the party is attacked by Great Keith’s Hero of Incandescence, who is known to be the...

Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite.

Zero is just one of 20,000 people aboard a spaceship bound for a new planet set to be colonized. The journey is over a century long but luckily, everyone is in stasis, so they’ll be safe and sound asleep during the trip. Everyone that is, except for Zero, whose pod has malfunctioned, waking him up a hundred years early. His initial excitement in roaming the ship alone quickly turns to a heart-stopping interstellar adventure when a family of space pirates show up, trying to hijack the ship and take the colonizers hostage.

What if the climate narrative is not what you’ve been told? Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth is the bold third volume in the bestselling Canary series. Following the bestselling earlier Canary volumes exploring propaganda, censorship, money, fear, and power during the Covid era, this new volume turns to one of the most consequential issues of our time: climate change, global warming, and the policies being enacted in their name. Bringing together 38 experts from across physics, climate science, geology, engineering, economics, medicine, law, journalism, ...

The first explosive thriller in a Reacher spin-off series starring Frances Neagley—the inspiration for the upcoming Prime streaming series Neagley—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and critically acclaimed author Yasmin Angoe. A kidnapped boy. A corrupt shadow network. A...

When the lights go out, the true countdown begins. An electromagnetic pulse has instantly crippled the nation, plunging the eastern seaboard into darkness. Stranded thirty-seven miles from home, municipal water supervisor Tom Brewer must navigate a dead, panic-stricken highway to reach his wife and daughter. The world he knew is gone, replaced by gridlocked roads, failing supply chains, and desperate people realizing that help is never coming. But getting home is only the first battle. With the electric pumps destroyed, Bellweather’s water supply will run completely dry in exactly forty-...

From cosmic bargain bin reject to the OP life. Jax woke up with no memories, no pants, and no clue why he was dressed like the clearance-rack version of a cult initiate. Before he could even begin the classic “Who am I?” routine, a god showed up with the customer service skills of a rabid raccoon. Apparently, Jax had been purchased for pennies on the divine bargain shelf and dropped into a brand-new world for one purpose: fuel the system, entertain the masses, and maybe get sacrificed for the benefit of some very needy followers. The god’s message was simple. Congratulations, trash. ...

From cosmic bargain bin reject to the OP life. Jax woke up with no memories, no pants, and no clue why he was dressed like the clearance-rack version of a cult initiate. Before he could even begin the classic “Who am I?” routine, a god showed up with the customer service skills of a rabid raccoon. Apparently, Jax had been purchased for pennies on the divine bargain shelf and dropped into a brand-new world for one purpose: fuel the system, entertain the masses, and maybe get sacrificed for the benefit of some very needy followers. The god’s message was simple. Congratulations, trash. ...

From Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor, a vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus is one of the modern world’s most trenchant social critics. In A World of Three Zeros, he declare it’s time to admit that...

A dormant Soviet bio-weapon. A weaponized rage virus. And a nation entirely unprepared. Monday morning begins like any other in Tennessee. A commuter bus. A crowded emergency room. A routine traffic stop. Children heading to school. Then someone collapses. Minutes later, they rise again. It starts with a tingling sensation, followed by nausea and confusion... then an overwhelming euphoria that ends in a sudden collapse. Moments later, the infected awaken with one irresistible, biochemically engineered instinct: Bite. Infect. Repeat. As isolated acts of unexplained violence erupt, hospitals ...

This national bestseller is a dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting. Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions -- this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author Simon Chase, many PMCs were once the world's top...

One tiny choice. One shiny skill. Austin's night had one simple mission: grab a bucket of chicken and settle in for an all-night gaming marathon. Then he saw a girl about to get turned into road pizza by a truck. Naturally, he did the heroic thing. Naturally, the truck didn't care. Turns out the "girl" was a goddess—also hunting chicken (because divine beings have priorities too). Now Austin’s dead, she's grinning like this is the funniest Tuesday ever, and she's making him play a cosmic character-creation mini-game to pick his one and only skill. One tiny choice. One shiny skill. One "...