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One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! UK Carnegie Medal winner A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019 A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019 A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019 A...

General Keith Brennan would rather face an army with his trusty rifle than attend another state dinner. When the president of the solar system is assassinated on Mars, Brennan is the obvious choice to investigate. If he comes up with the wrong answer, though, his career will be over.

In 10 Mind-Bending Ways Quantum Physics Is Rewriting Reality, you’ll discover how the bizarre rules of the quantum world are transforming not only science, but also philosophy, technology, and our everyday experience of being alive. From particles that can be in two places at once to quantum entanglement that Einstein famously called “spooky action at a distance,” this book takes you on a thrilling tour through the strangest terrain in modern science. But it doesn’t stop at the weirdness. It shows how quantum discoveries are already reshaping the very foundations of reality.

This book is your guided tour through the digital underworld. In ten clear, accessible chapters, we explore the most common and dangerous forms of cybercrime. From phishing emails that trick the unwary into giving up passwords, to ransomware that can shut down entire hospitals or school systems, each chapter lifts the veil on a different threat. We explain how the attack works, who tends to be behind it, what kind of damage it causes, and how to protect yourself and your organization.

This book invites you on a journey through the most misunderstood concept in all of science — the vacuum. From the earliest philosophers terrified of emptiness to the modern physicists who discovered that “nothing” is a swirling ocean of energy and possibility, this is the story of how the void became the foundation of everything. We begin with the ancient debates about ether and the first laboratory vacuums of the Renaissance, then move through Einstein’s curved spacetime, quantum field theory’s restless vacuum, and the mysterious Higgs field that gives matter its mass.

Have you ever questioned reality? Not in the abstract, philosophical way, but in the eerie, spine-tingling moments when the world just doesn’t seem quite right? Like when a stranger says exactly what you were thinking. When the same numbers keep following you. When time seems to skip. Or when you look in the mirror and wonder: am I real—or just playing a role I didn’t choose?

The Wisdom of Not Knowing is not a return to ancient philosophy, but a reinvention of it. This book does what neither classical thinkers nor modern theorists ever attempted: it brings Socrates into the twenty-first century and forces him to confront ideas, crises, and forms of consciousness that lie far beyond the horizon of Athens. Its originality lies not in commentary, but in creation — a new architecture of thought built from the friction between worlds that were never meant to meet. Here, dialogue becomes a philosophical instrument rather than a literary device.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist: Art, Ambition, and Unsolved Mystery (1990) offers a gripping deep dive into the events of that night and the decades-long investigation that followed. Author James G. Edwards II masterfully blends true crime with art history, exploring how a single robbery devastated a cultural institution, shook the art world, and fueled countless theories—from mob connections to inside jobs.

A desperate scientist's radical attempt to cure his dying daughter unleashes an ancient, predatory potential within humanity, forcing him to confront a shadowy conspiracy and the monstrous consequences of playing God before his creation reshapes the world. Dr. Marcel Johnston, a brilliant scientist driven by the imminent loss of his terminally ill daughter, Calista, stakes everything on Project Fledge—a revolutionary serum designed to unlock humanity's ultimate potential and conquer disease.

The Last Straw is not just a story of an educator; it’s the story of anyone who has ever felt unseen while giving their all. It’s about the quiet heroism of showing up anyway, the pain of ambition smothered by bureaucracy, and the haunting question: what happens when the system breaks the very people who are trying to save it?

On a stormy night, a team of paranormal investigators arrives at the infamous Alcatraz Island, known for its dark history and ghostly legends. Led by Jake Malone, a seasoned investigator with a personal connection to the island, the group includes Emily, a sensitive who feels the presence of spirits, Samantha, a historian with a deep understanding of Alcatraz's past, and Marcus, a tech-savvy skeptic. As they approach the island, the atmosphere is thick with tension, and the ominous presence of the prison looms over them.

In the shadowy realms of high society and hidden agendas, Devan James Sprawling, a former CIA analyst turned private investigator, is about to embark on a journey that will test the limits of his intellect and determination. "Cold Coffee and Cocaine" delves into the depths of a notorious cold case, a puzzle that once captivated the nation, only to fade into obscurity over two decades.

A mansion with a hellish past. A serial killer with a shadow. A city about to boil over. Having received a letter about a murder in the country mansion of Wild Boar Hall, Alderman James is only too happy to leave the city to investigate. For too long the seemingly endless cycle of murders in the Liberties has weighed on him. While the Alderman investigates this pastoral distraction, a sinister plan is set in motion back in Dublin. One that has James at the very heart of it all! Fear and paranoia return to the streets and things are made worse still when a new killer realizes he has a fan.

Rise from the Ashes is a Christian narrative about a young man named Asher, whose faith in Jesus Christ is tested in the wake of an apocalyptic collapse that devastates America. The story follows Asher’s journey of survival, personal transformation, and spiritual renewal as he navigates a world left in ruins.

In this prequel to the novel The Last Bet, Detective Samuel Blake’s hunt for a missing pocket watch spirals into a mystery of a missing woman and family corruption.

This thought-provoking book explores how consciousness, belief, and imagination shape the texture of existence itself. Moving between science and mysticism, psychology and philosophy, he reveals how inner narratives do not simply interpret reality—they participate in its creation.

A few hours in a sterile waiting room nothing more. But when hours turn into days, and no one seems to leave through the door labeled “ASSESSMENT,” Simon begins to unravel. Haunted by the memory of his brother Tommy, who died institutionalized, Simon begins to suspect this room isn’t just part of the system. It is the system. And the longer he waits, the more he forgets what he was ever waiting for.

Michelle Vega lives an ordinary life—or so she thinks. Beneath the surface of her routine existence lies a past erased and rewritten by a secretive government agency. Once trained to be the perfect weapon, Michelle was part of Project Ghost Orchid, a covert program designed to create operatives and then erase their memories. But when an unforeseen incident triggers her reawakening, fragments of her past begin to resurface—skills she can't explain, instincts she never learned, and flashes of violence she can't remember.

When the phones began to ring, it was just another night on the air. But the voices that called Russ Sova weren’t looking for music or comfort— they were confessing to horrors. Now, the late-night DJ finds himself caught in a nightmare that began long before his broadcast ever aired.

Fred Bracken, son of a small-town Montana rancher, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1968 and was sent to the jungles of Vietnam, where he served his time in the elite Marine Force Recon. Months later, wounded and fraught with nightmares, he returns home to his Montana ranch to face not only the demons of his childhood but also those he brought home with him from the jungle. His plans? College, marriage, and a normal future. The problem is, after a drunk driver kills his parents in a car crash, Fred is forced to drop out of school to run the ranch now heavily in debt.