Control Universe

Things I expect after a one-night-stand: breakfast, small talk, maybe even another O before the awkward walk of shame in last night's clothes. I don't expect to open the door to his house and find a kid surrounded by all his earthly possessions. Fired from my job, homeless, and the perpetual screw-up of my family... How can I even think about caring for someone else's child when I'm incapable of looking after myself?

The apocalypse has arrived. Now, it's down to control. Who will control the rich resources of a newly inducted world? Multiple systems, sects, guilds, and incursion parties are all aiming for that control. But Silas believes there is more to control than just land and resources. He aims to win over the hearts and souls of the people while making Earth the strongest it can be.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Latin Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter and author of the New York Times bestseller Forgiveness returns with this nationally bestselling memoir that shares the triumphs, hardships, and lessons of life after her mother Jenni Rivera’s death. Bringing her signature...

I've been taking care of myself for as long as I can remember. Kicked out as a teen, I’ve gone from living on the streets to earning money in any way possible. My life has never been easy, but it’s still mine. Now Evan, a mafia enforcer, has taken a liking to me. He thinks he can “save” me. Well, he can fuck right off. I'm never going to be dependent on anyone else ever again. Because if I start to fall for him, if I start to rely on him, it'll hurt even worse when he inevitably decides to dump me just like everybody else does.

Dr. Victoria Benning knows it’s unethical to discuss the therapy sessions of her clients, but the drama of their unpredictable lives tests her professional role like never before. Working around the clock, Dr. Benning observes a troubling, treacherous common denominator that plagues all six clients: a desperate impulse to grasp control of everything and everyone in their lives—no matter the cost. It’s a struggle with which she’s all too familiar. Determined to head-off tragedy, she comes up with a brilliant game plan to make their collective talents work in everyone’s favor.

Control is a book about what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for improving the British population, and quickly spread to America. With disarming wit and scientific precision, Rutherford explains why eugenics still figures prominently in the twenty-first century, despite its genocidal past. And he confronts insidious recurring questions, revealing the intellectual bankruptcy of the idea, and the scientific impossibility of its realization.

Divine Timing: Patience Pays Off Are you tired of feeling like you're always pushing against the current of life? Do you constantly wonder why your hard work hasn't led to the success you deserve? In a world obsessed with instant gratification, "Divine Timing: Patience Pays Off" offers a refreshing perspective on life's delays and detours. This book isn't about sitting back and waiting for miracles—it's about understanding the powerful cosmic rhythm that orchestrates the perfect unfolding of your life's journey. Ammanuel Santa Anna guides you through the art of trusting life's timing, ...

Welcome to "Journey Through Time: Exploring the Universe with Meditation and Astral Projection." In this book, we will embark on a fascinating exploration of the concept of time travel through various methods such as meditation, astral projection, advanced technology, hypnosis, quantum physics, lucid dreaming, alternate dimensions, ancient rituals, time loops, genetic manipulation, mind control, and more. This journey is not just for a select few, but for everyone who is curious about the mysteries of time and the universe. Time travel through meditation and astral projection allows us to ...

Some games are played for money. This one is played for reality. Shanghai, 1926. Meilin wants music. Jue wants the rush of the next perfect hand. What they get is taken. When a high-stakes Mahjong game draws the attention of Xenon—an ancient predator shaped by Greek philosophy and immortal hunger—the twins become collateral in a silent war that stretches from the International Settlement to Prohibition-era New York. Across the ocean waits Livia: Roman, ruthless, and building a modern empire out of jazz clubs, blood routes, and broken loyalties. But vampires are only the surface. Above ...

You didn’t pick up a book. You picked up a Node—a pocket doorway into a set of worlds where stories don’t describe reality. They shape it. In Sector Folio-7, a catastrophic cascade has begun. Worlds are bleeding into each other, rules are breaking, and a city built from living pages is starting to collapse from the inside. Streets repeat out of order. People forget who they are mid-sentence. And “plot holes”—literal voids—open in the ground and swallow entire blocks. Mara Keene is a Scriptor tasked with keeping this place intact. She enters the City of Echoing Pages to recover...

GG / Earth: T-2N7F4D : AP-8C11B9 : DS-RVN-4K2M You’re not holding a book. You’re holding a Node—a pocket-sized access point into the Great Game, where modern life stops pretending it’s random. Pocket Universe: Great Game NOLA Dispatches is a grounded speculative fiction collection set in New Orleans—where storms, stories, and power collide, and where the future shows up early wearing a polite smile. These dispatches move fast: near-future, mythic, sometimes funny, sometimes sharp, always human. Inside, you’ll cross worlds built from the same raw materials as your own: systems, ...

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, makes a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. When our founding fathers secured the Constitutional “right of the people...

In "Control: How to Gain and Keep Power in Your Relationship," author Warren McFadden explores the dynamics of power in relationships and offers practical advice on how to establish and maintain control within your partnership. Drawing from his wealth of experience in counseling and relationship coaching, McFadden delves into the various factors that determine power dynamics in relationships, from communication styles to individual personality traits. Through insightful analysis and real-world examples, McFadden illustrates the ways in which power can influence the health and stability of a...

The Universe Inside You is a guide to the inner universe—the vast space of awareness, purpose, and possibility within. If you’ve felt the pull to begin a self discovery journey, this book offers a gentle, practical path toward personal growth and transformation. Across short, lyrical chapters you’ll explore consciousness and the self, reconnect the mind–body–spirit connection, and learn simple practices to awaken your potential. You’ll reflect on identity, meaning, and the quiet intelligence of your inner world—so you can live with purpose, cultivate self-esteem from within, ...

YOU DIDN’T BUY THIS BOOK. YOU PICKED UP A NODE. In New Orleans, a “normal” lunch turns into an intake line—forms, name tags, and rules that start acting like they’ve always been true. When the room tries to file people into permanent categories, Mara does the only thing that works: she makes reality messy again. Today. Right now. This weather. This shift. No forever-words. But the storm doesn’t stop at the door. A service entrance peels open into the City of Echoing Pages—a metropolis built from book spines, ink-lamps, and sentences that rearrange themselves when you blink. ...

Control is something Desi Whitman abhors. Why live life in black and white perfection when you can messily color outside the lines? But when she comes face-to-face with SWAT Officer Reznor Mayne, he’s about to show her just how good control can feel.

When Madison Morris decides to hire an assistant to help run her naughty bookshop, she gets a lot more than she bargained for. Aggressive Andy doesn't quite make the grade, but continues to push her buttons in other areas, while uptight and utterly repressed Gabriel can't quite take Madison's training techniques. One makes her grasp control, while the other makes her lose it. But the lines are blurring and she's no longer sure who's leading and who's following. In the midst of kinky threesomes and power plays, can Madison work out what she really wants?

What if saving Earth meant rewriting its entire history? Solaya’s sun is dying. Earth is next. Only a secret team of scientists—and one humble historian—can rewrite both their futures. For generations, the planet Solaya was consumed by war and chaos—until the world's greatest minds united to build a better future. Their breakthroughs led to unimaginable technology, including the ability to shift matter—and even living beings—into a neighboring universe. Now faced with extinction, Solaya’s leaders turn to a parallel Earth for salvation. Through powerful devices called ...

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past? Did eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy? Throughout history, people have sought to...

Vincent is having the time of his life... ...it's just not actually his life. As a software developer, landing a job at an elite consumer spaceflight company is definitely a win, other than the fact that he has to face his fears and ride the rocket himself! That's not so bad, though. Vince is madly in love with Jenn, the gorgeous and adventure-loving copilot, even though he's never been able to really string more than two words together in her presence. Vince's minor blackout on his last descent was troubling, but not as troubling as the fact that just about every woman he meets suddenly ...