Earth Systems

The only planet to support life, Earth has a lot going for it. Think you know everything there is to know about our home planet? Think again. Discover more about the blue planet we call home.

Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than 2,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space.

From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Humanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our...

Earth and Life: From a Molten World to the Age of Primates is a cause-and-effect journey through 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history—told in plain, clear language, but built on real science. This is not a timeline of facts. It is a logical reconstruction of how a dead, molten planet became a stable world with oceans, continents, ecosystems, dinosaurs, mammals, and eventually primates. You begin at the true starting line: a universe that initially had almost no heavy elements, the birth and death of ancient stars, and the formation of the solar system. From there, the book follows ...

John suddenly returns home after being abducted and spending 6 years on Franesh, another world. Now he's home and he's brought the "Quest System" along with him. This "Quest System" allows those with it to complete quests assigned by the system to earn EXP and even Attribute Points. Sounds cool right? Except, now dungeons are appearing all over the world and only a few people that were summoned to other worlds, and returned from them, have the power to defeat them. Amid all of these strange, new occurrences, John attempts to reconnect with his former life and his family, but that may prove ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, coming of age, slice of life, and ...

In a world shattered by the cataclysmic "Integration," Earth becomes a treacherous playground ruled by the enigmatic RPG Overlords. Enter Cash Stone, a former Army Ranger whose life took a devastating turn in the desolate mountains of Afghanistan. With his limbs lost in the line of duty, he and his loyal canine companion, Bonny, seek solace in the solitude of the Appalachian wilderness. When the world plunges into chaos as the RPG System takes hold, Cash finds himself thrust into an unexpected role as a Cyberknight—a warrior empowered by arcane technology. His new cybernetic limbs ...

What do you do when you're one of the few people that's received training before your planet is inducted into a System? Mike and his group made it through the initial induction of Earth into the System and are using the training they received before that to try to help people in the area, all while growing more powerful. Rescuing the survivors in the suburbs of the nearby town leads to them running into all sorts of new monsters, gaining levels quickly as they clear out the threats, and rescuing the few survivors from those areas.

Consciousness survives the death of the body - that much can now be asserted with certainty, based on the evidence presented in Volume One of this book. But if consciousness is independent of matter, then what is the purpose of physical existence? Why should consciousness ally itself with physical form at all, if it is basically independent of it? What is our purpose as physical creatures? According to Seth - that nonphysical “energy personality essence” who dictated The Seth Material through writer and mystic Jane Roberts - earth is a training system for emerging consciousness. ...

The 'Quest System' continues to open up more and more dungeon portals on Earth, but luckily, 100 plus people with the system spread throughout the world have managed to keep the world from devolving into chaos...so far. However, the difficulty of the dungeons are beginning to rise, and the need for more 'Quest System' users is rising, while the level of atmospheric magic continues to increase. With the increased number of dungeon portals that have started to appear, John decides that it would be a good idea to recruit some new people to run the ever increasing dungeons. After getting some ...

The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year "...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham finally confronts...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham undergoes 343's ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. It's been a few days ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham is lined up at ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham is on his way to ...

The epic saga continues in the heart-pounding finale of the Earth's Overlords series!Cash Stone, the indomitable cyberknight, stands at the precipice of destiny. The System has granted him unrivaled power, and now, as the Earth integrates with creatures from beyond, Cash's abilities surge to unimaginable heights. But with this newfound strength comes an ultimate challenge—the showdown against the corrupt Overlords. As the world hurtles toward Integration, Cash rallies a steadfast army: the fearless cavalry, the unwavering Peacekeepers, and a motley crew of allies. Together, they embark on...

Explores the 24,000-year precessional cycle and the cultural shifts that accompany the different ages Shows how the energies of the cosmos are guiding us into new paradigms of thought, new ways of being, and higher levels of consciousness Discusses the interface between the...

Breaking the game, unbound to legend Geoff Winner, a struggling streamer, bullied and underestimated, thought gaming was his ticket to success. He’d spent years mastering exploits and breaking games. That was until a mysterious donation pulled him into a real-life death game. And now, the stakes are real, and the world is stacked against him. Trapped in a brutal environment where survival means outplaying gods and monsters alike, Geoff has one choice: break the game before it breaks him. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, coming of ...

From one IT Career Into Another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat...