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NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR'S SON, JUSTIN SILLER In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, the CEO of our country's largest 9/11 nonprofit tells the inspiring story of his heroic brother, his family's mission, and how the generosity of so many continues to fuel their work supporting our...

Briar Hollow has kept a bloody secret hidden deep within the Appalachian mountains for eleven years. Deputy Rebecca Slade never believed the local legends until a routine call on a rainswept mountain road brings her face to face with an impossible nightmare. A violent entity is slaughtering residents under the cover of darkness, and the local police force is entirely unequipped to stop it. Peter Rusk knows exactly what is hunting the citizens of his isolated community. He carries the same violent genetic curse in his veins, relying on iron chains and sheer willpower to lock himself away ...

Some doors never open. Some roads lead to nowhere. Some individuals step out into the everyday world and simply cease to exist. In this gripping anthology of thirty chilling files, journey into the darkest corners of human history where the answers remain eternally out of reach. From dense, unforgiving wilderness where hikers take a wrong turn, to quiet suburban streets where children fail to return home for dinner, these accounts explore the terrifying reality of the unknown. Inside this comprehensive volume, you will discover: High-profile searches that captivated the media but yielded ...

The rain washes away the evidence, but the timber never forgets. In the dark, isolated corners of the upper left coast, the landscape is more than just a backdrop—it is an active accomplice. Murder Land - Pacific Northwest unearths twenty of the most brutal, deeply unsettling, and heavily obscured cases to ever plague the region. From the transient, mud-soaked waterfronts of 1910s Aberdeen where itinerant workers vanished without a trace, to the shocking 2009 ambush of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, this meticulously researched volume strips away the idyllic veneer of the...

The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company. In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from...

The road remembers. The town is trying to forget. When her sister vanishes on an isolated stretch of West Virginia highway, Nora Kessler refuses to accept the official story. The police call it a simple runaway case. The locals claim it is just bear country. But the slashed tire, the abandoned purse, and the whispered legends say otherwise. Nora’s search for the truth leads her into a generations-old secret kept by the founding families of Bellwether Hollow. Deep in the forgotten logging woods, something ancient and hungry is being managed. Fed. Protected. Now, armed with her dead ...

"Exhilarating" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Really loved this book and had a hard time putting it down" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wow. What a ride" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Standing outside of my sister's mansion, with its prime ocean views and floor to ceiling windows, I look at my...

They went looking for a missing girl. They found something else. Twelve-year-old Lily Mercer vanished into the deep timber of the Pacific Northwest. When a specialized tracking team answers the call, they expect to find a lost child frightened by the dark. Instead, they find a trail of impossible footprints, a campsite torn apart by staggering force, and the crushing realization that they are no longer the hunters. As night falls over the remote mountain ridge, the operation transforms into a desperate fight to stay alive. The isolated timberline hides an intelligent, relentless apex ...

The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company. In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from...

An enchanting debut novel exploring second chances and blossoming romance in a charming port town in Maine, perfect for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Cliffs and Catherine Newman’s Sandwich. Just about everything has gone wrong for Gwen Gilmore over the past year. She’s lost her mother...

The past 60 years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana.

Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times–bestselling series. After hunting down murderer and bandito Captain Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch...

In this now classic text, Martha Beckwith skillfully navigated an expansive collection of books, articles, and manuscripts to compile the definitive collection of mythological narratives of the native Hawaiian peoples. In addition to its importance for Hawaiian folklore and ethnology proper, Beckwith situates these stories within their broader regional context, offering comparisons to the traditions of Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and other island nations.

In this candid memoir, Josh Frydenberg recounts the formative moments and defining decisions of a career inspired by family, community and an abiding gratitude for the opportunities afforded by life in Australia. Raised in a close-knit household shaped by the enduring legacy of his immigrant...

Raise a glass to celebrate love, community and Christmas spirit with four festive rural stories from favourite authors, all featuring the iconic setting of Australian small-town pubs. A Gingerbread Christmas by Alissa Callen City-girl Tory Halifax is on a mission to bring joy, and gingerbread...

Georgia’s history is more than just peaches—it’s a story of prisoners, preachers, and presidents who rose above the status quo to help transform a nation. Georgia has been home to many influential figures in US history, including President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. But how much do you really know about the state? Did you know, for instance, that Georgia was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be created? Or that it was the last state to be admitted into the Union after the Civil War.

When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted? Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in...

For every car tragic out there - this is the one laugh-out-loud book you'll want to read this year... Australia's favourite motoring journalist, Stephen Corby is our Jeremy Clarkson - just a bit younger, funnier and less pompous. Drives a Bit Funny is part-memoir, part stories from a...

In the quiet New England town of Havenwood, an old stone well demands a price for every wish it grants. For journalist Mara Kane, it’s a place she’s avoided for twenty years, ever since a childhood wish ended in tragedy. But when a series of bizarre murders reawakens the terrifying local legend of the "Well Wraith," Mara is pulled back into the town’s dark history. Each victim is found with a silver dollar—the same coin Mara threw into the well two decades ago. To stop the killings, Mara must confront the secrets she’s spent a lifetime burying. As she digs into a string of cold ...

In 1862, a balloon left Wolverhampton and climbed until both men on board were almost dead. In 1990, the Stone Roses walked into a Wolverhampton record company’s offices and covered the place, its owner and his partner in blue and white paint. Between those two events is a city that has spent centuries making history and surprisingly little time telling anyone about it. The Unofficial Wolverhampton is an alternative history of the city, arranged from A to Z. It is not a guidebook, a collection of local trivia or another polite tour of familiar buildings. It goes back to the people, ...