New Adventures

When Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl and super-secret agent, agreed to be a bridesmaid, she anticipated gallons of Sazerac, memorable parties, and handsome groomsmen. Instead, she's dodging bullets. Juggling wedding showers, exploding buildings, picnics, black magic, lunches in the Vieux Carre, and murder can be tough on a girl. Good thing Thor is there to escort her - until he disappears.

Eldene McGrady is the mother of two teenage children. Taylor, a strapping six-foot 15-and-half-year-old, and his little sister, Patty, who is 14, just 11 months younger than Taylor. Eldene is suddenly widowed due to an accident in which her husband, Jake, is killed. Her grief is such that she just can't continue their life in Baltimoret, selling all her holdings and deciding, along with her children, to plan and join a wagon train and move West to the Oregon Territory.

Sergeant Deedee Contreras leads a SWAT team into a drug house occupied by militia terrorists who force her and her officers into a gunfight. Suddenly, Contreras and her team find themselves being tossed around by a tornado that hits on top of the house during the gun battle, wreaking havoc and leaving her unconscious. When she awakens, she finds herself alone in an apocalyptic wasteland of war and death, a warrior's world called Endos, where her only companion is Tito, a drug dog that chased her and her officers into the house before the tornado hit.

This boxed set contains 3 complete science-fiction novels. This is science-fiction at its best - future engineering, intrigue, first contact. It’s a space opera like none you’ve experienced before. The audiobooks will keep you listening late into the night, and you won't be able to stop....

Matt 'Mace' Mason is deployed on a deniable SAS mission in war-torn Yemen, becoming embroiled in a hostage rescue that goes terribly wrong. Pulling at the strings of the local political scene is not only the local warlord who is destined to become Mace's nemesis, General Ruak Shahlai, but hardbitten American arms dealer Erica Atkins, who controls a whole international network to her advantage. As well as his own team, Mace has to work, initially unwillingly, with female CIA Agent (and Islamic scholar) Redford.

This charming account of the voyage of two men in a small boat half way round the world from Plymouth to New Zealand in 1953 is a rare insight into a time, not long ago, when sailors had no GPS, electronics, radio or any of the mod cons that we take for granted today. Without lifejacket or a life raft, they 'just took what came along', hand steering all the way, navigating by sextant, hand-cranking their engine and using oil lamps for light at night and for navigation. Sailors will be staggered how primitive conditions were only a few decades ago, even though it was the norm at the time.

Now more than ever, Spencer, Daisy, and even Dez must fight to save schools everywhere. Toxites, the small creatures that love to feed on the brain waves of students, are just the beginning of their troubles. The Bureau of Educational Maintenance (BEM) is after Spencer, and the Rebels hope to sneak him to safety within the walls of an elite private school. But danger follows Spencer and his friends, testing their loyalty and trust as well as their Toxite-fighting skills.

A beautiful young woman, just weeks away from giving birth, arrives at Baker Street in the middle of the night. Her sister was attacked by a bat and died and now it is attacking her. Could it be a vampire sent by the local band of Gypsies? Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called upon to investigate. The step-father, the local Gypsies and the furious future mother-in-law are all suspects.

Invisible. That's how Molly felt with Charlie as her brother growing up. Until he went "missing". Now she just wants to go back to being invisible so that she can get away from the constant condolences and get back to studying. She wants to find her place in the universe and help people in more ways than she is, and Charlie can help her get there. But he refuses to take her into space. Soon enough, Molly gets her wish, just not how she hoped. Being a pawn in someone else's game is not how she wanted to spend her time in space.

Most new startups today are in highly regulated industries with strong incumbents - transportation, hotels, drones, energy, gaming, education, health care, cannabis, finance, liquor, insurance. The more startups try to snatch a piece of the establishment's pie, the more they risk running into a political wall. That's where Bradley Tusk comes in. As Tusk writes, "Every new company is essentially a tech startup. And when you disrupt someone in any industry, they don't say thank you. They punch you in the nose.

Scotty Squirrel and Friends: Scotty Learns a Lesson is the first book in a series about Scotty and his life on Elm Street.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S MOM: A brilliant young Cambridge University engineer is carrying out secret research for the Admiralty. It will lead to the building of the world's most powerful battleship, The Dreadnaught. His adventuress mother is kidnapped and having been spurned by Scotland Yard he seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes. Was she taken by German spies, or an underhanded student, or by someone else? Whoever it was is prepared to commit cold-blooded murder to get what they want.

Spottysaurus Shares Breakfast by Dino Manoli, narrated by the delightful duo Tanya O'Sullivan and Peter Coates, and published by UK Book Publishing, is an enchanting tale that blends fun, education, and important life lessons. Follow Spottysaurus, the lovable blue dinosaur with her signature pink spot, as she embarks on a heartwarming adventure to discover the perfect breakfast. When Spot wakes up with a rumbling tummy but no idea what to eat, her friends come to the rescue! Together, they explore new foods, share laughs, and learn the joys of trying new things.

New Hampshire was founded through land grants issued to John Mason and Fernando Gorges in 1622. Unable to create a formal government for several years, the colony was split in two, each with its own governor. However, the divided usually fall and realizing their weakness, they sought protection from Massachusetts. Although New Hampshire was governed by Massachusetts, the Massachusetts legislature allowed New Hampshire some self-government.

If she can’t let go of the past, there won’t be a future for anyone. Eighteen-year-old Raven is a thief with a disturbing past. Her life of pilfering expensive tech vaults on space freighters takes a nosedive when she finds a frightened 12-year-old boy on her newest stolen spaceship. In his possession is a glowing sphere he swears to protect at all costs. Moved by the kid’s courage, Raven does the one thing she hasn’t done in a long time - she cares...a little.

De generații întregi, patru clanuri de pisici sălbatice conviețuiesc în pădure, departe de oameni. Au un cod al onoarei și prețuiesc loialitatea. Se antrenează ca războinici pentru a-și proteja Clanurile. Se vindecă de boli cu remedii naturiste. Respectă legile statornicite de înaintași. Sunt ghidate în acțiunile lor de spiritele strămoșilor războinici, reuniți în Clanul Stelelor. Seria NOUA PROFEȚIE aduce în prim plan cea mai tânără generație de pisici războinice, urmașii eroilor din primele șase cărți.

23 November, 1963. It is the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination - and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his late father in the mists along Totter's Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane. Then the faces begin to talk, and scream... and push through into our world.

The true life story of Michael Elihu Colby and his childhood days at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel. His grandparents Mary and Ben B. Bodne had traded their Southern oil fortune for the legendary but faded Algonquin and restored the hotel's former glory. Their efforts led to a remarkable renaissance and attracted an overflow of celebrities from the ridiculous to the sublime.

When Jamie Maslin decides to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in Iran - a country he's only read about in newspapers - he wonders whether he'll make it out alive. After crossing the border on foot from Turkey, Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into the subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are happy to show him the true Iran as they see it....

Brady knew two things: It was the end of the world, and the Greens had won. 2084 was going to be an interesting year. All he needed to do was break out of jail first. Sattva Systems™ had transformed Nanotechnology and Fusion Power to avert the oncoming climate change catastrophe. Still, they were thwarted by the old industries at every turn. Leaving Bodhi Sattva - its charismatic owner, with no choice but to team up with the Green Revolutionaries to bring down the internet and capitalism. He would lead them into a new era with his one-hundred-year plan to save the planet.