Polar Science Fiction

For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them. In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind - manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a miracle.

In Seattle for her best friend's wedding, curvy Grace is immediately attracted to the best man, Kingston Meade. He's equally interested in her, especially since his bear insists she is their mate. The attraction is undeniable, but she still doesn't know he's a polar bear shifter. There's also the added problem of leucistic panther-shifter Ashley, who is determined to get her claws into Kingston, and she's willing to slash Grace out of his life to do it. Will the bear king of Emerald City win and keep his curvy human queen?

Meet fascinating animals that live in polar regions, including harp seals, leopard seals, orcas, penguins, polar bears, and walruses. Which ones live at both poles? Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Little Penguin.

La croisière de douze jours s'annonce idyllique et les vacances de rêve. Gilda et son fils sont émerveillés par la visite du paquebot sur lequel ils viennent d'embarquer. Ils partagent leur modeste cabine avec deux autres personnes, à l'entrepont du bateau. Le départ est à peine perturbé par un incident étrange : la porte des toilettes, près de leur cabine, est bloquée de l'intérieur. Lorsque le personnel navigant parvient à l'ouvrir, s'en échappe un oiseau affolé.

Ashways, also known as the city of euphoria, is a place that promises joy and excitement to all who live there. There is no cost, apart from the fact that no one can enter or leave, as a desert wasteland surrounds the dystopian city and keeps the societies hostage to their own settlements. Join me as I journey through the Ashways, and discover that this is not a fictional place at all, and is rather a place and a reality for millions of people all over the globe....

Pierre et Gabrielle se rendent tous les ans sur les bords d'une rivière pour assister à la remontée des saumons. Mais cette année, le spectacle est compromis.