![]() ![]() With his trademark storytelling verve, Kaku shows us how science fiction is becoming reality: mind-boggling developments in robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology could enable us to build habitable cities on Mars nearby stars might be reached by microscopic spaceships sailing through space on laser beams and technology might one day allow us to transcend our physical bodies entirely. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores in rich, accessible detail how humanity might gradually develop a sustainable civilisation in outer space. More than a possibility, it is becoming a necessity: whether our hand is forced by climate change and resource depletion or whether future catastrophes compel us to abandon Earth, one day we will make our homes among the stars. ![]() Human civilisation is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin. ![]()
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![]() ![]() There is one potential solution: a new experimental medical procedure that promises to save lives by turning people white. Having watched the world take away his own father, he is determined to stop history from repeating itself. In this near-future society plagued by resurgent racism, segregation, and expanding private prisons, our narrator knows Nigel might not survive. Like any father, he just wants the best for his son Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is growing larger by the day. ![]() Our narrator faces an impossible decision. How far would you go to protect your child? A bold, provocative debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father who will do anything to protect his son-even if it means turning him white. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing. Title: Call Me Crazy Series: Bellamy Creek #3 Genre: Contemporary Romance Cover Design: By Hang Le Photography: Michelle Lancaster Cover Model: JJ Michaels Author: Melanie Harlow Release Date: February 22, 2021ĭrive Me Wild (Bellamy Creek #1) Amazon US Our story was never supposed to end with happily ever after.īut call me crazy, I just might be in love with my wife. ![]() From her sexy little pout to her wicked sense of humor to those meatball sandwiches she makes just because she knows they’re my favorite… I find myself wanting to break every rule we put in place. Then she moves in with me, and I really start to lose my mind. And that wedding night? Well, it doesn’t exactly go down hands-free. Trouble is, she grew up gorgeous and feisty, and she still knows exactly how to get under my skin. After all, Bianca DeRossi and I are experts at infuriating one another-we’ve been doing it since we were kids. She’d marry me, I’d give her the means to have the baby she’d always wanted, and one year later we’d amicably part ways with no hassle, no demands, and certainly no regrets. ![]() We had it all worked out, from the no-touching policy on our wedding night (her rule) to the no-falling-in-love decree (mine). I needed a wife-temporarily-in order to inherit the family business.Īnd she needed a favor-the kind that takes nine months to deliver. ![]() ![]() Are we more cautious in international relations? Are we less “quick on the trigger”? Even partially positive answers to these questions are dubious. We worry about whether we learned any lessons from Vietnam. We wonder about our loss of standing as defenders of freedom. No matter how strenuously we protested, it was our country that did this. On some level, many who opposed the war (and some who supported it) feel guilty, still. We didn’t win the war, and it didn’t represent us as either noble or idealistic. Their books had a spurt of recognition but are probably read now only by people with a special interest in the war or by high school students confronted with Tim O’Brien on their English curriculum. The soldiers and journalists who wrote about the war were close to the action they wrote of an experience they lived. ![]() Unlike great war fiction- The Red and the Black, The Red Badge of Courage, War and Peace, All Quiet on the Western Front, and A Farewell to Arms-that is read for generations, becoming part of a literary culture, the Vietnam novels and memoirs are specific to a time and place. The literature about the Vietnam War, as raw and real as it was, seems to have faded from view. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home The Sorrow of War, A Novel of North Vietnam ![]() ![]() But is this attraction real, or just part of the characters they’re portraying? Yet on the faire grounds he becomes a different person, flirting freely with Emily when she’s in her revealing wench’s costume. ![]() The faire is Simon’s family legacy and from the start he makes clear he doesn’t have time for Emily’s lighthearted approach to life, her oddball Shakespeare conspiracy theories, or her endless suggestions for new acts to shake things up. Blurb :Īll’s faire in love and war for two sworn enemies who indulge in a harmless flirtation in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author, Jen DeLuca.Įmily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety. ![]() A little heavier-handed with the camp, Legend of the Seeker nevertheless combines medieval world-building with sword and sorcery shenanigans in much the same way that TV shows like The Witcher do. They introduce characters that become major players in the later novels, which began with 1994s Blood of Elves and are known as The Witcher Saga. The anthology consists of six stories, loosely linked in chronology. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. 7 Legend Of The Seeker (2008-2010) Stream now on ABC. Sword of Destiny was first published in English in the UK by Gollancz in 2015. Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Description the witcher book sword of destiny ![]() ![]() ![]() The first book in the series, Deadweather and Sunrise, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in the U.K. Rodkey is the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the films Daddy Day Care, RV, The Shaggy Dog and Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! He’s also the author of nine novels for middle-grade readers, including the New York Times bestselling Tapper Twins comedy series and the adventure-comedy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg. The Crown Books published comedic book follows a family of humans who immigrate to an alien planet. The feature adaptation will be a family-focused hybrid live-action and animation film which Rodkey will adapt with Mike Mitchell ( Trolls, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part) directing and Gluck and Jodi Hildebrand of Olive Bridge Entertainment producing. ![]() EXCLUSIVE: Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment has sold the rights to Geoff Rodkey’s middle-grade novel We’re Not From Here to Columbia Pictures, Deadline can report. ![]() ![]() ![]() We'll have food, a lot of fun, and I'll give you stuff from my private collection that spans 50 years. ![]() ![]() I want you to join me, doing lyrics, singing along with me on choruses. "Why not do something astonishing? So December 4, 5 and 6 I'm taking over Electric Lady Studios, where we began our life, and I'm going to record a song. But we're going to be in New York so I want to do something special for you. In a video announcing the new package, Simmons says: "Everybody knows December 1st and 2nd New York City, Madison Square Garden (are) the last shows Kiss will ever play. ![]() ![]() Her parents liked her writings a lot, so they sent it to Pantheon Books for publishing. ![]() She wrote the children’s book, “How The World Began,” when she was only four years old. His advice includes combing your hair and wearing something other than sweatpants.ĭorothy Straight just wants to give something nice to her grandmother. He was even invited to be a guest at the Ellen Degeneres show.ĭuring the show, the young writer revealed his inspiration to write the book: to help his friends get the girls. This book became a best-selling hit, paving Alec’s path into stardom. Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett How the World Began by Dorothy Straight. It seems like his works are on-going, with a couple more chapters in the works.Īlec Greven wrote his best-selling book “How To Talk To Girls” at the age of 9. Lists about: Young Authors, YA Books By Teen Authors, Favorite Books Written. Without wasting time, he started working on his own book called “The Great Dinosaur Rebellion.”Īiden’s works are published in Amazon Kindle when he was just 9 years old. ![]() At that time, he was really into the world of magic and his collection of dinosaur figurines. When Aiden Zeng got bored reading Harry Potter, he thought of creating his own book. ![]() Where Can I Download Free Public Domain Books? (HUGE List of Resources For 2023 ) ![]() ![]() ![]() but to who? She doesn't even have a boyfriend yet. Lucy Sullivan's been told she is getting married. Marian Keyes is back to her best The Daily ExpressĪ warm and hilarious page turner Good HousekeepingĪ smart new drama from the awesome Marian Keyes Heatįull of twists and turns, with warmth and humour on every page, it doesn't disappoint CloserĪ modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit The Sunday Mirror 1 It chronicles the life of Lucy Sullivan, a 26-year-old perpetually broke, unlucky-in-love office worker from London, who has a penchant for bad boys, a needy, alcoholic and flawed father, a dead-end job and exasperating flatmates. Romantic and uplifting it won't fail to put a smile on your face. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married is an international best selling 1996 novel by Irish author, Marian Keyes. One of those rare books that will swallow up your day without realising it. Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud Stylist ![]() Keyes manages to have you alternately blubbing and belly-laughing to the final page Company When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own Daily Express ![]() |