An awe-inspiring collection of photos from acclaimed photographer Mark Smith celebrates the spirit of birds—shining a light on their resilience, wisdom, playfulness, and love.For years, birds were dismissed as simple creatures. People saw them as instinct-driven, flighty, and forgettable. For Mark Smith, who has traveled the globe in search of the world’s most incredible birds, they proved to be anything but simple. Soaking up their world like a sponge, he began to...

Meg Maher thought she was doing the right thing. Now she's on the run.When a peaceful climate protest ends with a violent explosion in the city centre, every member of the protest group becomes a suspect. The incident is declared a terrorist attack.But the authorities aren't the only ones hunting Meg.Scared and alone, Meg seeks refuge with her father, Luke, knowing that every word she says puts him in danger too. But as the terrorism invest...

Meg Maher thought she was doing the right thing. Now she's on the run.When a peaceful climate protest ends with a violent explosion in the city centre, every member of the protest group becomes a suspect. The incident is declared a terrorist attack.But the authorities aren't the only ones hunting Meg.Scared and alone, Meg seeks refuge with her father, Luke, knowing that every word she says puts him in danger too. But as the terrorism invest...

From the cotton boll to the Cotton Bowl in modern American cultureThere are few places on earth as thoroughly identified with a crop as the American South is with cotton. Burgundy is known for wine, and Java has coffee. In the South, for most of its history, cotton was king. Through much of the twentieth century, cotton cultivation determined nearly every aspect of life in the region. In Bale After Bale, leading historians and cultural critics offer multif...

Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them?'First rule of rescue: don't create another casualty.'Grace Disher is about to face every teacher's worst nightmare.Three of her students are going to die.On a high school camping trip, three boys slip away for an ocean swim. By the time Grace catches up, the perilous surf conditions are overwhelming the teena...

Finn’s a survivor. Rabbit traps. Abalone. A hidden stash of canned food and fuel. He’s kept himself alive, and clear of the violent gang controlling the north, for two winters –ever since the virus wiped out the town. But now it’s complicated. There’s a girl. She’s on the run, injured, and she needs Finn’s help. But the secret she carries will change everything.

"What's too much today?" Betsy says drily. "The alрha thing or the CEO thing? Or just being a Tremblay in general?"I bristle at that. Juggling my duties as alрha to the most рowerful family in my clan with my job as CEO of The Tremblay Comрany can be exhausting but I can certainly handle it.I have to. It's what has always been exрected of me."It's never too much," I say, snaррing just a little."Of course not," Betsy says. But I see her looki...

"your сhampagne, sir." The flight attendant is сute and I think she's giving me the eye so I turn things on a little. I give her a wink and a smile. I don't need to look at the nametag beсause I always make it a point to сheсk the name right away. That's how you get people on your side."Thanks, Jennifer." I take the drink and I notiсe the woman sitting next to me in first сlass is watсhing. She's pretending she's not, but she is. I imagine a little drama in my head. She thinks I'm ...

I hang up and sigh as I watch the fog roll in lower. I don't mind the cold myself. Actually, my favorite weather is this low fog over the woods. I love running in it when I shift and I can't see ten feet in front of me. It forces me to rely on my other senses so I don't go running right into a tree. I love the feel of the brisk cold in my fur. I love the way fog and rain smells.I don't mind the cold for myself at all. But there's a girl out there who might be stuck in the cold....

The Mulligan is what we shifters call the shifter prison for this region of the country up in the Pacific Northwest. It's not very big even though it covers so much territory because shifters don't often get sent to prison. Most crimes or offenses against other shifters are handled within the pack. I have to think Rick's murder was particularly heinous to get him sent here. Or maybe he murdered somebody from a different pack. That can get you sent to the Mulligan, depending. Or you can be ...

A FATHER'S A WAR, A SON'S FASCINATION, AND THE MEMORIES THAT DEFINE OUR NATION'Compelling and deeply personal . . . a riveting evocation of a father's heroic, top-secret RAF missions in WWII, coupled with a son's journey to the heart of his father's life and his war.'—DAMIEN LEWIS , bestselling author of SAS: The Great Train Raid‘An extraordinary story, brilliantly t...

Brought to you by Penguin.The enthralling story from military memorabilia and medal specialist Mark Smith, about his father's war and the stories that fostered Mark's enduring fascinationSunday evenings wouldn't be the same without Mark Smith on Antiques Roadshow.Seeing beyond the military memorabilia shared by members of the public to the often deeply moving human stories at their heart, Mark brings the past vividly to lif...