Discover the Wildest, Weirdest, and Most Wonderful Animals on Earth (and their surprising quirks)!Get ready for a mind-bending adventure through the animal kingdom — packed with incredible trivia and jaw-dropping facts that will amaze the whole family.From strange species you've never heard of to the shocking secrets of the animals you thought you knew, this book is bursting with fascinating discoveries that will make you say, "Wait, what?!"...

A fundamental tenet of the GAA is under threat in a manner that has not happened in its 140-year history.For generations, the GAA club has been the beating heart of Irish communities - rooted in the parish, sustained by volunteers and inseparable from identity. But today, that foundation is under threat.In this deeply personal and sharply observed memoir, journalist Mick Clifford traces the seismic shifts that have brought the GAA to a crossroads. From his ...

Aelira was supposed to be dead.For ten years, the last heir of Ashwood has hidden beneath a false name, carrying the memory of a murdered family, a ruined kingdom, and the general she believes helped destroy them both.Seren was supposed to be a hero.When villages begin vanishing without blood, bodies, or warning, Seren is sent North and forced into an alliance with a beautiful, dangerous woman who knows far too much about the ancient roots waking beneath the Earth.

DRINK UP WITH THE DREAMERS, THE DESPERATE, AND THE DAMNED Welcome to The Liz: a legendary Oakland punk bar with a fiercely loyal clientele of skull-cracked musicians, aspiring comedians, fans, hangers-on, and vampires. Learn its sordid history; set some banks on fire; skirt a little too close to radical new film technology; volunteer for experiments that make you physically crave art— and the people who make it; and hear the joke that kills every cop who hears it (don' t worry, you'll be f...

Featuring more than 200 quirky and eye-catching illustrations and written by award-winning drinks writer Mick Wüst, this easy-to-follow book is your passport to navigating the swirling seas of whisky, from bourbon to scotch and beyondAward-winning booze writer Mick Wüst throws aside the rules for drinking whisky. Instead, he gives you the tools to navigate the world of whisky - without turning you into a tool yourself. Whether you're a curious newcomer or a seasone...

Two sisters escaping foster care encounter the natural—and supernatural—entities of the North American Great Lakes on an otherworldly quest homeward to the matriarchal commune where they were raised in this Gothic eco-horror novel for fans of Catriona Ward, Kay Chronister, and Vincent Tirado.The Great Lakes: Huron. Ontario. Michigan. Erie. Superior. Their waters teem with life. Humans have taken advantage of their natural resources for generations. After being poac...

Pacific Storm returns to the world of White Sun War as China launches a broader campaign across the Pacific, using autonomous weapons, space warfare, and strategic deception to stretch the United States and its allies to the breaking point. It is a military techno-thriller about whether even the most advanced forces can learn and adapt fast enough when the next war arrives.Two years after the even...

There is no shortage of books that offer to make you 'more creative.' But they all assume that you've already 'started' being creative. Most people simply don't know how or where to start. And consequently, they don't.This is the first book ever written by a recognised world-class creative professional that explains step by step how the creative process works. And holds your hand from the moment you sit down with a blank sheet of paper, canvas, or laptop screen, uncertain of how or ...

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A high-stakes treasure hunt through our world . . . and the one beyond.Estranged twin brothers Logan and Landon Flint couldn't be more different. Logan—a daredevil Casanova—lives for the rush, while Landon—a brilliant but reserved archaeology professor—clings to the safety of academia. The only thing they share is the shadow of their late father, a legendary and controversial treasure hunter who died with his greatest mystery still unsolved.When Landon's lif...

A breakneck account of David Bowie’s wildest, most revolutionary years in the United States—a relentless after-midnight ride through the culturally apocalyptic mid-’70s of New York and Los Angeles, leaving Ziggy Stardust behind and charging through Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Station to Station with cocaine-dusted corridors of the occult, music as magick, and sex as invocationIn Bowie Takes A...

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The TimesSlough House is the outpost where disgraced spies are banished to see out the rest of their derailed careers. Known as the 'slow horses' these misfits have committed crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal while on duty.