Heresy Press’s new anthology, Axe: Stories That Cut Deep, gathers dazzling short fiction from some of today’s most acclaimed voices, including National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners. Inspired by Kafka’s injunction that “a book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us,” these twelve stories strike at complacency with audacity and style. Joyce Carol Oates, Sherman Alexie, Chuck Palahniuk, Lionel Shriver, Andrew Doyle, Richard North Patterson, Jeffrey Ford, David Sedaris,...

How do you escape ‘business as usual’ thinking and regularly and reliably create breakthrough ideas?Millions are spent every year in the quest to generate breakthrough ideas to drive growth. Yet fewer than 25% of people believe they’re doing a good job of harnessing creativity to get to big ideas.The Breakthrough Brain helps you harness human creativity with the digestible, inspiring and immensely practical Neuroscience of Creativity framework. Dis...

Computational Approaches to Natural Products Discovery, Volume 720 provides descriptions of the latest techniques in computational methods for the study of natural products. Techniques covered are related to genome mining, natural product biosynthesis, natural product evolution, and natural product structure. Chapters in this new release cover Prediction of natural product bioactivity from BGC sequence to guide genome mining efforts, Genome mining for resistance genes to identify bioactive...

A richly illustrated natural history of fungiOccupying an entire kingdom of their own, fungi comprise over 155,000 species that include yeasts, rusts, and molds as well as the more familiar mushrooms and toadstools that we see in the wild and on our plates. Found widely across the globe, they represent a diverse group of organisms, some living freely in soil and water, and others forming parasitic or symbiotic relationships with plants, algae, and animals. This boo...

I probably shouldn't spend so much time thinking about my best friend naked, even if he is my date.Reality show star and YouTube sock-puppeteer Su-Lin Liu is madly in love with her best friend and business partner, fellow YouTuber Brendan Pike. From his pink hair to his genius at writing dirty sock jokes, Brendan is perfect for her in every way—except that he's still reeling from a nasty divorce and doesn't know if he'll ever be ready for a serious relationship aga...

From master storyteller and New York Times-bestseller Tad Williams comes the second book in the landmark epic fantasy saga of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard in his internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. The trilogy inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as ...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Artificial Intelligence's longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its second collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thril...

The monster-hunting Sangerye family has faced terrifying challenges in their fight to protect humanity, and while they have suffered pain and loss, they have never been defeated. That is about to change. A great evil has invaded Earth—and the Sangeryes are not prepared for the battle they must face. But if they cannot protect the world, who can? See the Harlem Renaissance as you never have before as the Eisner Award-winning series continues! Collects BITTER ROOT #11-15

A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that follows Jim, an enslaved man on a journey towards freedom, and his sidekick, Huck, in the antebellum South—from the team behind the Eisner Award–winning The Black Panther Party.WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S ALEX AWARD • A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, School Library Journal, Library Journal“A ...

After spending most of a year in a fruitless search for her kidnapped sister Danni, Fancy joins her friend and mentor Phyllis Compton in owning and operating a saloon in Civil War-era Louisville.Later, Fancy establishes a mobile saloon, moving along with the 'Hell on Wheels' towns at the end of tracks during the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. Meanwhile, the father she thought was killed in the war is released from a union prison, works his way home, and finds her at long l...

With the return of Dr. Sylvester, the Jinoo of Mississippi's backwoods are shown no mercy. Blink and Cotton struggle with bureaucratic red tape while trying to cure a growing number of Jinoo. Joe wrestles with the Inzondo within and comes face to face with an old god that has taken root in Ketchakhun County.

The ultimate snapshot of every country in the world featuring new local insights from travel experts and the top experiences for each destination.Spot wildlife in Australia's lush green Daintree Rainforest; tour Japan's exquisite temples in Kyoto; discover Gaudi masterpieces in Spain's buzzing Barcelona. Get to know the amazing countries that populate our planet and start planning your next big adventure.Inside the...