Chet Bright faced the prospect of death on the water many times – during World War II, Korea and Vietnam – but in the end the sea was his savior.The son of a West Texas cowboy, he ran away at seventeen to join the military after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.Aboard a destroyer during World War II, as a frogman with the Navy's elite Underwater Demolition Teams in Korea and later as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal expert, Bright found himself anchored to life on the water. ...

Lincolnshire is England's second-largest county-and one of the least well-known. Yet its understated chronicles, unfashionable towns and undervalued countryside conceal fascinating stories, and unique landscapes: its Wolds are lonely and beautiful, its towns characterful; its marshlands and dynamic coast are metaphors of constant change. From plesiosaurs to Puritans, medieval ghosts to eighteenth-century explorers, poets to politicians, and Vikings to Brexit, this marginal county is centra...

Mind Your Own Success is a practical guidebook on how to achieve more out of your life. Following the step by step process outlined in this book, you'll be able to set up your life for both success and happiness. It will help you create the mindset for success, but more importantly show you how you can actually achieve it. It will show you how to make goal setting an easy and achievable process, instead of the traditional hit-and-miss methods that are usually taught. Containing secrets of ...

Have you ever wondered what Dr. Seuss might have said, had he lived in these modern times? This book explores our most pressing issues through the rhyming style that Dr. Seuss made famous all those years ago. From climate change, to overpopulation, to pornography on the Internet, this book covers even the most controversial topics in a way that is fun, and insightful. Forget the kids, this is a fun book for adults about the grown-up world and societal issues we care about, and even some of...

In the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works. Many of those questions have a philosophical dimension. How is macroevolution related to evolutionary changes within populations? Is evolutionary history contingent? How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? How do paleontologists read the patterns in the fossil record to learn about the underlying evolutionary p...

When Carey Winfast, an all-star investigator with the Planetary Police Force is mysteriously murdered, it is up to his friends, one a career traffic cop and the other a mere secretary, to solve the mystery. With alliances uncertain, strange futuristic technology appearing everywhere, nothing is as it seems. With all odds stacked against them, they soon realize there is more to this mystery than a simple murder. Will they be able to solve this complex mystery in time to prevent the destruct...

The product of over forty Bible scholars and seven years’ work, The NLT Study Bible is the most comprehensive study Bible ever created. The notes focus on bringing out the full meaning of the text, allowing the reader to understand the Bible more deeply than ever. Features include 25,900 study notes (over 820,000 words), maps, charts, illustrations, a word-study system, and much more.Feature details: Ten section introductions provide an overview of the lit...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Articial Intelligence longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its first 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 thrill, in...

He's dying. She's defiant. Can love rewrite their fate?Marlis has a sixth sense for danger, a keen aim with her pistol... and a dream-crushing brain injury. Disqualified from the military, she signs up as a guard on an alien spaceship alongside a towering, bearded alien who has her thinking about polishing more than just the barrel of her gun…Noatak, grappling with the scars of his past, faces a grim reality: his ionic powers are waning, and the ship's doct...

World Fantasy Award WinnerShirley Jackson Award WinnerHarrison was the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he s in his mid-thirties and spends most of his time popping pills and not sleeping. Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is haunted by unreadable messages carved upon her bones. Greta may or may not be a mass-murdering arsonist. Martin never takes off his sunglasses. Never.No one believes...

**A collection of career-launching short fiction by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Timothy Zahn, including the Hugo Award–winning novella Cascade Point.Timothy Zahn shows an unparalleled mastership of science fiction in the fifteen tales gathered here."The Price of Survival" features an alien ship that arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions but with a desperate need whose fulfillment could destroy humanity. "The Giftie Gie Us...

When an earthquake shakes up a nearby world, can two star-crossed rescuers save an entire community… and each other?Experienced rescuer Subcaptain Taz Correa hides her wounded heart. A telekinetic tech-whiz recently transferred to the worst Galactic Search and Rescue unit in the galaxy, she’d hoped after her string of epically bad breakups she’d have a fresh start. But when she can’t fight her feelings for her new teammate, she’s terrified her secret affec...