The New York Times bestselling origin story of the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The 26th century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exp...

The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The twenty-sixth century: Once considered clandestine, the Spartan-II program has now gone public. Tales of armored super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, ...

The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The twenty-sixth century. Once considered clandestine, the Spartan-II program has now gone public. Tales of armored super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultra-secret ce...

The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series!The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every human world it encounters, but in the way lies humanity’s greatest champion, the super-soldier Spartan John-117—the Master Chief. Together with his AI compan...

An omnibus edition containing three classic novels (The Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike) set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!For twenty-five years, Halo has been the gold standard for exemplary storytelling—an epic ongoing tale set in the 26th century, one of combat evolved, supreme sacrifice, and humanity’s will to survive against overwhelming odds. At its center...

Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in The Resisters series. Even as he trains to be a pilot for the Resisters, twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood is still reeling from the news that aliens called the Ch'zar have taken over the world and put all the adults under their mind control. Now the Ch'zar mechanical bug armies are growing. The Resisters need more pilots...

Through the examination of a range of literary and cinematic texts, from William Wyler's classic The Best Years of Our Lives to the novels of Henry James, Silverman offers a bold new look at masculinities which deviate from the social norm.

Discover the Finnish quality of sisu and how cultivating it can help you lead a life of greater purpose and happiness.This ancient Finnish word describes an attitude of courage, resilience, grit, tenacity and perseverance. This key psychological competence enables extraordinary action in times of adversity. To have sisu confers a further dimension of doing so with honesty, integrity and humility.By cultivating sisu you can...

This book offers an analysis of the current trends and developments in Nordic civil litigation and is divided into four main parts. In the first part a picture of the current civil litigation landscape is provided by focusing on whether there is a truly Nordic form of civil litigation, the current state of Nordic civil litigation, the recent major reforms of civil procedure legislation and the effects of Europeanization. In the second part, the way rules on court-connected mediation have b...

In our increasingly frenetic, modern lives silence has become a treasured commodity.In an era of constant technological stimulation, moments of silence and reflection are harder to achieve than ever before. But what really is silence and what effect does it have on our wellbeing?In Silence*,* Joanna Nylund reflects on the cultural, scientific and spiritual impact of silence and the ways in which it has impacted our human history, w...

The latest title in DK's new alphabet series, U is for Urchin looks at urchin-related words that begin with the letter "u."**Take a first look at the underwater world of urchins in this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture ebook for babies and toddlers.Part of DK's illustrated animal alphabet series, U is for Urchin is the 21st picture ebook installment, a perfect first gift for babies and toddlers. The friendly, read-aloud ...

**There’s a cat burglar at large—and it’s an actual cat! When strange thefts hit a no-pets-allowed boarding school, clever cats must uncover the culprit.A fast-paced chapter book whodunnit for ages 7 to 11, featuring a cast of cats, puzzling clues, and surprising motives to keep readers guessing.**Foley House doesn’t allow pets, but Rusty, a newly adopted kitten, soon discovers that he is not the only cat in the five-unit apartment building on the campus of Stanton Academy....