**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us.” —The Wall Street Journal“Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions […] and have fun doing so.” —Science Magazine**From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life’s biggest questions, and wrestles with w...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...

On a hidden world...Tyros - an ancient society teetering on the brink of war. A pious people, the Tyreans are devoted to the Canaanite deity, Meleq. When their spiritual leader is savagely murdered during a mission of peace, they beg SG-1 for help against their sworn enemies, the Phrygians.Initially reluctant to get involved, the team have no choice when Colonel Jack O'Neill is abducted. O'Neill soon discovers his only hope of escape is to join the ruthless Phrygians - if...

Gaby Mortimer seems to have just about everything: a great job on a popular TV morning show, a handsome and successful husband, an adorable eight-year-old daughter, a comfortable life in the “Toast Rack,” one of London’s most gracious neighbourhoods.When she discovers the strangled, lifeless body of a young woman on the common near her house, she has no idea that her charmed life is about to go into sickening freefall. There are connections between the two women—some of Gaby’s clot...

***This is a bundled edition of the following five stories.***Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.When dragons have the ability to shapeshift, anyone could be one. Even the boy sitting next to you.Dragon Blood 1: PliethinSixteen-year-old Amber's life, that was once completely normal, is dramatically changed when she is forced to move to a small Queensland town west of Brisbane. Suddenly dragons are no longer creatures of myth. ...

Behind every perfect life is a perfect lie . . .An eerie, exhilarating tale of marriage and its dark side from the author of the universally acclaimed psychological thriller Under Your SkinEveryone keeps telling me I have to move on. And so here I am, walking down the road where he died, trying to remember him the right way.A year after the death of her husband, Zach, Lizzie goes to lay flowers where his fatal acci...

Will their love be strong enough to keep them alive and get them back to Earth?Finding one's psi-mate is something every Sandarian hopes for, but when Ian Cavacent accidentally starts the bonding process with the Earthling, Dani, he has to fight his desire with every ounce of his being. If the process is completed, it means both political and financial suicide for Ian and his family.A natural klutz, Dani somehow always manages to land on her feet and win her mixed martial a...

In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science.Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the fou...

'A superb and clever thriller' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Dark, sharp and deliciously funny' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I loved every page' Clare MackintoshIt started with a small lie. Bumping into an old acquaintance, embellishing my life story to impress the happily married lawyer with kids and a lovely home.So when he invited me on a group holiday, I said yes. I wanted to prove that I can fit in with his posh, wealthy friends. It's the s...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror/Romance.Everyone knows about stranger danger. Never talk to a stranger. Don't take candy from a stranger. And no matter what, never, ever accept a ride from a stranger. In a moment of anger at her parents, eighteen-year-old Alyssa ignored these basic rules. Now she's facing the most terrifying situation of her life. A world of demons, sacrifices and swords suddenly becomes her reality. Not many people survive demon encounters...

Your seven-year-old suddenly wonders if there’s poison in their food and can’t eat a meal without asking. Your nine-year-old apologizes incessantly. Your eleven-year-old does everything in multiples of five.OCD isn’t always about hand washing. It’s about unwanted thoughts that take hold of your child and urges they cannot ignore. It’s about rituals intended to ward off harm. And it's about questions. Endless questions. Questions about safety. Questions about certai...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal.Plea Of The DamnedHave you ever done something and immediately wished you could undo it? Jack knows that feeling very well. He's damned, bound to haunt his old school and help students until he atones for his sins. It's the last thing he wants to do. But since the alternative is an eternity in hell, he's not about to say no.* * *Book 1: Forgive Me LucyEach ...