I am not a climatic scientist; I am an experienced electrical engineer, drawn to study this subject by the peculiarity of the news I was observing. And it became obvious, very quickly, that something weird was going on. So I began to collect data, news, and other factual information that gradually became available. I have now assembled a wide range of proven, factual details on global warming (which became climate change when warming stopped in 1998 and temperatures began to drop), the cla...

In "The 39 Steps," John Buchan crafts a gripping espionage thriller that deftly intertwines elements of adventure, mystery, and psychological tension. The narrative follows Richard Hannay, a seemingly ordinary man pulled into a web of international intrigue and assassination after a chance encounter with a mysterious spy. Buchan's prose marries succinct clarity with vivid detail, reflecting the early 20th-century literary context that straddles the Victorian and modernist eras. The novel n...

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the t...

This authorized edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s first novel—a quintessential story of the Lost Generation—with an introduction by bestselling author Colm Tóibín.“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street JournalOriginally published in 1926, The Sun Also Riseshelped ce...