Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan.While she is learning her way through...

The King's Post: Being a Volume of Historical Facts Relating to the Posts, Mail Coaches, Coach Roads, and Railway Mail Services of and Connected with the Ancient City of Bristol from 1580 to the Present Time is a comprehensive and meticulously researched chronicle that delves into the fascinating evolution of postal services in and around Bristol. Spanning over three centuries, this book offers readers an in-depth exploration of the development of communication and transportation networks,...

The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone is a comprehensive historical account that traces the evolution of communication services in Bristol, England, from the earliest days of the Royal Mail to the advent of the telegraph and telephone. The book delves into the origins and development of the postal system, highlighting the establishment of the first post offices, the introduction of mail coaches, and the significant role Bristol played as a hub in the national network. It ex...

Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford AwardFinalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series!Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, N...

Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth?A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards!An Indie Next Pick!The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Finalist for Best Series!“You will love Nona, and Nona loves you.” —Alix E. Harrow“Unlike anything I've ever read.” —V....

The Tombs is the thrilling fourth Fargo adventure by Clive Cussler.It's a prize beyond imagination.When an archaeologist excavating a top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into their most daring quest to date.The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was report...

**Harrow the Ninth, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station.The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Series!**“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathle...

**The acclaimed account of the English people, now updated with two new chapters'Masterful, an enormously readable narrative of the English people from the Anglo-Saxons to the present' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the Year**In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people, and of how the stories they have told about themselves have ...

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series follows the dread adventures of Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus, and a host of other goths. These epic science fantasy novels mix funny tone with dark subject matter, and contain swashbuckling action, waves of bones, and lesbian necromancers in space.WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford AwardFinalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series!Finalist for ...

A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships—from the award-winning writer of Days of DistractionCompelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting p...

A mysterious mission.A deadly secret.Can Ryan and Cleo survive the Dragon Path?Ryan Flint and Cleo McNeil are heading to China with their parents to examine an archaeological site. But when Cleo's grandmother tells them about a secret that haunts her past, they're plunged into a new mystery.Ryan thought he'd used up a lifetime's supply of adventure - now he's surrounded by fire-breathing dragons, ancient poisons and an army of terracotta warriors! Sometimes, ju...

Anomus ip Garma, greatest living architect of the Subori Empire, is tasked by his emperor to construct a tomb for the emperor's concubine upon her death. Anomus and ten thousand workers labor in the desert for years while the emperor's dead love waits, ensorceled and undecaying, for her final resting place to be completed.But betrayal awaits Anomus and all who slaved to build the Tomb, and a dark god has taken an interest in the evils man does to man...Tomb: Stone and Blood...