Club activities, ice cream, cat cafés…It’s the start of the perfect summer break! As preparations for the fall school festival begin, the skilled Ootori is in great demand. Seeing this, Luna wants to be relied on too, but…

This program features an AI-assisted authorized replica voice based on the voices of Howard H. Stevenson and Eric C. Sinoway**.**AI can scale intelligence, but it cannot replace judgment, make decisions, or be held accountable. Only people can do that.During a forty-year career, Howard H. Stevenson taught at Harvard Business School, chaired NPR, and co-founded a hedge fund, The Baupost Group. His definition of entrepreneurship inspired lead...

In a brand-new high school of only first-years, Midori, a girl who gives her all, runs for a spot on the student council alongside Akira, a guy who sees things through. Once elected, they start a new legacy at the school while also falling in love.

In the thirteenth book of the Alien Next Door series, Zeke finds out what it means to be lucky!After a terrible, horrible, unlucky morning for Harris, Zeke struggles to grasp the concept of luck. Harris and Roxy try to help him understand the difference between good and bad luck, but it's only after Jeremy dares them to go into the haunted house on their block that Zeke begins to get it. Will the three of them be able to brave the cursed house and bring their bad l...

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is richly envisioned and powerfulOn Piāo, the floating empire of lotuses, Xīlián discovers the royal advisors' ploy to overthrow her brother, Yún, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make...

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal, and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is a richly envisioned and powerful debut novel from the winner of the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards.On Piāo, the floating empire of lotuses, Xīlián discovers the royal advisors' ploy to overthrow her brother, Yún, the emperor, in the same way they...

Let Each Holiday Point You to JesusThe holidays arrive throughout the year, but do they leave you closer to Jesus? In Holidays with Jesus, author and Bible teacher Peter DeHaan takes readers through twenty celebrations, from New Year's Day to Christmas, from Valentine's Day to Halloween, and even your own birthday, revealing how every holiday can become a meaningful encounter with the Savior.With two Scripture-grounded devotions for each holiday, 4...

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of c...

15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others.Revolution in the Heart is a collection of 15 brand new stories by a group of celebrated authors, all inspired by one of the iconic figures in all of science fiction and fantasy: the legendary and award-winning Ursula K. Le Guin.From the appearance of her ...

Shinba’s finally gotten himself a part-time job, but despite his determination to turn his life around, he can’t seem to stop messing things up! And on top of getting scolded by his teenaged coworker on the clock, Shinba can’t help but feel like his relationship with Hizumi is on thin ice too. Could a woman like her ever really love a loser like him? Maybe taking a couple’s trip to the beach is just what they need…

A dead notary. A locked room. A vanished girl who may have never vanished at all.When respected notary Vittorio Alessi is found dead inside his private archive, the case appears impossible. The room has no windows. The door is locked from the inside. There is no weapon, no sign of struggle, and no obvious way for a killer to escape.But Inspector Elias Moretti notices what others are too eager to ignore: an old rusted key on the desk, a strange burn around t...

“There are people in this world who hail from other realms of existence entirely...I call them ‘the Gifted.’”Arlembic, the owner of the magic shop partnering with Paracelsus, has suspicions that her exceptionally skilled alchemical supplier might be even more exceptional than he first seems…Nora has been let in on the truth, so a routine delivery to the shop means she’ll have to resist a serious grilling session if she intends to keep the confidence of her kind—and maybe too unwary—master!...