New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, master of both action and emotion, reveals a world where everything is perfect, but nothing is as it seems …Earth is crowded, polluted, and dismal.Like millions of others, Jonos and Liina scrape by on her poorly paying job and what little money he gets selling items scavenged from rich people’s trash.Like millions of others, Jonos and Liina dream of Paradise.Paradise: a beautiful, ...

This exciting book explains how you can create expressive life drawings by combining the technical skills of observation with your own vision. Illustrated throughout with Alan McGowan's beautiful life drawings, it explores how developing the ability to look, alongside a deeper understanding of drawing from life, can open up effective ways of working and help artists develop their own personal creative voice.

In nearly two dozen novels about the Humanx Commonwealth, Alan Dean Foster has fascinated readers with his brilliantly imagined interstellar realm—where humans, thranx, AAnn, and other species strive to work together to put the common good above selfish ends. But renewed efforts at cooperation prove that familiarity breeds contempt. Diuturnity’s Dawn is the third thrilling novel in The Founding of the Commonwealth, a spectacular space adventure that traces the perilous early years...

**GOODREADS #1 HORROR TO READ IN 2026!!A riveting, epic novel about a man who mustjourney across an unforgiving landscape in order to oseek redemption by doing the most unholy thing imaginable...**Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down a pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash.But when the Butcher 'adopts' a dead newborn, his hunt for the son of Nazareth takes a personal and horrific turn.How does one choose between personal rede...

Three stunning full-cast dramatisation of Thomas Love Peacock’s classic storiesListen now to this collection of three of the finest stories from Thomas Love Peacock. A contemporary and close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Love Peacock was born in 1785 and wrote satirical novels discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. Packed with witty dialogue, intriguing ideas and featuring the iconic voices of Sir Michael Hordern (L...

Through hell and sand, they stand together.As the dust settles on the first resistance to British rule in India, a new storm brews on the horizon. The Wellesley brothers strategise their next offensive, eager to support their new allies in the turbulent Indian subcontinent. Fresh troops arrive, injecting fervour and ambition into the ranks of the East India Company’s army. For Smudger Smith and his comrades, this means the promise of promotion—but it also heralds an unexpected conf...

Danny Coombs once had a law career lined up — top of his class, a future already half-written. Then his best friend died in what everyone called a tragic accident, and Danny never made it past the bar. He took the only other trade he knew and became an elevator mechanic, Local 82, the same union his father had worked for thirty years.Seven years later, a coworker dies in a freak accident on the job. The official version answers nothing. Why did this happen? How did it happen? And —...

People are a confusing, contradictory bunch. We're capable of kindness, generosity, and love — and just as capable of selfishness, pettiness, and cruelty, sometimes within the same afternoon. Waking Up From History is one man's fifteen-year attempt to make sense of that contradiction — the book he wishes he could hand to his younger self. Its premise is simple: to understand people, you first have to understand how they see — and how they see is shaped by the lens they're ...

Rewilding Glen Affric takes us on a long journey through one of the finest remnants of Scotland’s once-mighty Caledonian Forest. This landmark volume is replete with evocative words and stunning photographs of the trees and the great diversity of other wildlife that make the forest their home. From the delicate twinflower to the talismanic capercaillie, it presents an inspiring story of how ecological restoration is helping the forest to recover, expand and return to its full biol...

For fans of the beloved HBO series The Gilded Age**, a definitive volume on life and thought in America during the era—now reissued with a beautiful new cover.**With Season 3 of the hit Julian Fellowes HBO series The Gilded Age breaking records in summer 2025 with its highest ratings ever—and season 4 anticipated to air in 2026—this book is the perfect fix for fans eager to dive deeper into the dynamic history of this period....

Marc Alan Edelheit presents Book 3 in the Command Decision series.

“[Alan Niven] worked with us and — whether anybody says it or not — became like the sixth, silent member.” — Izza Stradlin, Guns N’ RosesExperience rock history through sharp, engaging stories featuring icons like Guns N’ Roses, The Rolling Stones, and AerosmithMost rock ’n’ roll books are a bore. They all have the same narrative arc and are aimed at the dwindling following that now follows an artist that has long passed their AARP date.