Pavement wrapped up at Easley Recording in Memphis. They mixed the tracks and recorded overdubs in New York. They took a step back and assessed the material. It was a wild scene. They had fully fleshed-out songs and whispers and rumors of half-formed ones. They had songs that followed a hard-to-gauge internal logic. They had punk tunes and country tunes and sad tunes and funny ones. They had fuzzy pop and angular new wave. They had raunchy guitar solos and stoner blues. They had pristine j...

"A sneakily disturbing, disarmingly profound, casually devastating memoir" of a young writer in NYC—and the fateful turn his life takes on Sept. 11, 2001 (Michael Chabon).In 1998, twenty-four-year-old Bryan Charles came to New York, following the well-trodden path of many before him—pursuing the life of a writer in the storied city far from his Midwestern roots. And like so many of his predecessors, his journey took him into squalid apartments and mind-numbing temp...

An engaging, often hilarious coming-of-age novel of uncertainty and discovery oozing with early 90s nostalgia."Funny and unpredictable...(Charles) proves impressively adept at capturing the inchoate ache of adolescent longing."— Washington PostIt's 1992, and America is caught in the grip of major Angst. In Washington, D.C., George H. W. Bush is rattling the mother of all sabres at Saddam Hussein. In Seattle, Curt Kobain is h...

The Humanity Protocol is a science fiction series that assumes a future where a wireless network of humans, called Humanity, allows everyone's personal memory to be as exchangeable as email.The Dust Solution is a science fiction thriller involving a conflict of survival between a team from Humanity running a clandestine experiment in the past and the ripple effects their experiment causes.John and his team go back in time to comple...

An erotic parody of that timeless classic, A Christmas Carol. With more ejaculate.

Are you fascinated by the art of melting and molding metal?Would you love to know how you can turn scraps into stunning tools, art, or functional parts—right from your own workshop?Now you can! Metal casting isn’t just for factories—it’s for YOU.Imagine taking raw metal, heating it to a fiery glow, and shaping it into something entirely new—whether it’s a piece of jewelry, a mechanical part, or a breathtaking sculpture.Meta...

Cartography has a troubled history as a technology of power. The production and distribution of maps, often understood to be ideological representations that support the interests of their developers, have served as tools of colonization, imperialism, and global development, advancing Western notions of space and place at the expense of Indigenous peoples and other marginalized communities. But over the past two decades, these marginalized populations have increasingly turned to participat...

The Prayer of Jabez is a classic by Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. This audiobook is wonderfully narrated by Bryan Nyman.

The exciting story of the Apollo 11 mission!In this engaging Little Golden Book, preschoolers will enjoy the fascinating story behind what happened on July 20, 1969, when two human beings walked on the moon for the very first time.Little ones will learn about the rocket Saturn V, the command module Columbia, and of course the famous lunar lander Eagle, and how they each served to send astronauts into space. Kids will learn who the...

"Plough with an ox which will not miss a farrow."Charles SpurgeonA Spur for a Free Horse is a classic sermon by Charles Spurgeon. This audio edition is beautifully narrated by Bryan Nyman.

The Wicket Gate is the term first coined by Paul Bunyan for the narrow path to Heaven. In Around the Wicket Gate, Spurgeon speaks to those who are near the gate but have not yet walked through.

The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co-evolution of two species, man and wolf, to each other’s mutual benefit. But how did this ancient partnership begin? To answer this question, Professor Bryan Sykes identifies tantalising clues in the recently mapped genetic makeup of both species.Sykes paints a vivid picture of the dog as an ancient and essential ally. While undoubtedly it was the mastery of fire, language and agriculture that propelled Homo sapiens f...