There is a Beacon positioned above our galaxy prohibiting other crafts from distant planets entering the area and visiting Earth. One night, a ship unintentionally crashed in Virginia. The man was injured. Baily found him on the road, took him home, and dressed his wounds. He asked Baily if he would be willing to help others who may need medical attention or a safe place to stay until help arrived. That would be the beginning of a friendship and also an exciting and perhaps a dangerous new...

On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite current hype of a 'birth dearth' in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that human numbers are projected to increase by over 3 billion by 2050. Populations in rapidly growing nations are in da...

The Messianic Torah with Commentary, (MTC), is like a Chumash with each parasha marked, but without the Haftorah. The MTC is designed to later be included in a future Messianic bible including all the TaNaK/Old Testament and the Christian New Testament. The MTC includes links to passages in the NT and TaNaK and was compiled with the follower of Yeshua in mind. All Hebrew words used in the notes have definitions and transliterations included. The comments in the MTC are generally devotional...

The third episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has been loaned out to a CDF platoon tasked with secretly removing an unauthorized colony of humans on an alien world. Colonial Ambassador Abumwe has been ordered to participate in final negotia...

The eleventh episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.A secret backdoor meeting between Ambassador Ode Abumwe and the Conclave's Hafte Sorvalh turns out to be less than secret as both of their ships are attacked. It's a surprise to both teams—but it's the identity of the a...

Introducing a thrilling deep-space science fiction mystery series in the tradition of James S.A. Corey’s The ExpanseWhen a geneticist goes missing aboard a generation ship, it’s up to sports star Bryan Benson to solve the mystery before landfall.Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark’s greatest living spo...

Racism never got off the bus . . . On a rainy night in Houston, in a ratty apartment as dark as his dreams, retired bus driver Frank Granger wakes in a cold sweat convinced a stranger with a gun lurks at the foot of his bed.And he's right.In this riveting tale of suspense and revenge, Carter offers a vivid look back at one of the darkest times in our nation's history.BONUS STORY: Road Gamble"Whipping around sharp bends, tires squealing on wet asphalt . . . "...

In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition to being an American patriot, he was a skilled silversmith and made false teeth from hippo tusks! This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings to life Paul Revere's thrilling ride as well as the personal side of the...

'THIS KIND OF TROUBLE is a spellbinding tale of family secrets and how the influence of past generations impacts on the present. Eze expertly weaves together the elements that show how, over the course of a century, a family can break apart and heal. An excellent debut' Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City‘Tochi Eze is a storyteller that the ancestors would be proud of. With masterful strokes, she knits together a beguiling story of history, tragedy, fa...

By ones, twos, and threes, in the years before the Civil War thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. Hidden and hunted, the escape of southern slaves to the North remains a compelling event in American history. Within the pages of this book are documented, in prose and elegantly articulate photographs, examples of "stations" on the Railroad, along with images of the routes, lives, and hardships of both the "passengers...

This valiant story of how young George Washington was drawn into his country's struggle for independence gives readers a vivid perspective on a crucial era in American history--and on the life of a revolutionary hero.

When a man is found dead at his doorstep on the edge of Walden Pond, naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau follows his highly developed moral compass to track down the killer. A short story by an Edgar short story winner.