Engineer and pilot Dr David Jones has retired from the Royal Air Force and is deciding what to do with the next phase of his life. An old friend offers a challenge: an aeroplane and its millionaire pilot have gone missing in Nevada.Uncovering conspiracy within conspiracy, he will face dangers on the ground and in the air. Facing murder and espionage, he'll need to use every skill he learned in the military-and more.

Guy Windsor has been training swordsmen and swordswomen for a very long time. This short book distills his principles of training swordsmanship into seven key ideas, divided into three internal principles, and four external principles. They are:Internal:MindfulnessFlowAdopt Useful BeliefsExternal:4) No Injuries5) The Pareto Principle6) Run a Diagnostic7) Distinguish between knowledge and skillThis ...

The rise of a scoundrel. The anatomy of a world. In Bel-Ami, Guy de Maupassant delivers a razor-sharp portrait of a man who climbs the social ladder not by virtue, talent, or labor—but by charm, seduction, and sheer opportunism. Georges Duroy begins with nothing: a handsome face, a military past, and the hunger to rise. What follows is a calculated ascent through the bedrooms and salons of Paris, each conquest a rung in his climb toward wealth and power.First published in 1885, Bel...

With this rich masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of the Fionovar trilogy has created an epic that will change forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered....

Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the science and psychology of well-being have propelled the topic to centre stage, and governments spend millions on promoting it. We are encouraged to adopt modes of thinking and behaviour that support individual well-being or 'wellness'.What is well-being? Which theories of well-being are most plausib...

Some chapters break you.Others make you.This is everything in between.-Purple Pen is a collection of raw reflections on love, loss, healing, and everything life refuses to explain. Through every season, every scar, and every silent prayer, these poems speak what the heart could not say out loud.For the dreamers. The overthinkers.The lovers. The survivors.This is for you.

Do not stay, if you can help it, after dark...A mysterious manuscript sent to eight publishing houses.Eight readers found dead, insane, or vanished into thin air.A manuscript labelled 'the most terrifying book ever written'.One chilling message: Do not get close to the fog.

Pillow the adorable round bear and Fae the shape-shifting fairy are back in this second graphic novel for early readers, perfect for fans of Narwhal & Jelly, Pizza and Taco, and Pokemon**. Includes a bonus sticker sheet to start your own badge collection!**Pillow the round, fluffy bear is on a mission to become a hero, one badge at a time! He’s already earned plenty of Hero Badges, but when a myst...

'The greatest living author of epic fantasy' - Brandon Sanderson**'The finest in his field' - Tor.com'Guy Gavriel Kay's A Brightness Long Ago is a masterpiece; perhaps the finest work of one of the world's greatest living storytellers' - Fantasy Book Review*****One of Goodreads' Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2019***Internationally bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evokin...

A Warhammer 40,000 NovelBelisarius Cawl is the greatest mind of his age, and he has a plan to open up the Attilan Gap to allow safe passage through the Great Rift. In order to complete his work, he travels to a necron tomb world. In the process, he attracts the attention of something even more dangerous than ancient xenos…READ IT BECAUSEBelisarius Cawl continues to be one of the most important figures in the 41st Millennium as he at...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...

Book 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogyThe first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. The hordes of his traitorous brother, Mortarion, march on Ultramar, and only Guilliman can hope to thwart their schemes with his Primaris Space Marine armies.READ IT BECAUSEExperience the beginning of the Plague Wars, as the Imperium's lord regent fights to reclaim his home fro...