It's the Monaco Grand Prix weekend and there are too many people on this small rock. Shady real estate developers, European royalty and degenerate gamblers are all rubbing shoulders. They all came down for a piece of the action. Because rumor is, the race is rigged and the champion has disappeared.There are helicopters in the air, landing more rich idiots every eight minutes. Suitcases full of dark money on the casino floor, messing up with the odds. On top of that, there is a secr...

Along the Elizabeth River in Norfolk stands an unassuming diner where love and misery are on the menu. The Brass Bough Cafe is a popular place full of regulars but something is very wrong. It's Tuesday, or so it says on the paper every day.When weary traveler, Ginette, arrives from France with a blank notebook meant to capture the world around her, she finds more than meets the eye. The unwitting diner patrons and a tenacious cat pull her out of despair, forcing her to see the real...

The Cause of Gravity: The Holy Grail of all Scientific RevelationFor over four centuries now, Natural Philosophers and Theoretical Physicists have been desperately searching for the answer to that elusive and intractable question that is still hanging around today: "What is the true cause of Gravity?"The present-day view by Theoretical Physics Academia is that gravity can be described as: "curved, or warped, space, or spacetime." So, how does this space, or spacetime, curve, ...

If you care about the West, you must care about the lands of the West—lands that are disappearing rapidly, along with the people and cultures that go along with them.In this collection of 22 essays, the editors have brought together some of the best—and most insightful—writing on ranching in the West. These writers explore the changing landscape of the West and how, in an age of huge, corporate-owned ranches, the small rancher can survive. This book brings together the best writers in the ...

“Fish” Fishbein and his girlfriend, Shawna Kretschman, have a nice, quiet life. He’s L.A.’s repo man and bounty hunter to the stars, and she runs the police force on a South Dakota Sioux reservation.Then, the President of the United States comes to town. And her quiet life turns upside down when she has to arrest him for attempting to forcibly exercise his ‘executive privilege’ on her in the back of the presidential limo.Shawna wants the tiny-handed prez to stand trial for ...

Some trains run on rails. The Cavalier runs on something else.After a hasty goodbye, Ginette boards a haunted train in pursuit of the one friend she refuses to lose. The Cavalier’s route through the dark reflections has become imperiled, and in the cracks and corners, the signs of strain are beginning to show. But as the mists close in, Ginette realizes the train's condition may be the least of her problems. Something is moving in the mists — something sh...

A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” (Entertainment Weekly, Editor’s Choice).“Wow! Brutal, visceral, violent, edgy, and brilliant.”—Harlan CobenNow a major motion picture starring Austin Butler and directed by Darren AronofskyHenry “call me Hank” Thompson used to play California baseball. Now he t...

WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZEA SERVICE95 BOOKCLUB HYPE READ + HARPERS BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF AUTUMN 2025'Extraordinary' ROXANE GAY'Astonishing' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'A powerful, beautiful, wrenching masterpiece**' REBECCA SOLNIT**'The book I've been waiting my whole life to read' TOMMY ORANGEAn unforgettable father-son s...

Former Green Beret Colonel Ben Brice drowns memories of Vietnam in oceans of Jim Beam. The war took everything from Ben—his wife, his son, his dreams—and now it threatens to take his ten-year-old granddaughter, Gracie, when she's abducted after a soccer game. Ben can't let that happen. He puts down the bottle and goes in search of Gracie—and discovers dark family secrets and meaning to his life.Best-seller lists:No. 6, AustraliaNo. 8, IrelandNo. 14, UK...

**The “engaging” (New Yorker), New York Times best-selling story of how coyotes took over North America—and are now taking over South America as wellFinalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation."—Wall Street Journal**Legends don’t come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. In the face of centuries of annihilation campa...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 – CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR**'A genuine one-off with a ready wit and a killer anecdote to hand at all times' - Ian Cleverly, Rouleur'Carlton Kirby is no ordinary cycling commentator, so it is not surprising that this very entertaining book is no ordinary Grand Tour on a bicycle. A very enjoyable journey for everyone' - Phil Liggett MBE, NBC Tour de France commentator'Carlton Kirby's infec...

This “marvelously humor-laced page-turner” about one of the world’s most influential species is “a masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world” (The Washington Post, “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”).“Takes us inside the amazing world of nature’s premier construction engineer . . . and shows us why the restoration of an animal almost driven to extinction is producing wide-ranging, positive effects on our landscapes, ecology, and even our economy...