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 ...

Let's start with the good news: there is more wine being made these days than ever before. And now comes the not-so-good news: The majority of it is bad, and in many cases really bad. On the other hand that still leaves us with oceans of good wine, and in many cases it is really good.So, let's now take all of those good wines and let's divide them into 2 groups: those that are over-priced, and those that are fairly, or even attractively priced.This book is about this last gr...

“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...

**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...

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...

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...

WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAuthor of the New York Times 2023 “Notable Book” CrossingsWashington Post “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”Science News “Favorite Science Books of 2018”Booklist “Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018”“A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the s...