This story begins in the little Canadian backwoods village of Bearsville. A blessed event occurs, when a polar bear cub, Baby Bum, is born to the 'Bear Family' on Christmas Day.Happiness abounds, but tragedy strikes a blow when his beloved father, Gruff, dies in the dreadful jaws of a bear trap.Mother Bear cannot mend his broken heart and is inspired to adopt a red-eyed cub (Carey Bear) to share his unbearable grief.Bonding as friends and brothers, they dream of gra...

This collection of previously published stories highlights the resilience of the human spirit when faced with threats to well-being and survival.The first seven stories focus on soldiers and their experiences. In "Azaleas," a veteran in war-torn Korea grapples with his future. "A Joke for Chong" offers a brief snapshot of life on the front lines. "Class of '65" reflects on the aftermath of a fatal firefight. Both "Men at War" and "Low Speed Jet" delve into life on the home front du...

In a near-future world tilting toward collapse, For Every Atom follows an engineer's journey from the center of innovation to the limits of human existence.Ted Riddell is exactly where he's supposed to be, a top engineer in his company's cutting-edge Gadgets division, living a life of code, comfort, and carefully managed detachment. But when Bentley (they, them, theirs), the enigmatic, brilliant architect of the company's Mass Storage division, summons him to an off-the-re...

The Blue House raid was a lesser-known conflict of the Vietnam era that played out in Korea, testing American and South Korean resolve when North Korea launched a daring attack to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-hee in his residence near Seoul. However, this novel of the same name is more than a description of a failed incursion. The author, a former U.S. Army soldier who spent 13 months along the DMZ, develops fictional characters who enable a grander weave of the relationsh...

The second book in the Walter Presents library: a ferociously paced noir thriller of family secrets and terrorist plots from one of Italy's top crime writers Annibale Canessa was a legend: the most notorious cop during Italy's brutal Years of Lead, he hunted down terrorist suspects with unmatched ferocity. But then the fighting stopped, and suddenly Canessa was a soldier without a war. 30 years later and he's settled into a life of calm by the sea - until some shattering news pulls him bac...

This book considers the most contemporary innovations propelling the extractive industries forward while also creating new environmental and social challenges. The socio-ecological fabric of innovation in the extractive industries is considered through an integrative approach that brings together engineers, natural scientists, and social scientists—academics and practitioners—giving an empirically grounded and realistic evaluation of the innovations in this sector. It synthesizes a series ...

The first book in the Walter Presents library: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books Readers always find themselves in a book, one way or another In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a s...

"The authors of the bestselling Halsey's Typhoon do a fine job recounting one brutal, small-unit action during the Korean War's darkest moment." — Publishers WeeklyNovember 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deeper into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only...

The New York Times–bestselling author describes how current trends will create an era when anything and everything is available for almost nothing.In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times–bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin uncovers a paradox at the heart of capitalism that has propelled it to greatness but is now taking it to its death—the inherent entrepreneurial dynamism of competitive markets that drives productivity up and marginal costs...

'Action-packed, brilliantly unique' – Andy Weir, author of The MartianA compulsive, mind-bending exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a breathtaking thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch.At first, it looks like a disease.An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.But the force that’s ...

Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all—the fight to survive.The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave new definition to “hell-raising”—on the ground and in the skies.Pappy himself was a living le...

Magnus arrives in the Arctic for severe-weather training, overseen by an international joint task force, but run by military brass. With multiple countries involved and multiple divisions of the military, it’s a wide-open mix of potential trouble. And trouble is what he’s here to find. Not to create. However, after meeting the one and only doctor on-site, a female member of the British team, Magnus knows that she needs his help to keep her safe. Yet she can’t be his main interest, not when...