"From Novice to Expert: Mastering the Art of Car Mechanics for Beginners" is a comprehensive guide that takes readers on a journey from having little to no knowledge about car mechanics to becoming confident and skilled in understanding and repairing automobiles. This book is designed to demystify the complex world of car mechanics, making it accessible to beginners.

Jray has spent his life drowning in drugs, fast women, and the kind of sins that keep a man up at night. But when a night of indulgence takes a deadly turn, he finds himself trapped in a game of survival—where the only way out is to face the past he's been trying to numb. Jray is a ghost of a man, surviving on a cocktail of cocaine, alcohol, and an endless stream of women who never stay past dawn. He has no real friends, no real ambitions—just an addiction to the rush of getting high and t...

Victor Langston is a man tormented by his own mind. A diagnosed schizophrenic, he has spent years battling the whispers in his head, but nothing drowns them out completely—except murder. He tells himself he kills only for control, to silence the voices that claw at his sanity.But he is never truly alone. In the quiet of his dimly lit home, two feline shadows stalk his every move: Yin, the sleek black cat with golden eyes, and Yang, the pure white c...

A large-format, beautifully illustrated look at the natural history of birdsThere are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth. The variety of bird species is truly astounding, from the tiny bee hummingbird to the large flightless ostrich, making birds one of the most diverse and successful animal groups on the planet. Taking you inside the extraordinary world of birds, What Is a Bird? expl...

Dash Carter is America's number one off-the-books asset in the shadowy world of black operations. When a deadly plot to seize power is being directed from within the highest levels of the U.S. government, his new assignment to kill a target and collect critical intelligence goes haywire. The resulting chaos leads to a national security crisis as an archenemy gains control over a weapon of mass destruction with the immediate intent of deploying it inside the United States. Carter has to dod...

Revisit a beloved X-Men era in this series inspired by the classic cartoon! The 1990s roll call is as uncanny as ever: Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit and Jubilee! And they're facing off against their decade's fiercest foes, both on Battleworld and at a newly expanded Xavier's School! But who are the Shadow Queen and Alpha Red?! And with the X-Men under siege, can X-Force '92 save them? New mutants arrive at the school, Lila Cheney teleports in for Westchester's bigge...

California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards.Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of ...

The Ecological Monitoring Program (Indo-Pacific Version) is a course designed to provide divers in-depth knowledge on coral reef ecology and teach the skills necessary to perform scientific monitoring surveys. This manual includes everything you need to know about coral reef organisms, the ways in which they interact, and their importance to the ecosystem as a whole. The information included is relevant to reefs all over the globe, but takes a special focus on the reefs the Indo-Pacific, c...

Some time ago on a small island in a faraway sea, there lived a happy little pup called Tua Pru. Delightfully fluffy and full of energy, Tua Pru spent most days playing on the beach with his family or splashing through the water with his turtle friends. But one day something terrible happened that would change his peaceful world forever.Join Tua Pru as he discovers what it means to be a friend, to be part of a family, and most of all, what it means to love others more than yourself...

Uncover Meaning in Humanity’s Darkest MomentsWITH A FOREWORD BY DR. PHILIP STONEIn Beyond the Darkness: Transformative Journeys Through Dark Tourism, Dr. Chad Scott, multi-category #1 Amazon bestselling author, takes readers on a deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of some of history’s most profound and challenging sites.From the solemn corridors of Auschwitz to the shadowy depths of the Paris Catacombs and th...

55 Stories to benefit Protect, the political lobby of the National Association to Protect Children, whose victories include the Circle of Trust act and the HERO Corps, which hires wounded veterans to assist law enforcement in hunting online predators.Contributors include Andrew Vachss, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison®, David Morrell, Laird Barron, Linda Rodriguez, Charles de Lint, Hilary Davidson, Joe R. Lansdale, Joelle Charbonneau, Reed Farrel Coleman, SJ Rozan, and Alison Arng...

Over the last decade, water security has replaced sustainability as the key optic for thinking about how we manage water. This reframing has offered benefits (including clear recognition of the link between humans, the environment and the right to water) and also posed challenges (the tendency in some quarters to interpret “security” solely in terms of geopolitical or economic “securitisation”).In this collection, the authors offer a radical repositioning of these debates updated t...