A Thriller Anthology by Kevin A Davis, A. Balsamo with stories by Mike Rusetsky, Bret Jones, L.A. Selby, Jim Wasserman, Norbert Góra, Rob Nisbet, v.f. thompson, Alan Zaremba, Ben Woodard, Sarah Hozumi, Kai Lovelace, Lara henneman, Joshua Dyer, David Horn, Ian M. Ryan, Jordan Kocevski, Diana Parrilla, Diane Arrelle, and Paige Vest

***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenh...

You are not too busy for peace. You have simply never been shown how portable it can be.You handle a great deal. From the outside, you look like you have it together. But underneath the competence runs a quieter current - restlessness, depletion, the strange sense of being absent from your own life even on your most productive days. You have tried to manage your way out of it: more systems, more discipline, more optimization. And somewhere along the way you began to suspect the t...

Free Up Yuhself explores and theorizes what it means to embody and be empowered by the chaos of transgression, evaluating the implications for people who destabilize the Caribbean region’s dominant gender and sexuality politics within the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. This book examines how people actively utilize the *carnivalesque—*spaces of festivity and places of excitement, the extraordinary, the ritualistic—to confront, negotiate, disrupt, and transgress normative tr...

A butterfly pauses. A moment opens. A lesson unfolds.In the hush of a single story, a quiet shift begins.The Monk and The Butterfly is a collection of 60 short Zen-inspired stories that invite stillness, reflection, and gentle return. Each one offers a window into mindful living—not through instruction, but through symbol, silence, and small awakenings.Rooted in Zen philosophy and timeless Buddhist wisdom, these stories speak to anyone seeki...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*Now with a new foreword on ChatGPT*_____________How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

5* reader reviews'This will be a book of the summer 2026''A book full of heart''Hands down, this is one of the sweetest books I've read all year''A gentle, emotional, beautifully written small-town romance''There was no doubt that a book written by Kai would be soulful, cozy and full of beautiful scenes!''A small town romance that doesn't shy away from difficult themes'

THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York MagazineIn this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in artificial intelligence, ...

CHINA TODAY. TOMORROW, THE WORLD?In China's shiny new 'Smart Cities', citizens can scarcely cross the road or buy an orange without the Party knowing, and posting a satirical online comment about President Xi's Winnie-the-Pooh-like features can land you in jail.A generation after the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, China's autocratic leaders are using powerful new technologies to create the largest and most effective surveillance state the world has ever ...

A Taste of Honey is the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus finalist novella that N. K. Jemisin calls "a love story as painful as it is beautiful and complex". Find out why Wired named it one of the 20 Best Books of the Decade!Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public serv...

The Castle: elite, elusive … dangerous. A secret organization that once stood for protection and benevolence, The Castle is now corrupted by illegal acts, greed, and dirty politics. Every crime syndicate, mafia and dirty politician on earth are determined to control the massive fortune guarded by The Kings: a found family forged by fate but called to action by crisis.When their mentor ends up on the business end of an as...