An Observer Best Debut of the YearA Granta Best Young British Novelist‘Mischievous and sexy’ SARAH WATERS‘I loved this book’ JULIA ARMFIELD‘Exhilarating’ MONICA HEISEY'Astonishing' ANDREA LAWLOR'Should be on everyone's summer reading list' iNEWS'Scorching … One of our favourite read...

The cosmopolitan family Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) comprises approximately 5,000 described species worldwide, traditionally classified into six subfamilies: Stenogastrinae, Eumeninae s.l., Euparagiinae, Masarinae, Polistinae, and Vespinae. Among vespid wasps, social behavior ranges from solitary nesting to highly eusocial societies that function as superorganisms. Vespid wasps play vital roles in terrestrial ecosystems and are recognized as efficient biological control agen...

Was It Even an Abuse? Uncovering Emotional Manipulation, Recognising Gaslighting, and Liberating Yourself from Narcissistic Toxic Trauma By Zara K. PatrickAre you constantly questioning your experiences, wondering if you’ve been manipulated, lied to, or abused? Do you feel confused and emotionally drained by someone who should care for you? Was It Even an Abuse? sheds light on the hidden, often overlooked patterns of emotional abuse and gaslighting that can keep yo...

“When today’s technology relies on yesterday’s data, it will simply mirror our past mistakes and biases.”AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America’s history of prejudice and exclusion — even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin’s Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of c...

An interrogation of the erotic and romantic becomes refracted, as though through a prism, towards beings, lovers, states, objects, landscapes, systems, in K Patrick's ground-breaking debut book of poems. These are notes towards a contemporary queer experience that emerge from the body, dodging and playing with logic to create a brand new poetics. Patrick's subversive and distinct poetic manoeuvres through a marriage and a subsequent divorce, nature writing and 20th Century literary figures...

How I Overcame Diabetes At A Young AgeAt 10 I was already over-weighing, I eat everything that comes across me,until I was diagnosed with diabetes. I decided not to end that way, I took control of my life and eating habits and little by little I was free.

As the last episode of "The Last of Us Episode 2" comes to a conclusion, the people we have grown to know and love confront their biggest struggle yet. The stakes are greater than ever, and the destiny of mankind hangs in the balance.With all of the twists and turns of their adventure, the characters have developed and changed in ways they never dreamed imaginable. They have experi...

For fifteen years, retired newspaper editor Elliott Madison worked on a book about his great-grandfather's terrifying voyage around Cape Horn and his great-grandmother's tragic journey on the California Trail, the homestead they developed into a prosperous ranch in Mendocino County. Now, in the waning hours of his life, he recalls the day he was contacted by a woman from New York City named Phoebe Crighton, who claims a distant relative was employed as a hired hand on his family's ranch. E...

Do you enjoy reading macabre poetry ? Do you enjoy short stories written within the realm of darkness? Then you will enjoy the Visions of Darkness. They are written in the more classical style of dark lore. They will invoke memories of the first time you read the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The story and poetry contained within this book cover insanity and the dark realm of the human mind. There are also a few poems for those who enjoy stories of light, which are inspirational. K. Patrick Do...

"When today's technology relies on yesterday's data, it will simply mirror our past mistakes and biases."AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America's history of prejudice and exclusion - even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin's Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of c...

"Patrick McAndrew puts his pastor's heart and the message of his Unity Church together to produce a book that expands life, gives hope and is beautifully readable. That is a major triumph."John Shelby Spong, Author, Jesus for the Non-Religious"As reflections on a life lived in the Spirit of God, 'The Miracle Before Your Eyes,' is informative, insightful and inspiring. Patrick truly has seen the good in the ups and downs of his life and shares with us the spiritual food he g...