A U.S. senator and Pulitzer Prizewinner, both experts on Southeast Asia, offer a bold new approach to address radical Islam and fight global terrorThe next front in the war on terror is in Southeast Asia, warn Senator Christopher Bond (R-MO) and Lewis Simons, both leading experts on the region. The U.S. has bankrupted its policies in dealing with the Islamic world. As Fundamentalist Islam gains traction in Southeast Asia, backed by Saudi money, the U.S. must act swiftly to re-estab...

For almost a hundred years, locals have proclaimed a portion of the Uinta Mountains in Utah to be cursed.They call the area the Murmuring Caves, the site of the historic Yangguang Massacre, where distortions and reverberations beneath the earth's surface create something very akin to human voices. And if you listen long enough...you might just hear the dead...Josh Bridges, an experienced dark tourist, has finally convinced his three best friends to accompan...

Superheroes and villains do battle over the human heart in this delightful anthology featuring all-new stories from a wide range of contributors, all set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones.An alien virus ravages the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, ...

Beginning with Casino Royale (2006) and ending with No Time to Die (2021), the Daniel Craig era of James Bond films coincides with the rise of various justice movements challenging deeply entrenched systems of inequality and oppression, ranging from sexism, racism, and immigration to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, reproductive justice and climate change. While focus is often placed on individual actions and institutional policies and practices, it is important to recognize the role t...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Three years. Fourteen thousand dollars in suppressants. One fire undid all of it.Hazel Brennan is the best dispatcher Station 7 has ever had. She runs the board through five-alarms without flinching. She knows every broken hydrant in the district. She has four alpha firefighters who trust her voice in their ears when the building is coming down.None of them know she's omega.Then a blaze rips through the dispatch ...

After four years of survival in a remote and hostile land, exiled prince Ronan has been hardened by loss and struggle. Now he wages a secret war against those who would kill for scales and glory. Caught between two worlds and with a target on his back, Ronan must discover what it truly takes to end the bloodshed and become a true prophet of the faith. Will this be his chance to finally become the hero he has always dreamed of? Or just another costly failure to haunt his dreams?

If you're looking to master the long game of financial freedom and discover the secret to creating real wealth without losing tons of money to scams and bad investment vehicles, then this guide is for youGrowing your money and keeping it in the extremely volatile financial world isn't an easy task.Coupled with tons of investment options and tons of equally terrible financial advices, it's easy to see why ordinary people who want to ensure a better future fo...

If you're looking to master the long game of financial freedom and discover the secret to creating real wealth without losing tons of money to scams and bad investment vehicles, then this guide is for youGrowing your money and keeping it in the extremely volatile financial world isn't an easy task.Coupled with tons of investment options and tons of equally terrible financial advices, it's easy to see why ordinary people who want to ensure a better future fo...

Modern high-performance vehicles are rarely welded or bolted together in the traditional sense; they are chemically fused. To reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency without sacrificing passenger safety, aerospace and automotive engineers have turned to advanced structural adhesives. These high-viscosity glues distribute kinetic stress across entire seams rather than concentrating it at individual rivet points. The core of this invisible revolution is the isocyanate curing process. When ...

“Monstrous fun!”—BooklistThree kids. A hotel full of monsters. And a stolen magical artifact that could disrupt the balance between the humans and the supernatural. Welcome to life at Hotel Monster! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library meets Hotel Transylvania in the first book of this hilarious and spooky new series that blends mystery with monsters.Stephen’s dad has moved their two-person family across the country to New York Ci...

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age.