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He's a father's rights advocate lawyer with a sweet little girl. She's fighting for her own daughter. Can Gabe and Hilde find happily-ever-after when they're at such odds with one another?Gabe Young is splitting his time between Jackson Hole and Coral Canyon, where he's opened up a second branch of his family law firm. He's always been resistant to coming home, though all of his brothers now live in the small town where they all grew up.He likes the hour-long buffer, to be ...

In this unforgettable conclusion to Nancy Kress’ groundbreaking trilogy which began with the Nebula Award–winning Beggars in Spain, it is now two hundred years in the future. Regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger and do not need to sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave regular humans powerless, civilization and the very meaning of the word “human” hang in t...

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s #1 New York Times bestselling guide to the cosmos, adapted for young listenersFrom the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe clearly―and with Tyson’s character...

From bestselling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a collection of eleven chilling tales that provoke the dreaded dark side of the listener's imagination.***Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory***A sinful man finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours.***Quietus***Dying can be a difficult thing to come to terms with.***Deep Breathing Exercises***A man realizes that people who breathe together die together.

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"War makes monsters of us all."Gabrielle March returns home to her beloved town of Lille, seeking peace and quiet after the untimely death of her father, war hero Simon March, and riots in Andwarf. However, Gabrielle’s mother and the local populace aren’t ready to accept a sixteen-year-old girl stepping into her father’s boots. Furthermore, Gabrielle has important secrets to keep—such as her role in overthrowing Andwarf’s governor and her growing affection for a handsome young blac...

This third volume of Orson Scott Card's five-book anthology of short stories features ten fantasies and fables full of princesses and giants, bears and monkeys, magic and revelation. Discover the pitfalls of paradise, how to handle a dragon, the true secret of happiness, and much more. Card offers background commentaries for each story in a series of afterwords and introductions.***Unaccompanied Sonata***A musical child prodigy, raised alone in a cabin so that his only influences c...

This second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-book anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race.A Thousand Deaths In Soviet-occupied America, Jerry Crove is found guilty and convicted of knowing about the planned assassination of a Russian high official and not reporting it to the authorities. Instead of a forced confession and apology on television, he gives a speech on American freedom. His senten...

Doppelmoral, die Ungleichheit der Geschlechter und das Internet, das niemals vergisstDies ist die Geschichte von fünf Frauen...Gestatten: Rachel Grossman. Sie tut alles, um ihre Tochter Aviva zu schützen, auch wenn es sie am Ende alles kostet.Gestatten: Jane Young. Sie kehrt dem beschaulichen Leben mit Tochter Ruby den Rücken, um sich zum ersten Mal um ein politisches Amt zu bewerben.Gestatten: Ruby Young. Sie ist überzeugt davon, dass ihre ...

This is an epic of independence and devotion, of hardship and fulfillment, of a woman so strong that knowing her could change your life.When ten-year-old Dinah Kirkham saw her father leave their Manchester home in the middle of the night, she asked when he would be back. “Soon,” he replied. But he never came back. On that night in 1829, John Kirkham laid the foundation of his daughter’s certainty that the only person Dinah could ever really trust was herself.From that day f...

Seventeen hard science fiction tales by today's top authorsHard science fiction is the literature of change, rigorously examining the impact—both beneficial and dangerous—of science and technology on humanity, the future, and the cosmos. As science advances, expanding our knowledge of the universe, astounding new frontiers in storytelling open up as well.In Carbide Tipped Pens, over a dozen of today's most creative imaginations explore these frontiers, carrying on ...