JUMP BACK INTO THE COCKPIT!Picking up the battle standard for BattleTech fiction, Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine continues the tradition of hard-hitting stories set in the war-torn interstellar future of the 31st century and beyond. Fire up your ’Mech’s fusion reactor, secure your neurohelmet, and wade into battle with stories from the merciless front lines of the Clan Invasion and other eras, conspiracy theory articles, game scenarios, and more from ve...

An over 26,000 word fast but true track into the heart and soul of the reader's mind. By way of Marshall, Wynn's principal character in "Thy Will Be Done", the reader is taken through the annals of a mischievous child to that of a deeply dark and troubled adult. A touch of just the right amount of comedic relief allows us to laugh and stay in touch with the true nature of Marshall who begs us to emphathize with his true self. As difficult as it appears to be, we learn that not a lot of nee...

Modiano's debut novel is a sardonic, often grotesque satire of France during the Nazi occupation. We are immediately plunged into the hallucinatory imagination of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a young Jewish man, torn between self-aggrandisement and self-loathing, who may be the heir to a Venezuelan fortune, may have lived during the Nazi Occupation, may have rubbed shoulders with the most notorious collaborators and anti-Semites of the time, may even have been the lover of Eva Braun . . . or he...

"Strange Medicine - Dr. Maxwell Thornton Murder Mysteries" Dr. Thornton ist kein Mörder. Er ist nur ein Griesgram mit einer Leiche in seinem Pool. Maxwell Thornton ist nicht wirklich ein geselliger Mensch, aber das war ihm nie wichtig, denn bisher reichte ihm seine Karriere als gefeierter Chirurg. Doch nach dem Tod einer Patientin ist er nicht mehr in der Lage, ein Skalpell in die Hand zu nehmen. Er kündigt seine Stelle in der Stadt und übernimmt eine Hausarztpraxis in der abgelegenen Stad...

Möchten Sie fantastische Romane lesen, die Sie in fremde Welten entführen?Haben Sie Lust mit Markus Heitz einen Pakt der Dunkelheit einzugehen und den Auftakt seiner Urban-Fantasy Reihe zu entdecken? Was genau hat es mit den Wundern der Familie Soria aus dem neuen Roman von Maggie Stiefvater auf sich? Wollen Sie mit Leigh Bardugo in magische Winternachtgeschichten aus der Welt der »Krähen« eintauchen und damit die Wartezeit bis zum Erscheinen von »Das Gold der Kräh...

In an age of social media, texting, and ever-evolving technology, it's easy to forget how to engage in real, face-to-face communication, a critical skill for your future success! As you become more connected to your smartphone and the internet, your ability to connect in person may diminish. But technology doesn't replace the need for effective communication skills. In fact, successful personal and professional relationships are dependent upon connecting with people face-to-face.

If you persist, you will win… When Heavy-weight boxing champion, Stacey “Red Bull” Walker is sentenced to community service at an all-male charter school, it doesn’t improve his temper. The nerdy kids don’t eat right or exercise plus they make him nervous. What if they find out he can’t read?   No-nonsense principal, Millicent Houston swears no more favors as she reprimands the arrogant athlete who has opinions about her leadership when she’d doing him a favor. Even th...