She found him buried under the desert.She recognized him from television.Airman Onyx Rhinehart has spent her career following orders, trusting the system, and believing the chain of command exists for a reason. That belief ends the day the ground collapses beneath her feet and she discovers what the U.S. government has spent decades hiding — a ship that shouldn't exist, and a man who shouldn't be alive.His name is Damien Blade. He's powerful, dangerous, and complete...

The time is 2005. The place In Miami, Florida, the Magic City. Joan of Miami is a timely and captivating novel that intertwines the universal themes of the search for personal authenticity in an ever-changing materialistic world. Starting off against the vibrant backdrop of Miami's dynamic real estate industry, the story then rockets off to the dazzling heights of Manhattan's elite advertising agencies. There, Jean Molk, a 19-yearl old girl from a small town where family ties bind ever so ...

The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor's year behind the frontlines in Vietnam.Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the naïveté of a new medical intern. With this memoir, he crafts a haunting, humane portrait of one man's agonizing confrontation with war. With a wife and two children awaiting his return home, the young physician lives through the most turbulent and formati...

Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast.This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you.Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their succ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to think clearly. Yet few of us recognize opportunities to think in the first place.**You might believe you’re thinking clearly in the moments that matter most. But in all likelihood, when the pressure is on, you won’t be thinking at all. And your subsequent actions will inevitably move you further from the results you ultimately seek—love, belonging...

Wild storms, the sound of ice skates cutting across an empty pond and blankets of soft, white, beautiful death.In the dark depths of winter, it is easy to become isolated as snow obscures landmarks and drifts create claustrophobic situations that can leave you huddled in your house, struggling to keep warm . . . and, perhaps, to ignore the message scrawled in the frost on the window.Within these pages, you’ll discover eerie tales of long ago ghosts stretching frost...

It’s time to get your witch on….More than one million words of witchy goodness! Get ready to be transported with this magical boxed set of stories from NY Times, USA Today, and national bestselling authors! In this collection, you’ll find witches, wizards, and warlocks, along with vampires, shifters, and other creatures of the night.The Witch Ways boxed set includes these first-in-series paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories...

Have you ever felt such emotional pain that you just wanted to end it all? Have you ever felt such physical pain that you thought death was nearer than you hoped for? Maybe you have felt one, and not both. Or, maybe you have felt both. This novella is for those whom have felt pain like no other.You may be your own worst enemy, but you are also your own best friend. Sometimes, no one is there to help you get off that floor. So, it is up to you to help your own self. Once you find th...

It arose not from desire or even interest, but from curiosity: what would happen . . . if she just let it? The bubble in which Ruth and David live their tidy suburban lives is about to burst. A tragic automobile accident shatters their insular world and sends David into an emotional tailspin. An unexpected job opportunity sends Ruth to the West Coast, waylaying her desire to become a mother and making her increasingly unavailable for David's needs. Thrown off balance and alone, David devel...

Evil has infiltrated our world. His name is Oblivion and his touch is death. He devastates the planet, turning it into a twisted, barren world. A dark world. And Grant Borrows, the one man powerful enough to oppose him, is dead.As Grant's remaining friends learn the ultimate truth behind the events that shaped their lives, they secretly gather for one last battle. This showdown between good and evil will prove to every soul on earth that in the bitterest twilight, all is not lost. ...

Water is the most yielding of all elements, changing to fit its container, whether that be a thimble or a lake bed. At the same time, anyone who has ever watched the unrelenting progression of a tsunami understands its raw power. Associated with mutability and the subconscious, Water is both the tranquil azure of a tropical sea and the tumultuous waves and whitecaps of an embroiled ocean. As many faces as Water may wear, the creatures within and associated with it have even more.Di...

The worldwide disappearance of all living creatures, after the catastrophic storm, brings Kyara to the brink of despair as she and her siblings go on a miraculous journey through time.Everything changes the day of the storm. Time is lost. People are taken. And an unnatural silence settles over the land. Kyara and her three siblings seem to wake up to a normal life, but what is normal can never be normal again after that night's storm. Not when everyone in the world disappears, exce...