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Discover the foundational text of Jewish faith and tradition like never before with "Torah in English: The Five Books of Moses - English Torah Translation (JPS) Reworked." This edition offers a modern, accessible, and meticulously reworked translation of the 1917 JPS (Jewish Publication Society) classic, brought to new life by Jewish scholar and author Noah Schwarz.Why This Edition Stands Out:

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this 370-page fantasy anti-adventure, about the failure of parenthood, the double-edge of good intentions, and the self-determination of saved princesses.Life can be hard for a human in a world inherited by beings who hate them.Sometimes they're hunted and hounded through ruins and woods; their capacity for humanity so eroded that everything starts to look like hostility, and sometimes a girl never chose anything that ended up choosi...

"One of the most meaningful reads I've ever had..."- Goodreads ARC Reader"Stalder skillfully keeps the twists and turns coming, always keeping one step ahead of the reader. Artificial Messiah probes urgent questions about the present and future. Stalder excels both at capturing a world that's come unglued and at imagining where it all could be heading, and the characters will win readers' hearts..." - BookLife by Publisher's Weekly...

More than 100 years after nuclear war, nature has reclaimed much of the world that was destroyed. The Missouri Ozarks have returned to what they once were: a vast wilderness of woodlands, lakes, and caves. Some of the descendants of those who survived the war have since emerged from their shelters to establish subsistence-based communities, relying on the traditions of their ancestors. Others remain in the highly sophisticated underground facilities into which their forefathers retreated w...

Nordic Folklore goes post-apocalyptic in this crime conspiracy thriller of 340 pages, the likes of Polanski's Chinatown or Ellroy's L.A. Confidential.There's blood in the basement, blood which demands answers, and Grimhult really isn't the right troll to get them. Everyone knows this, not least of which Grimhult himself. But here he is, moved by powers like he was a piece on a board he doesn't understand, with little hope to make things better.Niels is hav...

* * * I am not what you think I am * * *People are dying in their VR rigs. It shouldn't be possible, but they are. Something is cruising the net, ghosting through holographic wallpapers and haunting the perpetually online. Something which has draconic games developers nervous, the secret police concerned, and has mogul business lords curious. Something is prowling the digital spaces, and Angelica Jones finds herself forced to try and catch it.* * * I know this because I am ...

One of the country’s most eminent sociologists, J.P.S. Uberoi inaugurated a unique approach in the study of Indian sociology and social anthropology. He makes a case for a form of independent Indian sociology in relation to the principal philosophies and sociological theories of the Western world, by adopting Gandhi’s plea for swaraj in thought. This volume brings together eighteen papers by Uberoi which highlight his pioneering thought. Originally written between 1968 and 2013, these pape...

He's one of the most dangerous creatures in the galaxy... so why can't she keep her hands off him?A junior nurse aboard the Combined Fleet Ship Valkyrie, Samara's days are usually filled with minor bumps and scraps and the occasional health or workspace check. But when a dangerous prisoner is transferred aboard, she finds herself on brig duty. Dealing with the big, lethal looking military grade cyborg should be terrifying, but one look into his green eyes and she c...

From one of genre fiction’s most original and revolutionary voices comes a space opera adventure like no other. **Sometimes the fate of entire worlds can be decided by a woman with nothing to lose, and the smartest gun in the multiverse in her hand . . .WINNER OF THE 2026 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD**“The production of a brilliant imagination . . . His best novel yet.”—SFXThis is the story of Bess - or Dog-Bitch Bess as she came to be know...

“A master of laugh-out-loud fiction . . . Pratchett has created an alternate universe full of trolls, dwarfs, wizards, and other fantasy elements, and he uses that universe to reflect our own culture with entertaining and gloriously funny results. . . . Nothing short of magical.” —Chicago TribuneIn this first novel in the internationally bestselling comedic fantasy Discworld series from legendary New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry...

Nicolle James is far from her home in the human Sectors, kidnapped by alien scientists to be the subject of horrifying experiments. Her only hope might be a mysterious soldier she’d glimpsed outside the laboratory fence. She’d managed to sneak a few words of conversation with him when her captors weren’t watching but now the aliens were taking her inside the lab to begin the experiments.Darik, a warrior of the genetically engineered Badari pack, is on a solo recon mission to check ...

"A TREASURE!" --Hugo and Nebula winner Mary Robinette KowalOld Mr. Heldrick is every bit as dangerous as the kids imagine--not because he's a demented killer but because his house hides a portal to another world, and he's the guardian. When Bess is caught in his basement, she's forced to flee through that doorway, not knowing where it leads.She finds herself in a nightmare world controlled by black-cloaked, knife-wielding horsemen. Within minutes she's on th...