In this ground-breaking Australian book, a diverse group of international writers, scholars and commentators shed light on some of the most pressing human rights and public policy challenges of our time. Contributors include thinkers of Muslim background with extensive personal experience in developing countries, and Western writers of both secular and religious orientation. Individual essays deal with the human rights of Muslims and non-Muslims alike, in areas ranging from women's rights ...

The year's best science fiction and fantasy as selected by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers AssociationThis latest installment of the prestigious Nebula Awards Showcase anthology series—which has been published annually since 1966—reprints winning and nominated works from the 57th Annual Nebula Awards, as voted on by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA).Nebula Awards Showcase 57 features stories and excerpts by this y...

**The 7th installment in the Dave Gurney series is “part puzzle, part police procedural, and all entertainment” as the unconventional detective tackles a seemingly impossible small-town mystery (Shelf Awareness).Following the mysterious death of a prominent Harrow Hill resident, Dave Gurney must use his analytical skills to hunt a murderer . . . who just might be killing from beyond the grave.**The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Ru...

" Women and Thomas Harrow is Grade A Marquand, spellbindingly readable, smooth as cream in its polished technical craftsmanship, sardonically witty and filled with a special sort of wry and melancholy worldly wisdom." — The New York TimesPlaywright Thomas Harrow followed his first Broadway smash with Hollywood celebrity and became the toast of theaters from coast to coast. But the road to riches and fame has been anything but smoot...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs, and diaries as well as interviews with survivors and family members, veteran author and writer alan rockwell brings to life the colorful voices and the harrowing experiences of many of those who lived to tell their story.More than 100 years after the rms titanic met its fatal end, the story of the tragic wreck continues to fascinate people worldwide...

When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must use all of his analytical skills to hunt a murderer who just might be killing from beyond the grave.The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Russell, its wealthiest and most powerful citizen, is found dead in his mansion on Harrow Hill. A preliminary analysis of DNA gathered at the crime ...

Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs, and diaries as well as interviews with survivors and family members, veteran author and writer alan rockwell brings to life the colorful voices and the harrowing experiences of many of those who lived to tell their story.More than 100 years after the rms titanic met its fatal end, the story of the tragic wreck continues to fascinate people worldwide. Though many survivors and their family members disap...

Step into the heartrending yet inspiring story of resilience with A Memoir of Robert Blincoe, an Orphan Boy by John Brown. This audiobook brings listeners face-to-face with the life of Robert Blincoe, a young orphan who endured unimaginable hardship during the Industrial Revolution, offering a powerful testament to human endurance and the quest for dignity.Through John Brown’s detailed and empathetic narration, listeners witness Blincoe’s early life in pov...

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over ...

Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs, and diaries as well as interviews with survivors and family members, veteran author and writer alan rockwell brings to life the colorful voices and the harrowing experiences of many of those who lived to tell their story.More than 100 years after the rms titanic met its fatal end, the story of the tragic wreck continues to fascinate people worldwide. Though many survivors and their family members disap...

She was hired to nurse them back to health...instead, she took their lives.For months, the DaVita Dialysis Center in Lufkin, Texas had been baffled by the rising number of deaths and injuries occurring in their clinic. In April alone, they’d rushed thirty-four patients to the hospital. But no one expected such a horrific cause to be behind it all.Kimberly Clark Saenz was a well-liked licensed vocational nurse at the center. The East Texas nurse was a mother of two, and know...

At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province to the edge of Saigon. In these burrows, the Viet Cong cached their weapons, tended their wounded, and prepared to strike. They had only one enemy: U.S. soldiers small and wiry enough to maneuver through the guerrillas’ narrow domain.The brave souls who descended into these hellholes were known as “tunnel rats.” Armed with only pistols and K-bar knives, these men inch...