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At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even wrong," meaning that they were so incomplete that they could not even be used to make predictions to compare with observations to see whether they were wrong or not. In Peter Woit's view, superstring theory is just such an idea. In Not Even Wr...

Why can't everyone just accept that I'm a broken f**king wolf and be done with it?Connor, beta wolf and second for the Davis Pack, could hold his own in any fight. He was a fair man, who dealt with all people equally, accepting who they were, and helping them where he could. His larger than average size meant that most other wolf shifters accepted his ways, but deep inside Connor always knew he was broken. Which wasn't a problem, until he met his mate at a...

Noor and his companions’ time in Sarenza comes to a head as Zaid unleashes the devastating Titan of Oblivion upon the world. Our heroes have reinforcements on the way, but will it be enough to seize victory? If not, they might have to call on an old enemy...Don’t miss the action-packed finale to I Parry Everything’s Sarenza Arc! Psst—there might even be a wedding!

After repelling the Empire’s invasion and restoring peace to the Kingdom of Clays, Noor sets out to rebuild the royal capital—literally. But that conflict may have been only the beginning. When Mithra’s high priestess arrives with shocking news of her son’s betrothal to Princess Lynneburg, our heroes find themselves at a crossroads, with danger on all sides. Secret schemes, a new foe, and unseen threats lurk behind the scenes—but first, Noor’s going on a ghost hunt!

After defeating the Dragon of Calamity and single-handedly overcoming the Empire’s army, Noor now faces his greatest foe yet: his debilitating fear of heights! Though his antics have saved the day, the emperor has retreated, leaving our oblivious hero to ensure justice is served. Impregnable fortresses, superior technologies, and a magical superweapon stand in his path—but he isn’t alone. It’s time for the Kingdom of Clays’s finest to take the stage!

A lush Victorian B&B, chilled champagne for two, and a top-of-the-line metal detector—Tai Randolph is ready for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, Trey Seaver—her sexy if somewhat challenging boyfriend—is not cooperating. He rightly suspects that Tai's got more than romance on her mind, and he's determined to uncover her agenda before setting one foot in the bedroom. Tai has one night to convince him that hearts and flowers and sleuthing really do mix, even in a deserted inn filled with histo...

When Paul Collins’s son Morgan was two years old, he could read, spell, and perform multiplication tables in his head … but not answer to his own name. A casual conversation—or any social interaction that the rest of us take for granted—will, for Morgan, always be a cryptogram that must be painstakingly decoded. He lives in a world of his own: an autistic world.In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son’s autism with a journey into this realm of permanent ou...

It was a severe case of hippie envy that impelled Peter Moore to travel home from London to Sydney without ever stepping on to an aeroplane. Hippies had the best music, the best drugs, the best sex. But most of all, they had the best trips.With woefully inadequate funds and little hope of actually making it through such notorious hot-spots as the Balkans, Iran and Afghanistan, Peter – never one to err on the side of caution – followed the trail overland to the East over the next ei...

Troubled by the sinister parting words of the assassin Deadman Zadu, Noor and his companions return to the royal capital—only to find it ablaze and under attack by the mythical Dragon of Calamity. Our humble adventurer aspirant has always looked up to storybook heroes, but he’ll need to surpass them for the Kingdom to survive.As if a rampaging creature of legend weren’t bad enough, an even greater threat might be lurking in the wings... Has our illogically incredible hero finally m...

Ever since he was a young boy, Noor has wanted to be like the adventurers in his father’s stories—dragon-slayers, curse-breakers, heroes who always save the day. But as everyone knows, to be an adventurer, you’ve gotta have the right skills!Unfortunately for Noor, his [Parry] is bottom-of-the-barrel useless, his prospects are nonexistent, and everybody he knows is telling him to throw in the towel. Faced with this harsh reality, he figures there’s only one thing to do: make up for i...

A claim of justice for the losers of history with echoes of authors as different as Joseph Conrad, Alejo Carpentier, and David Mitchell.The conquest of Mexico is over, and Juan de Toñanes is one of so many soldiers without glory who roam like beggars for the land they helped subdue. When he receives one last mission, to hunt down a renegade Indian who’s called the Father and who preaches a dangerous heresy, he understands that this may be his last chance to carve h...

Freshly returned from his first-ever goblin hunt, Noor is tasked with accompanying Lynne and Ines to the nearby nation of Mithra. But with sinister forces acting behind the scenes, will they even manage to get there? Is the royal capital ready to withstand the nefarious schemes that threaten to destroy it? And, above all else, do poisonous toads make for good eating?!Whatever the case, our humble hero is just glad to be riding in a coach for the very first time—and he’s not about to...