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A gritty story of commitment, self-discovery and the outer limits of human endurance. Hamish Bond and Eric Murray’s domination of world rowing is legendary. Double Olympic champions, world record holders and the winners of six World Championship titles in the coxless pair, they have been at the pinnacle of their sport since they captured their first title together in 2009. The Kiwi Pair shares the story of Bond and Murray’s unique partnership. Some would ...

ALTRUISTIC SPACE PIRATES, NUCLEAR-POWERED DJINN, A TIME-TRAVELLING KANGEROO—AND MORE . . .Three complete novels of humorous adventure, one of them a Hugo Award finalist, plus a trio of witty short stories with the distinctive Leinster touch.The Pirates of Zan—When a young man is accused and jailed unjustly, he is given a secret offer—in return for help in escaping, he must shake up the galactic establishment, which is getting dangerously set in its wa...

Rock Stars on the Record is a collection of first-hand tales by artists of all ages, backgrounds, and musical influences, remembering the meaning behind the records that mattered most to them. From Laura Jane Grace to Ian MacKaye, Don McLean to Cherie Currie, Alice Bag to Mac DeMarco, and many more, bestselling author Eric Spitznagel talks to rock stars across the sonic spectrum about the albums that changed them in ways only music can change someone.Everyone's most cheris...

Breathtaking Space Adventureby a Master ofInterplanetary Science Fiction,Including a Hugo Award-WinnerAt the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Altruistic space pirates, nuclear-powered djinn, a time-traveling kangeroo—and more …Three complete novels of humorous adventure, one of them a Hugo Award finalist, plus a trio of witty short storieswith the distinctive Leinster touch.• The Pirates of Zan—When a young man is accused and jailed unjustly, he is given a secret offer—in return forhelp in escaping, he must shake up the galactic establishment, which is getting dangerously set in its ways. He succeed...

WHO YA GONNA CALLMED SERVICE!Scattered through the galaxy are thousands of worlds colonized by humans. Many have native microbes dangerous to the human immigrants. Others have diseases brought to them accidentally—or on purpose—by visiting ships. When millions of lives are threatened, it's a job for the Interstellar Medical Service, and a Med Ship is sent to solve the problem.Calhoun is the best the Med Service has, and hard experien...

Commercials tell us what to buy. Songs tell us what to feel. News channels tell us what to think. Television shows us what we should see.What do you do when a small group of people control all of these outlets?Up is down. Danger is safe. Wrong is right.Jake Muller has been dropped into a world that has been engineered to destroy him… good luck with that.

Logically organized by taxonomic groups, this up-to-date text covers the diagnosis and treatment of all zoo animal species and free-ranging wildlife, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and fish, unlikely to be seen by private practice veterinarians. Featuring full-color images, the consistent, user-friendly format supplies information on each animal's biology, unique anatomy, special physiology, reproduction, restraint and handling, housing requirements, nutrition and feeding,...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our February 2023 issue (#197) contains:Original fiction by Yukimi Ogawa ("The Portrait of a Survivor, Observed from the Water"), Samantha Murray ("Somewhere its about to be Spring"), Eric Schwitzgebel ("Larva Pupa Imago"), R. P. Sand ("An Ode to Stardust"), Gu Shi ("Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition"), Jame...

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; the records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had failed, leaving residents without electricity for up to two days. And by July 20, over seven hundred people had peri...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it“This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious jail.”—Piper Kerman, New York Ti...

A powerful true-to-life novel set in the jungle hell of Vietnam! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, L. T. Ryan, Don Keith, and George Wallace.Captain Gerber's team take on the Soviet Spetsnaz in North Vietnam . . .Vietnam, 1968—United States Air Force reconnaissance photos appear to show a newly built POW camp close to the Demilitarized Zone.US Army Special Forces Captain Mack Gerber and Master Sergeant Anthony B. Fetterman are sent...