Earth's sixth mass extinction has ended, and in its wake a post-dystopian civilization has struggled to rebuild after a global cataclysm shattered its ecosystems and propelled all life to the brink of eradication.In a world where the air is unhealthy, food is strictly rationed, and the energy consumption that triggered the destruction is highly regimented, scientists experiment with artificial biospheres to secure survival and techno-mimicry to breathe life into long-dead species. ...

When Michael arrives at work early one winter's day, he discovers that he's not the only one who's had a busy morning...A Dirty Business forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.

One of the most widely celebrated artists of his generation, Ed Atkins makes videos, draws, and writes, developing a complex and deeply figured discourse around definition, wherein the impossibilities for sufficient representations of the physical, specifically corporeal, world — from computer generated imagery to bathetic poetry — are hysterically rehearsed.A Primer for Cadavers, a startlingly original first collection, brings together a selection of his texts from 2010 to...

**___LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022___Take a journey filled with everyday beauty and wonder.A year of looking, listening and noticing across four unique seasons and thirty-five beautifully illustrated poems.'Dazzling, moving... A book that will touch many, and be given often: here, take this, you must read this.'** Robert Macfarlane'A book about people, place and nature that's impossible to put ...

This is My Planet: Our planet is the most important thing in our lives, as we wouldn’t exist without it. The stories in this book explain to children that we as human beings not only have to protect our planet, but also need to be kinder to our animal friends and all other living species.· Human Joke: Written from a kitten's point of view; this story tells the readers the difficulties stray animals face on a daily basis.· Garbage collectors: In many third-world...

Barney's Guide to Training Humans: An owner's manual for cats is a humorous exploration from a cat's perspective on the proper training and management of humans. As humans we have clearly only survived through time with the guidance and magnanimity of our patient four-legged masters.The guide looks at everything from human anatomy and babbling speech (we are not well designed), to plotting revenge against humans who leave, to the mysterious world of the "hallway" and the odd quirky...

If you have rats or mice in your home, you need to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Apart form the noise that they make, they can do a great deal of damage by chewing on electrical cables, water pipes, and pulling away insulation materials.Unfortunately, getting rid of them is easier said than done, and many people often spend huge sums of money on professional pest control firms, sometimes without the result that they wanted.I live in a very rural area and have had ...

If you have rats or mice in your home, you need to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Apart form the noise that they make, they can do a great deal of damage by chewing on electrical cables, water pipes, and pulling away insulation materials.Unfortunately, getting rid of them is easier said than done, and many people often spend huge sums of money on professional pest control firms, sometimes without the result that they wanted.I live in a very rural area and have had ...

Sharon Olds divides this new book into five sections - 'Blood', 'Tin', ' 'Straw', ' 'Fire' and 'Light' - each made up of fourteen poems whose dominant imagery is drawn from one of these elements. The poems are rooted in different moments of an ordinary life and weave back and forth in time. Each section suggests the progression of the making of a soul cleansed by blood, forged by fire, suffused by light.Unafraid to confront the ecstatic or the brutal side of a woman's experience, S...

Amorous space squids. Sentient fridges. A derelict alien spacecraft adrift within an interstellar cloud. Speed-dating zombies. The truth behind the extinction of the dinosaurs. A potentially lethal interasteroidal freight consignment. And a planet on which biological diversification has utterly failed to take hold in eight billion years.80,000 Totally Secure Passwords That No Hacker Would Ever Guess is a collection of SF short fiction, sometimes humorous and sometimes dead...

"Saving Godzilla and the Other Dinosaurs" Written and Illustrated by Eve Hunt.As you will see, playtime for Edward and his friends was always fun and exciting. Although it was dangerous and off limits, the construction site promised even MORE fun and excitement. Deeply engaged during their playtime, the boys created live action between the Tyranasaurs Rex and the Dimorphodon. They were wild and imaginative while proving their knowledge about dinosaurs was nothing s...

How much of who we are is tied up in what we know? If something wiped our 'knowledge,' or higher education, but left our basic faculties, the ability to speak and to act, would we all be created equal again? In The Game, everything must be learned the hard way. The learning curve is painful. The price of a mistake is a laser bolt through the head. A short story.