As Freddy gazes at the majestic river gushing past him in the depths of a Scottish winter, hes ready to jump in and end his life. But what happens next is not what Freddy expects.
A startling, fascinating novel." - Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times bestselling author If we can alter the structure of reality, should we? In Observer, scientist Robert Lanza, one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People, is joined by Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Nancy Kress to confront the space between biology and ......
Benny Basilworth makes connections. A rare intellect, he sees things that others dont see and draws conclusions that others completely fail to grasp. He has the kind of mind that can make a person a national sensation on the television gameshow "The Connection Game"—and the kind of mind that can be the target of predators.
Part nerd, part athlete, 15-year-old Ivy Scattergood must deal with enormous changes in her life brought on by a seemingly lifelong crush on the ultimate guy, Bailey Cooper, and her transgender cousin Rita during the summer of 2013.
Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls weekend away, they can't bring themselves to return to lives that don't seem to fit anymore.Harried Dani can't explain why she feels so discontented until she meets a young gallery owner who inspires her to rediscover the art that once made ......
For Will Watson, it was time for a change. Life in England had gone sour for him, so he and his Golden Retriever Mia headed to the other side of the world -- to a small Australian mountain town called Maleny. There, Will tries to navigate through the surprising and sometimes sinister ways of his adopted community while trying to make a living. ......
Detective, Mike DiMaggio, finds himself investigating an international conspiracy of an unusual murder that gets his partner killed and him fired. Meanwhile, a victim of this treachery, Sergeant Eric Ronson, abandons his unit to protect the girl he loves and crosses paths with Detective DiMaggio. The inhuman traffickers will soon learn the risk of ......
Jessie Malone, still contending with the loss of her husband, hopes to be one of the first folklorists to trace an urban legend back to its original source. She encounters one about a WWII veteran who never made it home to his wife. And as she tries to solve the mystery, she finds a Christmas miracle like no other.
For millions, a major component of the American dream is to start one's own company and, ultimately, to become one's own boss. The question is--just how exactly does one do that? Every successful entrepreneur has their own story to tell. But the story in Dare to Become is especially intriguing and uplifting because Julie Gareleck didn't have ......
