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Amanda Stevenson is still in the dark as to which of her twins is an alien prince prophesied to save the Almec and human races from genocidal eradication by the malevolent forces of the Vladock Empire.In an effort to preserve a possible future where both races might survive, this information, and more, was purposely kept from Amanda by the Almec. Inevitably Amanda will discover the truth, forever changing her reality and with it how events foretold in the ancient Almec prophecy unfold.
Meanwhile, Collins persuades Amanda to decrypt the Vladock language from records discovered in the crashed alien ship frozen in the arctic. Collins, however, has his own agenda which not only requires this information but other things he suspects only Amanda can deliver and he will allow nothing to stand in his way of getting them.
Fifty thousand light years away, the Vladock are massing a galactic search for the remnants of their old enemy. Their emperor, driven by hatred and rage, seeks the complete extinction of the Almec and anyone protecting them to prevent the ancient Almec prophecy from coming true. A prophecy which ends with the defeat of his race at the hands of an Almec Warrior and King.
It's a race against time. Who will live and who will die as the Vladock seek to complete their genocidal mission. Will the prophesized Warrior and King emerge from childhood to fulfill the ancient prophecy?How far will Amanda Stevenson and Queen Ekora go to protect their children and their people from extinction? The answers and much more remain shrouded in the Shadows of the Future.
Rob Rubinetti is no stranger to science or SCI FI. He has lived life as a lover of both. As ayoung boy growing up in an age of space exploration unparalleled in human history, he wrote SCI FI adventures stories and performed plays in Miniature Theater of these stories in his hometown community center. As a young man in school, he developed conceptual space flight science which only today we are beginning to explore. He went on to obtain degrees in Mechanical and Nuclear Propulsion Engineering, but always retained his passion for great storytelling. Now returning to his passion he brings us the story of what is to come for the human race throughthe lives of four generations of a family whose past, presentand future are woven into the inevitable tapestry of humanity's future and its survival. The three story arcs of the Stevenson family explores the unknown mysteries of our universe, our insipid journey into interstellar space, contact with alien races both benign and hostile, the lengths we will go to as a species not just to survive, but to understand who we are, and what we are capable of doing to protect that we hold most dear to us. This is not a story of some long distant future or in a galaxy far far away. This story has already begun in the here and now in our human existence and is only waiting to unfold in Shadows of the Future.
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Craig Johnsonâs New York Times bestselling Longmire Mysteries have captivated fans for years with their vivid portrayal of the American Westâa place where the landscape itself is a character. His work takes us far beyond the chaos of modern life and into a world where the action is swift, the justice is great, and vastness of the landscape invites reflection, resilience, and a deeper connection to something timeless. TOOTH AND CLAW: A Longmire Story. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction and the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's Reading the West Book Award for fiction. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26. #craigjohnson #longmire
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In this masterful, deeply researched biography, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: A Man for the Whole People (Dutton), historian and award-winning author Randall Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy to expose a complex man under the pressure to live up to his voluntary family name, a rich and complicated family saga, and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic.
Randall Woods is a John A. Cooper Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, where he has taught since 1971. His books include LBJ: Architect of American Ambition and Fulbright: A Biography, which won the Robert H. Ferrell Prize.
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Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there has been one surprising gap: the drama of how the ârailsplitterâ from Illinois grew into his critical role as U.S. commander-in-chief, and managed to outwit his formidable opponent, Jefferson Davis, in what remains history's only military faceoff between rival American presidents. Davis was a trained soldier and war hero; Lincoln a country lawyer who had only briefly served in the militia. Confronted with the most violent and challenging war ever seen on American soil, Lincoln seemed ill-suited to the task: inexperienced, indecisive, and a poor judge of peopleâs motives, he allowed his administration's war policies to be sabotaged by fickle, faithless cabinet officials while entrusting command of his army to a preening young officer named George McClellan â whose defeat in battle left Washington, the nationâs capital, at the mercy of General Robert E. Lee, Davisâs star performer. The war almost ended there. But in a Shakespearean twist, Lincoln summoned the courage to make, at last, a climactic decision: issuing as a âmilitary necessityâ a proclamation freeing the 3.5 million enslaved Americans without whom the South could not feed or fund their armed insurrection. The new war policy doomed the rebellionâwhich was in dire need of support from Europe, none of whose governments now would dare to recognize rebel âindependenceâ in a war openly fought over slavery. The fate of President Davis was sealed. With a cast of unforgettable characters, from first ladies to fugitive coachmen to treasonous cabinet officials, Lincoln vs. Davis is a spellbinding dual biography from renowned presidential chronicler Nigel Hamilton: a saga that will surprise, touch, and enthrall.About the Author: Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard âMontyâ Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History. The first volume of his FDR a War trilogy, The Mantle of Command, was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston, and splits his time between Boston, Massachusetts, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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A jaw-dropping and unputdownable oral history of the New York Post and the legendary tabloidâs cultural impact from the 1970s to today as recounted by the men and women who witnessed it firsthand.
By the 1970s, the countryâs oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the paper.
Now, after the nearly fifty years Murdoch has owned the tabloid, American culture reflects what Murdoch first started in the 1970s: a celebrity-focused, noisy, one-sided media empire that reached its zenith with Fox News.
Drawing on extensive interviews with key players and in-depth research, this eye-opening, wildly entertaining oral history shows us how we got to this point. Itâs a rollicking tale full of bad behavior, inflated egos, and a corporate culture that rewarded skirting the rules and breaking norms. But working there was never boring and now, you can discover the entire remarkable true story of Americaâs favorite tabloid newspaper. -
Popular romance Bookstagrammer @ReadinRomance makes her authorial debut with NOT IN MY BOOK (Alcove Press).This hotly anticipated romance is The Hating Game meets Beach Read. In this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers writersâ romance, Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer.But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntingtonâan obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous literary fiction writer who doesnât have much patience for the romance genre or for Rosie.
Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshopuntil their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must cowrite a novel that blends their genres. The reluctant writing duo canât help but put pieces of themselves into theiraccidentally steamy novel, and their manuscriptin-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelingsâand explore their attraction toward each other. When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against eachother for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelvedâunless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.
This book is especially suited for readers who will enjoy the banter of two rival writers, slow-burn chemistry, Taylor Swift, and lots of bookish culture all rolled into one epic love storyABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie Holt is a New York City resident but a Tennessee native. She studied English with a concentration in creative writing at NYU and fought with every professor to prove that romance novels were worthy of their time. Sheâs a Nora Ephron fanatic, Swiftie, and warm chocolate chip enthusiast. Not in My Book is her first novel.
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In PENMAN OF THE FOUNDING: A Biography of John Dickinson, historian Jane E. Calvert sheds light on theFounding Father that history forgot. In addition to his numerous contributions to the fight for American independence, Dickinson championed a number ofimportant causes; including the abolition of slavery, the rights of women, and better conditions for the poor. Comprehensive, thoughtful, and sweeping in scope, PENMAN OF THE FOUNDING is a stunning tribute to an unsung hero of the American revolution.
Jane E. Calvert received her PhD in history from the University of Chicago. She has taught at St. Mary's College of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Yale Universityand is currently director and chief editor of the John Dickinson Writings Project. Her work, which has been supported by leading research institutions as well as federal agencies, focuses on the intersection of theology and political theory in the Colonial and Founding Eras.
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From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in American politics. Despite his fame as a Hollywood star and television host, Reagan remained a man of profound contradictions, even to those closest to him. Never resorting to either hagiography or hit job, REAGAN charts his epic journey from Depression-era America to âMorning in America.â Providing fresh insight into âtrickle-down economics,â the Cold Warâs end, the Iran-Contra affair, and so much more, this definitive biography is as compelling a presidential biography as any in recent decades.Max Boot, historian and foreign-policy analyst, is a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a columnist for the Washington Post. His New York Times bestseller, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. #maxboot #ronaldreagan
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Joshua Hood joined the army after graduating with an English degree from the University of Memphis and served as a squad leader with the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan, where he was decorated for valor in Operation Furious Pursuit. A former SWAT team member with the Shelby County Sheriffâs Department in Memphis, Tennessee, he is a USA Today bestselling author of several books, including Robert Ludlumâs Treadstone series. He lives in Collierville, Tennessee, with his wife and two children.
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In Americaâs collective consciousness, Pat Nixon has long been perceived as enigmatic. She was voted âMost Admired Woman in the Worldâ in 1972 and made Gallup Pollâs top ten list of most admired women fourteen times. She survived the turmoil of the Watergate scandal with her popularity and dignity intact. And yet, the media often portrayed Mrs. Nixon as elusive and mysterious. The real Pat Nixon, however, bore little resemblance to the woman so often described in the press. Pat married California lawyer Richard Nixon in June of 1940, becoming a wife, mother, and her husbandâs trusted political partner in short order. As the couple rose to prominence, Pat became Second Lady from 1953-1961 and then First Lady from 1969-1974, forging her own graceful path between the protocols of the strait-laced mid-century and the bra-burning Sixties and Seventies.About Heath Hardage Lee:Heath Hardage Lee is an award-winning historian, biographer, and curator. Heathâs second book, The League of Wives is being developed into a television series. Heath and her work have been featured on the Today Show, C-Span, and on the Smithsonian Channelâs Americaâs Hidden Stories. She also writes about history and politics for publications such as Time, The Hill, The Atlantic and White House History Quarterly. She lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with her husband Chris, her children Anne Alston and James, and her French bulldog Dolly Parton.
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From Will Dean, acclaimed author of the âbreathlessâ (New York Times) The Last One, which also went viral as Marc Sebastianâs book club pick aboard the 9-month world cruise, comes his next nightmarish read: THE CHAMBER (Atria/Emily Bestler Books). And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and claustrophobic locked-room thriller following a team of divers working to make repairs deep in the North Sea. Six experienced divers are sealed inside a hyperbaric chamber for their own safety. Rapid decompression would be fatal. They must breathe helium to survive in their uncomfortably close quarters. Theyâre entirely dependent on each other and the shipâs crew. The smallest mistake could be lethal. Then one of them is found dead in his bunk. They have four days of decompression to go before the locked hatch to the chamber can be safely opened. When yet another diver is found dead, everyone is on edge. Is something in the chamber faulty? Or is one of them a killer? And will any of them still be alive by the time the four days is up or will the pressure destroy them all? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Will Dean grew up in the UK. After studying at the LSE and working in London, he settled in Sweden where he built a wooden house in the middle of a vast forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His books have been shortlisted for the National Book Awards (UK) and named Telegraph book of the year.
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How America WorksâŠand Why It Doesnât: A Brief Guide to the US Political System by William Cooper.
Cooper validates something weâve all been feeling lately: that twenty-first-century America isnât working the way itâs supposed to. He sets out to provide a non-partisan assessment of the ongoing challenges faced by American democracy, explaining key aspects of US political history to give the background to recent, dangerous developments. Cooper also shows how these recent developments have their roots in the deeper past, with the establishment of the political system in the first place and all the knocks and tweaks to it along the way. And he reveals how the US Supreme Court is now exacerbating polarization instead of acting as an effective check on executive power.
WILLIAM COOPER is an attorney, author, and national columnist. His writings have appeared in hundreds of publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, CNN, Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Northern California. Here's what people are saying about his book:
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The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on todayâs Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jenningsâ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen.
About the Author
Brian Fairbanks was an investigative reporter at Gawker and the Consumerist. He has also written for the Guardian, Business Insider, the New York Observer, Nerve, and many more outlets, and is the author of Wizards: David Duke, Americaâs Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right.
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For decades, Penn State football stood for greatness, on the field and off. Under legendary Coach Joe Paterno, the program was known for doing things the right way â or, as Paterno dubbed it, âsuccess with honor.â But on Saturday, November 5, 2011, everything the team stood for came crashing down.The horrific crimes of former assistant Jerry Sandusky are now well known, but whatâs often overlooked is the heroism of the young men who rallied to raise Penn State football from the ashes â guys like Christian Hackenberg, John Urschel, Saquon Barkley, Carl Nassib, and Trace McSorley. Acclaimed writer Chris Raymond paints an amazing, behind-the-scenes portrait of their inspiring journey, with his new book, MEN IN WHITE: The Gutsy, Against-All-Odds Return of Penn State Football (St. Martinâs Press).About the Author: Chris Raymond has covered sports, politics, and pop culture for 30 years. In addition to various longtime roles at ESPN, Raymond has also been on staff and written and edited for Details, Esquire, and GQ. He lives with his wife and two sons in Westchester County, New York.#pennstatefootball #pennstatenittanylions #pennstate
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AN EYE FOR AN EYE (HarperCollins) is the penultimate in the William Warwick series, a remarkable character study of two menâWilliam Warwick and Miles Faulknerâand a modern take on the Holmes/Moriarity dynamic. Warwick is now a Chief Superintendent at Scotland Yard, now head of the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Unit, and Miles Faulkner is behind bars. In this dance of morality between these two men, Archer has opened rich narrative possibilities in the dark interlocking network of power and money around the world, from arms deals to the art market. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeffrey Archer, whose novels include the Clifton Chronicles, the William Warwick novels and Kane and Abel, is one of the world's bestselling authors, with sales of over 275 million copies around the world.Famous for his discipline as a writer who works on up to fourteen drafts of each book, Jeffrey also brings a vast amount of insider knowledge to his books. Whether itâs his own career in politics, his passionate interest in art, or the wealth of fascinating background detail â inspired by the extraordinary network of friends he has built over a lifetime at the heart of Britainâs establishment â his novels provide a fascinating glimpse into a range of closed worlds.A member of the House of Lords, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. He splits his time between London, Grantchester in Cambridge, and Mallorca where he writes the first draft of each new novel.
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Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New Yorkâs deadliest serial killer: Pendergastâs own ancestorâŠand Constanceâs greatest enemy.
About the AuthorThe thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child âstand head and shoulders above their rivalsâ (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Childâs Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include Crooked River, Old Bones, Verses for the Dead, and City of Endless Night.In addition to his novels, Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for The New Yorker and National Geographic magazines. Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including bestsellers such as Full Wolf Moon and Deep Storm. Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly âstrangely entertaining noteâ from the authors, at their website, http://www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.
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On procedurals like Law & Order SVU, viewers often note that the plots are ripped from the headlines. Itâs tempting to think that news and TV dramas give us an understanding of the reality of investigating serious crimes. In fact, few know what itâs like to investigate these harrowing cases. Detective Kim Mager, a 30-year veteran of the Ashland City Police in Ohio, knows firsthand what itâs like to take down some of the worst criminals imaginable. In A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Pulitzer, she reveals how she closed in onâand brokeâone of Ohioâs most infamous serial killers. ABOUT THE AUTHORSDetective KIM MAGER is a 30-year law enforcement officer who retired from the Ashland City Police in 2022. Mager works for a prosecutorâs office and still holds a law enforcement commission. Mager specializes in sex offenses, violent crime, and child abuse and has investigated over 2,000 cases. She has a BA from Ashland University and graduated Top Gun of her Police Academy. Mager is married to husband, Dan, and they have three children, Corbin, Macy, and Reed.LISA PULITZER is a former correspondent for the New York Times. She is the author of more than a dozen non-fiction titles, including New York Times bestseller Stolen Innocence (with Elissa Wall) and Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery (with Cole Thompson).
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Itâs been ten years since the conclusion of the Magicians trilogy and over fifty years since the last major reimagining of King Arthur. Now, one of our most acclaimed literary fantasy writers is taking up the sword, and heâs written a tale that makes Arthur urgent, exciting, and timely again. His story has been told and retold for more than 1,400 years, always becoming a mirror for the world itâs being told to and a lens for examining the contemporary moment. When Grossman began writing, he asked himself: What would an Arthur for this millennium look like? What would we learn about him, and what could he tell us about the world we live in now? The result is THE BRIGHT SWORD, a triumphant and richly imagined tale â one thatâs both steeped in tradition and sheds fresh light on a much-beloved piece of popular culture.THE BRIGHT SWORD begins with a gifted young knight named Collum, whoâs headed to Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table â only to discover that heâs too late. Arthur is dead, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive. And they arenât the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. Theyâre the oddballs, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthurâs fool, who was knighted as a joke. Theyâre joined by Nimue, who was Merlinâs apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.But Arthurâs death has revealed Britainâs fault lines. God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthurâs half-sister Morgan le Fay. Kingdoms are turning on each other, Camelot is under attack, and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world, and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot theyâll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britainâs dark past.ABOUT THE AUTHORLev Grossman is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogyâThe Magicians, The Magician King, and The Magicianâs Landâwhich has been published in thirty countries and adapted as a TV show that ran for five seasons on SYFY. He is also a screenwriter and the author of two childrenâs books, The Golden Swift and The Silver Arrow, and his journalism has appeared in Time, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, among many other places. He lives with his wife and children in New York City.
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In OUT OF THE DARKNESS: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers (Mariner Books), four-time New York Times bestselling author Ian OâConnor delivers the first definitive biography of the NFLâs most captivating and polarizing figure, Aaron Rodgers. From his controversial stances and spiritual awakenings to personal struggles and professional triumphs, Rodgers' story is as compelling as it is complex. Drawing on 250 exclusive interviews (including one with Rodgers himself specifically for this book), OâConnor pulls back the curtain on this enigmatic superstar at the perfect time, as Rodgers begins his 20th NFL season and launches his comeback from the devastating Achilles injury that ended his 2023 season just four plays into his New York Jets career. With incredible access to Rodgersâ professional and personal worldâincluding his family, from whom he has famously been estranged for many yearsâOâConnor reveals an intimate, in-depth, never-before-seen-view of Rodgers, both on and off the field. Ian OâConnor is the author of five previous books, including four straight New York Times bestsellersâCoach K, Belichick, The Captain, and Arnie & Jack. He has finished in first place twenty times in national writing contests, including those conducted by the Pro Football Writers of America, Golf Writers Association of America, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Associated Press Sports Editors, who named him the No. 1 columnist in the country in his circulation category three times. OâConnor has been a columnist at ESPN, The New York Post, USA Today, and The New York Daily News. #nyjets #nypost #aaronrodgers #nfl
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