Excessive Radiation (A Pair Of Classic Sci-Fi Stories) - format ePub

Esta obra narra cómo un centro escolar de primaria trabajó para construir un espacio de aprendizaje inclusivo, humano y capacitador; un lugar libre de prejuicios y determinismos acerca de las capacidades...

Charlotte Perkins ran a small general store tucked between the damp shade of Northern California's coastal redwoods, a hundred-year-old outpost for locals, surfers, and wandering tourists in need of groceries,...

Lydia Cavanaugh lived alone in a small cabin on the edge of an ancient redwood forest, her nearest neighbor separated by several miles of unpaved switchbacks and moss-strangled undergrowth. The isolation...

Gus and Millie Harmon had been married for twenty-five years, but that wasn't even the most interesting thing about them. They were private investigators by trade, semi-retired and running their agency...

The Horizon was a gleaming silver dart set adrift in the vast blue-black ocean of outer space, its hull pocked with scars of a thousand micro-meteoroids, its name stenciled beside a stylized image of...

The spring storms came early that year, pounding the rocky coast of Crescent City with a ceaseless gray violence. Townsfolk had always said the sea around Battery Point Lighthouse could eat a man whole...

In a world perpetually caught in the dance of digital wonders and overwhelmed by the relentless pace of urban life, Khalid stood as a singular figure—a beacon of curiosity and determination. He was a...

Film producer Jack Ryder had crossed the country more times than he could count, but nothing prepared him for the tangled forests and fog-strewn roads of the Pacific Northwest. This was the heart of Bigfoot...

It's 1875 and Analise Higgins had never thought of herself as the linchpin of a town, but in Coyote Hollow, she may as well have been mayor, councilwoman, and court jester all in one. Her general store,...

Dargan Hughes did not consider himself a man of routine, though most would have said otherwise. Each morning, he walked two blocks to the station, pausing at Perkins Bakery for a coffee and a cinnamon...

In 1875, Ellen Stone spent her mornings hunched over the sewing table in her attic room, sunlight streaming through the slanted dormer window and catching in the pale blonde wisps of hair that frizzed...

Hank Green, age seventy-seven, had never imagined his retirement years would bring anything more exciting than a surprise raccoon in the attic or the occasional lost hiker. After nearly five decades of...

In the bustling summer of 1870, nestled amidst the clapboard houses and cobblestone streets of the East Coast, lived Carla Davis, a woman whose heart was tender and her spirit quietly determined. Her...

Mark's knack for unraveling mysteries was well-known among his circle of friends, but this particular predicament left them all scratching their heads in bewilderment. The discovery of an ancient skeleton...

In a ravaged, post-apocalyptic world where the remnants of humanity struggle to survive amidst the ruins, desperate measures are taken to protect their meager way of life. The strongest and most ruthless...

The crew of the spaceship Hope greeted their new world to the sound of groaning servos and the smell of over-baked plastic. For five centuries, their bodies had slept in gel-filled pods, dreams regulated...

Cosamian Dastou is the last living Saint. His immunity to the Social Cypher, a system of mass-hypnotism that regulates and controls modern life, means that some people worship him, and many think of him...

In this brilliant sequel to The Clockwork Boys, old foes resurface, and Slate and Caliban are forced to deal with the echoes of their past choices. Slate and her crew have arrived in Anuket City, the...

"With hard-hitting stories ranging from the unnerving to the macabre to the darkly humorous, Long Drives and Lonesome Roads is a killer collection that deserves to sit on every shelf." -Pedro Iniguez,...

The sequel to The Starlight Heir and the epic conclusion to the romantasy duology that Rebecca Yarros calls, “a breathtaking, sexy romantasy full of twists and adventure.”The Kingdom of Oryndhr has been...

Explores the bleach-scented, dizzyingly over-lit world of a supermarket’s aisles, as austerity makes everyone within the store’s walls poorer.In the labyrinth of Tesco’s flagship supermarket, precariously...

“In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. ” —Claire Messud“Overwhelming and exquisite–in a word, sublime.” —Namwali Serpell“A novel of remarkable delicacy and power.”—Katie KitamuraAn intense,...

The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the...

In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War.Sami, a retired doctor, lives with his son and grandchildren...

A CBC and Globe and Mail Spring Book Pick In this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace...

He never thought he'd see her again. Fate had other plans. Ten years ago, Victoria Kelly fled her husband and the Russian criminal underworld—the Bratva. Her dream of becoming a psychologist is finally...

Rebekah's dreams have become a nightmare For years, Rebekah's mother told her that sooner or later a handsome man would come along and sweep her off her feet. That was before her mother and brother died...

Collected here is a series of stories set in a variety of worlds and times, which dodge and weave like shifting dreams through the realms of magical realism, cosmic horror, mystery, science fiction, modern...

A broken plan, a forgotten past, and a summer that changes everything.Cedar Springs, Mississippi, 1997. Poppy Turner had her future mapped out: college degree in hand, a new job waiting, and a boyfriend...

He wrote a viral hit called "No Mimes Allowed." Then he fell for the mime next door.Gavin "Groove Staple" Hatch has two rules: keep the bass loud and keep the mimes out. So when his neighbours—a family...

Beckett Shaw was adopted as a newborn and taken across the pond to England. She grew up, wondering what life would be like if she had never been removed from her family, but for thirty-five years forced...

Fans of The Legend of Vox Machina, the record-breaking animated series from Critical Role and Amazon Studios, won’t want to miss the second of three interconnected prequel stories! Written by Marieke...

You don't bury the past on this land.It digs itself out.Fired from her trauma nurse job for refusing to stay silent, Stacy Parker heads back to Carter Ranch in the rugged hills of Big South Fork, Tennessee—the...

For readers craving second chances, cozy shops, dragon friends, found family, low-stakes magic, small town charm, slow-burn romance, and chocolate solving most problems in life.A knight hangs up her sword....

"I'm tired of telling myself you care, then finding reasons to doubt it's true."Rachel Yeoh has known Ethan since they were kids. She's liked him only to lose him, only to love him all over again. This...

A composer's search for meaning spirals into a surreal journey through art, madness, and the bloodstained beauty of a dying world.When rising composer Jonathan Brendel agrees to collaborate with Marga—an...

Josh Salinger grew up with the legend of how his two fathers sacrificed their happiness to save his life. He's been doing his damnedest to live up to that legacy, and he'll be damned if he lets his attachment...

A Valentine's Day blizzard. A dead body. And the estranged husband she couldn't trust. Now, he's the only one who can keep her alive.As Cleveland's most trusted weather expert, Chief Meteorologist Brooke...

Secrets Untold by Eileen Sheehan is a dark, emotionally charged paranormal romance about love, survival, and the cost of keeping monsters caged.Julia Pace has spent her life walking a careful line. By...

In the year 2425, the opulent city of New Geneva towers above the squalid undercity known as the Dredges. Sixteen-year-old Elara Vayle, haunted by the loss of her parents in a mysterious explosion, is...

Beneath the surface of ordinary lives lie secrets, desires, and the relentless will to survive. I Can't Let the Stars Fall and Other Stories pulls readers into four unforgettable worlds—each pulsing with...

Stranded on an alien world and recovering from injuries, Ethan longs to return to Earth and clear his name, but instead he finds himself navigating an unfamiliar alien society while managing a troublesome...

Rajab faces prison for a murder he did not commit. The only way to save him is a dangerous bargain: marry the woman his best friend loves. When Rashid challenges the powerful Aunt Rose, she curses him...

Where Truth Breaks Open is not a story meant to entertain the mind alone. It is a story meant to reach the quiet places of the human heart—the places where faith, grief, memory, shame, and hope live together....

In a world where you can be whatever you wish, one person becomes their true self: a demon.In the fictional country town of Comfort, A mid-twenties grocery store worker is living life on autopilot. One...

The third novel in the “delightful, page-turning” (Tom Ryan, USA TODAY bestselling author) Antique Hunter Series finds Freya, Aunt Carole, and friends searching for a missing colleague in picturesque...