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Confined to her apartment, a professor falls into an unlikely romance--with a pangolin.

Ana, a literature professor, plans her remote classes while confined to her apartment during lockdown. Her lover, Alice, has died of Covid. In her place are a series of animals that demand Ana's care and attention: an overbearing pangolin, a swarm of insects, a giant bat.

Amid changes in medication and fraught faculty meetings, Ana's grip on reality loosens. She begins to devise a syllabus on the financialization of art and life, posing questions about labor and intimacy she will use her own body to answer. Her apartment fills with creatures, her teaching slides into absurd allegory, and her sense of what is real, permissible, or politically legible fractures.

Equal parts tender and grotesque, Pandora is a hallucinatory portrait of a mind and a world in collapse, a razor-sharp meditation on desire, delusion, and the absurd endurance of the human.

From a distant region of the galaxy, a new threat forces old enemies to unite.

The war was finally over, or so Admiral Jon McCarthy thought. But the emergence of a new enemy--the mysterious Synthecs--leads to an uneasy alliance between humans and Korilians. McCarthy finds himself navigating a dangerous landscape both in space and in the halls of diplomacy to keep the coalition from falling apart before the real battle even begins.

As the Colonial and Korilian fleets prepare for an epic confrontation against a synthetic life form intent on exterminating all intelligent biological life, Lara Anderson and Elena Kapadia attempt to infiltrate a Synthec starbase on a covert mission that could turn the tide of the battle. But Elena's unstable dual personality and jealousy of Lara and McCarthy's relationship make her a dangerous wildcard in an already perilous operation.

Back on Earth, Fleet Admiral Fitzgerald faces a moral dilemma when ordered to betray her Korilian allies. Her decision could alter the course of the war and humanity's future. With time running out as the Synthec fleet prepares its assault, McCarthy and his allies must navigate a minefield of political deceit, shifting loyalties, and planned betrayals that will determine the fate of billions.

Plunge into Rick Campbell's The Synthec War, where military strategy and cosmic alliances collide. Fans of Dune and Leviathan Wakes will relish this intense sci-fi saga packed with interstellar conflict.

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Praise for the Nexus House series:

"...a new far-future, military sci-fi series..."--Library Journal

"...a testament to mankind's determination to triumph against all odds." --Chris Pourteau, bestselling author of the award-winning SynCorp Saga

"If you're a fan of epic sci-fi, Campbell will not disappoint."--Raquel Byrnes, author of The Memory Bank

** This book is a special dyslexia friendly edition. It uses a font called 'Open Dyslexic' designed to make reading easier. It also has more spacing between the lines and contains pages than the standard edition. This edition is printed on cream paper to reduce glare. **

At the first Blackthorn Christmas Market, Emily, Sophie and Jack's delicious handmade cookie stand is ready! But then strange things start happening. With Santa's suit missing and paintings stolen, the kids soon realize it's all part of a bigger plan to rob a mansion nearby. Can they stop the thieves in time? Join Emily and Sophie age 9 and Jack age 8, in this exciting Christmas adventure. This exciting kids book is the perfect holiday gift! A Christmas themed fiction story is set on an Irish manor farm. If you're looking for children's gift ideas and to add to their festive reading list, look no further! This book is part of a 12 book series and is ideal for kids ages 6 to 10 who love exciting mystery stories. Grab a copy today and keep everyone happy this Christmas!

Our favourite pompous pigeon is BACK! And about to trade places with a pigeon prince, descended from Indian royalty.

Dave Pigeon and his best friend Skipper are taking in the sights of London. Whilst pecking around the gates of the Royal Palace, looking for high-brow snacks to feast on, they meet Prince Raju Pigeon, one of the Queen's personal birds from the Royal Lofts.

Raju is tired of royal life and longs to see life beyond the palace gates. Dave suggests they swap places for a short while! Raju will get to see how normal pigeon lives and Dave will be pampered in the Royal Lofts.
Of course, this all goes to Dave's head and as he laps up the royal treatment becoming more unbearable than ever. But life in high society is not all it's cracked up to be...

A very feathery prince and the pauper story, rich in diversity, packed full of gorgeous illustrations and giggle-until-you-wee jokes, perfect for emerging readers.

"An exceptionally well-crafted story brimming with mythological creatures, captivating characters, and non-stop adventure." --Christina Diaz Gonzalez, bestselling author of Invisible

Encanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this "fast-paced...thrilling" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade fantasy adventure. To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of mythical creatures and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all: the madremonte.

Twelve-year-old Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day, but Papi has spent his life studying Colombia's legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. So when Papi hears that a patasola--a vampire woman with one leg--has been sighted in the Andes, Valentina and her younger brother Julián get dragged along on another magical creature hunt.

While they're in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julián fall through the earth...and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina's shock, all the legends are real.

To get home, Valentina and Julián must make a treacherous journey to reach this land's ruler: the madremonte, mother and protector of the earth. She controls the only portal back to the human world--but she absolutely hates humans, and she'll do anything to defend her land.

"This amazing book catalogs in clear, direct language the full range of wild edible plants found in California. Organized by ecological region and latest scientific family, it teaches not only a plant's place on the land but also its essential botanical attributes. More than that, Christopher Nyerges's lifetime of 'dirt time' experience makes him an expert on the edible and nutritional properties of this wonderful flora, so easily overlooked but at our disposal everywhere. I have followed Christopher on endless plant walks and never failed to learn something new and important. Now, at last, it's all in one brilliant guide!"
--Paul Campbell, author of Survival Skills of Native California

From acorns, cactus, and yucca to mesquite, manzanita, and lamb's quarter, this fully updated third of Foraging California guides readers to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Golden State. Organized by plant families, this book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoors enthusiasts, and gastronomes.
INSIDE YOU'LL FIND Foraging California provides all of the information you need about wild foods in the region:

• Species ranging from herbs to trees
• Forager notes and expert advice on identifying, preparing, freezing, drying,
• storing, and cooking wild edibles
• Tools, techniques, and foraging etiquette
• Recipes to prepare at home and on the trail

MEET YOUR LOCAL EXPERT Christopher Nyerges has taught survival and self-reliance skills since 1974. He's authored over a dozen books, and thousands of his articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines. He resides in Southern California.

Cover images by Christopher Nyerges

X-Men meets Spy Kids in the third installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds.

Estero City is in an uproar following the exposure of President Fuerte as a supernatural, as well as the surprise announcement by Magdalia Palacio--Seven's mother--that she will oppose Fuerte in the upcoming election. The forgotten five and their allies know the president is corrupt to the core. But no one knows if Magdalia can be trusted.

Meanwhile, Birdie, Seven, Tenner, and Brix are reeling from Cabot's decision to leave the group and join her parents, who are collaborating with Fuerte and his gang of supernatural criminals. Does that make Cabot their enemy, too?

Still, there's work to be done. The Librarian, the five's trusted confidante, has a daring new plan: Lada will go undercover and pretend to work for the president while gathering intelligence for the supernatural resistance. It's a dangerous assignment, setting the group up for a showdown with their most powerful enemy yet--their own criminal parents.

This book is about a temporary flying job that turned into a life changing career. Flying bush Alaska was far more interesting than being a general building contractor. It was a chance to fly thousands of hours over some of the most beautiful country there is. I was fortunate to meet many people including movie stars and famous sports figures. Even ordinary guys like me who were living their dreams to hunt and fish in Alaska. The flying was not always easy. I flew year around in wind, rain, fog and snow. In the winter months the days were short and often bitterly cold. Although some medical emergency flights were quite dangerous, none of the thousands of my passengers ever got a scratch.

In this collection of ten interconnected stories, neighbors become family, proximity shapes destiny, and growing up means discovering that the most ordinary places hold the most extraordinary secrets.

From thirteen to thirty, a diverse cast of characters navigate first love, crushing loss, and the search for meaning on one Brooklyn Street where the parish church and corner bar anchor everything that matters.

Watch a young man fall for a girl glimpsed through a pretzel at the local pub. Follow childhood sweethearts who make a blood pact for eternity-and get exactly what they wish for. Meet the teacher plagued by famous dead writers stealing his work, and the coma patient who finds salvation in conversations with a Native American trickster god.

These aren't just coming-of-age stories-they're portraits of a community where friendships form by chance rather than choice, where the landscape beneath your feet holds mysteries you'll never understand, and where life always feels bigger than the small street that contains it.

After an anomaly known as The Truth wiped out most of the U.S. population, Manhattan was sealed off by a force field generated from the Freedom Tower. To protect the last survivors, each year, every eighteen-year-old male is shipped to a military facility in Lower Manhattan to protect the Barrier.

All are trained to fight. No one is exempt from that.

John Madoc has never trusted the draft, not since his father's presumed death. But a shocking discovery might just be the key to unlocking what really happened and exposing the lies holding the draft, and his existence under the Barrier, together.

The truth might kill him, or it could set him free.

Follow John into a relentless fight for survival and freedom in dystopian New York City, perfect for fans of Divergent and The Maze Runner.

The Akutagawa prize-winning novel by Kou Machida, Japan's most outlandish and inventive author.

Rip It Up is the first ever English translation of Kou Machida's award-winning novel, an undertaking over five years in the making and the inaugural title of Inpatient Press's translation imprint Mercurial Editions.

Set in a kaleidoscopic hyperreal Japan circa Y2K, Rip It Up catalogues the misdeeds and misgivings of a down-and-out wannabe debonair who ekes out a meager living at the fringes of the art world, wracked by jealousy at his friend's success and despondent over his own creative (and moral) bankruptcy. In turn hilarious and also horrifying, Machida's pyrotechnic prose plumbs the discursive depths of the creative spirit, a head-spinning survey of degeneration and self-sabotage.

This edition features printed reversible edges, color illustrations inside the cover, and fun chapter headings.

A grumpy former bodyguard, an heiress in disguise, and an accidental roommate situation...

If I'd known a tall, broad mountain of a man would crash the one-bedroom cabin I'm borrowing, I might have handled things differently.

I still would've lied to him. He doesn't need to know all of my reasons for wanting to meet my surprise triplet half brothers while undercover as a housekeeper.

But if I'd known I was going to have a surprise roommate, I wouldn't have rigged a homemade security system in the cabin that left him...erm... Let's just call it easy to spot in a crowd.

And he wouldn't have tried to blackmail me when he figured out my real identity.

And I wouldn't have been so attracted to his audacity that I started looking deeper at the wounded man beneath the gruff exterior.

And then we wouldn't be here, with him making me scream his name for all of the good reasons every night.

But I can't keep faking Cinderella forever, and when it's time for me to come clean, he'll have to choose-loyalty to my half brothers or belief in me and the noble reason for the long game I've been playing.

Faking Cinderella is a swoony romcom featuring a mountain of a man with an even bigger wounded heart and an heiress determined to right a wrong. This opposites attract, secret identity romance stands alone and comes with a sweetly satisfying happily ever after.

The lone girl of the family doesn't think the McQuaid legacy of love can be hers. But is it within her reach after all?

As the event manager for Healing Springs Ranch, Emberly McQuaid works hard to prove her worth to her family. When an international banking group arrives at the ranch and her best personal concierge falls ill, Emberly has no choice but to step in and assist their most illustrious guest, the young and handsome CEO, Max Berg.

During his stay at the ranch, Prince Max is keeping his royalty a secret, hoping to escape the paparazzi along with the increasing pressure to marry a duchess by his birthday. He resists telling Emberly about his heritage because he likes that she doesn't try to impress him. Even though he's a workaholic, Max finds himself setting aside his duties to spend time with the beautiful redhead.

Feelings quickly escalate between the two, but they know a relationship can't go anywhere. When they get stranded together in a mountain cabin, it's all too easy to let the emotion of their time together sweep them away. But will they be able to overcome the obstacles that stand between them and find a way to be together?

• Secret prince
• Only girl in family
• Overprotective brothers
• He falls fast
• Stranded together
• Swoony kisses

* The inspirational themes in this book are light, and the romance is the primary focus. While the romance is sizzling and the kisses swoony, both the language and physical attraction are clean and wholesome.

Cuando el corazón y la cabeza están diciendo dos cosas diferentes, ¿cuál debería escuchar?

Grandes cambios se avecinan para Lara Jean. Ahora que ha conseguido el amor y la vida que soñaba, debe escoger una universidad. Eso puede significar cambiar de ciudad para perseguir el futuro que desea, o quedarse y mantener lo que ya tiene. Es una decisión demasiado importante... Cuando tu cabeza y tu corazón te llevan en direcciones diferentes, ¿a cuál de ellos sigues?

Emociónate con el inolvidable final de A todos los chicos de los que me enamoré.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

When the heart and the head are saying two different things, which one should I listen to?

Big changes are coming for Lara Jean. Now that she has found the love and life she dreamed of, she must choose a university. That might mean moving to a new city to chase the future she desires or staying to keep what she already has. It's an incredibly important decision... When your heart and your head pull you in different directions, which one do you follow?

Get ready for the unforgettable conclusion to To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

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