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In the middle of the holidays, a biological attack wreaks havoc on the U.S. The virus is quick. Deadly. Unstoppable. The country is left in tatters. For Isaac Race, it’s especially bitter. After the death of his parents and sister, he was just getting his life back on track - the weaponized virus changes all that. Battered by the fresh deaths of his foster parents, but hardened by the year he’s endured, he emerges from the temporary safety of his home to seek out other survivors during the worst winter in years.

What happens when the lights go out… and never come back on? Sarah and her group have been taken. Surprised in the dead of night by a ruthless Russian Spetsnaz unit, they are bound and loaded into a steel cage, destined for a "Processing Center"—a one-way trip for anyone deemed expendable.

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have...

With a stolen Russian truck, a daring plan, and everything on the line, Sarah, Jake, and the group make their most audacious move yet — a raid straight through the heart of an enemy forward operating base. But getting out is only half the battle. With a vengeful biker gang on their tail and the road to Ohio turning into a running firefight, survival will cost them more than they bargained for.

Sarah and her group are through the worst of it — or so they think. Holed up in an abandoned barn on the edge of enemy territory, with a Russian forward operating base glowing on the horizon, they try to rest before the most dangerous move of their lives. But the night has other plans. When a ruthless gang of post-collapse scavengers takes them by surprise, the group finds itself outgunned, at the mercy of a scarred and unpredictable leader who takes what she wants — and buries what she can't use. Survival comes down to Sarah's nerve, Marcus's timing, and a single whispered word.

Recent years have brought home a startling truth: soccer is no longer an also-ran among top U.S. sports. How did we get here? How did we go from having multiple professional soccer leagues flounder to having Major League Soccer prove to its doubters that it's here to stay? How did we evolve from barely having a Women's National Team to a golden era of women's soccer with a captivating style of play, great stars, and unforgettable moments?

The epic America Falls saga continues in this explosive Mega Collection read by the incomparable Adam Barr.

Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away. When an ambitious enemy launches a sneak attack on the USA, his peaceful life is shattered and Isaac, by his very nature a loner, must band together with a ragtag group of survivors to make their way to a sanctuary, three states away in the depths of a vicious east coast winter.

New? Begin with Season 1 • Ep 1: The Lights go Out. What happens when the lights go out… and never come back on? From the author of  America Falls comes season 2 of Blackout Nation, an explosive EMP survival serial that unfolds episode by episode over the space of eight weeks. Episode 1: The Farmhouse Jake is missing. Pete is injured. Sarah and the whole group are exhausted. When they stumble upon an isolated farmhouse, it seems like a miracle—a sanctuary from the chaos.

Into the Black tracks the team’s resolve to do what is right for their families and community, even if it means violating the rule of law. Balancing the scales of justice will lead them into dark places. Leading his team into the black of night will stain Trevor’s soul and test every team member’s values. Unlikely alliances will be formed, which may be their only path back home to salvation. Trevor McCowen… an atypical hero just ordinary enough to be dangerous.

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. More than a decade ago, a weaponized virus ravaged America, somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. Hundreds of millions died, but for those left, surviving the attack was only the beginning.

In his classic best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking, new approach for attacking the dangerous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here, he turns his focus to the individual member of a team, revealing the three indispensable virtues that make some people better team players than others. Lencioni’s latest fable is the story of a leader desperate to save his company by cracking the code on the virtues that define a true team player.

A new history of slavery and the French Revolution When the French revolutionaries passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789, they immediately faced a burning question: did that document's first article—"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"—apply to the 800...

I thought my grandfather could be demanding, but that was before a baby dragon came into my life. My orange menace seems to think he'll rule the world. I have my doubts, seeing as how I've encountered squirrels bigger than him. Keeping his secret hasn't been easy because he keeps talking to everyone—and decreeing them his servants. It's like he wants the wrong sorts to come after him. And no surprise, they do.

When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger - these are some of the luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the listener, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. 

Cameron Winter is falling in love. After finally working up the courage to contact the attractive therapist Gwendolyn Lord, he finds himself immersed in a passion that feels heaven-sent. When Gwendolyn tells him about a true-life "locked room mystery," Winter feels compelled to investigate.

This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks." Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year...

He'd been an important part of the team putting together the International Data Bank, which would track every single move made by every single human being. As the project neared completion, he realized that no one would ever truly be free again. At the very last moment he blanked his file, changed his face, and created a back door into the system.

Two days after a megaquake and tsunami combine to wreak havoc on the Pacific Northwest, Clint and his daughter are together at last. Instead of retreating to safety, they're on a one-way mission into the heart of the disaster. Chaos on the streets, impassable routes, and the worst of human nature combine to thwart them at every turn. But Mika's mom is missing, and they won't stop until they find her.

Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation.