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"Nature does not recognize our zoning laws. It does not respect the authority of the fence or the permanence of the asphalt." Eternal July is a moving collection of poems about nature and the resilient spirit of the urban wild. In a landscape often dominated by concrete and glass, these poems reveal the "insurgent life" thriving in the margins from the dandelion cracking the sidewalk to the fox reclaiming the night. This is more than just a standard book of poems about nature; it is a guide to seeing the world differently.

Gullywasher's of Georgia has been abandoned a long time but it's far from empty. A determined CDC epidemiologist goes rogue to tackle a mysterious outbreak in Savannah, only to find himself entangled with a pair of urban explorers and a dangerous, tortured soul in an abandoned theme park where dark forces stir.

"The Ultimate Guide to Homebuying" is a comprehensive audiobook designed to provide listeners with a thorough understanding of the homebuying process. It covers everything from the initial considerations of buying a home to the final steps of closing the deal. The audiobook is structured to assist both first-time homebuyers and those who want to refresh their knowledge about the process.

This is not a polite introduction to Thomas Aquinas. This is a fully sarcastic, gloriously disrespectful roast of the chubbiest, holiest overachiever in Catholic history—a Dominican friar who took Aristotle’s metaphysics, added Latin, guilt, and divine purpose, and built the intellectual operating system of the Catholic Church.

The Sweetest Voice in Baytowne is a story to be read to kids who are tucked into bed. Through the words, they are transported to the beautiful Oregon coast, where the winds are cold, and the air smells like clam chowder. At this location, Dungeness crabs crawl deep on the Ocean bottom.

A fun approach to healthy cooking, recipes guaranteed to make you laugh, with gourmet recipes to drool over—all taking less than 30 minutes to prepare. Calories and macros already calculated for you…you’re welcome. Don’t settle to just look great…look great naked!

Hare has stolen imported goods since he can remember. Sure, it wasn’t the most honest living, but in the conurb where amenities are scarce, there wasn’t much opportunity for “honest work”.

In "Lead From Within," author and leadership expert Adam Lee reveals the powerful truth that all lasting success, wealth, and fulfillment begin with a single act: leading yourself first. This is a transformative guide to mastering your own mindset for success, building unstoppable confidence, and creating a clear path to financial freedom from the inside out. Adam Lee breaks down the critical principles of internal leadership, helping you to bypass external roadblocks and tap into your innate ability to achieve your goals.

La Sabaneta: Venezuela’s Infamous Hellhole exposes the brutal reality of one of the world’s most violent prisons. Ruled by gangs and neglected by the state, La Sabaneta became a lawless microcosm of corruption, cruelty, and survival. Through firsthand accounts and investigative reporting, this book reveals a system where inmates ran the prison, justice was forgotten, and death was routine. From the rise of the powerful pranes to the 2013 massacre that shocked the world, this is a haunting portrait of institutional collapse—and the human cost of it.

A quality survival kit is one of the critical keys in prevailing during a backcountry emergency. Survival instructor Tony Nester shares what essential gear to carry and how to design a tailor-made kit to fit your specific needs. Drawing upon the past 26 years of teaching field courses, Nester provides a pragmatic look at the crucial elements that should go into a personal survival kit and the steps to help ensure that you don't get lost in the first place.

Few places in America symbolize mass incarceration like Rikers Island. Sitting in the East River just miles from Manhattan's skyline, Rikers has become one of the most infamous jail complexes in the United States. For decades, it has represented violence, corruption, neglect, and political failure within the American justice system. Rikers Island: New York City's Notorious Jail takes you inside a detention center that has shaped national debates on bail reform, solitary confinement, police accountability, and prison abolition.

Finally, an academic roast that's more entertaining than a faculty meeting where someone brought donuts! "From Bad to Worse" mercilessly skewers the most pretentious philosophical movements of the 20th century with savage wit and zero academic mercy. Journey through the incomprehensible world of structuralism and post-structuralism, where French intellectuals transformed simple ideas into impenetrable word salads while chain-smoking and looking disappointed with everyone.

Uneek is a science fiction fantasy about an unlikely friendship between a fabricated star-like entity, Uneek, and a prehistoric apatosaurs, Thunder. It is a story of healing, adventure, and mystery set in a backdrop of the eternal cosmos. Spawned from a distant nebula called Esoterica, Uneek is on a mission to planet Earth to ascertain why Earthlings are lagging behind in their evolution. Arriving on Earth, Uneek meets Thunder, a living, breathing survivor of the prehistoric Cretaceous Era, suspended in a space time warp for the past 66 million years.

Quinn the unicorn of Keyfaetuun has just been the ring bearer at his longtime friend Vaino’s fae wedding. It’s a lonely time for the only unicorn in the world. Taking Vaino’s advice, Quinn leaps over to Fortune Island to see the fae oracle, the Mother of All Seasons. She has foreseen a convergence between worlds. The time is now, and only through this convergence and taking the journey will Quinn find what he seeks. Furthermore, the Mother of All Seasons declares that another lonely heart, a sarcastic and curse cawing raven named Kirby shall go with Quinn.

Disgraced and nearing the end of his career, Lieutenant Gil Meek is an old school detective living on borrowed time. Once a respected captain, Gil has been demoted and sidelined after a past case went wrong, left to police the forgotten edges of a rural county while wrestling with grief over the brutal murder of his wife, Mallory. When a routine overdose investigation leads him into a cave marked with blood, chains, and a cryptic message—9904 SHEPHERD—Gil realizes this is anything but an open-and-shut case.

No Self, No God, No Clue: David Hume and the Joy of Destroying Everything is your ruthlessly sarcastic crash course in the philosophy of David Hume—history’s most cheerful intellectual arsonist.

Onboard the USS Redemptor, a morgue ship drifting through the cold vacuum of space, Captain George Erickson and his crew are haunted by regret, isolation, and the ghosts of their pasts. When a mysterious, adaptive bacteria from Callisto begins to infect the crew, paranoia and grief threaten to tear them apart. As android Debrah evolves beyond her programming—carrying echoes of lost love and human anguish—the boundaries between machine and person blur, and the fate of the ship hangs in the balance.

A kosher inspector doesn’t come home one night. By morning, his wife is certain something is wrong. The police aren’t convinced. He hasn’t been gone long enough. There’s no sign of violence. Officially, there’s nothing to investigate. That’s when his wife turns to Jake Cooper. Not a cop. Not licensed. But trained by a retired detective and trusted as the Jewish community’s internal investigator, Jake is often called when concerns don’t yet meet the legal threshold—but feel far more serious.

A scribe repairing an old scroll uncovers a buried secret—and is murdered for it. The police call it suicide. The community calls it murder. Jake Cooper isn’t a cop, but he’s the only one who can unravel the deadly secrets hiding behind closed doors. In a world of greed, betrayal, and ruthless calculation, finding the truth may be the only way to survive.

Emil is Chicago’s most feared food critic—a man who delights in trashing restaurants and terrorizing chefs. When he hears rumors of a restaurant serving an off-menu dessert called Blood of Leeches, Emil’s curiosity quickly turns into a fixation. One taste, and Emil’s curiosity drives him to deconstruct the dish with a hunger reaching far beyond gastronomy—into something older and darker.