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In the 'fantasy' universe of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, everything runs on magic and common sense. The world is flat and million-to-one chances happen nine times out of ten. Our world seems different - it runs on rules, often rather strange ones. Science is our way of finding...

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even...

Still haunted by his former teammate’s betrayal and the unveiling of a conspiracy that runs deeper than he imagined, Foster Quinn is once more thrust back into the world he thought he left behind. In the sweltering heat off the coast of Key West, a mission to seize a billionaire’s yacht ends in a chilling revelation: America’s enemies aren’t just beyond our borders―they might be sitting in Congress.

The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science...

“Lands Where My Fathers Died” meticulously recreates the history from 1230 A.D., when the first family member used STEWART as his surname, to the present day in the U.S. This book celebrates family life, the fathers and mothers who are the forebears of today’s generation of Stewarts.

Winner of Best Comedy Podcast at the 2015 UK Podcasters Awards, every week Jack, Chris and Phil press the Random Article button on Wikipedia and talk woefully under-qualified nonsense about whatever it throws up. Encyclopædia Moronica, if you will. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOP GUN instructor Colt Bancroft has just catapulted off the USS Abraham Lincoln, his F-35C Joint Strike Fighter trailing blue and yellow flame as he climbs into the night sky off the California coast. When he is sent to investigate a series of mysterious lights floating dangerously close to his aircraft carrier, disaster strikes. His jet becomes unresponsive as it rolls inverted and enters a nosedive aimed right at the aircraft carrier’s unsuspecting escort cruiser… What follows is a tale of heroism and betrayal, spycraft and suspense, and aerial combat against an unexpected adversary.

A no-spin conversation, lesson, question and answer podcast about the bible. Our goal is to provide the REAL truth about the bible without adding or taking away from it, like so many religions often do. We are here to teach people what it really means to be a Christian and let people know there is still hope in this world through Jesus Christ. Come learn what God really wanted you to hear.

Показать фокус - безотказный способ удивить кого угодно, но не думаете же вы, что это реальное волшебство? У каждого фокуса есть свой секрет и очень часто он настолько прост, что можно только диву даваться, как же так случилось, что никто не может его разгадать. Настоящие фокусники всегда очень трепетно относятся к своим фокусам и никогда не рассказывают о способах их выполнения – наше же книга, учебное пособие, благодаря которому, вы сами сможете стать непревзойдённым иллюзионистом! Вы узнаете секреты выполнения самых различных трюков, среди которых: Математические фокусы Фокусы для маленьки…

The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett’s brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen...

When a rogue military faction in China kidnaps a CIA case officer, global tensions ignite. Desperate to forestall the looming firestorm, the United States deploys an elite team of Navy SEALs to rescue the agent, protected by nothing but their training and a single pilot providing air cover from his FA-18E Super Hornet—normally, it wouldn’t be enough. But these aren’t normal times…and this is no ordinary pilot.

Elite NCIS investigator Emmy "Punky" King, seasoned in global espionage, uncovers the edges of an intricate international conspiracy following the arrest of a U.S. Marine. Relying solely on her sharp intuition, she starts peeling back layers of a complex mystery that links the U.S. president to a clandestine corporation. As she navigates the corruption, Punky finds herself deep in an escalating game that threatens more than just national security.

“What is a philosopher?”‘ A person who seeks to understand fundamental questions about:Existence, knowledge, values, reason and reality through critical thinking and emotional enquiry. ‘I have always asked questions when I didn’t understand the first answer to my question or if I wasn’t fully satisfied with my perception of the answer I was given. I search for more, to understand. This can be a blessing and a curse as somethings in this world aren’t meant to be understood, they are meant to be lived.So join me in my practice of Philosophy. As Philosophers seek wisdom; they don’...

Returning home a hero, TOPGUN pilot Colt Bancroft is called on to resurrect a Vietnam-era light attack squadron. Once soaring high, he finds himself on the dark side of special operations in a conflict he never saw coming. At its front lines, NCIS Special Agent Emmy Punky King is confronted with the timeless question—is the enemy of her enemy her friend? As Colt and his band of Navy SEALs bring the Black Ponies of VAL-4 to the fight, Punky navigates the murky waters of international espionage and an uneasy alliance with a former adversary to uncover a new threat.

Featuring Stephen King, Clive Barker, Stewart O'Nan, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Keene, and many others! Hans-Åke Lilja, founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand-new anthology of horror stories to celebrate 20 years of running the number-one Stephen King...

Foster Quinn is more than a former Force Recon Marine. He’s a husband. A father. A faithful brother to his teammates. When one of them is killed during a high-risk operation to track down a dangerous arms dealer, Foster struggles to balance his roles as a dedicated family man and an elite warrior. Despite his inner demons―or maybe because of them―Foster can’t walk away from his brothers.