Birth Science

Bruno Maçães offers a compelling vision of America's future, both fascinating and unnerving. From the early American Republic, Maçães takes us to the turbulent present, when, he argues, America is finally forging its own path. We can see the birth pangs of this new civilization in today's debates on guns, religion, foreign policy, and the significance of Trump. What will its values be, and what will this new America look like?

Like the classics of dystopian literature - think Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and more recently, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Birthday Present 2050 is a dystopian play that takes a dark look at a disturbing contemporary trend and magnifies it under future totalitarian conditions. The Birthday Present 2050 takes place in a society in which only people and things considered productive are assured existence

An otherworldly friendship is forged under stress and fear. Wyatt, a recently unemployed camper, is looking for an escape from responsibilities. Thunder Born is a wind esper looking to escape from those who want to murder him. Together they start something surpassing both of them.

With the world itself in flux, those called to defend it must grieve their losses swiftly and resume the work of protecting all they’ve fought for. Enemies advance on every front, and Covorum’s leaders again find themselves at a disadvantage, due to the opposition’s draconic insight into the rising conflict.

As Amia blows out the candles on her 9th birthday, she closes her eyes and makes a wish. But when her wish comes true in a way no one could predict, it turns out to be a curse! Tuttle Town declares Amia cannot leave her house when it snows. She is devastated. Find out how as Amia blows out the candles on her 10th birthday, her new wish changes everything. Combined with birthday wishes and birthday magic — as how wishes do come true. Be careful what you wish for as Amia finds out in this story. A snow-loving girl makes a dangerous wish in Dee's picture book.

Gathered to serve the people of Deyrnas once again, the Heroes of Dragon’s Nest must now look to a future that already has numerous designs upon it. Some seek to reclaim lost glory, others want only to preserve what they have, and a brave few still hope to salvage something new and better.

When Natalie receives an ornament for her birthday, she pushes the rest of her collection aside to make room for the new. Upset at losing their space, the old ornaments argue and jostle, leading to a catastrophe! Join the ornaments on the shelf in this fun, rhyming story as they discover the importance of accepting others and welcoming those who are new.

In a world where women have more choices than ever, society nevertheless continues to exert the stigma and pressures of less enlightened times when it comes to childbirth, defining women by whether they embrace or reject motherhood, and whether they can have children or not. Dr Pragya Agarwal uses her own varied experiences and choices around motherhood to examine the broader societal and scientific factors that drive how we think and talk about this issue - including education, economic status, feminism, race and more.

Father McClain boldly bears God’s strength. When a monstrous tsunami threatens to annihilate England, the devout priest is divinely blessed with abilities to deliver them from certain death. But now charged with slaying a fiendish villain, his seven-year search for the beast yields no clues…until he learns of a recently rescued missing actress and her mysterious pregnancy. Convinced the unborn child may be Satan’s scion, McClain is thrown for a loop when he forms a deep bond with the expectant mother.

Three brilliantly funny stories from the best-selling author David Baddiel. The Person Controller - Fred and Ellie are twins. But not identical (because that's impossible for a boy and a girl). They do like all the same things, though. Especially video games. Birthday Boy - This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. Future Friend - The year is 3020. Pip@256X#YY.3_7 is lonely and bored: she goes to virtual school on her G-Glasses.

Divided and coping with loss, the heroes of Dragon’s Nest must learn to carry on in their task to keep their home safe while on separate paths. The grand city of Lorsyn awaits three travelers, while the fourth is compelled to return to those who share her blood, in championing those who carry none of it. Trials await before either endeavor is to be concluded, and a onetime street urchin will have to reconcile with dark days long past if there’s to be hope in the ones to come. Lorsyn is in need of champions to unshackle its people from a gluttonous tyrant.

Falcon Crest and its hidden machinations have taken much from the Heroes of Dragon’s Nest, but the cost just might not have been for nothing. Change is on the horizon in the form of holding the powerful to task and the possible formation of a new royal lineage. The burden of completing the task for ancient, now-revealed entity, however, soon pushes Jack, Tanner, Allie, and Gefnar back out across a war-torn continent, and new obstacles arise.

What do you do when the monsters are real? Legend spoke of people unafraid of pain; the ones gloried in war and death. Indiscriminate killers, they fought past the point when most men would be dead. Unstoppable, they terrorized the lands until at last they were wiped out in the Great Wars. Or so the world wished to believe. On the cusp of transition, Ondar braces for a return to the horrors of the past, even as new heroes emerge to protect the most innocent among them. What do you do when the monsters are real? You fight.

Will these last defenders of hope perish in the flames of chaos? Will anyone survive and witness a Birth of Legends? The Heroes of Awesome barely escaped the nephilim’s twisted fortress alive. But now an even greater threat endangers the Steel City. The Horned Legion of kefali approach from the northwest. A vast orc horde lumbers ever closer from the east. A mysterious army of darkness stalks the night to the south. The tenuous alliance between humans, elves, and dwarves will be put to the test as this final bastion of humanity is surrounded by endless enemies.

Scientific research is on the cusp of being able to grow babies outside human bodies, from machines, for the very first time. Claire Horn takes us on a truly radical and urgent deep dive into the most challenging and pertinent questions of our age. Could artificial wombs allow women to redistribute the work of gestating? How do we protect reproductive and abortion rights? And who exactly gets access to this technology, in our vastly unequal world?

Als ein Junge sieben Jahre alt wird, entdeckt er eine neue Welt, indem er eine magische Tür durchschreitet.Wesley ist unheimlich aufgeregt, als er an dem Morgen aufwacht, an dem er endlich sieben Jahre alt wird. Schließlich würde sich für ihn endlich eine magische Zaubertür öffnen! Seit seinem vierten Geburtstag hatte er sich immer wieder gefragt, was sich auf der anderen Seite dieser Tür verbirgt. Welche Abenteuer würden ihn wohl dort erwarten?

This audiobook is a fantasy in the form of a creation myth. It explores a plausible origin for evil from a story rather than a philosophical perspective. Haylel and his cohorts fear that the creator of the universe is mentally unstable. How were they to cope with an irrational all powerful creator, that they fear may destroy them altogether in favor of his newest creation?

2024 marks the centenary of the first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald. What legacy of the past have they left behind? How far has each Labour administration influenced succeeding administrations? Above all, was the Attlee government of 1945 really the golden period of Labour power? Professor Richard Toye explores Labour’s exercise of power as a continuum, setting Attlee’s administration in long-term historical context between the first Labour Government of 1924 and the current party under Keir Starmer.

Two parents chosen to conceive and birth the child the world has been waiting for are desperate to change what has been foretold for hundreds of years. Wanting to save the life of the unborn child, measures are taken to hide the coming of the innocent baby. Dark secrets are unveiled, and evil forces come forward to take what is theirs. Can prophecy be rewritten? Is there a savior destined to come?

After the end of the Great War, Mural has made a steadfast recovery and have found peace thanks to the GSD. The six Continent-Nations of Mural have united and restarted trading and collaborating. With newfound peace - ugh! Sorry...It seems it’s time. Time for the fragile peace to be shattered. So soon...But it was within prediction. It seems Mural has a new artist in mind. The last colors of sins that have stained it are...Quite a mess...I hope this artist is cleaner. Schemers too...I can sense one - no...Not one but two...Two lurking down below.