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?

Donovan, a boy of only 12 years, and his best friend, Akenji, are torn from their lives in a small fishing village by a band of barbarians.

Listeners are launched into a world of rune crystals, dawn ages, schools of magic, and five elven factions as Watson creates a mystical world like no other to transport his listeners to. Alayna, an elven commander of the House of Dorandal, orders the others not to harm the "innocents", assuming responsibility for their welfare. While they await orders, Alayna becomes fond of the children, particularly Donovan; when the orders do come, the Rangers find them "far from satisfying"....

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.

Astrid has her wings at last. But unlike all her Starminster classmates, she can’t get them to work, no matter how hard she tries. Soon, the formidable new headmistress issues a warning: Astrid must learn to fly, or leave London Overhead forever. Then the Month of Birthdays arrives, bringing circus shows, rollercoasters, mountains of cake – and a legendary series of games, with a prize beyond Astrid’s wildest dreams.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both sides of the Atlantic. While there were many other aviation competitions, the Schneider proved to be, after a rocky start, by far the most memorable attracting a hugely popular and glamorous following whether Trophy races were held in Monaco, the Venice Lido, the Solent or Chesapeake Bay.

Σε ?να ερευνητικ? κ?ντρο γενετικ?ς της Αμερικ?ς, που λειτουργε? με μυστικ? κρατικ? κονδ?λια, μια ομ?δα επιστημ?νων ανακαλ?πτει ?τι κατ? τη δι?ρκεια της εγκυμοσ?νης μ?α συγκεκριμ?νη ορμ?νη εξαλε?φει τη μ?χρι τ?τε μν?μη του εμβρ?ου.

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.

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?

Imagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat without killing animals, have babies without the need to bear them, and choose the time of our painless death. Life would be better, right? All over the globe, people are trying to make this a reality. They want to use technology to solve the thorniest problems of humanity. But what if these ‘problems’ are the very things that make us human?

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?