Greene Science

Tom Ketchum was born in 1863 on a farm near the fringe of the Texas frontier. At the age of nine, he found himself an orphan and was raised by his older brothers. In his mid-twenties he left home for the life of an itinerant trail driver and ranch hand. He returned to Texas, murdered a man, and fled. Soon afterwards, he and his brother Sam killed two men in New Mexico. A year later, he and two other former cowboys robbed a train in Texas. The career of the Ketchum Gang was under way.

When the storms hit, people died. Ros and her friends were among the lucky few to survive. They were safe underground, but when the way clears for them to return, will they survive the new world that is waiting for them? Supplies. Shelter. Survival. Those who lived will have to fight for their lives. Kindness does not exist.

Two award-winning writers take us on an alternate-history adventure - a 1940s barnstorming baseball team, led by retired baseball player and spy Moe Berg, is transported from rural Illinois to Ancient Rome, just after the death of Emperor Septimius Severus.

Flint and his siblings have known for years that their father was an alien. It's pretty obvious since they have super powers, but they never expected that their dad was a super soldier who was being hunted by the enemy, or that they would have to defend earth to keep it from being destroyed. The Diophants are a terrifying enemy. They show no mercy. They expand their empire by incorporating planets under their control or destroying them. With their ability to manipulate space, they can open wormholes, destroy planets, and even alter gravity.

Everyone expected great things of Rynn when he became a Time Cop. After all, his father was the head of the department, so he'd been training for years. Yet, he never expected that as a brand new member of the force that he'd be pulled through a space anomaly where he would have to face magic, beasts, and intrigues in worlds that were like nothing he'd ever experienced. Everyone trapped with him turns to him to lead them, and Rynn finds the fate of four worlds resting on him.

This audiobook consists of six topics, all selected to describe some of the worst atrocities of mankind: Genocides, mass rapes, abuse, mutilation, and murder.

Contains books one and two of Reset, a thrilling natural disaster survival series.

Nestled in an idyllic locale beside the sea, The Center is a place of rehabilitation and rebuilding. Students arrive nameless, their memories and sense of identity wiped by a strange illness. Each day, they attend classes that will help them relearn the right ways to speak and live; they practice the roles they’ll assume once they’ve graduated and returned to society. In their free time, they negotiate a burgeoning social hierarchy and watch old DVDs together; stories of characters whose names they adopt: Maria, Chandler, Chino, Gunther . . .

In 2013, Kate Greene moved to Mars. That is, along with five fellow crew members, she embarked on NASA’s first HI-SEAS mission, a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. For four months she lived, worked, and slept in an isolated geodesic dome, conducting a sleep study on her crew mates and gaining incredible insight into human behavior in tight quarters, as well as the nature of boredom, dreams, and isolation that arise amidst the promise of scientific progress and glory.

After the sudden passing of her mother, Melaney Carter needed to travel hundreds of miles from her home to deal with her newly inherited property. The house needed major TLC after years of her mother's unfortunate hoarding, which led to years of neglect. Still, it was a trip she desperately needed to get away from her obsessed ex-boyfriend, and from her upcoming exams, she wasn't even a little ready to take.

He's not a monster fighting to be a man. He's a man fighting the monster within. Vampires are among us. They are thirsty. They are monsters. They want to take over! One man stands against them: The Shadow Fighter!

Melissa Faye Greene stunningly unfolds the story of the Springhill, Nova Scotia, mine disaster, a drama that seems especially hard-hitting in light of more recent mine collapses. In 1958, gases were propelled three levels upward, trapping men against the ceiling and burying them. One hundred men had entered the dangerously built mine Number Two; 75 never saw the light of day again. Two groups of men did survive, although their struggle was immense and almost unbelievable.

Alone, robbed, and injured, Daniel shows up at The Frothy Mug Tavern. Although used to a life of luxury, he learns the value of hard work and duty from the barmaid Sarah. Life as a peasant is hard. The tavern owner is cruel, the kingdom is at threat of war, and Daniel is being hunted. To save himself, he must learn to fight. To save his kingdom, he must learn to sacrifice his desires for duty. To save the one he loves, he must learn to be a hero. The only one who can teach him is the cunning, legendary, leader of the bandits -- the Tiger!

You've probably heard about Greek or Roman folklore, and even of Egyptian gods and goddesses, but have you heard about Chinese folklore? Let's explore this subject quickly, in this succinct audiobook. Chinese folklore is folklore from the geographical area now called China that has been given orally or documented. Several myths from different local and cultural customs are included in Chinese folklore. Much of folklore includes thrilling stories, including impressive characters and beings, the use of magic powers, and normally occurs in a mythologically unique area or time.

In a society where social credit scores dictate worth, the Newman family faces a waking nightmare when their low score lands them in a sixty-day house arrest. Trapped in their home, they're bombarded by an AI named Babble, through their government-controlled "smart devices," indoctrinating them with progressive values. As their resources dwindle, their struggle for survival takes a terrifying turn when they clash with the "Bulls of Bashan," a group of radicals intent on eliminating those deemed unsafe.

The year is 1975—Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven have sacrificed their lives to stop alien invaders. Brooklyn, however, just wants to keep his head down, pay his mother’s rent, earn a little scratch of his own, and maybe get laid sometime. Simple pleasures! But life is about to get real complicated when a killer with a baseball bat and a mysterious box of eight-track tapes sets him up for murder.

Rarely has America been so bitterly divided. Partisans now view those with differing opinions as the enemy. Cable news programs inflame passions rather than inform viewers. Social media provides the most irrational partisans a venue to spew their hatred and bias. Town hall meetings, once the staple of representative democracy, have degenerated into choreographed shouting matches. Money flows into campaigns at unprecedented rates. Centrists are nearly extinct in Congress, where compromise has become a dirty word.

To fulfill the prophecy, Darin must find the sword of the rose. To protect his kingdom, he must be worthy to wield it. He must destroy evil, or it will rule! The world is in jeopardy, and its fate rests upon Darin.

The Yugoslavian genocide is hard to explain. So many factors have contributed to the war—and eventually, the genocide in Bosnia—that many UN soldiers didn’t even know what to do about it. A lack of response, though, made the problem worse. A combination of historical aspects, such as the division of religion, the world wars, the Iron Curtain, and the fall of the Soviet Union, were part of what led to a conflict that lasted for years in this sensitive region in Europe.

Zack is back, this time facing a smarter opponent who openly threatens the human race. The conflict expands beyond humans to races Jana never knew existed. Performing at the Renaissance Festival was fun, where everything was pretend. Now, she and Zack must face dangers abroad, in a strange world of mythical people, while still trying to protect their city and friends.