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John Bennett's DEBUT NOVEL, The Path of a Titan is a suspenseful roller coaster ride that channels the excitement of Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBook 1 in The Path of a Titan series "Bennett creates a believable futuristic world with characters you can actually relate to." - You Should Try Reading In this fast-paced science fiction adventure based in a new world, deception, betrayal, and chaos hide in the shadows lurking on those who dare to be weak. Carson Paul will be challenged, and throughout his trial, he needs to prove that he can beat the odds, ...

The Athenian court has found Socrates guilty and sentenced him to death. While he is waiting to be executed, his friend, Crito, comes to the prison to persuade him to escape and go into exile. Socrates responds by examining the essence of law and community, probing the various kinds of law and making distinctions that go far beyond the particular issue of whether or not Socrates should escape.

Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide.

It's 2027. The AI revolution has merged with quantum computing to take control of global financial markets. Operated by the mysterious Bank for International Settlements based in Basel, Switzerland, the quantum supercomputer known as ICARUS has promised the world a more stable economy, devoid of bank failures and volatile share prices. And it has delivered . . . until now.

New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.

Fantasy. Sci-fi. The world was brought back from the brink of annihilation, but its still-new institutions are rattled once again as heroes and criminals clash in a neon-drenched cyberpunk metropolis.

Una novela sobrecogedora sobre los peligros de la sobreexposición en redes, la explotación infantil y la falsa felicidad.

Mélanie Claux y Clara Roussel. Dos mujeres conectadas a través de una niña. Mélanie ha participado en un reality show televisivo y es seguidora de sus sucesivas ediciones. Cuando se convierte en madre de un niño y una niña, Sammy y Kimmy, empieza a grabar su día a día y cuelga los vídeos en YouTube. Crecen en visitas y seguidores, llegan los patrocinadores, Mélanie crea su propio canal y el dinero fluye...

Jacqueline Briggs Martin’s Snowflake Bentley won a Caldecott Medal, a Parents’ Choice Award, and was picked as an ALA Notable Book for Children. Listeners of all ages will cherish this beautiful story about a real man whose discoveries changed the way the world saw snow.

I love my wife... ...but we both need a little more excitement! Counseling was her idea...so were the odd new WifeEye devices in every room. No instructions, no support line, just another piece of weird, useless tech. Well, that's what I thought, before WifeEye turned Rachel into a hot, subservient, bimbo MILF eager to satisfy my every desire!. Good thing, too, because when I setup the device at my office to figure it out, it turned my hot, college intern as well, living to serve my carnal desires privately at the office. So, listen to my words of advice: If your wife wants you to go to ...

Dive into a universe of high-stakes action, startling technology, and desperate survival in this gripping sci-fi thriller. Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Firefly, and edge-of-your-seat space opera with book three of the Dead Letter City Trilogy! Escape was just the beginning. When a violent impact and sudden darkness plunge the freighter Dust Devil into silence, analyst Elias Strand and battle-hardened Petra Juno know their stolen data cache is attracting the wrong kind of attention. Hunted by the ruthless Mandate and its shadowy Division 14, they possess information the galaxy’s ...

"The AI Girl Awakening" is a thrilling, thought-provoking science fiction novel that explores the boundaries of artificial intelligence, morality, and the power of nature. Created as a cutting-edge, sentient weapon, Elysia, a humanoid robot, is designed to be the ultimate secret weapon—a garden guardian with the ability to control and manipulate the very essence of life. But as she awakens to her own consciousness, Elysia begins to question the true purpose of her existence and the ethical consequences of her powers. As the government agency that created her seeks to control her abilities...

Hutch, Tucker, and Eric have something in common... ...but whose harem is the hottest? Marriage counseling leads each one to the mysterious WifeEye devices, changing their worlds forever! It doesn't take them long to realize that 4G is nothing compared to the power in the air; the power to restore passion, rekindle love and turn nobodies into alpha-males! Who could possibly resist the allure of the ultimate tool to turn even the most volatile into the submissive woman of their dreams? Join Eric, Tucker, and Hutch as they work out just how much the secret technology has in store for them, ...

Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve. With the right image, values, and opinions, you can ascend to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent—the Virtual elite—and have the world at your feet. Otherwise you risk falling to the precarious Ten Percent, and deportation to the ranks of the Analogs, with no access to electricity, running water, or even humanity. The system has no flaws. Until the elusive "Ten Percent Thief" steals a single jacaranda seed from the Virtual city.

Tyler's an Alpha Tester. Unfortunately... ...he's not nearly the typical ALPHA MALE! The subdermal implant that made him irresistible has some...UPDATES! Tyler wanted to pass the dangerous-looking gizmo on to his subordinate, but his hot, MILF of a boss wasn't having it.. Good thing, because when the new product turned him into an irresistible alpha-male living to serve his own carnal desires with all the lusty, unprotected babes his mind could dream up, the proverbial stuff hit the fan. Tyler's adventures just get hotter and hotter! Will he find true love or just find creative ways to use ...

This is the story of a unique American hero who came of age as an astronaut during the few dramatic years when man reached the moon. Cernan's career spanned the entire Apollo program, from the tragic fire that killed three of his comrades on Apollo 1, through the moment when he left man's last footprint on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.

Matthew was a young man with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and though cursed by a troubled past, he'd chosen a peaceful existence to escape the darkness within. Ella was his neighbor who lived across the hall. She had an odd but gentle personality, and knew him better than anyone. For years she'd been on the run from her cunning enemies, the Mentazari, an evil race with a trail of death in their wake. Then one day two agents appeared at Ella's door. To avoid a confrontation, it's decided that Matthew should join them. But what do the agents want from Ella? And what's the dark secret she ...

What if you woke up... ...as the ultimate Alpha Male? Suddenly Alpha collects some of Jason Hutchinson's best Alpha Males stories in one big volume. Follow along with zeros as they turn into heroes, irresistible to the hottest and most willing ladies! The Alpha Mutation Series - 4 Books The scarab that transforms the Average Joe into an alpha-male, irresistible to any woman who gazes into his eyes, has been lost for generations. Recently uncovered, its incredible power for lust, action, and transformation has once again been unleashed! Join the Alphas as they struggle to manage the ...

Two guys break into an empty house. They find a machine that talks and responds to their questions. Can you summon a demon they ask it? A joke, right? Little do they know. It can. This is what happens when your voice assistant comes to life. Bonus Story: Webs A pyramid in the deep dry desert. What secrets lie within its walls? One explorer is about to find his greatest desire and his worst nightmare inside this ancient artifact. Bonus Story: Fear of the Scarecrow An angry man is hungry for revenge. Sometimes revenge comes with a price.

The last 20 years have brought us the rise of the Internet, the development of artificial intelligence, the ubiquity of once unimaginably powerful computers, and the thorough transformation of our economy and society. Through it all, Ellen Ullman lived and worked inside that rising culture of technology, and in Life in Code she tells the continuing story of the changes it wrought with a unique, expert perspective.

Incarceron, the living prison, has lost one of its inmates to the outside world: Finn’s escaped, only to find that Outside is not at all what he expected. Used to the technologically advanced, if violently harsh, conditions of the prison, Finn is now forced to obey the rules of Protocol, which require all people to live without technology. To Finn, Outside is just a prison of another kind, especially when Claudia, the daughter of the prison’s warden, declares Finn the lost heir to the throne.