It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall - those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future.Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire... the man who holds the key to the future - an apocalyptic power to be know forever after as the Foundation.
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.Enoch pleased God b
Amy Bloom was nominated for a National Book Award for her first collection, Come to Me, and her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Story, Antaeus, and other magazines, and in The Best American Sh
A"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live.A"These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed of being free and of buying the freedom of his closest friends. By the time he was sixty years old, Amos Fortune began to see those dreams come true. Amos Fortune, Free Man is a Newbery Award winner that is based on a true story.
In a whole Spider-Verse of spectacular super heroes, you just can’t beat the original, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Celebrate the ever-amazing Peter Parker and his crazy, nonstop life with these sensational adventures in web-slinging! First, discover ― along with Peter ― why with great power there must also come great responsibility, in an all-action retelling of Spidey’s origin! Join the wallcrawler and his biggest critic, J. Jonah Jameson, in the clutches of the Kingpin of Crime! See Peter’s Broadway plans ruined by the machinations of the Crime Master! And, as the ol’ Parker luck strikes yet again, feel the reptilian rage of the deadly Lizard ― and learn whether Spidey must sacrifice his own future to save the day!COLLECTING: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 51-52, Spider-Man: Master Plan (2017) 1, Spider-Man: Reptilian Rage (2019) 1, material from Marvel Action Origins (2021) 1
Where do our thoughts come from? Do we all see the same blue? And how much is our eye really like a camera? The tool that sets humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, and the most crucial pa
“A master of her craft.” —Maggie Shayne“I see a man. He is old. Very old. He will come into your life in a moment of danger. He will watch over you and protect you.” The gypsy’s hand gripped Tessa’
'Come and see the most terrifying creature on Earth-- the Skyfoofle!' yelled the mysterious man. ' A prize of 3500 chocolate biscuits will go to the person who can invent the most useful invention of
?They need to think big like I did. If they can see it in their head, they can get there.” Thinkin Big is the story of a kid whose dream was never supposed to come true: the story of a man who won hea
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changes—for the better, for the worse, for the outrageous—as a diverse cast of characters bounces from Italy to Idaho, questioning their roles in life and finding inspiration in the unlikeliest places.We all live like we’re famous now, curating our social media presences, performing our identities, withholding those parts of ourselves we don’t want others to see. In this riveting collection of stories from acclaimed author Jess Walter, a teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world's most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-on
Imprisoned in Liz's Toy Box, Staz is surprised by a visit from his older brother, the very man he came to Demon World Acropolis to see. But Blaz hasn't come to help Staz unlock the secrets of The Book
How do you comfort a man who has just lost his best friend? How does it feel to see fear in your wife's eyes? How does it feel to come home? This book takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Ir
