Alina, Quinn, and Bea, now outlaws and outcasts, make their way to the last enclave of the Resistance, but once there, they discover they can count on no one but each other and may, in fact, have to betray those they considered allies.

"The last ten years have done quantifiable damage to Americans' sense of security, both physical and economic. From the ravages of Hurricane Katrina to the collapse of the housing market, the last decade has been a relentless assault on our sense of invulnerability and insulation from natural and financial disasters. In response to this, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans have proudly become "preppers." Preppers are a community and a movement;...

From the "boots on the ground," often dangerous efforts to stop the horrid spread of infectious diseases on the Yukon and Kuskokwim, to pioneering efforts. Rescuing a badly aborted Russian girl from the Bering Sea and then a Medivac to Moscow led to shocking personal contacts in Russia, which directly resonate to this day. Rogues and Rascals abound in Anchorage.

Jose Luis Fernandez fought an underground war against the dictator of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, late 1950s. Jose was imprisoned and tortured twice, but he never stopped believing in the cause, he never stopped believing in the revolution, he never stopped believing in their leader, Comandante Fidel Castro. After succeeding against Batista, Jose found himself close enough to Fidel Castro to realize his life had changed, but it was not for what he had...

Being a survivor of institutionalized abuse from the late 1950s in Ireland, author Josie Dias Wallace describes her journey after leaving a convent and embarking on a new adventure in England, UK, where she settled permanently alongside her sister Mels, RIP.

When 17-year-old Selma van de Perre lost her father to Holocaust, she had her mother and siblings to take refuge in, but when she lost her mother and sister too, she was devastated. Hurt, humiliated, and angry, Selma vowed to avenge her family. In an act of defiance and daredevilry, she joined the Jewish resistance movement. This is the story of Selam van de Perre, the woman who was ready to risk it all to resist the Nazis. Under a pseudonym, under...

In the summer of 1727, Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food, and only the end of the world can explain why no boat returns to collect them.

Elvene, a solo Space Corps agent, is on a reconnaissance mission when she is ambushed by space marauders: militaristic robotic drones, designed to hunt and kill. She escapes by taking refuge on an uncharted planet, where she discovers the Kiri, an unknown tribe living a subsistence life on an ocean archipelago. They have no knowledge of her world nor her of theirs; but they readily adopt her and give her the title of Ocean Woman.

"I've decided to write it down. Later, when he is a grown man and I might have the fortune to still be alive, I will no longer remember one thing or another. I will, therefore, whenever I am able to steal a moment's time, record what is happening with us and around us while he is becoming accustomed to life-to this life which seems to offer little more than death." -Katharina Berger On the brink of World War II, Katharina Berger was the most sought-after...

Marte, 2628. Olympus es una gran corporación que se extiende por la galaxia y divide a la sociedad en trece Servicios basados en las funciones de los antiguos dioses olímpicos. Asha es una hades y lleva toda la vida rodeada de muerte. Ianthe es una deméter y lleva toda la vida enraizada en la soledad. Cuando ambas entran en la Akademeia, ya saben lo que les espera: tres años de internamiento y la Odisea, la prueba por grupos donde se elige a los...