Science FACTopia! is the sixth title in the bestselling FACTopia! series. Here you'll find an ingenious trail of 400 facts about space, animals, rocks and crystals, virtual reality, the body, coding, 3D printing, engineering, plants, fungi, math, and more, where each fact is connected to the next in hilarious and unexpected ways. You'll meet a parrot called Squawkzilla, find out about the fastest muscles in the body, discover gems that can change...

Samuel Branch can see and wield the energy around him to devastating effect. He makes his way teaching online classes and trying to mind his own business. When a dangerous messenger arrives from the unimaginably powerful Lords and Ladies, he has no choice but to follow the trail of a rising darkness. When an old lover resurfaces, though, he may find a rising darkness is the least of his problems.Bonus: Includes preview chapters of the second Sam Branch...

Explore the chilling history behind some of southwestern Pennsylvania's most horrifying murders. In 1907, a young girl was found dead in the Lyric Theatre, leaving behind an unwanted pregnancy and an abusive lover. On an otherwise quiet morning in 1891, a cartful of nitroglycerin exploded. The remains of the driver had to be gathered in a peck basket. The Cannonball Express lived up to its name in 1888, when an open switch caused it to shoot off...

Forensic pathologist and physician, Dr. Anya Crichton does not just examine the dead. She also treats survivors of sexual assault, and the women she now sees compel her to follow the trail of a violent serial rapist-who is becoming more brutal with each attack. When two new victims are stabbed to death, suspicion immediately falls on Geoffrey Willard, recently released from twenty years in prison for the vicious rape and murder of a teenage girl. As...

When Lydia Wood is left at the altar, she believes something beyond her groom's control has happened. Two years with no word have hardened her heart. She has to get away from her parents' constant urging her to choose an acceptable husband and wed. Becoming a Pinkerton agent suits her plans. Pinkerton Agent Jake Hunter has recovered from injuries that put him in a coma and a long convalescence. He realizes Lydia would have been injured had she been...

Bernie's got nothing nice to say about her friend Angelica's ex-husband. In fact, Marty, is a good-for-nothing disgraziad. But who would go so far as to poison him - and then pin the murder on Angelica? When Marty Alfano, Angelica's ex-husband, turns up dead inside the bakery, poisoned by the cookies she baked him, the bakery becomes a crime scene and Angelica the prime suspect. As Bernie follows the trail of money and deadly cookies, she realizes...

Who tossed three dead young girls into a ditch on the side of a one lane dirt road in south Georgia? And Why?It's after midnight when a teenager peers into the ditch. He couldn't believe his eyes. Sheriff Jada Steele arrives at the scene of the gruesome discovery. She jumped into the ditch, needing a closer look. Then she regretted it. The eyes of three dead young girls tied, bound, and gagged stared back at her. When the FBI database identified the...

No one is safe. Not when The Dollmaker lurks in the shadows. Dawn Hildegard's dream is to become a doctor, but for a woman in the 1920s, this is no easy task. When her best friend Rose is kidnapped by "The Dollmaker," a crazed serial killer who creates "art" from his victim's bodies, she drops everything to find her. With the help of a handsome new acquaintance and his mysterious brother, Dawn investigates the fascinating case: Women found dead...

JackWarLords MC, Book #3I'm Jack, the Jack of Spades, if you will. Life has always been a party for me, mostly fun and games even when I served my tours of duty. My brothers are all cards as well, so to speak. Together, we are the Warlords MC, on a mission to find a killer.We all follow the trail of Oscar Chapman, the only suspect we have found connected to the murder of our Captain and his family four years ago in a home invasion.When we finally...

'A diplomatic genius' Gordon Brown 'Tom Fletcher was the ultimate Downing Street operator' David Cameron From behind the trigger, there are only targets Having been made High Commissioner in Nairobi, Ed Barnes is keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. But when his daughter, Sophie, is kidnapped following a security crisis for which he is blamed, his attempts at normality fall apart once again. He finds himself at the heart of a complex...