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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...
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"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...
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"A state of chaos, I know how that feels. The experiments doubled and went on longer than anyone would have thought. In a state formed strictly by classes, I got the brunt of the injustices. The only thing that keeps us going is the fear of the torture that'll be inflicted upon us if we stop.
Several years in the future a state has been blocked off for an "experiment" that has gone on way longer than expected. A group of strangers brought together...
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Ten women tell their stories of how failing suicide has led to thriving in life. Stories which are powerful, thought provoking and inspiring, covering subjects such as sex trafficking, domestic abuse, mental abuse, child abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, rape, cancer, poverty, prostitution, body dysmorphia and the pressures of the corporate world.Inside you will read of lead author Debbie Debonaire and her three attempts at suicide, all of which...
5) The Red Army's Do-It-Yourself, Nazi-Bashing Guerrilla Warfare Manual: The Partizan's Companion, 1942
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The WWII Soviet Guerilla training manual that became an essential text for freedom fighters across the globe-complete with illustrations.
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II, the Red Army began recruiting local partisans to help mount a resistance. This edition of The Partisan's Companion is the last-and-best Red Army manual used to train these men to fight Nazi invaders. Besides field craft, it covers partisan tactics, German...
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"When mankind's attempts to control nature backfire, Texas descends into a wasteland. Storms rage and ravenous beasts roam the Outer Grid. The only safe havens rest inside the tech-obsessed domed cities. But when her parents are murdered inside the Plex City dome, seventeen-year-old Juniper Conway wants revenge. Ties to her extended family threaten to pull her back as she runs from city to city. The Plex is endangering its citizens by legalizing a...
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Drawing on testimonies, memoirs, and personal interviews of Holocaust survivors, Françoise S. Ouzan reveals how the experience of Nazi persecution impacted their personal reconstruction, rehabilitation, and reintegration into a free society. She sheds light on the life trajectories of various groups of Jews, including displaced persons, partisan fighters, hidden children, and refugees from Nazism.
Ouzan shows that personal success is not only a...
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The army guide that taught WWII soldiers how to survive in the jungles and swamps of the tropics.
During the Second World War, Allied soldiers fought to survive not only encounters with the enemy but the landscape they found themselves in. Being posted to Southeast Asia and the Pacific to fight the Japanese meant soldiers had to learn to survive in the tropics, fighting and living in endless steamy jungle and perilous swamps. In this alien environment,...
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