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The Whispering Throne

Seer of the Reich, #1

by Michael Perry ...

Series Book 1 - Seer of the Reich
In 1545, in a remote Carpathian monastery, a tormented monk carves a throne from black oak felled beneath a blood moon. Its armrests are clawed hands straining to seize, its seat a lattice of thorns, its back an inverted Last Judgment where demons drag screaming angels into hell. Cursed in its final hour by a dying anti-cardinal, the Whispering Throne grants its sitter visions of tomorrow—exactly ... Read more

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In 1545, in a remote Carpathian monastery, a tormented monk carves a throne from black oak felled beneath a blood moon. Its armrests are clawed hands straining to seize, its seat a lattice of thorns, its back an inverted Last Judgment where demons drag screaming angels into hell. Cursed in its final hour by a dying anti-cardinal, the Whispering Throne grants its sitter visions of tomorrow—exactly
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Social Infrastructure in Neighbourhoods and Cities

Studying the Facilities That Sustain Community, Social Networks, and Trust

by Peter Dirksmeier, Angelina Göb, Liza Griffin, Kay Pallaris, Hannah Widmer, Lee Crookes, Beth Perry, Irene Manzini Ceinar, Regan Koch, Liz Cox, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika S. Svendsen, Michelle L. Johnson, Laura Landau, David Trouille, Michael DeLand, Alasdair Jones, Sophie Yarker, Luke Billingham, Alison Stennng, Olivia Theocharides-Feldman, Julia King, David Prytherch, Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiro, Mave Blackman, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Lucy Natarajan, Myfanwy Taylor, John Tomaney, Gesine Tuitjer, Leonie Tuitjer, Anna-Lisa Müller, Ersilia Verlinghieri, Rachel Aldred, Asa Thomas, Harriet Larrington-Spencer, Salene Schloffel-Armstrong, David Conradson, Owen Garling, Matthew Wolfe, Eric Klinenberg ...

From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this timely and accessible edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of social infrastructure—its origins, development, and practical impact.Packed with innovative case studies from the UK, ... Read more

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From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this timely and accessible edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of social infrastructure—its origins, development, and practical impact.Packed with innovative case studies from the UK,
... Read more
Forty Acres Deep

by Michael Perry ...

When farmer Harold wakes to find his wife dead beside him in bed and snow threatening to crush the last life from his dwindling farm, he takes drastic steps toward a fresh start. Set in a world of stark wintry beauty, Forty Acres Deep is the brief, unrelenting tale of one person's attempt to make sense of a world he no longer recognizes while pitilessly calling himself into account. Seamed with ... Read more

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When farmer Harold wakes to find his wife dead beside him in bed and snow threatening to crush the last life from his dwindling farm, he takes drastic steps toward a fresh start. Set in a world of stark wintry beauty, Forty Acres Deep is the brief, unrelenting tale of one person's attempt to make sense of a world he no longer recognizes while pitilessly calling himself into account. Seamed with
... Read more
The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

by Michael W. Perry ...

J. R. R. Tolkien fans who long for more of the joy they get from The Lord of the Rings will find it in the writings of William Morris. He created the literature that Tolkien brought to such perfection. As a young man writing his future wife, Tolkien mentioned the inspiration he was getting from Morris: "Amongst other work I am trying to turn one of the short stories [of the Finnish Kalevala] . . . ... Read more

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J. R. R. Tolkien fans who long for more of the joy they get from The Lord of the Rings will find it in the writings of William Morris. He created the literature that Tolkien brought to such perfection. As a young man writing his future wife, Tolkien mentioned the inspiration he was getting from Morris: "Amongst other work I am trying to turn one of the short stories [of the Finnish Kalevala] . . .
... Read more
Shadows & Reflections

A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology

by Roger Zelazny, Shannon Zelazny, Steven Brust, Kelly McCullough, Mark Rich, Jane Lindskold, Gio Clairval, Edward J. McFadden III, Steve Perry0, Gerald Hausman1, Warren Lapine2, Theodore Krulik4, Lawrence Watt-Evans5, Michael H. Hanson6, Shariann Lewitt7, Jay O’Connell8 ...

Shadows and Reflections is the Roger Zelazny tribute anthology you’ve been waiting for. Here are stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny. Finding Shadows and Reflections is like discovering a new Zelazny collection full of old friends that you thought you’d never see again. You’ll find stories set in many of your favorite universes ... Read more

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Shadows and Reflections is the Roger Zelazny tribute anthology you’ve been waiting for. Here are stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny. Finding Shadows and Reflections is like discovering a new Zelazny collection full of old friends that you thought you’d never see again. You’ll find stories set in many of your favorite universes
... Read more
Population: 485

Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time

by Michael Perry ...

“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle TimesWelcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ... Read more

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“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle TimesWelcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two
... Read more
Coop

A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting

by Michael Perry ...

“You can read Michael Perry’s Coop as an outrageously funny comedy about a semi-hapless neophyte navigating the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of the farming life. Please do, in fact. But scratch a little deeper, past Perry’s lusciously entertaining and epigrammatic prose, his ultra-charming combo of Midwestern earnestness and serrated wit, and you’ll find a reflective, sincere, and surprisingly ... Read more

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“You can read Michael Perry’s Coop as an outrageously funny comedy about a semi-hapless neophyte navigating the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of the farming life. Please do, in fact. But scratch a little deeper, past Perry’s lusciously entertaining and epigrammatic prose, his ultra-charming combo of Midwestern earnestness and serrated wit, and you’ll find a reflective, sincere, and surprisingly
... Read more
Million Billion

Brief Essays on Snow Days, Spitwads, Bad Sandwiches, Dad Socks, Hairballs, Headbanging Bird Love, and Hope.

by Michael Perry ...

In this fresh collection of "Roughneck Grace" columns, New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry reinforces his reputation as a writer navigating between the transcendent ("The conga line was no longer a line, but rather a fluid knot of nearly a thousand happy children winding in and around itself throughout the aisles of the auditorium while Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs ... Read more

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In this fresh collection of "Roughneck Grace" columns, New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry reinforces his reputation as a writer navigating between the transcendent ("The conga line was no longer a line, but rather a fluid knot of nearly a thousand happy children winding in and around itself throughout the aisles of the auditorium while Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs
... Read more
Project Echelon: Deadly Innocence

by Michael Perry ...

Eight-year-old Danny Woods can do things no kid should be able to do—hear thoughts, feel fear like it's his own, and move the world with a shove of his mind. Every time he uses it, it costs him: migraines, panic, and blank spots he can't explain.After a fresh start in Texas with mom Nora, a glossy flyer arrives for the Gifted & Exceptional Youth Program—and a woman who calls herself Archer begins ... Read more

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Eight-year-old Danny Woods can do things no kid should be able to do—hear thoughts, feel fear like it's his own, and move the world with a shove of his mind. Every time he uses it, it costs him: migraines, panic, and blank spots he can't explain.After a fresh start in Texas with mom Nora, a glossy flyer arrives for the Gifted & Exceptional Youth Program—and a woman who calls herself Archer begins
... Read more
Mourning Blade: A Supernatural Thriller

by Michael E. Perry ...

For centuries, grief has had a name.Forged in blood and sorrow, an ancient blade carries more than a razor's edge—it carries a curse. Born from unspeakable loss in old Japan, the weapon has left a trail of death across generations, feeding on rage, guilt, and the darkness buried deep inside the human soul.When the blade resurfaces in a quiet Texas town, violence follows.Detective Jackson, a hard ... Read more

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For centuries, grief has had a name.Forged in blood and sorrow, an ancient blade carries more than a razor's edge—it carries a curse. Born from unspeakable loss in old Japan, the weapon has left a trail of death across generations, feeding on rage, guilt, and the darkness buried deep inside the human soul.When the blade resurfaces in a quiet Texas town, violence follows.Detective Jackson, a hard
... Read more
God Switch

by Michael Perry ...

In the near future, the world doesn't end with mushroom clouds or alien ships. It ends with a five-year-old girl from a nowhere Texas town running a fever that won't break.Lily Cole starts coughing in Crawford, Texas—a place of feed stores, Friday night football, and a little Tex-Mex café where everyone knows your order before you sit down. Her dad, Ethan, does what any parent would do: he carries ... Read more

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In the near future, the world doesn't end with mushroom clouds or alien ships. It ends with a five-year-old girl from a nowhere Texas town running a fever that won't break.Lily Cole starts coughing in Crawford, Texas—a place of feed stores, Friday night football, and a little Tex-Mex café where everyone knows your order before you sit down. Her dad, Ethan, does what any parent would do: he carries
... Read more
Uncovering Earth's Prehistoric Secrets: 25 Essential Reads on Paleontology

Extinct Monsters, The Chain of Life in Geological Time, The Ancient Life History of the Earth, etc.

by John William Sir Dawson, Henry Alleyne Nicholson, H. N. Hutchinson, Roy Lee Moodie, Peggy Lou Stewart, Theodore H. Eaton, Joan Echols, William Boyd Dawkins, Georges baron Cuvier, Frederick Chapman, Francis Rolt-Wheeler, Gideon Algernon Mantell, Richard C. Fox, Harvey C. Markman, Storrs L. Olson, David C. Parris, Richard Owen, John Collins Warren, Dama Margaret Smith, Oliver Perry Hay, William Alvin Clemens, Walter Woelber Dalquest, E. Raymond Hall, J. Knox Jones, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Francis Speir, William Berryman Scott, James S. Findley, Michael Casilliano, Paul O. McGrew ...

Uncovering Earth's Prehistoric Secrets: 25 Essential Reads on Paleontology is a captivating anthology that explores the planet's ancient past through a multifaceted lens. This collection gathers a variety of essays and writings that delve into the wonders of paleontological discovery, revealing the rich tapestry of life's history on Earth. Each piece contributes a unique perspective, whether it be ... Read more

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Uncovering Earth's Prehistoric Secrets: 25 Essential Reads on Paleontology is a captivating anthology that explores the planet's ancient past through a multifaceted lens. This collection gathers a variety of essays and writings that delve into the wonders of paleontological discovery, revealing the rich tapestry of life's history on Earth. Each piece contributes a unique perspective, whether it be
... Read more

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