![]() But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. ![]() But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault. Nobody said it might actually get her killed. Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In this incredible retelling of The Princess and the Pauper, based on true events, authors Zoey Gong and Amanda Roberts bring to life the opulent and dangerous world of imperial consorts trapped within the great red walls of the Forbidden City. But living within the Forbidden City is even more dangerous than she imagined. ![]() And if she fails, if she is discovered, she will be guilty of treason and put to death.ĭaiyu cannot allow her family to suffer if it is within her power to save them, so she strikes the deadly bargain. In order to pull off the ruse, Daiyu must abandon everything she ever knew and become a completely different person, a person she despises. ![]() Living in poverty in the shadow of the Forbidden City, Daiyu never imagined that the life of the emperor would impact her own.īut a chance meeting with a girl who looks exactly like her changes everything.ĭaiyu's family is offered enough money to support them for life if she only agrees to take the stranger's place at the emperor's selection for new consorts. To save her family, one girl will sacrifice her very identity. ![]() ![]() Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya’s own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. ![]() How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. ![]() ![]() ![]() Widely heralded as a "masterful" (Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law offers "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation" (William Julius Wilson). ![]() This "powerful and disturbing history" exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review). Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction One of Publishers Weekly's 10 Best Books of the Year One of Bill Gates' "Amazing Books" of the Year ![]() |