Strange Days

My name’s Bill Ryder and five years ago I saved the world, banishing magic and monsters to the shadows. Not bad for a game programmer from New York. Anyway, I thought it was over, that I was done with all that supernatural crap. Too bad shit's about to get surreal again. Now the impossible has happened. My goddaughter is conjuring fireballs from thin air and two vampires have shown up at my doorstep looking to kick my ass.

Discover the hilariously weird origins of everyday life with “Wait, Why Do We Do That?”—the first book in a fun, laugh-out-loud series exploring bizarre traditions, quirky habits, and the strange things we take for granted. From why alarm clocks sound like trauma to how the Tooth Fairy started buying teeth, this book unpacks the stories behind the ordinary (but oh-so-weird) things we do, say, and believe. Perfect for fans of trivia, humor, and mind-blowing facts, “Wait, Why Do We Do That?” is your ultimate guide to understanding life’s little mysteries. What you’ll find inside...

Luke is the coolest sixth grader at Benjamin Wright Middle School. But when his dad dies unexpectedly—leaving the family penniless—his world is turned upside down. Forced to move with his family to Grandma’s house on Blackbeard Creek in the marsh, Luke must adjust to a strange, new life on the Georgia coast. In addition to the stress of being the new kid in school, Luke finds himself constantly teased and bullied by his mean cousin Buck. Just when he thinks life can’t get much worse, Luke almost drowns on a cold, moonless night while mullet jumping. Then, after Luke and Buck get ...

Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider’s account of the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America’s initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to finish the job.

Ever Strange is the first book in a new paranormal romantic suspense series from best-selling romance author Alisa Woods. The first three books in the series follow the three Strange sisters, each powerful witches in an influential magickal family embroiled in a mysterious plot to change everything about the magickal world.

SAME GREAT STORY WITH A BRAND-NEW COVER. FILLED WITH ACTION, ADVENTURE AND LOVE. "the Days of Rains (the Legend of Johnny Rains)" is from the author of "The Strange Husband and “The Journal of Snow Woman.” This is the story of Trace Williams, a mild-mannered farm boy, and his love for his childhood sweetheart, Carrie. The couple is separated, by both time and distance, when Trace leaves on a quest of vengeance for the death of his parents leaving Carrie behind. The search takes longer than Trace expects. There has been no communication between the two of them during all these months. On...

As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're left not with material stuff, but a ghostly and beautiful set of equations. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts, and surprising solutions, Weird Math leads us from a lyrical exploration of mathematics in our universe to profound questions about God, chance, and infinity. A magical introduction to the mysteries of math, it will entrance beginners and seasoned mathematicians alike.

A lot of degenerate comedians jump on a stage looking for fame, but Davy Dew was just addicted to laughter. Fame still crept up on Davy and hogtied him in a big way, with all the craziness and scandals that goes with it.

According to Littlewood's Law of Miracles (based on the theory of large numbers and probability), you should expect something truly unusual to happen every 35 days - so strange, in fact, that it will look like a miracle. This book explains how the improbable is probable by focusing on desultory decussation (where two random events from an interesting intersection - a synchronicity) and Littlewood's work in number theory at Cambridge University in the last century. Also explains such concepts as apohenia and patternicity.

Christmas: a time for family and festivity. Unless you’re in Adder’s Fork, home of the Essex Witch Museum, where it’s a time for ghostly spirits and demonic visits. In these 12 short stories, menacing ghosts and supernatural terrors haunt Rosie Strange and Sam Stone, as well as characters past and present from beyond the Essex Witch Museum. Featuring stories from The Strange Casebook as well as original short stories.

Twins Brian and Brenda have just moved to Salem's Hollow, so they haven't quite learned their way around town - or made any friends. But their decision to explore an abandoned old mansion suddenly changes all that when they run into CeCe, Bill, and Toby, the current members of the Strange Days Society. They explain that the mansion, called Kulp's Manor, is believed to be haunted. After photographing the house for a paranormal website, they invite Brian and Brenda to join them that evening for the first official meeting of the Strange Days Society.

Diesem Helden kann niemand widerstehen ... Christopher Boone ist fünfzehn Jahre, drei Monate und zwei Tage alt. Er kennt alle Länder und deren Hauptstädte sowie sämtliche Primzahlen bis 7507. Er liebt die Farbe Rot, sagt immer die Wahrheit und kann nur zwei Gefühle voneinander unterscheiden: Trauer und Glück. Unordnung, Überraschungen und Unbekannte kann er absolut nicht leiden.

Thirty-Three Stories of Family Fun, Relatively Strange Moments, and Happily Ever Laughter.

Clayton Matthews, if that’s his real name, is a child of the ‘70s. He smoked pot, drove fast cars, and chased women. He has compiled his experiences (names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent), into a hilarious look back at the ‘70s. Most of us over 50, will be able to relate to many of these stories, as we laugh our way through this audiobook. You won’t be able to stop listening!

Join Logan on his first adventure out on his family’s Scottish Farm. As his best friend Flora, the sheep dog, has gone missing, Logan searches around the Farm to ask the animals if they know where his friend might be. Their responses are not always what Logan expects. I wonder if you can guess what’s happened to her. But be prepared for a few surprises along the way.

The summer after her freshman year at all-Mormon Brigham Young University, Marguerite Farnsworth falls in love with philosophy by way of falling in love with an atheist philosophy student. Her search for Truth (with a capital T), God, the meaning of life, and a boyfriend leads her away from religious belief, but along the way she learns there are things even atheists can have faith in.