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"Patriot Acts" is a darkly comedic political satire, wrapped inside a legal thriller. The story, which takes place in the not-too-distant future, centers on the plight of an immigrant teenager, snatched from her mother at a border crossing as part of a cruel family separation program. She's shipped off across the U.S. and threatened with deportation, even though she's receiving critical medical treatment. Her volunteer lawyers, on a whim, attack the Government Officials behind these schemes, labelling them as domestic terrorists, invoking the Patriot Act, the post 9/11 anti-terror law.

With The Science Fact Book for Children, you transform learning into an adventure—education into entertainment. The trick is to make it fun, easy to grasp while using it as an opportunity for whole-family bonding—and that’s exactly what this narrative journey across science and engineering is designed to do. Science is all around us, and it holds the answers to everything. It’s endlessly fascinating, and when presented at the right level, it can ignite young imaginations and spark lifelong curiosity and a love of learning.

Some paranormal phenomena and powers of the mind are real, but mainstream science dismisses it all as fantasy. The Science of the Paranormal looks toward the overwhelming evidence that something weird and wild lies behind our everyday reality. Credible witnesses have seen paranormal activity with their own eyes. Scientists have studied it in their labs. And everyday we see depictions of it in popular media like Stranger Things and X-Men. Separate fact from fiction in this book and get answers to questions like:

As a high-level consultant at an investment firm, Cash Kristiansen is used to the isolation of big-city corporate life—and the growing distance from family. So when his estranged aunt makes a series of desperate calls, urging him to return to Salt Cliff Isle, he reluctantly agrees to visit. But what was supposed to be a short family visit quickly spirals into a dark mystery when Cash arrives to find the island shaken by a brutal death.

Sheldon Majors and This Queer Love is the gripping second installment in a coming-of-age series that continues Sheldon’s emotional and transformative journey into adulthood. As his senior year wraps up, Sheldon finds himself at a crossroads, struggling to carve out his identity in a world filled with new responsibilities and challenges. With a job at the local factory where both his parents work, he faces the tension of figuring out his future in a small town, surrounded by a diverse group of people who bring both unexpected friendships and new bullies into his life.

Sheldon Majors has always known that he was different. Growing up on a farm in a small, conservative town, he faced the harsh realities of being different—especially when it comes to his sexuality. In the first installment of the Sheldon Majors series, Sheldon navigates the turbulent waters of adolescence, dealing with bullies, family dynamics, and his first love, all while coming to terms with who he truly is.

The world knows him as Johnny DayWalker, the vampire whose willingness to challenge the status quo fundamentally changed the dynamic between our two species worldwide. But if you ask him, he’s just a guy who fell in love with a human. Interview with the Vampire meets Warm Bodies in this memoir of an isolated vampire who longed for a different kind of life. His story urges us not to take for granted the things that make us human, and to appreciate the beauty in our mortality.

Daniel Lyon lives his life in virtual reality. His days are filled with games and friends and a family that loves and cares for him. Until one day, when terrorists rip it all away. Motivated by an unrelenting desire to even the score, Daniel leaves home and enlists in the Defense Force. There, he learns to pilot some of the military’s most secure intelligence collection assets: robotic Starlings that look and sound like the real thing.

AWE (the Artificial Wisdom Engine) is developed by our heroes to avert a catastrophic tipping point predicted by a climate model. AWE must also combat pernicious disinformation, particularly the fake news generated by an industrialist—a psychopathic and murderous antagonist linked to Putin, who is determined to protect his and his clients' interests.