A dazzling tour of the history of technology and its complex relationship to the human bodyWhat is the relationship between our bodies and our senses and technology? In today's world of blinding technological change, of artificial intelligence and deepfakes and Chat GPT, it is easy to forget that we have always had complicated relations with technology—whether that technology is computers, player pianos, and even eyeglasses.In this wide-ranging and fascinating study, Vanessa Chang takes us on a historical tour of the interactions between our bodies and machines, showing that the advent of new technologies has always been met with varied reactions, from misplaced fear to tragic over-optimism. The result is cultural critique of the highest order and a profound demonstration of the eternal truth that in order to understand the future, we must look to the past.

"Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None gets a wicked update." —Publishers WeeklyThree courses. Seven guests. One card.It's a deadly evening they'll never forget.Seven strangers meet for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening winds down, seven cards appear, one in front of each of the guests. On the card is a number – the age at which they will die. Thinking it an elaborate prank, the guests disperse into the night, hoping to forget the morbid evening forever.Two weeks later, one of them is dead at exactly the age the card predicted.It must be a coincidence. But as more guests die, each one dead at the same age as their card, it soon becomes clear that something much more sinister is afoot. Now, it's up to the quickly dwindling group to figure out who (or what) was behind that fateful dinner party, before their numbers catch up with them.Told from the perspectives of...

Sometimes the truth can set you free — Sometimes it can kill you…Detective Dawn Grave never expected to return to the remote rural town she fled as a teen. But when the cold case surrounding her brother's suspicious death is reopened, she's sucked back into a terrifying past.Tackling her demons, she begins clearing out her brother's belongings, exposing a secret that local police officer Rick Constable has kept close to his chest for too long. It might explain Rick's instant animosity toward her, but it could implicate him in her brother's death. She needs to interview him to discover more.There's only one problem…Rick's car has been discovered near a remote outback tourist resort, abandoned, with blood inside—leaving Dawn wondering if Rick is a murderer, or the killer's next victim...

In a game built for men, I came to make history. As the only girl on an all-male Division I hockey team, I’m not a novelty—I’m a threat. A spark in a powder keg of testosterone. But I didn’t come to play nice. I came to dominate. I didn’t expect them… The golden boy captain who carries the team on his shoulders. The brooding guardian with a darkness that calls to me. The hot and cold viper who kisses me breathless in dark corners—then acts like it never happened. And the quiet bruiser who speaks my language in video games. I live with them. Train with them. Compete against them. They’re temptation wrapped in danger— And the first ones to ever look at me like I belong. But this game has enemies off the ice too. And someone wants to break me for good. Let them try. Because I’m not just here to play. I’m here to rewrite the rules and claim my legacy. *** Stick It is an enemies to lovers, forbidden, ice hockey romance where the FMC ends up with more than one love interest. The series consists of interconnecting standalones that can be read in any order.

FBI Agent Riley Paige faces a calculating serial killer who turns abandoned classrooms into macabre crime scenes, complete with unsolved math problems on the blackboard. As each equation leads closer to long-hidden victims, Riley must confront a past haunted by loss and a future threatened by a murderer's cold logic.FBI Special Agent Riley Paige must fend off her own demons and her dysfunctional family life as she races against time to enter the mind of a diabolical killer days away from striking again - one who may even be more brilliant than her. Can she stop him in time?

How far will they go to find their story?When Alexis meets Maeve – a reclusive woman in her eighties – they feel an unexpected and beautiful kinship. Alexis is embracing nomad life after burning out as a big-shot editor. And Maeve is mourning her glory days as a bestselling author.Their friendship inspires Maeve to write again. Her last novel pours out of her - a story of love and heartbreak, centred around a bookshop in 1950s Paris.But the line between fact and fiction is as fine as a whisper, and the novel unfurls a long-buried mystery, one that has haunted Maeve's existence.And will reverberate into the lives of both women, decades later...PRAISE FOR IRIS COSTELLO'A rich and tender story' Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things'The perfect winter read' Amanda Prowse, To Love and Be Loved'Spellbinding, addictive, and beautifully written' Sophie Irwin, A Lady's Guide to Fortune...

I should have died in those woods. When the rusty teeth of a bear trap snapped shut on my ankle, my city-girl life was over. Then he appeared from the mist, a behemoth of leather and muscle on a roaring bike.Dante.He rescued me, but he did not save me. He brought me into the heart of his territory: Landslide, a town ruled by his motorcycle club, the Midnight Riders. A town that does not exist on any map.Now, his electric blue eyes follow my every move. His touch is an icy fire I cannot resist. He says I am his. And in a town where the bikers are the only law, I have no choice but to obey.Moonlit Thirst is the first gripping book in the Midnight Riders MC paranormal romance series. If you love possessive alpha heroes, high-heat encounters, and a touch of darkness, you will adore Nikki Riker's addictive new story. Open the cover and see what destiny has in store.Complete romance with series-wide mystery. Read in...

A troubled sailor. A hundred-year-old sailboat. An ancient curse. Welcome to award-winning author John Hornor Jacobs’ nautical nightmare.It begins and ends as always, with the sea. Sam Vines is struggling. Her boat is up on the hard and she doesn’t have enough money to get her back in the water. Turns out the snorkelers and the scubadivers are looking for the ultra-luxury boating experience, not the single-handed, rarely sober, snarky stylings of sailboat captain Samantha Vines. So it’s a good thing when her former crewmate Loick asks her to help deliver a massive, hundred-year-old sailboat from Seattle to England. Sam is the only one who can handle the ship’s engine, and did Loick mention that the money is good? It’s very good.The Blackwatch is a huge boat. An ancient boat. It’s also probably (definitely) haunted.Sam’s alcohol withdrawal (sobriety is important at sea) has her doubting her senses, but when...