Barrett: 1153 books

Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats poses a serious global challenge, but ignoring them could have disastrous consequences. How do we engineer institutions to change incentives so that these...

Callan Jones is a bright new hockey star having the time of his life -- and the hard-hitting, goal-scoring, trash-talking winger has the whole league riled up in a hissy-fit. Only one thing could ever trip up the invincible youngster: the fact that he likes guys. Good thing he's managed to keep that...

When the next King of country music offers to take you under his wing, what's a girl to do? Pinch herself, of course. Repeatedly. Then take the offer! Quinn Winters is tired of being the actress known for most killed off characters. After discovering her love of music when her last role...

He knows the invite is an ambush.But a weekend in New York City might be Brayden's last taste of civilian life. It's not like he wants to join the Army. But ever since Brayden's post-college plans fell apart, he's needed a major change to get his life back on track – whether or not his older brother...

Jocks are nothing but trouble. Student journalist Lane Matthews knows that all too well, which is why he's dreading his latest assignment: to write an intimate exposé of the most popular athlete on campus, River Brame. But River isn’t your typical goal-scoring stud with a stupidly...

One desire on his mind ...Straight-boy and stand-out college athlete Kevin Westbrook's whole life has been driven by one goal: to make it to the professional hockey league. But even though he's chiseled, he's still just too lean to play against the muscle-bound athletes that dominate the pros.And now...

In the not too distant future, newly developed biotechnology has enabled the creation and production of genetically engineered humanoid bodies that can be remote piloted for use in dangerous work conditions, sports and recreation. Indistinguishable from the normal human by any indicator aside from...

For many years, people have whispered the name Illuminati. They do so in hushed tones as they refer to an organization so mysterious and Machiavellian, that to date, no one can be certain they truly exist. If such an organization truly did exist, how far reaching could their plans possibly be? Would...

Those who own the past will write the future As far as history is concerned, Paul was never born, never attended school, never held down a job or even had an address. It makes him a hard man to find, an excellent temporal agent and history’s best defender. Time itself is under threat from...

In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them. Thieves,...

When the machine went into bonus mode, irrespective of whether it was Cleopatra or Used Cars, head-witch would shout to her two followers, "Touch it!" and the two would dutifully start touching the 'belly' of the machine.  "Rub it!" she would order, and they would both...

WHEN BAD things happen, the erudite Chinese does not look up at the skies and ask "Why?" Instead, he looks at his house, his job, his spouse and decides which of these three is causing the problem. On rare occasions, it is the latter, but the Chinese learned in his astrology would have avoided...

IT HAS been seven months since the planets and airlines aligned so that we might find ourselves in the same country, in the same space, face to face.  Normally this kind of movement in the skies only occurs once every two years.  After 25 years of being there for each other through heart-break,...

Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the day: America's Mayor, the father figure we could all rely on to be tough, to be wise, to do the right thing. In that uncertain time, it was a comfort to know that he was on the scene and in control, making the best of a dire...