"Todd loves his basement worm farm. Worms are fascinating creatures--it's just a convenient bonus that they happen to gross out his family. But when Todd starts to find worms in unlikely and unwanted places--like his bed, his toothbrush, and his spaghetti--the tables have turned. Now Todd is the one running scared!"--

In a Turkish headquarters the world's top earthworm scientists concoct a plan to find and name their ultimate discovery. Nothing will stop them as they travel to all corners of the world with spades, GPS worm locators and secret worm outing fluids to unearth their prize. But love turns savage when things don't go to plan and the worm gets the upper hand. An epic adventure into an underground science and an unstoppable passion.

A fictional love story that happened trillions of years ago in a world with no humans and inhabited by animals. They were intelligent with developed technology. Their emotions and behavior were the same or similar with what humans have today. They could be very hurt or very happy, and enjoyed peace and harmony. The silkworm lived in the forest and the leech worm lived in the city. They fell in love and got married. Their ambitions were different,...

New York City, 1990: When you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns that the hard way after her girlfriend Donna vanishes without a trace. Only after the disappearances of several other impoverished women does Monique hear the rumors. A taloned monster stalks the city's underground and snatches victims into the dark. Donna isn't missing. She was taken. To save the woman she loves, Monique must descend deeper than the...

Little Nutbrown Hare and Little Field Mouse befriend a green caterpillar. / Little Field Mouse and Little Nutbrown Hare's favourite tree falls over.

"Negative emotions like anger, spite, contempt, and envy are widely seen as obstacles to a good life. They are like the weeds in a garden that need to be pulled up before they choke out the nice plants. This book argues that bad feelings aren't the weeds; they are the worms. Many people are squeamish about them and would prefer to pretend they aren't there, but the presence of worms mean the garden it thriving. I draw on insights from the history...

"When a transphobic woman bombs Frankie's workplace, she blows up Frankie's life with it. As the media descends like vultures, Frankie tries to cope with the carnage: binge-drinking, sleeping with strangers, pushing away her friends. Then, she meets Vanya. Mysterious, beautiful, terrifying Vanya. The two hit it off immediately, but as their relationship intensifies, so too does Frankie's feeling that Vanya is hiding something from her. When Vanya's...

The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals. In eighteenth-century England-where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine-the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But, as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved steadily. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her...