After being attacked by a homeless man, Roger Treebolt discovers a strange list of information that soon gives him insomnia. Enter Frank, a mysterious man in an orange raincoat who flies Roger to a secluded cave in the mountains, where he's introduced to Morzan the Slayer and his Telaheens, and quickly learns of a dangerous alien conspiracy. After a short conversation with God, Roger Treebolt receives a supernatural number sequence plus a powerful weapon, and soon enough an intense battle is underway... (Three bonus short stories also included.)

Max Reynolds failed as a writer. Yet Max Reynolds continues to write. He must write every day or he will sink into an almost catatonic depression. This is Max Reynolds' story, told mainly through samples of his writing.

Chapters: The Harvard Calculating Savant (fiction), Iterating Summation of Digits of Divisors to Reach 15, '60000006' in the Decimal Expansion of Pi^e, Primes Made from Powers of Ten and Fibonacci Numbers, 1729 and Brilliant Numbers as Sums of Two Cubes, On Factorials and Squares, The Famous Frank Cole Factorization and Repunits Squared Factorizations, Ten's Complements of Brilliant Numbers, Fractal Art, The 379009 Upside Down Calculator-Word Prime, Palindrome*2+1 To Get Another Palindrome, A Cautionary Tale On Collaboration, Smarandache Car Prime, The Sopfr(n) Earls Conjecture, A Challenge for Mrs. Thornburgette (fiction) Jason Earls is a guitarist, computational number theorist, and concrete poet. He is the author of the Underground Guitar Handbook, Numbers for Wittgenstein, Red Zen, Math Freak, How to Become a Guitar Player from Hell, and other books.

Ingenious tickling machines, one hundred point bucks, knife fights at class reunions, death metal bands having deep philosophy discussions, law-breaking poster tricks, a blues guitarist meeting Eric Clapton in the form of Barack Obama, flying quad-runners, world record back busters, 'That Man is a Sinner' by Jason Earls has it all.

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh! New magic and new threats take flight in Book Two of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation. "Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." —The Washington Post Darkness falls… despair abounds… evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix. Now Eragon must travel to Ellésmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust. Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . . This updated edition of Eldest includes: · A sneak peek of Murtagh · One section of a brand-new Alagaësia map by Christopher, with a unique code that will unlock a different piece of exclusive digital content. Collect all 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle to see the full map and unlock all bonus content! · A redesigned cover using the iconic original art

In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.