Andrew Robinson

Without writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and essential part of our lives; but when did it start? Why do we all write differently and how did writing develop into what we use today? All of these questions are answered in this Very Short Introduction. Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egy...

While protecting her Overwatch squad as they rescue hostages from a Talon stronghold, sniper Ana Amari faces off against an unforeseen foe - a shooter who?s as good as she is. Ana must use all her wiles to get her people out of harm?s way, but at what cost?

When the Vishkar corporation finds its latest proposal to remodel a Brazillian city center blocked by a mayor’s collusion with a rival real-estate developer, they call on SYMMETRA — the super-powered identity of Vishkar’s young architech Satya Vaswani — to get the contract by any means necessary. Unfortunately, when events explode out of control, Symmetra finds herself in over her head... and wind...

Helix warrior Fareeha Amari - code name PHARAH - leads her squad to neutralize a dangerous artificial intelligence that has taken over omnic soldiers, intent on wreaking havoc in Egypt - and in the process, she learns a vital lesson about leadership and character.

Aleksandra Zaryanova is in over her head when Katya Volskaya sends her to eliminate the elusive hacker known as Sombra. At her wit’s end, Zarya reluctantly teams up with an omnic hacker. Butting heads all the way, they hone in on their target. Through strife, Zarya begins to realize that she will have to reassess her worldview about omnics being uniformly evil.

Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. These include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writin...

For nearly a decade Garak has longed for just one thing -- to go home. Exiled on a space station, surrounded by aliens who loathe and distrust him, going back to Cardassia has been Garak's one dream. Now, finally, he is home. But home is a world whose landscape is filled with death and destruction. Desperation and dust are constant companions and luxury is a glass of clean water and a warm pl...