Dr. Amy Winslow tells the story: in foggy, nighttime San Francisco a jogging SFPD captain is savagely attacked by a Bengal tiger which then vanishes. In her ER, Amy labors unsuccessfully to save the captain’s life, then consoles his aggrieved closest friend, Lt. Luis Ortega. Neither suspects their lives will intertwine in a life-or-death mystery.The next day, checking on former patient Mrs. Hudson at her Victorian house isolated in Marin County’s forest, Amy discovers in the cellar...

Mayan Calendar Astrology: Mapping Your Inner Cosmos is the quintessential handbook you need to understand the art of Mayan astrology and how to harness it for a profound illumination of your personal lifepath. If you liked Jaguar Wisdom, this book will take you even deeper into the powerful insights that Mayan astrology can offer, whether you’re a seasoned expert or just a beginner.Included are:Complete information about the day signs and num...

“Johnson takes a big gamble by telling such a complex tale invoking every genre imaginable while juggling distinct and deep characterizations. The bet pays off, resulting in a story that will be popular with book clubs and fun to discuss.” —Associated PressNew York City, New Year’s weekend, 2001. Jillian Guthrie, a troubled young journalist, stumbles onto a tantalizing mystery: the same man, unaged, stands alongside Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gandhi ...

When young Billy and his mother encounter Mr. Simmons in the waiting room of a veterinary clinic, they uncover a disheartening misunderstanding. Mr. Simmons, an elderly man unable to read, believed he was awaiting an appointment with a doctor for humans, not a pet doctor. The medical symbol on the building had misled him.Moved by Mr. Simmons' plight, Billy is determined to help in a way that goes beyond merely directing him to the correct physician. With his mother – a compassionat...

Joe is an ordinary guy who overhears an extraordinary conversation. Now he's leaving his local barbeque restaurant intertwined in a plot against America. In his truck is a mysterious device holding a deadly virus, a nuclear weapon or something worse. Joe embarks on a quest that takes him through five states in search of someone to tell him what to do.

Gandhi led several important movements against british rule. The champaran satyagraha was organized to support farmers suffering under oppressive plantation systems. The non-cooperation movement encouraged indians to boycott british institutions and goods. The civil disobedience movement, which included the famous dandi salt march, challenged unjust colonial laws. In 1942, gandhi launched the quit india movement, demanding immediate independence. Apart from politics, gandhi emphasized soci...

Our lives are ruled by circumstances and becoming a victim at some point is inevitable. How we choose to handle it is up to us except when it is out of our control.

Kenneth Johnson has written a beautiful book that will open the door to the magic of the Baltics. Explore the Amber Coast and its many magical mysteries, meet a pagan sun goddess, and explore the spirituality of a people who were the last to convert to Christianity in long-ago Europe.Discover the Magic of the BalticsKenneth Johnson takes us on another magical journey in his third Crossed Crow Books title, Dance of the Sun Goddess: Pagan Folkways of the ...

This book sets out an account of the tools which Frobenius used to discover representation theory for nonabelian groups and describes its modern applications. It provides a new viewpoint from which one can examine various aspects of representation theory and areas of application, such as probability theory and harmonic analysis. For example, the focal objects of this book, group matrices, can be thought of as a generalization of the circulant matrices which are behind many important algori...

KU alumnus and Jayhawk enthusiast Kenn Johnson is back with even more legends and firsts. Notable coaches like Danny Manning, who won the national championship as a player in 1988 and again as part of the coaching staff in 2008, have shaped and molded the team throughout the decades. Players like Raef LaFrentz, who became the first Jayhawks player in twenty-seven years to average a double-double over an entire season, keep the fans coming back for more. From the history of the famous Allen...

- NEW! Six all-new approaches to surgical procedures have been added to the text. They include: - Approach to the Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disk and Foramen Through a Lateral Transilial Osteotomy - Approach to the Medial Region of the Shoulder Joint - Minimally Invasive Approach to the Shaft of the Humerus - Approach to the Lateral Aspect of the Hemipelvis - Minimally Invasive Approach to the Shaft of the Femur - Minimally Invasive Approach to the Shaft of the Tibia - NEW! Expanded covera...

Mythic Astrology: Archetypes in the Horoscope is no cookie-cutter astrology book that regurgitates commonplace jargon for the signs and planets. This is a book that weaves together the stories from classical mythology with the movement of the heavens to provide a broader understanding of how these two systems are so intimately linked. The core energy of each zodiac sign is revealed through the ancient stories or myths, created about them. These stories or myths have come down to us from th...