BROKEN is a hard-boiled tale of betrayal, forbidden desire, and the kind of secrets that don't stay buried.In a West Palm Beach, Florida neighborhood where everybody knows everybody-and everyone tells the whole truth, sometimes-fourteen-year-old Rosie Salvo is found dead in a secluded town preserve that the residents use as a dump. A discarded washing machine, dumped there by a local resident, leads to the discovery of her body. But the scene doesn't look like an a...

A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry is a comprehensive and accessible account of the development of astronomical thought from ancient times to the early twentieth century. The book traces the evolution of humanity’s understanding of the cosmos, beginning with the earliest observations of the stars and planets by ancient civilizations such as the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks. Berry explores the revolutionary ideas of figures like Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newt...

After welcoming the congregation, the priest continued to announce the opening hymn, making no mention of why he had replaced Father Carmichael for the service. It raised the curiosity in Connie, especially as the rest of the congregation seemed relaxed and familiar with the priest addressing them. As the service continued, Connie found herself looking around the church to see if Father Carmichael had arrived. Peering through two pillars adjacent to their pew, her gaze fell upon a commemor...

From a celebrated New York Times bestselling author comes a Cotton Malone adventure in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure known as Yamashita’s Gold.In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the Uni...

The Dark Side of the MoonA Lester Caine Private Eye Novel--------------------------------------------fred berr's Lester Caine hard-boild noir fiction, finds the detective tracking another murderer. Someone hung the Silver Screen's top female box office attraction from the balcony of her Palm Beach mansion. Lester Caine and his associate, Scarecrow, must hunt a murderer from the Florida beaches to the glitter and sometimes sinister make-believe world of a foreign fil...

In the twenty-two essays collected here, Wendell Berry, whom The Christian Science Monitor called "the prophetic American voice of our day," conveys a deep concern for the American economic system and the gluttony of consumerismWendell Berry identifies himself as both "a farmer of sorts and an artist of sorts," which he deftly illustrates in the scope of these essays. Ranging from America’s insatiable consumerism and household economies, to literary subjec...

The second volume of the Library of America's definitive two-volume selection of the nonfiction writings of our greatest living advocate for sustainable culture.Writing with elegance and clarity, Wendell Berry is a compassionate and compelling voice for our time of political and cultural distrust and division, whether expounding the joys and wisdom of nonindustrial agriculture, relishing the pleasure of eating food produced locally by people you know, or giving voi...

This Writer's Cut edition of The Malta Exchange features fascinating behind-the-scenes commentary read by the author.In the latest thrilling Cotton Malone adventure from international bestseller Steve Berry, one by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world.After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from ...

THE ALFIE AND ZOELLA A-Z is the ultimate guide to one of the hottest and most popular new celebrity couples. As part of the vlogging super elite, Alfie Deyes and Zoe Sugg (aka 'Zalfie'), have risen to the top of online fame and share their world with millions of devoted followers.Ever since 2013 when they confirmed their romance, the internet superstars have thrilled fans and become huge sensations, both onscreen and off. This book takes a look into their lives, from fledgling roma...

During the otherwise quiet course of his life as a poet, Wendell Berry has become “mad” at what contemporary society has made of its land, its communities, and its past. This anger reaches its peak in the poems of the Mad Farmer, an open–ended sequence he's found himself impelled to continue against his better instincts.These poems can take the shape of manifestos, meditations, insults, Whitmanic fits and ravings—these are often funny in spite of themselves. The Ma...

Inspired by the beloved, Emmy Award–winning TV show Ted Lasso, a collection of 50 recipes, DIY ideas, and other Easter eggs for anyone who believes that Football is Life!Keep calm and carry on, the Unofficial Ted Lasso Cookbook is here. Perfect for fans in need of sweet treats to numb the sting of defeat, or those who agree that tea tastes like hot brown water, this collection of recipes will warm your heart and fill your stomach. Featuring delici...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.​All of us together—city people and country people—have to eat. The most significant aspect of the agricultural crisis, Wendell Berry argues, is that we rely on others, namely large-scale farmers, to produce food and carry out land stewardship on our behalf. He believes that it’s dangerous to depend upon the industries that are involve...