*** 'Fatal Fishing' takes place in Sinful, Louisiana, a charming little town created for the 'Miss Fortune' series by Jana DeLeon.When a small domestic disaster prompts a memory from Gertie, she and Ida Belle entertain Fortune by recalling an unusual case that happened in the summer of 1993.

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Pirate Gow (Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) Barbarossa—Kin...

*** 'The Body in the Bog' takes place in Sinful, Louisiana, a charming little town created for the 'Miss Fortune' series by Jana DeLeon. The story is set immediately following the events in her first book of the series, 'Louisiana Longshot.'What is it with this town and bones? Fortune Redding can't believe her bad luck in discovering bones, especially human bones. Fortune already knows Ida Belle and Gertie, founding members of the Sinful Ladies Society, are knee-deep in secrets, bu...

*** 'Targeted by the Tempest' takes place in Sinful, Louisiana, a charming little town created for the 'Miss Fortune' series by Jana DeLeon.This story is a flashback of events that happened long before Fortune arrived in Sinful. It explores one particular holiday weekend when our feisty friends from the Sinful Ladies Society were still relatively young women and Walter had high hopes for a romance with Ida Belle.With Marge vacationing in Seattle, Ida Belle, Gertie, and Walt...

Deadly Sails - Complete Collection surveys the perilous maritime imagination, assembling sea adventures in which shipwreck, piracy, mutiny, exploration, and supernatural menace test both seamanship and moral resolve. Its range extends from historical romance and juvenile adventure to Gothic terror, detective intrigue, speculative voyage, and psychologically charged tale. Storm-bound passages, lost islands, naval confrontations, and uncanny waters make the sea not merely a setting but an ac...

The 'The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures' serves as a treasure chest of maritime narratives, uniting a spectrum of voices that sail across various oceans of literary styles and epochs. This anthology not only recounts high-seas adventures but also plumbs the depths of human ambition, camaraderie, and betrayal. From swashbuckling pirates to stoic adventurers seeking untold treasures, the collection showcases an eclectic range of storytelling, inclu...

The Future of Youth Violence Prevention: A Mixtape for Practice, Policy, and Research focuses on innovative approaches to youth violence prevention that utilize consistent principles found within existing best practices but are dynamic and adaptable across settings—and the sociohistorical and cultural realities of those settings. This book features scholars anchored in applied practices who can ground these forward-thinking strategies in the substantive base of research and theory...

The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research from the region, together with an appraisal of models developed to interpret the data. It summarizes what we know of the peoples who lived in the Southeast more than 8,000 years ago—when giant ice sheets covered the northern part of the continent, and such mammals as elephants, sab...

Matrix positivity is a central topic in matrix theory: properties that generalize the notion of positivity to matrices arose from a large variety of applications, and many have also taken on notable theoretical significance, either because they are natural or unifying. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date reference of important material on matrix positivity classes, their properties, and their relations. The matrix classes emphasized in this book include the cla...

8ight "Calling of a Lost Soul" is an autobiography where I tell my story of being shot eight times, paralyzed from the waist down, and left to die. Through real-life experiences, I share with you some of my darkest moments and how I overcame them. I never thought it could happen to me, but this experience became the catalyst for a deeper perspective within my life. You see, we all have this untapped reservoir of strength, but not everyone can tap into it. Would you believe...

Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is a volume featuring the most current research in biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at some of the familiar passages that may have been overlooked in the biblical text. New insights will be gained, a greater depth of understanding in the biblical text will be fostered, and a greater appreciation for women in the Bibl...

The ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This book covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital financing role in a fiscal federalist system, where subnational governments are responsible for financing the nation s essential physical infrastructure.Using the latest financial research and theory, Johnson, Luby and Moldogaziev use data-driven anal...