In 1969 teen twins, Myles and Rose Wallace, are looking forward to enjoying every minute of their summer before entering high school. During an eventful summer of the first moon landing, the Vietnam conflict and the Woodstock music festival, they lived an idyllic childhood in St. Charles, Missouri. Everything changes when a friend is bruitally murdered and they feel compelled to solve the crime.Adventure and danger follow them around the quaint river city as they collect clues and ...

There can only be one dominant life form on Earth.In the remote African wilderness, a rainforest is dying. But something else has come to life: A newly evolved predator that has survived the depredations of mankind, only to emerge from its natural habitat faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything humanity has ever faced.And it is no longer man.

This textbook describes the biomechanics of bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments. It is rigorous in its approach to the mechanical properties of the skeleton yet it does not neglect the biological properties of skeletal tissue. Time is taken to introduce basic mechanical and biological concepts, and the approaches used for some of the engineering analyses are purposefully limited. The book is an effective bridge between engineering, veterinary, biological and medical disciplines and will...

Since it was founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has stood as one of the world's greatest repositories of scientific information and investigation. This delightful book takes us behind the exhibits and shows us some of the great researchers and fabulous objects from the Museum's past and present, ranging through every department and focusing on fabulous tales and fascinating objects, both small and large, including:* the famous Oviraptor eggs unearthed in the Gob...

The new postapocalyptic thriller from the author of Invasive SpeciesIT’S THEIR TERRITORY NOW.Twenty years ago, venomous parasitic wasps known as “thieves” staged a massive, apocalyptic attack on another species—Homo sapiens—putting them on the brink of extinction.But some humans did survive. The colony called Refugia is home to a population of 281, including scientists, a pilot, and a tough young woman named Kait. ...

Prayers on Blessing is a prayer book for those who wish to ask for the blessings of God as every child of God is endowed with Gods blessing. It is only sin that prevents anybody from obtaining the blessings of God. The book highlights some of the areas in the scripture where the reader can access blessings by following the Word of God. Some of the scriptures quoted show the areas in which Gods blessing can be obtained. Using this book regularly, backed by the faith in the quoted Word of Go...

Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York City. She’s got street smarts, boundless determination, and one unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in a baseball-mad city.From Coney Island sideshows to the brand-new Yankee Stadium, Diamond Ruby chronicles the extraordinary life a...

Jim Thompson, chief game warden of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, has a major problem. Three of his prized elephants have been gored to death in the past month. The only clues left are mysterious tracks reportedly belong to a creature long thought extinct. Thompson suddenly finds himself on a tumultuous adventure as he travels across the African continent, hoping to convince himself and the world that he is on the verge of an incredible discovery.He is not alone. On the othe...

A horrific creature is hunting and devouring tourists beneath the waves surrounding the Bahamas in this suspense thriller by the author of Below.The first attack occurs in the underwater caverns of the Bahamas. Two professional divers exploring the unknown. A monstrous flesh-ripping predator they never see coming . . .Now the attacks are coming closer and closer to shore. A sun-soaked playground for sea-loving tourists. A feasting ground for whatev...

What begins as the yearly fishing adventure of four old friends into the vast Ontario wilderness becomes a bone-chilling ordeal of terror so intense that one of them vows never to return again. In the company of his best friend, and with beautiful anthropologist Monica Weller, a Russian scientist, a Cree Indian guide named Archie Crow and Archie's daughter, Lorena, both of whom know the eerie truth, millionaire Lucas Tanner returns to the Canadian wilderness to seek the strange and terrify...

**A terrifying new species of predator is loose in a New England resort town in this “**wholly enthralling hulk of a summer beach read” (Publishers Weekly).On a hot summer night in Montauk, the bodies of two local bar patrons are discovered in the dunes, torn to shreds, their identities unrecognizable. In another part of town, a woman's backyard is invaded by four creatures that defy description. What's clear is that they’re hostile—and they're ravenous.

From bestselling author Greig Beck, with new book Extinction Plague: A Matt Kearns Novel 4 out soon.When a massive sinkhole opens up and swallows a retired couple from Iowa it seems like a freak occurrence. But it's not the only one. Similar sinkholes are opening all over the world, even on the sea floor. And they're getting bigger.People living near the pits are reporting strange phenomena-vibrations, sulfurous odors, and odd sounds in the stygian...